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John Roughan: Go Solo Go!
Tuesday, 15 June 2004, 11:11 am | John Roughan
Last week Honiara's people poured out onto the city's roads and streets in a frenzied joyful welcoming home of our football heroes. It was wonderful to experience. More >>
Is Solomons' Peace Breaking Down . . . Again?
Tuesday, 25 May 2004, 4:28 pm | John Roughan
There's serious fist fighting going on in the Marau area once again. It's about the usual issues, land and logging. Ship passengers are also being beaten up if they come from the 'wrong' place. More >>
John Roughan: Recognize, Celebrate & Then, Invest!
Tuesday, 18 May 2004, 11:35 am | John Roughan
Solomon Islands Central Bank's governor, Rick Hou, made it crystal clear last week. Our country finally snapped out of its economic down ward spiral and did it with a bang. More >>
John Roughan: Anti-Corruption's One-Stop Shop!
Tuesday, 4 May 2004, 2:41 pm | John Roughan
The Australian government is currently pushing the idea of pulling together under one roof--a one-stop shop--all the Solomons accountability institutions: its Leadership Code Commission, Ombudsman and Auditor-General. More >>
John Roughan: First Things First!
Wednesday, 28 April 2004, 11:20 am | John Roughan
On the battlefield, the first work doctors and medical personnel do is to separate those who have been slightly wounded from those who have been seriously hurt. More >>
John Roughan: Easter Youth!
Tuesday, 20 April 2004, 11:37 am | John Roughan
Holy Week, the 7 day period preceding Easter Sunday, is a sacred time. Christians worldwide grapple with the meaning not only of their faith but with the mystery of life itself. More >>
John Roughan: Our Shadow Government (Round 2)
Monday, 29 March 2004, 12:07 am | John Roughan
The author who penned the PM's response (it certainly didn't come from the PM . . . probably from some accountant or other) against my initial Our Shadow Government misses the point completely. More >>
Blame Them! Shame Them! And Then, Con Them!
Monday, 22 March 2004, 11:42 am | John Roughan
Currently Malaitan landowners are blamed for holding back Malaita Province development. Public statements -- provincial-level pronouncements, Bigmen's observations -- have the effect of shaming landowners to give up the only protection they have: their ... More >>
John Roughan: Our Shadow Government
Monday, 15 March 2004, 2:35 pm | John Roughan
At present, Solomon Islanders experience two different kinds of governments: RAMSI and a shadow one, our own Members of Parliament. More >>
John Roughan: People Speak To RAMSI!
Monday, 8 March 2004, 1:08 pm | John Roughan
Seven months ago in mid-July 2003, Solomon Islanders gave the foreign intervention armies of Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga, etc. a resounding vote of confidence. More >>
John Roughan: What's The Oil Palm's Basic Problem?
Wednesday, 3 March 2004, 11:42 am | John Roughan
Last week a PNG delegation visited the Solomons' oil palm plantation past Henderson Airport. This group of investors correctly boasted of their solid expertise in the oil palm industry--over 37 years practice. More >>
John Roughan: Rove . . . the New Reality!
Tuesday, 2 March 2004, 12:47 am | John Roughan
Solomon Islands justice system is flexing its muscles once again. This was not the case in the recent past. The 1987-1997 years--leading up to our Social Unrest period--saw a serious weakening of the justice system. More >>
John Roughan: It Ain't Over Yet!
Monday, 23 February 2004, 12:33 am | John Roughan
Last week at the end of Mike Hora's trial, the Family Charity Fund's last convicted, the Solomon Star ran a large, black headline: ''It's over!'' Unfortunately, it's definitely not over. More >>
John Roughan: No Pain! No Gain!
Monday, 16 February 2004, 2:37 pm | John Roughan
When athletes prepare for the big game, they practice, practice and again,.practice more. No matter how painful, that's how they prepare. The theory behind the grinding, day-by-day, painful practice is that hard and difficult training prepares the body ... More >>
John Roughan: The Honeymoon Is Over!
Monday, 9 February 2004, 10:54 am | John Roughan
The Solomon Islands/RAMSI honeymoon is definitely over! It's great that the mutual cooperation, sincere fondness and true thankfulness lasted more than 6 months but the honeymoon period is definitely over. More >>
Honiara, the Country's First Classroom!
Tuesday, 13 January 2004, 11:41 am | John Roughan
Where do village people first learn to live in the modern world? Honiara! Who teaches bush people how to cross a busy, fast-moving road, drink piped water, use electricity safely, buy store goods, speak Pijin, and a bunch of other things? Most probably ... More >>
Honiara: Poor people are not the enemy!
Sunday, 11 January 2004, 3:11 pm | John Roughan
Honiara City Council leaders see poor people as the city's number one enemy. If truth were known, however, it is these very poor who keep Honiara alive. Hundreds of these poor feed the city's 60,000 (I don't buy the 1999 Census of 49,000. There are more ... More >>
John Roughan: Our Youth, Nation Builders!
Tuesday, 9 December 2003, 1:30 pm | John Roughan
Solomon Islands five-year period of Social Unrest, 1998-2003, profoundly affected many aspects of island life. More >>
John Roughan: Pushed to Statehood!
Wednesday, 3 December 2003, 10:24 am | John Roughan
Twenty five years ago, 7 July 1978, UK pushed the Solomons to statehood. Our colonial masters fondly hoped, a dream built on solid foundations, that with dedicated local leadership, armed with a national vision and enjoying a bit of luck citizens would ... More >>
John Roughan: Ramsi's 100 Days
Tuesday, 4 November 2003, 11:32 am | John Roughan
RAMSI's (Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands) first 100 days in Solomons has been nothing less than outstanding! Within a few short months, the 2,000+ strong intervention force of Australian/New Zealand military personnel and police members ... More >>
