{"id":191570,"date":"2017-12-04T20:14:24","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T00:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=191570"},"modified":"2017-12-04T20:31:44","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T00:31:44","slug":"message-to-the-people-of-dominica-following-%e2%80%8bhurricane-%e2%80%8bmaria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/message-to-the-people-of-dominica-following-%e2%80%8bhurricane-%e2%80%8bmaria\/","title":{"rendered":"Message to the people of Dominica following \u200bHurricane \u200bMaria"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_191035\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-191035\" style=\"width: 642px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-191035\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/pichelin-642x361.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"642\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/pichelin-642x361.jpg 642w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/pichelin-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/pichelin-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/pichelin.jpg 1184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-191035\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The community of Pichelin two months after Hurricane Maria<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\" style=\"margin-bottom: 2em;\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<object aria-label=\"PDF embed\" data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Hurricane-Maria-Message-to-the-people-of-Dominica.docx.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" style=\"width:100%; height:600px;\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Your browser does not support embedding PDFs. <a href=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Hurricane-Maria-Message-to-the-people-of-Dominica.docx.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to download the PDF.<\/a><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/object>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hurricane Maria has come and gone, leaving havoc in its wake; and now that the dust is beginning to settle, it is not too early to turn our minds to the big question of where we go from here. 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