Category: Mining

Rennel Landowners calls on the government to halt mining operations

Admin - September 7, 2020

Rennel Landowner Jimmy Festus at the mine site The Rennel Landowners have called on the Bintang Mining Company (BMC) and the government to halt mining ... Read More

Breaking News

Government to ratify the Bunkers Convention

Admin - August 11, 2020

Minister for Environment and Climate Change, Dr. Culvic Togamana The government has approved the ratification of the Bunkers Convention recently The Ministry of Foreign Affairs ... Read More

Breaking News

Renbell Provincial Government to cancel Rennel Mining operations

Admin - August 4, 2020

"Almost half of West Rennell land has been shipped out. Now we only left with Rocks. For now, I put a STOP to mining around ... Read More

Breaking News

Call for suspension of mining in West Rennel.

Admin - April 13, 2020

West Rennel mining |Photo supplied The people of Rennell urges the national and provincial governments to suspend logging and mining activities in west Rennell. Former ... Read More

Breaking News

Axiom failed to meet the Ministry’s conditions

Admin - December 6, 2019

Axiom group in San Jorge Island Axiom Mining Company Limited has failed to fulfilled terms and conditions set out by the Ministry of Mines, Energy ... Read More

Breaking News

Chinese mining firm on Gold Ridge, a concern

Admin - October 15, 2019

Gold Ridge Mine site Recent claim by the National Government of Solomon Islands that they are not responsible for what is happening at Gold Ridge, ... Read More

Breaking News

AXIOM SUES GOVERNMENT

Admin - October 7, 2019

Axiom Mining Limited has began litigation at the High Court over the government's handling of its export permit application. Axiom General Manager, Dr. Phil Tagini ... 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.