All syariah affairs including related hearing cases and registration of Muslim marriages and divorces will be handled at the new Brunei Supreme and Syariah Courts Building at Jalan Stoney in the capital, starting today.

A doa selamat was held Monday to coincide with the movement to the new building. There was also a mass reading of Surah Yassin led by the Syariah High Court Judge, Pehin Dato Paduka Seri Setia Ustaz Haji Awang Salim. The Panel of Syariah Appeal Court’s Judge, Pehin Dato Paduka Seri Setia Ustaz Haji Awang Yahya read the doa selamat.
 

The demand for meat during the coming Hari Raya Aidil Adha or Sacrificial Festival is expected to increase. And to cater this high demand, abattoirs operators are now busy preparing and importing a large number of livestock.

The Hari Raya Haji literally means the Festival of Pilgrimage is known by many as Hari Raya Aidil Adha. It is one of the important events in the Muslim calendar. Muslims all over the world mark the celebration by slaughtering animals such as cows, goats and buffaloes and the meat are donated to the poor.

Abattoir operators are also offering various packages of services which include the service for trimming, boning and packing service in different amount of charges respectively. The Mulaut Abattoir said it has imported a total of 740 steers and bulls and 500 goats to meet the expected high demand from the public. Another local company, Hussyn Rahman has imported a total of 600 steers, 150 bulls and 230 goats.

In an effort to achieve the vision of the Royal Brunei Police Force in emphasizing its role in working in partnership with the community, several events and activities have been planned by the force marking the 85th anniversary celebration of its formation.

The events include religious, sports and welfare activities. First, there will be a forum on the 18th of this month. Meanwhile an ‘Open Day’ will be held on the 21st of this month at the Marine Police District Station. The objective of the open day is to inform the public on the roles and duty of police especially marine police as well as to foster closer ties between the police force and the public.
 

Apart from the open day, a charity walk to collect funds for the Pengiran Muda Mahkota Al-Muhtadee Billah Fund for Orphans will also be held and will also involve all police personnel, their family members and kampung’s neighbourhood crime watch bodies. There also includes blood donation campaign which will be held at every police districts throughout the country.

Twelve nurses from the Ministry of Health have left for Singapore to undergo a one-year course in Specialised Nursing at the Nanyang Polytechnic. This is the first time a large number of nurses have been sent abroad at one time since 1980s.

The nurses will undergo course on their respective fields comprising of extensive care, emergency, gerontology, nephro-urology, orthopedic surgery, neuroscience and pediatrics. This year’s participation is an apprenticeship in realising the strategic planning of the Ministry of Health.

The objective of the course, which is a higher national diploma level, is to balance the development of medical with the quality of nursing. From there, the Ministry in general and specifically the Nursing Services can identify its insufficiency and adjust the quality of nursing.
 

The specialise course is the result of the bilateral cooperation between the Brunei Darussalam Ministry of Health and its Singaporean counterpart and materialised from the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the two countries.