Media Releases

Apr 19

Officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) in Gizo have conducted an awareness program following a request from the community leaders of Kongu community in Gizo Island Western Province.

The Police Community Policing team (COMPOL) together with the general duty officers conducted the awareness talk to Kongu community as part of the community engagement under the crime prevention strategy.

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Apr 14

Officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police (RSIPF) at Atori Police Station in Malaita Province attended and witnessed a compensation settlement held at Ato village in Baegu Asifola.

Three young men were currently serving life imprisonment sentences for that matter.

Supervising Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Malaita Province Inspector Charles Edward Koto says the compensation was in relation to a murder incident happened in 2019.

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Apr 14

The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) is urging good citizens of Solomon Islands to celebrate Easter in a meaningful way.

Police will be conducting high visibility police presence in our communities and erecting checkpoints in some parts of Guadalcanal and Honiara City over the Easter period. This is to make sure people are safe and complying with the COVID-19 measures.

If you are planning to catch up with friends and family this weekend, or travel to traditional holiday destinations, police are urging you to be vigilant during this Easter season.

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Apr 13

The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) Fire Services Department supported other government agencies to remove dangerous chemicals stored at the old Taiwanese farm, east of Honiara this week.

The RSIPF Fire Services Department has supported the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology-Environment Division and Honiara City Waste Management to remove the chemicals to a safer location.

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Apr 09

The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) is encouraging the media to report with a sense of responsibility when reporting on matters that will cause fear among our people.

This comes about when an article published on Solomon Star newspaper with the title ‘Plot to assassinate Sogavare’ today (9 April 2022) by Alfred Sasako.

Commissioner of Police Mr. Mostyn Mangau said the article is very dangerous and I appeal to the author to rethink before publishing such a story. The right place for this information to go to is RSIPF and not media.

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Apr 08

Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) in Honiara City have arrested two suspects for Consuming liquor in a public place and one for common nuisance on 1and 2 of April 2022.

Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Honiara City, Superintendent Jimson Robo says, “The two suspects were charged for consumption of liquor in certain public places, contrary to section 65 of the Liquor Act and the other suspect charged for common nuisance contrary to section 172 of the Penal Code.”

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Apr 07

The Commissioner of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) Mr. Mostyn Mangau acknowledged the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) and Australia Federal Police (AFP) Policing Partnership Program (RAPPP) for facilitating a handing over of a new vehicle to RSIPF.

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Apr 06

Police in the Western Province call on members of the public from Gatokae to Shortland Islands to think safety first during the current bad weather.

The call is being made as the country continues to experience heavy rain and strong winds.

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Apr 06

The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) at Gizo and Noro Police Station in the Western Province have charged 13 defendants out of the 17 who cross the Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Solomon Islands (SI) border to Buin last month.

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Apr 04

The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) strongly rebutted an article published over the weekend on Solomon Star newspaper with the title ‘Security pact could split RSIPF’ as misleading.

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