Customs Officer Uriah Lyttle with his song ‘Customs Seize’, won the finals of the 2023 ‘Bring Your Song and Come’ competition of the National Nine Mornings Festival on Sunday, December 24, 2023. The song competition, which forms part of the annual Nine Mornings Festival held at Heritage Square sees competitors singing compositions either written by them or a friend, and this year, the top five finishers shared EC$5,000 among them …
Over 70 volunteers and four weeks of hard work has led to the Belair community taking the bragging rights in the 2023 Best Village competition. The competition returned this year as part of the Independence celebrations after a near two-decade absence. At the launch of the Independence activities, representatives of the Carnival Development Corporation (CDC) said the reintroduction of the competition was done with the aim of fostering community spirit and …
Since it was announced on Christmas Eve that Rillan Hill resident, Jimmy Samuel was this year’s national lighting up champion, Vincentians have been travelling from various communities to see “the winning house”. “Everybody come and say they feel happy. Last night some people say they come to see the winning house and they [were] quite happy,” Samuel told SEARCHLIGHT on Tuesday via telephone. The 81-year-old edged out Cane End resident, …
Since it was announced on Christmas Eve that Rillan Hill resident, Jimmy Samuel was this year’s national lighting up champion, Vincentians have been travelling from various communities to see “the winning house”. “Everybody come and say they feel happy. Last night some people say they come to see the winning house and they [were] quite happy,” Samuel told SEARCHLIGHT on Tuesday via telephone. The 81-year-old edged out Cane End resident, …