{"id":14438,"date":"2010-08-03T17:07:44","date_gmt":"2010-08-03T21:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/?p=14438"},"modified":"2010-08-09T09:25:02","modified_gmt":"2010-08-09T13:25:02","slug":"poverty-must-not-mean-that-you-have-to-engage-in-illegal-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/economy-development\/poverty-must-not-mean-that-you-have-to-engage-in-illegal-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Poverty must not mean that you have to engage in illegal activities&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_14451\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14451\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/acting_pm_timothy_at_coulibistrie_inaugurationa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14451\" title=\"acting_pm_timothy_at_coulibistrie_inaugurationa\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/acting_pm_timothy_at_coulibistrie_inaugurationa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/acting_pm_timothy_at_coulibistrie_inaugurationa.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/acting_pm_timothy_at_coulibistrie_inaugurationa-147x113.jpg 147w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14451\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Minister Julius Timothy. *DNO file pic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The  incumbent Parliamentary Representative for Roseau North Julius Timothy  has cautioned his constituency that they should not let poverty exclude  them from development.<\/p>\n<p>Timothy made the disclosure at the official launching of the Goodwill Reunion on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>According  to him, there are many examples of very successful people from  communities in the Roseau north who grew up very poor \u201cand who made use  of the opportunities available and got an education\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He said currently there are many other opportunities as compared to 30 and 40 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPoverty  must not mean that you have to leave in an unclean environment; poverty  must not mean that you have to engage in illegal activities like  sniffing cocaine, smoking marijuana or becoming a drunkard,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note to readers: <\/strong><em>Comments were initially closed on this article because of an oversight or mere mistake, however it was brought to the editor&#8217;s attention and readers are now free to comment on this article. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The incumbent Parliamentary Representative for Roseau North Julius Timothy has cautioned his constituency that they should not let poverty exclude them from development. 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