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 ...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
July 1, 2022
It was good of the CDC to remind us that we are still in the pandemic for over the past weeks it appeared that we had finally killed the virus. Little...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
June 24, 2022
After an absence of two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic Vincy Mas will return later this evening with the calypso semi-finals where 22 calypson...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
June 17, 2022
Anyone who has never worried or thought about the future of the US must be doing so following the revelations of the January 6 panel on the US Capitol...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
June 10, 2022
Last Saturday, June 4, the Caribbean lost one of its foremost Literary giants, George Lamming who died at age 94, four days before his 95th birthday, ...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
June 3, 2022
Last Wednesday, July first, the Indian community continued their annual celebrations and reflection about that day 161 years ago when their ancestors ...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
May 27, 2022
THERE WAS SOME good news last week after the depressing and sad news of the last weeks. We had been hearing so much of murders, particularly that of P...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
May 20, 2022
SOMETHING is fundamentally wrong in this land we call “Home of the Blessed”. We are drifting but to where? We sometimes forget how small we are, that ...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
May 13, 2022
The Russian “special military operation” has certainly clouded important news in the Caribbean. We are not even hearing much about the pandemic which ...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
May 6, 2022
I listened to a discussion on radio, part of which was about Reparations, and realised that we have not done a good job educating our folks about that...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
April 29, 2022
I have first to acknowledge that the Queen is still our Head of State and is this year celebrating her Platinum Jubilee, but we are constantly reminde...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
April 22, 2022
Or is it the real McCoy? What am I talking about? The reaction of Senate Republicans to the nomination of the first Black Woman to be a Justice of the...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
April 14, 2022
This paper hits the street today, Holy Thursday, the last working day of the week. Tomorrow is ‘Good Friday’ the day on which Jesus was crucified and ...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
April 8, 2022
The visit to the region by Prince William and Kate Middleton, described in some circles as a ‘Charm Offensive’, part of Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jub...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
April 1, 2022
I listened to an interview given to I Witness News by Ronnia Durham -Balcombe after representing her client, Kenson King in Court on Monday last. Mrs ...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
March 25, 2022
It is really painful these days to look at cable/tv news. Most is about the Russian-Ukraine war with its harrowing images. Scenes of destroyed apartme...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
March 18, 2022
We are really off by a few hours because Chatoyer actually died in the early morning of March 15. He was killed after an ambush by British soldiers an...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
March 11, 2022
I got some interesting reactions to last week’s article, most by email, pointing to the hypocrisy of the US and the West, and to NATO’s eastward expan...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
March 4, 2022
As I write today, March 2, I am quite aware that by the time this article is read the situation would have changed significantly, with so many things ...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
February 25, 2022
In the issue of Searchlight of February 11, I had reflected briefly on the carnival riots of February 11, 1879, 143 years ago. In this piece I will tr...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
February 18, 2022
As a young boy I used to think that the US was the fountain of democracy, before I found out the truth. Is the real US now revealing itself? I wrote s...
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June 13, 2025
The Carnival Development Corporation (CDC) invites managers, producers, artistes and members of the public to the 2025 Soca Monarch Preliminaries. The...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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)...
