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Relocated Rose Place fishermen in urgent need of utilities (+Video)

Fishermen trying to set up operations at Lowmans Bay after being displaced from Rose Place are highlighting an urgent need for water, electricity, a p...

August 19, 2022

Breaking News

Vincentian shot dead in Trinidad

A Vincentian national has become a statistic in the escalating crime wave in Trinidad and Tobago. According to information from the Ian Allen network,...

August 17, 2022

News

Georgetown woman’s business takes off after Searchlight feature

A SMALL business woman of Georgetown has admitted that her business has really taken off, since she was featured in SEARCHLIGHT earlier this year. “I ...

August 16, 2022

From the Courts

Duo charged with burglary of Campden Park house

A YOUNG DUO has been charged for allegedly breaking into a 55-year-old man’s house. Javill Williams, 24 years of Ottley Hall, and Kaysany Peters, 23 y...

August 16, 2022

Breaking News

Thief beats watchman and makes off with solar panels at the Argyle International Airport

Three solar panels have been stolen from the solar farm at the Argyle International Airport (AIA) and the watchman at the site was reportedly beaten b...

August 17, 2022

News

Hospital worker asks for apology from bosses after being strip searched

THE Public Service Union (PSU) says that one of its members is seeking an apology from local health authorities after being strip searched while on he...

August 16, 2022

Breaking News

Fisherman shot dead while sitting in the porch of a house

A fisherman was shot to death this morning while sitting in the porch of a house at New Rose Place. Rohan “Charla” Rawlins was shot at abo...

August 15, 2022

Breaking News

15-year-old girl missing from her grandmother’s home at Villa

A 15-year-old girl is missing from her grandmother’s residence at Villa. A bulletin from the Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (R...

August 15, 2022

News

Workers at Argyle International Airport will shut down operations if issues not addressed – Union

Workers at the Argyle International Airport (AIA) are prepared to take industrial action and shut down operations at the airport if management does no...

August 13, 2022

Front Page

Teachers reject re-application offer, say reinstatement is the way to go (+video)

Teachers took to the streets of Kingstown yesterday to publicly declare that they do not intend to reapply for jobs, after being unemployed for the pa...

August 12, 2022

News

Man killed, others injured in Arnos Vale Karaoke shooting

St Vincent and the Grenadines recorded its 26th homicide this week when Frenches resident, Jaron DeRoche was shot and killed at Arnos Vale. Police hav...

August 12, 2022

Press Release

36 children introduced to history and built heritage

Thirty-six children from the Edinboro and Ottley Hall community were given the opportunity to learn about the social history and built heritage of the...

August 12, 2022

News

RBTT transitions to First National seamlessly

The weekend of Friday July 29 to August 1, 2022 saw a flurry of activity as contractors of the First National Bank of Saint Lucia worked feverishly to...

August 12, 2022

News

Washrooms at 21 schools upgraded by Japan

The upgrade of washroom facilities at 21 primary and secondary schools has been completed with a EC$730,000 donation from the Government of Japan. Dur...

August 9, 2022

News

Eight students receive scholarships and bursaries from FLOW (+ Video)

Four students have received full scholarship packages from telecommunications company FLOW, while four others received one time grants. Receiving the ...

August 9, 2022

News

New Consul General to US welcomed by colleagues

This country’s newly appointed Consul General to the United States received commendations from colleagues at a welcoming ceremony at Friends of Crown ...

August 12, 2022

Bassy - Love Vine

Ah Vinjam Wedding

De highlight of my Emancipation weekend was ah Wedding on Monday. The Ceremony was quite unique. All weddings are unique, except dat dis Ceremony was ...

August 5, 2022

Breaking News

Government secures funding for the Acute Referral Hospital to be built at Arnos Vale

The Government of St Vincent and the Grenadines has been credited with just over 50 per cent of the total funding for the Acute Referral Hospital to b...

August 9, 2022

Front Page

Pat Ragguette weds childhood friend in lavish ceremony

It was a scene out of the movies when former female calypso monarch Pat Ragguette wed the love of her life Roy Russell on Saturday, June 25 at the St ...

July 15, 2022

News

Tropical Shipping donates to successful students

Tropical Shipping on Thursday, July 28, handed over donations totalling $4100 to five students who successfully gained entrance into secondary schools...

August 9, 2022

News

Mustique Charitable Foundation gives 10 young entrepreneurs a kick start

A Grant-Loan Project to propel the business ideas of 10 young entrepreneurs in skill areas recently commenced with an official hand over of tools and ...

August 9, 2022

Front Page

Taiwan and SVG deepen relations

Two treaties were signed on Monday between the Governments of St Vincent and the Grenadines and the Republic of China on Taiwan, that will see the dee...

August 9, 2022

Press Release

SVG has capability to test for Monkey Pox – Dr Duncan

Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Roger Duncan has expressed confidence in the health system’s ability to adequately test for the Monkey pox virus. Dunc...

August 9, 2022

News

Healthcare workers required to take boosters every 5 months

Healthcare workers in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) are now required to take COVID-19 boosters at five-month intervals. This is according to a m...

August 9, 2022

News

Peters says ULP is a ‘big deal’

Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Senator Keisal Peters says the Unity Labour Party (ULP) attracts as much attention as it does bec...

August 9, 2022

Physician's Weekly

Unusual (and Interesting) Medical Conditions

Q: My wife lives in the States and was diagnosed with persistent sexual arousal syndrome. What is this? And what are some conditions that people in SV...

August 5, 2022

News

First batch of Vincentian graduates of Cuban universities reach retirement

Last Friday, July 29 was the last day that Thornley Myers spent in the service of this country’s national electricity company, VINLEC. He retired afte...

August 5, 2022

News

UK-based couple apologizes to local real estate agent

A PROPERTY OWNER based in the United Kingdom says he has apologized to local real estate agent Maurice John for threats he made on the agent’s life, s...

August 5, 2022

Front Page

Georgetown woman helping others to cope with Depression, Anxiety and Bipolar

Georgetown resident Rea Crichton is a living testimony that persons diagnosed with bipolar depression do not have to live in the shadow of this mental...

August 5, 2022

Features

Unity Labour Party Convention puts the Vincy meme factory into overdrive

The St Vincent and the Grenadines meme factory went into overdrive earlier this week following the 25th Annual Convention of the Unity Labour Party (U...

August 5, 2022

Features

Twelve Vincentian students now on the Isle of Man for three-week cultural education programme

Twelve Vincentian students are now on the Isle of Man where they are participating in the inaugural session of the ‘Isle of Man – St Vincent and...

August 4, 2022

Front Page

Telephone call to convention by ailing general secretary leaves party supporters emotional (+video)

Emotions ran high during the 25th National Convention of the Unity Labour Party (ULP), when the party’s ailing general secretary, Julian Francis...

August 2, 2022

News

At least 55 teachers have re-applied for jobs – PM

Although some teachers who became unemployed after refusing to take a Covid-19 vaccine are rejecting the Government’s recent offer to return to work, ...

August 19, 2022

News

Relocated Rose Place fishermen in urgent need of utilities (+Video)

Fishermen trying to set up operations at Lowmans Bay after being displaced from Rose Place are highlighting an urgent need for water, electricity, a p...

August 19, 2022

News

BDS Transmitting site broken into, equipment stolen

Some unauthorized person or persons recently broke into the transmitting site of BDS Company Ltd and stole a number of items. So said Douglas DeFreita...

August 19, 2022

News

Students have wider view of professional options following internship project

Seven students who will enter their final year at the St Vincent Grammar School in September have completed two and a half weeks of internship at vari...

August 19, 2022

News, Press Release

Soroptimist International SVG hosts ‘Girls on Fire 2022’ programme

Soroptimist International SVG hosted the ‘Girls on Fire 2022’ programme for five days beginning July 25 under the theme – “My Voice, Our Equal F...

August 19, 2022

Editorial

Sacrifices needed all around if we are to address the economic squeeze

There is no doubt that, like billions of other people around the world, the people of St Vincent and the Grenadines are feeling the effects of the glo...

August 19, 2022

Editorial

Public Sector Industrial Relations Situation Entering a Period of Turbulence

FOLLOWING MONTHS of an uneasy calm there are signs that local industrial relations may be entering a period of turbulence. The same two public sector ...

August 16, 2022

Editorial

Strengthening relations in turbulent times

The visit of a Vincentian government delegation led by Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves to the Republic of China on Taiwan would, in normal times, not a...

August 12, 2022

Editorial

Sport and Mini-States: Opportunities must be seized

Within the space of one month, the athletes of the Caribbean have been afforded the precious opportunities of competing on the global stage at two maj...

August 9, 2022

Editorial

Continuation of ULP status quo a unified consensus?

Last Sunday, July 31, the governing Unity Labour Party (ULP) held its national Convention at the Campden Park Secondary School. Given the proximity of...

August 5, 2022

Our Readers' Opinions

What is going on in this church today?

EDITOR: I am kindly asking if I could be given a space in your newspaper, to speak to the nation. I am now 82 years old, and when I was 15 years old a...

August 19, 2022

Our Readers' Opinions

Papa’s Last Fling

EDITOR: It was clear to all that the old man was no longer able to function as he used to. All the visible signs were there. His walk was no longer st...

August 19, 2022

Our Readers' Opinions

Kudos to Miss G at UWI Open Campus

EDITOR: Permit me to write this short letter for publication in your next edition of the Searchlight Newspaper. I have just concluded my BSC in Manage...

August 19, 2022

Our Readers' Opinions

If I were you…

EDITOR: If I were you and I was Vincentian, I would for sure trust the science. Especially the science about little-known viruses that no one knows ab...

August 19, 2022

Our Readers' Opinions

Whatever has been borrowed, put it back!

EDITOR: I admire how the Bank Clerks put back the carbon paper into the booklet from which they wrote records of their transactions. Whoever uses it n...

August 12, 2022