23 April 2010
Keep fight against crime  as development strategy

Keep fight against crime as development strategy


23.APR.10LAST month it was announced that regional Heads of Government were to meet in Port of Spain in mid-April in a special Summit on crime in the ...
16 April 2010
Less condemnation  and more attention  for our youths

Less condemnation and more attention for our youths


16.APR.10There has been huge public outcry about a recently held schools’ dance off and cheerleading competition.The outcry followed the broadcas...
09 April 2010
Health and personal responsibility

Health and personal responsibility


09.APR.10On Wednesday of this week Vincentians joined the rest of the world in observing World Health Day. The Ministry of Health and the Environment ...
01 April 2010
Good Friday is not the end of the story

Good Friday is not the end of the story


01.APR.10Today’s world is filled with such tragedy.Stories abound, even here in little St. Vincent and the Grenadines, of persons who have lost a...
26 March 2010
9th Anniversary- Celebration or sober self-reflection?

9th Anniversary- Celebration or sober self-reflection?


26.MAR.10The governing Unity Labour Party (ULP) will this Sunday celebrate the 9th anniversary of its accession to office with the holding of a mass r...
19 March 2010
Social networks  and Vincentian society

Social networks and Vincentian society


19.MAR.10This weekend, 250 Editors and Publishers who are members of the Inter American Press Association will meet in Aruba for its Mid-Year meeting....
12 March 2010
Nusing shortages  have wider implications

Nusing shortages have wider implications


12.MAR.10IN our last issue, SEARCHLIGHT carried a story based on a recent World Bank study on the availability of nurses in the English-speaking Carib...
05 March 2010
Political rights  of women

Political rights of women


05.MAR.10The United Nations Declaration of Human Rights states “the will of the people shall be the basis of authority of the government”. H...
26 February 2010
Drought, bush fires and environmental consciousness

Drought, bush fires and environmental consciousness


26.FEB.10The dry season is well and truly with us, and throughout the Caribbean the complaint is the same - scarcity or lack of water. The spreading d...
19 February 2010
A remarkable man

A remarkable man


19.FEB.10Last week the people of the world commemorated the 20th anniversary of one of the great moments of history, the release from 27 years of capt...