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BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – Brunei’s monarch announced a major cabinet reshuffle on Thursday, creating new key portfolios and appointing two of his younger sons to their first ministerial positions. The shake-up, which marks the first major cabinet overhaul since 2022, sees the highest number of female appointments in the nation’s history, placing women in key leadership roles incl...

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – Brunei’s ruler, His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, announced a major cabinet shake-up on Thursday, which saw the creation of three new coordinating ministers roles and the promotion of three women to the rank of deputy minister. The monarch also announced the reorganisation of key portfolios, with the Ministry of Primary Resources and Tourism...

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – An artificial intelligence-powered agricultural solution has taken the top spot at the fourth edition of the DST Innovation Awards, capping off a six-week intensive entrepreneurship incubator for Brunei’s next generation of tech leaders. Team BumiTrust emerged as the champion of the Catalyst Programme Cycle 4 with its AI platform designed to monitor soil...

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – Inchcape on Wednesday announced the incorporation of Imperial Motors Sdn Bhd, a new joint venture in Brunei Darussalam. In a statement, the company said the joint venture reflects its long-term commitment to the market and its strategy to build a diversified and scalable distribution network across the Asia Pacific. Imperial Motors has been established t...