Security officers at the Guadalcanal Plains Palm Oil Limited in Ngalimbiu, North Guadalcanal successfully chased away a group of armed robbers, who attempted to steal fortnight salaries of GPPOL workers. The salaries were transported to the Guadalcanal Plains in two vehicles.
Parts of Western Province are without Telekom reception after the main tower at Jah Mountain was vandalised this afternoon. Gizo Telekom team leader Titus Kulingu told Radio Happy Lagoon a person armed with a bush knife aggressively broke into the premises; chased the security and destroyed the…
Central Bank Governor, Denton Rarawa has condemned the theft of the ANZ ATM machine in Honiara, saying “this is unacceptable”. The ATM Machine was situated at the Kwaimani Building, along Kukum Highway, and was stolen on Friday night by men reported as wearing masks and carrying guns.
Acting Commissioner of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force Juanita Matanga has called on members of the public to continue working closely with the police to reduce crime activities in the country.
A group of masked men have stolen the ANZ ATM machine at the Kwaimani Building in Honiara, and police investigators are yet to apprehend any of them. Reports say three men wearing masks and carrying guns entered the building at around 11pm last night, and threatened to shoot the building’s security…
A key witness to a murder-drowning committed in 2010 was cross-examined in Court this morning. The witness is claiming to have seen the killing and drowning of a man at Tamone settlement, Sun Valley in May 2010. He was only twelve years old at the time of the incident. The trial started in May this
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force, RSIPF, is currently investigating an alleged theft of a substantial amount of money from the High Court. The Central Police Criminal Investigation Department, CID, confirmed the case was reported to them last month and an investigation is underway.
The Magistrates Court will deliver its judgement tomorrow on a well known Gospel singer accused of defiling his former girlfriend. The singer is alleged to have had sex with the girl when she was only 13 years old and a form one student, between May 2010 and August 2011.
A man from Malaita Province has appeared before the Magistrate’s Court for stabbing his wife and the owner of popular hang-out “Sarah’s Ice-cream” at Kukum. The incident occurred in April this year and he was charged with two counts of unlawful wounding.
A man is standing trial at the High Court for raping his fifteen year old niece in November 2012, at Leo Creek in Honiara. He was also charged for assaulting her two weeks after the alleged rape incident took place. The accused pleaded guilty to the assault charge, but denied the rape charge.
The High Court has acquitted a man from Malaita Province for murder, after a hearing that has cast serious doubts over the justice system. Emerald Abba is accused of murdering a young man at Mbokona in Honiara, in February 2010.
Five business companies are facing criminal charges after failing to produce records of their employee’s monthly contributions to the Solomon Islands National Provident Fund. The National Provident Fund lodged the criminal complaints.
Increases in criminal activities in North Malaita is being blamed on a rise in marijuana use among youths in the area. SIBC’s Stringer in Mbita’ama, John Kiri reports a concerned parent, Martin Kako, says the issue is causing great concern among parents and families in the area.
Guadalcanal provincial police have arrested two suspects, one for a murder case in 2012 at Reko village, Northeast Guadalcanal and another for an arson incident at Talaura village, Tasimboko.
Royal Solomon Islands Police Force, RSIPF, crime records for the past two weeks have been fairly low despite minor cases which are currently under police control.
A well known gospel singer is on trial at the Magistrate’s Court, accused of defiling his former girlfriend. He allegedly had sex with the young girl on four separate occasions, between May 2010 and April 2011.
A young man will serve 15 months in prison for causing grievous bodily harm to his brother-in-law and intimidating his own mother. In October 2013, the accused stabbed his brother-in-law with a bush knife.
The Magistrates Court this morning sentenced a man from Choiseul Province to two and a half years imprisonment for defrauding the Government of one-point-five million dollars. The money was part of 10-million dollars which went missing from the Ministry of Health’s treasury department in 2012.
A man has been arrested on suspicion of being part of a gang who robbed the Honiara Casino of over 50-thousand dollars. The robbery happened yesterday at the West Pac Bank in Point Cruz. Police say two men were waiting near the entrance to the bank and attacked an employee of the Honiara Casino, who
Inclusive Disability School founder, Linda Agoka has praised the country’s justice system for sentencing a man in his 50’s last week for raping a disabled girl. Ms Agoka told SIBC News today the sentencing judgment is reasonable as disabled victims are often vulnerable to assaults.
