Searchlight discharged its duty fully and responsibly

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JOURNALISM’S FIRST OBLIGATION is to the truth. Unfortunately, the truth is sometimes uncomfortable and inconvenient. When last Sunday, we publis...

Get serious about national honours

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Three months of the year are of particular significance to Vincentians. They are March, now recognized as national Heroes Month, August – the month ...

Resilience in times of disaster

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SEARCHLIGHT wishes to offer our sincere compliments to the Government, the National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) and all those involved in...

Breast cancer prevention and cure should be everyone’s business

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Over the weekend, people across the Caribbean donned pink shirts and walked and ran to raise awareness for Breast Cancer. There was a healthy turn...

In the company of criminals

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HEREIN LIES a fundamental truth of crime in St Vincent and the Grenadines: far too many of us have become acclimatised to the presence of crime and vi...

Lessons from the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings

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Millions of people around the world, including many here in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) have been glued to their television sets, mobile devic...

The Cosby Conviction – No tolerance of abuse

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In what is yet another sad chapter in the ongoing saga of the rise and fall of prominent Black achievers, the famed African-American comedian, actor a...

Public squabbling unbecoming and counter productive

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The public squabbling between Sir James Mitchell and Mr Arnhim Eustace which broke out last week, for the second time in five years, is unbecoming of ...

Youthful offenders – compassion, second chances and reform

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With the focus in our society on the wave of violent crime, robbery and murder, it is understandable that minor offences sometimes slip under the rada...

New technology and policing

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The Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) can attest to the utility of new technology in solving crime. In recent months, police o...