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Young trickster pleads guilty
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April 23, 2010
At age 18, Kizzy Chandler already has a criminal record for deception and theft.{{more}} Come this Monday at the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court, the O...
Miss SVG pageant unveils 10 contestants
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April 16, 2010
The names of the ten young ladies who will be vying for Miss SVG 2010 were released earlier this week.{{more}} The ten are 22-year-old Bonnie Allicot ...
Mothers silent about sexual abuse of daughters
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April 16, 2010
Mothers across St.Vincent and the Grenadines who stand at the side of alleged perpetrators of sexual abuse at the expense of their daughters have been...
Bars stop burglars at cop’s residence
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April 9, 2010
An investment in burglar bars at his Pembroke home is credited with saving the life of a senior police officer, or perhaps, the would-be burglar.{{mor...
Rawacou seas claim LIME employee
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April 9, 2010
Days after their sister perished in the waters off the Rawacou coast, members of the Deane family of Calder are still wondering why some people are so...
Businesses up in arms over NLA fees
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April 1, 2010
A contentious issue is brewing between businesses here and The National Lotteries Authority over the payment of fees to stage promotions where there i...
Big things on cards at Buccament Bay Resort
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April 1, 2010
From all indications, great things may be in store when the first phase of the Buccament Resort is completed and opened in the next three months.{{mor...
Walkers lose another son to vehicular accident
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April 1, 2010
The phrase ‘lightning never strikes twice in the same place’ may soon become a saying of the past. On Monday afternoon, 33-year-old taxi driver Cl...
Windies maintain winning record in SVG
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March 19, 2010
The staging of the three One Day Internationals between the West Indies and Zimbabwe here at the Arnos Vale Playing Field must have put this country i...
Vincentian collared in Trinidad drug bust
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March 19, 2010
Trinidad and Tobago police have detained two persons, including a 21 year-old national of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, in connection with a multi-m...
No award for Anesia
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March 12, 2010
SEARCHLIGHT has been reliably informed that an award ceremony which had been scheduled to take place here on Tuesday, March 9, to honour Anesia Baptis...
Senator Leacock denies claims
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March 12, 2010
Senator St.Clair Leacock refuses to be the ‘fall guy’ in the controversial matter of pensions and gratuities for Parliamentarians.{{more}} Both Pr...
Accused shot by cops
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March 12, 2010
Residents of Georgetown, especially parents and youngsters, can now breathe a lot easier, following the capture on Wednesday of alleged child molester...
Two dead
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March 12, 2010
Ronnique Sutherland at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital nursing the injuries she sustained in an accident at Arnos Vale which took the lives of Shaff...
Woman loses hand in cutlass attack
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March 5, 2010
Mary Browne’s stronghold on life was dealt a severe setback after losing one of her hands in a domestic dispute.{{more}} The Vermont woman is, howev...
Village tragedy
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March 5, 2010
A distraught Vivian Williams (left), mother of Delano “Twelve Child” David is comforted as she tries to come to grips with the stabbing death of h...
‘Ces’ McKie takes political plunge
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March 5, 2010
Surrounded by some of his new work colleagues, family members and well-wishers, Cecil ‘Ces’ Mckie took the oath of office making him this countryâ...
Two stare death
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March 5, 2010
Laurace Ralph’s disabled common-law husband Zalman Goodluck was also battered and stabbed.
Two stare death in  face and survive
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March 5, 2010
Having stared death in the face a Fair Hall couple believes miracles still happen.{{more}} In the wee hours of Saturday, February 27, 2010, Laurace Ra...
Bodies of ECCAA men recovered  in Haiti
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February 26, 2010
The remains of Rosemond James, Director-General, and of Greg McAlpin, Director of Flight Safety of the Eastern Caribbean Civil Aviation Authority (ECC...
Prisoner walks out of court
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February 26, 2010
Up to press time on Wednesday, police were still searching for Wilford Woodley, who escaped the custody of prison authorities last Friday at the High ...
Violence could result from call-in programmes
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February 26, 2010
Commissioner of Police Keith Miller is of the view that radio talk shows should be regulated, as the “recklessness” of some call-in programmes cou...
Anesia Baptiste faces disciplinary action
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February 19, 2010
It is confirmed. The Government of St Vincent and the Grenadines has initiated disciplinary action against Anesia Baptiste for what they deem to be mi...
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February 19, 2010
Carlos Richardson, a 36-year-old Vincentian attending Carnival festivities in Trinidad, was on February 16, 2010, shot and killed.{{more}} Police offi...
Shell shock
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February 19, 2010
Police officers surround the body of Colville ‘Spannie’ Millington of Sion Hill who was gunned down on Sunday, February 14, shortly after 4 a.m. a...