Fourteen officers from Police Response Team (PRT) and Operational Safety Training (OST) of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) have completed the first Public Order Management (POM) training conducted by China Police Liaison Team (CPLT) on 25 March 2022 at Rove Police Headquarters. During the two weeks training beginning from 14 March 2022, RSIPF…
Govt’s financial woes hit rock bottom as suppliers limit vital supplies THE nation’s financial crisis appears to have hit rock bottom as suppliers retaliate by slashing supplies for non-payment of outstanding bills. The judiciary is the first of the victims. Staff of the Magistrates Court in Honiara were forced to stay home part of the…
MEMBERS of Parliament (MP) will debate whether to extend the State of Public Emergency (SOPE) for additional four (4) months or not. Therefore, Governor General Sir David Vunagi said he will leave the matter for Parliament to decide. Sir Vunagi revealed this when delivering the speech from the throne at the 5th meeting of the…
Malaita Provincial Government (MPG) has denied sentiments and speculations linking MARA government to last year’s November riot and destruction of properties in Honiara. Malaita Province Premier in his 2022/2023 budget meeting opening address said MARA government is not part of what happened then. He said what happened then can be directly link to people’s power.…
GOVERNOR General (GG) Sir David Vunagi says it’s important to respect the principles of representative democracy and rule of law. He highlighted this in response to the November riots when people dislike the ruling government by turning the peaceful protest into the three-day riots. Sir Vunagi when delivering the speech from the throne at the…
LAWYER representing Mr. and Mrs. Jaime and Ethel Vokia and three others in alleged election bribery charges has been given leave to apply for a permanent stay of proceedings in the case claiming abuse of process. Legal firm, Wilson Rano, will represent Mr. and Mrs. Vokia as well as the other three accused – Guadalcanal…
EVIDENCE of the government’s financial woes is now hitting hard on services at the country’s main hospital – the National Referral Hospital (NRH)- with patients now eating only dry buns for breakfast. According to a source at the National Referral Hospital (NRH), for the first time, patients had breakfast without a cup of tea. The…
Australia and Solomon Islands’ policing program, known as the Australian Federal Police (AFP)-Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) Policing Partnership Program (RAPPP) 2021-2025, will deliver a Health and Wellbeing Program to support the physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing of RSIPF members. Today, RSIPF officially welcomed the new RSIPF Chaplain Melden Hall who joined the RAPPP…
Buin Police in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville have arrested 23 suspects from Solomon Islands who crossed the border between Solomon Islands (SI) and Papua New Guinea over the weekend. Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Western Province Chief Superintendent Mathias Lenialu said on 26 March 2022 first five suspects were handed over at the redline by Buin Police…
Opposition warns: SI should not be on the grounds where big powers play OPPOSITION Leader Hon Matthew Wale has warned that the country should not be on the playing field where big powers play or compete. Mr Wale issued this statement yesterday following the controversial draft security MOU with China leaked in the media recently.…