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November 19, 2013
Tue Nov 19, 2013 Editor: While there are some issues – though critical – that are sometimes unintentionally left off the train of prevailing natio...
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November 15, 2013
Notice "Mr. E.T Joshua begs to notify those parents and guardians who send children to him for instruction that he has been appointed Assistant Teache...
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November 15, 2013
Fri Nov 15, 2013 Editor: Since some time in the latter part of August 2013, I have been contemplating writing this letter of thanks for a job well don...
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November 15, 2013
Fri Nov 15, 2013 Dear Mr Gould, Thank you for bringing to our attention your recent experience at Laynes Hardware Store (published in Searchlight of N...
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November 15, 2013
Fri Nov 15, 2013 by Candice Sealey I am always happy to answer the many questions businesses and event organisers have about Facebook so today I tackl...
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November 12, 2013
Tue Nov 12, 2013 Editor: I always say that for many businesses to prosper, there must be trained staff. For years now, I’ve not only noticed, but ha...
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November 12, 2013
Tue Nov 12, 2013 by G. E. M. Saunders LIAT, the Caribbean airline, is once again under the regional microscope, as it continues to be plagued with ind...
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November 8, 2013
Fri Nov 8, 2013 Editor: I was motivated to ask this question having read Cecil Blazer Williams' column in THE NEWS of 01/11/2013, under the caption: O...
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November 8, 2013
Fri Nov 8, 2013 It only comes once a year, but it’s the one time on the calendar where the public is primed to spend. However, if you’re not putti...
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November 8, 2013
A labourer from Overland speaks about the 1902 volcanic eruption Charles Alexander, a 40-year-old labourer from Overland who had gone to the Georgetow...
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November 5, 2013
Tue Nov 05, 2013 Editor: I have the utmost respect for Dr Ralph Gonsalves’ scholarship, his political and economic skills. But I’m totally opposed...
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November 5, 2013
Tue Nov 05, 2013 Editor: Freedom of movement is being advocated by two heads of government in the region – one from a US territory and the other fro...
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November 5, 2013
by Oswald Fereira Tue Nov 05, 2013 I have been skimming some recent articles on the subject of reparation in The Searchlight. I must admit that I have...
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November 5, 2013
Tue Nov 05, 2013 Editor: “One one does full basket.” The above is an old saying of great philosophical meaning. In basic arithmetic, we were taugh...
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November 5, 2013
Tue Nov 05, 2013 EDITOR: While some businesses locally are closing down, foreign businesses are expanding. So, is it really because of the poor state ...
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November 1, 2013
Fri Nov 01, 2013 Editor: An American friend who saw my August 2013 article on the cenotaph’s vandalism asked me if it had been cleaned yet. He was s...
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November 1, 2013
Fri Nov 01, 2013 Editor: Good morning St Vincent and the Grenadines. Greetings to everyone. My name is Hugh Providence and I am from Sharpes Dale, Kin...
Independence 34, with ‘black ignorance’
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November 1, 2013
Fri Nov 01, 2013 Editor: “Black Ignorance” was a lament that I heard when Professor Ms Verene Shepherd delivered the 15th UWIOC Indepen­dence lec...
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November 1, 2013
Fri Nov 01, 2013 Editor: Professor Verene Shepherd delivered the UWI Open Campus Independence Anniversary Lecture last Tuesday night. She gave a fair ...
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November 1, 2013
Fri Nov 01, 2013 Editor: I find the reparations topic a most interesting and important one at this point in our development as a Caribbean civilizatio...
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November 1, 2013
Diary of Sir William Young's Tour Through the Windward Islands (1791-1792) "Wednesday, December 7 at day-break, St.Vincent's in sight. At 3 p.m. the s...
New hope from service to the people
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November 1, 2013
Fri Nov 01, 2013 Sons and Daughters of Liberty, as we continue to reflect on our 34th year of independence from British colonial rule, the Democratic ...
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October 25, 2013
The 1898 Hurricane (The Sentry newspaper) "...On Sunday morning the 11th instant the most terrible hurricane that has perhaps ever occurred in the Wes...
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October 25, 2013
Fri Oct 25, 2013 Editor: I went through the education system of St Vincent and the Grenadines and began my primary education at a public school in Kin...
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October 25, 2013
Fri Oct 25, 2013 Editor: As we reflect on our independence, without political bias, we have to agree that we have developed as a nation. Every leader ...
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October 22, 2013
Tue Oct 22, 2013 Editor: "Entrepreneurs may be made rather than born, but … research has found that entrepreneurs will typically exhibit a combinati...
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October 22, 2013
"We can produce 50,000 tons of export quality bananas per year, here in SVG”. That was the conviction of the farmers at a meeting held last week at ...
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October 22, 2013
Tue Oct 22, 2013 by Oswald Fereira I read recently in SEARCHLIGHT in Dr Adrian Fraser's column that there is soon to be a recognition of the 100th ann...
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October 22, 2013
Tue Oct 22, 2013 Editor: Last weekend, the front page of your publication carried a story relating to the possible banning of the wearing of hoodies i...