Front Page
April 12, 2024
A 64-year-old man of Chester Cottage has been driving a vehicle for approximately 40 years without being the holder of a driver’s licence. And this wa...
News
April 12, 2024
Lovina Joseph, the mother of a mentally-ill man who was killed by police, is questioning the police account of what led to her son’s death and why dea...
Front Page
April 12, 2024
Some employees of the Kingstown Town Board are half-past fed up and believe it is high time for management to address their salary concerns. The worke...
News
April 12, 2024
The police say they have seized a quantity of illegal weapons and ammunition at the Campden Park Port in what has been described as a strategic operat...
From the Courts, News
April 12, 2024
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecution placed the High Court in a conundrum when an application was made to increase an indictment for some ...
From the Courts, News
April 12, 2024
A lawyer has made a call to “arrest the van culture” by imposing custodial sentences rather than fines on omnibus drivers when they appear before the ...
Front Page
April 12, 2024
Last, Wednesday, April 10, 2024 a bush fire in the Harmony Hall area resulted in a utility pole catching fire. VINLEC’s Emergency team was dispatched ...
News
April 11, 2024
A resident of the community where the bodies of two men were found tied with rope and burnt has been officially charged with murder. The Royal Saint V...
Front Page
April 9, 2024
Police are investigating the discovery of two badly burnt bodies which were found in Park Hill yesterday, Monday April 8, 2024. SEARCHLIGHT was told t...
News
April 9, 2024
Opposition Parliamentarian, Daniel Cummings has called on the government to “put mechanisms in place that can really address the vexing issue of sexua...
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...
News
April 2, 2026
THE DEPARTMENT OF Culture, in collaboration with the Peace Memorial Hall, officially unveiled the first ever large-scale sculptural mural in St.Vincen...
News
April 2, 2026
PRIME MINISTER, Dr. Godwin Friday, has issued a statement addressing a series of recent incidents of violence, public disorder, and growing concerns a...
News
April 2, 2026
UN SECRETARY-GENERAL Antonio Guterres, has strongly condemned an incident that led to the killing of two Indonesian peacekeepers of the United Nations...
News
April 2, 2026
THE NATIONAL Society of Persons with Disabilities (NSPD) in St.Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) held its annual Melanie McKenzie Educational and Medic...
News
April 2, 2026
SIX SECTIONS, ALL representing some aspects of the way Vincentians live, will be turned into costumes when the Lynx Mas Band makes it presentation for...
