Journalists launch first investigative media outlet in Solomon Islands
A NEW investigative media outlet has been launched in Honiara, Solomon Islands, on 5 May 2023. It comes two days…
Author: Charley Piringi
Charley Piringi is a co-founder and investigative journalist at In-Depth Solomons.
Pacific Gambit: Inside the Chinese Communist Party and Triad Push into Palau
The tiny Pacific nation of Palau is a key hotspot in the growing rivalry between China and the West. Organized…
Korean Doomsday Sect Gets Rich in Fiji With Government Help
Grace Road Church believes a nuclear-tinged Judgment Day is rapidly approaching — and that Fiji is the post-apocalyptic promised land…
Murdered Papua New Guinea Ports Official Benefitted From Suspect Offshore Payments
By OCCRP A Manila-based multinational paid millions of dollars into the offshore account of an Australian consultant around the time…
Isabel landowners fight for ownership over Tubi logs
by Ofani Eremae When Malaysian logger Richard Kong Sing Ngea pleaded guilty in December 2020 to the illegal harvesting of…
Mining operation allegedly owes millions in taxes and royalties in Solomon Islands
by Charley Piringi A mining operation in Solomon Islands owes millions in unpaid taxes and royalties, according to a former senior government…
THE GOLD RUSH: AN INVESTIGATION INTO ATTEMPTED GOLD SMUGGLING AND TAX EVASION IN SOLOMON ISLANDS
by Charley Piringi AUD5.2 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF GOLD ILLEGAL DEAL Nearly 80 Kilograms of gold worth around AUD 5.2…
Pillaging people’s Tubi trees
by Ofani Eremae Villagers fight to reclaim stolen logs from Gov’t & Asian logger AT Korona logging base on San Jorge…
Mining makes off with the last soil in this remote Solomon Islands’ atoll
The last pockets of bauxite-rich soil in Rennell are being dug up and shipped out, leaving residents with little land…
Has mining benefitted Rennell Atoll?
Questions are circulating about whether BMC mining was granted its license fairly and whether it should be paying taxes on…