Category: Abuses

New clause in Anti-corruption bill angers TSI

Admin - November 3, 2017

Chair of Transparency Solomon Islands Mrs. Ruth Liloqula. Photo:Courtesy of Solomon Times. Transparency Solomon Islands has raised concerns about a new clause in the Anti-Corruption ... Read More

Abuses

POLICE RESPONDED TO ABUSE OF VEHICLE CLAIMS

Sibc News - January 3, 2017

The RSIPF Headquarters in Honiara. Photo credit: SIBC. The Kukum Traffic Unit of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force has responded to criticisms on social ... Read More

Abuses

SSPM MUAKI YET TO PAY FINE FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT CHARGES

Sibc News - October 3, 2016

Stop violence against women and girls. Photo credit: cesie.org The Special Secretary to the Prime Minister (SSPM) Andrew Muaki is yet to pay up his ... Read More

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STUDENTS RECEIVED LAPTOPS FOR POSTER COMPETITION

Sibc News - September 8, 2016

Abuses

CHIEF LULEI CONDEMNED ATTACK ON YOUNG GIRL

Sibc News - August 18, 2016

Paramount Chief Dennis Lulei. Photo credit: IDC. The Paramount Chief for Maringe in Isabel Province Chief Dennis Lulei has condemned the attack on a young ... Read More

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MUAKI YET TO APPEAL AGAINST SEXUAL HARASSMENT CHARGES

Sibc News - August 17, 2016

Court mallet. Photo: Effiong Eton The Special Secretary to Prime Minister Andrew Muaki says he is yet to lodge his appeal with the Leadership Code ... Read More

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MAN SENTENCED TO 5 YEARS FOR RAPE

Sibc News - July 19, 2016

Court hammer. Photo credit: humanities.case.edu An Uncle convicted of raping his niece will serve five years in prison. The uncle stood trial and was convicted ... Read More

HISTORY

The Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation was established by an Act of Parliament – The Broadcasting Ordinance 1976.
It was established to provide a high quality broadcasting service, by radio, of a wide range of programs for the information, education and entertainment of all people living in the sovereign borders of the Independent State of Solomon Islands.

Radio broadcasting was established by US military forces in the British Solomon Islands Protectorate (BSIP) during World War Two. In 1944, the Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) developed small, mediumwave stations at Lunga on Guadalcanal and Munda, New Georgia. These were designed to provide information and entertainment to the hundreds of thousands of US service personnel then based in the BSIP. The stations were part of the Mosquito Network, a loose network of similar AFRS stations stretching through the South-West Pacific, from Bougainville in the north to Auckland in the south, and including outlets in Espiritu Santo and Noumea.

As the Pacific war moved northwards, the AFRS stations closed and BSIP listeners returned to tuning to broadcast programmes from Australia or further afield for entertainment and information. In 1946, a rudimentary weekly half hour of news and service bulletins was established by the BSIP Administration. The service was transmitted from Honiara on regular inter-island radio frequencies using Government transmission equipment and soon developed a regular following.

By 1952, the broadcasts were on a much stronger footing and the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Service (SIBS), an arm of the Government, was established. In 1976, new legislation converted the SIBS into the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC), a totally independent public service broadcaster charged with providing national radio coverage and a full range of news, educational and entertainment services.