And the current incumbent survival rate is 49%. Last time it was lower than this was 2001, I think.

Solomons elections: 46 seats announced (out of 50). Here's the party fortunes at this point. The SIDP's fortunes are improving, despite having lost some key incumbents.

As protests grow in #NewCaledonia over proposed changes to electoral laws, Australia is backing France’s Indo-Pacific Strategy and extending military ties. My report for devpolicy.org looks at the ALP government's backsliding on UN decolonisation resolutions.
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Papua New Guineans do not deserve to be labeled as cannibals, their prime minister said after U.S. President Joe Biden suggested his missing uncle was eaten in the Pacific island country during World War II. benarnews.org/english/news/p…

China pledges US$14m infrastructure and economic aid to #FSM , president Simina say US #COFA deal ‘leaves much to be desired’

pacificislandtimes.com/post/china-ple… via Pacific Island Times Mar-Vic Cagurangan (great write-up and context)

#Pacific
#Micronesia

#BiennaleArte2024 Golden Lion for Best National Participation to the #AustraliaPavilion . “In this quietly powerful Pavilion, #ArchieMoore worked for months to hand-draw with chalk a monumental First Nations family tree. Thus 65,000 years of history (both recorded and lost) are

Archie Moore, an Indigenous Australian artist, won the top prize at the Venice Biennale. He beat artists representing 85 other countries to become the first Australian winner for his installation, “kith and kin,” which includes a monumental family tree. nyti.ms/4b1X51Q

Feature picture for the The New York Times article on the #VeniceBiennale of Latai Taumoepeau with ‘Re-Stor(y)ing Oceania’ at Oceanspace.

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#Pacific #deepseamining

A Solomon Islands politician ousted as premier of the Pacific island country’s most populous province after opposing diplomatic recognition of China has been reelected to its provincial assembly, according to preliminary election results released Friday. benarnews.org/english/news/p…

Update from our reporter Georgina Kekea at Multipurpose Hall in Central Honiara, where counting will take place for Honiara Constituencies and Wards. #TavuliNews #NewsAndPeople #SolomonIslands

Cheap data. No regulation. #Starlink takes off in #WallisandFutuna reports polynesiela1ere

Speed: Up to 200Mbs v 0.8 via fiber

Cost: 200Mb 13,000cfp (A$180) v 1Mb 12,500cfp (A$174) via fiber!!?!

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Solomon Islands residents formed long lines to vote at polling stations in Honiara, the nation’s capital, even before the electoral commission declared them open at 7 a.m. on Wednesday.
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Solomon Islanders queued to vote in the rain and under a boiling sun, undeterred by fickle weather on election day and optimistic their voices will matter in the economically-lagging nation where China and the U.S. are fighting for influence. benarnews.org/english/news/p…

Stephen Wright READ: benarnews.org/english/news/p…

It’s election day in the Solomon Islands 🇸🇧🗳️

Solomon Islanders queued to vote, undeterred by fickle weather on election day and optimistic their voices will matter in the economically-lagging nation where China and the U.S. are in a sharp-elbowed contest for influence.

How is this story of survival even about these white saviours? 🤦🏽‍♀️ The real saviours are the Tuvaluans who have lived here for millennia. Not the fly ins fly outs. Cmon 60 Minutes Australia, journalism is a honourable profession. Do it right.

“US nixes #Guam and #AmericanSamoa ’s bid for #PIF membership”

pacificislandtimes.com/post/washingto… via Pacific Island Times Mar-Vic Cagurangan

#Pacific
#Micronesia

John Palmer says he got a wheelbarrow, a small solar panel and a sheet of corrugated roofing after voting for his member of parliament two elections ago in 2014.
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'Crumbling roads, rising prices: #SolomonIslands #election highlights frustrations, flashpoints.'

Via Stephen Wright reporting from Honiara.

#Pacific #democracy #SolsVotes2024

Le Figaro - à lire : Nouvelle-Calédonie : mobilisation d’une ampleur inédite à Nouméa sur la question du corps électoral lefigaro.fr/politique/nouv…