Media Releases

Sep 07

The Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) is advising bus owners, drivers and conductors servicing Guadalcanal Plains in North Guadalcanal that their new bus bay is opposite the Fair West Shipping Office access road down to the old Sea King Restaurant in Central Honiara.

Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Honiara City, Chief Superintendent Stanley Riolo says, “Starting on 9 September 2019 all buses providing services to the people of North Guadalcanal must use this new bay.”

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Sep 04

Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) at Kirakira in the Makira Ulawa have questioned 16 people for an allegation of injuring a father and his son at Naharahau Village, East Wainoni in East Makira on 26 August 2019.

Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Supervising, Makira Ulawa Province, Inspector Jerry Muaki says, “On Monday 26 of August 2019 Kirakira police received a report from Naharahau Village that a father and his son received injuries to their bodies due to land disputes.”

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Sep 03

A man believed to be in his 70’s has died after being allegedly killed by a crocodile at Olive Village in the Roviana Lagoon, Western Province during the afternoon of 2 September 2019.

Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) Officer Commanding Munda Police Station, Sergeant Rachel Lilo says, “The body of the man, who was from Olive Village in the Roviana Lagoon, was found beside the island of Belobelo, in the Roviana Lagoon.”

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Sep 03

Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) in Auki, Malaita Province are investigating an allegation which appeared in the media accusing officers of the misuse of a police vehicle in the provincial capital.

Operation Manager, RSIPF Malaita Province, Inspector Charles Edward Koto says, “We were made aware of the allegation when the Solomon Star newspaper carried the story on 2 September 2019.

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Sep 03

Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) in Honiara City have arrested 15 people in connection with the Father’s Day celebrations during the weekend.

Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Honiara City Chief Superintendent Stanley Riolo says, “The Police operation in Honiara during the weekend arrested 15 people but 11 of them were warned and released.”

“Four suspects were formally arrested and charged for consuming liquor in a public place. The suspects will appear in the Honiara Central Magistrates’ Court on 16 September 2019.”

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Sep 03

Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) have arrested and charged thirteen people in relation to alleged incidents relating to Father’s Day celebrations in Western Province over the weekend.

The incidents happened in Gizo and Munda.

Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Western Province, Chief Superintendent Mathias Lenialu says, “Seven suspects were arrested and charged for Consuming Liquor in a Public Place while the other two were charged for going armed in a public place and common assault.”

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Sep 03

Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) in Guadalcanal Province continued with their visits to night clubs and pubs on 30 and 31 August 2019 at premises in the province.

During the visits, Officers checked that the night clubs and pubs displayed their licenses and that those people under 21 years old were not inside in the premises according to the Liquor Act.

They also continued with deterrence patrols at some hot spot areas within the province.

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Sep 02

Officers from the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) in Western and Choiseul provinces and the Police Response Team (PRT) joined staff from National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) and other Government Agencies (OGA) agencies in Taro for the commencement of the 2019 Coastwatchers Exercise on 28 August 2019.

The ‘Exercise Coastwatchers’ is a bilateral Exercise between the Australian Defence Force (ADF), the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF), and OGAs in Solomon Islands.

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Sep 02

Officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) in Kirakira are investigating an alleged infanticide incident that occurred at a School in East Makira in the Makira-Ulawa Province on 20 August 2019.

Supervising Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Makira Ulawa Province, Inspector Jerry Muaki says, “A report received from a School in West Wainoni, East Makira alleged that a 17-year-old female student killed her baby shortly after giving birth to the baby boy before disposing the body at sea.”

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Sep 02

Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) in Auki are investigating a burning incident at Waisisi Village in West Are’Are, Malaita Province on 26 August 2019.

Operation Manager at the Auki Police Station, Inspector Charles Edwin Koto says, “The report reveals that it was a dwelling house that was burnt down in retaliation to claims of sorcery.”

Inspector Koto says, “People at Waisisi Village saw the house burning so they ran and put off the fire. The fire partly destroyed the semi-permanent house.”

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