Category: Immigration

SIG to establish a stand-alone legislation on human trafficking

Admin - July 23, 2020

Log pond in Solomon Islands|Photo supplied The Solomon Islands government is working on establishing a stand-alone Human Trafficking legislation to address issues surrounding child labor, ... Read More

Government

Commerce Minister explains entry of 60 plus Bangladesh nationals

Admin - November 5, 2018

Hon. William Bradford Marau, Minister for Commerce, Industry Labour and Immigration.Photo: Commerce The 60 plus Bangladesh nationals in the country came under Work Permit and ... Read More

Immigration

Sharzy arrested for illegal entry in Western Province

Admin - April 20, 2018

Samson Saeni known as 'Sharzy'. Photo: Solomon Star Solomon Islands music icon Sharzy was arrested yesterday in Gizo, Western Province for alleged illegal entry. Police ... Read More

Immigration

US visa lottery for Solomon Islanders reopens tomorrow

Admin - October 18, 2017

The United States issues 50,000 visas every year through the U.S. State Department's Diversity Immigrant Visa Program Solomon Islanders interested in immigrating to the United ... Read More

Child Trafficking

Human trafficking on sharp rise in the country

Admin - August 21, 2017

The report stated that most victims were children and young females. Photo: Radio NZ ... Read More

Citizenship

DUAL CITIZENSHIP TO PARLIAMENT THIS YEAR

Sibc News - August 8, 2016

A Solomon Islands passport. Photo credit: SIBC. The dual citizenship bill will be taken to Parliament at its final sitting this year or first sitting ... Read More

Canada

GUADALCANAL CITREC GRADUATES GRANTED FREE ENTRY

Sibc News - August 7, 2016

Ashwant Dwivedi, CITREC Chairman. Photo credit: SIBC. A free port of entry to Canada only applies to eligible Guadalcanal Canadian International Training and Education Corp ... 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.