Not a merry Christmas! Fraser says community suffering
Third District Representative Julian Fraser has highlighted a weight of grief touching his constituency this festive season; noting that this burden has taken a toll on some residents within the community.
“If I was to stand here and say that I’m going to have a merry Christmas, I’ll be a hypocrite because my spirit has a weight on it. And that weight comes because of the many sufferings in my community right now,” Fraser said in the House of Assembly recently.
The legislator shared that he lost some members of his community recently, and commented that a ‘weight of sorrow’ troubled him at this time.
According to Fraser, one of the persons who passed away recently held a wealth of knowledge about past events in his community; allowing him (Fraser) to refresh his memory whenever he visited their home in times gone by.
“I’m sure my community is no different from any other community. But I feel my weight, I feel that weight from my community on me,” Fraser expressed.
Fraser also revealed that another member of his district was hospitalised due to illness and shared that he was hopeful they would recover in time for the festive season.
“So, it’s not as simple as some people may have it — enjoy[ing] yourself, having fun. No, it’s not that simple,” Fraser said. “For some of us, these things have meaning and they take a toll on us.”
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You don’t have to tell us what you are , we already know , ( maybe you don’t think we do , so we hope you enjoyed the Christmas ? m
FRASER FOR PREMIER
Fraser for Balo.
Andrew did they right thing last year and feed the whole of bvi when he set up in every district areas where people could a go and get some food for Christmas last year.
Always someone to be miserable at christmas!
Cheer up, there’s always something or someone to be thankful for.
We the retired folk are asking for our wages we already worked for, our INCREMENTS.
IT IS UNETHICAL, IMMORAL AND INHUMANE TO WORK HUMANS AND NOT PAY THE FOR YEARS,BUT TURN AROUND AND YOURSELF HEFTY SALARIES, ALLOWANCES AND MORE.
PLEASE PAY US OUR INCREMENTS. NO INCREMENTS,NOVOTES AND MUCH AGITATION AND UPHEAVAL TO BE EXPECTED.. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
Its going on Three years after being exploit from Gov. after working 19 years without pay,The labour Dept who is responcible for persons being treated like animals have not investigate of the sort. If this can take place with no concern ,then we are dealing with Demon poscessed monsters here in the bvi.
Perhaps you didn’t get paid because
you can’t spell.