Editorial

Fri, Jan 13. 2012 Could the small step taken by Prime Minister Gonsalves in Parliament this week turn out to be the catalyst for a giant leap forward ...

Tue, Jan 10. 2012 St Vincent and the Grenadines is still bubbling with the news that four major international media houses (CNN, Travel and Leisure, N...

Fri, Jan 6. 2011 Vincentians anxiously await the presentation of our country’s 2012 Budget next Monday with all ears cocked to hear the details of t...

Fri, Dec 30. 2011 As the end of the year approaches, many of us will be involved in some measure of self reflection, after which, we may resolve on so...

Thu, Dec 22. 2011 There is no doubt that celebrating Christmas with the usual Vincentian flavour is turning out to be a more challenging experience th...

Fri, Dec 20. 2011 Vincentians living in the United States are this week spearheading activities in their country of residence, as well as here at home...

Fri, Dec 9. 2011 LIAT again! That is the most common response to the latest impasse between the Caribbean’s leading intra-regional airline and its e...

Tue, Dec 6. 2011 Last Thursday, St. Vincent and the Grenadines joined the international community in activities to mark World AIDS Day. Though local o...

Fri, Dec 2. 2011 Our congratulations go out to Dr. Kenny Anthony and his St. Lucia Labour Party (SLP) for their victory at the polls on Monday of this...

Tue, Nov 29, 2010 History was made in the Caribbean yesterday, Monday, November 28, when, for the first time ever, general elections were held in two ...

Fri, Nov 25, 2010 Renwick Rose, a true Vincentian patriot, has recognised internationally for his work with Fairtrade bananas in the Windwards.{{more}...

Last Sunday, November 20, was celebrated around the world as Universal Children’s Day, a day set aside to pay tribute to our most precious resource,...

Fri, Nov 18. 2011 Ever since the headlines of a Canadian newspaper asked if St. Vincent and the Grenadines could be the worst place in the world to be...

Tue, Nov 15. 2011 While we all agree that the technological advancements of the last few years have, in many ways, made communication far easier, and ...

Fri, Nov 11. 2011 The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers Union will next week commemorate Teachers Solidarity Week marking the 36th anniversary o...

Tue, Nov 8. 2011 Congratulations are in order to the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers’ Cooperative Credit Union and its parent body, the St. ...

Fri, Nov 4. 2011 The conviction and jailing, this week in London, of three leading Pakistani cricketers on charges of spot-fixing and bribe-taking, ha...

Tue, Nov 1. 2011 A member of the judiciary has said he is sick of what is happening in this country in relation to violence against women. The daughte...

Fri, Oct 28. 2011 Leaders of some 54 countries which make up the global grouping of nations called the Commonwealth begin their deliberations in the W...

Fri, Oct 21. 2011 As this country marks its 32nd anniversary, some may be tempted to ask, what is there to celebrate? Almost every week, our tiny nati...

Tue, Oct 18. 2011 Neither governments nor the people of the Caribbean can feel comfortable with the latest set of statistics revealed by the United Na...

Fri, Oct 14. 2011 The National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (NTRC), in an advertisement in today’s paper has announced that free Interne...

Tue, Oct 11. 2011 The challenges of development in a small, multi-island developing country are enormous with implications for all facets of life. The...

Fri, Oct 7. 2011 On the first day of this month, October, St. Vincent and the Grenadines became the first country in the Organisation of eastern Carib...

Tomorrow, September 21, is “Peace Day”, or the International Day of Peace; a day which provides an opportunity for individuals all over the world,...

Fri, Sept 16. 2011 Our commendations go out to the Central Water and Sewerage Authority (CWSA) for its latest initiative in ridding our country of unw...

Tue, Sept 13. 2011 The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Football Federation is now in full gear, on a twin-track course consisting of the qualifying sta...

Fri, Sept 09. 2011 Many Caribbean citizens, Vincentians prominent among them, harbour a blind belief in the United States of America which leads to co...

Tue, Sept 6. 2011 The Caribbean cannot really complain about the events of the past two weeks. The storms which built up in the Atlantic bypassed our ...

Fri, Sept. 02, 2011 Normally, when complaints are made in our society about wrong-doings on the part of the Police, it has to do with the use of exces...

Tue, Aug 30, 2010 We make no apologies for once more raising this subject, even though we have written on it several times in the past few months.{{mo...

Fri, Aug 26. 2011 The latest episode in the ongoing saga of matters pertaining to minibus operators has the National Omnibus Association (NOBA) announ...

Tue, Aug 23. 2011 As we go to press, the final stages in the six-month battle for the control of Libya are being enacted, with the 42-year old regime ...

During the past week, virtual storms have erupted, locally and internationally, over possible abuses in the world of cyberspace. In St. Vincent and th...

Tue, Aug 16. 2011 It is easy to be critical, but at least the President of the local National Omnibus Association (NOBA), Mr. Anthony Bacchus, has had...

Fri, Aug 12. 2011 It is with immense relief that Vincentian consumers greeted the announcement of the settlement of two disputes which threatened to c...

Tue, Aug 9, 2011 Another bold statement by the Government and people of St. Vincent and the Grenadines was made last Sunday with the ground-breaking c...

Fri, Aug 5. 2011 Over the past week we have been receiving rainy reminders of our environmental frailty and the dangers to which we are exposed to the...

Fri, Jul 29. 2011 Monday next, August 1, is Emancipation Day, commemorating 173 years since enslaved people were emancipated in the former colonies of...

Fri, Jul 22, 2011 The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Football Federation owes the people of this country, in the name of whom it acts, a public explan...

Fri, Jul 22, 2011 SEARCHLIGHT welcomes the announcement by the Leader of the Opposition Arnhim Eustace, that he is, at long last, going to exercise hi...

Fri, Jul 19, 2011 Caribbean countries continue to suffer a battering as the prolonged global economic crisis impacts more and more negatively on our s...

Fri, Jul 15, 2011 The Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines has reacted strongly to a report from the US State Department on human trafficking....

12.JUL.11 We are indeed in the midst of “teachable moments” to coin a phrase from our Prime Minister. The recent incident where the cellular phone...

08.JUL.11 The annual debate which inevitably follows Vincy Mas is again well and truly on the way. Whether in the media, on the blocks, in bars and re...

01.JUL.11 This weekend will see our annual summer festival kick into even higher gear with the staging of the Miss Carival, Soca Monarch and Dimanche ...

28.JUN.11 The Confederation of Football Associations of North and Central America (CONCACAF) and the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) in particular, con...

24.JUN.11 A heated discussion is raging in our society about the content of some soca songs for this year’s Carnival and their potential impact on o...

21.JUN.11 We are at that time of the year when air travel in the Caribbean is usually at its busiest. For one, it is the season of Carnivals - in St. ...

17.JUN.11 The process of conducting a comprehensive census of the national population began on Tuesday of this week. It was preceded by a publicity ca...

14.JUN.11 Congratulations are in order for the 1065 students who survived the pressure cooker of the Common Entrance examination and were able to achi...

10.JUNE.11 Next Monday, June 13, will mark the climax of the 2011 activities to highlight the importance of fishing and to celebrate the invaluable co...

07.JUNE.11 There is no denying the fact that the changeover, in 1977, to the June/July period for Carnival festivities has brought enormous benefits t...

03.JUNE.11 If ever one were in doubt about the pernicious role that money and moneybags can play in subverting the democratic will of the people,{{mor...

31.MAY.11 The continuing impasse in the House of Assembly between the Opposition and the Speaker seems to be never-ending. In the process, not only is...

27.MAY.11 School must be an exciting place these days for children in grades two to five of our primary schools. Over the last month, the Ministry of ...

24.MAY.11 All too often, when Caribbean people comment on the issue of regional integration, what comes to the fore is the frustration over the slow p...

20.MAY.11 Yet another of our veteran Carnival mas-makers has departed to the Great Beyond. May his soul rest in peace! Raymond ‘Sevens’ Knights, i...

17.MAY.11 As activities to mark Child Month continue, it is perhaps appropriate that we focus on a much-neglected aspect of the development of our chi...

13.MAY.11 As if our country and government do not have enough on the plate, in terms of recovery of the economy and preservation of livelihoods follow...

10.MAY.11 The past week was a very busy one at the national level, climaxing with an action-packed weekend.{{more}} We had the end of Child Abuse Awar...

06.MAY.11 The year-long programme of activities organised by the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Girls’ High School (GHS), the country’s second old...

29.APR.11 On Tuesday of this week, Kingstown witnessed yet another protest and demonstration; something which seems to be rather fashionable these day...

21.APR.11 Increasingly, we are hearing talk among some religious persons that we are in the End Times. In Christianity, the End Times are described as...

15.APR.11 If ever a popular saying were proven to be true, it is the one which goes “When it rains, it pours”. St. Vincent and the Grenadines had ...

12.APR.11 On our front page last Friday, we carried a story outlining the problems faced by a young Vincentian woman with immigration authorities in B...

08.APR.11 Vincentians breathed a sigh of relief on Tuesday of this week when the House of Assembly met without a repeat of last month’s histrionics ...

05.APR.11 With schools on vacation, last Friday was quieter than usual. In the process, one of our long-standing traditions, inherited from colonialis...

01.APR.11 If ever we were unsure of the steady deterioration of family and community values in our society, the past week has thrown up concrete evide...

29.MAR.11 Over the last few days, the governing Unity Labour Party (ULP) held several activities, including an impressive march and rally yesterday, t...

25.MAR.11 SEARCHLIGHT supports unreservedly the call of the Christian Council to both Government and Opposition to place the interests of our country ...

22.MAR.11 One of the often overlooked benefits of having well-educated and well connected Vincentians in the Diaspora, is the services which they make...

18.MAR.11 It should not have to come to this - the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers’ Union (SVGTU) appealing to the government to re-employ t...

11.MAR.11 From whatever angle you look at it, the events which transpired inside and outside the House of Assembly last Thursday were not only deeply ...

08.MAR.11 Today is International Women’s Day, the 100th anniversary of the event which was first held on March 19, 1911, in Germany, as a socialist ...

04.MAR.11 The month of March, an historic one in Vincentian life, is with us once more. A month-long programme of activities has been organised both f...

01.MAR.11 Over the last weekend, CARICOM Heads of State and Government concluded another Summit in Grenada. As has become customary, Prime Minister Go...

25.FEB.11 If ever the cricketers of New Zealand needed a further incentive to try to win the World Cup, the devastation by the earthquake which hit th...

22.FEB.11 It is interesting to note the different reactions we have had from the society to two sets of news which were made public last week. Tongues...

18.FEB.11 SEARCHLIGHT welcomes the initiative taken by the government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines through the Regional Integration and Diaspora ...

15.FEB.11 Time and again, we have had to make editorial comment on the level of crime in St. Vincent and the Grenadines and the Caribbean in general. ...

11.FEB.11 If we, the former colonies of Britain in the Caribbean, didn’t realise before that we have overstayed our welcome as dependents of the so-...

08.FEB.11 In his address to the nation following the narrow election victory of the Unity Labour Party (ULP), Prime Minister Gonsalves made a solemn p...

04.FEB.11 St. Vincent and the Grenadines seems to be moving along a dangerous path. The protests by the Opposition outside Parliament last Friday over...