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...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
January 5, 2024
Like most Vincentians, I believe, I welcome the emergence of the New Year 2024. 2023 had been one of our worst years for a long time. The 55 murders r...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
December 29, 2023
Every year around this time I am reminded of a classic message to his Australian parliamentary colleagues in 2019 by the Honourable David Templeman, t...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
December 22, 2023
In the Christian world Christians and others who are not necessarily Christians celebrate this season as one of peace, love, happiness, and goodwill. ...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
December 15, 2023
By the time this paper reaches the streets, a meeting held between the Presidents of Guyana and Venezuela, with other CARICOM heads, and representativ...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
December 8, 2023
I said War but this is not war. It is the naked slaughter of civilians, over 16,000 Palestinians killed, among them over 6,600 children. We must not f...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
December 1, 2023
We in SVG seem to be making headlines for the wrong reasons. Over the past weeks it had to do with our breaking another record with the number of homi...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
November 24, 2023
I concluded my article last week on the Israel-Hamas War by asking when will it all end? Since then, something else has happened to which I apply that...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
November 17, 2023
The ghastly images from Gaza continue to command our attention on our TV screens or on whatever other media device we use. The whole scene is absolute...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
November 10, 2023
In my last column I noted that we were being fed the Israeli narrative by the mainstream media. The narrative started with the Hamas attack on October...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
November 3, 2023
Persons who have been following the Israel/Hamas war since October 7 would certainly have been disgusted and sickened by the images that amount to a c...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
October 26, 2023
I continue from where I left off on 13th October- “The Other Side of Independence”. Tomorrow we will all be Vincy to our bones. Our national colours w...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
October 20, 2023
The Headmaster, The St. Vincent Grammar School, Kingstown. 15th November 1976, Dear Sir, We the undersigned teachers of the General Paper would like t...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
October 13, 2023
We are about two weeks from the 44th anniversary of our Independence and we are preparing to celebrate it in real Vincy style. True enough, we are no ...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
October 6, 2023
Following the preliminaries of the Lions South Public Speaking Competition, two videos were circulated on Facebook featuring two of the Impromptu pres...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
September 29, 2023
Reflecting on the riots and disturbances of the 1930s, I had written elsewhere (The 1935 Riots in St Vincent) “The disturbances of the 1930s in the Ca...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
September 22, 2023
In another nine days it will be October when we will on the 27th celebrate our 44th year of Independence. We have paid little attention to an importan...
News
April 2, 2026
THE DEPARTMENT OF Culture, in collaboration with the Peace Memorial Hall, officially unveiled the first ever large-scale sculptural mural in St.Vincen...
News
April 2, 2026
PRIME MINISTER, Dr. Godwin Friday, has issued a statement addressing a series of recent incidents of violence, public disorder, and growing concerns a...
News
April 2, 2026
UN SECRETARY-GENERAL Antonio Guterres, has strongly condemned an incident that led to the killing of two Indonesian peacekeepers of the United Nations...
News
April 2, 2026
THE NATIONAL Society of Persons with Disabilities (NSPD) in St.Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) held its annual Melanie McKenzie Educational and Medic...
News
April 2, 2026
SIX SECTIONS, ALL representing some aspects of the way Vincentians live, will be turned into costumes when the Lynx Mas Band makes it presentation for...
