Category: Public Service

Gov’t likely to extend SOPE period

Admin - June 1, 2020

Attorney General, John Muria Junior The current state of Public Emergency is opened for further extension. Attorney General, John Muria Junior stated yesterday on the ... Read More

Breaking News

Public service scale down operations

Admin - March 31, 2020

Solomon Islands coat of arms The National Government is scaling down public service operations as of today. A government statement says cabinet has made the ... Read More

Government

Suspended Lands Commissioner questions new appointment

Admin - June 10, 2019

Suspended Commissioner of Lands Nelson Naoapu at a symposium. Photo credit: customarylandsolutions.com Suspended Commissioner of Lands, Housing and Survey, Nelson Naoapu has questioned the appointment ... Read More

Government

PUBLIC SERVICE EYES BILL FOR NOVEMBER SITTING

Sibc News - April 24, 2016

National Parliament of Solomon Islands. Photo credit: Synexe. The Public Service is currently formulating a 'Public Service Bill'. This was announced by the General Secretary ... Read More

Court

HIGH COURT VACATED RONIA’s CASE AGAINST PUBLIC SERVICE

Sibc News - April 7, 2016

High Court of Solomon Islands. Photo: SIBC The High Court has vacated the hearing of former Auditor General Edward Ronia against the Public Service Commission. ... Read More

Government

PM LAUNCHED PUBLIC SECTOR SURVEY 2015

Sibc News - February 12, 2016

Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare (L) receives the report from Australian High Commissioner Andrew Burne (R) in the presence of Chairman of the Public Service Commission ... Read More

Government

DCCG TO EMBARK ON HOUSING PROJECT IN NEXT 4 YEARS

Sibc News - August 10, 2015

Overlooking Point Cruz in Honiara. Photo credit: Turismo Hotels. The Democratic Coalition for Change (DCC) Government has announced it will build 5,000 new homes for ... 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.