Our Readers' Opinions
May 14, 2021
Despite the mixed feelings following the most recent string of disasters that have impacted St. Vincent and the Grenadines, it can be agreed by all th...
Our Readers' Opinions
May 11, 2021
By Keresha Chambers Despite all the good you’ve done you did get one thing wrong You left a hole in our hearts now that you’re gone Though Heaven has ...
Our Readers' Opinions
May 11, 2021
EDITOR: On April 18, 2020, a video of a mom soaked in blood after delivering her baby on a bench at a public facility in SVG circulated online. In thi...
Our Readers' Opinions
“A dagger deep into the throats of workers”
May 7, 2021
As the industrial climate in SVG worsened during the month of April 1981, rumours began to be circulated that the government was planning to introduce...
Our Readers' Opinions
May 7, 2021
EDITOR: The time is here again. What time am I speaking about? International Labour Day or Workers Day. Why the emphasis on this? This day is when wor...
Our Readers' Opinions
May 7, 2021
Editor: In 1885, Albert Venn Dicey, a professor and leading constitutional scholar in England helped to popularise the phrase “the rule of law”. The t...
Our Readers' Opinions
April 30, 2021
By Garth SaunderSs CEO of the Central Water and Sewerage Authority-CWSA At least four eastern Caribbean territories are currently feeling the effects ...
Our Readers' Opinions
April 30, 2021
By Mida Mason Here I stand, over four thousand feet in altitude I have tried my best to enjoy my solitude But you keep coming up to provoke me, why? Y...
Our Readers' Opinions
April 27, 2021
THE ON going explosive eruption phase of the St. Vincent La Soufriere volcano is expected to impact all aspects of life and livelihoods in St. Vincent...
Our Readers' Opinions
Recollections
April 23, 2021
By Renwick Rose In this the second and final part of a look at the eruptions of 1812 (done last week) and 1902, I try to bring the highlights of those...
Our Readers' Opinions
April 23, 2021
I am currently of the opinion that CXC prefers to satisfy its major stakeholders if it means possibly sacrificing the futures of this year’s students....
Our Readers' Opinions
April 16, 2021
By RENWICK ROSE GIVEN the unfortunate series of events which have overtaken us in relation to the violent eruption of the Soufriere volcano, I have de...
Our Readers' Opinions
April 16, 2021
GREETINGS FROM St Vincent and the Grenadines. The events of April 9, 2021 have propelled me to pull out my much treasured history book “The Cradle of ...
Our Readers' Opinions
April 16, 2021
I WAS THE one that gave the message of the volcano. I was called all kinds of names. One of these names was ‘devilish seer’. Now they want answers and...
Our Readers' Opinions
April 9, 2021
THE GOVERNMENT BRACES FOR A FIGHT WE HAVE Looked at some of the conditions which provided the background to the social and industrial crisis of 1981, ...
Our Readers' Opinions
April 9, 2021
EDITOR: My head spins every time I read something new about our country’s reaction to COVID-19. Call it COVID-19 psychosis, which is also causing lots...
Our Readers' Opinions
April 9, 2021
EDITOR: What are the origins of the Anti-vax movement and those false claims you have been receiving? Part of the origins lie in the different ways do...
Our Readers' Opinions
April 1, 2021
THE HEAVY HAND COMES OUT St Vincent and the Grenadines entered the month of April 1981 in a state of deteriorating social and economic conditions with...
Our Readers' Opinions
April 1, 2021
EDITOR: The Government-owned house where he lived still stands at Badeau, Ashton, Union Island. It is now occupied by the Union Island Museum Society....
Our Readers' Opinions
April 1, 2021
EDITOR: Even though there are reductions in positive cases for the COVID-19, we know that it is here with us and will be for some time. Plenty praise ...
Our Readers' Opinions
April 1, 2021
EDITOR: This letter comes to address a certain disparity. There is a personal example, but first let me generalize. Our police force prioritizes the s...
Our Readers' Opinions
March 26, 2021
THE GOVERNMENT REACTS Given the widespread dissatisfaction in St Vincent and the Grenadines in early 1981 about living conditions, the clamour for red...
Our Readers' Opinions
March 26, 2021
Anti-Vaxxers have emerged from the extreme end of the Homeopathic-Aryveda medicine doctrine and believe only in plant based product in contrast to mod...
Our Readers' Opinions
March 23, 2021
Dear Stakeholders: Teachers, Principals and Deputies, Parents, MOE Officials, Social commentators and the public – this writing is unintentionally len...
Our Readers' Opinions
Part 3
March 19, 2021
HARDSHIP CAUSES WORKING PEOPLE FIGHTBACK By the beginning of 1981 life had become more and more difficult for the Vincentian working people. The suppo...
Our Readers' Opinions
March 19, 2021
EDITOR: A concerned colleague messaged me with this question, “Persons are saying we will be dismissed if we don’t vaccinate, is this true?” Without h...
Our Readers' Opinions
March 19, 2021
As countries in the Caribbean step up the campaign to vaccinate their populations against the deadly coronavirus threat, they now have to combat a cam...
Our Readers' Opinions
March 19, 2021
EDITOR: I appreciate that many people are skeptical about taking a Covid-19 vaccine. This is a strange virus, which has caused unprecedented global di...
Our Readers' Opinions
March 19, 2021
Editor: The taking of the Corona Vaccine is not mandatory. There is much discussion for and against it. We are free as a people to accept or refuse it...
Our Readers' Opinions
Part 2
March 12, 2021
The Economic Background I began this series last week based on the knowledge that we cannot afford to forget, or worse not know of, critical periods i...
Our Readers' Opinions
March 12, 2021
EDITOR: As a follow-up to my last article I will highlight one of the many homeless persons in St Vincent and the Grenadines. He is Mr. Colin King. It...
Our Readers' Opinions
March 12, 2021
by R. T. Luke V. Browne lukebrowne@yahoo.com We have entered National Heroes Month. I am using this opportunity to lend further support to the call fo...
Our Readers' Opinions
March 5, 2021
by Renwick Rose Introduction We are fond of speaking of democracy, how precious it is and our supposed commitment to do all in our power to preserve t...
Our Readers' Opinions
March 5, 2021
by Jeshua Bardoo Yearly, in the month of March, the United Nations observes several international days. For instance, Zero Discrimination Day on the 1...
Our Readers' Opinions
March 2, 2021
EDITOR: Homelessness is something that is well known to almost every country on earth. While many scorn and look down on those who are homeless, many ...
Our Readers' Opinions
February 26, 2021
EDITOR: On the back page of last week’s Searchlight newspaper, there is an article which headlines a quote from my colleague of longstanding– Leo Ande...
Our Readers' Opinions
February 23, 2021
Editor: Another year and another election have passed and it appears that the more things change, the more they stay the same. We have a new governmen...
Our Readers' Opinions
February 19, 2021
EDITOR: It was reported in the media (print) on Friday, February 12th, that the RED CROSS has been on a mission to reduce the spread of Dengue. That i...
Our Readers' Opinions
Vaccinate Now, Vaccinate Everyone
February 19, 2021
by Dr Garrey Michael Dennie In the late 60’s and early 70’s the polio virus swept through St Vincent and the Grenadines in waves of fearsome fury. In ...
Our Readers' Opinions
February 19, 2021
Editor: I would like to add my voice to yours and the medical experts who are encouraging Vincentians to make sure they get vaccinated against Covid w...
Our Readers' Opinions
February 19, 2021
Editor: By the time this is published I do believe that the withdrawal of service by the minivans would be off. Hopefully, it would be a satisfactory ...
Our Readers' Opinions
February 16, 2021
by Jerol Huggings Jackson We are a nation of hope let us not fear God is our captain our nation he’d steer Troubled waters we may encounter But our fa...
Our Readers' Opinions
February 16, 2021
Editor, I have some concerns regarding members of the Vincentian diaspora scattered across the globe. The majority of people in this group have mainta...
From the Courts, News
September 15, 2026
A 20-year-old farmer of Fitz Hughes, who has been charged with the offence of criminal assault, will appear at the Magistrate’s Court in Chateaubelair...
News
September 11, 2026
A POLICE OFFICER investigating a crime in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) cannot, by law, conduct a search of a cellular device, without a warrant...
News
September 11, 2026
by JADA CHAMBERS THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION has released the updated preliminary results for the May–June 2026 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificat...
From the Courts, News
September 11, 2026
THE POLICE, on September 5, 2026, arrested and charged Liane Jaxon-Defreitas, a 33-year-old consultant of Green Hill, with three counts of deception. ...
News
September 11, 2026
THE VINCENTIAN PUBLIC has chosen Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Lyndon Oliver, as the most outstanding police officer in St Vincent and the ...
