“Change Is Coming”: Wale Promises Solomon Islands
By Tarcisius Kabutaulaka* Solomon Islands’ new Prime Minister, Matthew Cooper Wale, has promised the country that “change is coming”. He was…
Category: View Points
The GNUT’s Tax Exemptions: Rewarding Friends, Robbing The State
By Tom Smith Honiara Let’s stop pretending this is a one-off mistake. It isn’t. This latest scandal is not an…
𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗪𝗔𝗥 𝗜𝗜 𝗜𝗡 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗨.𝗦.—𝗣𝗔𝗖𝗜𝗙𝗜𝗖 𝗜𝗦𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗦 𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡
𝘉𝘺 𝘢𝘯 𝘖𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘳 I recently read a social media post by the U.S. Embassy in Honiara highlighting an event in…
Unloading Of Imported Cargoes At Goodwood And Penquin Sufferance Wharves Violated Cabinets Decision (Cab2025/233)
By Rex Ramo Introduction. On 19th December 2025 Cabinet discussed the Joint Cabinet paper on the Policy Direction and Regulatory …
A Return Not To Rescue: But To Replace?
By John Tom Honiara The return of former Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare into the GNUT government as Deputy Prime…
What Really Causes Political Commotions In Solomon Islands?
by Ednal Palmer Political instability in the Solomon Islands has become an all-too-familiar pattern – recurring, disruptive, and often unexplained.…
The Pacific And The Iran War
by Stephen Howes and Rubayat Chowdhury There is no doubt that the war Israel and the United States have launched against…
The Chasm Between Anti-corruption Pledges And Practicalities
by Shailendra B. Singh* The complexities and contradictions of implementing anti-corruption initiatives in a Pacific Island context were on full…
“Geopolitics Fo Wat?” Reassessing Malaita’s Rural Development
by Anouk Ride I write this amidst the thunder of a tropical storm in a village…
“CORRUPTION WINS WHEN OVERSIGHT SLEEPS”
SIICAC-DIRECTOR GENERAL As we approach the 10th of February when Transparency International will release globally the Corruption Perception Index (CPI)…
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