From the Courts, News
April 9, 2024
A teenager from Lowmans Windward was given a suspended sentence, ordered to complete community service, and join a Police Youth Club after pleading gu...
News
April 9, 2024
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) with responsibility for crime fighting, Trevor ‘Buju’ Bailey said the Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Polic...
Front Page
April 5, 2024
Family members and close friends of Racquel Williams are waiting for answers as to the exact cause of the vehicular failure which resulted in the deat...
Front Page
April 5, 2024
A former student of the St Joseph’s Convent, Kingstown who scammed 11 customers with her fake clothing business was urged to use her education for a m...
Breaking News
April 8, 2024
Police officers are on the scene where two bodies were discovered in Park Hill. SEARCHLIGHT understands that the bodies were bound and burnt. The grue...
Front Page
April 5, 2024
Vincentian students studying at various universities in Taiwan had believed they were accustomed to the numerous earthquakes occurring in the east Asi...
Front Page
April 5, 2024
Several Vincentian women feel better equipped to further develop their businesses following the completion of the Taiwan Technical Mission’s Women’s E...
From the Courts, News
April 5, 2024
A man who resided at Richland Park was jailed for the first homicide in 2022 when he stabbed his friend to death with a pocket knife during an alterca...
Regional / World
April 3, 2024
Nine people have been confirmed dead and over 800 are reportedly injured after a massive earthquake struck Taiwan on Wednesday, April 3. The 7.4 magni...
News
April 3, 2024
Two new magistrates were sworn in on Tuesday April 2, 2024 at a ceremony at Government House. Tammika Dasliva McKenzie, who was attached to the office...
Breaking News
April 1, 2024
A woman died when she was caught under the front of a small flatbed truck that overturned at the foot of a road which links the community of Revierre ...
Front Page
March 28, 2024
The question as to the whereabouts of 17-year-old Kemeisha Haynes from the day she was last seen by family, to when her body was discovered on farmlan...
Front Page
March 28, 2024
A 52-year-old unemployed man of Diamond who is seems may have been already wedded,was arrested and charged with bigamy when he attempted to marry a nu...
Front Page
March 28, 2024
by: Eldonté Samuel Wednesday March 27, 2024, marked the grand opening of the luxurious 301 Sandals Resorts St Vincent. To mark this significant milest...
News
March 28, 2024
Residents of the village of South Rivers were plunged into a state of anguish on Tuesday night, following the discovery of the body of a fellow villag...
From the Courts, News
March 28, 2024
A man who illegally entered a couple’s home and undressed a woman while she was asleep with her boyfriend was denied the non-custodial sentence he ple...
News
March 25, 2024
The discovery of the body of a teenage girl in the Belmont area on Sunday, March 24 is being treated as a homicide. Authorities were notified of the b...
Sports
March 24, 2024
After spending two successive four- year terms as first vice- president of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Football Federation (SVGFF), Otashie Spri...
News
March 22, 2024
A 47 year old man who has 43 previous convictions was sentenced to prison for committing two offences of burglary. Raphael “KingKong” Robinson appeare...
News
March 21, 2024
A late night fire of unknown origin gutted a portion of the Owia Salt Pond Recreational Park. The blaze reportedly started around 11 pm in one the sta...
News
March 20, 2024
Two firearms were seized by police and a number of suspects arrested following an investigation into a shooting which occurred at the Milton Cato Memo...
Front Page
March 19, 2024
The annual Pilgrimage to Baliceaux, undertaken by Vincentians and Garifuna descendants in the Diaspora, has intensified the call for the acquisition o...
Front Page
March 19, 2024
Minister of Tourism, Sustainable Development and Culture, Carlos James has urged Vincentians to acknowledge the United Nations (UN) Declarations on th...
Front Page
March 19, 2024
St Vincent and the Grenadines female 800-metre national record holder and world number two over the same distance, Shafiqua Maloney touched down yeste...
Front Page
March 19, 2024
Police in the Calliaqua district have initiated an investigation into the suspected drowning of a member of the constabulary that occurred on Sunday M...
Press Release
March 15, 2024
Interactive Media Limited, publishers of the newspaper Searchlight, announced on Friday that it has regained control of its Facebook page (@Searchligh...
Front Page
March 15, 2024
Plans by the government to settle the matter of reclaiming the privately owned island of Baliceaux appear to have missed the intended March 14 timelin...
Front Page
March 15, 2024
Vincentians enrolled in the British military are once again at the forefront of negative publicity after a fight during a Vincentian promoted party ev...
Front Page
March 15, 2024
Head of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in the Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF), Superintendent of Police, Claust...
Breaking News, Regional / World
March 13, 2024
A national newspaper in the Caribbean nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has described as “callous” the inaction by Meta following the takeove...
News
March 11, 2024
Police in the Calliaqua district are investigating the circumstances surrounding a suspected drowning that occurred on Saturday March 9, 2024 at India...
Regional / World
March 11, 2024
Two visitors to the island of Carriacou were reportedly found dead on the beach over the weekend. On Saturday 9th March 2024, the bodies of David John...
Front Page
March 8, 2024
It has been brought to the attention of SEARCHLIGHT that sexually suggestive and pornographic material is being released on the Facebook platform on a...
Front Page
March 8, 2024
A cross-jurisdiction investigation between law enforcement in Grenada and St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) has led to murder charges being laid aga...
Front Page
March 8, 2024
Copious tributes were paid two weeks ago to a humble Vincentian female entrepreneur who after establishing her culinary business at home emigrated to ...
From the Courts, News
March 8, 2024
A 28 year old man who has been convicted 19 times was sentenced to prison for entering a police officer’s home with the intent to commit the offence o...
From the Courts, News
March 8, 2024
A mechanic who was charged for assaulting a police officer after being issued a traffic ticket, was fined forthwith. Alerio Nichols, 31, of Evesham ap...
News
March 6, 2024
The three men who are the main suspects of a murder investigation of a US couple are officially back in the custody of the Royal Grenada Police Force ...
Front Page
March 5, 2024
A Grenadian who is suspected of murdering a US couple flaunted his middle finger at the media after a deportation order was made against him and his a...
Front Page
March 5, 2024
Despite a call from the outgoing Pro Tempore President of the Community of Latin America and Caribbean States (CELAC), to stand united on the Israel-G...
Front Page
March 5, 2024
Back when it was first announced that Sandals will be opening a resort in St Vincent and the Grenadines(SVG), persons were generally optimistic about ...
Front Page
March 5, 2024
There are two new books available for persons who want to read about Vincentian lifestyle and tradition. The books, Growing Up In Vincy, and a Collect...
From the Courts, News
March 5, 2024
A woman who scammed some online shoppers of their money with her fake clothing business, was placed on a bond and ordered to pay compensation. Tasheca...
News
February 17, 2026
OPPOSITION LEADER Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, said Prime Minister Dr. Godwin Friday has used ChatGPT to help write his 2026 Budget speech. ChatGPT is describ...
News
February 17, 2026
OPPOSITION SENATOR Carlos James, has issued a stark warning regarding the new government’s fiscal roadmap, characterising the 2026 Budget as a dizzyin...
From the Courts, News
February 17, 2026
A 56-YEAR-OLD labourer of Redemption Sharpes who is charged with the offense of wounding, was granted bail when he appeared in court on Friday, Februa...
News
February 17, 2026
THE GOVERNMENT HAS promised to implement screening and support this year for breast cancer, cervical cancer, as well as prostate and colon cancers. Th...
News
February 13, 2026
THE 2026 PROGRAMME of activities to celebrate National Heroes and Heritage Month was unveiled at a media launch on Tuesday, February 10, 2026 at the U...
