Searchlight Logo
special_image

    • News
      • Front Page
      • News
      • Breaking News
      • Press Release
      • Features
      • Special Features
      • From the Courts
      • Sports
      • Regional / World
    • Opinions
      • Editorial
      • Our Readers’ Opinions
      • Bassy – Love Vine
      • Dr. Fraser- Point of View
      • R. Rose – Eye of the Needle
      • On Target
      • Dr Jozelle Miller
      • The World Around Us
      • Random Thoughts
    • Advice
      • Kitchen Corner
      • What’s on Fleek this week
      • Health Wise
      • Physician’s Weekly
      • Business Buzz
      • Hey Rosie!
      • Prime the pump
    • ePaper
    • Obituaries
      • In Memoriam / Acknowledgement
      • Tribute
    • Contact Us
      • Advertise With Us
      • Letters To The Editor
      • General Contact Information
      • Contact our Webmaster
    • About Us
      • Privacy Policy
      • Interactive Media Ltd
      • St. Vincent & the Grenadines
    • Subscribe
    • News
      • Front Page
      • News
      • Breaking News
      • Press Release
      • Features
      • Special Features
      • From the Courts
      • Sports
      • Regional / World
    • Opinions
      • Editorial
      • Our Readers’ Opinions
      • Bassy – Love Vine
      • Dr. Fraser- Point of View
      • R. Rose – Eye of the Needle
      • On Target
      • Dr Jozelle Miller
      • The World Around Us
      • Random Thoughts
    • Advice
      • Kitchen Corner
      • What’s on Fleek this week
      • Health Wise
      • Physician’s Weekly
      • Business Buzz
      • Hey Rosie!
      • Prime the pump
    • ePaper
    • Obituaries
      • In Memoriam / Acknowledgement
      • Tribute
    • Contact Us
      • Advertise With Us
      • Letters To The Editor
      • General Contact Information
      • Contact our Webmaster
    • About Us
      • Privacy Policy
      • Interactive Media Ltd
      • St. Vincent & the Grenadines
    • Subscribe

Front Page

Eastern Caribbean Central Bank to take some coins out of circulation
Front Page
Eastern Caribbean Central Bank to take some coins out of circulation
searchlight 
April 24, 2015
Come July 1, 2015, commercial banks in the East Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) will stop issuing one and two cents coins. However, persons will still...
New home soon for Fitz-Hughes flood victim
Front Page
New home soon for Fitz-Hughes flood victim
searchlight 
April 24, 2015
In a few months time, Fitz-Hughes resident Florestine Spring will be living comfortably in a new home of her own. This week, a cheque valued at Cdn $3...
More than half of Vincentian adults overweight – Report
Front Page
More than half of Vincentian adults overweight – Report
searchlight 
April 24, 2015
A survey conducted in 2014 by the Ministry of Health shows that more than half of Vincentian adults are overweight, and more than 60 per cent do not e...
Young tennis duo in COTEC top 10
Front Page
Young tennis duo in COTEC top 10
searchlight 
April 21, 2015
The two young Vincentians tennis players, Alexi Humphrey and Anastacia White, who have been making their mark on the regional scene, are in the top 10...
St Vincent and the Grenadines experienced negative growth in 2014 – Eustace
Front Page
St Vincent and the Grenadines experienced negative growth in 2014 – Eustace
searchlight 
April 21, 2015
Leader of the Opposition Arnhim Eustace has challenged the Government to deny that there was negative growth in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) in...
ULP draws large crowd at final  convention before elections
Front Page
ULP draws large crowd at final convention before elections
searchlight 
April 21, 2015
Heeding the calls of party leaders, supporters of the Unity Labour Party (ULP) turned out in their numbers Sunday, for the party’s final national co...
Youth hospitalized after ingesting gramoxone, milk
Front Page
Youth hospitalized after ingesting gramoxone, milk
searchlight 
April 21, 2015
Today marks six days since Sandy Bay resident Steverson Loraine ingested a mixture of milk and Gramoxone. The 21-year-old’s oldest brother, Brensfor...
EHSM students, teachers return from one-week educational tour of Barbados
Front Page
EHSM students, teachers return from one-week educational tour of Barbados
searchlight 
April 17, 2015
The Emmanuel High School Mesopotamia (EHSM) is ensuring that their fourth and fifth form students are exposed to experiences that will heighten their ...
$1.5 million Vermont/Francois bridge opens
Front Page
$1.5 million Vermont/Francois bridge opens
searchlight 
April 17, 2015
A newly constructed bridge over the Vermont River has created easier access for residents to travel between two communities in the valley. The Vermont...
Norma Keizer Scholarship Foundation launched
Front Page
Norma Keizer Scholarship Foundation launched
searchlight 
April 17, 2015
A scholarship foundation, set up to honour the legacy of Norma Keizer, has been launched by Interactive Media Limited (IML). Keizer, the first editor ...
Garbage truck collides with taxi in Kingstown, Police are investigating
Front Page
Garbage truck collides with taxi in Kingstown, Police are investigating
searchlight 
April 14, 2015
Two vehicles collided outside the Rubis gas station on the Bentick Square on Monday morning; luckily no one was hurt. A garbage truck, PP613, belongin...
SVGTU head – teachers should boycott marking SBAs unless demands are met
Front Page
SVGTU head – teachers should boycott marking SBAs unless demands are met
searchlight 
April 14, 2015
With teachers in Barbados refusing to mark school based assessments (SBAs) unless they are compensated by the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC), cou...
Man stabbed to death
Front Page
Man stabbed to death
searchlight 
April 14, 2015
Ashley Prescott says that persons on social media and in other forums who are saying bad things about his slain cousin, King Colinford Mattis, could n...
SVG WOMEN ARE WIFA QUEENS
Front Page
SVG WOMEN ARE WIFA QUEENS
searchlight 
April 14, 2015
St Vincent and the Grenadines’ senior female footballers had the crown of inaugural champions of the Windward Islands Football Association (WIFA) to...
Family left devastated after man’s death in road accident
Front Page
Family left devastated after man’s death in road accident
searchlight 
April 10, 2015
“We had a good relationship with him… we will miss him!” Those were the words of Willa Browne, speaking about her brother Lennox Denzel Browne, ...
Kidney patient gets more help
Front Page
Kidney patient gets more help
searchlight 
April 10, 2015
A Facebook page called, ‘Please help Ayana Findlay’ and complemented by an online donation site, ‘Gofundme,’ has raised approximately EC$10,00...
Bacchus scoops top CSEC awards in spite of fire that destroyed family home
Front Page
Bacchus scoops top CSEC awards in spite of fire that destroyed family home
searchlight 
April 10, 2015
Although his home was gutted by a fire earlier last year, a month before taking his CXC Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations,...
High capacity fuel  storage plant opens
Front Page
High capacity fuel storage plant opens
searchlight 
April 10, 2015
St Vincent and the Grenadines now has increased capacity to store fossil fuels and thus greater energy security. On Tuesday, the Hugo Chavez National ...
Mother claims her daughter was provoked into writing disrespectful note
Front Page
Mother claims her daughter was provoked into writing disrespectful note
searchlight 
April 2, 2015
The mother of a child who was transferred from the St Joseph’s Convent Kingstown (SJCK) in 2013, says her daughter was provoked into writing a disre...
PM dismisses call for Crick’s resignation
Front Page
PM dismisses call for Crick’s resignation
searchlight 
April 2, 2015
A call by the New Democratic Party (NDP) for the resignation of a senior official within the Prime Minister’s Office will not be heeded. The call wa...
Not so fast  Camillo!  – Leacock
Front Page
Not so fast Camillo! – Leacock
searchlight 
April 2, 2015
Parliamentary representative for Central Kingstown, St Clair Leacock is rejecting the idea that supporters of the Unity Labour Party (ULP) should adop...
Camillo predicts big win
Front Page
Camillo predicts big win
searchlight 
April 2, 2015
Unity Labour Party (ULP) candidate for the East St George constituency, Camillo Gonsalves, is predicting a landslide victory in favour of his party wh...
SVGS successfully defends Inter-Secondary Schools’ Athletics Championships title
Front Page
SVGS successfully defends Inter-Secondary Schools’ Athletics Championships title
searchlight 
March 27, 2015
Coach of the St Vincent Grammar School Rawlson Morgan has dedicated his team’s fourth successive lien on the male division of the National Lotteries...
CDC officially reveals contestants for Miss SVG 2015
Front Page
CDC officially reveals contestants for Miss SVG 2015
searchlight 
March 27, 2015
The eight contestants who will vie for the prestigious title of Miss SVG 2015 have been officially revealed. They are: Precious Abraham, Melicia Antoi...
Restaurateur questions treatment of mother at senior citizens’ home
Front Page
Restaurateur questions treatment of mother at senior citizens’ home
searchlight 
March 27, 2015
Restaurateur, Yvonne Thomas is questioning the quality of care provided by local senior citizens’ homes, after her mother sustained an injury to her...
Issue of wreaths retrieved from obelisk is petty, trivial – MP
Front Page
Issue of wreaths retrieved from obelisk is petty, trivial – MP
searchlight 
March 27, 2015
“It simply shows you how petty and simplistic their mind is!” This was the response from a senior New Democratic Party parliamentarian in relation...
‘Assistance is available for synthetic track’ – Coe
Front Page
‘Assistance is available for synthetic track’ – Coe
searchlight 
March 24, 2015
Funding is available to counties like St Vincent and the Grenadines to assist in the erection of a synthetic track. This point was reiterated to SEARC...
‘We are going to defend our title’ – coach Morgan
Front Page
‘We are going to defend our title’ – coach Morgan
searchlight 
March 24, 2015
Rawlson Morgan, head coach of the St Vincent Grammar School, the defending Male Division Champions of the Inter-secondary Schools’ Athletics champio...
Fancy gets brand new school bus
Front Page
Fancy gets brand new school bus
searchlight 
March 24, 2015
A brand new 30-seater school bus was on Thursday, March 19, handed over to the community of Fancy. The bus was purchased with funds provided by the Na...
Mother pleads to Ministry of Education for her suspended child
Front Page
Mother pleads to Ministry of Education for her suspended child
searchlight 
March 24, 2015
The mother of a teenaged student is calling on the relevant authorities to do what needs to be done so that her son can return to school. Gibson Corne...
Evesham woman wins EC$290,000 Super 6 jackpot
Front Page
Evesham woman wins EC$290,000 Super 6 jackpot
searchlight 
March 20, 2015
For many, when the 13th day of the month falls on a Friday, it is considered to be a day of bad luck. But, for one Evesham resident, it was quite the ...
Why was the former Chief Minister’s burial site allowed to fall into disrepair?
Front Page
Why was the former Chief Minister’s burial site allowed to fall into disrepair?
searchlight 
March 20, 2015
Leading trade unionist Noel Jackson has expressed disappointment that the burial site of Ebenezer Theodore Joshua had been allowed to fall into disrep...
Government’s actions against COP Toussaint unlawful – Judge
Front Page
Government’s actions against COP Toussaint unlawful – Judge
searchlight 
March 20, 2015
Following a 12-year legal battle, a High Court judge has ruled in favour of a retired Commissioner of Police (COP) – deeming the actions of the Gove...
Maxwell is a fine gentleman, but too laid back – Straker
Front Page
Maxwell is a fine gentleman, but too laid back – Straker
searchlight 
March 20, 2015
Parliamentary Representative for Central Leeward Maxwell Charles has been described by the man he succeeded as “not aggressive enough to look out fo...
National Netball Tournament gets facility upgrade
Front Page
National Netball Tournament gets facility upgrade
searchlight 
March 17, 2015
Netballers using the Kingstown Netball Centre for the 2015 LIME National Netball Club Tournament will do so in “upgraded” conditions. A re-painted...
Motorcyclist succumbs to injuries following accident
Front Page
Motorcyclist succumbs to injuries following accident
searchlight 
March 17, 2015
Annetha Thomas wishes her son had paid heed to her fear of him riding motorcycles. “I tried to tell Shane to get away from riding that bike. I tell ...
Ben Exeter says he is not daunted by Straker’s return
Front Page
Ben Exeter says he is not daunted by Straker’s return
searchlight 
March 17, 2015
The man slated to contest the Central Leeward seat on an opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) ticket says he is not daunted by the reintroduction of ...
ULP incumbent, challenger for Central Leeward refuse to withdraw, so Sir Louis is back!
Front Page
ULP incumbent, challenger for Central Leeward refuse to withdraw, so Sir Louis is back!
searchlight 
March 17, 2015
Sir Louis Straker is back! Just over four years after he called it quits from active politics, Straker, 71, who was parliamentary representative for t...
Fife drops out of race for candidacy
Front Page
Fife drops out of race for candidacy
searchlight 
March 13, 2015
Former Unity Labour Party (ULP) candidate for West Kingstown Michelle Fife has dropped out of the race to secure candidacy for the party in the upcomi...
Police Band snubbed at Music Awards?
Front Page
Police Band snubbed at Music Awards?
searchlight 
March 13, 2015
“What happened to the police band at the AMP awards?” That is the question being asked by bandmaster Inspector Bernard Haynes, after the Royal St ...
International summit attracts delegations of Garifuna from all around the world
Front Page
International summit attracts delegations of Garifuna from all around the world
searchlight 
March 13, 2015
The Garifuna are a prime example of how the African Diaspora, which is “scattered” around the globe, has formed unique cultures as a result of ble...
KFC franchise taken from Boyea – Gonsalves
Front Page
KFC franchise taken from Boyea – Gonsalves
searchlight 
March 13, 2015
Despite a statement by Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves that the KFC franchise has been “yanked,” Ormiston “Ken” Boyea, the man who has opera...
School boat fees in Southern Grenadines should be subsidized
Front Page
School boat fees in Southern Grenadines should be subsidized
searchlight 
March 10, 2015
by Donald De Riggs Tue, Mar 10, 2015 While there are a myriad of reasons why students from mainland St Vincent and the Grenadines drop out of school, ...
  • 1
  • …
  • 85
  • 86
  • 87
  • …
  • 140
News
‘Shooting him? Why would that be an option?’ Gloster’s sister questions
News
‘Shooting him? Why would that be an option?’ Gloster’s sister questions
Forrest 
July 11, 2025
A man, who was conducting business inside the offices of the Kingstown Cooperative Credit Union (KCCU) was shot and killed, allegedly by an on- duty s...
Windwards Diocese remembers Dean Smith’s passion for winning souls, and his hospitality
News
Windwards Diocese remembers Dean Smith’s passion for winning souls, and his hospitality
Forrest 
July 11, 2025
The Diocese of the Windward Islands has extended condolences on the passing of Dean emeritus, Ulric Smith, who died on Saturday, July 5, 2025 at the M...
RSVGPF commends Public, Stakeholders for ‘exemplary conduct’ at VincyMas 2025
News
RSVGPF commends Public, Stakeholders for ‘exemplary conduct’ at VincyMas 2025
Forrest 
July 11, 2025
The Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) has commended the public for allowing VincyMas 2025 to transpire “without any major inc...
CDC already planning for VincyMas 2026, says CEO Rodney Small
News
CDC already planning for VincyMas 2026, says CEO Rodney Small
Forrest 
July 11, 2025
VincyMas is no longer a seasonal event says Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Carnival Development Corporation (CDC), Rodney Small. “…we at the CDC...
Starlift wins 26th Senior Panorama competition
News
Starlift wins 26th Senior Panorama competition
Forrest 
July 11, 2025
EL DORADO Starlift Steel Orchestra has now won the Senior Panorama compe- tition 26 times, and while some people may say that’s a lot, band captain Ro...

E-EDITION
ePaper
google_play
app_store
Subscribe Now
  • Interactive Media Ltd. • P.O. Box 152 • Kingstown • St. Vincent and the Grenadines • Phone: 784-456-1558 © Copyright Interactive Media Ltd.. All rights reserved.
We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.Ok