Wantok System and its historical evolution, Colonialism and the Political Economy in Pre-independence Solomon Islands
By Derek Smiles Mane
IN the Pacific region, particularly in the Solomon Islands, the wantok system is seen as an informal social network that households...
How did the drugs shortage start?
THERE'S one thing Solomon Islands is known for – getting things down even at the last minute.
The recent two-week MACFEST event is a case...
Do no harm: women’s economic empowerment and domestic violence in Melanesia
IT is often assumed that women are empowered when they are able to earn an income and that this puts them in a stronger...
Reflecting on the Wantok System after 40 years of community
By Derek Mane
ON the morning of July 7, 1978, Solomon Islanders in various locations throughout the country lower the Union Jack and raised the...
Is cheap and faster internet the answer to our social and economic ills?
BY the time you are reading this, our Prime Minister Hon Ricky Houenipwela, would have well and truly settled down in his hotel suite...
