Officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) are investigating the alleged murder of a 39-year-old mother at the Putagita Logging Camp, Roviana Lagoon on 5 January 2020. Supervising Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Western Province, Inspector Justina Fono says, “The alleged murder incident happened at the married quarter at the camp site.” “It is…
Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) have recaptured one of the three prison inmates who escaped from the Correctional Services Solomon Island (CSSI) prison at Rove on 15 December 2019. Prison escapee Willie Olo was recaptured in the LDA area at Betikama in East Honiara between 4 and 5 am this morning.…
Members of the public have called on the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) to increase the number of Police officers at the Auki Police station. The call was made after Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Solomon Sisimia’s recent revelation that the Auki Headquarters is running short in manpower. PPC Sisimia stated this when speaking at…
Gov’t must address students’ issue in Taiwan, says Raramo By IAN M.KAUKUI A senior national advocator, Redley Solomon Raramo has joined the local students studying in Taiwan by calling on the Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, his Cabinet and the Ministry of Education to help sort out the issue faced by students in Taiwan. Raramo made…
LOCAL telecommunication giant Our Telekom has apologised to its customers as a result of a slow mobile internet in recent days. In a statement yesterday, the company said its technical team have identified the cause. “A solution is being implemented,” it stated. The Solomon Star understands that the slow internet speed was experienced since New…
THE Governor General Sir David Vunagi has announced the 2020 Honours and Awards during his New Year’s speech broadcasted on the national broadcaster. Sir David announced a total of six awardees, which include Order of the British Empire MBE, British Empire Medal and Queen’s Police Medal. He said a total of 11 awardees were approved…
CITY Clerk Rence Sore says he will dig deeper into the issues surrounding this week’s dismissal of the eight HCC cases before making a conclusion. He made this comment on social media following a magistrate’s ruling that dismissed eight HCC matters cases on Thursday. “This article caught me by surprise,” Sore said referring to the…
POLICE are investigating the suspicious death of a 40-year-old man at Rarata Village, North East Guadalcanal, on 2 January 2020. Acting Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Guadalcanal Province, Superintendent Nixon Manetoga says: “On 2 January 2020 at about 10am Tetere Police received a report from Rarata Village that there was a dead body found in a…
Wale hits out at decision By ANDREW FANASIA GOVERNMENT’s decision to slash the budget allocation for climate change expenses this year will affect vulnerable communities. That’s according to Opposition leader Mathew Wale. He described the decision as the “greatest pain and heartache” the 2020 national budget can give. In his recent budget, Wale said that…
ONE more Correctional Service officer has been suspended on half pay in relation to the escape of three inmates two weeks ago. It followed the suspension of six officers on 15 December 2019. Commissioner of Correctional Service of Solomon Island (CSSI) Gabriel Manelusi confirmed this, Monday. He said the latest action was against a senior…