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Santa Claus comes to town
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December 30, 2009
THE FLORIDA CARIBBEAN CRUISE ASSOCIATION (FCCA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism brought Christmas cheer to two hundred children last Sun...
Security firm wants some guards to carry guns
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December 23, 2009
by Dayle DaSilva 23.DEC.09 Proprietor of CMCL Allied Security, Carlos Maloney, is of the view that efforts are being made to force him out of business...
Searchlight employee takes a bride
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December 23, 2009
Searchlight journalist and Sales and Marketing Manager Hawkins Nanton got the scoop of a lifetime on Sunday, December 20, when beautiful schoolteacher...
Woman wins large lottery cheque
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December 23, 2009
Most Lottery winners know what they want to do with their money, but with $801,000 to her name, Shirley Sayers doesn’t have a clue. Sayers, owner of...
Magistrate pulls out of ‘Suicide’ inquest
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December 18, 2009
Just three days after clearing his courtroom of everyone except the jury and police officers, the presiding magistrate has stopped a coroner’s inque...
NOT SANTA
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December 18, 2009
Major Henry King, Commanding Officer of the Salvation Army, inspects the broken window through which burglars made their entrance into the Salvation A...
Teen paralysed from waist down after being shot
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December 18, 2009
Amal Williams is the latest victim of the spate of shootings at Ottley Hall, and his mother is appealing to all good Samaritans for help.{{more}} On S...
Nine Mornings Festival kicks off with a bang
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December 18, 2009
The Nine Mornings celebrations got off to an encouraging start early on Wednesday morning, with a large crowd turning out at Heritage Square to partic...
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December 11, 2009
At press time Wednesday, Faustina Haynes, also known as Shelly Smart, was battling for her life in a Canadian hospital.{{more}} The young woman, who o...
Boulders dumped on Indian Bay Beach spot
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December 11, 2009
by Dayle DaSilva 11.DEC.09 An amicable agreement has been reached regarding recent developments that have been taking place at the public access road ...
Mentally ill man meets tragic end
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December 4, 2009
Police Officers and residents look on while ambulance officials prepare to take away the body of Kendol McKie.
Youth charged with murder  of ‘Cutty’ May
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December 4, 2009
Marshel Hadaway has been charged for the death of Cuthbert “Cutty” May, formerly of Gibson Corner.{{more}} The 20-year-old of Gomea appeared at th...
PM: ULP humbly accepts the people’s verdict
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November 27, 2009
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has rejected the claim that Wednesday’s referendum was on him and his Unity Labour Party (ULP) administration.{{m...
Vincentians say no to proposed constitution
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November 27, 2009
HELL NO! The way Arnhim Eustace was mobbed as he approached the Sion Hill intersection in the wee hours of Thursday morning, you would have believed h...
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November 20, 2009
Leader of the Opposition Arnhim Eustace wants Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves to respond to an allegation that US$1 million was brought into the cou...
I want to get this right
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November 20, 2009
Supervisor of Elections Sylvia Findlay Scrubb says she feels under pressure as the November 25th referendum draws closer.{{more}} But the pressure doe...
Opposition Leader: Financial rules under threat
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November 20, 2009
by Dayle DaSilva 20.NOV.09 The Accountant General acted in perfect order. This is the response from government in relation to concerns raised by Oppos...
Ajay Miller stings OECS in Spelling Bee
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November 20, 2009
Ajay Miller was confident that he would have been successful, after all he was used to spelling words.{{more}} Despite his confidence, the nine-year-o...
Referendum campaign trail heats to boiling point
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November 20, 2009
What is Strategic Communications Laboratories (SCL) to gain from the ‘No’ vote campaign? This is one of the major concerns raised by Prime Ministe...
Boatman missing
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November 13, 2009
This is the boat Richard Franklyn was piloting when he disappeared last Friday.
Georgetown man dies in traffic accident
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November 13, 2009
Kenroy “Escobar” Hull, a 42-year-labourer of Cobo Town, Georgetown, is the latest of seven persons who have died in traffic accidents here so far ...
‘Captain’ King dies in plane crash
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November 6, 2009
The King families of Sion Hill and Bequia are in shock as they struggle to come to grips with the tragic death of husband and father Elim King.{{more}...
Not guilty
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November 6, 2009
06.NOV.09 Rodney Roberts (at back) surrounded by his family shortly after his acquittal on a triple murder charge at the High Court in Kingstown Wedne...
Men freed of triple murder
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November 6, 2009
“Freedom was always a must!” These were the first words uttered by Jason “P2” Henry and Rodney “2B” Roberts as they exited the High Court ...
Caine, 21, charged for Chapmans  man murder
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November 6, 2009
Twenty one-year-old Adonijah Caine was charged with the murder of Elroy “Bully” Blucher of Chapmans, Georgetown.{{more}} Caine, a resident of Basi...
Adriel Francois talks his way to trophy
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October 30, 2009
Adriel Francois admitted two things: He was calm, and he told himself that he was going to win. He was right.{{more}} The Fifth Form Science student o...
Chapmans youth gunned down near home
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October 30, 2009
In the wake of the shooting death of Elroy ‘Bully’ Blucher of Chapmans, his grieving mother says she is prepared to wait on God for justice.{{more...
‘Daddy Bas’ still tilling at 94
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October 23, 2009
He is not the typical 94-year-old. Roderick Bascombe is a spritely man who is known for his jovial nature as much as his generosity.{{more}} On Sunday...
14 homeless after Edinboro fire
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October 23, 2009
Life has changed dramatically for one Edinboro family after their two-storey abode of over 30 years was completely destroyed by fire last Saturday, Oc...