{"id":5546,"date":"2010-03-05T09:48:03","date_gmt":"2010-03-05T15:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/?p=5546"},"modified":"2010-03-06T02:16:56","modified_gmt":"2010-03-06T08:16:56","slug":"dno-personality-of-the-week-merlicia-alfred-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/personality-of-the-week\/dno-personality-of-the-week-merlicia-alfred-4\/","title":{"rendered":"DNO Personality of the Week: Merlicia Alfred"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/MerliciaAlfred5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5547\" title=\"MerliciaAlfred\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/MerliciaAlfred5-291x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"291\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/MerliciaAlfred5-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/MerliciaAlfred5.jpg 302w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><\/a>Name: <\/strong>Merlicia Alfred<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nickname:<\/strong> Donelle or Merls<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hometown:<\/strong> St.Joseph\/Layou<\/p>\n<p><strong>Residence:<\/strong> Boston, MA<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nRelationship status: <\/strong> In a Relationship<\/p>\n<p><strong>Religious views: <\/strong>I believe in God<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hobbies\/Interests: <\/strong> Writing, reading, photography and music<\/p>\n<p><strong>Favourite artists:<\/strong> Mary Mary, Whitney Houston, Destra, Mavado<\/p>\n<p><strong>Favourite music: <\/strong> Gospel\/inspirational, Dancehall\/Reggae, Bouyon\/Soca, RnB, Zouk, Hip Hop<\/p>\n<p><strong>Favourite book\/s:<\/strong> Bible and anything informative<\/p>\n<p><strong>Last movie you saw:<\/strong> Avatar<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nFavourite movie:<\/strong> Love and Basketball<\/p>\n<p><strong>Favourite TV show:<\/strong> Gossip Girl, Law and Order SVU, House, The Game,<br \/>\nVampire Diaries, Grey&#8217;s Anatomy, Private Practice, 90210<\/p>\n<p><strong>Favorite food:<\/strong> Curried Chicken, white rice and plantain<\/p>\n<p><strong>Favourite colour: <\/strong> Pink<\/p>\n<p><strong>Favourite quotation: <\/strong>Where there is love they are always miracles. Forward ever backward never<\/p>\n<p><strong>Philosophy: <\/strong>Every disappointment is a blessing and when one door closes another opens. Never let people tell you that you are not good enough or smart enough; always remember to put God first and let him take the lead in your life and you will see how things will just start happening for you. Its pays to live a life that is right and pleasing in the sight of God; You may fall, but we are all humans; just get up, dust yourself off and keep moving forward.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nAbout me: <\/strong>I&#8217;m a fun down to earth person who loves having a good\u00a0 time&#8230;. there is never a dull moment when am around.. I love meeting new people, trying new things and spending time with my friends and family&#8230; I am non-judgmental and very determined individual<\/p>\n<p><strong>Future goal: <\/strong>I intend to be a Social Worker, helping less fortunate families and children<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>If you would like to be DNO\u2019s personality of the week, submit your information as outlined above along with a photograph. How does one become personality of the week? No requirement. This is just a way of showcasing anyone in the community, who would like to be apart of our social network. Entries will be published in the order <\/strong><\/em><em><strong>that they are received. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Email entries to editorial@dominicanewsonline.com.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Name: Merlicia Alfred Nickname: Donelle or Merls Hometown: St.Joseph\/Layou Residence: Boston, MA Relationship status: In a Relationship Religious views: I believe in God Hobbies\/Interests: Writing, reading, photography and music Favourite artists: Mary Mary, Whitney Houston, Destra, Mavado Favourite music: Gospel\/inspirational,&#8230;","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":5547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-personality-of-the-week"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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