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John Roughan: Solomons' Spirit World!
Tuesday, 21 June 2005, 11:12 am | John Roughan
Solomon Islanders' spirit world in the 21st century remains alive and well. It continues to operate in many people's lives and is as real as the wind that plays in the trees. More >>
John Roughan: They Don't Listen!
Monday, 13 June 2005, 12:31 am | John Roughan
Last Saturday morning's SIBC Talk Back Show said it all. 9 of 10 callers bitterly disagreed with Government's recent sale of the National Art Gallery to a foreign buyer. More >>
Strengthen The State BUT Build The Nation Too!
Tuesday, 7 June 2005, 10:57 am | John Roughan
Both--the State and the Nation--are but two sides of the same coin, the people of Solomon Islands. In our country's earliest days, the first years of independence (1978-1986), political leadership focused its energies on strengthening the State. ... More >>
John Roughan: Getting Rid Of Poverty!
Monday, 30 May 2005, 5:04 pm | John Roughan
Return and take a long look at Solomons' recent Social Unrest years. The country's 1998-2003 period wasn't primarily about poor development priorities, or even about the land issue and certainly not about ethnic tension. More >>
John Roughan: Masks, Hoods And Threats Won't Do It
Monday, 23 May 2005, 11:07 am | John Roughan
Two weeks ago, a tiny group of masked men from Northern Malaita, made serious demands. They wanted the Prime Minister to step down immediately, for RAMSI to act more even-handedly, to arrest militants who had worked closely with the PM, to stop treating Malaitans ... More >>
John Roughan: Solomons A Fragile State?
Tuesday, 17 May 2005, 11:41 am | John Roughan
Australia's 2005-2006 budget recently submitted to parliament, refers to both PNG and Solomons as 'fragile states'. In the Solomons' case, describing present and recent governments as 'fragile' is accurate enough. (Of course Australia couldn't speak ... More >>
John Roughan: Guale Politicians Blew It!
Monday, 9 May 2005, 11:28 am | John Roughan
Guale's senior politicians missed a great chance to make this year's Mother's Day something special for their women. But they miffed it! Last week 60 Guale women--representatives from North and Central Guadalcanal--met at Gold Ridge's Relocation Village, not far ... More >>
John Roughan: Brush with Death!
Monday, 2 May 2005, 11:08 am | John Roughan
Nations as well as individuals experience close encounters with death. Solomons' own brush with destruction lasted almost five years. The 1998-2003 Social Unrest period saw the nation state that we know so well come quite close to disappearing. More >>
John Roughan: A Solomons Future
Monday, 21 March 2005, 11:45 am | John Roughan
For more than a quarter of a century, Solomon Island male leaders assumed they could successfully fashion a country primarily for themselves. Parliament, for instance, seated 300 men and only one woman in its 27 years of existence. Provincial membership ... More >>
John Roughan: Mending Broken Relationships
Monday, 14 March 2005, 12:15 am | John Roughan
Solomon Islands suffered serious set back to its public cohesion during the five-year period-1998-2003-of social unrest. More >>
Oil Palms for Malaita
Tuesday, 1 March 2005, 7:47 pm | John Roughan
The Aluta Basin area in east Malaita is currently earmarked for major palm oil development. Malaysian investors as well as the Stabex Fund are seen as primary sources of much needed funding to get such a major project off the drawing board into the real world. More >>
John Roughan: 2005 . . . the year of the voter!
Monday, 21 February 2005, 12:20 am | John Roughan
This time next year Solomon Islanders head for the polling booths. Voters will vote in 50 members to the nation's new parliament. If the last two elections--1997 and 2001--are anything to go by, however, most parliamentarians are in for a rude awakening. More >>
John Roughan: We're still ahead!
Wednesday, 2 February 2005, 2:07 pm | John Roughan
Earlier this week things seemed to be going well for Solomon Islanders! Our national under-20 football team won its way to a showdown match against the regional football powerhouse, Australia. More >>
Oust Politicians But Work For Healthier Politics!
Monday, 24 January 2005, 11:16 am | John Roughan
Solomons has been particularly good at tossing politicians out of office. In our last two elections, for instance, voters dismissed more than half of parliament--51% of sitting members in 1997 and a whopping 64% in 2001--were unceremoniously shown ... More >>
John Roughan: Free Primary Educatio & Re-Election!
Tuesday, 18 January 2005, 11:17 am | John Roughan
At last a major step towards investing in village life is close up to becoming reality. Investing in Basic Education (at least at the primary schooling level, if not yet adult learning) strands to get a much needed funding boost. More >>
Save our Fragile State, invest in village life!
Monday, 10 January 2005, 1:19 pm | John Roughan
This week--13-14 January--in London, European Commission personnel along with UNDP and World Bank officials host a conference focusing on helping Fragile States to function once again. Fragile states are nations that find it hard to service their ... More >>
Solomon Islands: Them and Us!
Thursday, 6 January 2005, 11:36 am | John Roughan
Adam Dunning's murder two weeks ago changed the Solomons' scene forever! Before his terrible death RAMSI and Solomons' typical citizen--the overwhelming majority of its people--rarely thought of the troops as foreigners, as outsiders, but men and ... More >>
RAMSI: Adam Dunning's Death Requires Explanation
Wednesday, 29 December 2004, 10:35 am | John Roughan
The death of Adam Dunning, the Australian Federal Policeman gunned down last week in East Honiara while on an early morning routine patrol, cries out for explanation. A month previous another RAMSI vehicle had also been targeted in similar fashion ... More >>
John Roughan: Wrong Ones Got Christmas Gifts!
Tuesday, 21 December 2004, 11:46 am | John Roughan
Parliament's last meeting for 2004 disappointed many including members themselves. With almost 18 months of RAMSI presence under its belt, with a level of security and hope not found since the early 1990s, people hoped for the re-birth of a new, ... More >>
John Roughan: Tension 2!
Tuesday, 7 December 2004, 10:53 am | John Roughan
Solomons' Tension 1 days--1998-2003--were fairly straight forward. A bunch of hoods, conmen, thieves and government officials decided that the best way to guarantee their life style was initially to launch a coup and then proceed to loot the national treasury. ... More >>
