Editorial

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...

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

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...

For the time being, Chatoyer will have to continue on as this country’s sole national hero. It had been announced by the Prime Minister last October...

This year, International Women’s Day (IWD) comes on the heels of unprecedented global movement for women’s rights, equality, and justice. IWD is c...

On Tuesday, Justice Esco Henry delivered the latest ruling in the elections petitions matter, filed by the New Democratic Party (NDP) in December 2015...

It behoves us to offer heartiest congratulations to the Windwards Volcanoes, the cricketing franchise which carries the hopes of the cricket fans in t...

Law enforcement and education authorities in Jamaica were understandably jolted into action on Monday of this week, when a voice note from a student t...

By now, most residents of St Vincent and the Grenadines should be aware of the Best of SVG initiative of Interactive Media Ltd, publishers of SEARCHLI...

Since the testing last week of samples of our local marijuana to determine the chemical profiles of different strains, the direction this country shou...

The Constitution of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) is on trial. Or more precisely our politicians’ adherence to its vision. For at the heart of...

When Vincentians boo the Governor General while he is taking the salute at the Opening of the Third Session of the 10th Parliament, so much so that th...

The title of this editorial is taken from the name given by Queen’s Counsel Parnel Campbell to his television programme, The Law and You # 891, whic...

Last Monday, the Government of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) presented its constitutionally mandated national ledger sheet of expected income an...

St Vincent is under a high surf advisory and a small craft warning, yet yesterday a group of men from the village of Fancy defied the rough seas and j...

Next Monday, the Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for 2018 will be laid in Parliament, then the following Monday, February 5, Minister of Finance ...

Every now and then, we are brutally reminded about the hazards associated with certain occupations. One of these occasions was last Tuesday, when a 24...

When Donald Trump first announced his run for the American Presidency, he did so making a clear racist assault against Mexican people, whom he describ...

The Ministry of Finance is in the final stages of preparing the Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure and Budget for 2018. As usual, the area of greate...

We do not have statistics on the incidence of mental illness in St Vincent and the Grenadines, but in the United Kingdom, one in four adults and one i...

The critical need for pension reform is a point which has been made at every Budget debate since 2011, and when the 2018 Estimates are laid in a few w...

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 some level, to do b...

Despite the economic and other challenges we face as a people, it is reassuring to see the Vincentian public engaged in the usual activities we have c...

The description of Christmas as being the “most wonderful time of the year” may be said by some to be a cliche, but it really can become that way ...

It is now almost two years since the New Democratic Party (NDP) launched its legal challenge to the legitimacy of the results of the general elections...

All being well, Thursday will be a happy day for the Government and people of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), but particularly so for officials o...

Major St Clair Leacock needs a vacation and the sooner he takes one, the better. He seems stressed, and one year on, has not come to terms with the fa...

Last year alone, natural disasters caused damage estimated at $97.9 million in St Vincent and the Grenadines. Most of this damage occurred in the thre...

The Unity Labour Party (ULP) administration must now be convinced, if by chance they were not before, that ardent support for the party is not the mos...

Friday is World AIDS Day. First designated by the United Nations in 1988, World AIDS Day was the first ever global health day, and is celebrated on De...

For months, Vincentians have been debating the reasons for the wave of violent crime in our country and suggesting measures we could take to stem and ...

Despite numerous calls throughout the Caribbean for the repeal of laws that permit the use of corporal punishment, the practice continues in many scho...

St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) will be among 144 countries celebrating Women’s Entrepreneurship Day on Sunday, November 19, 2017. Women’s Ent...

It is generally accepted that young people today are far more knowledgeable about the world, and have much more information at their fingertips than d...

The month of November is recognized around the world as Diabetes Awareness Month and the theme for this year is ‘You Are the Centre of Your Diabetes...

The Ministry of Tourism and the St Vincent and the Grenadines Tourism Authority (SVGTA) are suggesting that during the month of November, Vincentians ...

A few weeks after the introduction of the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine for girls in Grade Six, the roll-out by the Ministry of Health Wellness ...

Vincentians turned out in their hundreds this past weekend for the ‘Everything Vincy Exposition’ and from all reports, they were pleased with what...

Tomorrow, October 27, 2017, St Vincent and the Grenadines will celebrate its 38th year of Independence. The majority of Vincentians alive today were b...

On Monday, October 16, the nation joined in the global observation of World Food Day, which was first established in 1981 by the Food and Agriculture ...

That inter-generational contract made between society and the youth of today has once again paid dividends. Last Friday and again today, we feature st...

Residents of St Vincent and the Grenadines are blessed to inhabit a space where, for the most part, clean water still flows in the catchment areas of ...

October is the month in which nationals of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) celebrate the anniversary of our political independence from the United...

Whenever we experience situations in our society, as we are now, when the number of killings or incidences of rape, domestic violence or other violent...

St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) is being battered by a storm of gun related crimes and there seems no end in sight. Over the past seven days, the ...

If ever we had any doubt about the people of the Caribbean considering ourselves one people, the wholehearted response to the hurricane devastation in...

Our vocabulary has become strained in trying to describe the scale of destruction in the Caribbean in the wake of successive Category Five hurricanes....

There is an old saying which goes like this: “It is an ill wind which blows nobody good,” meaning, even the worst events can have some benefit in ...

A few weeks ago, as he was sentencing a 17-year-old at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court, magistrate Rickie Burnett made an interesting observation....

Until earlier this week, meteorological experts described category 5 hurricanes as capable of catastrophic destruction. Today, however, with the exper...

Our congratulations go out to the Government of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) for its astuteness in seeking, and obtaining, the assistance of th...

The veteran Vincentian calypso bard and cultural icon, Sulle, has, among his classics, a composition called “Permanent Carnival,” referring to the...

The vexing issue of physical violence in our society, in particular domestic violence, is again under the spotlight. Usually, our outrage is stirred w...

When are one’s academic qualifications not enough and can one overdo it in the pursuit of certification? Over the last few days, Vincentians have be...

When St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) passed its Prevention of Trafficking in Persons Act in September 2011, quickly followed in 2012 by the establ...

A powerful letter penned with skill, patriotism, and a profound love of humanity by Oscar Allen, who died at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital (MCMH) ...

We are almost midway through what used to be called the ‘August holidays’, now known as the ‘summer vacation’, in keeping, perhaps, with the t...

SEARCHLIGHT cofounder Sebastian ‘Bassy’ Alexander this week tells the story in his column ‘The Love Vine’ that the idea to establish Interacti...

August 1, 1834 was a truly momentous day. In a single instant 350,000 persons in the British Caribbean jettisoned the legally sanctioned burdens of an...

Michael Jordan, considered by many to be the greatest basketball player who has ever lived, was once accused of bragging. And Jordan issued his now fa...