News

Dr. Oliver opens new school at Rose Cottage
News
searchlight 
October 2, 2009
Discouragement serves as a stumbling block in the lives of many, but for people like Dr Alfred Oliver, it only serves to propel them towards their dre...
Vincentian designs best swimwear
News
searchlight 
October 2, 2009
Vincentian designer Naudica “Pinky” Williams is making a name for herself on the regional fashion scene.{{more}} Williams designed the swimsuit th...
Six students awarded bursaries
News
searchlight 
October 2, 2009
six university students have been awarded more than $15,000 by the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers’ Co-operative Credit Union Ltd.{{more}} T...
A life of fitness pays off
News
searchlight 
October 2, 2009
For over 45 years, retiree Verrol Young has practiced healthy eating and regular exercise. On Saturday, September 12, Young demonstrated just how bene...
Prophet: tsunami coming
News
searchlight 
October 2, 2009
Vincentians on mainland St. Vincent and on the Grenadine island of Bequia have been warned to prepare for a tsunami before the end of the year.{{more}...
Ambassador knocks G20 for hard economic stance
News
searchlight 
October 2, 2009
Camillo M. Gonsalves, the Caribbean archipelago’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, told the sixth day of the Assembly’s high-level ...
Sandy Bay man beaten and robbed
News
searchlight 
October 2, 2009
The vociferous shouts of a neighbour investigating the frenzied barking of her dogs may have saved the life of Sandy Bay farmer Kel Ballantyne.{{more}...
News
searchlight 
October 2, 2009
A resident of Buccament had to be rushed to the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital on Wednesday with a severed hand.{{more}} Reports said Steve Isaacs and ...
Canouan residents clean up beaches on weekend
News
searchlight 
October 2, 2009
Young and old abandoned their Saturday chores on September 19 on the Grenadine Island of Canouan to ensure that their homeland received a general clea...
News
searchlight 
October 2, 2009
Three primary school teachers and a retired headeacher from St. Vincent have been recognised for outstanding work by the Caribbean Centre of Excellenc...
Technical College outfit with new computer lab
News
searchlight 
October 2, 2009
Students of the SVG Community College’s Division of Technical and Vocational Education are now better equipped to pursue studies in Information Comm...
News
searchlight 
October 2, 2009
The pace at which work is being done on the Argyle International Airport will pick up speed during the month of October, when the International Airpor...
News
searchlight 
October 2, 2009
Rabbaca is expected to come alive this Sunday, October 4, 2009, as Vincentians come together for a National Family Gathering to be hosted by the Unity...
News
searchlight 
October 2, 2009
Any employer who directly or indirectly refuses to grant employees reasonable time to vote in the November 25 Referendum could face a a six-month jail...
Eustace: Straight to court
News
searchlight 
October 2, 2009
“You are going straight to court…I don’t care who you are.” This is the warning of Opposition Leader Arnhim Eustace to anyone in the present a...
New water-based paints
News
searchlight 
September 25, 2009
Oil paints will be a thing of the past in the next five to 10 years. This is the prediction of Christopher DeAllie, Managing Director of Sissons Paint...
Lime Blackberry revolution
News
searchlight 
September 25, 2009
With every revolution a change is promised. And at the end of every revolution there is some type of celebration.{{more}} The BlackBerry Revolution, t...
News
searchlight 
September 25, 2009
The Pan Against Crime Programme of the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force resumes this weekend with the staging of a concert this Sunda...
News
searchlight 
September 25, 2009
Delinquent students who have failed to honour their commitment to the state by repaying their university loans will be stoutly pursued by the governme...
GHS to mark 100 Years
News
searchlight 
September 25, 2009
Excitement is building around the planning of celebrations to mark the 100th anniversary of the Girls’ High School, and all past students are being ...
Gloria John-McKnee retires
News
searchlight 
September 25, 2009
Soon-to-be retiree Gloria John-McKnee is one outstanding teacher who has earned herself rare affection and admiration from her peers and members of th...
Three Taiwanese  volunteers arrive
News
searchlight 
September 25, 2009
Three new Taiwanese volunteers have arrived in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. On September 16, Minister of Foreign Affairs Sir Louis Straker met with...
Victim of lightning strike recovering slowly
News
searchlight 
September 25, 2009
As Patrick Stephen “Bennie” Gibson recovers in hospital, an appeal is being made to the general public to assist with efforts to defray his medica...
News
searchlight 
September 25, 2009
The remaining portion of Alex Jack’s wall at Ratho Mill will be torn down and rebuilt. The plans to reconstruct the wall were disclosed by Prime Min...
News
searchlight 
September 25, 2009
The women of St Vincent and the Grenadines are being afforded an unusual opportunity to receive what is being described by the organizers as ‘the Ul...
Rodney back in SVG with father’s kidney
News
searchlight 
September 25, 2009
He has endured several years of pain, discomfort and dialysis treatments. Now that he has resumed life as a normal teenage boy, Rodney King’s mother...
News
searchlight 
September 25, 2009
Employees of the St. Vincent Electricity Services Ltd. (VINLEC) have been urged to be more proactive than reactive. The advice has come from Environme...
PM, Court officials tour new Belle Isle prison
News
searchlight 
September 25, 2009
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves says the EC$12 million Belle Isle Correctional Facility slated to open by the end of October will be called a hotel...
‘H1N1 increase no reason to panic’
News
searchlight 
September 25, 2009
An increase in the number of confirmed cases of the H1N1 (Swine Flu) virus here in St. Vincent and the Grenadines is no reason for persons to swarm he...
News
searchlight 
September 25, 2009
Prime Minister Dr.Ralph Gonsalves has taken a snipe at veteran politician Sir James Mitchell for statements he made one week ago when he re-entered th...