{"id":300614,"date":"2023-03-24T07:00:16","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T11:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=300614"},"modified":"2023-03-24T21:49:57","modified_gmt":"2023-03-25T01:49:57","slug":"academix-wins-dowasco-interschool-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/academix-wins-dowasco-interschool-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"AcademiX wins DOWASCO interschool debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_300619\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-300619\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-300619 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230323_224441-COLLAGE-642x482.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230323_224441-COLLAGE-642x482.jpg 642w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230323_224441-COLLAGE-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230323_224441-COLLAGE-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230323_224441-COLLAGE-1536x1154.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230323_224441-COLLAGE-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230323_224441-COLLAGE.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-300619\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AcademiX School of Learning students, Nechante LeBlanc and Asiah Yankey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>On Thursday,\u00a0\u00a0AcademiX School of Learning won the DOWASCO interschool debate competition.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The debate took place as part of the company&#8217;s &#8216;water week&#8217; celebration, which runs from March 20 to March 24, AcademiX took on the Dominica State College (DSC) debating the topic &#8216;DOWASCO should become a private entity&#8217;. 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