EODD conduct UXOs operation in West

The Explosive Ordnance Disposal Department (EODD) of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) have conducted Unexploded Ordnance (UXOs) operations at Munda and Kolombangara in Western Province recently. EODD Supervising Director Staff Sergeant Ansa Puaraua said, “the ten days operation is a success in which EODD experts destroyed more than 250 UXO’s from the communities.”…

First training for Census field officers

The first National Economic Establishment Census, NEEC, 2024 training for field officers has convened at the Solomon Islands National Statistics Office, SINSO. The two-day training involved participants from Honiara and Guadalcanal, Central Islands and Renelle-Bellona province. The training will help to identify the final list of successful field officers for the Census and prepare them…

Four suspects apprehended for theft of building materials 

Auki police have arrested four suspects in their 20s for stealing building materials for the newly built incinerator at Kilufii hospital on 28 October 2024. Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Malaita Province, Chief Superintendent Tex Tafoa said the total cost of the materials stolen is about SBD $10,000.00 dollars. Chief Superintendent Tafoa said, police investigation reveals that this…

SI re-affirms commitment to ‘One China Principle’

Solomon Islands relationship with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is based on solid mutual friendship, recognition, and commitment to the One China principle. That’s according to the Minister of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening (MPGIS), Wayne Kituru Ghemu when speaking during a recent workshop for senior officials of Solomon Islands, organised by Zhejiang Normal…

Motion against Premier Veo set

WESTERN Provincial Premier Billy Veo will face a Motion of No-Confidence (MONC) on Wednesday morning. It’s the first agenda on the order paper to be debated. The Western Provincial Full Assembly is currently underway at the Imagination Island, off Gizo. The notice of the Motion was submitted by the Member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA)…

‘No plain sailing for ACAREA’

THE past two years in office has not been easy for Alliance for Change, Alignment and Rural Economic Advancement (ACAREA) regime after assuming power to lead the Western Provincial Government (WPG). That’s according to the Provincial Premier Billy Veo in his opening address at the Full Assembly meeting on Monday at the provincial capital. At the…