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John Roughan: The Betel Nut Sellers Crisis!
Wednesday, 1 December 2004, 10:00 am | John Roughan
Last Friday's Star's front page headline upset many! Imagine sentencing a woman to six months prison for selling betel nut on Honiara's streets. More >>
Strengthening Our Youth! Weakening Our Olos?
Tuesday, 30 November 2004, 12:07 am | John Roughan
It had to happen at some time and so it did down in Sa'a, South Malaita, recently. Solomons' latest communications tool, Pfnet, had finally arrived in the village and young people were truly excited about linking up with the rest of the world through ... More >>
John Roughan: Solomons' Voice Returns!
Monday, 22 November 2004, 11:38 am | John Roughan
The least noticed but most welcome change in public life since RAMSI's arrival in mid-2003, has been the flood of questioning, critical and insightful writings by the Solomons public. More >>
John Roughan: The Village Is The Private Sector!
Tuesday, 16 November 2004, 12:43 am | John Roughan
This week Solomon Islands plays host to a two-day conference of its Development Partners, those generous nations that are keeping us afloat with funds. Without their assistance, our small nation would have already sunk below the waves. Yet, it this a true? Recent ... More >>
John Roughan: Political Leaders Re-Visit 2001!
Monday, 8 November 2004, 6:07 pm | John Roughan
The last few weeks of political theatre remind all how hard it is for the current government leadership to change its way of acting. More >>
John Roughan: Solomon's Taiwan Connection
Tuesday, 26 October 2004, 11:58 am | John Roughan
A subject of concern for citizens should be to discuss the growing importance of the Red Dragon, mainland China, to our neck of the woods. I share with readers my unease with our present (past ones as well) government's handling of the colossal ... More >>
John Roughan: Partnership, The Road To Ownership!
Monday, 11 October 2004, 12:39 am | John Roughan
RAMSI, the Australian-led multi-nation intervention force, is now into its 15-month program to help the country re-invent itself. Solomon Islanders initially gave a resounding vote of confidence (94% approval rating). More >>
John Roughan: Playing With Words, Little Else!
Tuesday, 5 October 2004, 11:06 am | John Roughan
Today's leaders are into using a new vocabulary about a future Solomon Islands but their old way of thinking about the country hasn't changed. More >>
February 2006 . . . Voters have their say!
Monday, 27 September 2004, 12:32 am | John Roughan
In 16 months or less, parliament members face their people at the poll. Do they stand half a chance at returning to the Big House on the hill for another 4 years or are they looking at certain defeat? The last two national election results--1997 and ... More >>
John Roughan: Solomons Hosts USP's Newest Campus
Monday, 20 September 2004, 10:32 am | John Roughan
Solomon Islands will soon be the home of USP's forth campus. Three others stretch across the Pacific. Vanuatu's campus, for instance, specializes in law, Samoa's Alafua's focuses on agriculture while the mother campus in Suva, Fiji concentrates on other ... More >>
John Roughan: 9/11 Changed our World!
Thursday, 16 September 2004, 11:43 am | John Roughan
On Saturday last (9 September) much of the world remembered with sorrow what happened three years ago in New York City. Al-Qaeda members, mostly from Saudi Arabia, hijacked two large airplanes filled with passengers and crashed them into the Twin Towers, ... More >>
Solomons: Building Capacity AND Changing Attitudes
Monday, 6 September 2004, 2:46 am | John Roughan
Solomons' need for capacity building for individuals as well as institutions, groups and organizations is the current 'hot ticket' plan to turn the country around. It's strongly believed that many Solomon Islanders and their institutions don't have sufficient ... More >>
Code Words And Cultures!
Monday, 30 August 2004, 11:38 am | John Roughan
All cultures and languages use abbreviations, short speech patterns and code language when communicating. They are people's short hand way of speaking with each other. Speakers, however, are also aware that certain words conceal as much as they reveal. ... More >>
John Roughan: Public Space. Private Concern!
Monday, 23 August 2004, 9:55 am | John Roughan
Recently the Honiara Beautification Committee had to take things into their own hands. City leaders, over the past ten years, have been selling off, piece by piece, the city's prime real estate. More >>
John Roughan: Recent Prison Disturbance!
Monday, 16 August 2004, 3:06 pm | John Roughan
Solomons' recent prison disturbance was much more than a demand for more food, better living conditions or other material demands to make prison life easier. Prisoners locked up for 20 hours each day and facing a dismal future, such issues are secondary. More >>
John Roughan: Village-Led Economic Recovery!
Tuesday, 10 August 2004, 11:54 am | John Roughan
Last year an AusAID position paper boldly presented the above insightful statement. Solomon Islanders should champion a village-led economic recovery plan it recommended. More >>
John Roughan: Solomon Guest Workers!
Monday, 2 August 2004, 3:35 pm | John Roughan
Australia currently spends big bucks in the Solomons. So too does New Zealand! Australia's first year contribution, for instance, is more than a billion dollars and it intends to continue its generosity for many years to come. More >>
John Roughan - 18 Months To Make Good!
Thursday, 29 July 2004, 12:16 am | John Roughan
In February 2006 Solomon Islanders will more than likely cast their votes to elect members for a new parliament. That sounds a long way down the road but believe me it's right around the corner. More >>
John Roughan: One Year On!
Monday, 19 July 2004, 12:04 am | John Roughan
This time last year Solomon Islanders waited in great expectation. On 24 July 2003 the nation accepted a multi-nation military force of more than 2,000 armed personnel to land on our shores. More >>
John Roughan Considers "Loyal Opposition!"
Monday, 5 July 2004, 11:41 am | John Roughan
A fundamental reality for a strong working parliament is to have a vibrant 'loyal opposition'! Both words--loyal and opposition--are absolutely necessary! Those out of power must be both loyal and work in opposition. A major question must be asked. ... More >>
