SEARCHLIGHT readers at home and abroad stay glued to our channels for the latest happenings throughout the year. Our team worked diligently to bring you accurate and up-to-date information on these events. The stories stretched across communities, and touched the lives of many Vincentians, some evoking grief, others joy and others leaving many questions unanswered. Below are most read breaking news stories for 2022, according to metrics on the searchlight.vc …
AN EIGHT-HOUR live prayer session wrapped up on Monday evening as the country observed the annual National Day of Prayer. The multi-platform inter-denominational event, held under the theme, “Always Pray and Not Give Up” was attended by church leaders and congregants from across the multi-island nation. In a radio message aired on NBC Radio to open the activity, Minister of Education National Reconciliation and Ecclesiastical Affairs, Curtis King, urged Vincentians …
31-YEAR-OLD PERUVIAN VALE RESIDENT DIED FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED IN A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT. Driver dies after truck crashes in Arnos Vale. The Traffic Department in the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) has opened an investigation into a motor vehicle accident along the Arnos Vale Public Road that resulted in the death of Suraj Bulluck, 31 years of Peruvian Vale.
Police have confirmed the death of Suraj Bacchus who died this afternoon after the box truck he was driving crashed into the Adams building at Arnos Vale. At the time of the accident, there were two other occupants of the truck, both of whom reportedly escaped unhurt. Bacchus, a resident of Peruvian Vale, was transporting sacks of sugar downhill in the direction of the old ET Joshua Airport when the …