Tag: SIBC
SIBC journos gear up for the Pacific Games the MoJo way...
By Robert Iroga, editor of Solomon Business Magazine Online
Australia’s support for the Solomon Islands media sector is long-standing and is now providing support for...
Civicus raps Solomon Islands over rights curbs, tighter media controls
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
The Civicus Monitor has documented an uptick in restrictions on civic space by the Solomon Islands government, which led to the...
SIBC chief defends ‘free’ state media broadcaster in face of tighter...
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
The head of the Solomon Islands state-owned broadcaster has defended its role in the face of the government tightening control --...
Backlash after Solomons government reins in public broadcaster
RNZ Pacific
The Solomon Islands government has prompted anger by ordering the censorship of the national broadcaster.
The government of Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has forbidden...
Censoring SIBC an ‘assault on media freedom’ in Solomons, says IFJ
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
The Brussels-based International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned the censoring of the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC) as an "assault...
Solomon Islands orders national broadcaster SIBC to ‘self-censor news’
By Annika Burgess of ABC Pacific Beat
The Solomon Islands government has ordered the country's national broadcaster to self-censor its news and other paid programmes...
Campaign over Solomons media freedom ‘misguided’, claims PM’s office
Solomon Times
The Solomon islands Prime Minister's office (PMO) has accused local news media of being involved in a "war on media freedom” that is...
PNG and Solomons governments call for changes to forestry
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Both the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea governments have signalled changes to make their forestry industries more sustainable.
According to Loop...