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Dr. Fraser- Point of View

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Trying to make sense of what is happening
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April 30, 2021
In the weeks before Soufriere began its explosive eruption the main issues being discussed nationally had to do with vaccination and questioning the m...
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The ‘Caribs’ and resettlement efforts after the 1902 eruption
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April 23, 2021
While we are pre-occupied with securing ourselves, homes, animals and farms at this time, the real challenge will come with resettlement and rebuildin...
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An historical peep at past eruptions
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April 16, 2021
As we reflect on past eruptions while trying to come to grips with the uncertainties that face us today,  we have to take into account the state of th...
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Might not be the worst of times but we into rough times!
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April 9, 2021
We are in the midst of two serious crises, each with enormous problems for us. I speak of course about the current coronavirus pandemic and the impend...
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Brief recollections about Good Friday 1979
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April 1, 2021
“The thing split Good Friday in two And that good new morning groaned and snapped like breaking an old habit (The Volcano Suite – Shake Keane) With th...
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Some Thoughts about the Vaccine Situation
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March 26, 2021
A friend from Antigua wondered why Vincentians were not taking the vaccine. I saw at that time a chart from NEWSDAY indicating the quantity of vaccina...
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Reflecting on National Heroes Day and National Heritage Month
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March 19, 2021
 On Sunday we celebrated another National Heroes Day and are now fully into National Heritage Month. What is this all about? We know that March 14 was...
Marika story continues
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Marika story continues
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March 12, 2021
In my column of October 30, 2020, I lauded Marika Baptiste for her performance at the Lions Club South Public Speaking competition. Her impromptu pres...
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America’s Effusive Civil War
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March 5, 2021
I am using a word we now associate with the eruption of our volcano, to try to make sense of the madness that has overtaken the “land of the free and ...
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Confessions of a Prime Minister
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February 26, 2021
(This is a reworking of a piece initially done in 2014) I was on the Shrink’s couch complaining about serious depression. It was only two months ago I...
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The Shake Keane Story (Part 3)
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February 19, 2021
In a chapter captioned “The View from Tiffany’s Lounge” the author looks at Shake’s New York experience, the US being his final port of migration. Tif...
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The Shake Keane Story (Part 2)
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February 12, 2021
The Shake Keane Story provides not only narrative but analyses his poetry, and jazz, paying particular attention to the link between his poetry and ja...
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The Shake Keane Story (Part 1)
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February 5, 2021
THE SHAKE KEANE story is finally here. Last week Thursday, The Shake Keane Story a short but comprehensive biography of Shake Keane written by Philip ...
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Randy’s Final Step to the Rear
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January 29, 2021
Randy D ended some of his radio programmes with the words “Let me take two steps to the rear and get out of here”. Well, he has taken his final step o...
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Combatting Soufriere and Covid-19: Our Challenge!
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January 21, 2021
I have felt for some time now that one of our biggest shortcomings, as we face the challenges of a possible explosive eruption and combatting the Covi...
Donald Trump exposes America
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Donald Trump exposes America
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January 15, 2021
Many mocked Trump’s Birtherism talk, his pledge to build a wall across the Mexican border, and the verbal attacks on Latin American immigrants. They m...
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Challenging Times
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January 8, 2021
Many of us welcomed with great expectation, even if unable to celebrate, the passage from 2020 to 2021. We hoped that the particular challenges, heada...
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The year ahead!
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December 31, 2020
2020 was one hell of a year. The COVID pandemic and the general election consumed most of our attention and energy. We have generally not taken the pa...
Ill-discipline at its height!
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Ill-discipline at its height!
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December 23, 2020
it is now known that we have 22 active Covid virus cases and that overall, the country has recorded 107 cases. We are informed, too, that one Grenadia...
America unmasked
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America unmasked
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December 18, 2020
It is easy to consider Donald Trump as being unhinged, perhaps mad. We have been following him closely for 4 years and wondered what had become of the...
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A Christmas gift! – Dr Grandad – A Caribbean Doctor and his Little Patients and Family – by Dr Cyrus
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December 11, 2020
I had reviewed most of Dr Cyrus’ books and having done so again for one he considered his Swan Song, I decided to to look again at one that I treasure...
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A mission to rebuild what is broken!
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December 4, 2020
While the political parties continue their post-election reflections, is it the mission of the people to rebuild what is broken? This column is meant ...
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Continuing elections review
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November 27, 2020
Now that the election appears to be over, pending some uncertainty about North Leeward, which can at most only change the composition of parliament, n...
A Vincentian Surgeon’s Swan Song
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A Vincentian Surgeon’s Swan Song
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November 20, 2020
Sir Cecil Cyrus has presented us with what he calls his swan song, his fifth publication, entitled “A Potpourri – The Swan Song of A Caribbean Surgeon...
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Time to face the music!
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November 13, 2020
Well the Ole talk is over. It’s time for delivery. Time to begin converting promises into reality. These are difficult times with Covid still hanging ...
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The People have Spoken
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November 7, 2020
Well the people have spoken and the ULP has been given the green light. The NDP secured the majority of votes cast but this has little meaning in the ...
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A bright spark in a season of insanity
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October 30, 2020
I can no longer refer to the election season as Silly. What we have is sheer insanity! I was reflecting on this and then came across a video of Marika...
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Political tidbits
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October 23, 2020
Last Tuesday, Nomination Day for the impending elections, I saw something courtesy Facebook that was pleasing to my soul. After filing his nomination ...
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A bizarre moment
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October 16, 2020
THE YEAR 2020 has been an extraordinary year and if there was any thought that it could not get any more bizarre, the announcement that general electi...
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Theatre of the Absurd – starring Trump and the American people
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October 9, 2020
The announcement that President Trump had tested positive for the coronavirus drew varying reactions. As president of the most powerful country, econo...
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Remembering Alphonso Dennie
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October 2, 2020
The passing of Alphonso Dennie has forced me to reflect on my intellectual development, for he was one of four teachers/lecturers who made a tremendou...
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Making Sense of the Silly Season
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September 25, 2020
I intended writing a completely different article, but as I turned on my computer the caption of an article in the I Witness News dictated otherwise. ...
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SVG needs serious political fogging!
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September 18, 2020
But will that be enough! Our country is standing at the edge of a precipice and something will have to be done soon because this land is being transfo...
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In These Times
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September 11, 2020
It is deplorable to see a country which pre-Covid, was struggling to stay afloat, existing virtually at the bottom of the Eastern Caribbean countries’...
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Politics and ‘We the People’!
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September 4, 2020
Perhaps one of the best things in recent years to have emerged to get our people involved in the political life of the country has been the growth of ...
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Are the foundations of our democracy being shattered?
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August 28, 2020
During my years as a teacher the subject I enjoyed teaching most was General Paper. I was recently looking at the books I used. Among them were Straig...
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Marcus Mosiah Garvey lectured in St Vincent
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August 21, 2020
Last Monday, August 17th, would have been 133 years since Marcus Mosiah Garvey was born at St. Ann’s Bay on Jamaica’s North Coast. In commemorating th...
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Lest we forget
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August 14, 2020
We are still into the month of Emancipation, one hundred and eighty two years after our D-day and also still into our 40th year of Independence.Moreov...
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Remembering Jerry George
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August 7, 2020
Like thousands of people throughout SVG, the region and the diaspora, news of the death of Jerry George sent shock waves down my spine. Jerry was my n...
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Politics in the service of development
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July 31, 2020
ONE UNDERSTANDS why the period leading up to elections is referred to as the Silly Season, for really, we do a lot of silly things. Normally sensible,...
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Our Politics Sickening! Our Democracy Farcical!
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July 24, 2020
I was driven to this topic after seeing on mornings trucks lined up outside BRAGSA, waiting for goodies; lumber, cement, galvanise, I believe, to be d...
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Covid-19, Black Lives Matter and Reparations
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July 17, 2020
The brutal killing, as I care to describe it, of George Floyd, by Minneapolis police on May 25,sparked an almost unprecedented reaction not only in Am...
A tribute to Sir Everton Weekes
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A tribute to Sir Everton Weekes
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July 10, 2020
I consider Sir Everton Weekes my cricketing hero. At a very tender age I was addicted to cricket. Unable to leave home I was from the veranda able to ...
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Vincentian UWI Professor gives SVG an “A” for educational advancement
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Vincentian UWI Professor gives SVG an “A” for educational advancement
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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...
Four for Miss SVG grace Junior Calypso and Soca Monarch competition
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Four for Miss SVG grace Junior Calypso and Soca Monarch competition
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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 ...
SVG appoints Mikhail Charles as  Legal Advisor at UK High Commission
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SVG appoints Mikhail Charles as Legal Advisor at UK High Commission
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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...
Five entrepreneurs to make business pitch in Men’s Empowerment Project
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Five entrepreneurs to make business pitch in Men’s Empowerment Project
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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 ...
Island Journeys: Rebuilding home and hope after Hurricane Beryl, Uriel Thomas’ Story
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Island Journeys: Rebuilding home and hope after Hurricane Beryl, Uriel Thomas’ Story
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July 4, 2025
When Hurricane Beryl tore into Union Island in 2024, it didn’t just flatten homes it upended lives, reshaped communities, and served as another harsh ...

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