Front Page
September 25, 2026
Prime Minister Dr. Godwin Friday has dismissed claims that Nicholas Friday, his son, is a member of Cabinet. Speaking at a town hall meeting in New Yo...
Features
September 25, 2026
By Dexter Rose The year was 1995 and I took a call one day from my brother Renwick Rose. There was not much chitchat as he went straight to the point....
Features
September 25, 2026
by: Hans King My journey with Searchlight started in 1995 after a chance encounter with Bassy Alexander. I was unemployed at the time having resigned ...
Features
September 25, 2026
by Hawkins Nanton As SEARCHLIGHT newspaper pauses its operations, I am filled with mixed emotions. So many dreams were born at SEARCHLIGHT, including ...
Features
September 25, 2026
by Katherine Renton I can remember that my time at the newspaper began as a fledgling who was 21 years old and fresh out of university. Instances that...
Features
September 25, 2026
By Carlos James, Esq. Like a perfect final symphony, a decades-old ritual played out in the pre-dawn stillness of the capital city, Kingstown, for the...
Features
September 25, 2026
by: Kirby Jackson Dramatic, yes! Over dramatic? No! The call I made to Clare Keizer in 2006, asking for an opportunity to work as a reporter was an ‘a...
Features
September 25, 2026
Bernadette Johnson-Webb, AKA Berns Location: Kingstown Bernadette Johnson-Webb, known more popularly as Berns, has been selling the Searchlight Newspa...
Features
September 25, 2026
by Clare Keizer My association with Searchlight began well before I formally joined its staff in 2005. The newspaper’s first Editor, the late Norma Ke...
On Target
September 25, 2026
As Interactive Media ceases operations indefinitely, it is sweet sorrow that the Searchlight Newspaper will fold as of today, September 25, 2026. This...
Bassy - Love Vine
September 25, 2026
Ah didn’t feel too guilty or incompetent when ah got ah WhattsApp message from Doc Fraser asking if ah had ah copy of Searchlight’s first publication ...
Prof. J Robinson - Eye of the Needle
September 25, 2026
On Friday, September 25 2026, Searchlight will be on the news stands for the last time after 31 years of publication. For a small new nation, just 47 ...
Front Page
THE GOVERNMENT said it has discovered discrepancies in some statutory organisations that need deeper investigation with the possibility of holding people accountable. Prime Minister Dr. Godwin Friday made this clear on Sunday, September 20, 2026 duri...
September 22, 2026
Front Page
THE CLAIM that the computers at the St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) Consulate in NewYork (NY) were wiped is still being investigated by the New Democratic Party (NDP) government. That is what Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade, Foreign In...
September 22, 2026
Front Page
THE GOVERNMENT of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) can no longer borrow and invest. “...there is no room for it...”, Prime Minister Dr. Godwin Friday told persons attending a town hall meeting in NewYork last Sunday September 20,2026, while stress...
September 22, 2026
Front Page
ST VINCENT AND THE Grenadines’ Opposition Leader, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has characterized Washington’s framing of Cuba as a national security threat as “entirely farcical”, and urged an immediate shift toward diplomatic normalization. He addressed comm...
September 22, 2026
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Sixteen Auxiliary Police recruits have begun three weeks of intensive training under the Special Service Unit’s Basic Security Course No. 1 of 2026, as the Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF), continues efforts to strengthen the...
September 22, 2026
News
September 22, 2026
ST.VINCENT AND THE Grenadines (SVG), has been shortlisted in six categories in the 2026 Wanderlust Reader Travel Awards, one of the United Kingdom’s l...
News
September 22, 2026
ST.VINCENT AND THE Grenadines joined communities around the world in observing World Alzheimer’s Day 2026 with renewed emphasis on the importance of e...
From the Courts, News
September 22, 2026
A chef of Canouan was ordered to pay over EC$ 1,000 when he appeared in court on September 21, 2026 on two marijuana charges. Twenty-two-year old Jova...
News
September 22, 2026
PRIME MINISTER Dr. Godwin Friday met on Sunday, September 20, 2026 with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, at United Nations Headquart...
News
September 18, 2026
The Government of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), is advancing a data-driven partnership to connect local farmers to international buyers while d...
News
September 18, 2026
Forty persons, many of them members of the Kingstown Cooperative Credit Union (KCCU), benefitted from a one-day workshop, ‘An Introduction to Record k...
News
September 18, 2026
Appointed as Chairman of the Carnival Development Corporation (CDC) in 2016, Ricardo “Ricky” Adams has now resigned from the position. Word of his res...
From the Courts, News
September 15, 2026
A 20-year-old farmer of Fitz Hughes, who has been charged with the offence of criminal assault, will appear at the Magistrate’s Court in Chateaubelair...
News
September 11, 2026
A POLICE OFFICER investigating a crime in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) cannot, by law, conduct a search of a cellular device, without a warrant...
Sports
September 22, 2026
FUN SIZE SYSTEM Three retained the Carib Beer SEDI Inc Stubbs League title, with a 3-0 defeat of Je Belle in the final played at the Stubbs Playing Fi...
Sports
September 22, 2026
PLANS FOR A statue honouring Olympic champion Julien Alfred are moving forward as the Government of St Lucia advances its commitment to recognise her ...
Sports
September 18, 2026
The Bequia Basketball Association (BBA) has launched an Elite Athlete Programme, an initiative it said that’s designed to identify, develop and prepar...
Sports
September 18, 2026
Four new areas of competition were added to the 2026/27 schools’ sports programme in St. Vincent and the Grenadines school, revealed at a media launch...
Sports
September 18, 2026
The St Vincent and the Grenadines Tennis Association (SVGTA), will host its 2026 National Open and Masters Tennis Tournaments later this month. The hi...
From the Courts, News
September 11, 2026
THE POLICE, on September 5, 2026, arrested and charged Liane Jaxon-Defreitas, a 33-year-old consultant of Green Hill, with three counts of deception. ...
From the Courts, News
September 8, 2026
A 30-YEAR-OLD labourer of Rillan Hill/Pole Yard who pleaded not guilty to multiple theft charges and illegal firearm and ammunition possession will re...
From the Courts, News
September 8, 2026
The Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) said in a release that on September 3, 2026, they arrested and charged Anthony Williams,...
From the Courts, News
September 4, 2026
A 44-YEAR-OLD electrician of Belair charged with multiple offenses, was granted EC$10,000 bail with one surety when he appeared at the Serious Offence...
From the Courts
August 28, 2026
Five men, two of whom are teenagers, have been charged with the offense of affray, which is described as a criminal offense that involves two or more ...
From the Courts, News
August 21, 2026
A cashier who is alleged to have stolen almost $70-thousand from a senior citizen over a span of several weeks in 2023 and 2024 pleaded not guilty whe...
From the Courts, News
August 11, 2026
Middle-aged men continue to constitute the largest bloc of the prison population in St.Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG). Superintendent of Prisons Dwa...
News
September 22, 2026
ST.VINCENT AND THE Grenadines (SVG), has been shortlisted in six categories in the 2026 Wanderlust Reader Travel Awards, one of the United Kingdom’s l...
News
September 22, 2026
ST.VINCENT AND THE Grenadines joined communities around the world in observing World Alzheimer’s Day 2026 with renewed emphasis on the importance of e...
From the Courts, News
September 22, 2026
A chef of Canouan was ordered to pay over EC$ 1,000 when he appeared in court on September 21, 2026 on two marijuana charges. Twenty-two-year old Jova...
News
September 22, 2026
PRIME MINISTER Dr. Godwin Friday met on Sunday, September 20, 2026 with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, at United Nations Headquart...
News
September 18, 2026
The Government of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), is advancing a data-driven partnership to connect local farmers to international buyers while d...
