A country's legacy is built on the struggles and triumphs of its people and here in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), we have overcome insurmountable challenges to advance toward social and economic progress. March 17, 1797: End of the Carib Wars and banishment of the Garifuna [caption id="attachment 159985" align="aligncenter" width="610"] "Painting by Agostino Brunias (commissioned by Sir William Young), depicting negotiations between British soldiers and Black Caribs, 1773" …
A 44-year-old man fell back into old habits which he had given up for more than a decade and found himself facing a court this week for stealing from his employer. Kish Prince apparently knew his victim, Adolphus Adams of Campden Park very well. Adams had employed him as a labourer at his place in Lowmans Bay. Adams has a storeroom in his business place where he keeps equipment and …
The East Caribbean Group of Companies (ECGC) this week imported its largest ever shipment of grain. And a release from the Campden Park-based company said its all part of their ongoing transformation and the pursuit of plant excellence and commercial agility which forms part of ECGC’s efforts to provide supply reliability and price stability in its markets. The 13,000 metric tonne (MT) capacity vessel, MV SIDER TYRONA anchored at ECGC’s …
A 26 year old employee with Sandals Resorts International is looking forward to a fruitful career with that tourism entity. In fact, Shakeen Antoine, formerly of Rillan Hill and currently residing at Campden Park, was bubbling with enthusiasm when SEARCHLIGHT spoke with her at the Sandals Resorts International job fair at the St. Vincent and the Grenadines School of Hospitality Studies in Diamond on Thursday morning, September 29, 2022. She …