{"id":59025,"date":"2012-03-26T22:42:12","date_gmt":"2012-03-27T02:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=59025"},"modified":"2012-03-27T12:38:18","modified_gmt":"2012-03-27T16:38:18","slug":"carnivals-over-but-the-bacchanal-now-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/carnivals-over-but-the-bacchanal-now-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Commentary: Carnival’s over but the bacchanal now start!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>We jumped to soca and waved our flags; we danced to calypso and raised our rags but when The Real Mas was over, the bacchanal began. Despite the many bandanas, rags and flags that we waved during Carnival, they could not outnumber the red flags that surfaced when the season ended, to signal that all was not well within.<\/p>\n

First was the confusion over the date of Carnival. There was obviously no discussion and much discord among factions of Carnival organizers. To change (the date) or not to change the date, that was the question. In one corner of the ring was Dominica\u2019s Cultural Advisor and Chairman of the CDC, Dr. Alwin Bully, calling for a change of date, and in the other was Natalie Clarke Meade, Events Director of the DFC.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t the first time that Bully had raised the issue. In fact, in 2010 the issue reared its head but was met with intense venom. This time around the public seemed more receptive to the idea, perhaps because of the caveat \u2013 a three-year trial period was proposed and if it didn\u2019t work, Carnival would revert to its original dates. While 878 voters (according to a DNO poll), don\u2019t want the date touched, a surprising 601 or 39% of the 1,553 voters were in favour of a date change. And then the players mentioned above began to criticize the marketing of Carnival, essentially scolding themselves over the fact that the event is not marketed properly. After all, who else would they be speaking to? So, stop the in-fighting, get together, come up with a Marketing Plan (that\u2019s what is done in any enterprise) and move forward.<\/p>\n

Then crime against tourists took center stage, with a spate of violent attacks on tourists which included the rape of a young member of a visiting French family. And, unless the perpetrators in the latter incident didn\u2019t get greedy and allegedly decide to rob the Marigot Credit Union that same day, none of the culprits would have been caught. Since August 4, 2011, following a homicide and vicious beatings in Marigot, the DHTA called for an \u201caction plan and a progressive policy against crime in Dominica\u201d and the DAIC threw its full support behind this call. Has anything been done since? Let me answer that for you \u2013 \u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fast-forward six months – On February 16, 2012, the DHTA came up with a multi-pronged plan and again called for a \u201cbi-partisan approach to tackle violent crime,\u201d no doubt because crime struck close to \u201chome\u201d \u2013 the tourism industry. They called for it to be \u201ctabled in parliament today\u2026\u201d Let me remind you that it was February 16. One month later, on March 16, to keep the issue in the spotlight, the DHTA came out and expressed optimism that its recommendations will be \u201ctaken up by the authorities and implemented.\u201d Today is March 26 and still no word from the authorities and certainly no action coming out of the \u201ctalks.\u201d According to the DHTA, they were \u201cdialoguing with top government officials including the Prime Minister, Minister for National Security, the Attorney General and the Commissioner of Police\u201d, so once again it appears to be all rhetoric with more talk than action. Is not a $143M industry worth some action? What are you all waiting for? Get down to the job of addressing this situation.<\/p>\n

And then crime really hit home when two young locals were reportedly kidnapped from their communities at gunpoint, allegedly beaten and stabbed. They have seemingly vanished off the face of the earth. Two persons with French connections were interviewed and let go and now they\u2019re being sought by the authorities. Did those who were allegedly kidnapped not have a surname worthy enough to hold those being questioned for the period that they could legally have been held? If the police keep slipping up, \u201cthe devil [will] take the hindmost.\u201d Police authorities, when you slip, don\u2019t slide. Take back the streets now; nip crime in the bud before it\u2019s in full bloom, if it isn\u2019t already.<\/p>\n

Then it was the issue of, \u201cIs it gambling or not?\u201d as Ma Pau Entertainment put the final touches on its operations at Krazy Koconuts, and the bacchanal of semantics began. Well Government has put its stamp of approval on it, with the man at the helm of the country stating that, \u201cThere is no casino gambling in Dominica, they are slot machines.\u201d The word \u201cgamble\u201d as defined by most dictionaries is \u201cto play at any game of chance for money or other stakes.\u201d We\u2019ve heard the age-old adage of \u201ca rose by any other name is still a rose.\u201d Could this be a case of \u201cgambling by any other name is still gambling?\u201d According to a DNO poll of 1,711 persons, the jury\u2019s still out in terms of introducing gambling to Dominica, with 49% or 838 voters \u201cfor\u201d and 47% or 804 persons \u201cagainst\u201d or almost a 50\/50 split.<\/p>\n

But I\u2019ve saved the best for last\u2026a cruise ship docks reportedly carrying only men and purportedly carrying gay cruisers and the police authorities find the time and the resources to find themselves on the ship to arrest two men who were supposedly making love. Trust me, they were probably just nude. Now that\u2019s not to say that it\u2019s okay if, in fact, they were warned. But whatever happened to \u201cmake love, not war?\u201d \u201cRogues and vagabonds,\u201d what\u2019s that about? They wanted the tourists to undergo a medical examination. Is that real? I hope it was contrived or could we really be so inane. Would we have preferred it if both men were fighting or, worse, stabbing and killing one another? They were arrested, charged, convicted, fined and released. Some felt the fine wasn\u2019t enough; others felt they should have been jailed. Now what would have been the good of that?<\/p>\n

Then the international backlash came into focus and after all was said and done; more was said than done with a record 890 comments on a single DNO story and a total of 2,302 comments on all related stories, not to mention the radio talk shows. Surprisingly, too, as of the day of publication, of 3,419 voters in the DNO poll, a whopping 73% voted \u201cyes\u201d to welcoming gay cruise passengers and only 25% said \u201cno.\u201d This should tell us something about our laws – out of touch \u2013 yes, archaic \u2013 yes, need to be revised \u2013 definitely. Like it or not, the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (lgbt) grouping is here to stay; it\u2019s not going away. They\u2019re in our churches, our schools, our offices, our homes; they are our brothers, our sisters, our mothers, our fathers, our cousins, aunts and uncles, and the bottom line is that they are people too. Moreover, like it or not, the aftershocks of this event will reverberate against this island for a long time to come<\/p>\n

What do all the above events have in common? They all speak to our tourism product and what we want or say we want for and from it. They all affect the sector in one way or another and they\u2019re all begging for a National Consultation, where all stakeholders can come together and decide the direction in which we want our tourism product to go, and that includes the vision we have for our Carnival, creating an environment where people feel safe again, both locals and tourists, being honest and allowing what is good for the goose to be good for the gander because today it\u2019s gambling, tomorrow it might be something else, and putting a system in place so that if visitors (the word \u201cforeigner\u201d doesn\u2019t belong in a global village) commit a misdemeanor, they can be processed on the same day and sent on their way.<\/p>\n

In the end, the Nature Island is an island but it operates in a global environment and our lives and livelihoods are being affected daily. I\u2019m sure you would agree that this calls for some serious action so now that the f\u00eate is over, let\u2019s stop the bacchanal and get down to some serious work!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We jumped to soca and waved our flags; we danced to calypso and raised our rags but when The Real Mas was over, the bacchanal began. Despite the many bandanas, rags and flags that we waved during Carnival, they could…","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nCommentary: Carnival's over but the bacchanal now start! - Dominica News Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/carnivals-over-but-the-bacchanal-now-start\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Commentary: Carnival's over but the bacchanal now start! - Dominica News Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We jumped to soca and waved our flags; we danced to calypso and raised our rags but when The Real Mas was over, the bacchanal began. Despite the many bandanas, rags and flags that we waved during Carnival, they could...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/carnivals-over-but-the-bacchanal-now-start\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dominica News Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-03-27T02:42:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2012-03-27T16:38:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/commentary2-e1711340979417.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"286\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"166\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"7 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/features\\\/commentary\\\/carnivals-over-but-the-bacchanal-now-start\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/features\\\/commentary\\\/carnivals-over-but-the-bacchanal-now-start\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1cf13c57fb23f5f3f17888628ce87bed\"},\"headline\":\"Commentary: Carnival’s over but the bacchanal now start!\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-03-27T02:42:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-03-27T16:38:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/features\\\/commentary\\\/carnivals-over-but-the-bacchanal-now-start\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1360,\"commentCount\":17,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/features\\\/commentary\\\/carnivals-over-but-the-bacchanal-now-start\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/07\\\/commentary2.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Commentary\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/features\\\/commentary\\\/carnivals-over-but-the-bacchanal-now-start\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/features\\\/commentary\\\/carnivals-over-but-the-bacchanal-now-start\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/features\\\/commentary\\\/carnivals-over-but-the-bacchanal-now-start\\\/\",\"name\":\"Commentary: Carnival's over but the bacchanal now start! - Dominica News Online\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/features\\\/commentary\\\/carnivals-over-but-the-bacchanal-now-start\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/features\\\/commentary\\\/carnivals-over-but-the-bacchanal-now-start\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/07\\\/commentary2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-03-27T02:42:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-03-27T16:38:18+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1cf13c57fb23f5f3f17888628ce87bed\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/features\\\/commentary\\\/carnivals-over-but-the-bacchanal-now-start\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/features\\\/commentary\\\/carnivals-over-but-the-bacchanal-now-start\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/features\\\/commentary\\\/carnivals-over-but-the-bacchanal-now-start\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/07\\\/commentary2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/07\\\/commentary2.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/features\\\/commentary\\\/carnivals-over-but-the-bacchanal-now-start\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Commentary: Carnival’s over but the bacchanal now start!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Dominica News Online\",\"description\":\"The most popular news site in the Commonwealth of Dominica\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1cf13c57fb23f5f3f17888628ce87bed\",\"name\":\"Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/42ebaab81cf135a4ac3c52a6b343fa681417839645e8852f990f1e435612b089?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/42ebaab81cf135a4ac3c52a6b343fa681417839645e8852f990f1e435612b089?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/42ebaab81cf135a4ac3c52a6b343fa681417839645e8852f990f1e435612b089?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/tdurand\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Commentary: Carnival's over but the bacchanal now start! - Dominica News Online","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/carnivals-over-but-the-bacchanal-now-start\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Commentary: Carnival's over but the bacchanal now start! - Dominica News Online","og_description":"We jumped to soca and waved our flags; we danced to calypso and raised our rags but when The Real Mas was over, the bacchanal began. Despite the many bandanas, rags and flags that we waved during Carnival, they could...","og_url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/carnivals-over-but-the-bacchanal-now-start\/","og_site_name":"Dominica News Online","article_published_time":"2012-03-27T02:42:12+00:00","article_modified_time":"2012-03-27T16:38:18+00:00","og_image":[{"width":286,"height":166,"url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/commentary2-e1711340979417.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Admin","Est. reading time":"7 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/carnivals-over-but-the-bacchanal-now-start\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/carnivals-over-but-the-bacchanal-now-start\/"},"author":{"name":"Admin","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/1cf13c57fb23f5f3f17888628ce87bed"},"headline":"Commentary: Carnival’s over but the bacchanal now start!","datePublished":"2012-03-27T02:42:12+00:00","dateModified":"2012-03-27T16:38:18+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/carnivals-over-but-the-bacchanal-now-start\/"},"wordCount":1360,"commentCount":17,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/carnivals-over-but-the-bacchanal-now-start\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/commentary2.jpg","articleSection":["Commentary"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/carnivals-over-but-the-bacchanal-now-start\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/carnivals-over-but-the-bacchanal-now-start\/","url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/carnivals-over-but-the-bacchanal-now-start\/","name":"Commentary: Carnival's over but the bacchanal now start! - Dominica News Online","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/carnivals-over-but-the-bacchanal-now-start\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/carnivals-over-but-the-bacchanal-now-start\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/commentary2.jpg","datePublished":"2012-03-27T02:42:12+00:00","dateModified":"2012-03-27T16:38:18+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/1cf13c57fb23f5f3f17888628ce87bed"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/carnivals-over-but-the-bacchanal-now-start\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/carnivals-over-but-the-bacchanal-now-start\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/carnivals-over-but-the-bacchanal-now-start\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/commentary2.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/commentary2.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/carnivals-over-but-the-bacchanal-now-start\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Commentary: Carnival’s over but the bacchanal now start!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/","name":"Dominica News Online","description":"The most popular news site in the Commonwealth of Dominica","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/1cf13c57fb23f5f3f17888628ce87bed","name":"Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/42ebaab81cf135a4ac3c52a6b343fa681417839645e8852f990f1e435612b089?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/42ebaab81cf135a4ac3c52a6b343fa681417839645e8852f990f1e435612b089?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/42ebaab81cf135a4ac3c52a6b343fa681417839645e8852f990f1e435612b089?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Admin"},"url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/author\/tdurand\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59025"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59032,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59025\/revisions\/59032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}