Lands Commissioner Suspended Over Kongulai Fraud Claims
by Georgina Maka’a The Government has suspended the Commissioner of Lands, Alan McNeil, In-Depth Solomons has learned. The decision was conveyed to McNeil today in a letter signed by the…
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Charley Piringi is the Co-founder and Investigative Journalist for In-depth Solomons.
Solomon Islands Calls for Full Support of Pacific Resilience Facility at COP30
by Charley Piringi COP30 CCMP Reporting Fellow Solomon Islands has renewed its call for global partners to fully support and capitalize the Pacific Resilience Facility (PRF), a landmark Pacific-led, owned,…
“Climate Finance Is Not Charity”: Pacific Islands Confront the World at COP30
by Charley Piringi COP30 CCMP Reporting Fellow As the COP30 Climate Summit opens this week in Belém, Brazil, the Pacific Islands have once again seized the global stage, not as…
Solomon Islands Hosts Landmark Gathering on Marine Conservation and Women’s Leadership
A week-long regional gathering on marine conservation, threatened species, and women’s leadership is currently underway in Honiara. The gathering brings together leaders, experts, and community champions from across the Coral…
China in the Pacific: Solomon Islands –China Relations
PRIVATE VIEW| by Frank WetaraCanberra Ave, Lynnfield, Auckland, New Zealand What prompted the Solomon Islands to sever a 36-year-old relationship with Taiwan and establish diplomatic ties with China? In October…
Pacific Leaders Endorse Climate, Peace and Resilience Agenda at PIFLM54
by Charley Piringi Pacific leaders wrapped up the 54th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting (PIFLM54) in Honiara over the weekend by adopting a communiqué that reaffirms climate change as the…
West Papua and Kanaky: Pacific Summit Faces Calls For Decolonisation Action
by Charley Piringi As Pacific Islands Forum Leaders gather in Honiara this week, civil society groups from across the region have renewed calls for concrete action on West Papua and…
Solomon Islands and Fiji Sign Security Agreement to Strengthen Melanesian Ties
by Charley Piringi The Solomon Islands and Fiji have signed a new bilateral Security Agreement, which will enable the deployment of Fiji’s security personnel to the Solomon Islands when required.…
PIF Chair Commends Pacific Youths and Vanuatu for ICJ Climate Action
by Charley Piringi Incoming Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum and Solomon Islands Prime Minister, Jeremiah Manele, has praised Pacific youths and the Government of Vanuatu for their successful push…
Power Play: Gov’t Revokes Kuma’s Sufferance Wharf Suspension
by Georgina Maka’a Government has revoked a decision to suspend the use of sufferance wharves in the country after it removed Harry Kuma from the Ministry of Finance last weekend.…