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by Georgina Maka’a PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare lost his high-profile Chief of Staff Robson Djokovic early Thursday 11 May 2023. Djokovic, who held the position since 2019, died of heart failure at the National Referral Hospital (NRH) in Honiara at around 5.45am. A hospital spokesperson told In-depth Solomons Djokovic died…
by Charley Piringi THE Government has been told to review and amend the Political Parties Integrity Act 2014 ahead of next year’s national elections. The Political Parties Commission recommended this in a submission it presented to the Sogavare Government recently. Acting Political Parties Commission Registrar Glinson Galo told In-depth Solomons…
A NEW investigative media outlet has been launched in Honiara, Solomon Islands, on 5 May 2023. It comes two days after the world marked World Press Freedom Day on May 3. In-depth Solomons is an initiative of three leading Solomon Islands journalists Ofani Eremae, Georgina Maka’a and Charley Piringi. In-depth…
by Ofani Eremae When Malaysian logger Richard Kong Sing Ngea pleaded guilty in December 2020 to the illegal harvesting of Tubi trees in Solomons’ Isabel Province, tribal leader Wilson Tohidi was thrilled. Ngea’s admittance of guilt, Tohidi believes, should prompt the Solomon Islands Government to seize the illegally felled logs…
