Category: Environment

Pillaging people’s Tubi trees

Sibc News - March 15, 2021

Villagers fight to reclaim stolen logs from Gov’t & Asian logger AT Korona logging base on San Jorge island in Solomon Islands’ Isabel province, the ... Read More

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GOVERNMENT PURSUES COMPENSATION CLAIMS FOR OIL SPILLS AS CONVENTION CAME INTO FORCE

Sibc News - February 25, 2021

Solomon Trader ran aground in Kangava bay, Rennell Atoll The government is in a process of pursuing owners and insurers for compensation arising from pollution ... Read More

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GRML refutes SIBC News article

Sibc News - February 19, 2021

Director of Mines Nicholas Biliki briefed by Deputy General Manager (Productions), Mr Bailin Tu at the heap leaching construction site|Photo by Benjamin Afuga The Gold ... Read More

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Gold Ridge open pit mine turns into an underground mine

Sibc News - February 18, 2021

Gold Ridge open pit mine The Gold Ridge Mining operations has turned from an open pit mine to an underground mining. This came after last ... Read More

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Graciosa Bay oil spill deliberately done, assessment reveled

Sibc News - February 16, 2021

MV Quebec anchored at Graciosa Bay The Solomon Islands Maritime Authority revealed they have concrete evidence that the oil spill in Graciosa Bay in Temotu ... Read More

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Graciousa Bay oil spill potentially disastrous

Sibc News - February 5, 2021

MV Quebec anchored offshore the Graciousa Bay, Temotu Province A foreign bulk carrier MV QUEBEC arrived in the country late last month had spilled tons ... Read More

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Leaking oil from a wrecked fishing vessel in Lata raises concern

Sibc News - February 4, 2021

MV Tremax at Lata wharf|Photo by Uriel Matanani Oil spillage from MV Tremax, an old tuna boat, that sank off Lata wharf in Temotu Province ... 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.