R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
October 4, 2024
We are now into our Month of Independence as we celebrate 45 years since formally reclaiming our national independence. The Committee charged with the...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
September 27, 2024
I really relish the feedback that I get in reaction to my weekly column. Not unexpectedly, a good friend of mine, while not hostile, expressed disappo...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
September 20, 2024
Your worship, in light of the continuing negative slurs being made about the community of Paul’s Avenue in Kingstown, more commonly known as Paul’s Lo...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
September 13, 2024
Over the next year or so, the season to which one of my fellow columnists refers as “the silly season”, will take over the political spotlight in thre...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
September 6, 2024
A PROMINENT LOCAL doctor has had the courage to publicly raise some health concerns relating to non-English speaking medical personnel practising here...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
August 30, 2024
Just last week the editorial in this paper commented on the need for countries like ours, victims of European colonization, to engage in the task of “...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
August 23, 2024
First, congrats to all the successful candidates, teachers, parents etc. in the recent C-SEC and CAPE exams, the results of which were published this ...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
August 16, 2024
Two weeks ago, when I wrote about my 50th anniversary in the journalistic field, I had promised a follow-up last week. I was not able to fulfil that p...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
August 9, 2024
Permit me to borrow the title of a very popular song among black people globally in the late sixties/early seventies, in what was called the “Black Po...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
August 2, 2024
It is with great pride and satisfaction that I am observing a full half a century of journalistic commitment. Yesterday, coincidentally Emancipation D...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
July 26, 2024
ON FRIDAY of this week the House of Assembly will pay its last respects to a former Parliamentarian, Offord Morris who passed away at the ripe age of ...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
July 19, 2024
Having invaded, looted, massacred and colonized vast swathes of the world’s territories from the fifteenth century on, and then enveloping the entire ...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
July 12, 2024
Remember the song, “No rain...can’t stop we Carnival”? Well, we had a bigger challenge than rain this year. A bigger challenge than the fire at Police...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
June 28, 2024
For the people of SVG the hosting of the ICC T20 World Cup of cricket turned out to be hugely successful, and those who continue to be unfairly critic...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
June 21, 2024
As I ranged my mind through several possible topics for this week’s column, my thoughts were constantly interrupted by more reports of shootings and k...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
June 14, 2024
This Sunday there will be somewhat muted activities in some quarters to celebrate what can only be termed “the poor relations” of the family observanc...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
June 7, 2024
Our Prime Minister does not only have his hands full in trying to keep the ship of state on course, but since, like the rest of us he has only one bra...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
Independence march, Fisherman’s Day, Vincy Mas!
May 31, 2024
We have just completed celebrations of the 47th anniversary of the introduction of Fisherman’s Day, have launched Vincymas 2024, also marking 47 years...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
May 24, 2024
This weekend has been traditionally recognized and observed in the Caribbean and western hemisphere to mark African Liberation Day. In our own country...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
May 17, 2024
The House of Assembly has played its part in ensuring preparations for the 2024 T/20 Cricket World Cup by approving legislation governing arrangements...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
May 10, 2024
I take this opportunity to extend very best wishes to all the mothers of St Vincent and the Grenadines, the Caribbean and the world, on the occasion o...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
May 3, 2024
The past week and a half in St Vincent and the Grenadines has brought yet another mixed bag of news - good, bad, and decidedly ugly. On the positive s...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
April 26, 2024
It seems that yet another year will pass without any indication on the part of the organized workers’ movement, the trade unions, of the importance of...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
April 19, 2024
When will Caribbean people, and their governments give higher priority to the international demand for reparations for transatlantic slavery and colon...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
April 12, 2024
I didn’t get to listen to the ULP’s celebration rally last Sunday night, of course a build-up to its “six-in-a-row” election campaign, so I am not awa...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
April 5, 2024
All ULP systems will no doubt be on “go” as the party prepares to celebrate the 23rd consecutive year of its fifth term in government. A big rally is ...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
March 28, 2024
Today, March 28, is another “Big Day” in the calendar of the governing Unity Labour Party (ULP). It marks the 23rd anniversary of the victory of the U...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
March 22, 2024
I have been trying to follow the various presentations and speeches of the younger people in national leadership position, to ascertain their level of...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
March 15, 2024
As we observe National Heroes Day/Month, I can’t help but reflect on a wider scale that March is also important for at least one of our neighbours, Gr...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
March 8, 2024
As the government of St Vincent and the Grenadines continues to bask in the glory of its successful hosting of the 8th CELAC Summit, it also finds its...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
March 1, 2024
Regular readers of this column would have gleaned by now that I pay a good deal of attention to the calypso art form. Regrettably, kaiso is only on th...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
February 23, 2024
Whether you consider yourself friend or foe, irrespective of your political views or preferences, I think it is perfectly in order that all Vincentian...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
February 16, 2024
Official Carnival festivities have ended in most countries where this Festival is observed, though in many Caribbean countries the dates have been cha...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
February 9, 2024
Only those who WILL NOT see or REFUSE to hear, would attempt to deny that development is taking place in this country. On the other hand, especially i...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
February 2, 2024
Among all the problems confronting the Caribbean, one major human plague stands out, that of the murder of so many of our citizens by illegal firearms...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
January 26, 2024
Before I get into the subject matter, permit me some brief comments to follow up some issues I had raised in this column following the unfortunate abo...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
January 19, 2024
I don’t think readers of this column will be surprised to hear of my profound disappointment with the abortion of the 2024 debate and my strong condem...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
January 12, 2024
Listening to the ongoing 2024 Budget debate, I was reminded of the title of a novel by the famous British author Charles Dickens that I read while sti...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
January 5, 2024
New Year’s greetings to all readers to this column and the Vincentian public as a whole. We are now into 2024 with all that it entails, old challenges...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
December 29, 2023
This is my last column for 2023, sadly the last that SEARCHLIGHT’s long-standing Editor, the indefatigable Sister Clare Keizer, will edit in that role...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
December 22, 2023
“I do hope that you find time to pray at least for the children of Palestine. There is still “no room in the Inn” for them; their children are still b...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
December 15, 2023
By the time that this column reaches your eyes, the historic initiative by CARICOM states for face-to-face conversation between Venezuela and Guyana, ...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
December 8, 2023
There is no sporting figure who so impacted on my life, and, I dare say the lives of millions like me, as Sir Ivan Vivian Alexander Richards, the lege...
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August 14, 2025
The Organization of American States (OAS), through its Development Cooperation Fund (DCF), has approved a US$125,000 project for the Centre for Enterp...
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August 14, 2025
The National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (NTRC) and Cable & Wireless St Vincent and the Grenadines Ltd. (Flow) officially signed a contra...
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August 14, 2025
A document of our story, written by our own Vincentians, is how Minister of Culture, Carlos James, has described Volume One of the History of Saint Vi...
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August 14, 2025
The exhibition and hand over ceremony for a bucket truck that marked the end-of-phase for the Enhancing Public Safety with Intelligent Video Analytics...
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August 14, 2025
The Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force(RSVGPF) said it is deeply saddened by the passing of Corporal 603 Selman Bailey, who died on Satu...
