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October 16, 2020
EDITOR: I would like to forward an appeal to the Ministry of Education to initiate an honorary gala to host the students who have returned such stella...
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October 16, 2020
EDITOR: God has given me a message for the nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. On the 13/09/2020 between sleep and wake, I clearly heard in my s...
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October 16, 2020
EDITOR: In recent times there has emerged the Pyramid scheme which has robbed hundreds, maybe thousands across the Caribbean and beyond. Here in SVG i...
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October 16, 2020
Editor: In 2017, I applied for an International Cooperation and Development Fund Scholarship to study Journalism and Mass Communication, in Taiwan. My...
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October 16, 2020
EDITOR: This is an appeal to the authority in Education to provide us with the real school report for this year’s CSEC examination. What we really wan...
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October 16, 2020
EDITOR: It’s once again that time when the people of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) will be heading to the polls. The two main political parties...
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October 13, 2020
by Renwick Rose WHILE IT is true that the COVID pandemic is affecting the global economy badly, more and more facts are being revealed that it is rein...
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October 13, 2020
By Gordon J.P. Shallow Phytopathologist AS WE CONTINUE in our forward thrust in nation building, rejuvenating, and reinvigorating ourselves, truly cap...
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October 9, 2020
by Renwick Rose We have entered the month of October, a very significant one in the history of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and it is only natural ...
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October 6, 2020
by Vakeesha John WHAT MAKES a child think that he/she cannot achieve excellence unless the child attends a particular school? How is it that these stu...
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October 2, 2020
EDITOR: The proposed referendum on same sex marriage to be held in Barbados is indeed a very interesting development and I am certain would trigger di...
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October 2, 2020
EDITOR: On September 19th, 2020 our Health Minister and the ULP candidate for East Kingstown did something very disturbing when opening his campaign o...
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October 2, 2020
EDITOR: Congratulations to all of our graduates this academic year. The year 2020 has been a challenge with the COVID-19 pandemic and all that it impa...
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October 2, 2020
EDITOR: The history of the St Vincent Building and Loan Association states that “We are owned and managed by Vincentians, for the benefit of Vincentia...
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September 25, 2020
Editor: The position of the ECCB in 2008-2009, must be referred to in any discussion on the prevalence of non-communicable diseases in St Vincent and ...
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September 25, 2020
Editor: For whatever reasons the Bar Association and for that matter individual lawyers are apparently muzzled and deny the general public knowledge o...
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September 18, 2020
Editor: In today’s fraught society, the repugnant connotations of the word ‘elitism’ surpass its denotative meaning. So when these connotations collid...
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September 18, 2020
EDITOR: The Covid-19 Pandemic has brought the entire aviation community around the world to its knees and in many places to a virtual standstill. Prio...
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September 18, 2020
EDITOR: Do unto others as you would like them to do unto you. Join the line and wait at the bank, in the emergency room, at the doctor’s office, at th...
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September 18, 2020
EDITOR: Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves is making an effort to reach out to Vincentians via NBC Radio. I took the opportunity to call NBC Radio Stat...
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September 11, 2020
EDITOR: LIFT SVG HIGHER is a slogan being used by a party in these upcoming elections. In Proverbs 14:34 it is stated that, “Righteousness exalts a na...
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September 11, 2020
EDITOR: This is the rule that we sometimes adopted when we played ‘Wind ball’ Cricket, but it seems to find its way in many operations of our larger s...
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September 11, 2020
EDITOR: The Coronavirus pandemic has had, and continues to have, a devastating effect on the global economy. Here in St Vincent and the Grenadines, fo...
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September 11, 2020
EDITOR: We have heard the term ‘pyramid scheme’ and quite frankly the name/term carries certain negative connotations, particularly in the height of a...
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September 11, 2020
EDITOR: It is indeed remarkable and disgracefully so, the extent to which basic services elemental to the welfare of the citizens have been so reckles...
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September 4, 2020
by Charles F. Geddes Lovely St Vincent and the Grenadines, Sun-kissed gems of the Caribbean Sea, All unspoilt havens of magical dreams, Where a lesson...
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September 4, 2020
EDITOR: We are aware that general elections will soon be held. The Unity Labour Party (ULP) is seeking a fifth term. While, they are claiming five in ...
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September 4, 2020
EDITOR: It was so good to open a recent issue of Searchlight and see on page 2 two very positive articles about young people overcoming adversity. The...
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September 4, 2020
EDITOR: The Covid-19 Pandemic has brought the entire aviation community around the world to its knees and in many places to a virtual standstill. Prio...
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September 1, 2020
by Jaushieh Joseph Wu - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan) In 2020, the world has been hit by an unprecedented public health cris...
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September 1, 2020
EDITOR: Taiwan or China in respect to foreign relationship. We currently have relationship with Taiwan. However, there is talk about replacing TAIWAN ...
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September 1, 2020
EDITOR: Oil drives the world’s economy. When it is transformed into petroleum, it is a key energy source used in vehicles, planes, heating, asphalt, a...
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August 28, 2020
EDITOR: Vincentians are saying it’s time for a change from the ULP/Dr. Ralph Gonsalves to the NDP/Dr. Friday, and it is obvious that this change is de...
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August 28, 2020
EDITOR: That we have failed, so far, in our effort to generate electricity from our geothermal resources is not in itself something to be ashamed of. ...
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August 28, 2020
EDITOR: Is New Democratic Party (NDP) serious about winning? I doubt that very much. Its failure to have a team of young, vibrant persons as candidate...
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August 28, 2020
EDITOR: These two gentlemen functioned perhaps in the days of King George as Forest Rangers in Union Island. Together they managed the forests and wat...
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August 21, 2020
EDITOR: We are in the heart of the election season. Elections, we know, will be held soon. With this in mind, I write this piece as a guide towards ma...
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August 21, 2020
Editor: That was the response of the drunk groom as the priest tried to administer the vows as he should have answered to his bride Brenetta. This tra...
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August 18, 2020
By BASIL SPRINGER “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is com...
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August 18, 2020
Prime minister and leader of the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Andrew Holness on August 11 announced in Parliament that Jamaicans will go to the p...
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August 14, 2020
Editor: I read the story of this young mother of Diamond. She is 21 years old with a baby, who stole from Jax Enterprises. What she did was so unfortu...
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August 14, 2020
EDITOR: Besides our people, our greatest national resource is our land. The forest and mountains give us shape, character, attract rain and are the so...
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August 14, 2020
Editor: Following the recent announcement by Sandals Resorts International that it will establish a 350-room Beaches Resorts at Buccament, and the pub...
Breaking News, News
November 5, 2025
Shem Walker, a 25 year old Stubbs man was shot and killed in Akers today sometime around 3 p.m. Reports are that Walker was in a white Toyota Vitz, PA...
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November 4, 2025
Director of the Institute of Governance and Politics of Latin America and the Caribbean Augustine Ferdinand and Chairman of the New Democratic Party D...
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November 4, 2025
A teenager, who stole a Corea’s shirt from someone’s clothes line, and wore it in Massy Stores where he allegedly stole more than $100 worth of items ...
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November 4, 2025
A young man who beat his baby’s mother in her face with a stick, and struck her brother while he was defending her, was remanded pending sentencing. J...
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November 4, 2025
Leader of the Opposition New Democratic Party (NDP), Dr. Godwin Friday wants the people of St Vincent and the Grenadines to have full confidence in th...
