Diabetes currently affects more than 300 million people worldwide. A further 350 million are at high risk of developing diabetes. The International Diabetes Federation predicts that by 2030, close to half a billion people will live with diabetes worldwide. Over the past 30 years the global figures for the number…
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1 day to go to World Diabetes Day
1. Tomorrow – the first day of our future As the world gets ready tomorrow to mark another World Diabetes Day, we would like to share with you a message from the President of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), Professor Jean Claude Mbanya: "People from all corners of the world…
Digital Scrapbook – A Bruneian Student in UK
Share your experience of education in the UK with the British High Commission and you could win an iPhone, iPad or other valuable prizes! The High Commission hopes to entice Bruneian students currently in the UK, or any Bruneian who has studied there, to take part in a competition called…
BruKent Society celebrates belated Hari Raya in Canterbury
On the 16th of October 2010, despite the ending of Syawal, Bruneians in Kent still celebrated Hari Raya with joy and vigour no less. The event was held at Darwin Missing Ling, in Peter Brown Room. A selection of delicacies was provided by the committee members while others brought dishes…
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Congratulations Hj Kamal Bahrin, Chevening Scholar 2010
Bandar Seri Begawan – The British High Commission together with the Centre for British Teachers Education Services (CfBT) yesterday awarded a Brunei Mathematics teacher the CfBT Chevening Scholarship that will see him take an MSc at the University of Sussex. Hj Kamal Bahrin Jamal, a Maths teacher for the past…
Sungkai with the BHC
Bandar Seri Begawan – The British High Commission would be launching a project entitled "Digital Scrapbook for Brunei Students in UK" soon with the aim of analysing the experiences of Bruneians who have spent several years in British universities. Mr Rob Fenn, the British High Commissioner to Brunei Darussalam, said…