Police News

* Wife nabbed for injuring hubby* Wife attacker arrested* Boat collision leaves 15yr old injured* Police witness Manaoba reconciliation* Man wounded at Marau Wife nabbed for injuring hubby  A female suspect has been apprehended Police at Yandina, Russell Islands, in the Central Islands Province (CIP) on Wednesday – 10 January 2018 in connection to a…

Wife nabbed for injuring hubby

A female suspect has been apprehended Police at Yandina, Russell Islands, in the Central Islands Province (CIP) on Wednesday – 10 January 2018 in connection to a family violence incident. A police media unit statement said, the alleged incident occured at Ilua settlement on Banika Island. Yandina Police received the report and responded by attending…

Community help lauded

COMMUNITIES and villages in Renbel, Western-Shortland Islands, Temotu and Malaita Provinces have been commended for their support demonstrated towards the success of the  national Village Resource Survey (VRS) and Household Listing 2017-2018 initial phase in 2017. The survey was conducted under the responsibility of Solomon Islands National Statistics Office (SINSO).  Government Statisticians (GS) Douglas Kimi…

North Malaita drama

Constituents fight over roofing irons By LYNNISSHA RUNA SOME constituents in North Malaita reportedly fought over 6,000 sheets of roofing iron their MP sent to the constituency just before Christmas. Eye-witnesses told the Solomon Star the incident occurred at Malu’u sub-station when the barge carrying the roofing iron arrived there. “Our MP Jimmy Lusibaea actually…

NEW CHURCH MOVEMENT

A Church movement called Kingdom is gaining momentum with a lot of attention in Central Kwara’ae, Malaita province. This came after the church had attracted a lot of youths and people to follow its teaching. According to a Church leader in one of the mainstream Churches in Auki, said the movement has its own ways…

Seven charters arranged for students

THE National Training Unit (NTU) has arranged seven plane charters to fly students studying in Fiji this year.  NTU chief administration officer Hubert Gua revealed the arrangement this week as new and continuing students prepare to leave for Fiji for another year of study. He said the first charter will leave on January 27. “We’ve…

4 female officers promoted

FOUR female police officers are among 27 police officers who were being promoted to sergeant and senior sergeants’ ranks recently. Supervising Police Commissioner, Juanita Matanga told journalists at the commissioner’s weekly conference she made the announcement of the promotions on Thursday morning. “This morning, I announced the promotion of Non Commissioned Officers (NCO) or senior…