Media Releases

Police in Honiara is investigating a fatal traffic accident at the Ranadi Roundabout in East Honiara in the evening of 27 June 2018.

“It is alleged that the driver of the vehicle was travelling with his wife and another male person in a two and a half ton truck. It is alleged they were travelling at high speed and when approaching the Roundabout at Ranadi, the vehicle veered off the road and ran into the Telekom fence,” says Director Traffic, Inspector Brian Surimalefo.

Police in Honiara are investigating the death of a male adult in the Mbokonavera area in Central Honiara on 25 June 2018.

Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Honiara City Chief Superintendent Alfred Uiga says, “We received the report in the afternoon of Monday 25 June and my officers attended to the scene sending investigators and forensic officers.

PPC Uiga says, “The deceased was discovered lying in a small room build underneath a leaf house.”

The Fire and Rescue Services of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) is investigating the burning of a house at the Kukum Campus of the Solomon Islands National University (SINU) in East Honiara on 23 June 2018.

Director of the Fire and Rescue Services, Superintendent Rodney Kuma says, “The fire incident was reported to us at about 2pm on Saturday 23 June and we responded accordingly.”

The Magistrates Court at Kirakira in the Makira-Ulawa Province has sentenced seven male youth on 21 June 2018 after being found guilty on charges relating to an incident at the Pirupiru Community High School on Ulawa Island.

Provincial Police Commander (PPC), Makira-Ulawa Province, Superintendent Peter Sitai says, “The Court heard that on 28 May 2018 the seven youth entered the Pirupiru Community High school on Ulawa Island with bush knives and threatened the students and staff as well as damaged school property.”