Editorial

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...

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...

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...

In our Midweek edition of Tuesday, July 18, 2017, SEARCHLIGHT carried on our front page a story that carried two elements.  First, in a leaked voice n...

On July 6, 2017, Dr AC Cyrus launched his latest publication entitled, “A Harvest Richer than Gold: Odyssey of A Caribbean Surgeon.” In a professi...

Carnival 2017 has come to an end – a glorious end for winners of the various competitions across pan, mas, and song; and a wonderful end for tens of...

As CARICOM Heads of State and Government engage in their three-day deliberations at the 38th Summit in Grenada, one item, not on the draft agenda, but...

Judgement day has arrived. Today, Justice Esco Henry will say if the election petitions filed by the opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) will go for...

The Ragga soca and Soca monarch semi-finals, dubbed ‘Boarding Pass,’ were successfully staged last Saturday night at the decommissioned ET Joshua ...

This time of the year tends to be a joyful one for many of our young people who are transitioning from one phase of their academic life to another. El...

Among the matters raised and discussed at the sitting of the House of Assembly on Tuesday was the ban imposed by the Government on the importation of ...

Politics is surely a strange creature indeed. Two months ago, a confident British Prime Minister Ms Theresa May announced that she would seek parliame...

The 2017 hurricane season is now officially with us, having been ushered in, as we do annually, on June 1. For the next five months at least, all citi...

Hopes were high in St Vincent and the Grenadines for a bumper Carnival 2017. After all, air access has been vastly improved with the opening and opera...

SEARCHLIGHT today extends its hearty congratulations to the local Indian community, as it celebrates Indian Arrival Day and offers its staunch support...

The Governments and people of Cuba and St Vincent and the Grenadines today proudly celebrate the 25th anniversary of the establishment of formal diplo...

Over the last two weeks, both conventional and social media came alive with a story which captivated the attention of many and placed one man and his ...

The United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization, meeting in St Vincent and the Grenadines earlier this week, continued to seek for answers to t...

Project work on the 2017 edition of the RBTT Young Leaders Programme is winding down. Students from the 14 schools which participated this year are ma...

When the increase in Value Added Tax (VAT) from 15 to 16 per cent was announced during the presentation of the Budget, it provoked much comment in pol...

We congratulate the Government of St Vincent and the Grenadines on the move to impose a ban on styrofoam products so widely used in the food industry ...

Drivers and owners of mini-buses are preparing to engage in a workshop later this month that is expected to address such matters as road safety, fares...

We here in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) talk up a good storm and can easily identify the things that need to be rectified in our society, but w...

One of the more ridiculous facts of life in this country is that at the age of 15, a female may give consent to sexual intercourse, but she cannot leg...

The main role of the Opposition is to question the Government and to hold them accountable to the public. This is why the call last Wednesday by Leade...

With the coming on stream of the Argyle International Airport, our focus is now heavily on developing the tourism industry. But what kind of tourism d...

If St Vincent and the Grenadines did not realize before just how tiny the world has become, we found out over the last week or so. And our whalers may...

We are into April, World Autism Month and last Sunday, April 2 was World Autism Awareness Day, a day when autism organizations around the world celebr...

The nation earlier this week was introduced to seven young Vincentian women who will, in June this year, compete for the title of Miss SVG 2017. Altho...

Modern medicine owes its most deeply cherished ethic to a Greek doctor, Hippocrates, who lived more than 2,000 years ago. Known as the Hippocratic oat...

When incidents occur in which our children mess up and their mistakes are published for the world to see, what should be the response of the community...

“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.” Most times, when a reference is made to ‘Fake News’, chuc...

Another National Heroes’ Day has passed with the now traditional wreath laying ceremony at Dorsetshire Hill in memory of our lone National Hero, Par...

The annual international conference hosted by The Garifuna Heritage Foundation (TGHF) has developed, over the last five years, into one of the most hi...

The recent Recognition of Graduates Ceremony of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus has stimulated much public commentary about the la...

When our law enforcement authorities get it wrong, we are not shy about calling them out about it. So, when they score big victories in the war agains...