{"id":149835,"date":"2022-04-15T09:04:43","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T13:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=149835"},"modified":"2022-04-15T09:04:43","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T13:04:43","slug":"audio-in-december-of-2020-ag-benjamin-gave-this-warning-to-essential-workers-refusing-to-work-on-public-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/audio-in-december-of-2020-ag-benjamin-gave-this-warning-to-essential-workers-refusing-to-work-on-public-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"AUDIO: In December of 2020 AG Benjamin gave this warning to essential workers refusing to work on public holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-64063991\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img 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