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...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
September 15, 2023
The big question: Is the US now one of those ‘shithole’ countries that then President Trump talked about? Is Trump the main architect behind it? Long ...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
September 8, 2023
This is an excellent work, beautifully written and easy to read. It commanded my attention in the way it brought the characters to life and captured m...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
September 1, 2023
Quite often when the issue of emancipation is being discussed we hear the words “emancipate yourself from mental slavery”. Most people associate them ...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
August 25, 2023
Last Thursday, August 17 was the birthday of Marcus Garvey and given the fact that we are into Emancipation Month I had planned to look at Garvey in t...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
August 18, 2023
Although I have frequently touched on the role of the enslaved in their emancipation, I believe it is a story that needs to be repeated. For quite a l...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
August 11, 2023
August 1 this year might be remembered more for the CARICOM Song and Dance festivity than for any reminiscence on Emancipation even though there were ...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
August 4, 2023
Last Monday marked one hundred and eighty five years since our ancestors were freed through their own struggles and through circumstances that made th...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
July 28, 2023
In last week’s column I stated that in any forward movement our people must not be left behind. They must be more than hewers of wood and drawers of w...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
July 21, 2023
2023 Carnival is now over. Well perhaps not entirely, for winners of the different shows are awaiting their prizes so that they can close their chapte...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
July 14, 2023
On the weekend, the news that the Vincy Jewels received a bronze medal in Netball at the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) games by defeating the B...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
July 7, 2023
Among the many issues/matters being talked about at this carnival time is one that has resurfaced and was carried in the midweek issue of the SEARCHLI...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
June 30, 2023
Tonight, 30 June, the Calypso Semi-Finals kicks off the official period of Carnival 2023, which we have dubbed the ‘hottest carnival in the Caribbean’...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
June 23, 2023
Few people today could honestly state that they are satisfied with the way things are going in this country, even though they might disagree on the ca...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
June 16, 2023
I was asked to make a brief presentation at the launching of David Ricardo Nedd’s book from Drought to Providence. David Ricardo Nedd aka “Ricky”, is ...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
June 9, 2023
The Calypso’s emergence from the cane fields and slave yards to the tents and stages of today would have involved it in many controversies. We remembe...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
June 2, 2023
I made the point last week that following the emancipation of enslaved Africans the issue of immigration was the focus of attention for planters and c...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
May 26, 2023
June 1, 2023, will be one hundred and sixty two years since the first East Indians arrived in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. What I will attempt to d...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
May 19, 2023
Before I get to the topic, I intend to raise today I want to congratulate the SVG Teachers Credit Union on its 45th anniversary. I do so because I was...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
May 12, 2023
Last Saturday, and in fact for most of the weekend, global attention was focused on the glamour, military spectacle, and elaborate extravagance of the...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
May 5, 2023
The first day of May, recognized internationally as Labour Day, should cause us to do some serious reflection on our society and the condition of our ...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
April 28, 2023
One of the major tasks facing our people once we had broken the colonial bonds and declared what was in fact “Flag Independence” was to begin the proc...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
April 21, 2023
I had for a long time hoped for a regional discussion on crime because it has been so rampant in the region, granted, in some countries more than othe...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
(continued from last week)
April 14, 2023
As I look back on the reviews I wrote on his books, the notes I took and the many conversations we had I realize more than ever the many sides of the ...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
April 6, 2023
In reviewing Dr Cyrus’ “A CLINICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL ATLAS: The Records of a Surgeon in St. Vincent, The West Indies”, Professor Henry Fraser of the Ba...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
March 31, 2023
In the early hours of last Friday I received news of the death of Dr Cecil Cyrus while still in Canada. On October 28, 2022, I reflected on two presen...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
March 24, 2023
I had recently written about my experiences with the cold in Canada. I thought that was something of the past, but here am I writing in the cold. Not ...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
March 17, 2023
The past ten days have been quite eventful with the International Garifuna Conference preceding the March 14 holiday and the judgement handed down in ...
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...
