Media Releases

Jul 10

Officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force at the Henderson Police Station are investigating the burning down of the Aviation Head Office building at the eastern end of the Honiara International Airport at Henderson between 2 and 3 am on 7 July 2020

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Jul 10

The National Traffic Department of the RSIPF is investigating a fatal accident involving one male person from Tetupa Village GPPOL 3, North East Guadalcanal, who was hit by a bus late yesterday afternoon (8 July 2020) in the Henderson area East of Honiara.

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Jul 09

Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) have charged a senior government officer with careless driving following a traffic accident involving a government motor vehicle, which happened early morning Saturday 4 July 2020 near the Iron Bottom Sound Hotel in West Honiara.

It is alleged the G-plated hilux vehicle was travelling in a westerly direction when the motor vehicle veered off the road and collided into a concrete wall outside the Iron Bottom Sound Hotel. The motor vehicle sustained damages while the senior government officer escaped any injuries.

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Jul 06

The three foreign nationals arrested by the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) in Honiara for alleged illegal entry into Solomon Island on 19 June 2020 have been further remanded by the Honiara Central Magistrates’ Court when they appeared in Court this morning.
They will reappear in Court on 13 July 2020.

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Jul 06

The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) calls on members of the public in Honiara and as well as throughout the country to celebrate the upcoming 42nd anniversary of Solomon Islands independence in a peaceful manner with respect for each other and our laws.

The Solomon Islands Government has cancelled the normal official anniversary of independence celebrations in Honiara as the country continues to fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) but the public holiday will still be observed.

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Jun 25

Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) in Auki, Malaita Province have arrested two suspects in relation to the suspicious death of a 25-year-old male person at Kiu Village in West Are’Are on 21 June 2020.

Supervising Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Malaita Province, Superintendent William Foufaka says, “Police have arrested the two suspects on 21 June 2020 at Onepara Village. One of the suspects is a 40-year-old male and the other a 20-year-old male

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Jun 22

Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) in Auki, Malaita Province are investigating the suspicious death of a 25-year-old male person at Kiu Village in West Are’Are on 20 June 2020.

Supervising Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Malaita Province, Superintendent William Foufaka says, “Police received a report from a police officer at Kiu Village that a young man had passed away on the morning of 20 June 2020.”

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Jun 22

Officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) at the Gizo Police Station in Western Province have arrested and charged an 18-year-old Form 4 female student at Eleoteve Community High School on Vella la Vella Island in Western Province on 17 June 2020.

Initial reports say the accused gave birth to a baby in the School’s girls’ ablution block on 17 June 2020. The female baby, weighing 2.6 kilograms, later died after birth when the mother allegedly suffocated her by putting dirt into her mouth and all over the body.

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Jun 13

Officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) in Honiara are investigating a mobile text message swearing and using obscene language against the Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare and members of his family.

Initial reports say that Prime Minister Sogavare and his wife Madam Emmy Sogavare attended church at Mamulele SDA church as both were invited by the Mamulele community in Honiara.

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Jun 12

Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) in Auki and Atori in Malaita Province have arrested three male suspects in relation to the death of a 21-year-old male in North East Malaita on 10 June 2020.

The suspects include two 19-year-olds and a 22-year-old.

Supervising Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Malaita Province, Superintendent William Foufaka says, “Police received the report and travelled to the area of the incident. The dead body was found floating at sea near Usu’usue, Ata’a.”

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