Category: Breaking News

‘OUR LAST SOIL POCKETS’

Sibc News - November 26, 2020

-“The Rennel bauxite mining operation was ‘messed up’ from the start. -“Who is going to feed our generations to come?” -“What’s left for us after ... Read More

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STATEMENT BY PRIME MINISTER MANASSEH SOGAVARE ON THE PROPOSED FACEBOOK SUSPENSION

Sibc News - November 23, 2020

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare |Photo supplied Mr. Speaker Sir, Thank you for giving me the floor to make a statement. For the benefit ... Read More

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Manila repatriation flight cancelled

Sibc News - November 23, 2020

-Manila repatriation flight cancelled -Six new positive cases of local students in the Philippines -An additional positive case recorded in Solomon Islands Read More

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Counting for Central Honiara Constituency resumed 12 pm today

Sibc News - November 21, 2020

Rove Counting Center Counting of votes for Central Honiara Constituency had recommenced, 12pm after a complain made under section 104 of the Electoral Act has ... Read More

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SIEC WARNS LOCAL MEDIA

Sibc News - November 20, 2020

Chief Electoral Officer, Jane Kabui Waetara The local media has been called on to report responsibly on the by-election counting process. Chief Electoral officer, Jane Waetara ... Read More

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POPULATION INCREASED BY 169,930 PEOPLE SINCE LAST CENSUS COUNT

Sibc News - November 16, 2020

Honiara population |Photo supplied The 2019 Census Provisional count recorded an increase of 169, 930 (30.8%) since the 2009 Census. The increase represents an average ... Read More

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$600,000 ESP PAYMENT FOR NORTHEAST GUADALCANAL WITHHELD

Sibc News - November 15, 2020

Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance and Treasury, McKinnie Dentana The Economic Stimulus Package (ESP) payment of 6-hundred thousand dollars to Northeast Guadalcanal constituency has been ... 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.