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July 22, 2014
Ambassador La Ceila Prince, Permanent Representative to the Organisation of American States (OAS) and Ambassador to Washington is expected to sign a W...
Carlos James selected for North Leeward
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July 22, 2014
Carlos James was selected unopposed by the North Leeward Constituency Council as the Unity Labour Party's (ULP) candidate for the North Leeward consti...
Nation builder to be laid to rest today
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July 22, 2014
Irma Agatha Norris M.B.E. of Cyrus Street, New Montrose, originally from Belmont, Bequia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, died peacefully at home, on Thu...
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July 22, 2014
President Rafael Correa of Ecuador has committed to assisting this country with the construction of four Bailey bridges as part of the rebuilding effo...
Police Youth Club summer camp begins
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July 22, 2014
The Annual Summer Camp hosted by the Police Youth Club officially opened yesterday at the Pamelus Burke Primary School, Byera with 130 children partic...
ECCB Monetary Council changes chairmanship
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July 22, 2014
Chairmanship of the Monetary Council of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) will be transferred to Dr Ralph Gonsalves, council member for St Vin...
Young people to hone entrepreneurial skills
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July 22, 2014
Thirty young people between the ages of 18 and 30, will, over the next five days, learn how to develop and hone their entrepreneurial skills, thanks t...
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July 22, 2014
Two men were shot late Sunday night in the Sion Hill Village of Walvaroo, in what one eyewitness described to SEARCHLIGHT as a brazen, bold faced atta...
Elwardo Lynch given a disorderly send off
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July 22, 2014
Leader of the Opposition Arnhim Eustace says he did not try to put an end to the commotion that took place Saturday, during the funeral service of New...
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July 18, 2014
American Grammy and Academy Award winner Pharrell Williams has tweeted and posted on his Facebook wall, his happiness with this country's version of h...
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July 18, 2014
The South Leeward District of Seventh-Day Adventist churches will be hosting “The Breaking of the Day” gospel series, with Evangelist, Pastor Shan...
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July 18, 2014
Jehovah’s Witnesses have begun a campaign that will last three weeks, giving a personal invitation to their upcoming convention to each household th...
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July 18, 2014
One of this country's oldest radio stations - We FM 99.9 is launching a reading initiative this summer.{{more}} The initiative called - “We FM's 201...
Courts World Cup Finals lime hailed a sucess
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July 18, 2014
Officials at furniture and appliance store Courts St Vincent Limited are considering treating their customers to another exclusive lime, following wha...
Invest SVG secures 37,000 euro grant
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July 18, 2014
Invest SVG has secured a 37,000 Euro grant from the Caribbean Export Development Agency (CEDA) that will be used to develop an agricultural project ai...
SVG gets its third Distinguished Toastmaster
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July 18, 2014
Toastmaster Nigel Scott is now the third Vincentian toastmaster to be awarded the highest education award a toastmaster can achieve-Distinguished Toas...
Mechanised ploughing for local farmers
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July 18, 2014
With the objective being to reduce the amount of time farmers spend ploughing lands, the Ministry of Agriculture on Monday, July 14 launched its Agric...
Was Karib Cable offering channels illegally?
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July 18, 2014
Following Flow’s revelation that it removed previously available channels from its lineup because of legal restrictions, the question now on the min...
Rastas to march next Wednesday
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July 18, 2014
One local organisation is planning a march and rally in an effort to bring awareness to the ills of society and how communities could put a stop to th...
Miss Carival Best dressed
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July 18, 2014
The Beauty Shows Committee has announced the winners of the best dressed male and female at the 29th Miss Carival pageant on July 4 at Victoria Park. ...
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July 15, 2014
Over 60 commercial bankers, members of the legal fraternity, public sector officials, appraisers, real estate agents and other key stakeholders in the...
SVGTU summer workshop begins
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July 15, 2014
The President of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers' Union (SVGTU) urged all stakeholders within the educational system to "work together" to ...