{"id":140460,"date":"2021-10-27T08:42:36","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T12:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=140460"},"modified":"2021-10-27T08:42:36","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T12:42:36","slug":"pm-wants-to-force-major-cruise-ship-operators-to-double-their-head-tax-per-passenger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/pm-wants-to-force-major-cruise-ship-operators-to-double-their-head-tax-per-passenger\/","title":{"rendered":"PM wants to &#8220;force&#8221; major cruise ship operators to &#8220;double&#8221; their head tax per passenger"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-4055287795\" 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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