Category: SIPA

Kuma denounces SIPA employees claims

Admin - March 13, 2020

Finance Minister, Hon. Harry Kuma The Minister for Finance and Treasury, Hon. Harry Kuma has denounced comments made by some workers of Solomon Islands Ports ... Read More

Maritime

Port Development? Rundown Island Jetty still in use

Admin - December 16, 2018

A vessel using the refueling jetty. While the Solomon Islands Ports Authority SIPA mission statement emphasizes that it strives to provide services for customers, its ... Read More

Government

SIBC WARNED OVER SIPA INQUIRY REPORTING

Sibc News - January 12, 2017

Policies

ALL PORT USERS MUST RENEW PASSES: SIPA

Sibc News - January 5, 2017

The Solomon Islands Ports Authority is a local SOE. Photo credit: The Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA) has ordered all Port users to renew their ... Read More

Laws

INQUIRY INTO SIPA REFORMS COMPLETED

Sibc News - January 4, 2017

SIPA CEO Collin Yow. Photo credit: SIBC. The Commission of Inquiry into Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA's) Reform Program has completed its investigations into the ... Read More

Laws

SHARED SOE RESPONSIBILITY PROBLEMATIC: SIPA INQUIRY

Sibc News - January 3, 2017

Former Chairperson of the Solomon Islands Ports Authority Board, Nollen Leni. Photo credit: SIBC. The Commission of Inquiry into the Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA) ... Read More

SICCI

SICCI COMMENDED SIPA FOR NEW TARIFF REVIEW COMMITTEE

Sibc News - August 27, 2016

SICCI Home page. Photo credit: SIBC. The Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) has commended the Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA) for setting ... 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.