News

C&W adds BlackBerry to mobile product line
News
searchlight 
April 15, 2005
Telecoms provider Cable & Wireless is boost-ing its product line in a big way. On Wednesday the company hosted a grouping of business executives at Ro...
Vincy dialect studied
News
searchlight 
April 15, 2005
The Vincentian creole was the subject of study when the Evangelical Association of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, (EAC-SVG) held a language workshop ...
Students shine at science fair
News
searchlight 
April 15, 2005
by Sheron Garraway The 2005 Science Fair has once again demonstrated the inventiveness of Vincentian students. Some of the projects included making al...
Public outcry over light bills
News
searchlight 
April 15, 2005
VINLEC this week found itself the centre of discussion on the streets of Kingstown and on talk radio as consumers began to cry out against increases t...
Alternative source of energy an option
News
searchlight 
April 15, 2005
Transport Minister Julian Francis has stated that this country is still paying lower prices for oil than some of the others in the region, and that th...
News
searchlight 
April 15, 2005
Because tyres formed a main component of costs encountered by omnibus operators government had proposed a 25 per cent discount on the duty for tyres t...
Francis: Unfair to overcharge public
News
searchlight 
April 15, 2005
The strike action called last Monday by the National Omnibus Association (NOBA) to demonstrate their opposition to Government proposals for rate adjus...
Minister outlines fare structure
News
searchlight 
April 15, 2005
Transport and Works Minister Julian Francis has stressed that short drops which are less than one mile would cost $1, and not the $1.50 the drivers pr...
SVG delegation for CCJ launching
News
searchlight 
April 15, 2005
St. Vincent and the Grenadines will be represented at the inauguration of the Caribbean Court of justice by a delegation comprising Sir Vincent Beache...
Mother in shock over loss of son
News
searchlight 
April 15, 2005
A Clare Valley mother is trying to muster all the strength she can to cope with her latest misfortune. Cora Forde is grieving about the death of her s...
Clare Valley surprised
News
searchlight 
April 15, 2005
Dennard Allick has a brother missing at sea. He is hopeful that Alfonso Allick, one of two men missing on the boat Surprise may soon be recovered. But...
Media urged to spread word on CSME
News
searchlight 
April 8, 2005
News editors from CARICOM countries have committed to continue to inform their publics about the challenges and benefits of the CARICOM Single Market ...
News
searchlight 
April 8, 2005
Dominicans will go to the polls on May 5, the same day incidentally that Britain’s Prime Minister Tony Blair has set for elections in that country. ...
More hurricanes for 2005
News
searchlight 
April 8, 2005
GEORGE TOWN, Grand Cayman: Hurricane watchers in the Caribbean are expressing serious concern over what many consider a “ gloomy and worrying” for...
Tourism Minister jumps into Election mood
News
searchlight 
April 8, 2005
The ground has been broken for what is called the largest project ever implemented in the history of this nation. And Chairman of the Board of Directo...
Pope John Paul- A man of outreach
News
searchlight 
April 8, 2005
Local Bishop Robert Rivas has described the late Holy Father John Paul the second as a man of “outreach.” In an interview with the SEARCHLIGHT Bis...
Lewis is no prodigal son
News
searchlight 
April 8, 2005
Dr Linton Lewis’ return to the stomping ground of his birth with the launch of his candidature received a massive response last Saturday night of wh...
Campaign Queen
News
searchlight 
April 8, 2005
Electioneering always provides its share of surprises and last Saturday Dr. Linton Lewis road show was not without its own. When former NDP leader Sir...
News
searchlight 
April 8, 2005
Director of Airports, Alistar Alexander is pleading with persons who steal the Solar Panel Lights at Rock Fort to refrain from doing so. He said this ...
Robin: Don’t propagate false information
News
searchlight 
April 8, 2005
Commander David Robin has asked local media not to propagate unsubstantiated information and to be more cautious with the information they give out ab...
News
searchlight 
April 8, 2005
Relatives of persons on a 20-foot speedboat, which left the Southern Grenadine Island of Canouan last Sunday, are still hoping that their loved ones w...
News
searchlight 
April 1, 2005
There is a revolution going on in St. Vincent and the Grenadines according to Parliamentarians of the ruling Unity Labour Party. But the Opposition Ne...
Dynamite explodes with talent
News
searchlight 
April 1, 2005
The build up towards the 2005 Carnival festival is gathering momentum. And it will again have an international appeal. For Vincentians based on the No...
News
searchlight 
April 1, 2005
Over 300 participants from the Caribbean and the Americas will converge on Jamaica later this year, as the country will be hosting a major hemispheric...
News
searchlight 
April 1, 2005
by Bevan Springer Amsterdam News WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 24, 2005) Latin American and Caribbean workers living abroad sent a record US$45.8 billion to...
Taiwanese march in Taipei
News
searchlight 
April 1, 2005
by Peggy Carr TAIPEI – Hundreds of thousands of Taiwanese took to the streets of Taipei City last Saturday to protest against an anti-secession law ...
News
searchlight 
April 1, 2005
Union Island came alive last weekend with the bustling of Easterval activities. Cable & Wireless truly kept the festival alive for Union Island Easter...
News
searchlight 
April 1, 2005
The children of the Kingstown Anglican School were all smiles as they received gifts from the International organisation called Samaritan’s Purse th...
News
searchlight 
April 1, 2005
Persons engaged in the supply of cannabis are not getting any let up from this country's security forces. Gary Glasgow, a 26-year-old labourer of King...
News
searchlight 
April 1, 2005
St. Vincent & the Grenadines- On Tuesday, March 22nd Cingular Wireless (formerly AT&T Wireless) launched Prepaid Roaming to all 50 states in the U.S.,...
Ex-cnn news anchor   shoots T.V. pilot in SVG
News
searchlight 
April 1, 2005
St. Vincent and the Grenadines could benefit from last week’s visit on the Caribbean Sun from international media and among them former CNN news anc...
News
searchlight 
April 1, 2005
Persons involved in the quest to improve the functional literacy of Vincentians journeyed to the Richland Park Junction on Sunday, March 20, for a mot...
‘December’ takes centre stage
News
searchlight 
April 1, 2005
Last weekend, Roy's Inn was the place to be as Centre Stage Production presented "December", a play written by Jamaican playwright Patrick Browne and ...
$100 million power project gets started
News
searchlight 
April 1, 2005
With a simple symbolic groundbreaking ceremony last Thursday, the largest project ever undertaken by government in this country was formally set in mo...
Final CRC Report out
News
searchlight 
April 1, 2005
The Constitution Review Commission has been given permission to flood the country with copies of the Final Report. Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves ...
Dr. Gonsalves: No unfair advantage
News
searchlight 
April 1, 2005
As the Constitution Review Commission held its public launching ceremony, Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has reiterated that his government would ...
British warship visits SVG
News
searchlight 
April 1, 2005
On Monday, March 29, just before leaving port Kingstown Captain Gerry Northwood invited the parents of the four Vincentian sailors aboard the "HMS Liv...
‘Vincy crew among the best’
News
searchlight 
April 1, 2005
Commander Gerry Northwood of the HMS Liverpool has described the Vincentian sailors among the best and the hardest workers on his ship. He said the Vi...