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...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
February 11, 2022
On a recent radio programme with Bert Francois, I expressed the view that the history of St. Vincent and the Grenadines is a history of struggle and r...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
February 4, 2022
Thirty-seven Vincentian students are now in the United Kingdom pursuing undergraduate studies in a number of subject areas at the University of Wales....
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
January 28, 2022
While we have been paying close attention to the number of deaths from the Covid virus, it must have dawned on us that there has been a large number o...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
January 21, 2022
I have run out of adjectives to describe what is happening in our land. To secure passage of the budget we had to refer to the highly comic action of ...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
January 14, 2022
There is never really a dull moment in SVG. How many times have I said this! Today is such a time with about seven of 14 ULP parliamentarians declared...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
January 7, 2022
Many of us start the New Year making resolutions, a ritual really, ‘a rite of order’ that we feel we have to do. It probably gives us some measure of ...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
December 31, 2021
Let me first correct an error I made some weeks ago when I referred to Barbados as being the only Commonwealth Caribbean country to have appointed liv...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
December 23, 2021
Last week really belonged to James ‘Son’ Fitz-Allen Mitchell, its highpoint being Saturday, December 18 with a farewell ceremony that lasted practical...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
December 17, 2021
BARBADOS’S MOVE TO Republican status has created quite a stir in the region, with some heads of government urging others to follow suit. It was as if ...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
December 3, 2021
I ask myself the question- Wasn’t it possible to resolve this vaccine issue without creating the kind of hostility, distrust, divisiveness, and threat...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
November 26, 2021
This week was another hell of a week when our nation was at war with itself. The acquittal of the two persons involved in the Cornelius John case, whi...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
November 19, 2021
When I read Jomo Thomas’ piece last week I said here is burlesque at its best. I saw satire, lampooning and bantering. I was even more convinced when...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
November 12, 2021
I have cricket on my mind. I write with a heavy heart, but news of England’s defeat by New Zealand has lightened it somewhat. It pains me that our boy...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
November 5, 2021
A piece on Facebook by Lennox Honychurch about the anniversary of what he called “70 Years of Votes for all” reminded me that like Dominica, this year...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
October 29, 2021
Every year at this time we are asked the same question – what have we achieved since Independence? It is a hard question to answer but some persons pr...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
October 22, 2021
AT THIS TIME OF YEAR with our Independence anniversary a mere few days away I normally refl ect on how far we have travelled since that memorable day ...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
October 15, 2021
There is no doubt that the COVID-19 virus has become a central player in our lives. The news continue to be bad, although it appears that more people...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
October 8, 2021
Two major events took place in St. Vincent in October, the first was the riots of October 21/22 1935, and the second Independence in 1979. Every year ...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
June 18, 2021
At times like these it is useful to reflect on, and remind ourselves of the message which came from Martin Niemoller’s 1946 poem “First they came for ...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
June 4, 2021
Seventy two years ago when the state of Israel was established as a homeland for Jews, resulting in the expulsion of over 500,000 Palestinians who con...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
May 28, 2021
The Soufriere volcano has gone out of its explosive mode but is still active as noted by a series of earthquakes not felt by humans, but recorded by i...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
May 21, 2021
While some people outside the Red Zone have returned to their homes, the volcano remains suspiciously quiet, but in any event the nation’s thoughts an...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
May 14, 2021
While the country is still trying to come to grips with a volcano that we are not sure has burnt itself out and the continuing coronavirus pandemic th...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
May 7, 2021
Parnel was my close friend, perhaps my best friend at primary school in Barrouallie. He was then known as ‘PC’- Pernel Campbell. (I suspect that while...
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July 4, 2025
The government of St Vincent and the Grenadines has been given a high grade for the strides made in education during its term in office, but is concer...
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July 4, 2025
Four contestants who will be competing in the Miss SVG show later this year, made an appearance at the Junior Calypso and Soca Monarch Competition on ...
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July 4, 2025
Vincentian lawyer, Mikhail Charles, has been appointed Honorary Legal Advisor for St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) at its High Commission in the Un...
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July 4, 2025
The Centre for Enterprise Development Inc, (CED) has announced its upcoming Business Pitch Competition, where five dynamic entrepreneurs will compete ...
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July 4, 2025
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