News - Searchlight

News

Couple to set up charity after falling in love with tragic dog in Canouan

A couple is setting up a charity to help dogs in the South Caribbean following the death of a stray dog they hoped to bring to the UK. Colette and Tom...

January 31, 2023

From the Courts, News

Owia nurse pleads guilty to possession of cocaine

A 35-year-old nurse of Owia has pleaded guilty to possession of almost 60 kg of cocaine, but not guilty to another related charge. Lucresha Nanton app...

January 29, 2023

News

SVG’s Work Plan as President of CELAC is ‘ambitious’, ‘doable’ – Senator Peters

Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Foreign Trade of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), senator Keisal Peter has highlighted the potential within the C...

January 27, 2023

News

Campden Park men blame ‘hard times’ for theft of drinks from St Vincent Brewery Ltd

Six burglars who appeared in court on Monday, January 23, blamed “hard times” for stealing over 116 cases of drinks worth close to $9,000 from the St....

January 27, 2023

News

Man who went into the Owia Police Station with cocaine receives fine and suspended sentence

An Owia resident has been fined and given a suspended sentence after he went into the Owia Police Station with cocaine in his possession, then escaped...

January 27, 2023

News

Stay vigilant for Dengue, Chikungunya and Zika, CARPHA urges

The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), is reminding the public that arboviral diseases such as dengue, chikungunya and Zika are still circulatin...

January 27, 2023

News

Bequia Mount Gay Music Fest 2023 climaxes this weekend

The 2023 Bequia Mount Gay Music Fest is scheduled to climax this weekend with a number of home-grown acts on stage. And, organisers say a number of lo...

January 27, 2023

News

Caesar wants to see farmers get better prices for produce

Agriculture Minister, Saboto Caesar is urging local farmers to seek a better price for their produce. “You must not sell your commodities for a value ...

January 27, 2023

News

Non-profit donates Equipment to Paediatric Ward at MCMH

Caribbean Health Collaborative (CHC), has partnered with a group of Vincentian physicians to purchase needed medical equipment and supplies for the Pa...

January 27, 2023

News

NIS pressing ahead with Pension Reform Consultations

Officials from the National Insurance Services (NIS)are holding a series of consultations with stakeholders, as they press ahead with pension reform. ...

January 27, 2023

News

FAO Director-General challenges CELAC Heads to address hunger and inequality

Latin America and the Caribbean “can and must step up” to address increasing hunger and inequality rates in the region, a role that would move them “t...

January 27, 2023

News

Retail operations of CIBC FCIB in SVG to end March 22

Clients of CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank (CIBC FCIB) in St Vincent and the Grenadines have been advised that in-branch retail operations will...

January 26, 2023

News

Forty more Graduate under Women’s Empowerment Programme

Forty more Vincentian women have graduated having completed the Women’s Empowerment Programme (WEP) through the Republic of China (ROC),Taiwan. The WE...

January 24, 2023

News

New poor relief applications on hold as revision takes place

Cabinet took a decision last year to put a temporary hold on reviewing new applications for poor relief assistance, Minister of National Mobilization,...

January 24, 2023

News

SVG’s Whistling Warbler in the spotlight at BirdsCaribbean workshop

The organisation, BirdsCaribbean has mounted a land bird monitoring workshop in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) to help conserve the endangered W...

January 24, 2023

News

PM officially launches new book, ‘A Time of Respair’

Months after the announcement of the completion of his eleventh book, Prime Minister, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has officially released ‘A Time of Respair B...

January 24, 2023

News

Guyana housing agreement on ‘reasonable terms’- PM Gonsalves (+video)

Plans are advancing on the construction of 50 pre-fabricated houses sourced from Guyana, following the official signing of a EC $6 million loan agreem...

January 24, 2023

News

‘Street Law’ found not guilty of breaching curfew

A man who appears to have multiple homes where he sleeps was found not guilty of breaching a curfew order when he appeared in court yesterday, January...

January 24, 2023

News

Owia man placed on remand tells magistrate he has no one to take care of his pigs

A man who escaped police custody and had cocaine in his possession will know his fate today when he appears in the Serious Offences Court for sentenci...

January 24, 2023

News

12 months in jail for Vermont teen burglar

A teenager from Vermont has been sent to prison for 12 months for burglary. L’orennie James, a 17-year-old student, was arrested on January 8, 2023 an...

January 24, 2023

News

Financial Services Authority tightens licensing policy for companies doing Forex Business

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), the jurisdiction’s financial watchdog, has issued a formal notice to a...

January 24, 2023

News

Revulsion over desecration of Black Stalin’s grave

There has been widespread revulsion expressed in Trinidad and Tobago over the desecration of the grave of cultural icon, the Black Stalin just a week ...

January 24, 2023

News

ECCB Governor highlights the Bank’s endurance, and gains as it celebrates 40 years

Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), Timothy N.J. Antoine, has described both the Bank’s 40th anniversary milestone and its accompli...

January 24, 2023

News

Thirty more Girl Guides enrolled in SVG Girl Guides Association

The No.1 Kingstown Girl Guides Company hosted its annual enrolment and awards ceremony on Friday, January 13 at the La Vue Boutique Hotel and Beach Cl...

January 24, 2023

News

Call Centre denies bad labour practice claims by former employee

A former employee of a locally operated call centre is accusing her former employer of several bad labour practices. The claims made against Protel Ma...

January 24, 2023

News

Toronto man charged in death of his Vincentian mother

A Vincentian woman was killed earlier this week in Toronto, Canada. Dead is Joy Barnwell, who was originally from Lowmans Windward, but who resided in...

January 21, 2023

News

Mentally ill, North Union man shot and dies in confrontation with police

THE INTERACTION of law enforcement with the mentally ill has once again come to the fore with the death of Long Piece, North Union resident, Eral Augu...

January 20, 2023

News

St Mary’s RC School celebrates 101 years of education (+ video)

Students and teachers of the St. Mary’s Roman Catholic School praised principal, Eula John for her dedication as the school marks 101 years of existen...

January 20, 2023

News

Opposition leader wants answers about the finances of the NIS

LEADER OF THE Parliamentary Opposition, Dr Godwin Friday has expressed concerns about the depletion of the finances of the National Insurance Services...

January 20, 2023

News

Court bonds pregnant woman who stabbed 12-year-old boy

WHEN SHE FIRST APPEARED in court, the pregnant woman who stabbed a 12-year-old boy three times seemed to show little to no remorse for her actions. Ho...

January 20, 2023

News

Zahndra of Kingstown Preparatory School wins Grade 6 writing competition

The Winner of the the Grade 6 writing competition, Zahndra Roberts did not think she would have made it beyond the preliminary round. On Wednesday, Ja...

January 20, 2023

News

Robin Yearwood steals spotlight with amazing electoral record

While congratulations pour in to re-elected Prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne, whose party won 9 of the 17 seats in Wednesday’s gen...

January 20, 2023

News

Senior magistrate raises concerns again about people not showing up for cases

Senior Magistrate, Rickie Burnett has once again expressed concerns with the delays in court hearings. The senior magistrate addressed the situation o...

January 20, 2023

News

Farmer charged for chopping goat

A 26 year old farmer of Rose Hall will appear in court to answer to a charge of damage to property. The police arrested and charged Iran Charles, on W...

January 20, 2023

News

Accounting, IT firm makes donation to St Vincent Grammar School

A local accounting and information technology firm has made a donation to the St Vincent Grammar School to assist with the promotion of good hygiene p...

January 20, 2023

News

ON-SITE to complement YES and SET programmes

The existing Youth Empowerment Service (YES) along with the Support for Education and Training (SET) Programme and the newly launched Offering Nationa...

January 20, 2023

News

Do not to abuse ON-SITE internship programme – Anthony Regisford

The newly launched ON-SITE internship programme will see 175 local youth being given hand on opportunities across a number of industries in the privat...

January 20, 2023

News

Barrouallie Police Youth Club donates gift baskets to 40 elderly residents

Some 40 senior residents of Barrouallie received gift baskets from the Barrouallie Police Youth Club on Sunday, January 15. A release from the police ...

January 20, 2023

News

Sandrea Maynard named new UWI Pro Vice-Chancellor Global Affairs

The University of the West Indies (The UWI), has appointed a new pro-vice chancellor (PVC), global affairs in furtherance of its strategic agenda and ...

January 20, 2023

News

CDB Forecasts Caribbean Economic Growth of 5.7% in 2023

The Caribbean Development Bank’s (CDB) vice president (Operations), Isaac Solomon has forecasted regional growth of 5.7 % for 2023. At a press confere...

January 20, 2023

News

Orange Hill houses for displaced residents to be finished by March

Parliamentary Representative for the North Windward Constituency, Montgomery Daniel is thankful for the work completed to date on 21 houses currently ...

January 20, 2023

News

A most memorable week

by Renwick Rose This week which ends on Saturday, January 21, is an important one in the history of the people of the Caribbean and Africa. There are ...

January 20, 2023

News

Cane Garden teen charged for gun and ammo possession

During routine checks at the Grenadines Wharf in Kingstown, members of the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force attached to Port intercep...

January 18, 2023

From the Courts, News

‘Worst decision of her life’ sees Owia nurse jailed for two years, ten months

A nurse from Owia has become the first woman to be sentenced to prison this year from the Serious Offences Court. Lucresha Nanton, 35, was jailed for ...

February 7, 2023

News

Gonsalves confident that Bailey Bridges will meet February completion deadline

Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves remains hopeful that all works on the Bailey bridge projects at Overland and Noël river crossings will be completed...

February 7, 2023

News

Media heads seek Commissioner’s urgent attention on threats to court reporters

The heads of two media entities in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), and some reporters have written to the Commissioner of Police Commissioner, Co...

February 7, 2023

News

Garifuna Heritage Foundation unveils activities for National Heroes and Heritage Month

The Garifuna National Foundation (GHF) on Monday, February 6, unveiled a raft of activities to be held during March, National Heroes and Heritage Mont...

February 7, 2023

News

WEP pays out grants totaling EC$243,000 to female entrepreneurs

Thirty-one female entrepreneurs were awarded grants amounting to EC$ 243,000 under the Women’s Empowerment project (WEP) at the weekend. The project w...

February 7, 2023

Editorial

International tensions concern us all

There is an old, an oft-repeated African saying about “when elephants fight, it is the grass that gets trampled”. At the risk of repetition, we cannot...

February 7, 2023

Editorial

Make Public Transportation Next on the Agenda

Now that, at long last, we have seen action to bring order to the streets of Kingstown, especially the market area, and plans to renovate the dilapida...

February 3, 2023

Editorial

Commonwealth Year of Youth – Vincentians encouraged to get involved

Yesterday, at Marlborough House in London, The Commonwealth Secretariat officially launched 2023 as the Commonwealth Year of Youth. The special design...

January 31, 2023

Editorial

Unlicensed guns, homicides and our young men

Concerns continue to be expressed throughout our society about the homicide rate, particularly involving the use of guns. This proliferation of the us...

January 27, 2023

Editorial

SVG aiming high again

On Tuesday, January 24, leaders and representatives of 33 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean will meet in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argen...

January 24, 2023

Our Readers' Opinions

What is the Name of the Heavenly Father?

EDITOR: Are you still searching for that group of true worshippers within whose midst dwells the message of salvation which has descended all the way ...

February 3, 2023

Our Readers' Opinions

National Insurance Services and Pension Reform

EDITOR: Currently, the NIS is conducting a public dialogue on pension reform and has expressed concern about the fact that a public servant can become...

February 3, 2023

Our Readers' Opinions

Does going to bible school and having a license make one a preacher?

EDITOR: Is going to bible school and having a license make a person a preacher? It is sad that in most cases the answer to this question is YES. I mus...

February 3, 2023

Our Readers' Opinions

New Customs Vehicle Import Regime and the Greedy Bill 2.0

EDITOR: Having seen the press release from the Ministry of Finance as it relates to the new import tax regimes for vehicles, I could not stay silent. ...

January 31, 2023

Our Readers' Opinions

Supporting the local Productive Sector

EDITOR: There is much that can be done in the choices we make to support the local productive sector. This is a specific mindset that we must adopt if...

January 27, 2023