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Trade union leaders plan to converge on the Financial Complex at 10am to deliver a letter to the Minister of Finance, Colm Imbert.

THE EDITOR: I am wondering if the mayor of Port of Spain is still on the job or if he stayed back in Toco for fun and games while parking madness obtains in the capital city. Maybe he has thrown his hands in the air in despair. As you drive along Independence Square you have

Editor, I felt compelled to write this article based on a recent conversation I had with a young Vincentian national, age 25, who visited the New Democratic Party Headquarters. The individual didn’t recognize two photos that are on display on the walls depicting this country’s second Prime Minister Sir James Fitz- Allen Mitchell. The photos are two of Sir James in his youthful age, and unfortunately, there is no name …

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General Secretary of the National Workers Movement (NWM) Noel Jackson is of the view that while persons have the right to protest if they feel wronged, they must not do it in a way that they become “wild cats”. Jackson made the comment on Wednesday as a guest on OMG in the Morning, a radio programme hosted by Dwight “Bing” Joseph on BOOM FM 106.9. He was making reference to …

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Dozens of protestors lined the space at the front of the Financial Complex on Bay Street yesterday as a show of displeasure at the Government’s response to the court ruling on the vaccine mandate case. The protesters, comprising teachers, nurses, former policemen and politicians, among others, were there to protest the government’s decision to apply for a stay of execution of the order of the High Court which said that …

Meanwhile, president of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers Union (SVGTU), Oswald Robinson told SEARCHLIGHT that the union is prepared to hit the streets in protest if the government does not comply with the ruling of the court.

Three prisoners will be allowed to attend the funerals of their relatives who died in a tragic accident on Sunday September 11 at Old Sandy Bay. The deceased men are all from the community of Clare Valley and Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves visited their grieving families on Tuesday September 13. Gonsalves said while meeting with the families in Clare Valley, he learnt that three persons who are related to …

Residents of West Kingstown were gathered this afternoon outside the Financial Complex in Kingstown to collect ATM cards through which they will receive payment for road cleaning work done earlier this month. At about 5:30 pm, SEARCHLIGHT observed about three dozen persons standing outside the gates of the government building on Bay Street. The programme, which began on August 9, came to an end on August 19 and employed approximately …