R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
December 29, 2023
This is my last column for 2023, sadly the last that SEARCHLIGHT’s long-standing Editor, the indefatigable Sister Clare Keizer, will edit in that role...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
December 22, 2023
“I do hope that you find time to pray at least for the children of Palestine. There is still “no room in the Inn” for them; their children are still b...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
December 15, 2023
By the time that this column reaches your eyes, the historic initiative by CARICOM states for face-to-face conversation between Venezuela and Guyana, ...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
December 8, 2023
There is no sporting figure who so impacted on my life, and, I dare say the lives of millions like me, as Sir Ivan Vivian Alexander Richards, the lege...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
December 1, 2023
Yesterday, November 30, marked the 57th anniversary of the independence of our neighbouring Caribbean state to the east, Barbados. My congratulations ...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
November 24, 2023
I had originally planned to use this week’s column to focus on some current political issues but as I remembered that this Friday, today November 24, ...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
November 17, 2023
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza continues of the historic teachers’ strike of 1975, an unforgettable event in the annals of the SVGTU itself, the loca...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
November 10, 2023
It was heartening to hear that one priority for the government and security personnel is to ensure that an important aspect of our independence is wha...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
November 3, 2023
From all reports, it appears that the activity-packed programme of events to celebrate our country’s 44th anniversary of the reclamation of our nation...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
October 26, 2023
Another October 21 has passed like any normal weekend with little mention of the importance of that date in our anti-colonial calendar and the politic...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
Part 2 of ‘It does really hurt me.’
October 20, 2023
I concluded last week with a spirited defence of the 1935 uprising in St Vincent and the Grenadines, a rebellion de facto against British colonial rul...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
October 13, 2023
That opening line from one of our most outstanding calypso bards, the late, great Lord Hawke, in his classic composition “Right in De Slum”, is one wh...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
October 6, 2023
We have now entered the month of October a month though fraught with climatic dangers for us, is still the month of very significant events for Vincen...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
September 29, 2023
This week I am placing focus on international matters of relevance to us. It is certainly a timely choice since for the past month or so, Prime Minist...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
September 22, 2023
The introduction of modern communication technology via the internet has had a significant impact on human development throughout the world bringing u...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
September 15, 2023
Just before any comments on the effects of the heat in our local context, permit me on behalf of all Vincentians to express our solidarity with the go...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
September 8, 2023
I was happy to hear that at long last, there is to be some sort of official recognition of October 21, a seminal day in our history of resistance to c...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
September 1, 2023
This week the column focuses on two current international situations which, though far away from our shores, have implications for all of us. I begin ...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
August 25, 2023
I am but an ordinary citizen, with no great knowledge of financial matters but trying my best to understand the implications of national matters relat...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
August 18, 2023
Organizers of last Friday evening’s “Pan in D Street” must feel very encouraged at the positive response from pan lovers and the general public. It wa...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
August 11, 2023
In the days before World War II and for a good part of the two and a half decades afterwards, budding sports persons (male and female) in the Caribbea...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
August 4, 2023
In a week when the people of the Caribbean held activities to commemorate the legal end of slavery in the English-speaking Caribbean, pride of place m...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
July 28, 2023
Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves, his Deputy Mr Montgomery Daniel, and Senior Minister with responsibility for Finance, Mr Camillo Gonsalves, have al...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
July 21, 2023
The past week has been a very busy one where the government and people of SVG are concerned. Pride of place was the Latin American/Caribbean Summit wi...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
July 14, 2023
It is a pity that once more I am forced to preface my comments on what seems to have been a fairly successful full-fledged return to VINCYMAS, with gr...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
July 7, 2023
With Carnival having been moved to mid-year in 1977, Vincentians have enjoyed a massive boost in participation while the economy has benefited tremend...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
June 30, 2023
This is Carnival season, but cricket has played such an important role in the socio-political development of Caribbean society that I could not resist...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
June 23, 2023
Last week this column placed focus on the development of Vincy Mas since the change over from the pre-Lenten period to June/July. In commenting on the...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
June 16, 2023
When you begin hearing calypso judging underway, then you know that where Carnival is concerned this year, “we down in de meat”, in other words Vincy ...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
June 9, 2023
From all reports the people of Cuba are having some of the hardest times in their history, certainly since the Revolution of 1959. The harsh economic ...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
June 2, 2023
It has taken me three parts spread over three weeks to reach the conclusion of my narrative on the shocking fatal shooting of Attorney General Cecil R...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
May 26, 2023
Having based my column last week on the events of May 1973, surrounding the murder of Attorney General Rawle, I was challenged last weekend by a gentl...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
May 19, 2023
On a normal Friday night in Kingstown, shots rang out in the quiet neighbourhood of the Fort Charlotte area, a peaceful residential area. It was not l...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
May 12, 2023
Readers of this column who would be surprised to learn that I spent about eight hours last Saturday morning watching – the coronation of Britain’s Kin...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
May 5, 2023
International Workers’ Day, May Day, has passed as any other public holiday in these times, mostly a day for recreation, much needed in many cases, bu...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
April 28, 2023
Last week, a number of activities were held in Trinidad and Tobago, including an International Conference at the St. Augustine campus of the UWI to co...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
April 21, 2023
I began this two-part series last week in a continuing push, especially in the fields of sport, culture and social development, that not enough attent...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
April 14, 2023
This columnist has been virtually crying in the wilderness for the institution of national Halls of Fame, particularly in the fields of sport, culture...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
April 6, 2023
As we come to the end of the Christian Lenten season and welcome the Easter resurrection, permit me to share some reminiscences with you relevant to t...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
March 31, 2023
We have come to the end of another month, but just not “another”. This historic month of March had its own special moments which we will remember, hop...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
March 24, 2023
The month of March is really a very packed one, filled with occasions of national, historical and global significance. It is of course, our month, dur...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
March 17, 2023
From all reports the activities relating to our commemoration of national Heroes Day turned out to be another success, as they ought to be. The import...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
March 10, 2023
“A California task force studying reparations for Black Americans descended from slaves wants the state’s taxpayers to shell out US $360,000 for every...
News
September 12, 2025
THE ASHLEY LASHLEY Foundation, with support from the United States Government, is implementing a local-level project entitled “Community-Driven Strate...
News
September 12, 2025
NON- NATIONALS ARE being hired to fill several jobs in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) simply because locals did not have the required skill sets....
News
September 12, 2025
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER Montgomery Daniel has sought to clear around rumours that have been circulating relating to his health. Speaking on NBC radio on...
News
September 12, 2025
The GOVERNMENT of St Vincent and the Grenadines is set to sign agreements for tourism investment of $1.3 billion on mainland St.Vincent. On Monday, Se...
From the Courts, News
September 12, 2025
A BARROUALLIE MAN will be sentenced next week after pleading guilty to being in illegal possession of a firearm and eight rounds of ammunition. Demron...
