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Green Party first with manifesto
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July 16, 2010
The Green Party has got a head start on the general election campaign with the official launch of its manifesto earlier this week.{{more}} And althoug...
Help: Both kidneys are failing
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July 16, 2010
An Edinboro man is soliciting the help of the public to raise US$20,000 in his quest to acquire a new kidney.{{more}} Trevor Figueira, 25, has been af...
Coast Guard recovers  body of missing teenager
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July 16, 2010
The lifeless body of Roosevelt “Dougal” Williams was discovered by the Coast Guard last Monday afternoon.{{more}} SEARCHLIGHT understands the 18 y...
Police: Businessman was warned several times
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July 16, 2010
Local police say that businessman Austin Mounsey was warned on several occasions about the unsafe manner in which he deposits money at the Bank of Nov...
Vincentian held with over BDS$100,000
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July 16, 2010
Cornelius Thomas of Bonhomme will return to the District “A” Magistrates’ Court in Bridgetown, Barbados, next Tuesday to face charges of launder...
14 years for Bequia Apostolic Mission
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July 16, 2010
The Bequia Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) Church celebrated their 14th Anniversary {{more}} on Sunday July 11 under the theme “Running with the visio...
Digicel winners off to South Africa World Cup
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July 16, 2010
On Thursday, July 8, thanks to Digicel, Headmistress of the Girls’ High School (GHS) Andrea Bowman and her son, Shaka,{{more}} left these shores for...
Luke Browne tells kids to learn from mistakes
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July 16, 2010
Under the theme “Happy Children - Productive Lives”, the 2010 Vinsave Summer programme was opened at their auditorium {{more}}at Murray’s Road o...
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July 13, 2010
Image Modelling Agency welcomes Kuumba Designs to the Fashion Caribbean runway for the first time on Saturday, August 14, at the Emerald Valley Casino...
Red Cross donates to Haiti fund
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July 13, 2010
Six months after the earthquake that devastated southern Haiti and left an estimated 1.3 million homeless, the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Red Cros...
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July 13, 2010
Total Inspiration 100.5 is taking the Christian community by storm with its innovative programming.{{more}} This remarkable feat comes after just two ...
Hitz 103.7  gets morning makeover
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July 13, 2010
The St.Vincent and the Grenadines Broadcasting Corporation is getting ready to post its Carnival theme, ‘Hitz 103.7- Bringin Da Beats to da streetzâ...
Big problem in SVG
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July 13, 2010
Kenton X. Chance Tue, Jul 13, 2010 Mardi Gras, held last Tuesday, was a chance for artisans to showcase their talent and creativity in constume making...
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July 13, 2010
Parents who participated in a recently held National Family Planning parent education programme are better equipped to deal with the challenges of par...
Peace Corp Volunteers  making a big difference
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July 13, 2010
After deciphering the Vincentian dialect and adjusting to the “Vincentian time” both Ann Crytser and Scott Sharland have attested that their time ...
US passport and visa fees going up
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July 13, 2010
Tue, Jul 13, 2010 Effective from today, there will be an increase in most United States passport and visa fees charged by its consulates in the Caribb...
Glebe Hill graduates moving on
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July 13, 2010
Twenty -Seven children have graduated from the Glebe Hill Pre-School, Barrouallie.{{more}} They were joined in a graduation ceremony at the Evangelica...
Fort Duvernette project begins
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July 13, 2010
The St. Vincent and the Grenadines National Trust in collaboration with the Embassy of Finland have embarked on a project to repair the Fort Duvernett...
Businessman shot outside Scotia Bank
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July 13, 2010
Forty-six-year-old businessman Austin Mounsey is currently a patient at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital nursing gun shot wounds to both arms.{{more}...
Buccament Bay coming soon
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July 13, 2010
With the soft opening of the Buccament Bay resort and hotel coming soon, the process of interviewing suitably qualified persons has begun.{{more}} And...
Dr. Cyrus is ‘Graduate of the Year’
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July 13, 2010
Retired Vincentian surgeon and former Deputy Governor General of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr Cecil Cyrus was awarded {{more}} the coveted “Gr...
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July 9, 2010
The Ministry of Culture will host a summer programme for children between the ages of 11 and 14 years old. The program will run from Monday, July 19, ...
Bus flips in Bequia
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July 9, 2010
The community of Paget Farm in Bequia was thrown into a state of shock last weekend as omnibus HJ999 named Guidance overturned on the road to Derrick ...
Paget Farm students soar
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July 9, 2010
As the Paget Farm Government School held its 2010, graduation ceremony for twenty-five students on Tuesday, July 29, 2010 at the Paget Farm Anglican C...
Minister Thompson challenges media
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July 9, 2010
With the absence of legislation to regulate the content and quality of information and entertainment, Minister of Telecommunications, Science, Technol...
COP Miller commends Carnival lovers
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July 9, 2010
Commissioner of Police Keith Miller is commending Vincentians for cooperating with the police and making Vincy Mas 2010 peaceful and successful.{{more...
Courts gives customers a chance to play mas
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July 9, 2010
Four customers of furniture and appliance store Courts were the recipients of Carnival costumes, compliments SVG General Services Players Internationa...
CYEN-SVG clean up Kingstown after Vincy Mas
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July 9, 2010
Members of the local chapter of the Caribbean Youth Environment Network (CYEN-SVG) joined the workers of the Public Health Department on Wednesday, Ju...