Violence in our politics must never be tolerated

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LAST THURSDAY, all Vincentians should have been horrified at the image of the Prime Minister with his shirt soaking with blood because of the stone t...

Collective safety versus individual liberty

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THE GOVERNMENT OF St Vincent and the Grenadines is poised to make an amendment to our public health laws which in the words of the Prime Minister, wo...

St Lucia – A new day?

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SEARCHLIGHT extends its congratulations to the St Lucia Labour Party (SLP) which romped to an impressive victory in Monday’s general elections in th...

Getting our children safely back to school

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Over the last few weeks, after many months of online classes, school age children in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) have been returning to schoo...

Cuba needs help: The time is now

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The street protests which occurred across several cities of our Caribbean sister state of Cuba two weekends ago sent a powerful message to the world a...

Racism and Sport – Endemic?

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THERE IS A popular international campaign purporting to “get rid of racism in sports”, approved by most if not all international sporting organisa...

Let prudence be the better part of valour

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WHEN HEALTH AUTHORITIES in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) announced a few weeks ago that home quarantine had been introduced as an option for fu...

Judicious use of information in the age of social media

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THE TRINIDADIAN paramilitary police and the Special Services Unit (SSU) of the Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force wear different unifor...

Moving forward with rebuilding and resettlement

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The old adage: “When it rains, it pours”, can literally be applied to St Vincent and the Grenadines of the present time. As if we don’t have eno...

Are the police judge, jury and executioner?

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HAS THE Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF), or at least elements within it, assumed the role of judge, jury and executioner wh...