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John Roughan: Nation-Building And The Churches
Thursday, 30 October 2003, 11:26 am | John Roughan
Did our small nation luck out? How close did the Solomons come to society collapse as happened and continues to take place in sub-Sahara Africa as we speak? Take the Rwanda case for instance. More >>
John Roughan: Great Expectations? No, Miracles!
Tuesday, 28 October 2003, 7:50 am | John Roughan
Three great historical events changed forever the history of Solomon Islands. In the first days of Bell's killing in East Malaita in 1927, it did not seem at the time much of an historical event. More >>
John Roughan: Silence Is Health!
Monday, 13 October 2003, 10:29 am | John Roughan
Part of the fall out from our last five years of social unrest is to deepen the custom of our people keeping quiet when things go wrong. In fact, the greater the crime, the deeper the silence. More >>
John Roughan: The Bomb Is Still Ticking!
Thursday, 2 October 2003, 12:25 am | John Roughan
A number of African states, during the 1990s, blew themselves apart. Some, in fact, continue to do so to this very day. These nations began their killing ways first as 'failed states' but quickly moved on to society collapse. More >>
RAMSI and Maasina Ruru!
Wednesday, 24 September 2003, 10:58 am | John Roughan
About sixty years ago, in the mid-1940s, the Solomons witnessed the beginning of a Melanesian freedom movement which basically started the nation on its independence road. It was called Maasina Ruru, an expression from the Are'are language, the people ... More >>
Time to clean house, Sir Allan!
Tuesday, 16 September 2003, 8:27 am | John Roughan
The country's fear factor is beginning to fade. No longer does the gun-threat haunt our everyday lives. We have once more become free. Yet, the almost knee-jerk reaction of looking over one's shoulder, worrying about what's around the corner each time ... More >>
National Recovery Plan . . . misses the point!
Monday, 8 September 2003, 10:19 am | John Roughan
The Solomon Islands government has recently unveiled its recovery plan--National Economic Recovery and Development Plan (NERDP)--to get this country out of its current mess and once more stand on its own two feet. This plan is a seriously important ... More >>
Solomons: LAND . . . is THE Issue!
Monday, 1 September 2003, 10:39 am | John Roughan
Solomon Islanders are deeply convinced that the land issue lies at the heart of the country's current problems. Our many national difficulties directly link back to the whole sensitive feelings about land. It's at that heart and centre that drove ... More >>
Solomon Islands: Great Expectations? No, Miracles!
Monday, 25 August 2003, 8:49 am | John Roughan
Three great historical events changed forever the history of Solomon Islands. In the first days of Bell's killing in East Malaita in 1927, it did not seem at the time much of an historical event. But the murder of District Officer Bell by Kwaio ... More >>
We've seen the enemy and they is US!
Tuesday, 19 August 2003, 8:16 am | John Roughan
The above quote comes from a comic strip character "Pogo" when he worried out loud about the weakening environment of his swamp-home near the Mississippi River bayous. But he found out it was the very ones living in the bayous who were destroying ... More >>
Solomons Report Card Time
Monday, 18 August 2003, 11:25 am | John Roughan
Since 1989, Solomon Islanders across the nation have passed judgment on how well--or poorly--the governments of the day have served people's basic interests. Over the past 15 years and through six governments, Solomon citizens have graded their political ... More >>
John Roughan: Solomons - Amnesty . . . Yet Again!
Friday, 4 July 2003, 11:47 am | John Roughan
Fijian people learnt a bitter lesson from the failed Coups of 1987. When a new coup raised its ugly head in 2000, Fiji's leaders knew exactly what to do. No more blanket amnesties for those who betray the nation, destroy its institutions and bring the ... More >>
John Roughan: Will We Ever Learn?
Tuesday, 21 January 2003, 9:31 am | John Roughan
Solomons' Central Bank made it clear as full daylight, RAONK (Royal Assembly of Nations and Kingdoms) is a fraud, a fake, a confidence trick. Yet, government holds on to its dream of 'free big money'. Every Solomons' bank, every single one of them, informed ... More >>
Solomon Islands Government Nine Month Report Card
Monday, 2 September 2002, 12:16 am | John Roughan
Sir Allan Kemakeza's government took over the running of Solomon Islands in mid-December and is currently finishing its ninth month in office. From the very beginning, from its very first day in office in fact, his government did not have the backing of ... More >>
Opinion: Solomon Islands, The Quick, Easy Fix
Friday, 24 May 2002, 1:08 pm | John Roughan
Solomon Islands most recent history of resorting to the quick, easy solution to its many deep, structural problems once again reared its ugly head in the proposed toxic waste dumping on Makira's Weather Coast. It is difficult for many, certainly for ... More >>
Solomon Islands - Era of Profound Uncertainty
Monday, 7 May 2001, 10:14 pm | John Roughan
An anxious wait and see whether the nation will actually survive or not More >>
