Dr. Fraser- Point of View
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...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
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. ...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
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...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
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’...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
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 ...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
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...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
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...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
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...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
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...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
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,...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
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...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
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...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
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 ...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
July 3, 2020
It was a mere few days ago that LIAT’s CEO announced that the airline was going to extend its suspension of service until July 15 while they monitor a...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
June 26, 2020
I am back this week on a theme I started last week as I reflect on the Black Lives Movement. I said then that we need to show solidarity with the stru...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
June 19, 2020
LAST SATURDAY, June 13, marked the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Walter Rodney. This year’s anniversary is a special one, coming in the mid...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
June 12, 2020
The last two weeks have seen something that is almost unprecedented engulfing the US, with repercussions in Europe and other areas. The killing of Geo...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
May 15, 2020
There are two issues that face us as a nation and as part of a regional grouping that is still dreaming of the CSME. We first have to contain this kil...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
May 8, 2020
The current crisis presents serious challenges, some of which naturally were not contemplated. It cannot be business as usual, because much is new an...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
April 30, 2020
As I write my column today, Tuesday, April 28 (This being a shortened week), the main talking point appears to be about getting home persons working o...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
April 24, 2020
I begin this week’s column by recognising that Wednesday, April 22, was the anniversary of the day John Horne left us. Too much can never be said abou...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
April 17, 2020
While we are trying to understand this still-new virus COVID -19 we have to confront a crisis in leadership. In past crises, health or otherwise, we ...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
April 9, 2020
In 1979, as Shake Keane reminds us, “The thing split Good Friday in two”. This year Covid-19 will determine how we spend Easter. Well, possibly, for w...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
April 3, 2020
I had started writing this weekly column when I received news that SVG has a second positive case of the COVID-19 virus. It does not detract from what...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
March 27, 2020
ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT the Prime Minister finally addressed the nation on the issue of COVID-19. To me the most important statement he made is that we are...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
March 20, 2020
WE ARE INTO challenging and unprecedented times where the global village is being taxed to its capacity. The village is virtually at a partial shutdow...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
March 13, 2020
TOMORROW, March 14, we pay homage to Chatoyer whom we have declared our first national hero. Although he is central to the story, it is much larger th...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
March 6, 2020
I HAVE on different occasions suggested that a system of national awards or honours is needed. This really should have gone along with the establishme...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
February 28, 2020
The election bell is certainly ringing, but the question is when will it stop? Once the new year rolled in election was very much in the air. Only the...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
February 21, 2020
DURING THE LAST ten days or so this country was in a state of near panic as word spread about the deadly coronavirus. Fifteen or 20 years ago it would...
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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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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...
