Police Commissioner Frank Prendergast has said the surge in traffic incidents in Honiara are a grave concern. Commissioner Prendergast said police have recorded a total of 217 traffic cases this year. He says this is quite a large data for Solomon Islands.
A church leader from Central Islands Province has called on Tulagi Police to address dynamite fishing in the Province. Lillian Keru of Tulagi, today reports, the church leader who requested anonymity made the call as dynamite fishing is poisonous and destroys marine life.
A 29-year-old man has been arrested in relation to the death of former beauty queen contestant, Patricia Taika. The former beauty queen contestant was found dead on Sunday in Noro, Western Province. The young man has been charged one count of murder.
Western provincial police have arrested a 30-year-old man following the death of a 25-year-old female at Noro back road over the weekend. Police alleged the deceased was returning home from a night club in a taxi with three of her friends with the suspect and were safely dropped off some 100 meters…
The Chief Justice has called for more training in mobile phone technologies for police investigators. In the court on Thursday last week, Sir Albert Palmer was critical of how police investigators failed to trace call logs of mobile phones that were connected to the 2012 murder of a young woman.
Community leaders in North West Guadalcanal and West Guadalcanal have praised the police for their quick action in apprehending and charging the suspect of the Paru Road Block. The roadblock happened in North West Guadalcanal over the weekend.
Government Authorities have been urged to partner with key disability special service providers to combat cases of murder caused by mentally ill persons in the country.
A young man from Russell Islands, believed to be mentally ill, has been arrested for the double murder of his mother and sister. Police at Yandina arrested him at Leru Village yesterday. Police allege the murders happened last Friday in the evening in the village.
Ofu community leaders in North Malaita have acknowledged the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force at Malu’u, North Malaita for their prompt response to handling an arson incident in the area recently.
The office of the Police Commissioner has suspended a senior police officer. A police statement today says the commissioner suspended the officer in relation to a motor accident that occurred at East Honiara over the weekend.
Guadalcanal Provincial Police operation team has successfully uprooted more than 1000 marijuana plants at Komukea Village, North East Guadalcanal on Friday.
Police in Kirakira have arrested six people in relation to an arson incident at Maro’u Bay in Ugi, Makira Ulawa province. The arson occurred last Wednesday night during heated arguments between two parties who claimed ownership of land at Maro’u Bay.
Two North Malaita men have voluntarily surrendered to police in relation to the weekend killing at Kaibia Heights in Central Honiara. The 34-year-old and his 38-year-old elder brother surrendered this morning. They are being charged with the murder of a young man, also from North Malaita.
Police have confiscated more than 75 cartons of beer at a private residence in Honiara, but no arrests have been made in relation to the raided black market outlet. The raid happened at Bahaii in Central Honiara yesterday evening.
Three desktop computers containing Bible translation work in Rennell and Bellona dialects have been stolen Tuesday night. The computers belong to the Bible Translation and Literacy Partnership group working together with the Solomon Islands Translation Advisory Group (SITAG) to translate the Bible…
Police at Tetere and Henderson, today raided two marijuana gardens in North East Guadalcanal, uprooting over 4,500 plants. The gardens, which was about a hundred metres in length, had 3,000 harvest bottom plants and 1,500 mid-harvest plants.
Four unmasked men armed with bush knives stormed Westpac’s main branch and robbed almost $4 million in broad daylight this morning. The Police Commissioner Frank Prendergast says the culprits walked into the bank, robbed two money boxes containing approximately $4 million and chopped off the left…
Six people have been arrested by the Naha Police CID officers in relation to a break-in incident at the Carpenters Hardware at Ranadi over the weekend. Police Commissioner Frank Prendergast confirmed the arrests at his weekly media conference this morning.
A young man on trial for his 21-year-old girlfriend’s murder at Tuvaruhu in 2012 has allegedly blame her death on the prosecution’s key witness. Brian Alagere’s trial started today at the High Court.
Trial will begin tomorrow at the High Court for a young man in his twenties accused of killing his girlfriend and throwing her body into a valley behind Tuvaruhu in 2012.
