R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
April 16, 2021
A few weeks ago I had begun a series centred on one of the great battles of our people to preserve democracy in SVG, the struggle against what became ...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
March 12, 2021
The effects of COVID or not, it is expected that National Heroes Day will be observed this year, albeit in scaled-down circumstances. Pride of place w...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
March 5, 2021
I offer my salute to the women of this nation as they prepare to celebrate yet another International Women’s Day (IWD) next Monday. We in St Vincent a...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
February 26, 2021
This week we take a brief respite from the COVID pandemic and its ramifications for our society and engage in the matters relating to the award of hon...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
February 19, 2021
When will COVID news cease to dominate headline news, nationally, regionally and internationally? For almost one year now, COVID-related news has stol...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
February 12, 2021
In the midst of the gloom and doom we experience daily, it is an imperative that we make room for positive thoughts and development for all is not los...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
February 5, 2021
AS I COMPLETE this column the 2021 Budget debate continues in the House of Assembly and is not expected to conclude before the end of the week. Once a...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
January 29, 2021
On Tuesday of this week, the nation bade farewell to a veritable cultural icon, Ferrand ‘Randy D’ Dopwell. He was the second of what is called the “Go...
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January 21, 2021
I had planned this week to do a tribute to the second of our “Golden Generation of Broadcasting”, Ferrand “Randy D” Dopwell, to depart within the past...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
January 15, 2021
“We have to be each other’s keepers”- SEARCHLIGHT Mid-week, Jan. 12, 2021. This quote, from the mid-week edition of SEARCHLIGHT, sums up succinctly th...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
January 8, 2021
Three weeks ago this column covered the topic “Who will guard the guards?’, a reference to the post-election situation in the United States of America...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
December 31, 2020
After the tumultuous year of 2020, what prospects are there for the peoples of this planet for 2021? Certainly if we look at this question primarily f...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
December 23, 2020
First of all let me extend Season’s greetings to all our readers, customers, supporters, well-wishers and the people of our beloved St Vincent and the...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
December 18, 2020
In just over one month’s time, there is supposed to be a changing of the guard in Washington DC, USA with the inauguration of a new administration. Th...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
December 11, 2020
As we approach the Christmas season and the New Year, the impact of the COVID -19 pandemic is still the biggest challenge facing countries big and sma...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
December 4, 2020
Given our recent elections it was no surprise that this column focused a lot on political and electoral issues immediately preceding and after the gen...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
Part 2
November 27, 2020
In continuing my reflection on the November 5 elections, having looked at the ULP, it is the turn of the NDP to be put under the spotlight. No one can...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
October 30, 2020
Elections 2020 in St Vincent and the Grenadines are now down to the wire and in less than a week’s time, voters will make their of leadership and gove...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
October 23, 2020
Vincentians are currently preparing (or at least ought to be) to celebrate the 41st anniversary of the recovery of our national independence on Octobe...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
October 16, 2020
The proverbial bell has now been rung to officially open the floodgates to the 2020 election campaign. Given the COVID pandemic, this campaign is supp...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
October 9, 2020
It is with great sadness that I heard the news over the last weekend of the passing of carnival icon Louis Boucher, in far from dignified circumstance...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
October 2, 2020
We are now into October, our month of the regaining of our National Independence and, as we were reminded this week by our Prime Minister, the month o...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
September 25, 2020
As the ULP government comes closer to the end of its fourth successive term in office and, inevitably, general elections draw nearer, electoral issues...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
September 18, 2020
It is said that “where there is smoke there is fire”, and the puffs of smoke generated by Hon. E.T. Joshua whilst still a Minister in the Alliance gov...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
September 11, 2020
Let me begin on a positive note in extending hearty congratulations to well-known social activist Mr Junior Bacchus on his appointment as honorary Con...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
September 4, 2020
It must be clear to all who follow developments in the USA that it has failed to solve its problems of inequality, injustice and racism. To understand...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
August 28, 2020
A fundamental tenet of the Christian religion, according to the Bible, is that only a foolish man builds his house upon the sand as opposed to buildin...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
July 31, 2020
Emancipation, the legal ending of chattel slavery in the Caribbean, is supposed to be one of the biggest days in the English-speaking Caribbean calend...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
July 24, 2020
Sometimes I wonder whether those persons who put themselves forward for political office and aspire to become Parliamentarians, Ministers or even to r...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
July 17, 2020
In a world starving badly for live sport, cricket has not had such a golden opportunity for decades to grab international attention as it did last wee...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
July 10, 2020
The LIAT demise and, to a lesser extent, the ongoing controversy over the outcome of the March elections in Guyana, have dominated the regional news d...
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-Reprehensible attack on Justice Saunders
July 3, 2020
As of today, Vincentian Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves assumes the role of Chairman of CARICOM for the next six months under the terms of the rotat...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
June 26, 2020
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), in spite of it being predominantly composed of small island-nations and, in international terms, miniscule populati...
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June 27, 2025
In any school setting, a score of five out of ten would be considered below average but for the Sugar Mill Academy, who copped five out of the top ten...
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June 27, 2025
(Korey Micah Lavia, Lowman’s Leeward Anglican School) While Kenroy has been away providing for his family as a seaman, his wife Venola, who works as a...
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June 27, 2025
(Adrina Ledger, Sugar Mill Academy ) Aspiring lawyer with a green thumb, Adrina Ledger, has emerged as the top girl in the country. She told SEARCHLIG...
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June 27, 2025
(Mason Rayshaud Williams, New Grounds Primary School) When Mason Rayshaud Williams, a student of the New Grounds Primary School, learnt about his resu...
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June 27, 2025
(Raffique Latchman, Sion Hill Government School ) Science and Mathematics lover, Raffique Latchman, can brag of being the only student in St Vincent a...
