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McKie keeps promise to Pole Yard residents
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July 29, 2011
Residents in the village of Pole Yard in the Arnos Vale Community are expressing their appreciation to the Area Representative Cecil McKie as well as ...
New addition to Vincy nightlife
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July 29, 2011
Today, Vincentians will be able to make an addition to their list of options when contemplating the entertainment and leisure scene.{{more}} Swallow E...
SVGTCCU donates books to SVGRA
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July 29, 2011
The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Reading Association (SVGRA) has been presented with a number of books by the the St.Vincent and the Grenadines Teac...
Courts customers win $250 VINLEC vouchers
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July 29, 2011
Four customers of Courts St. Vincent Limited have received $250 VINLEC vouchers to go towards their electricity bills.{{more}} The winners: Jacintha H...
Alliance Francaise Linguistic Exchange
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July 29, 2011
For the first time in the history of Alliance Francaise, a linguistic exchange has been organized with Martiniquans in St. Vincent and the Grenadines....
Gospel Hall Kingstown summer camp kicks off
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July 29, 2011
If you were passing by the Kingstown Gospel Hall on Wednesday, July 20, you were probably greeted with the cacophony of voices and kaleidescope of col...
Calma Balcombe awarded by CAPSS
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July 29, 2011
Principal of the St. Joseph’s Convent Kingstown Calma Balcombe has been awarded for her contribution to Education in the Caribbean.{{more}} Balcombe...
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July 29, 2011
The number of Vincentians who received overdoses of radiation at the Brian Lara Cancer Treatment Centre in Trinidad and Tobago is still unknown.{{more...
Vincentians now paying more for cooking gas
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July 29, 2011
Consumers in St. Vincent and the Grenadines now have to pay more for Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG), commonly known as cooking gas.{{more}} The announe...
Buccament residents upset
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July 29, 2011
Some residents of Buccament are hopping mad, and are claiming that personnel at the Buccament Bay Resort have placed obstacles in their way, barring t...
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July 26, 2011
ARC Magazine has announced the release of its third volume, which presents a collection of works by contemporary artists practising in the Caribbean a...
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July 26, 2011
In today’s edition of SEARCHLIGHT, we welcome back, as a regular weekly columnist, Oscar Allen, one of the newspaper’s first four original columni...
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July 26, 2011
The ECCB took control of the 21-year-old indigenous bank on Friday, July 22, 2011, after consultation with the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, the ...
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July 26, 2011
Members of the general public are being reminded that there has been no recent increase in minibus fares, but an implementation of the rates approved ...
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July 26, 2011
Arnhim Eustace, Leader of the Opposition, is calling on the government to put an end to the impasse between SOL EC Limited and its supplier of Liquefi...
More Digicel winners get cash
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July 26, 2011
Being a Digicel customer has paid off for four lucky persons, who earlier this week walked out of Digicel’s Corporate Offices each with EC$1000 cash...
Eustace wrong again, says Beache
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July 26, 2011
Opposition Leader, Arnhim Eustace has got his tourism figures wrong once again.{{more}} This, according to Chief Executive Officer of the St Vincent a...
Summer programme launched in Canouan
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July 26, 2011
The children of Canouan are in for a treat over the next five weeks, with the launch of a summer programme where they will learn to play musical instr...
Police children’s summer programme underway
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July 26, 2011
As the summer holidays progress, parents everywhere long for the school bell to ring again, so that their children’s complaints of boredom will be s...
Joseph is EC$3000 richer with Digicel
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July 22, 2011
Digicel customer Kimberly Joseph-Harry texted the word Carnival to 7171 and as a result the lucky woman is now EC$3000 richer.{{more}} Joseph-Harry is...
O’Garro releases revised Health textbook
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July 22, 2011
A new edition of a comprehensive student Health textbook is now available at book stores throughout Kingstown.{{more}} The first edition of “How the...