Dr. Fraser- Point of View
November 8, 2024
As a young primary school student one of the first things I was told about America is that anyone can become president of that mighty country. If this...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
November 1, 2024
As we reflect on this day, our 45th Year of Independence, there is no better place to start than with Vibrating Scakes 1979 Classic Song. “Independenc...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
October 24, 2024
This paper will reach the readers two days before Independence, so I have decided to shift my focus this week. I listened and watched Scakes’ performa...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
October 18, 2024
THERE HAD BEEN a long struggle to move to Adult Suffrage where each person, man or woman who reached the age of 21 was entitled to vote, as opposed to...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
October 11, 2024
AN announcement in the Government Gazette in 1949 heralded the arrival of Adult Suffrage which had been very much called for especially since the dist...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
October 4, 2024
As we move to the end of another election cycle our people need to be reminded of how hard our ancestors had to fight for the right to vote, so voting...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
September 27, 2024
I did not listen to Chester Connell when he spoke on BOOMFM on Tuesday, August 27 about the state of SVG, but read excerpts from the St. Vincent Times...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
September 20, 2024
My interest in what is happening in Gaza has dwindled as I have begun to pay more attention to the run up to the US presidential and Congressional ele...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
September 13, 2024
We live by the so-called British Westminster system, a system that we acquired from our colonial masters and which we have continued to use post-indep...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
September 6, 2024
I HAVE BEEN trying to make sense of an unusual spate of activities, some of which seem to defy our limitations with skilled personnel, especially in t...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
August 30, 2024
I missed the debate in Parliament on the Spiritual Baptists. I don’t know to what extent George McIntosh and his struggles to have the revocation of t...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
August 23, 2024
Will it result in the passing of the Torch? Will it be a period of Transition? Will the Republicans be given the keys to Make America Great Again? Per...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
August 16, 2024
When Julien Alfred and Thea LaFond representing St. Lucia and Dominica, stood on the podium to receive their Olympic Gold Medals, the flags of their n...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
August 9, 2024
Let me start by first congratulating Handal Roban, who I believe is only 21, for representing this country at the 2024 Paris Olympics. As Shafiqua sai...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
August 1, 2024
The Emancipation Day Mural Monument, as it says, is to act as a reminder that all human beings have “an inherent right to life and liberty”. One hundr...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
July 26, 2024
I HAD JUST STARTED reading Brian Lara: The England Chronicles when I became aware that Carl Hooper and Viv Richards had accused Brian Lara of “gross m...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
July 19, 2024
At the end of my last column, I promised to deal with our response to Beryl’s devastation in part of our state while agreeing to continue with our car...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
July 12, 2024
The past three weeks were something else, a period which for me will long be remembered. We welcomed once more international cricket, however, without...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
June 28, 2024
I should have mentioned last week that Grenada had a representative on that historic 1900 touring team, W. Mignon. He was obviously white since the re...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
June 21, 2024
While We applaud the performance of McCoy in our last World Cup game against Afghanistan, let us remember that we were there from the very beginning. ...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
June 14, 2024
In an earlier column I argued that one of the important unintended contributions of Donald Trump’s presidency is that it will force America to define ...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
June 7, 2024
Sunday, June 2, the 163rd arrival of East Indians to St. Vincent was celebrated with a National Cultural and Education Rally at Calder, organised by t...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
May 31, 2024
When used in politics ‘Silly Season’ refers to the period leading up to elections when frivolous events are highlighted and trivial activities blown u...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
May 24, 2024
Two books written by Dr Nicholette Spring are among books written by Vincentians over the past two years. Growing Up in SVG is written in prose and th...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
May 17, 2024
“What do they want from us? They’re killing us and our children. Shame on them. What shall we do? We’re staying on the streets. This is so unjust. Hav...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
May 10, 2024
We have up to now not understood Haiti. Certainly, we do not act as though we do. The people of the country took control of their land at a difficult ...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
May 3, 2024
May 1, 2024, International Labour Day, also known as May Day, is celebrated around the world on either the first Monday in May or on May 1, whatever d...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
April 26, 2024
Monday, April 22, was the fifth anniversary of the death of John Horne, a man whom I respected and thought very much of. He was a good friend, and I r...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
April 19, 2024
Over the years I have written about what I referred to as “Evil Stalking this Land.” Stories in the media in the last few weeks - “Charred Remains Dis...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
April 12, 2024
Based on feedback I have had from different persons, including those from “beyond the river” I have decided to continue to expand on some issues I had...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
April 5, 2024
I had the privilege of delivering this year’s UWI Global Campus Annual Heritage Month Lecture. It gave me the opportunity to reflect on the process le...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
March 28, 2024
“But it is in his final conclusion that Fraser introduces a specifically Vincentian dimension to the debate. At a time when we are trying to unearth o...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
March 22, 2024
When you write regular columns in the newspapers you are never sure who are your readers. You write hoping to reach as wide a cross section of the Vin...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
March 15, 2024
By chance I came across a reference to a number of articles I did for the News Newspaper when I was ending the “From Whence We Came” series. It was fr...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
March 8, 2024
Based on conversations I had with a few persons I have decided to revisit the issue of the emergence of villages and to look at some names, including ...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
March 1, 2024
Reports on the capture of three escaped Grenadian prisoners and the suspected murder of the owners of a catamaran yacht that was found in SVG created ...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
February 23, 2024
As we move into the month of March, the month in which we celebrate our lone national hero, I am back on my favourite topic. Although I have my candid...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
February 16, 2024
My column this week was to be about something else, but as I sat before my computer, I got news about a murder in Camden Park. At this moment there ap...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
February 9, 2024
I believe it was Gordon Lewis, author of the GROWTH OF THE MODERN WEST INDIES who referred to the issue of “the darkened theatre audience”. Our people...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
February 2, 2024
If we forgot what Cricket means to the West Indies, the reaction across the region would have settled that. To see Carl Hooper and Brian Lara crying i...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
January 26, 2024
When you look at the American television networks you are viewing what is really a tragicomedy. Very much of it is comical especially when they are in...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
January 19, 2024
Gaza continues to be on my mind. It is totally disgusting that Israel’s daily bombardment on northern and southern Gaza and searches and arrests on th...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
January 12, 2024
I have often said about our country that there is never a dull moment. When it is not one thing it is another and so it goes. This week I make some pr...
News
September 12, 2025
THE ASHLEY LASHLEY Foundation, with support from the United States Government, is implementing a local-level project entitled “Community-Driven Strate...
News
September 12, 2025
NON- NATIONALS ARE being hired to fill several jobs in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) simply because locals did not have the required skill sets....
News
September 12, 2025
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER Montgomery Daniel has sought to clear around rumours that have been circulating relating to his health. Speaking on NBC radio on...
News
September 12, 2025
The GOVERNMENT of St Vincent and the Grenadines is set to sign agreements for tourism investment of $1.3 billion on mainland St.Vincent. On Monday, Se...
From the Courts, News
September 12, 2025
A BARROUALLIE MAN will be sentenced next week after pleading guilty to being in illegal possession of a firearm and eight rounds of ammunition. Demron...
