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 ...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
March 10, 2023
It appears to me that International Women’s Day is not given the kind of treatment that it had in the past, certainly in the period after 1975. The Un...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
March 3, 2023
The sound of Brother Ebony’s ‘Bandits’ drove me to the television set where I listened to the Rt. Reverend Leopold Friday, Anglican Bishop of the Wind...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
February 24, 2023
I had in the past been somewhat ambivalent about our celebration of Black History Month. Our history is about West Indian people, largely black people...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
February 17, 2023
I found out that there was a cricket team affiliated with the university that played in a regional competition in southwestern Ontario. I went one day...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
February 10, 2023
My first year was spent at Medway Hall, one of the campus residences. I was the only black student. Sometime, in late September, I believe, a dance wa...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
February 3, 2023
TWO WEEKS AGO when I was doing some reminiscing on the anniversary of my birthday, I ended by saying that my encounter with winter was not a pleasant ...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
January 27, 2023
Next Wednesday will be the first day of February, a month in which following the US we celebrate Black History. At least that is what we claim to be d...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
January 20, 2023
Today, Wednesday, is the day I normally write my column for the newspaper. It happens also to be my birthday, a day I had hoped to spend relaxing. Wri...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
January 13, 2023
On January 7, 1948, seventy five years ago the University College of the West Indies admitted 33 medical students to its single campus, housed on the ...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
January 6, 2023
The tributes and reflections about Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, more commonly known as Pele, on news of his passing, were truly astounding, an acknowl...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
December 30, 2022
As I was preparing to write this column, I received news of the death of one of my favourite calypsonians from Trinidad, Leroy Calliste, the “Black St...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
December 23, 2022
On Tuesday I was given the privilege to share some of my reflections and research on cricket in SVG as keynote speaker at the Annual Awards Gala Dinne...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
December 16, 2022
We are now into what we consider the Christmas Season, although as I have said on numerous occasions, it is a season when we pay little attention to w...
News
June 13, 2025
The Carnival Development Corporation (CDC) invites managers, producers, artistes and members of the public to the 2025 Soca Monarch Preliminaries. The...
News
June 13, 2025
Chevonne Stewart was formally introduced last Sunday, June 8, 2025, as the person the Unity Labour Party (ULP) intends to be its candidate for the Sou...
News
June 13, 2025
The Carnival Development Corporation (CDC) is taking significant steps to ensure that Victoria Park, the main carnival venue, is accessible to everyon...
News
June 13, 2025
Local calypsonians are gearing up to bring their best game as the preliminary judging round has officially begun. This year is a big year for the frat...
News
June 13, 2025
St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) has emerged as the top-performing Caribbean destination for growth in tourism arrivals from the United States (US)...
