{"id":349444,"date":"2025-09-27T12:34:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T16:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=349444"},"modified":"2025-09-27T12:34:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T16:34:32","slug":"video-official-opening-ceremony-of-independence-celebrations-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/video-official-opening-ceremony-of-independence-celebrations-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Official Opening Ceremony of Independence Celebrations 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-349449 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Indepenence-Opening-Ceremony-2025-642x361.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Indepenence-Opening-Ceremony-2025-642x361.jpg 642w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Indepenence-Opening-Ceremony-2025-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Indepenence-Opening-Ceremony-2025-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Indepenence-Opening-Ceremony-2025-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Indepenence-Opening-Ceremony-2025-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Indepenence-Opening-Ceremony-2025.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Independence Opening Ceremony for Dominica was done ahead of the Independence Opening Parade and took place at the State House Conference Centre on 26th October 2025.<\/p>\n<p>See full video recording of the event below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dominica Independence Opening Ceremony 2025\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bb9aFxxnZ3U\" width=\"937\" height=\"527\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Independence Opening Ceremony for Dominica was done ahead of the Independence Opening Parade and took place at the State House Conference Centre on 26th October 2025. 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