Media Releases

Members of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) this evening mounted a full guard of honour to welcome the President of the Republic of China on Taiwan (ROC), H.E Tsai Ing-Wen who touched down at the Henderson International Airport after 7.30 pm for the start of a two-day visit to Honiara.

The guard of honour for the ROC President included a Male and Female Platoon accompanied by a Colour Bearer Party. The RSIPF Brass Band was also part of the parade.

Police in Guadalcanal Province are investigating an incident of a store break-in at the Kauvare area West of Honiara on Sunday 29 October during which cash totalling $50,000 and other items worth more than $25,000 were stolen.

“It is believed that the suspect climbed on top of the roof of the shop and gained entry by cutting through the roofing iron and stole the cash and other items,” says Provincial Police Commander, Guadalcanal Province, Nixon Manetoga.

Police are investigating the death of an expatriate in the Ngossi area of West Honiara on the night of 27 October 2017.

Supervising Provincial Police Commander, Honiara City, Superintendent Barry Saukiu says, “Honiara Police and officers of the Police Forensics Department attended the scene of the incident on the same night and transported the body of the deceased to the National Referral Hospital (NRD). Police plans to carry out a post mortem on the body.”

It is believed that the expatriate was an employee for the Coral Sea Resort and Casino in Honiara.

A vehicle driver is assisting the Police in Gizo in the Western Province following an accident involving a man in his 20’s who was injured while trying to get onto the back of a 3-ton truck in the township on 25 October 2017.

It was alleged the man ran behind the moving vehicle and held onto the right side trailer, and attempted to jump onto the back of the vehicle trailer. However, he was unable to get onto the vehicle and fell. His right leg went under the right rear tyre of the vehicle and injured his leg.