{"id":115755,"date":"2020-08-24T09:26:54","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T13:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=115755"},"modified":"2020-08-24T09:26:54","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T13:26:54","slug":"police-continue-to-operate-bar-in-st-johns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/police-continue-to-operate-bar-in-st-johns\/","title":{"rendered":"Police continue to operate bar in St. John\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A police bar in St. John\u2019s continues to operate even though they have been told to close it down.<\/p>

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It\u2019s also happening at a time when the police are launching frequent operations to close down other bars deemed to be operating illegally during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI can\u2019t tell you how many times the Prime Minister has told them they can\u2019t do that,\u201d Government\u2019s Chief of Staff Lionel\u00a0Max<\/strong>\u00a0Hurst said on\u00a0Observer Radio<\/strong>\u00a0this morning.<\/p>

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\u201cIt\u2019s historic, you know. That bar has been in operation ever since there\u2019s a police station there.<\/p>

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\u201cThe Prime Minister has indicated \u2014 of course he\u2019s not in charge of the police, the Attorney General is \u2014 that that bar ought not to be open to people from the public and it\u2019s certainly ought not to have a clustering of people there as some have reported that it has.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A police bar in St. John\u2019s continues to operate even though they have been told to close it down. 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