Front Page
January 27, 2023
by Jada Chambers A 90-year-old woman is pleading for financial assistance for her grandson Edson Bobb, who has been living on the streets of Kingstown...
From the Courts, News
January 29, 2023
A 35-year-old nurse of Owia has pleaded guilty to possession of almost 60 kg of cocaine, but not guilty to another related charge. Lucresha Nanton app...
Press Release
January 28, 2023
January 27, 2023 In November 2022, Government introduced a new tax regime for the importation for motor vehicles. The new import tax regime lowers Imp...
Breaking News
January 25, 2023
St Vincent and the Grenadines has assumed presidency of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), the first CARICOM country to ele...
Front Page
January 24, 2023
Relatives of a man who was shot dead in Bequia over the weekend are distraught. So much so, that one of the deceased man’s relatives posted a photo on...
Front Page
January 24, 2023
A family member of Randolph Carlos Joseph, a 67 year old man of Cedars who was found dead in his garden last Thursday, January 19 says the family is a...
News
January 21, 2023
A Vincentian woman was killed earlier this week in Toronto, Canada. Dead is Joy Barnwell, who was originally from Lowmans Windward, but who resided in...
Breaking News
January 17, 2023
Less than a month after the shooting incident occurred, an Ottley Hall man has been charged in connection with the death of another man from the same ...
Breaking News
January 14, 2023
UPDATED: January 14 2023 3:42 pm What was initially believed to be an incident caused by an electrical shock has been stated as otherwise. This is the...
Breaking News
January 13, 2023
Commissioner of Police, Colin John, met with the mother and aunt of the Seage John who was fatally wounded during a police operation in Rose Place on ...
News
January 13, 2023
by Christina Smith Tucked away in one of the avenues in Campden Park is Caribbean Investments Limited, a plant which produces the critical element nee...
News
January 8, 2023
After a delay of five months, the Carnival Development Corporation on Saturday paid out over $380,000 in prize money to winners of the various competi...
Features, Special Feature
January 5, 2023
by Paula Prescod Place names or toponyms, as they are formally called, are like signposts that tell us a great deal about a nation’s past. They are a ...
Breaking News
January 1, 2023
When shots rang out in the Rose Place community of Kingstown sometime after 12 am January 1, 2023, persons may have thought it was fireworks to ring i...
Breaking News
January 1, 2023
Selwyn "Kashie" Foye, a man who had in the past been accused of murder, rape and sexual assault, met his death in the wee hours of January 1, 2023. Th...
News
January 1, 2023
Detective Sergeant 740 Bjorn Duncan has been named Policeman of the Year for 2022 in St Vincent and the Grenadines. Duncan, who has been enlisted in t...
News
January 1, 2023
Corporal 615 Lafleur Williams has been named Policewoman of the Year for 2022 in St Vincent and the Grenadines. Corporal Williams, who is currently at...
Sports
December 28, 2022
Sporting events were back in full swing in 2022 following the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic and local athletes came out swinging. The loss of life als...
Breaking News
December 28, 2022
Lovers of the Calypso art form are now mourning the death a veteran Trinidadian calypsonian Dr Leroy Calliste, who is known to the world as Black Stal...
From the Courts
December 27, 2022
The courts in St. Vincent and the Grenadines were busy during 2022, as men and women from teenagers to elderly appeared to answer to a wide range of c...
News
December 27, 2022
While tragedies dominated news coverage in 2022, as is reflected in our most read online news stories, there was also exciting news that signalled a n...
News
December 26, 2022
SEARCHLIGHT readers at home and abroad stay glued to our channels for the latest happenings throughout the year. Our team worked diligently to bring y...
Features, Special Features
December 25, 2022
Vincentians overcame many challenges in 2022, against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery in the wake of the eruption of La Soufriere. ...
News
December 24, 2022
Two men were injured during a shooting incident at Paul’s Lot in Kingstown on Friday night. Residents say at around 8:52 pm, they heard what sounded l...
News
December 23, 2022
One person who was present for the fracas at Heritage Square between former representative for North Leeward, Jerrol Thompson and former Speaker of th...
News
December 23, 2022
A 29 year old man of Redemption Sharpes lost his two storey wooden house to fire sometime close to 9:00 a.m yesterday, Thursday December 22. The fire ...
News
December 19, 2022
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Medicinal Cannabis Authority Dr Jerrol Thompson says he has no apologies to make for striking lawyer and former S...
Breaking News
December 18, 2022
Jerrol Thompson and Jomo Thomas, two men who once contested General Elections on Unity Labour Party (ULP) tickets, were involved in a physical alterca...
News
December 16, 2022
A man who stabbed his wife about her body with a knife in the presence of their children at their home has been sentenced to seven years in prison. De...
News
December 14, 2022
The St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ Coast Guard Service (SVG-CGS) and this country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade have been applauded...
News
December 14, 2022
A group of young visual art students from the Thomas Saunders Secondary School, for the past four days, have been putting their creative talents to wo...
News
December 13, 2022
Three men were shot in two separate incidents between Sunday and Monday, less than four hours apart, and are nursing wounds at the Milton Cato Memoria...
Breaking News
December 13, 2022
UPDATE: The island's latest murder victim is Lowmans Leeward resident, Jason Henry. SEARCHLIGHT understands Henry was shot and killed sometime around...
News
December 6, 2022
A veterinarian has introduced this country’s first Cat Rescue Cafe to provide therapeutic and medical benefits to the feline community. Dr Eric Alonzo...
Breaking News
December 4, 2022
A passenger van overturned at Mt Greenan today, causing mass casualty protocols to be activated. SEARCHLIGHT understands that the van overturned in an...
Breaking News
December 4, 2022
Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has described as "a lie" the claim of the United States Government that healthcare personnel sent by the Cuban gover...
News
December 4, 2022
A visit to the Modern Medical and Diagnostic Centre at Georgetown is one of the highlights of Day Two of the visit of President Miguel Diaz-Canel to S...
Press Release
December 4, 2022
President of the Republic of Cuba Miguel Diaz-Canel arrived in St Vincent and the Grenadines earlier today for an official three-day visit , from Dece...
Breaking News
November 28, 2022
Junior Jarvis has been found guilty of the murder of banker Randy Lawrence. This afternoon, Monday November 28, a jury unanimously found Jarvis, 50, g...
Press Release
November 27, 2022
Participants at a two-day workshop on climate change have expressed their satisfaction with the information imparted, and say they are now better equi...
Breaking News
November 25, 2022
Despite threats to grill the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and other witnesses for the defence in the matter in which public sector unions have challeng...
Press Release
November 22, 2022
An estimated 40 residents of communities north of the Rabacca Dry River are expected to be involved in a Climate Change workshop this week under the u...
Breaking News
November 22, 2022
President of Cuba Migel Diaz-Canal will make an historic visit to St Vincent and the Grenadines next month. Just before the adjournment of the sitting...
News
July 4, 2025
The government of St Vincent and the Grenadines has been given a high grade for the strides made in education during its term in office, but is concer...
News
July 4, 2025
Four contestants who will be competing in the Miss SVG show later this year, made an appearance at the Junior Calypso and Soca Monarch Competition on ...
News
July 4, 2025
Vincentian lawyer, Mikhail Charles, has been appointed Honorary Legal Advisor for St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) at its High Commission in the Un...
News
July 4, 2025
The Centre for Enterprise Development Inc, (CED) has announced its upcoming Business Pitch Competition, where five dynamic entrepreneurs will compete ...
News
July 4, 2025
When Hurricane Beryl tore into Union Island in 2024, it didn’t just flatten homes it upended lives, reshaped communities, and served as another harsh ...
