Brunei’s last batik producer earns Japan’s Good Design Award
It's been two decades since Hj Zainal Abidin Hj Ibrahim decided he would attempt to produce Brunei's first commercial line of batik clothing.
Then in...
PAZ Tarbiyyah opens Brunei’s first Islamic enrichment centre for children
When Rafeah Serbini and Dr. Hjh Mona Yati Mohd Kassim first met several years ago, both women held budding professional and corporate careers.
Rafeah was...
Brunei’s JMA partners with Malaysia’s Volkspeed to open continental car workshop
At the beginning of 2018, Jeff Ng's Volkswagen Golf R, the most souped-up version of the enduringly popular hatchback from the German automaker, couldn't...
Uncertain over their future, Tutong’s Soto Hj Tuah rebuilds from its founder’s home
Relocated three times across 40 years – and winning tenders with Tutong’s Municipal Department at least twice – it’s inconceivable to most that the...
Meet the engineering duo behind Project Ice Cream
Project Ice Cream - it's about as direct and self-explanatory as a name can get for an experiment turned business lead by two fresh-faced...
Giving your boss bad news? Meet the startup teaching practical communications
Most public speaking coaches have gleaming resumes anchored by communication degrees followed by a list of certification credentials, and for the cream of the...
Getting Fuel’d: Behind the healthy meals Bruneians are flocking to
It's an uncanny coincidence that in the same week the Minister of Health shared that Brunei had the highest obesity rate in ASEAN, healthy...
The IBTE students building and selling hydroponic systems
When Norisa ‘Azuma Md Norazmi, Nurwardi Ariffin and Nur Salwana Kamidi graduate from IBTE Agro-Technology Campus at the end of this month, they're unlikely...
Out of a job as a delivery man, Rahim is on a mission to...
Wearing a snapback, crinkled t-shirt and roughed up jeans, 30-year-old Rahim Ismail - better known by his futsal moniker 'Alonso' - is rapidly thumbing...
Clear eyes, full hearts, these home detailers partner to open first storefront
When the latest shipment of Korean-made auto care products from CarPro arrived in the Sultanate, the entire load tipped the scales at two tonnes.
Thousands...
