Police have arrested two suspects in connection with an alleged break in and theft from a vehicle parked at a shop in the Kukum area Monday night. Police media reported the manager of the shop parked his car behind the shop with $5000 US dollars, $10,000 Solomon dollars and two pairs of shoes…
Ambulances at the National Referral Hospital in Honiara have been out of service for six months, reports a senior staff member. Transport Manager Isaac Ramo told SIBC News today both of the hospital’s ambulances were awaiting maintenance.
A draft legal framework to ban plastic bags in Western Province is being reviewed by legal experts, with its Premier reveling you could “go to prison” for using plastic bags in the province.
The national futsal side ‘Kurukurus’ left the country yesterday to complete in the Asian indoor games in Turkmenistan. The games kick off from Sunday to September 27.
Civil society representatives will petition the government to reintroduce and pass the Anti-Corruption Bill 2016. Members of civil society organisations in the country recently formed a committee to advocate for the bill’s reintroduction and drafted a petition with three key demands.
The body of a thirteen-year-old girl who went missing during last Friday’s heavy rain has been found. Police media reports the body was found in front of the Honiara Central Market yesterday.
Two Royal Solomon Islands Police Force officers returned yesterday from their service with the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Darfur, Sudan. Charlton Metopa and Robert Satini were part of the peacekeeping mission for the past year.
Village needs, human trafficking and marriage were among the topics raised at a meeting of the Isabel Provincial Council of Women in Buala this week. Sixteen female representatives from across Isabel and provincial government officials attended the three-day conference.
The National Parliament has made plans to create another Ministry. This will increase the number of Ministries in the country from 23 to 24. The Bills and Legislation Committee have invited the Forum Solomon Islands International interim committee to make a submission on the proposed Prescription…
Heavy rain which hit the Solomon Islands capital Honiara this afternoon has flooded a major stretch of Kukum Highway and left much of the city under water.
A team of medical specialists from Australia will arrive in the country this weekend for a week-long service visit. The team of ear, nose and throat specialists will provide free screening, surgical and non-surgical treatment services at the National Referral Hospital.
People of Northwest Choiseul fear for their safety and security as a result of illegal border crossing between Bougainville and Solomon Islands. Nerio Ulemiki, SIBC stringer from Northwest Choiseul reports criminal activities in the area are on the rise.
Police Commissioner Matthew Varley has rejected claims in the local media about delays in Janus task force anti-corruption investigations. Responding to an article in the Island Sun newspaper yesterday which claimed a delay in task force investigations was due to a lack of forensic auditors in the…
Solomons Police are appealing to the leaders of the cultist group called ‘Platform’ on Makira to come forward to discuss the alleged shooting of an Anglican Tasiu in the Rea Highlands last month.
The number of national taxpayers will likely increase with the rollout of a digital tax system through the Ministry of Finance and Treasury’s Inland Revenue Division.
He knows so much about sewing machines that if one breaks, he knows instantly which part needs fixing. Bevan Aieile, from Malaita Province is the owner of a local sewing machine repair company and has fixed sewing machines for the past thirty years.
Solomon Islands have drawn 2-2 against the mighty All Whites in a nail biting encounter at Lawson Tama Stadium in Honiara. New Zealand got the better hand in the first half after Myer Bevan scored his first international goal after he followed up a Kosta Barbarouses strike.
As the Solomon Islands national football team prepares to face off against New Zealand in the second leg of the World Cup Qualifier at Lawson Tama Stadium, police are managing security for the game. The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force security operation started yesterday.
Solomon Islands National Football coach, Felipe Vega Arango says his team is aiming for a win against the All Whites in the last World Cup qualifier leg tomorrow. Despite a heavy defeat against New Zealand last week, Mr Arango said he was optimistic about creating history tomorrow.
