Point Cruz

Congratulations PM Manele, lets give him a chance

Honourable Jeremiah Manele is the new Prime Minister of Solomon Islands winning with a total votes of 31, over Matthew Wale's 18 votes. Honourable Manele becomes the country's first Prime Minister from Santa Isabel province.

Paoa lo ufala first 11 nao

FULL TIME SCORE NGE 2024
O.U.R Party Solomon islands 15
Solomon Islands Democratic PARTY 11
Solomon Islands United Party 6
People First Party 3
Solomon Islands Party for Rural Advancement - SIPRA 1
U 4 C - Umi For Change Party 1
Kadere Pati 1
Democratic Alliance Party 1
Independents 11
Looks like the power hem lo han blo grasshoppers moa ya

2024 ELECTION HALF-TIME SCORE
O.U.R Party Solomon islands - 10
Solomon Islands Democratic PARTY - 5
Solomon Islands United Party - 3
PFP - 1
U4C - 1
DAP - 1
Independents - 4

Hegarty's Law predicting a 50% seats change in our 2024 NGE
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But there is one reason to believe that this election will be tougher. Why? The answer is to do with the relationship between candidate numbers and re-election rates, which was first observed by political scientist David Hegarty in Papua New Guinea in the 1980s. “Hegarty’s Law” (my name for it, not his), states that the more candidates there are in an electorate, the less likely the incumbent is to win. A related way of thinking about this is that, for any given electorate, if candidate numbers increase from the previous election, the odds the incumbent will be re-elected fall.

Perhaps the numbers aren’t looking so good for Sogavare in the Solomons - Devpolicy Blog from the Development Policy Centre Increased candidate numbers in electorates where the sitting MP is from the former government's party could be bad news for Sogavare, says Terence Wood.

The road to who-knows-where
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The road-to-nowhere was constructed with equipment provided by powerful Chinese mining businessman Dan Shi, whose companies, Win Win Investment Solomon and New Asia Mining Co., hold some of the most important mining and prospecting concessions in Solomon Islands.

Unplanned, Underfunded and Unfinished: Bradley Tovosia’s Road to Nowhere - In-depth Solomons […]

Militarization is not the answer.
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The numerous calls not to militarise the region seem at odds with investing in a defence force. These are sovereign decisions, and there may come a time for the country to establish a defence force, but the current opportunity costs and conflict risks are high. Rather than leaping to create a whole new force, it may be best for all to work with Solomon Islands on the most pressing security challenges and build the capacity of existing local and regional institutions – one step at a time.

Solomon Islands: Invest in people and police before military | Lowy Institute Australia and foreign partners should work with existing institutions. A new military capability could make matters worse.

A Solomon Islands legacy
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Alick Wickham, a man you’ve likely never heard of but whose style of swimming inspired the stroke that’s taught at learn-to-swim classes across Australia. The Solomon Islander introduced his crawling style of swim stroke – later renamed the Australian Crawl and then freestyle – to Oz.

Who invented the Aussie "crawl"? Swimmers the country over can thank Solomon Islander Alick Wickham for their watery “crawl".

The Point Cruz area of Camp Guadal. Honiara, 1944.

Photo: BM, Alexander Wilson Collection.

Will there be riots today?
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Despite documents such as the Boe Declaration, in which Pacific leaders take a human security approach, and significant experience in regional conflict resolution, there is little application of these approaches to places experiencing riots. The report suggests looking beyond riot events as matters for police response only, to matters that the development, peace and security sectors should coalesce around for positive change. This includes addressing grievances and triggers that contribute to riots, networking local initiatives that promote peace (such as crime prevention, youth projects, and community policing) and understanding more about riot processes to prevent them in future.

https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/riots-serve-unexpected-lesson-pacific?fbclid=IwAR1p69fEKCouKv2Gl1aYwOrTlOz9QTZ3WUZfCiZopFLOpHeIu1evf5MM0Ys

Riots serve an unexpected lesson in the Pacific | Lowy Institute A new report on civil unrest in the region calls for a longer and wider lens in analysing reasons and rationales.