{"id":5794,"date":"2010-03-09T14:06:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-09T20:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/?p=5794"},"modified":"2010-03-09T14:06:58","modified_gmt":"2010-03-09T20:06:58","slug":"story-of-interest-row-erupts-over-premier%e2%80%99s-decision-to-attend-caricom-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/politics\/story-of-interest-row-erupts-over-premier%e2%80%99s-decision-to-attend-caricom-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"STORY OF INTEREST: Row erupts over Premier\u2019s decision to attend CARICOM meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5798\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5798\" style=\"width: 214px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Premier-Brown.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5798\" title=\"Premier Brown\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Premier-Brown-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Premier-Brown-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Premier-Brown-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Premier-Brown.jpg 914w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5798\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&quot;Since receiving the debate schedule, I have implored the Leader of the Opposition (Kim Swan) to change the date for the proposed debate,\u201d Brown told the House of Assembly on Monday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC \u2013 Opposition legislators have criticised Premier Dr. Ewart Brown over his decision to attend the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) intersessional summit in Dominica later this week rather than remain on the island to participate in the parliamentary debate on the tourism industry.<\/p>\n<p>Brown, who is also the Minister of Tourism, is blaming the United Bermuda Party (UBP) for the clash of dates, saying he had long informed the opposition of his unavailability for the budget debate on tourism.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.caribbeandailynews.com\/?p=7961\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE TO READ FULL STORY<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC \u2013 Opposition legislators have criticised Premier Dr. Ewart Brown over his decision to attend the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) intersessional summit in Dominica later this week rather than remain on the island to participate in the parliamentary debate&#8230;","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":5798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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