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Kitchen Corner
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September 9, 2025
You will need: 1 lb chicken breast, thinly sliced 2 tablespoons soy sauce 1 tablespoon oyster sauce 1 teaspoon oil 1 tablespoon cornstarch. For the St...
Is a CT Scan or an MRI the better choice for you?
Physician's Weekly
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September 9, 2025
Over the last 40-50 years, CT scans and MRI machines have tremendously advanced the non-invasive imaging of the body’s internal organs. Since they bec...
World Suicide Prevention Day 2025
Dr Jozelle Miller
Breaking the silence: Choosing Life when the darkness feels overwhelming
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September 9, 2025
Each year on September 10th, World Suicide Prevention Day brings us face-to-face with a sobering truth, that behind the suicide statistics were real l...
12 left homeless in mid-day fire at Richland Park
Front Page
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September 5, 2025
A fire that destroyed a multi-family complex in Richland Park on Monday has left at least 12 people homeless, including a 23-year-old mother of a six-year-old girl. The mother, Aaliyah Garrick, told SEARCHLIGHT that on the day of the fire (Monday, Se...
PM responds to US military strike on small boat off Venezuela
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September 5, 2025
Prime Minister, Dr Ralph Gonsalves has responded to reports by the United States administration that its military had carried out the bombing of a boat and killing its occupants, while the boat was in Caribbean waters. On Tuesday, September, 2, 2025,...
Building material disappear from the Mary Hutchinson Primary School
Front Page
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September 5, 2025
Police investigators on Union Island are said to be looking into the “disappearance” of building materials that were sent to the Southern Grenadine Island to repair a school there. An investigation has also been launched into damage done to the elect...
What’s new at Fitz Hughes Government School?
Front Page
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September 5, 2025
by Grace Francis After sharing a small space for over a year, children and teachers at the Fitz Hughes Early Childhood Centre went into brand new premises at the start of the new school year on Monday, September 1, 2025. Last Friday, August, 29, 2025...
News
PM Gonsalves heads delegation to Ethiopia
News
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September 5, 2025
Prime Minister, Dr Ralph Gonsalves, is leading a delegation to the East African country of Ethiopia; the delegation left the state on Wednesday, Septe...
Sports
Maloney reduces national 800m record again
Sports
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September 5, 2025
The St Vincent and the Grenadines all-time women’s 800m record, now stands at 1:57.29. The mark was lowered by its custodian, Shafiqua Maloney, at the...
From the Courts
Chauffeur charged with damage to property
From the Courts, Press Release
Christina 
July 29, 2025
On July 27, 2025, police arrested and charged Jordan Baptiste, a 20-year-old Chauffeur of Clifton, Union Island, with the offence of Damage to Propert...
Labourer charged with wounding and assault
From the Courts, Press Release
Christina 
July 29, 2025
On July 19, 2025, police arrested and charged Kyron Bess, a 36-year-old labourer of Kingstown, with the offences of Wounding and Assault. According to...