B.H.P, a locally owned business shop in Auki has presented gifts to sick patents at Kilu’ufi Hospital and Inmates at Auki Correctional Service on New Year’s eve. The gift is part of the business’s community obligation to give back to the community through sick patients and inmates. The gifts contained food stuff, plates, cups, spoons,…
THE Governor General and Head of State Sir David Vunagi wants strong disciplinary school rules to curb unaccepted attitude that has filtered into the schools in the country. He highlighted this in his New Year 2022 speech. “Unaccepted attitude has also filtered into schools and displayed by some students, such students do not take school…
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…
Appointed as Football Development Coach for Franklin United SOLOMON Islands former football international, Henry Fa’arodo Junior has been announced as the new Football Development Coach for Franklin United, a football club in New Zealand. Henry is now living and working in New Zealand with his family, after retiring from professional football in 2017. He currently…
NEARLY three quarters of domestic airports are reportedly contributing to the enormous costs of wear and tear to Solomon Airlines domestic fleet, sources have revealed. And with lack of funding support by the government for the maintenance of the airstrips, the conditions are expected to deteriorate further this year, posing greater risks to the travelling…