{"id":247579,"date":"2020-04-06T14:33:32","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T18:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=247579"},"modified":"2021-03-14T16:51:11","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T20:51:11","slug":"in-pictures-dominica-parliament-holds-first-meeting-since-covid-19-declared-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/in-pictures-dominica-parliament-holds-first-meeting-since-covid-19-declared-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"IN PICTURES: Dominica parliament holds first meeting since COVID-19 declared pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Dominica parliament convened this morning for the Second Meeting of The First Session of The Tenth Parliament where two COVID-19-related bills were introduced for debate.<\/p>\n<p>Dominica News Online (DNO) got some photographs of parliamentarians, most of them wearing masks, as they arrived at the Parliament building.\u00a0Photos by Cecil 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