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By Rex Ramo Introduction. On 19th December 2025 Cabinet discussed the Joint Cabinet paper on the Policy Direction and Regulatory Options for sufferance Wharves and Leroy Port Operations. The paper was based on the Special Committees Report on the use of Sufferance Wharves, as Cabinet approved on 3rd June 2025. …
By John Tom Honiara The return of former Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare into the GNUT government as Deputy Prime Minister is not a sign of unity but a reflection of a political system under pressure. Let’s take a look back at the events of April 2025 when Sogavare led…
by Ednal Palmer Political instability in the Solomon Islands has become an all-too-familiar pattern – recurring, disruptive, and often unexplained. Each episode is always seen by citizens as “not in the interest of the people,” because rarely do citizens receive a clear or convincing explanation for why these political upheavals…
by Stephen Howes and Rubayat Chowdhury There is no doubt that the war Israel and the United States have launched against Iran will have global economic consequences. While it is difficult to know what those consequences will be, it is hard to see them as positive, and they could be very,…
by Shailendra B. Singh* The complexities and contradictions of implementing anti-corruption initiatives in a Pacific Island context were on full display in Suva recently. Fiji’s principal anti-corruption body, the Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption (FICAC), laid charges against Fijian and British national Charlie Charters, alleging two counts of aiding and…
by Anouk Ride I write this amidst the thunder of a tropical storm in a village in Malaita, recalling the storm that was this province’s foray into geopolitical struggles after the national government switched diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China in 2019. Malaita’s Premier Daniel Suidani opposed…
SIICAC-DIRECTOR GENERAL As we approach the 10th of February when Transparency International will release globally the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) Solomon Islands Independent Commission Against Corruption (SIICAC) remains without a Director General, leaving the nation’s premier anti-corruption body leaderless at a critical time. This prolonged vacancy undermines the fight against…
From Transparency Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is set to find out how corrupt or clean its public sector is (government) on 10 February 2026 when Transparency International releases the 2025 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) globally. The CPI score is a measure of how clean or corrupt the Machinery of Government…
by Transparency Solomon Islands Transparency Solomon Islands (TSI) stands in support of customary landowners who have raised serious and documented concerns regarding mining activities at Kamaboe Camp in South Choiseul. These concerns, reported in the Solomon Star on Friday 23 January 2026, relate to allegations that mining operations have commenced at Kamaboe…
by Anna Kapil and Stephen Howes It is well known that the people of Bougainville want independence. In the 2019 referendum, 98.3% of them voted for it. And in 2025, Ishmael Touroma, a strong advocate of independence, was re-elected to the position of President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville,…
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