No False Sense of Security this Hurricane Season
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is predicting a “near-normal” hurricane season in 2019, with between two and four major...
04 June 2019
No False Sense of Security this Hurricane Season
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is predicting a “near-normal” hurricane season in 2019, with between two and four major...
31 May 2019
Disability is not Inability, including in Parliament
Today’s issue of SEARCHLIGHT includes several opinions which express revulsion at comments made by a prominent Opposition parliamentarian about the ...
28 May 2019
Ticket sales dwindling? Let’s bring in some muscle
It’s high time that the Carnival Development Corporation (CDC) seriously consider including men in their premier annual competition to choose the na...
24 May 2019
The Focus should be on Electoral Reform, not on Political Grandstanding
There have been several inglorious days in the life of the Parliament of St Vincent and the Grenadines. Last Friday, May 17, marked another sad chapte...
21 May 2019
KPS at 70 – Nurturing and Releasing Peculiar Gems to Impact the World
SEARCHLIGHT joins with the rest of the country in congratulating the Kingstown Preparatory School (KPS) on the attainment of its 70th anniversary of p...
17 May 2019
Informal Settlements, Human Rights and Politics
At the last meeting of the House of Assembly, during Question Time, a matter was raised by a member of the Opposition pertaining to the provision of e...
14 May 2019
The School Based Assessment – time for a review
Our grade six pupils, almost 1800 of them, will write their primary school exit exams (the CPEA) later this week, joining our fifth formers and those ...
10 May 2019
SVG 40 years on — agriculture, sustainable energy initiatives and more
When Montgomery Daniel, parliamentary representative for North Windward addressed the gathering at the official launch of exploratory drilling operati...
07 May 2019
Sex, Gender, Consent and the Law – Their Intersection in Changing Times
How do we accommodate non conforming expressions of sexual and gender identity without resorting to violence? And how can existing laws or new laws co...
03 May 2019
Journalism in Times of Disinformation
Today, May 3, is being celebrated around the world as “World Press Freedom Day”. This year’s theme: “Media for Democracy: Journalism and El...
