POLICE officers and court securities are reminded to keep an eye on defendants who are remanded in custody and waiting to be transported to Rove Correctional Centre. Principal Magistrate Felix Hollison made this friendly reminder yesterday when dealing with the matter of a young man who had escaped from Honiara Magistrate’s court last month whilst…
Men linked in Firearm case to plea TWO men facing firearm related charges will be entering their pleas to the allegation against them on January 11. Peter Carlos Kwaitaka, 23, and Iro Kwaita are each facing one count of possession of firearm without Firearm Licence. They were supposed to enter their pleas yesterday. However, Kwaitaka’s…
Now that the 2021 festive session is over, hundreds of Malaitans who spent their festive session in Malaita are now starting to move back to Honiara resulting in high demand for ships in Auki and other parts of the province. Since the beginning of 2022 over the weekend, ships operating the Auki-Honiara route have been…
Police Response Team (PRT) of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) were boosted with level three Public Order Management (POM) training, which was conducted by Australian Federal Police (AFP) Specialist Tactical Group at Rove police headquarters on 4 January 2022. Central Response Unit, Guadalcanal Response Unit and Correctional Services Solomon Islands (CSII) Emergency Response…
The Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) have responded to a report of an explosion incident, which occurred at Mbarana area, North West Guadalcanal on 4 January 2021. Initial reports said that the explosion occurred approximately 320m from the Mbarana Community. It is likely that a fire had…
Police have found a female dead body on Tuesday (4 January 2022) near ZINOA Island, VOUZA area in North West Choiseul and was transported back to Taro by the Police search team and Taro Medical team. Assistant Commissioner (AC) National Operation Ms. Evelyn Thugea says, “A close relative has identified the dead body and confirmed…
Items spotted floating near Moli Island, Choiseul ITEMS believed to be that of the boat with 14 passengers, including six children that went missing on New Year’s Day have been found floating near Moli Island in Choiseul province, on Tuesday morning. According to a report reaching Solomon Star on Tuesday, fishermen from Tepazaka, Ward 6…
A tone has been set for future dialogue between the national government and the Malaita Provincial Government. This is successfully achieved after a meeting on 22nd of December 2021 between a national government delegation and Malaita Provincial Government (MPG) delegates at the provincial capital, Auki, Malaita Province. A Government statement reported, the national government delegation…
The Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) through its Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Unit has successfully concluded its Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) 2020 funded projects in Central Honiara Constituency (CHC) recently. The monitoring activity was a success, despite the recent unrest in the capital City that forced the ministry to…
TWO teenagers accused of setting fire to the leaf hut at Parliament house last November will face the court again tomorrow. The boys aged 16 and 17 who cannot be named for legal reasons are both facing one count each of arson. Their matter was previously listed for mention yesterday. A check to the Magistrate’s…