Editorial

Last Monday morning, Vincentians awoke to a tale of mayhem and murder without precedent in this country. For, in the space of a few hours, beginning l...

Diabetes is a silent killer and all adults between 40 and 59 years old are urged to get tested. Because of the nature of the disease, one in two adult...

The world is changing rapidly and many of the assumptions that for decades had been held to be true are now being disproved. Last Tuesday’s presiden...

Educators, coaches and other people who work with teenagers have reported an alarming rise in the number of young people who are getting involved in t...

Citizens of the United States (US) will have their last day of voting in the presidential elections next Tuesday, November 8 and we believe that the d...

Reverend Adolf Davis, the superintendent minister of the Kingstown Chateaubelair circuit of the Methodist Church, hit the nail on the head when he ide...

The importance of strong literacy skills cannot be overstated, as the ability to read is a prerequisite for mastering other core subjects and by exten...

The annual World Food Day activities, spearheaded locally by the Ministry of Agriculture, reach a high point today, Friday, with the staging of an agr...

The very popular and eagerly anticipated finals of the annual KCCU National Dance Festival took place Saturday night and commendations are in order fo...

The two major political parties, and we daresay the minor ones too, agree that jobs for our people and growth of the economy are among the most urgent...

The claims that have been made recently in various quarters that ballots cast in general elections in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) can potentia...

It has been a testing week for St Vincent and the Grenadines. It started last Saturday with the debacle in Brooklyn, New York, where Prime Minister Go...

Four months into the 2016 hurricane season we are facing our first serious imminent threat of bad weather for the season. The National Emergency Counc...

Reverend Adolf Davis, a past student of the St Vincent Grammar School (SVGS) and the Superintendent Minister of the Kingstown Chateaubelair Circuit of...

As we approach the end of the year, we also herald in the political convention season, the time when both major political parties rally their troops f...

One is tempted to ask, what is happening in West Indies cricket, given the continuing series of incidents, but perhaps it is more accurate to say that...

Violent crime and its devastating and deadly effects continue to be a major area of concern in St Vincent and the Grenadines. This is especially so, g...

The Government of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) has been perhaps the most consistently vocal supporter of the regional airline LIAT, in which it...

It should be safe to say that our international airport would be opened some time in the next 12 months or so. Construction crews are at work putting ...

A few years ago, after some disappointing national CSEC results in mathematics and English A, the Ministry of Education promised a national discussion...

This is undoubtedly an exciting time for 900 of our nation’s brightest. Over the next few days, with letters of acceptance firmly in hand, 900 of ou...

On August 16, SEARCHLIGHT carried a story on its front page about the deposit of EC$1.35 million in the bank account of a lawyer with connections to t...

"In the abundance of water, the fools are thirsty.” Bob Marley Thirsty men need water. That Bob Marley understood, as in fact does everyone else. Bu...

For the academic year beginning in September 2016, the University of the West Indies (UWI) will be offering three certificate programs in criminology ...

Whatever one thinks of the politics of US presidential contender Hillary Clinton, the significance of her selection as the first female presidential c...

An interesting debate is taking place in the press, on radio, social media and where ever Carnival lovers gather about the role of the Carnival Develo...

The Ministry of Health’s plan to train 500 young Public Health Volunteers to work as foot soldiers in the war against Zika is a commendable initiati...

The Bahamas, in a interesting twist in international diplomacy, issued, a little less than two weeks ago, a rare travel advisory for any of its citize...

Will the perennial problem of LIAT and the poor service travellers into and out of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) have to endure every July and D...

How all things flash, how all things flare! Time is the school in which we learn Time is the fire in which we burn The June-July months occupy a speci...

“Carnival is mas and music, Carnival is calypso, Carnival is mas and steelband, Carnival is peace.” In 1975, Becket sang his way to the Calypso Mo...

"In the heat ah de jamming, she want to go home She say: ‘all me family gone, we go be alone’ Just as we reach, she take off she costume and put o...

In an age when most people associate global instability with wars, civil wars, and international terrorism originating in the Middle East, few remembe...

In 1977, Black Messenger sang: "Carnival is here again; I know man go jump whether sun or rain Carnival is here again; dis time in July is a new thing...

This is the time of the year when all across St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) parents and their children, teachers and educational officials, and a...

On Monday, June 13, 2016 in Orlando, Florida, hundreds of revelers attending a club that catered to Orlando’s gay and lesbian community met the inco...

Some Vincentians may be familiar with the name Edward Snowden. Right now he is in Russia, effectively beyond the reach of American law. Not too many p...

Today St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) is experiencing a surge in fatal shootings that has the potential to destabilize the society. Of course, the...

In his greatest poem entitled, "For the Fallen”, Robert Laurence Binyon writes: "They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old Age shall not ...

Crimes of a particularly violent nature are increasingly causing serious problems for law enforcement throughout the Caribbean and Latin America and i...

The 2016 hurricane season does not officially begin until tomorrow, June 1, but already, over the past few days, we have been experiencing heavy, inte...

Throughout the Caribbean, Latin America and the Americas as a whole, there is great and growing concern about the situation in Venezuela. There, polit...

In what appears to be a knee jerk reaction, the Ministry of Education yesterday banned all school outings to picnic sites close to rivers and beaches;...

There are far too many guns on the streets of St Vincent and the Grenadines in the hands of lawless, misguided individuals who have no respect for hum...

SEARCHLIGHT joins with the global outpouring of grief at the news of the death of legendary Caribbean cricket journalist Tony Cozier and in expressing...

Police officers have special responsibilities in society, responsibilities with which they are solemnly invested, to protect and serve the people of t...

This upcoming Sunday, we pay tribute to and honour the mothers of our nation. Traditionally, the focus on this occasion is on the mothers of the older...

There seems to be no end to the woes facing the regional airline, LIAT, and no end to the tribulations heaped upon hapless travellers in the region as...

As modernity catches up with even small, underdeveloped states, a number of fundamental changes take place in the economy. Historically, the small sta...

It is difficult in the absence of concrete evidence to point fingers in any particular direction, but it is also reasonable to question whether the wo...

Seven years ago, the voters of this country handed Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves his biggest political defeat when they rejected his "root and bra...

The recent sad occurrences of beach drownings, especially as young people were victims, give us all reason to sit up and reflect on such incidents, th...

One of the national treasures of St Vincent and the Grenadines is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. For many Vincentians, the New Kingstown ...

We sense that there is a distance between the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the Police Service and that the distance may be ...

There is certain social legislation, which when enacted and enforced, leads to a transformation in the quality of life of the people of a country. The...

Traditional stereotypes which cast women as the weaker, gentler sex have led to double standards that often cause acts of violence perpetrated by wome...

This weekend is the most important in the Christian calendar. It is the Easter weekend, beginning with Good Friday when Christians commemorate the cru...

This society prides itself on being staunchly “Christian” to the extent that our Constitution affirms that the Nation is founded on the belief in ...

THE CHARACTER OF our economy has drastically changed over the past three to four decades. Whereas before, we were overwhelmingly dependent on agricult...

Today is International Women’s Day (IWD), a day set aside by the United Nations to celebrate the social, cultural and political achievement of women...

When the West Indies Under-19 cricket team including our own left-handed opener Gidron Pope won the World Cup last month, hopes of Caribbean cricket f...

We live in a rush to judgement era, where we convict first and collect evidence later. St Vincent and the Grenadines is as much a part of this phenome...

During the presentations on the 2016 Budget, (one cannot call it a debate in the absence of the Opposition), Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of For...

Protests against the 2015 general elections notwithstanding, the New Democratic Party (NDP) is missing a real opportunity by not turning up to Parliam...

The judgement handed down by Justice Brian Cottle last week in the matter brought against the Government by three teachers who contested the 2010 gene...

A new row has broken out in the lovely Grenadine island of Canouan over access by locals to the island’s natural resources, and their rights vis a v...

“It is not enough to stare up the steps; we must step up the stairs.” – Vaclav Havel A fitting quote for the current plans to clean up our capit...

This time of year traditionally ushers in the dry season though with the vagaries of climate change, there are many variations in traditional weather ...

Recently, minister of Education “Jimmy” Prince spoke of the Government’s intention to place greater emphasis on history in our schools, particul...

For years now, agricultural production in our country, and indeed much of the region has been shrouded under a cloak of gloom and doom. Many have been...

Hopefully, the experience of the residents of St Vincent and the Grenadines with the Chikungunya virus about 18 months ago was so traumatic that every...

When Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves delivers his 2016 Budget Address, besides the usual deep interest in fiscal matters, particularly revenue measu...

The discussion currently taking place among members of the public, especially holders of firearm permits, about where firearms can be legally taken is...

We respect the decision of the New Democratic Party (NDP) to support the call of a particular political activist not to engage with SEARCHLIGHT, but r...

Today marks one year since the occurrence of what is arguably one of the worst traffic accidents in the history of this country. The Rock Gutter trage...

The results of the December 9 general elections again reinforced the political division in this tiny country of ours. Yet, divided as we are, in terms...

It has been well documented that the creative arts can play an important role in nurturing young people as children blossom when engaged using multi-s...

The end of the year usually is a time when individuals, organizations and nations reflect on the months past and plan for what the future may hold. As...

Christians around the world will this Friday mark one of the most important dates on the religious calendar, December 25, Christmas Day. This being th...

Democracy can be unkind to half the population but it demands of both sides a duty to be mature. It behooves the victor to govern in the interest of A...

The mirror does not always flatter us. Over the last few days, SEARCHLIGHT was taken to task in some quarters for publication of photographs showing s...

Finally and thankfully, we have come to the end of a drawn-out election campaign which has grabbed the attention of the populace, diverted scarce reso...

The next five days will be characterised by an unparalleled intensification of the election campaign, as the contending forces strain every sinew in a...

The last time the New Democratic Party (NDP) was in government, those people on the voters’ list who have just turned 18 were three or four years ol...