Agricultural workers to be allowed Caricom Freedom To Work
SEARCHLIGHT welcomes last week’s announcement by Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Mottley that agricultural workers may soon become eligible to move acr...
14 September 2018
Agricultural workers to be allowed Caricom Freedom To Work
SEARCHLIGHT welcomes last week’s announcement by Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Mottley that agricultural workers may soon become eligible to move acr...
11 September 2018
A promise kept and a signal sent
The Government of St Vincent and the Grenadines last Friday fulfilled a promise to students of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Community College (SV...
07 September 2018
The Peace Corps Controversy: More questions than answers
The controversial withdrawal of 23 United States Peace Corps volunteers from St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) in the aftermath of the alleged physi...
04 September 2018
Does the Noise Act apply to churches?
A story carried on page 15 of the August 31 edition of the SEARCHLIGHT relating to the infringement on the rights of a resident of Choppins to freedom...
31 August 2018
What are we feeding our children’s minds?
Anyone doing even a cursory analysis of the spike in crime over the last month or so would have been hard-pressed to miss that most of those convicted...
28 August 2018
Sexual abuse and the cover provided by the Church
The latest exposures in Philadelphia, USA of sex offences by members of the clergy and the cover-up of such crimes by the hierarchy of the Roman Catho...
24 August 2018
Shut down the strip of tears
In Rose Place at the very end of Bay Street there is a strip of land of no more than 18 yards that is separated by two gutters. The first gutter marks...
21 August 2018
Chords of excellence in our schools
Last week, Vincentian students taking external exams at the secondary and tertiary levels received their grades. And once again, as we have done in pr...
17 August 2018
The vulnerability of small island states exposed yet again
Another heated debate has broken out in the Caribbean over the conflicting interests of CARICOM states in attracting foreign investment to their respe...
14 August 2018
Beyond the road cleaning exercise
The biannual community clean-up, organized by the state agency Roads, Bridges and General Services Authority (BRAGSA), is taking place with emphasis o...
