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August 24, 2022
Shanyah Peters, Miss FLOW in the Miss SVG 2022 pageant has hopes of helping her community create and maintain a healthy lifestyle and environment. He...
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August 24, 2022
Jada Ross, Miss Lotto has committed herself to the ambitious task of performing “1000 Acts of Kindness” in one week. This venture is the one Ross, a ...
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August 24, 2022
Tanique Swift, Miss Massy Stores Ltd is hoping to bring back life, energy and vigour to the elderly in her community through her community service p...
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August 20, 2022
While researchers predict that climate change will have an adverse effect on most staple crops, including rice, corn and soybeans, a new Northwestern ...
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August 4, 2022
Twelve Vincentian students are now on the Isle of Man where they are participating in the inaugural session of the 'Isle of Man – St Vincent and the G...
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July 31, 2022
Enslaved people on the island of St Vincent received "full emancipation" on August 1, 1838, four years after they had received "partial freedom" with ...
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July 29, 2022
Tears rolled silently from the eyes of several persons present at the Kingstown Cemetery on Tuesday, where Nigel Greaves was laid in his final resting...
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July 29, 2022
by Reuben M John on July 26, 2022, St. George’s Cathedral Church, Kingstown On behalf of myself, my family, BDO Eastern Caribbean as well as the rest ...
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July 29, 2022
The Rotary Club of St Vincent extends heartfelt condolences to the Greaves family and the staff of the CK Greaves Group on the passing of Mr Nigel Gre...
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July 22, 2022
Listen for alerts from the Meteorological Office on the radio or check for them online. There are two kinds of alerts: A hurricane watch means hurrica...
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July 22, 2022
Always listen to authorities regarding whether you should evacuate or stay at home. If a hurricane is coming, you may hear an order from authorities t...
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July 22, 2022
Avoid loose or dangling power lines and report them to VINLEC. Close and board up windows and glass sliding doors. Create a family WhatsApp group to f...
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July 12, 2022
By Kayla Simas Staten Island Advance, NY AFTER A 9-year-old girl from Staten Island was denied entry inside a store for not wearing a surgical mask, s...
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July 1, 2022
This April, 2022 marked the 6th anniversary of the incorporation of the AIA Inc (Argyle International Airport) and my acceptance of the offer to becom...
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June 28, 2022
Students at six Primary Schools in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) have begun harvesting produce from new vegetable gardens which have been establ...
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May 31, 2022
St Vincent and the Grenadines and the Republic of Cuba are celebrating 30 years of the establishing of diplomatic relationships this month. In honour ...
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May 27, 2022
ON TUESDAY 24 May 2022, the St Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers Co-Operative Credit Union Ltd celebrated its 44th anniversary in extraordinary fash...
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May 20, 2022
By Heidi Badenock SILENCE DOES not amount to consent, agreement, or acceptance under the law, but in St. Vincent and the Grenadines the deafening sile...
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May 13, 2022
Submitted by the Embassy of Taiwan to SVG Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 510 million confirmed cases and more than 6.25 million death...
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March 12, 2022
Vincentians from all over, and all walks of life, enjoy the seasonal delicacy known as tri tri. When they are in season, many persons earn a living by...
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March 11, 2022
As women in St Vincent and the Grendadines (SVG) joined others globally to celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8, SEARCHLIGHT has taken time ...
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March 8, 2022
BRENFORD FINDLAY a 61 year old retired animal health assistant of Kearton, Barrouallie has training and experience in plant cultivation. And, like mos...
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March 4, 2022
Russia invaded neighbouring Ukraine on February 24, 2022, and has faced widespread international condemnation at an emergency meeting of the UN Genera...
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March 4, 2022
by Melissa Smith Sand at the bottom of the ocean can transmit stony coral tissue loss disease, which has killed millions of coral colonies, according ...
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March 1, 2022
by Renwick Rose GLOWING TRIBUTES are flowing from all over the world to the great West Indies spin bowler of the epic era of the 1950s, Sonny Ramadin ...
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February 22, 2022
Carnival lovers, health officials and governments throughout the Caribbean are anxiously following the experiment of Trinidad and Tobago (T&T),to stag...
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January 28, 2022
Tribute by Sr. Martha Sebastien - Principal The Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny began a legacy and in 1941, Sr Berchmans Wilson launched out into the de...
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January 28, 2022
Tribute to our Alma Mater by Shanda Sandy-Boyea and Wendy Bynoe We had no idea what was in store for us when we left our families and familiar environ...
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January 28, 2022
Teacher’s Tribute by Ronda Sutherland St Joseph’s Convent, Kingstown (SJCK), has been my home for the past 21 years. It is safe to say that I have spe...
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January 28, 2022
TRIBUTE to St Joseph’s Convent Kingstown – Calma Balcombe The year 2022 is a significant milestone in the history of our Alma Mater, St Joseph’s Conve...
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January 28, 2022
Tribute by Headgirl – Alysha CornwalL Each year we celebrate the School’s anniversary since its establishment on January 2nd 1947. Today, we are proud...
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December 29, 2021
by Janielle Browne First place winner in 2021 H. Nigel Thomas / UWI Open Campus Fiction Competition By the time my brother was fourteen, he had had hi...
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December 29, 2021
by Afreeca Daniel First place winner in the 2021 Ellsworth “Shake” Keane / UWI Open Campus Poetry Competition Mango Seasons Were Like Black Women With...
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December 29, 2021
by Leron France Second place winner in the 2021 Ellsworth “Shake” Keane / UWI Open Campus Poetry Competition DAYSTAR God’s creativity never ceases to ...
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December 29, 2021
by Shanique Browne Second place winner in 2021 H. Nigel Thomas / UWI Open Campus Fiction Competition Flo Samuel was shelling peas on her veranda when ...
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December 29, 2021
by-: Janielle Browne Third place winner in the 2021 Ellsworth “Shake” Keane / UWI Open Campus Poetry Competition Cinder I wish I could say something c...
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December 29, 2021
by Kathy Badenock Third place winner in 2021 H. Nigel Thomas / UWI Open Campus Fiction Competition “Not tonight. Not tonight”. She forced herself to r...
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December 10, 2021
by Anne Wafula Strike, MBE Commonwealth Champion for Equality in Sport Is it possible to eradicate discrimination in sport? If we rewind a few months ...
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November 9, 2021
IN OCTOBER, the Security Council conducted most agenda items in-person, while a few items remained virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Our delegatio...
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October 12, 2021
WORLD MENTAL Health Day is observed annually on October 10; the following message to mark the day was issued by the United Nations Information Centre ...
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October 9, 2021
This weekend, and every weekend for the rest of October, Searchlight will take Vincentians on a trip back in time to eight communities around the coun...
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October 8, 2021
(Statement from SVG/Cuba Friendship Society) On Wednesday of this week, the peoples of Cuba, Guyana, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago in particular, a...
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October 1, 2021
In the month of September, the Security Council conducted most of its work tin-person, while a few agenda remained virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemi...
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June 27, 2025
In any school setting, a score of five out of ten would be considered below average but for the Sugar Mill Academy, who copped five out of the top ten...
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June 27, 2025
(Korey Micah Lavia, Lowman’s Leeward Anglican School) While Kenroy has been away providing for his family as a seaman, his wife Venola, who works as a...
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June 27, 2025
(Adrina Ledger, Sugar Mill Academy ) Aspiring lawyer with a green thumb, Adrina Ledger, has emerged as the top girl in the country. She told SEARCHLIG...
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June 27, 2025
(Mason Rayshaud Williams, New Grounds Primary School) When Mason Rayshaud Williams, a student of the New Grounds Primary School, learnt about his resu...
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June 27, 2025
(Raffique Latchman, Sion Hill Government School ) Science and Mathematics lover, Raffique Latchman, can brag of being the only student in St Vincent a...
