Dr. Fraser- Point of View
August 30, 2019
Since the assumption of the presidency of the US by Donald Trump I have been describing that country’s politics as tragicomic. Comedy and tragedy pla...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
August 23, 2019
IT IS DIFFICULT to think of anything else that could have contributed to the growth of racial consciousness at that time than the Garvey Movement and ...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
August 16, 2019
What I remember most about Patrice is the occasion on which I first met her. This I am fond of relating because it says something about the kind of pe...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
July 26, 2019
In this 40th year of the recovery of our independence we will be marking 181 years since our foreparents were freed from chattel slavery. Those 40 yea...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
July 19, 2019
Carnival is over so we have to take off our masks and face the stark reality. I said begin, because some people are still in the carnival mode. On Fri...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
July 12, 2019
I welcomed the news that government was going to assess the economic impact of carnival. It is something I had been asking for before. What is strange...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
July 5, 2019
For me carnival is about calypso, steelband and mas. They would always be central to carnival. My focus here is on the calypso.Virtually every year th...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
June 28, 2019
I know it is carnival time, but I have to write about cricket. After Monday’s game against New Zealand, I went to John Keats: “My heart aches and a dr...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
June 21, 2019
At this time every year the results of the CPEA commands our attention. The highflyers and schools from which they come are celebrated in the media. S...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
June 14, 2019
The Indians left their country for different reasons but among them was the promise of good wages and living conditions. Unlike the African slave trad...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
June 7, 2019
On Sunday, June 2, the SVG Indian Heritage Foundation celebrated the 158th anniversary of the arrival here of East Indian indentures. Following Slave ...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
May 31, 2019
The Silly season or what some call Seasonal Cockfighting time is very much on us. What happened recently in parliament is a manifestation of it.We hav...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
May 24, 2019
At this time of year, the issue of education is very much in the air as students write their local and regional examinations. Last week I tried to loo...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
May 17, 2019
Today, 16 centres throughout SVG will accommodate about 1,785 Grade 6 students for the Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment examination. This exam is sti...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
May 10, 2019
On Wednesday, South Africans went to the polls to elect a new government in what will be, perhaps, the most important election since the historic one ...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
May 3, 2019
Today the body of the late John Horne will be laid to rest in the graveyard of his regular place of worship, the St. George’s Cathedral where he playe...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
April 26, 2019
I really could not think of another way of describing the late John Horne. He was one hell of an individual, genuine as one can be. He lovedpeople an...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
April 18, 2019
We are now into what is called ‘Holy Week’ in the Christian tradition. Then from tomorrow we move into the two most important days in Christian societ...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
April 12, 2019
THIS WEEK was a sad one in the life of many Vincentians with the talk shows on Wednesday taken up with calls about the fire on board the MV Gem Star. ...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
March 22, 2019
As I ‘pen’ this column from Toronto on this day, March 20, I am fully aware that Spring has sprung. It is fittingly, the warmest it has been for a lon...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
March 15, 2019
What seemed to have overshadowed those messages was the push for bragging rights by some enterprises, highlighting the number of women in top leadersh...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
March 8, 2019
The Leon “Bigger Biggs” Samuel issue is still very much in the air. It was sometime around 2011 that he was accused of damaging the environment at Rab...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
March 1, 2019
Regardless of where one sits or stands politically, it will be difficult not to conclude, based on evidence presented in court that the 2015 elections...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
February 22, 2019
I first met Doc, as he was affectionately known, many moons ago at a party at the home of Kenneth John at Villa. He was the centre of attention, balan...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
February 15, 2019
As we prepare to celebrate in grand style the 40th anniversary of the recovery of our Independence, it is my hope that we find time to reflect on the ...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
February 8, 2019
After West Indies 381 run defeat of England in four days in Barbados my immediate reaction was that “One swallow does not make a summer”. After all We...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
February 1, 2019
What is happening in Venezuela is messy and demands more than one article to grasp the magnitude of what is at play. It should be of importance to us ...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
January 25, 2019
SOME OF US probably do not remember or perhaps never knew that January 22 was once a holiday here, celebrating our ‘discovery’ by Columbus. The histor...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
January 18, 2019
WE SHOULD REALLY have made a collective resolution to wake up from our deep slumber in 2019. It appears to manifest itself more visibly every January....
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
December 21, 2018
December is usually a very challenging month. It is of course the Christmas season, that brings its own demands and creates its own agenda. It’s a tim...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
December 14, 2018
We are into the season that most of us anxiously awaited. Belief in the birth of Christ, in fact, of Christianity, does not seem to matter these days....
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
December 7, 2018
On November 21, 1918, a notice in the Gazette informed the public about the signing of the armistice signalling the end of World War 1. Christmas of 1...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
November 30, 2018
At one time we were prepared to confront the hurricane season with the saying “June too soon, July stand by, August come it must, September remember, ...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
November 23, 2018
THE 45TH PRESIDENT of the US never fails to amaze. Is he for real? What is he about? In a sense America is getting what it wanted, because his support...
Dr. Fraser- Point of View
November 16, 2018
The main talking point in the region is about the rejection, at least at this time, by Antigua/Barbuda and Grenada, to the move to the CCJ as the fina...
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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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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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