Category: Elections

South Choiseul by-elections sets for first quarter of this year

Sibc News - January 21, 2021

Polling day for Central Honiara Constituency by-election 2020. South Choiseul by-election is scheduled to be held during the first quarter of this year. A confirmed ... 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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BY-ELECTION PREPS 90-PERCENT COMPLETE

Sibc News - November 13, 2020

Ninety percent of preparations and operations activities for the upcoming elections for Central Honiara and North East Guadalcanal consistencies is now completed. Chief Electoral Officer ... Read More

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SIEC Prepares for by-elections

Admin - September 14, 2020

Preparations are well underway for the North East Guadalcanal and Central Honiara constituencies by-election later this year. Chief Electoral Officer, Jane Waetara said, the Solomon ... Read More

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DPP to provide legal opinion on Djikovic’s issue

Admin - July 10, 2020

Prime Ministers Office Chief of Staff, Robson Djokovic. The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) will later provide legal opinion into the alleged breach of electoral ... Read More

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Veke won petition case

Admin - May 21, 2020

Minister of Police Hon. Anthony Veke Parliament of Member for West Guadalcanal and Minister of Police and National Security Hon. Anthony Veke has won his ... Read More

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Robertson Galokale lost petition case

Admin - May 19, 2020

Leader of Independent Group, Hon Robertson Galokale|Photo supplied. Former Member of Parliament for South Choiseul and leader of the Parliamentary Independent group, Hon Robertson Galokale ... 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.