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ASYCUDA User Functional Training Lead Facilitator Frank Lulu Maeaba with Participants from five different business companies who attended the training Honiara, 30th July 2025 – Solomon Islands Customs and Excise Division (SICED) recently conducted a three-day ASYCUDA (Automated System for Customs Data) User Functional Training for its Business Clients known as Declarants. The Training commenced […]

Auki police have arrested a 38-year-old male suspect for consuming liquor in a public place in Auki township over the weekend. Supervising Provincial Police Commander (PPC), Malaita Province, Superintendent Michael Ramosaea, said the suspect was seen drinking alcohol with his friends near the Malaita Provincial Headquarters in Auki town. PPC Ramosaea said when police approached

Solomon Islands Customs & Excise Division Communications and Outreach Officer Raymond Hulanga facilitating at the Customs Pre-Departure Briefing session held on Friday last week. The Solomon Islands Customs and Excise Division (SICED) continues to reach out and conduct its first-ever Pre-Departure Briefing session with the New Zealand pool of workers/recruits (locally known as “seasonal workers”)

Taro police have arrested a 47-year-old male suspect for hitting a 20-year-old girl with a knife after he asked her for sex, but she refused. The alleged incident occurred at Sariana village in northwest Choiseul when the victim went to a local store. On her way in the coconut plantation, she met the suspect, and

MAL Deputy Secretary Special Duties (DSSD), Mr. Simon Baete opening the workshop. The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) has officially opened the Transformation Pathways Training Workshop; a three-day program aimed at strengthening Solomon Islands’ capacity to plan and implement sustainable agricultural and food system strategies. The opening remarks was delivered by Deputy Secretary Special

Kulitanai Police, have arrested a 19-year-old male person for allegedly committing indecent act without consent on a 12-year-old girl in a village in the Shortland Islands, Western Province. Supervising Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Superintendent Wilken Miriki said the alleged incident first occurred in 2023. The recent incident occurred in July 2025, where the suspect went

Malaita Province, 19 August 2025 — Tribes from the Bina region are helping the Bina Harbour Tuna Processing Plant Project gain a deeper understanding of their land, stories, and culture, to support planning for respectful and inclusive development. Using a system called Indigenous terrain mapping (ITM), the Pacific Horizons Consultancy Group, a contractor to the

Taro police have arrested thirteen suspects for disputing the installation of a telecommunication tower at Susuka village in east Choiseul. It was alleged the suspects, who dispute the location of a telecommunication tower, approached members of the community who are working on the project, threatened them, and ordered them to stop working due to a

Kulitanai Police have arrested a 34-year-old male suspect for raping his 15-year-old niece in January 2025 in the Shortland Islands, Western Province. Supervising Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Superintendent Wilken Miri says, “The incident occurred at the victim’s family home, where the suspect allegedly threatened the victim with a baseball bat and raped her when everyone

The wait is over! The OFC Futsal Men’s Cup 2025 is ready to light up Suva this September, and the official match schedule is CONFIRMED! And what better way to kick things off than a powerhouse showdown  Solomon Islands vs New Zealand in the opening match! Two of Oceania’s futsal giants will go head-to-head to