Category: Parliament

Parliament on special adjournment

Admin - August 20, 2020

National Parliament of Solomon Islands. The 11th Parliament was on special adjournment following a brief meeting this morning. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare Moved a Motion ... Read More

Breaking News

State of Public Emergency period extended

Admin - April 7, 2020

National Parliament of Solomon Islands National Parliament this afternoon passed a motion to extend the current State of Public Emergency for another four months. The ... Read More

Breaking News

Parliament meeting next Monday

Admin - April 1, 2020

National Parliament meeting The Office of the Prime Minister has scheduled a Parliament-emergency meeting for next Monday-6th April 2020. The Parliament Media confirmed yesterday. This ... Read More

Parliament

‘Tribal Land Panels Bill 2019’ hearing tomorrow

Admin - March 9, 2020

Solomon Islands Parliament House The Parliamentary Bills and Legislation Committee, BLC, is set to conduct hearings into the Tribal Land Panels Bill 2019. The Parliament ... Read More

CDF

‘All Constituents entitled for CDF’

Admin - November 28, 2019

Deputy Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Maellanga All constituencies in the country are entitled to the Constituency Development Funds (CDF). Deputy Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Maelanga ... Read More

Culture

GG VISITED COLLEGE OF ARMS IN LONDON

Admin - October 16, 2019

Solomon Islands Coat of Arms The Governor General, His Excellency, Sir David Vunagi has appreciated the process of design and granting of Coat of Arms ... Read More

Government

Tenth Parliament to dissolve midnight tonight

Admin - December 16, 2018

Inside the Solomon Islands National Parliament The tenth Parliament will dissolve at mid-night tonight. It will stand Sine Die until the next Parliament is convened ... 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.