International Women’s Day, education and abuse of our girls
08.MAR.11Today is International Womenâs Day, the 100th anniversary of the event which was first held on March 19, 1911, in Germany, as a socialis...
08 March 2011
International Women’s Day, education and abuse of our girls
08.MAR.11Today is International Womenâs Day, the 100th anniversary of the event which was first held on March 19, 1911, in Germany, as a socialis...
04 March 2011
National Heritage Month – A Work in Progress?
04.MAR.11The month of March, an historic one in Vincentian life, is with us once more. A month-long programme of activities has been organised both fo...
01 March 2011
Caricom: Less talk, more action
01.MAR.11Over the last weekend, CARICOM Heads of State and Government concluded another Summit in Grenada. As has become customary, Prime Minister Gon...
25 February 2011
We need to be prepared
25.FEB.11If ever the cricketers of New Zealand needed a further incentive to try to win the World Cup, the devastation by the earthquake which hit tha...
22 February 2011
We need to protect our children
22.FEB.11It is interesting to note the different reactions we have had from the society to two sets of news which were made public last week. Tongues ...
18 February 2011
OECS Economic Union on road
18.FEB.11SEARCHLIGHT welcomes the initiative taken by the government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines through the Regional Integration and Diaspora U...
15 February 2011
Violent crime – A worrying factor
15.FEB.11Time and again, we have had to make editorial comment on the level of crime in St. Vincent and the Grenadines and the Caribbean in general. W...
11 February 2011
Stand on our own two feet
11.FEB.11If we, the former colonies of Britain in the Caribbean, didnât realise before that we have overstayed our welcome as dependents of the s...
08 February 2011
Listening, at last?
08.FEB.11In his address to the nation following the narrow election victory of the Unity Labour Party (ULP), Prime Minister Gonsalves made a solemn pl...
04 February 2011
Time for sober heads
04.FEB.11St. Vincent and the Grenadines seems to be moving along a dangerous path. The protests by the Opposition outside Parliament last Friday over ...
