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...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
December 9, 2022
The January 6 insurrection in the US which appeared to have been an aborted coup attempt had been the dominant political story of the year, to be foll...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
December 2, 2022
This year’s Independence lecture was on education and was delivered by Vincentian Professor Joel Warrican, Director of the School of Education at Cave...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
November 25, 2022
Searchlight’s editorial of November 11, 2022 focused on what it captioned “The Dominica Snap General Elections”. It was concerned about aspects of the...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
November 18, 2022
So, the US is not as ‘trumpised’ as I thought! Instead, President Trump is trying to maintain some relevance. Relevance might not be the correct word ...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
November 11, 2022
The year 1979 began with the knowledge that the date originally selected for Independence was no longer on. 1979 however turned out to be one hell of ...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
November 4, 2022
The anniversary of Independence is not usually a pleasant time for me. For many Vincentians it is a fashion parade as they create outfits with the col...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
October 28, 2022
When many of us reflect on our 43 years of ‘Independence’ we point to a number of material things; more cars and mini vans on the roads, better houses...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
October 21, 2022
Since the declaration of October as the month of Independence, little attention has been paid to the St. Vincent Riots of October 21 & 22, 1935. The u...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
October 14, 2022
Alston BECKET Cyrus dubbed the ABC of calypso has given this country an Independence gift, really a reminder of the height to which its sons and daugh...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
October 7, 2022
I wrote this article on Wednesday, October 5, a day recognised annually as World Teachers Day when we are asked to honour and appreciate the contribut...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
September 30, 2022
Last week I listened to an interview with the President of the Jamaica Netball Association and part of the discussion involved the state of netball in...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
September 23, 2022
The Queen is Dead: Long live the King! Is it that British royalty will live on, trying to preserve tradition while making slight concessions to the ch...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
September 16, 2022
On June 11, 2021, my newspaper column was captioned “Evil Stalks this Land”. I was then focusing on natural disasters and ones that were man made. At ...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
September 9, 2022
Let me first congratulate Alston BECKET Cyrus on being one of 16 honorary graduands to be awarded at the graduation ceremonies at the University of th...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
September 2, 2022
Wednesday, 17th August was the anniversary of the birth of one of Jamaica’s national heroes, Marcus Mosiah Garvey who was born at St. Ann’s Bay on the...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
August 26, 2022
These are indeed difficult times. SVG not only had to put up with the COVID-19 epidemic, but we often allowed politics to get into the way of our unde...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
August 19, 2022
Last week I commented on the National Heroes issue and suggested that of four nominees, the name Milton Cato should be eliminated. And I gave my reaso...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
August 12, 2022
It has been a few years now that the National Heroes Day Committee had submitted to Cabinet four names of persons to be considered for national hero s...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
August 5, 2022
At this time when we have just commemorated another Emancipation Day my thoughts are on Oscar Allen. Before he went to the hospital where he spent his...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
July 29, 2022
I begin my column this week with a brief tribute to Nigel Greaves whose sudden death on July 17, at age 63, sent shock waves throughout the nation. Th...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
July 22, 2022
The SVG UWI Open Campus, last Tuesday and Wednesday held its Country Conference on the theme “Ancestry and Heritage- The Vincentian Identity and Herit...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
July 15, 2022
In my column last week, I stated that I had heard no reason given to explain why Zion I’s calypso “Hypocrites” was not shown to those persons who paid...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
July 8, 2022
Vincymas is over so I guess now is the time for post-mortems, reviews, bad talk and getting rid of any steam left. Seriously, much will be said about ...
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October 31, 2025
New Democratic Party(NDP) candidate, Shevern John, has outlined numerous plans for the constituency of North Windward which she is contesting in the u...
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October 31, 2025
The candidate of the New Democratic Party (NDP) for the West St George Constituency, Laverne Gibson-Velox claims that St Vincent and the Grenadines is...
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October 31, 2025
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A man from Chauncey and Kingstown who broke into His Majesty’s Prison and was trapped inside for approximately two hours after he was unable to escape...
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October 31, 2025
Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has indicated the need for a serious conversation with the developers in the north of Canouan, as things are not goi...
