Category: Makira/Ulawa Province

Makira left out of vital infrastructure development

Admin - July 2, 2020

Men trekking down the River to the coast from an inland Makohigo village, East Makira Constituency. The need to have a proper road infrastructure at ... Read More

Environment

Oil Spill ravages Namuga shoreline

Admin - June 18, 2019

MV Takana. Photo: James Mageme. The oil spill from MV Takana at Namuga in Makria Ulawa Province will likely worsen tourism opportunity in the area, ... Read More

Laws

Platform Movement allegedly threatening non followers

Admin - January 22, 2019

Members of the Makira Platform Movement. Photo: Solomon Star Report says the so-called Platform Movement in Makira Ulawa Province is causing fear among non-group members. ... Read More

Government

Makira Provincial Government to de-register Platform Movement

Admin - January 10, 2019

Members of the Makira Platform Movement. Photo: Solomon Star Makira Ulawa Provincial Premier Stanley Siapu said, his government is working on de-registering the Makira Platform ... Read More

Government

Ulawa roads to be tar sealed soon

Admin - November 21, 2018

Hon. William Bradford Marau, Minister for Commerce, Industry, Labour and Immigration and MP for Ulawa Ugi. Photo credit: GCU. Roads around Ulawa Island in Makira ... Read More

Environment

Abandoned ship in Star Harbor is reportedly causing environmental damages

Admin - October 29, 2018

A REDD+ Potential Site visit to East Makira, Star Harbour.Photo: REDD+ Residents of Star Harbour in Makira Ulawa Province are raising concerns over the environmental ... Read More

Canada

Nine more leaving for Canada

Admin - October 21, 2018

Leonita Henry (L) and Sylvester Apato with CITREC Chairman Dwivedi and their 14-month old Miyier Volly. Photo: Canada Government Communications Nine People from three separate ... 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.