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KPS comes out on top in Common Entrance Exams
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June 12, 2009
Whoever said that lightning doesn’t strike twice in the same place would be eating his/her words today, because the Kingstown Preparatory School (KP...
Passion and brilliance unleashed
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June 5, 2009
With the Best Swim Wear, Best Evening Gown and Best Interview sashes already burdening her slender shoulders, 20-year-old Chateaubelair resident Veron...
Queen makes Chateaubelair shine again
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June 5, 2009
Just 48 hours after security forces involved in operation Vincy-Pac had left their community, Chateaubelair residents poured out into the streets arou...
Wanted  man shot dead by police
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June 5, 2009
Kelvin “Kelly” Harry was no saint. His criminal record told the tale of a misguided young man who seemed unable to stay on the right side of the l...
Protest in City against police brutality
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May 29, 2009
Protest action against alleged crimes of police brutality continued outside the Kingstown headquarters of the Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Poli...
Police issue bulletin for fugitives
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May 29, 2009
Head of the Public Relations Department of the Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force, Inspector Jonathan Nichols, is calling on all Vincent...
smoked out
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May 29, 2009
Arrows point to the areas where two Vincentian men and one Barbadian were shot and killed by police officers in the Leeward village of Vermont last Th...
Five freed,  two to face High Court
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May 22, 2009
Only two of the seven men accused for the murder of Atiba “Crimo” Waldron of Paul’s Avenue will have to face a murder trial at the High Court. T...
Buccama
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May 22, 2009
Senior Civil Servant guilty of stealing
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May 15, 2009
A Senior Civil Servant has been given three months to repay money she stole from the government. If she does not pay, she faces a prison term of six m...
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May 15, 2009
A 15-year-old student from North Central Windward was at press time facing rape charges.{{more}} SEARCHLIGHT understands that the young man is expecte...
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May 15, 2009
Director of Family Services Cammie Matthews is calling on young women here to be more careful about where they go and with whom they associate.{{more}...
Prison authorities seize 60 phones in prison
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May 15, 2009
Prison authorities have seized 60 cellular phones and six pounds of marijuana over the last two months, Prison Chief Eric Rodriguez says.{{more}} When...
‘Coalition of the Willing’ list gets longer
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May 8, 2009
Count them! The “Coalition of the willing” or the “Compact of the Committed” - whatever the catch phrase, for the US$200 Argyle International ...
Extradition hearing adjourned until Tuesday
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May 8, 2009
The three Vincentian men facing possible extradition to the British Virgin Islands (BVI) will have to wait a little longer to find out if they will be...
Police  hit ‘Pops’ in sting  operation
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April 30, 2009
A local businessman believes that his friendship with a man currently facing extradition charges may have led to him being the target of a police stin...
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April 30, 2009
The St Vincent Electricity Services (VINLEC) has repaired the equipment which was damaged at the Girls’ High School as a result of electrical proble...
Tortola wants three to answer drug charges
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April 30, 2009
Three Vincentian men are being sought by law enforcement authorities in Tortola, the British Virgin Islands, to answer charges of involvement in the i...
Vincy Students decide to remain in Mexico
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April 30, 2009
The 51 Vincentian students who are studying in Mexico are seemingly prepared to ride out the swine flu outbreak and will not rush back home, the gover...
Thomas wins sports award
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April 24, 2009
For the second consecutive year, SEARCHLIGHT’s Rohan Thomas has won the award for being the most outstanding Sports Journalist.{{more}} Thomas was g...
Container falls on Port worker
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April 24, 2009
by Omesha Spence 24.APR.09 Warren Bishop is indeed lucky to be alive, after a forty foot container fell on him, causing injuries to his shoulder and l...
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April 24, 2009
by Kirby Jackson & Kenara Woods 24.APR.09 As questions swirl as to why two men who were allegedly found naked in a jeep by police on Monday, April 20t...
Mother says she didn’t start fight
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April 17, 2009
She is ashamed that she fought in the presence of her son and other children, but Tiffany Smith, the parent who last month came to blows with her sonâ...
Police charge nine for sex with minor
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April 17, 2009
The atmosphere outside the Kingstown Magistrates Court erupted with boisterous chatter on Tuesday, April 14, as nine Barrouallie men between the ages ...
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April 9, 2009
What a Redemption Sharpes resident thought may have been a “perfect marriage” between his breadnut tree and a buttercup plant turns out to be noth...
Miguel takes fresh guard for Marriaqua
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April 9, 2009
“I will be contesting! The people have asked me to continue.” These were the words of Girlyn Miguel, the Unity Labour Party’s (ULP) incumbent Pa...
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April 9, 2009
A man who had earlier assaulted a visitor to these shores was shot three times by police at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital last Saturday.{{more}} A...
hybrid
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April 3, 2009
The hybrid Breadnut-looking fruit growing from a branch of a Buttercup tree which is planted next to a breadnut tree.