{"id":127517,"date":"2021-04-18T07:30:16","date_gmt":"2021-04-18T11:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=127517"},"modified":"2021-04-19T07:34:04","modified_gmt":"2021-04-19T11:34:04","slug":"antiguan-centenarian-in-st-thomas-celebrates-101st-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antiguan-centenarian-in-st-thomas-celebrates-101st-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Antiguan centenarian in St. Thomas celebrates 101st birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-1861924543\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It is with joy that the Director (Ag.) of the Community Development and Citizens Engagement Division and staff celebrate the 101st birthday of one of our beloved Centenarians Mrs. Celestine Derrick of Liberta who now resides in St.Thomas.<\/p><div id=\"antig-457113074\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"ABLP_Red-&#038;-Reddy_Web_1000x250\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 1000w, 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