Royal need for renovations at the Girls’ High School
As we went to press last night, public servants and private contractors were still trying to bring to a state of readiness, different sites around the...
19 March 2019
Royal need for renovations at the Girls’ High School
As we went to press last night, public servants and private contractors were still trying to bring to a state of readiness, different sites around the...
15 March 2019
Heroes come in many different forms
By the time this edition of SEARCHLIGHT is published, another National Heroes’ Day would have come and gone, most likely without the naming of anoth...
08 March 2019
Skinny’s ‘Famalay’ – an achievement of the highest order
Vincentians at home and abroad are still celebrating the declaration by the Trinbago United Calypsonian’s Organization that “Famalay”, a song wr...
05 March 2019
Water conservation and bush fires
The dry season is already affecting river flows at all of the major water catchments on the mainland, with the worst affected being the Montreal sourc...
01 March 2019
Election Petitions Point to Electoral Reform
The more than three-year long legal process looking into allegations of serious irregularities in the December 2015 general elections not only awaits ...
26 February 2019
The powerful influence of our performing artistes
There is a lot to learn from the Tuesday, February 19 filming of the music video of Gamal ‘Skinny Fabulous’ Doyle in Kingstown. On that day, ou...
22 February 2019
Public education and training of electoral officials clearly deficient
The judge in the elections petitions matter has promised a decision on March 21, but even without that judgement, at least one thing cannot be dispute...
19 February 2019
Prisoners are more than the crimes they commit
The rate of recidivism at Her Majesty’s Prisons (HMP) was given at 62 per cent by Superintendent of Prisons Brenton Charles at the close of the crim...
15 February 2019
A broader approach needed
In the presentation of the 2019 Budget, finance minister Camillo Gonsalves announced an initiative on the part of his government to celebrate the 40th...
12 February 2019
Criminal deportees, individual rights and the protection of society
The rights of individuals end where the rights of other members of society begin. Last Sunday, Searchlight published on our website, a story about ...
