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November 30, 2021
By Jeffrey Elapa in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s deployment of 37 police and Correctional Services staff to Solomon Islands on Friday was done on the back of a regional police-to-police engagement arrangement to help stem the civil unrest in Honiara. Police Commissioner David Manning, who returned to Port Moresby from Honiaria on Friday evening ... <a title="PNG’s police deployment in Honiara ‘vital’ for regional security" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/30/pngs-police-deployment-in-honiara-vital-for-regional-security/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s police deployment in Honiara ‘vital’ for regional security">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk An editorial in the Chinese English-language mouthpiece Global Times has accused Australia — and the United States — of “conniv[ing] with and even encourag[ing] the unrest” in the Solomon Islands after three days of rioting last week destroyed much of Chinatown in the capital Honiara. “Even though [100] Australian troops and ... <a title="Solomon Islands: China mouthpiece blames Australia for ‘fomenting riots’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/29/solomon-islands-china-mouthpiece-blames-australia-for-fomenting-riots/" aria-label="Read more about Solomon Islands: China mouthpiece blames Australia for ‘fomenting riots’">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Solomon Islands police have arrested more than 100 suspects as Honiara townspeople clean up after three days of rioting and looting in Chinatown following a peaceful protest. The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) confirmed this in a statement. “I must make it very clear here that no one is above ... <a title="Solomon Islands riots: 100 arrested as police chief warns ‘nobody above law’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/28/solomon-islands-riots-100-arrested-as-police-chief-warns-nobody-above-law/" aria-label="Read more about Solomon Islands riots: 100 arrested as police chief warns ‘nobody above law’">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2021
By Robert Iroga in Honiara Solomon Islands opposition leader Matthew Wale has announced that he is filing a notice of a vote of no confidence in the Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare after three days of rioting has rocked the capital Honiara. Wale said today he still did not have enough numbers for such a motion ... <a title="Solomon Islands riots: Wale calls for no confidence vote in ‘hiding’ PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/28/solomon-islands-riots-wale-calls-for-no-confidence-vote-in-hiding-pm/" aria-label="Read more about Solomon Islands riots: Wale calls for no confidence vote in ‘hiding’ PM">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2021
RNZ Pacific Police in Honiara have confirmed that three bodies have been found in one of the burnt out buildings in Chinatown after the rioting in the Solomon Islands. A protest on Wednesday calling for the Solomons Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare to step down lapsed into major unrest and three days of rioting. A police ... <a title="Solomon Islands: Bodies discovered in burnt out Chinatown building" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/28/solomon-islands-bodies-discovered-in-burnt-out-chinatown-building/" aria-label="Read more about Solomon Islands: Bodies discovered in burnt out Chinatown building">Read more</a>
