Editorial

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...

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...

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...

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...