Media Releases

Officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) have so far arrested 22 suspects for the alleged breaching of the lockdown order under the State of Public Emergency which has been declared from 6pm last night (20 May 2020) to 6am tomorrow morning (22 May 2020) within the Emergency Zone from Poha, west of Honiara to Alligator Creek east of the capital.

The 22 suspects were arrested between 6pm last night and early this morning.

Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) deployed to the common border between Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea are providing security to members of the Solomon Island Medical Assistance Team (SOLMAT) who are at the common border region while they do their work in different communities in the Shortland Islands.

Chiefs and elders at Kariki Village in the Shortland Islands, Western Province appreciate the Ministry of Police, National Security and Correctional Services (MPNCS) for the latest infrastructure developments on their islands.

Director of Infrastructure in MPNCS Mr Dennis Etoa says, “We are here to make sure such developments reach our communities around the country. Policing is a must for those communities situated close to the Solomon Islands - Papua New Guinea (SI-PNG) common border.

Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force, (RSIPF) National Traffic Department have recorded a total of 38 traffic incidences in the period 8 to 14 May 2020 in Honiara compared to the previous week when a total of 49 cases were reported.

Six cases were reported by complainants and 32 were reported by officers at the National Traffic Department in Honiara.