Media Releases

Police at Ringi in the Western Province are investigating a fatal accident at Kolombangara Island on 25 May 2018, which resulted to the death of a man in his 30’s.

The deceased was believed to be working for Kolombangara Forestry Plantation Limited (KFPL) as a laborer.

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Police at Lata in Temotu Province have arrested an alleged suspect for burning of four bulldozers and two excavator machines at Naedirke bush, in Santa Cruz Islands on 30 May 2018.

Provincial Police Commander (PPC), Superintendent James Toaki says, “At about 5pm yesterday (Wednesday) morning my officers arrested the suspect from his home village.”

Superintendent Toaki says, “The suspect has been charged with four counts in relation to the burning incident. The suspect is currently in police custody and expected to appear before magistrate for remand application.”

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Community at Grassland-Kwaio Settlement in East Honiara, behind King George VI (KGVI) area benefit from police crime prevention awareness talk conducted on 27 May 2018.

National Community Policing officer, Sergeant John Manegaua says, My team on Sunday, 27 May had conducted an awareness talk at the newly settlement, Kwaio Settlement, behind KG VI area in which more than one hundred people attended the awareness talk.”

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Guadalcanal Police confirm alleged body parts of a young boy allegedly attacked by a crocodile found during a search conducted today 29 May 2018 at Singe village, North East Guadalcanal.

Acting Provincial Police Commander (PPC) for Guadalcanal Province, Superintendent Nixson Manetoga says, “I can confirm that members from Singe Village have found few pieces alleged to belong to the missing boy’s body and clothes. The pieces found have been put into a coffin for a proper burial; the remaining body of the child is yet to be retrieved.”

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Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) in Rove, Police headquarters on 28 May 2018.

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Commissioner of Police, Matthew Varley opened the Operational Safety Training (OST) Instructors Course for about forty officers on Monday, 28 May 2018 at Rove Police Headquarters.

For the first time ever, the RSIPF is also hosting ten operational officers from the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary (RPNGC) on the program, due to a joint agreement between the RSIPF and RPNGC, supported and funded by the Australian Federal Police.

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Police investigators in Honiara are investigating a death of an adult male at Lengakiki area in West Honiara since 27 May 2018, early hours in the morning.

The matter is being investigated jointly by investigators from Honiara Central Police Station and the National Criminal Investigation Division (NCID).

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Police at Henderson Police Station are investigating a fatal accident which resulted to the death of 41-year-old man at Tenaru area in Central Guadalcanal today, 27 May 2018.

It is alleged prior to the accident, the deceased was sitting behind a double cabin Hilux vehicle which was travelling along Tenaru main road when the vehicle went off track the road and ditched into a drain.

It is further alleged the driver of the vehicle was allegedly under the influence of alcohol.

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Twelve provincial security guards for Central Provincial Government successfully completed a week workshop which was conducted by police in the Provincial Headquarter at Tulagi, Central Province.

The workshop was held in the provincial conference room at the provincial capital, Tulagi from 21 – 25 May 2018. This was after the Central Provincial Government wrote a letter to the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF), Office of the Provincial Police Commander for Central Province, seeking police assistance to train its security officers.

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The Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Western Province, Chief Superintendent Mathias Lenialu thanks people in the Gizo Kolombangara constituency for a crime free by- election on 23 May 2018.

“I want to thank the good people of Gizo and Kolombangara for the outstanding behaviour displayed during the campaign by the various candidates, the actual day of the by-election, the counting of the votes and at the declaration of the outcome,” says PPC Lenialu.

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