Editorial

Access to education does not stop at making school places available for our children. If our youngsters’ basic physical needs are not being met, they ...

IN TODAY’S EDITION, we include on our back page a report about a political aspirant of Vincentian parentage who has formed a new party with plans to c...

The tributes which were paid in respect of the passing of the late Sir Vincent Beache reflect both the esteem in which he was held as well as the high...

The Government’s $6.5 million school repair and renovation programme is now in full swing, and not a moment too soon. Last academic year, leaks and ot...

An incident in Canada last weekend between a popular local artiste and a promoter there should drive home the point, now more than ever, that our loca...

The passing of Sir Vincent Beache has brought us closer to the end of the physical presence among us of the victors of the historic 1979 general elect...

Most Vincentians, including leaders in the private and public sector, seem very clear about the role and responsibilities of the media, and they take ...

What is the policy of the New Democratic Party (NDP) in relation to China? The leadership of the New Democratic Party (NDP) needs to let the people of...

It is the responsibility of the Government of St Vincent and the Grenadines to provide its school age citizens with affordable access to primary and s...

Congratulations are in order for the policy makers, medical, technical and administrative staff of the Modern Medical and Diagnostic Centre (MMDC) at ...

Vincy Mas, billed the Hottest in the Caribbean has come and gone. The second test for chairman Ricky Adams’ tenure which largely has been quite succes...

SEARCHLIGHT warmly welcomes all those who have journeyed to our shores to enjoy our carnival and extends very best wishes for the season. We urge them...

For years diehard Kaiso fans had complained that the artform was dying; that the shows were too boring. And the calypsonians and their many songwriter...

Congratulations are in order for the many graduates at the different levels of our education system who received their certificates of completion of s...

There will rarely be an instance when our people will all be in agreement on the judging of the different shows which make up Vincy Mas. We just have ...

The 2019 Fisherman’s Day activities (isn’t it time to adopt the more inclusive Fisherfolks’ Day to reflect the involvement of women in the fishing ind...

It’s early days yet in the 2019 season of Vincy Mas, but observers are taking keen interest in how matters pan out in relation to the use of incendiar...

What a week it has been for St Vincent and the Grenadines! Last Friday there was the UN vote which put our tiny country not just on the Security Counc...

Today, Friday, June 7, 2019, is D-Day as far as the ambitious bid by our country to become one of the 10 non-permanent members of the Security Council...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is predicting a “near-normal” hurricane season in 2019, with between two and four major hur...

Today’s issue of SEARCHLIGHT includes several opinions which express revulsion at comments made by a prominent Opposition parliamentarian about the ab...

It’s high time that the Carnival Development Corporation (CDC) seriously consider including men in their premier annual competition to choose the nati...

There have been several inglorious days in the life of the Parliament of St Vincent and the Grenadines. Last Friday, May 17, marked another sad chapte...

SEARCHLIGHT joins with the rest of the country in congratulating the Kingstown Preparatory School (KPS) on the attainment of its 70th anniversary of p...

Today, May 3, is being celebrated around the world as “World Press Freedom Day”. This year’s theme: “Media for Democracy: Journalism and Elections in ...

In 2018, remittances amounting to 131.8 million East Caribbean dollars (XCD) were sent to St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) by persons outside the c...

A problematic situation exists in the laws which govern the sentences handed down to criminals convicted of the most heinous crimes. And the time to f...

Last Sunday, April 14, Palm Sunday, congregations from Anglican, Roman Catholic, Methodist, Salvation Army and Spiritual Baptist congregations held ea...

FORTY YEARS ago tomorrow (April 13), our La Soufriere volcano began a series of violent eruptions which turned out to be the most damaging we had expe...

The exodus of people from the mainland to the Grenadines for the Easter break is likely to begin as soon as this weekend, climaxing on Easter Monday, ...

ONE OF the busiest periods for inter-island travel in the Caribbean, the Easter holidays, is upon us. It is the time of the year when sporting activit...

The tradition of whaling on the Grenadine island of Bequia need not be viewed as wholly incompatible with tourism. Subsistence whaling has been a trad...

Neither the decision in the petitions trial nor the furious response from those who hoped for a different outcome has come as a surprise. We could hav...

When several dozen people blocked the streets of Kingstown last Thursday in protest of the decision of the High Court to throw out the election petiti...

One week after the people of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) paid official homage to our last indigenous ruler, Paramount Chief Joseph Chatoyer on...

As we went to press last night, public servants and private contractors were still trying to bring to a state of readiness, different sites around the...

By the time this edition of SEARCHLIGHT is published, another National Heroes’ Day would have come and gone, most likely without the naming of another...

Vincentians at home and abroad are still celebrating the declaration by the Trinbago United Calypsonian’s Organization that “Famalay”, a song written ...

The dry season is already affecting river flows at all of the major water catchments on the mainland, with the worst affected being the Montreal sourc...

The more than three-year long legal process looking into allegations of serious irregularities in the December 2015 general elections not only awaits ...

There is a lot to learn from the Tuesday, February 19 filming of the music video of Gamal ‘Skinny Fabulous’ Doyle in Kingstown. On that day, our local...

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...

SEARCHLIGHT welcomes the ruling of the Court of Appeal earlier this week that the three teachers who resigned their Government jobs to contest the 201...

With a population officially put at just about 110,000, it ought to be much easier for the police to carry out investigations and solve crimes in St V...

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...

Over and over, SEARCHLIGHT and other sections of the media have raised the ugly spectre of violent crime in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) and th...

The efforts by St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) through its foreign policy, to bring attention to the effects of climate change on small island sta...

We at SEARCHLIGHT share the deep disappointment of Caribbean patriots in the results of the referenda in Antigua & Barbuda, and Grenada on Tuesday in ...

There are many items that cannot be imported into St Vincent and the Grenadines, some are restricted and others for which one must obtain a special li...

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...