The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) is preparing for a deployment to the common border with Papua New Guinea as Solomon Islands continues to protect its borders from the coronavirus (COVID-19) entering the country.
RSIPF officers from Western and Choiseul Provinces including members of the Police Response Team (PRT) from Honiara have been manning the Solomon Islands side of the common border for the past month.
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) today joined other police services throughout the Pacific region through a tele-conference to discuss what each of the services are doing to assist in combating or preventing the coronavirus (COVID 19) from their countries.
Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police (PICP) Secretariat in Wellington, New Zealand arranged for the tele-conference with all the police commissioners and chiefs in the Pacific today.
The Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) has thanked the Australian High Commission in Honiara for donating fuel and communication kits to Seif Ples to assist gender based violence (GBV) survivors during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
The Australian High Commissioner in Solomon Islands Dr Lachie Strahan handed over the mobile phones, power banks, solar panels, USB lights, transistor radios and two drums of fuel to the Seif Ples Deputy Centre Manager Ms Falu Maesugea during a ceremony at the Seif Ples compound at the Rove Police Headquarters in Honiara on 7 April 2020.
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The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) says one of its patrol boats the AUKI was anchored outside the Kakabona area west of Honiara last Sunday 5 April 2020 because of the recent bad weather associated with the tropical cyclone Harold.
The crew of the patrol boat has been under quarantine as part of the Government’s quarantine measures to prevent the coronavirus (COVID-19) from entering Solomon Islands after returning from an operation in Vanuatu.
Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) today recovered the dead body of a male person at Uhu Village in South Malaita, Malaita Province as the search for the 27 people missing from the MV Taimarehu continued today.
The body was washed ashore at Uhu Village and discovered by villagers this
The Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) strongly urges small boat operators throughout the country to take sea safety very seriously especially during bad weather being experienced throughout the country at the moment.
This appeal is being made after police at Gizo police station received a report that an OBM boat carrying 15 people from Gizo to North Vella La Vella sunk outside Sumbolai Village on 4 April 2020. Luckily all 15 people survived the ordeal.
A total of five dead bodies have recovered today (5 April 2020) during the search for the 27 people missing from the MV Taimareho in West Are'are, Malaita Province during heavy seas associated with Tropical Cyclone Harold early last Friday.
The bodies discovered includes three female and two male. Three of the bodies have been identified but not the other two.
The Royal Solomon Island Police Vessel (RSIPV) GIZO O5 has joined the search for people missing from the MV Taimareho in the early hours of 3 April 2020 while travelling from Honiara to West Are ‘are in Malaita Province.
The patrol boat Gizo arrived in the area for the search this morning and the search is continuing.
The MV Taimareho is also taking part in the search for its missing passengers following a directive from the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) in Honiara.
Officers from the Royal Solomon Island Police Force in Auki are now assisting the captain and crew of the boat TAEMAREHO to confirm how many people are missing from boat the Taemareho in the early hours of 3 April 2020 while travelling from Taivu to Aiarai in West Are ‘are in Malaita Province.
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) appeals to members of the public throughout the Guadalcanal province to think safety first during the current bad weather caused by tropical cyclone (TC) Harold.
