Editorial

Fri June 7, 2013 Carnival 2013 is well and truly on the way, proceeding full steam ahead with the build-up activities leading to the July climax. When...

Tue June 4, 2013 Tomorrow, Wednesday, June 5, St Vincent and the Grenadines will join the rest of the world in observing World Environment Day. Among ...

Fri May 31 2013 The annual hurricane season in the Caribbean officially begins tomorrow, June 1. This year, it has been heralded by steady rains, whic...

Tue May 28, 2013 Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves will be among leaders from CARICOM and the Dominican Republic who will join the Prime Minister of T...

Fri May 24, 2013 Earlier this week an important conference took place, which, if everything goes according to plan, could have a significant positive ...

Fri May 17, 2013 Some of the biggest challenges confronting the people of the Caribbean in their twin quest for regional integration and socio-economi...

Tue May 7, 2013 One hopes thaT the shootings over the weekend, which left two dead and two hospitalized are not a sign of things to come for Vincy Mas...

Fri May 03, 2013 National Heroes Day may have come and gone, but debate on who else should join Paramount Chief Joseph Chatoyer on that exalted platfo...

Fri Apr 26, 2013 Our heartiest congratulations go out to the Windward Islands cricket team for their wonderful achievement in winning the 2013 West In...

Tue Apr 23, 2013 Small island states, like St Vincent and the Grenadines and others in the Caribbean, have a disproportional vulnerability to natural ...

Fri Apr 19, 2013 It is most unfortunate that the critical issue of reparations for those who have suffered the horrors of genocide and slavery; those ...

Tue Apr 16, 2013 Over the last two weeks or so, the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment, in their public education programmes, has been f...

Fri Apr 12, 2013 Tributes continue to pour in for the late Baroness Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990. With he...

Fri Apr 5, 2013 We carry a disturbing story this week about a series of robberies and burglaries, which have taken place in the Belair area over the l...

Thurs Mar 28, 2013 As a Christian society, this is the time when we, and other Christians around the world, commemorate the death and resurrection of ...

Fri Mar 22, 2013 The agricultural sector in St. Vincent and the Grenadines has been given a lifeline with the signing of a EC$35 million agreement bet...

Tue Mar 19, 2013 With the dry season already negatively affecting three of the larger water sources of the Central Water and Sewerage Authority (CWSA)...

Fri Mar 15, 2013 Late last year, and earlier this year, one got the impression that the National Heroes Committee was working assiduously towards nami...

Fri Mar 08, 2013 This year’s commemoration of March 8, International Women’s Day (IWD), a day of international significance in its own right, coin...

Tue Mar 05, 2013 When parents have verbal or physical disputes in the presence of their children, the effects can be psychological and long lasting, e...

Fri Mar 01, 2013 The highlight of this week was undoubtedly the thanksgiving celebrations on Tuesday, for the life of SEARCHLIGHT’s founding Managin...

Fri Feb 22, 2013 It is with a profound sadness and deep sense of loss that this issue of SEARCHLIGHT pays tribute to the memory of our Founding Mother...

Tue Feb 19, 2013 The move by a group of shareholders of the St Vincent Building and Loan Association to call a meeting of shareholders this Thursday i...

Fri Feb 15, 2013 Each day as we listen to various economic reports and prognostications about the global economy, it becomes harder to hold out much o...

Tue Jan 29, 2013 Searchlight joins with the Leader of the Opposition in calling on the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and the Ministry of Finance ...

Fri Jan 25, 2013 There is absolutely no doubt that for countries with limited resources like St Vincent and the Grenadines, the revitalisation and reo...

Tue, Jan 22, 2013 President of the United States, Barack Obama, was sworn in yesterday, for a second term, with the usual pomp and ceremony that accom...

Fri Jan 18, 2013 Debate in the House of Assembly on the 2013 national Budget is scheduled to conclude today after one week of cross-table verbal clash...

Tue, Jan 15, 2013 Now really! Could it be that among us in this society, there are people so ignorant or impervious that they do not realise or do not...

Fri Jan 11, 2013 The Parliamentary debate next week on the 2013 Budget is sure to put some focus on the situation of this country’s poor, poverty, h...

Tue Jan 08, 2013 Up to press time, the cause of death of the male child discovered last week in a garbage bin, by a homeless man, was still unknown. A...

Fri Jan 04, 2013 It is not by chance that the very first media conference hosted by our Prime Minister for the New Year featured aviation issues, for ...

Fri Dec 28, 2012 Reflection on the old year and decision making about what should be done differently in the new year, to bring about positive change,...

Fri Dec 21, 2012 Underlying the usual frenzy of shopping, partying, the exchange of gifts, and greetings at this festive time of the year, is the simp...

Fri, Dec 14, 2012 The news of the passing of local cultural and calypso veteran, Quintyn “Toiler” Toby has been met with sadness by several sector...

Fri, Dec 7, 2012 The Estimates of Expenditure and Revenue presented to Parliament by Prime Minister Dr. The Hon Ralph Gonsalves earlier this week refl...

Fri, Nov 30, 2012 The 2012 World Aids Day report shows that the efforts being made in the fight against HIV and AIDS around the world and here in St V...

Tue, Nov 27, 2012 In the last few months, several business places in and around Kingstown, and homes on the outskirts have been targetted by robbers a...

Fri, Nov 23, 2012 These days in St Vincent and the Grenadines, very few actions of the government are viewed without scepticism. This is not necessari...

Tue, Nov 20, 2012 St Vincent and the Grenadines this year joined a growing list of countries observing International Men’s Day (IMD). It may be...

Fri, Nov 16, 2012 If Vincentians are still unsure of what achievements we can view with pride, recent developments following final-year examinations a...

Tue, Nov 13, 2012 The story, reported in last Friday’s Searchlight, which gave details of how top government officials, including the Commissioner o...

Fri, Nov 9, 2012 The historic second triumph of US President Barack Obama, has been welcomed with relief in many parts of the world. It is a sentiment...

Tue, Nov 6, 2012 The biggest political story of the past week was the announcement that Dr Jules Ferdinand is to enter the political arena, as a candi...

Fri, Nov 2, 2012 SEARCHLIGHT and, we are sure, the people of St Vincent and the Grenadines, commiserate with the people of the United States of Americ...

Tue, Oct 30, 2012 Yesterday, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) hosted an interactive Internet discussion on the topic “Young people th...

This weekend, Vincentians at home and abroad will be celebrating the 33rd anniversary of our country’s accession to political independence. Traditio...

Tue, Oct 23, 2012 Commendations go out to Justice Frederick Bruce Lyle for the novel sentence he imposed last week on two young men who appeared befor...

Fri, Oct 19, 2012 The Traffic Department of the Police Force recently announced their intention to enforce a law that requires that omnibus operators ...

Tue, Oct 16, 2012 Today, October 16 is World Food Day, and the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) has chosen “Agricultural cooperatives – ke...

Fri, Oct 12, 2012 “Girls are being robbed of their childhood. They have babies before they are ready and we see intergenerational poverty. We need t...

Tue, Oct 9, 2012 It will take much longer than a few days or weeks, for the tremendous elation surging through Caribbean society following Sunday’s ...

Fri, Oct 5, 2012 The global economic crisis and its effects on this country continue to stretch the resilience of our people to the limit. Prime Minis...

Tue, Oct 2, 2012 Last week, Antigua and Barbuda joined a growing list of Caribbean countries who are taking a serious look at the export of copper fro...

Recent developments at the national level have once again led to a rash of damaging statements from some quarters, which, if meant to embarrass or hur...

Tue, Sept 25, 2012 Chief Education Officer Lou-anne Gilchrist lamented last week that many, not all, of our students are not using a standard form of ...

Fri, Sept 21, 2012 Today, Friday September 21 is World Peace Day.Searchlight joins with the National Commission on Crime Prevention, the Girl Guides A...

Tue, Sept 18, 2012 The Ministry of Education held a back to school press conference yesterday in which they touched on a wide range of issues pertaini...

Fri, Sept 14, 2012 No one can deny that St. Vincent and the Grenadines has a serious challenge to sort out the chaos in its physically limited capital...

Tue, Sept 11, 2012 A landmark judgement handed down recently by the Appeal Court of the Eastern Caribbean, in respect of an election petition regardin...

Fri, Sept 7, 2012 This issue of SEARCHLIGHT carries follow-up stories on what has developed into a very volatile situation involving several parties i...

Tue, Sept 4, 2012 The new school year has begun with the usual air of optimism, as well the customary difficulties and hiccups. Parents have survived ...

Fri, Aug 31, 2012 This week, a member of the Fire Department complained to SEARCHLIGHT about the unfavourable conditions under which he says he and hi...

Tue, Aug 28, 2012 On several occasions in the last year or two, Commissioner of Police Keith Miller has encouraged the public to report to him directl...

Fri, Aug 24, 2012 The latest in a series of public discussions, organized by the Community College, took place on Wednesday evening with the focus bei...

Tue, Aug 21, 2012 An interesting discussion is currently taking place in the region about just what is responsible for the decline in pass rates in En...

Fri, Aug 17, 2012 The vexing issue of how street vending in Kingstown should be managed, has once again been placed the front burner. Minister of Tran...

Tue, Aug 14, 2012 SEARCHLIGHT unreservedly welcomes the latest step in advancing the integration movement in the Eastern Caribbean as manifested by th...

Fri, Aug 10, 2012 The continuing success of Caribbean athletes at the London 2012 Olympic Games provides the region with a golden opportunity to, not ...

Tue, Aug 7. 2012 The Caribbean island of Jamaica could not have had a better gift for its 50th anniversary of independence than those offered by its a...

Fri, Aug 3. 2012 We are into the last month of what used to be called the ‘August holidays’, now known as the ‘summer vacation’, in keeping, p...

Fri, Jul 27. 2012 The debate about whaling has resurfaced after the recent International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting in Panama City. And once aga...

Tue, Jul 24. 2012 Over the last two weeks, four Vincentians have been nabbed while allegedly trying to smuggle marijuana into Barbados, while five of ...

Fri, Jul 20. 2012 The most recent “bomb threat”, which was called in at the Ministry of Agriculture on Tuesday, has once again raised a number of ...

Tue, Jul 17. 2012 More than 20,000 persons throughout the Eastern Caribbean who hold traditional life insurance policies issued by British American In...

Fri, Jul 13. 2012 Sion Hill Euphonium, Blondie Bird and Friends and Fya Empress are the big winners for Vincy Mas 2012. Searchlight salutes them and o...

Fri, Jul 6. 2012 All systems are go for what seems to be gearing up to be an entertaining and enjoyable Carnival weekend. One can feel the excitement ...

Tue, Jul 3. 2012 The economic woes being experienced by St Vincent and the Grenadines and much of the rest of the world seem not to be abating. Last F...

Fri, Jun 29. 2012 From time to time, journalists or media houses are criticized by some members of the public for not living up to their expectations ...

Tue, Jun 26. 2012 “It is not a party issue, it affects everybody” (Opposition Leader Arnhim Eustace on the National census exercise). Opposition L...

Fri, Jun 22. 2012 Given the influence of modern telecommunications, hardly any event, great or small, can occur these days without coming under the gl...

Tue, Jun 19. 2012 In recent weeks, there has been much talk coming from various quarters, including some church leaders, that Carnival is not just sin...

Fri, Jun 15. 2012 The Governments of St Vincent and the Grenadines and the Republic of Cuba have just celebrated the 20th anniversary of the establish...

Tue, Jun 12. 2012 More than one year ago, May 31, 2011, to be exact, in an Editorial titled “When will it end?”, this paper commented on a conflic...