投稿者: Dorothy Wickham in Honiara
There are many things we need more than high-powered weapons – and we remember what happened last time police lost control of their gunsMy country once lived in fear of the gun. Thousands of weapons, many stolen from police armouries, fuelled the years…
All stories are to be approved by the government before broadcast on the SIBC, prompting grave concerns about press freedomThe Solomon Islands’ government has prompted outrage by ordering the censorship of the national broadcaster, forbidding it from p…
Journalists have been chased from parliament by police and attacked by the prime minister. Now more than ever we need a free pressAt the end of April, a reporter and a cameraman stood outside the national parliament in Honiara. They were trying to film…
Government alleges bulk carrier discharged heavy fuel oil into the sea off Santa Cruz island A bulk carrier ship has deliberately dumped about 1,000 tonnes of oil into the sea off the coast of the Solomon Islands, government authorities have alleged.Th…
Group left Papua New Guinea in canoe before Christmas and survivors were rescued almost 2,000km away a month laterFour people have been rescued after spending 32 days adrift in the South Pacific, after a tragic voyage that resulted in the deaths of eig…
After my nation switched allegiance to China, it took journalists on a ‘look and learn’ tourThe invitation from the prime minister’s office came in mid-November, almost exactly two months after the event referred to as “the switch” – the day the govern…