Category: Constitution

‘SAB 2020 contrary to National Constitution’

Admin - August 31, 2020

Leader of the Opposition Hon. Mathew Wale The Supplementary Appropriation Bill 2020 may be contrary to the National Constitution says, Leader of Opposition Hon. Matthew ... Read More

Constitution

LILO POINTED OUT CONSTITUTIONAL INCONSISTENCIES ON TAX-FREE

Sibc News - October 24, 2016

Constitution

CRU STARTS FINAL CONSULTATION WITH BAR ASSOCIATION

Sibc News - June 14, 2016

A member of the Bar Association at the consultations. Photo credit: CRU. The Constitutional Reform Unit (CRU) begins its final consultation on the second 2014 ... Read More

Constitution

CRU CONCLUDED AWARENESS AT PNG’s UNITECH

Sibc News - April 13, 2016

Group photo of participating UNITECH students and officials. Photo credit: CRU. The Constitutional Reform Unit (CRU) has concluded a four-day awareness program on the second ... Read More

Constitution

CRU CONSULTATIONS ON AT UPNG’s WAIGANI CAMPUS

Sibc News - April 1, 2016

The Court of Arms of Solomon Islands. Photo credit: SIBC. Consultations on the second 2014 Draft Federal Constitution of Solomon Islands for students and academics ... Read More

Constitution

BITA’AMA SCHOOL HAS NEW CONSTITUTION

Sibc News - November 25, 2015

A map of North Malaita. Photo credit: SIBC. Bita'ama Community High School in North Malaita has successfully formulated and completed its historical school constitution. School ... Read More

Constitution

SI LAW STUDENTS TOOK PART IN DRAFT CONSTITUTION CONSULTATIONS

Sibc News - November 1, 2015

The Emalus law students and officials from CRU and DCC Government. Photo credit: CRU. Solomon Islands law students at the University of the South Pacific ... 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.