The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) has confiscated three firearms following the shooting incident at Mono, Shortland Islands recently. Police Commissioner Frank Prendergast confirms two rifles and a pistol were confiscated, adding that police operations are continuing.
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) has deployed a number of Police Response TEAM (PRT) officers to investigate a gun shooting incidents in Mono Island, Western Province. The officers were deployed today.
Unknown armed men from across the border in Bougainville have threatened villagers of Mono Island in Western Province with gun shots yesterday. A concerned citizen of Shortland island, who requested anonymity confirms the incident to SIBC News today.
Removing parts of a vehicle involved in an accident without the owner’s consent is theft, says the Police Commissioner, Frank Prendergast. This practice has been common in and around Honiara whenever there’s a vehicle collision.
Nine male suspects have been arrested in relation to an arson incident at Marau in the Weather Coast area of Guadalcanal. Police Commissioner Frank Prendergast confirmed the arrests. He says ten semi-permanent homes were burned to the ground.
President of the University of the South Pacific Students Association Federal Council and Solomon Islander, Whitlam Saeni, has been accused of assaulting Sonal Singh – student editor of the campus newspaper, Wansolwara.
Vehicle owners and drivers are reminded to be responsible when driving on the roads of Honiara. Police Commissioner Frank Prendergast reiterated the reminder at his weekly media conference.
A male suspect has been arrested in relation to a traffic incident which occurred at the Lawson Tama bus stand this week. Police Commissioner Frank Prendergast confirmed the arrest.
Police are continuing their investigations into the rape of a nine-month old pregnant woman at Lungga, East Honiara last month. A man from Guadalcanal has been charged and remanded in custody.
The Magistrate Court has sentenced a 19-year-old man to 18 months in jail for unlawfully wounding his wife. The accused, Junior Taro, received his sentence this morning.
Police have arrested a prime suspect in relation to the recent killing incident at the Ranadi area. Police Commissioner Frank Prendergast confirmed at his weekly media conference yesterday the arrest was made after a successful police investigation into the matter.
The High Court has sentenced a man with a mental disorder to life imprisonment for stabbing his close relative to death at Town Ground Honiara twelve times in 2013. The man pleaded guilty to manslaughter early this month.
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 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.
The Solomon Islands National Council of Women (SINCW) has called on the female who left her foetus baby at the Burns Creek area to seek assistance. In a statement yesterday, the Secretariat said this was an act of a desperate mother who did not know what to do, or was uncertain of the reaction by
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…
A body, believed to be of a young male, has been found under an SIEA electrical post at Henderson. The electrical post was located within the SIBC Transmission area at Henderson. Police reports say the young man had been electrocuted after he attempted to cut down the electrical wire last night.
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.
An adult man has died in a road accident on Rennell Island yesterday morning. This comes after the vehicle on which he was travelling veered off the road and crashed into the nearby bushes. An eyewitness Wyne Sao told SIBC News yesterday the incident left three other people with serious injuries.
