A SECOND accused in a firearm possession case was released on a cash bail of $1000 on Tuesday in the Honiara Magistrate’s Court. Twenty-three-year-old Peter Carlos Kwaitaka was released under strict bail conditions. He and his co-accused Iro Kwaita are facing one count each of possession of firearm or ammunition without licence. Both have pleaded…
POLICE is urging all communities with the Honiara Emergency Zone to adhere to health protocols to protect our families as responsible authorities work to manage the transmission of COVID-19 in Honiara. Deputy Commissioner Operations Juanita Matanga made this statement last night when announcing the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force lockdown operation in Honiara. Ms Matanga…
Bible translators traveled to Honiara last week to participate in a workshop to learn how to use Paratext, a special software tool used in Bible translation around the world. The one week training was held at the Solomon Islands Translation Advisory Group (SITAG) Training Center 10-14 January and with SITAG Director, Paul Nelson, as the…
Dear Editor – Thank you for publishing my view about the good works of our Police Response Team (PRT). On Monday morning my relative told me about what the PRT allegedly did to my relative, who is a teenager, 19 years old. I’m told they took him to the Central Police Station on Sunday 16th…
Dear Editor – I shall be grateful if you could publish this view on your paper. East Malaita region of Malaita has enormous potential for growth and contributions to national development. In the past people from East Malaita have continued to develop Honiara and other provinces both in the private and public sectors. There are resource owners who are willing and able to work with the national government to further fulfill the government’s…
SOLOMON Islands Maritime Authority (SIMA) says they don’t have appropriate equipment to conduct search and rescue operations in the country. Therefore, it calls on the government to look serious into this matter and equip SIMA with the right assets for sea rescue operations. SIMA Director Thierry Nervale said one of their jobs is to conduct…
The Honiara City Council (HCC) with the national Government on Tuesday commenced cleaning up of locations destroyed following November’s rioting, looting and burning. The disaster waste clean-up is part of the HCC’s overall response under the unrest’s disaster clean-up plan for 2021. The joint clean-up effort was developed by the HCC, National Disaster Management Office…
HONIARA emergency zone boundary that is currently in lockdown is from Alligator Creek in the east to Poha in the west of Honiara. A statement from the Office of the Prime Minister tonight said this zone will be in lockdown for 60 hours effective 6pm this evening to 6am Saturday 22nd January 2022. Cabinet endorsed…
CONCERNS have intensified in Malaita Province as the vessel of interest – MV Awka that transported the first COVID-19 victim in Honiara on Monday 10th January 2022, might have already transferred the virus in Malaita after it made two trips after arriving from Ontong Java. Information reaching Solomon Star Auki claimed that MV Awka arrived…
42 officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) have been promoted to different supervising positions within the force during a brief ceremony at the Rove Police Headquarters in Honiara yesterday 18 January 2022. Among the total promoted officers, seven were females. Speaking at the ceremony, Commissioner Mostyn Mangau congratulate the officers and told…