Editorial

The judge in the elections petitions matter has promised a decision on March 21, but even without that judgement, at least one thing cannot be dispute...

The rate of recidivism at Her Majesty’s Prisons (HMP) was given at 62 per cent by Superintendent of Prisons Brenton Charles at the close of the crimin...

In the presentation of the 2019 Budget, finance minister Camillo Gonsalves announced an initiative on the part of his government to celebrate the 40th...

The rights of individuals end where the rights of other members of society begin. Last Sunday, Searchlight published on our website, a story about a V...

The 2019 Budget Debate wrapped up last night with the expected approval of the budgetary proposals. Even as we sit back and assess the content of thos...

The notion that “if I get ill don’t take me down there, fly me out,” is very well rooted in the Vincentian psyche in relation to the Milton Cato Memor...

THE GOVERNMENT HAS completed its round of pre-budget consultations and all is now set for the parliamentary process – presentation and debate on the 2...

One of the most remarkable developments in this country’s history has been the construction of the Argyle International Airport. The completion of the...

ARE WE IN FOR a season of confrontation between Government and the unions representing public sector workers, following the refusal of three represent...

We are all for students and their parents respecting the rules of our educational institutions, but those rules cannot be discriminatory and must be j...

ALLEGATIONS OF pornographic material being shown in a classroom has justifiably elicited a strong response from the Parent Teacher Association of the ...

The recent judgement by Justice Esco Henry in the matter brought by the Public Service Union (PSU) against the Public Service Commission (PSC) highlig...

AS WE MOVE into 2019, Vincentians have every reason to be optimistic about the future. Certainly, we have our fair share of problems - violent crime; ...

ALTHOUGH THE future is never promised, life was much more predictable in the past, even as recently as 10 years ago. It is said that we now live in an...

Times change and with that, some aspects of the manner in which we celebrate Christmas have evolved. Improved standards of living, widespread access t...

Those making a big deal about last Saturday’s inaugural American Airlines (AA) flight to the Argyle International Airport (AIA) have been described by...

On Tuesday, Parliamentarians passed two Bills that have fundamentally altered the legal regime governing marijuana use in St Vincent and the Grenadine...

Yesterday, the world observed Human Rights Day 2018 and the 70th anniversary of the adoption and declaration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rig...

The call made last week by Michael Peters, chairman of the SVG Nine Mornings Committee for local artistes who produce parang music to stick to the Chr...

Congratulations are in order for Lindon “Mr BeFit” James who on Sunday night was voted Caribbean wellness ambassador of 2018, ahead of four other fina...

On March 6, 1957, The British West African colony known as the Gold Coast became Ghana, the first African country to reclaim its independence from Bri...

All this week, St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) will join the international community in various activities leading up to World AIDS Day on Decembe...

It has been a long time since any proposed piece of legislation has generated as much public interest and debate as that currently raging over three p...

Last week, teachers in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) celebrated the 43rd anniversary of the 1975 historic teachers’ strike with a series of even...

SEARCHLIGHT wishes to congratulate all the individuals and businesses, as well as Invest SVG for the impressive display put on at the Everything Vincy...

The outward manifestations of our national pride have definitely grown in the last 39 years. You can see it in the way our people proclaim that they a...

All this week SEARCHLIGHT has been featuring on our website and social media platforms*, the progress being made by some of our young athletes who are...

Why do we sometimes wait until things reach crisis proportions before action is taken? As far as we are aware, there exists a reporting procedure whic...

JOURNALISM’S FIRST OBLIGATION is to the truth. Unfortunately, the truth is sometimes uncomfortable and inconvenient. When last Sunday, we published on...

Three months of the year are of particular significance to Vincentians. They are March, now recognized as national Heroes Month, August – the month of...

SEARCHLIGHT wishes to offer our sincere compliments to the Government, the National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) and all those involved in...

Over the weekend, people across the Caribbean donned pink shirts and walked and ran to raise awareness for Breast Cancer. There was a healthy turnout ...

HEREIN LIES a fundamental truth of crime in St Vincent and the Grenadines: far too many of us have become acclimatised to the presence of crime and vi...

Millions of people around the world, including many here in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) have been glued to their television sets, mobile devic...

In what is yet another sad chapter in the ongoing saga of the rise and fall of prominent Black achievers, the famed African-American comedian, actor a...

The public squabbling between Sir James Mitchell and Mr Arnhim Eustace which broke out last week, for the second time in five years, is unbecoming of ...

With the focus in our society on the wave of violent crime, robbery and murder, it is understandable that minor offences sometimes slip under the rada...

The Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) can attest to the utility of new technology in solving crime. In recent months, police o...

SEARCHLIGHT welcomes last week’s announcement by Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Mottley that agricultural workers may soon become eligible to move acros...

The Government of St Vincent and the Grenadines last Friday fulfilled a promise to students of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Community College (SV...

The controversial withdrawal of 23 United States Peace Corps volunteers from St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) in the aftermath of the alleged physi...

A story carried on page 15 of the August 31 edition of the SEARCHLIGHT relating to the infringement on the rights of a resident of Choppins to freedom...

Anyone doing even a cursory analysis of the spike in crime over the last month or so would have been hard-pressed to miss that most of those convicted...

The latest exposures in Philadelphia, USA of sex offences by members of the clergy and the cover-up of such crimes by the hierarchy of the Roman Catho...

In Rose Place at the very end of Bay Street there is a strip of land of no more than 18 yards that is separated by two gutters. The first gutter marks...

Last week, Vincentian students taking external exams at the secondary and tertiary levels received their grades. And once again, as we have done in pr...

Another heated debate has broken out in the Caribbean over the conflicting interests of CARICOM states in attracting foreign investment to their respe...

The biannual community clean-up, organized by the state agency Roads, Bridges and General Services Authority (BRAGSA), is taking place with emphasis o...

It is coincidental that in the space of just over a month, practically to the day, two of our former Parliamentarians have passed away. Coincidence in...

“ And the beat goes on........” Those haunting words from a very popular song of the 1970s are today driving us into a state of restlessness bordering...

One can well imagine how the leadership of the SVG Football Federation (SVGFF) must be contemplating facing up to the huge challenge of restoring its ...

The direction in which the long-running feud over the financial contributions of private promoters during the Carnival season is taking gives reason f...

For descendants of African slaves in the Commonwealth Caribbean, and indeed for our societies as a whole, next Wednesday, August 1, is another importa...

On Thursday of this week, July 26, the people of Cuba, and millions of friends and well-wishers worldwide, will celebrate the 65th anniversary of what...

Nelson Mandela was a living legend. And now dead, he sits in a Cathedral of Immortals, a special place carved out in the global collective memory for ...

Change is difficult for most people, even when the change is for our own good. Recently, Massy Supermarket introduced a 25 cent charge on each single ...

Vincy Mas 2018 is now history. A very successful festival we’d say from most accounts, but objectively, how does one measure success? More importantly...

Venold Coombs, the (now) former president of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Football Federation (SVGFF) has been shamed. And the administration of ...

We are now well into the 12 days of non-stop Carnival activity leading up to the climax of Vincy Mas 2018. This is also graduation season in St Vincen...

Last weekend, at the conclusion of the Soca Monarch competition at Georgetown, a patron or patrons, unhappy with the judges’ decision pelted a bottle ...

As we were preparing to put this publication to bed, the ‘Law and You’ with Queen’s Counsel Parnel Campbell was being broadcast on SVGTV, as is usuall...

Things should not get to the stage where the head of Government, the Prime Minister, has to get involved in disciplinary matters related to the perfor...

It has been reported that this year, over 100 artistes submitted songs to the Carnival Development Corporation to be judged for a place in the semi-fi...

The second biggest sporting event in the world, the 2018 football World Cup, began yesterday in Russia, host nation for the tournament which is staged...

SEARCHLIGHT extends congratulations to the hundreds of pupils, parents and teachers all across our nation who are celebrating the results of the 2018 ...

Co-ordination of foreign policy is one of the laudable aims of CARICOM, and in many aspects there has been some success in this regard. Unfortunately ...

The 2018 hurricane season has officially begun and from statements made over the last few days by the Prime Minister and officials of the National Eme...

After every election, certainly in the Caribbean, but also in much bigger countries as well, there is a feeling of euphoria in the winning camp, almos...

Interactive Media Limited, the host of the Best of SVG campaign extends congratulations to all winners in the 2018 campaign. The campaign auditors tel...

While SEARCHLIGHT will never support or condone vigilante justice, we understand that it is a manifestation of the frustration of a group of people wh...

The Upstage Xperience is first out of the blocks for this calypso season, and as usual, this calypso tent has presented a cast with performances of hi...

Last week Friday, the News newspaper published an article of staggering deceit. Written by managing director/editor Shelley Clarke, it purported to of...

Is it that people are now more willing to report cases of rape, sexual assault and incest than previously, or is it that we are seeing an increase in ...

Unless one has been a foster parent or is close to someone who has, one may not realize the myriad of challenges associated with the role, and the imp...

The call by the Ministry of Education and the Child Month Committee for ‘Inclusive Education for All’ is laudable and timely. May is Child Month, and ...

“For either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and Mammon.” Taken fro...

Now is not the time to disengage from the Workers’ Movement

EDITORIAL

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EDITORIAL

Every day we wake up to bad news, or so it sometimes seems. The truth is, many good and positive things also happen, but when we hear stories about se...

Information is the single most important resource used by people in making their decisions and the Internet is now the single greatest market place wh...

We might have been tempted to rejoice that change is coming when Minister of Finance and Economic Planning Camillo Gonsalves last week expressed his f...

How fitting was it that just as our country was preparing to celebrate National Heroes’ Day, a distinguished son of our soil was accorded the highes...