A Kidney Transplant, Ignored Advice, and a President’s Surprise Pick to Run a $160 Billion Pacific Island Mine
by Michael E. Miller (OCCRP) and Carmel N. Pilotti (OCCRP) A Pacific island’s president bypassed an official selection process when…
Category: Investigations
The Aftermath Of Logging’s Broken Promises: Can Carbon Trading Save Makira’s Last Forests?
by Georgina Maka’a & Ronald Toito’ona Once called Solomon Islands’ least developed province, the logging industry was sold as the…
A Solomon Islands Police Officer Was Investigated for Dumping Meth in the Sea. Now He’s Poised to Become Commissioner
Internal documents reveal that prosecutors in Solomon Islands found “sufficient evidence” to suspend and charge Deputy Police Commissioner Ian Vaevaso…
Promised City, Lingering Questions: The Unfinished Story of Mamara
by Ednal Palmer and Ofani Eremae When former Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare launched the Mamara Township Development Project in May 2021,…
Built in Silence: The Rise of Bangladeshi Retail Power at Korona Market
by Georgina Maka’a & Ofani Eremae At Korona Market, east of Honiara, controversial Bangladeshi retailers appear to have carved out…
Meet the South Pacific Ponzi King With a Bogus Bank — and a Global Fan Club
Fugitive Ponzi schemer Noah Musingku reigns over an armed “cargo cult” deep in the interior of one of the world’s…
Seaweed or Sediment?
Climate Change and Mining Threaten Livelihoods of Wagina villagers by Charley Piringi For the people of Wagina, a small Micronesian…
The Siruka Mining Mess: How Solomon Islands’ Government Fast-Tracking Policy Sparked Controversy
Decking: When COVID-19 struck Solomon Islands in 2020, it sent shockwaves through an already fragile economy, cutting off trade, tourism,…
A Bay Under Siege: How Unchecked Mining is Choking Life in Thousand Ships Bay
Key findings: by Ronald Toito’ona Thousand Ships Bay, located on the southern coast of Isabel Province, was once a place…
SCALE-NRM: A Multi-Million Dollar Project That Gave ‘False Hope’ to the People of Malaita
by Georgina Maka’a Five Years of Hope, Now Disappointment Five years ago, a wave of optimism swept through Malaita Province…
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