Yang Mulia Dato Paduka Awang Haji Bahrin bin Abdullah (Front Row – 3rd right) amongst the BIBD personnel at the Bertahlil event

Personnel from Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam Berhad (BIBD) and its Group of Companies held its annual ‘Majlis Bertahlil’ at the Royal Mausoleum in Jalan Tutong, where they went to pay their respects to the late Al-Marhum Sultan Hj Omar Ali Saifuddin Sa’adul Khairi Waddien ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Muhammad Jamalul Alam and Al-Marhumah Duli Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Damit binti Pengiran Bendahara Pengiran Anak Abdul Rahman.

Present at the event was Yang Mulia Dato Paduka Awang Haji Bahrin bin Abdullah, Deputy Minister of Finance cum Chairman of BIBD and its Group of Companies. Also in attendance was Yang Mulia Awang Junaidi bin Haji Masri, Assistant Managing Director of Brunei Investment Agency cum BIBD Board Director, Yang Mulia Javed Ahmad, BIBD’s Managing Director along with senior officers, officers and staffs of BIBD and its group of companies.

The recital of Surah Yassin, tahlil and doa arwah was led by Yang Dimuliakan Begawan Pehin Khatib Dato Paduka Hj Hamidon bin Begawan Pehin Siraja Khatib Dato Paduka Seri Setia Hj Mohd Hamid. Press release from BIBD.

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Four (4) students from the Institut Teknologi Brunei (ITB) left for Singapore to undergo the six-month internship program at various ICT companies in Singapore. These students are the recipients of the inaugural INSPIRE program by AITI, which is an internship program that offers the opportunities for students to apply and enhance their knowledge and skills through meaningful work experience and interaction with professional people in a real-life working environment.

The four (4) students are Ak Md Hardine bin Pg Hj Marali, Md Naqiuddin Ihsan bin Awg Mat Japar, Dk Siti Rasyidah bte Pg Abd Azis and Abdul Rasyid bin Hj Osman. They are currently undertaking Higher National Diploma in ICT related courses. The students are expected to be involved in various ICT projects throughout their internship program such as software engineering, programming using Javascript, SQL, C++, biometric software development and social media applications development.

Blessings before sending off the students to Singapore

Adi Shamsul, Acting Chairman of AITI sending off the four students

Present to bid them farewell yesterday at the Brunei International Airport was Awang Adi Shamsul bin Haji Sabli, Acting Chairman of AITI and Deputy Permanent Secretary at the Prime Minister’s Office, AITI’s senior management and senior officials from Institut Teknologi Brunei (ITB).

The students were awarded the Internship INSPIRE Program on last Tuesday, 16 July 2013 in an event that saw the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between AITI and Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD), and between AITI and Institut Teknologi Brunei (ITB).  Another two UBD students will depart from Brunei Darussalam next month when they start their internship program in Singapore on 19 August 2013.

The INSPIRE Program is also supported by the Department of Economic, Planning and Development (JPKE) and funded under the 10th National Development Plan for Human Capacity Development Program.

AITI hopes that upon completion of the program, the INSPIRE Award recipients will gain valuable working experience which will better prepare them to join the local workforce when they eventually graduate from their course of study. Image and text courtesy of AITI.

 

Collect all the Turbo toys at KFC

With the premiere of the movie Turbo this week, merchandise from the animated film Turbo will be available at all KFC outlets in Brunei starting this weekend. The different merchandise double as stationery and are Turbo Creature Case, Burn’s Measuring Motor, and Skidmark’s Race Notes.

 The Turbo Toy stationeries are available as KFC Chicky Meal collectibles. Customers can purchase the Chicky Mini meal which comes with a toy of their choice or they can buy the Chicky Mighty meal and top up B$3.00 to get the toy as well.

 The Turbo Stationery is now available at all outlets in Brunei. Get your complete Turbo Stationery set today and don’t miss out!