Press Release
September 15, 2022
The U.S. Embassy in Bridgetown has resumed processing of routine in-person appointments in all Nonimmigrant visa categories starting in September 202...
Breaking News
September 15, 2022
The St Vincent Girls’ High School has returned the best Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) results for 2022, with an overall pass rate o...
Press Release
September 15, 2022
After graduating in 2019 from the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Community, where he studied sociology and green engineering, Marvin Douglas, 21, of C...
News
September 14, 2022
Three prisoners will be allowed to attend the funerals of their relatives who died in a tragic accident on Sunday September 11 at Old Sandy Bay. The d...
Press Release
September 14, 2022
The Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police (RSVGPF) is advising all owners of container trailers that are parked on the tarmac of the decommissio...
Breaking News
September 11, 2022
Five persons are dead following an accident involving a passenger van at Sandy Bay this afternoon. SEARCHLIGHT has confirmed that four persons died on...
Breaking News
September 12, 2022
The five persons who have been confirmed dead following an accident in the Bony River area of Sandy Bay today, September 11 are all young males. In an...
From the Courts
September 9, 2022
One of four occupants of a vehicle in which an illegal revolver was found admitted to possession of the firearm, and was yesterday, September 8 senten...
Press Release
September 10, 2022
Governor General of St Vincent and the Grenadines Dame Susan Dougan says she is “deeply saddened” to learn of the death of Queen Elizabeth II, this co...
Breaking News
September 3, 2022
The Mighty Sparrow widely considered to be 'The Calypso King of the World' was baptized today, Saturday September 3, 2022. Sparrow, whose given name i...
Press Release
September 7, 2022
Grenadines Gold, a Vincentian seamoss business, is showcasing its products and engaging in business-to-business negotiations at Hub Camara Santo Domin...
Breaking News
September 8, 2022
Queen Elizabeth II, British monarch and this country’s head of state, died today at Balmoral Castle in Scotland aged 96, after serving for 70 years. P...
Breaking News
September 5, 2022
Some pupils of the Kingstown Preparatory School were forced to return home on Monday, the first day of the academic year, after a strong odour of pain...
Breaking News
September 4, 2022
One man was killed and another injured in a shooting incident at Ottley Hall on Saturday night. The dead man has been identified by police sources as ...
News
September 3, 2022
Twenty seven families from the red volcano hazard zone, who were displaced in the aftermath of the April 2021 volcanic eruptions, now have brand new h...
Press Release
September 3, 2022
CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank announced on Friday that it will cease its operations in Dominica on January 31, 2023. Managing Director for Ba...
Press Release
September 1, 2022
The International Monetary Fund has projected growth of five per cent in the gross domestic product (GDP) of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) for 2...
Breaking News
August 31, 2022
American Airlines has announced daily non-stop flights from Miami to St Vincent starting Friday March 3, 2023. News of this came in a press release fr...
Breaking News
August 31, 2022
Air Canada will recommence a weekly non-stop scheduled service from Pearson International, Toronto to St Vincent starting Friday November 4, 2022. In ...
News
August 31, 2022
Thirty-four farmers from Coulls Hill, Troumaca, Rose Bank, Belmont and Petit Bordel have received advanced training in Vetiver Systems Technology (VST...
News
August 30, 2022
Piles of pungent, smelling garbage repeatedly dumped and left outside the Soroptimist International comfort station at Heritage Square is distressing ...
News
August 29, 2022
A Vincentian professor of Biology has been awarded a five-year US$1.7 million grant from the United States National Institutes of Health/National Inst...
News
August 27, 2022
Residents of West Kingstown were gathered Saturday afternoon outside the Financial Complex in Kingstown to collect ATM cards through which they will r...
News
August 26, 2022
Today, August 26, 2022 has been declared an “historic moment” in Vincentian history by Senator Keisal Peters, who was sworn in this morning as the cou...
News
August 23, 2022
While condolences continue to pour in for the Hazelwood family on the passing of retired police inspector David Hazelwood, mere hours before his death...
Breaking News
August 25, 2022
Residents of Pole Yard have expressed displeasure in the act that has caused the death of their neighbour and friend, Keisha Small. Small’s body was f...
News
August 25, 2022
The usual lively atmosphere in Owia was transformed to one of grief and mourning on Tuesday, as residents held a candle light vigil for slain communit...
Breaking News
August 25, 2022
A tropical wave with a broad area of moisture trailing behind of it is forecast to produce roughly 50-60mm of rainfall across Saint Vincent and the G...
Press Release
August 25, 2022
Four Vincentians have been awarded prestigious Chevening Scholarships for 2022. The Chevening scholars for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean were off...
News
August 23, 2022
Gunshots rang out at a busy, rainy bus terminal on Monday, August 22 causing one man to end up in the hospital after apparently being shot in the back...
News
August 23, 2022
A “ramshackle management structure” will not be compatible with the $650 million port being constructed at the western end of Kingstown. Prime Ministe...
Press Release
August 23, 2022
Motorists using the Hopewell/Richland Park main road are advised that resurfacing works on the upper part of the road will be carried out on Tuesday, ...
Press Release
August 22, 2022
An upper level trough is favourably positioned over Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) producing rain and thunderstorm activity. A release from t...
Breaking News
August 21, 2022
Former St Vincent and the Grenadines and Windward Islands cricketer Irvin Warrican died today, Sunday, August 21 after a brief illness. Warrican was a...
Sports
August 21, 2022
Day one of the three-day Cricket West Indies (CWC) Under-19 clash between the Windward Islands and Barbados ended in near tragedy on Saturday when a p...
Features
August 20, 2022
While researchers predict that climate change will have an adverse effect on most staple crops, including rice, corn and soybeans, a new Northwestern ...
News
August 19, 2022
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...
Breaking News
August 17, 2022
A Vincentian national has become a statistic in the escalating crime wave in Trinidad and Tobago. According to information from the Ian Allen network,...
News
August 16, 2022
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 ...
From the Courts
August 16, 2022
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...
Breaking News
August 17, 2022
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...
News
August 16, 2022
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...
Breaking News
August 15, 2022
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 about 11:45 am ...
News
July 2, 2025
The Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) has disclosed that the two police officers who were seen on video physically assaulting ...
News
July 1, 2025
The Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying a deceased male (John Doe) who was found in...
Front Page, News
July 1, 2025
The education revolution introduced by the Ralph Gonsalves-led administration following the win of his Unity Labour Party (ULP), in the 2001 general e...
Front Page, News
July 1, 2025
One year ago today, on July 1, 2024, Hurricane Beryl, a category five hurricane, struck St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) and nearby islands, leavin...
Front Page, News
July 1, 2025
Educators in St Vincent and the Grenadines are being urged to do away with the approach of having students just blindly follow instructions in the tea...
