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Childhood supervisors trained at workshop
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November 29, 2013
A cohort of Early Childhood Supervisors has been trained in Record-Keeping and Reporting. These persons were trained earlier this week at a “trainin...
Food on the table
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November 29, 2013
Residents of the West St George (WSG) constituency can now fashion their menu and in fact set their lunch and dinner tables complete with chicken whic...
Anglicans to hold Advent Mission Service
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November 29, 2013
Sunday December 1 marks the start of the season of Advent which signals the beginning of the church’s year. The Anglican Archdeaconry of St Vincent ...
Glasgow called to the Bar
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November 29, 2013
Keah Glasgow, the newest member of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Bar wants to the other young people in the country to know that they should never...
Eustace fires back  at Sir James
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November 29, 2013
After years of restraint, Arnhim Eustace is taking the fight to Sir James Mitchell.{{more}} On Wednesday, Eustace, President of the New Democratic Par...
What is a ‘cess’ payment?
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November 26, 2013
Very often, when the banana industry is being discussed, reference is made to a “cess”. SEARCHLIGHT asked Ashley Caine of the Ministry of Agricult...
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November 26, 2013
A Special Meeting of the Bureau of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will be held today, Tuesday, 26 November...
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November 26, 2013
Nineteen questions for oral answer, ten Bills and two questions for written answers are down on the Order Paper for when the House of Assembly meets t...
Guyana to host CXC governance meetings
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November 26, 2013
Guyana will host the annual governance meetings of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) on December 5 and 6 , 2013 at the Pegasus Hotel in Georget...
Painters take part in Sissons Paint seminar
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November 26, 2013
Local painters had the opportunity to learn more about the technical side of paint when they participated in the Coreas and Sissons Paint Seminars on ...
Frederick elected PRO of NDP once again
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November 26, 2013
Executive elections at the New Democratic Party convention on Sunday have seen Senator Vynnette Frederick returned to her post of public relations off...
Time for tighter OECS unity
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November 26, 2013
Tue Nov 17, 2013 by George Alleyne Eastern Caribbean Central Bank Governor Sir Dwight Venner wants stronger OECS unity, which he says is needed to tak...
Eustace says NDP will revive banana industry
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November 26, 2013
Leader of the Opposition and President of the New Democratic Party (NDP) Arnhim Eustace says that once the NDP is re-elected to government, one of the...
PSU case continues today
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November 26, 2013
The case between ousted president of the Public Service Union (PSU) Cools Vanloo and an interim committee set up to run the Union, until a new executi...
LIME Soca Dans giving back this Christmas
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November 22, 2013
The LIME Soca Dans are not going to be left out of sharing the Christmas cheer this year.{{more}} At the launch of the LIME Christmas campaign, manage...
SVG exports over 16,000 pounds of fish to NY
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November 22, 2013
After a drought of two decades, a container of 16,000 lbs of fish, sourced from the Grenadine islands of Bequia, Canouan and Union, left this country,...
High hopes for this week’s export of fish
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November 22, 2013
If all goes well with this week’s export of fish from St Vincent and the Grenadines, the fishing industry will have great potential to thrive.{{more...
Youlou Pan Movement (YPM) Fun Day
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November 22, 2013
The most “fun” event on the Youlou Pan Movement’s (YPM) calendar took place last weekend.{{more}} Members of the steel pan fraternity stepped ou...