Category: Health

76% of essential drugs available at NRH

Admin - July 30, 2018

PM Hou inspecting medical supplies at the National Referral Hospital. The National Referral Hospital, NRH, now has seventy-six percent of essential drugs in stock as ... Read More

Health

Solomon Islands PNG Association to donate new heart machine

Admin - July 26, 2018

The National Referral Hospital Solomon Islanders living in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, have raised funds to purchase a new heart machine for the National ... Read More

Government

NRH Medical stocks up

Admin - July 23, 2018

A health officer checking prescriptions at the NRH Pharmacy. The National Referral Hospital in Honiara is slowly restocking its much needed medical supplies as ... Read More

Health

PMO and health authorities to meet again about drugs shortage

Admin - July 18, 2018

The National Referral Hospital The Ministry of Health and Medical Services and the Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet will reconvene an urgent meeting ... Read More

Health

Fight against NCDs is underway in Honiara

Admin - July 16, 2018

Participants at the Sunshine stall, having their blood pressures tested. A week long testing of non-communicable diseases begins today in Honiara. The 'Honiara Health Expo' ... Read More

Government

Drug shortage issue is complex: Health PS

Admin - July 16, 2018

Dr. Tenneth Dalipanda. Photo: Island Sun. The Permanent Secretary for Health and Medical Services says it is a complex situation procuring drug orders because ... Read More

Government

‘No state of emergency, it’s under control’: PM Houenipwela

Admin - July 15, 2018

Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela with the Permanent Secretary Health Dr Tenneth Dalipanda and Secretary to Prime Minister Dr Jimmy Rodgers at the press conference this ... 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.