{"id":19489,"date":"2018-09-01T16:21:32","date_gmt":"2018-09-01T20:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=19489"},"modified":"2018-09-01T16:21:36","modified_gmt":"2018-09-01T20:21:36","slug":"former-governor-calls-for-full-internal-self-government-for-montserrat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/former-governor-calls-for-full-internal-self-government-for-montserrat\/","title":{"rendered":"Former governor calls for full internal self-government for Montserrat"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

Former acting governor, Sir Howard Fergus, is urging Montserrat to move towards full internal self-government as the debate continues here regarding the British Overseas Territory\u2019s (BOT) relationship with the United Kingdom.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am not proposing any nomenclature, whether Free Association with Britain or anything else,\u201d said Sir Howard, one of the longest serving Speaker of the Legislative Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/a>
Sir Howard Fergus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In a statement, Sir Howard, a historian, said he felt moved to comment on one aspect of the \u201cpressure-cooked\u201d debate on the United Kingdom\u2019s future relationship with Montserrat.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>
\"\"<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI assert that the stage should be set for full internal self-government,\u2019 Sir Howard said, outlining a number of reasons for his position.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The 81-year-old academic said that since the 19th<\/sup>\u00a0century, England has been dispatching the graduates of Eton and Harrow public schools, and Oxford and Cambridge universities to govern its Caribbean colonies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis made us retards because it robbed us of practical experience in self-government. In 2018, the situation is different.\u201d<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Sir Howard said that in 1967, Montserrat opted to remain a crown colony when the other Leeward and Windward Islands accepted the offer of Statehood in Association with Britain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is not because we were less competent that the others. It was rejected on grounds of mistrust in the use of power internally and the perceived need for British legal over lordship. Everyone did not however agree. Years of colonial pupilage had taken their toll on us.\u201d<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Sir Howard said that as a result of competent management of the island by former government leaders, Austin Bramble and especially John Osborne, \u201cMonserrat graduated from grant-in-aid for its recurrent budget in 1982.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt skipped class, as it were, for the British schedule for Montserrat to lose this crutch was later. This achievement should never be undervalued. The island has produced public servants of the highest calibre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said that the very top, even after an off-shore bank issue, Montserrat came up with three local Financial Secretaries, and the fact that the present one is from outside, does not\u00a0 mean that no local was available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSimilarly, locals have occupied the chair of the Attorney General; and they have proved their mettle in other senior areas of the service. We have had some astute and able politicians of the Bramble era and beyond, and in recent years a whole new breed with informed backgrounds have been offering themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOne only has to examine the members of the last three or four Assemblies to see what I mean. We may make mistakes, but we can govern ourselves,\u201d Sir Howard said, recalling that England did not reach where it is in a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said while he does not equate academic degrees with wisdom and understanding necessarily \u201cour people have the educational background requisite for self-governance, and this includes those without formal credentials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is not irrelevant that we have had remarkable achievements in the arts. We are not philistines; we are a culturally enriched people,\u201d he said, adding \u201cwe have excelled in works of the creative imagination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd let me add that we have analysts, commentators and media and ICT experts. Montserrat has a positive profile. I would concede there are lacks and there\u2019s the need to tweak the readying process for decolonization in the long run. I am also aware of the connection between constitutional advancement and economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy assumption is that we will negotiate a new aid regime which does not beget perpetual dependency and mendicancy but advancement and self-sufficiency. This will also require progressive initiatives from the local government,\u201d said Sir Howard, whose publication titled \u201cMontserrat; History of a Caribbean Colony\u201d was published in 1994.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat I am arguing is for a programme directed at full internal self-government,\u201d Sir Howard said, noting \u201cnot to recommend this change of constitutional status even as a bargaining point is to cling to that \u201ccorroding self- doubt\u201d which historian G. K. Lewis said he observed in Montserratians in 1968.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe cannot in 2018 continue to worship at the altar of what (Barbados) Prime Minister Mia Mottley recently termed \u201ccolonial subservience\u201d world without end.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CMC\/ab\/ir\/2018<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former acting governor, Sir Howard Fergus, is urging Montserrat to move towards full internal self-government as the debate continues here regarding the British Overseas Territory\u2019s (BOT) relationship with the United Kingdom. \u201cI am not proposing any nomenclature, whether Free Association with Britain or anything else,\u201d said Sir Howard, one of the longest serving Speaker of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regional"],"yoast_head":"\nFormer governor calls for full internal self-government for Montserrat - Antigua News Room<\/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:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/former-governor-calls-for-full-internal-self-government-for-montserrat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Former governor calls for full internal self-government for Montserrat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former acting governor, Sir Howard Fergus, is urging Montserrat to move towards full internal self-government as the debate continues here regarding the British Overseas Territory\u2019s (BOT) relationship with the United Kingdom. \u201cI am not proposing any nomenclature, whether Free Association with Britain or anything else,\u201d said Sir Howard, one of the longest serving Speaker of […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/former-governor-calls-for-full-internal-self-government-for-montserrat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Antigua News Room\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-09-01T20:21:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-09-01T20:21:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Queen-Elizabeth.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/former-governor-calls-for-full-internal-self-government-for-montserrat\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/former-governor-calls-for-full-internal-self-government-for-montserrat\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\"},\"headline\":\"Former governor calls for full internal self-government for Montserrat\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-09-01T20:21:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-09-01T20:21:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/former-governor-calls-for-full-internal-self-government-for-montserrat\/\"},\"wordCount\":688,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/former-governor-calls-for-full-internal-self-government-for-montserrat\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Queen-Elizabeth.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Regional\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/former-governor-calls-for-full-internal-self-government-for-montserrat\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/former-governor-calls-for-full-internal-self-government-for-montserrat\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/former-governor-calls-for-full-internal-self-government-for-montserrat\/\",\"name\":\"Former governor calls for full internal self-government for Montserrat - Antigua News Room\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/former-governor-calls-for-full-internal-self-government-for-montserrat\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/former-governor-calls-for-full-internal-self-government-for-montserrat\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Queen-Elizabeth.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-09-01T20:21:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-09-01T20:21:36+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/former-governor-calls-for-full-internal-self-government-for-montserrat\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/former-governor-calls-for-full-internal-self-government-for-montserrat\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/former-governor-calls-for-full-internal-self-government-for-montserrat\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Queen-Elizabeth.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Queen-Elizabeth.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/former-governor-calls-for-full-internal-self-government-for-montserrat\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Former governor calls for full internal self-government for Montserrat\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\",\"name\":\"Antigua News Room\",\"description\":\"News As It Happens\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Antigua Newsroom\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg\",\"width\":1260,\"height\":1260,\"caption\":\"Antigua Newsroom\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/AntiguaNewsRoom\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/antiguanewsroom\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\",\"name\":\"Editor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96\",\"caption\":\"Editor\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/author\/editor\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Former governor calls for full internal self-government for Montserrat - Antigua News Room","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:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/former-governor-calls-for-full-internal-self-government-for-montserrat\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Former governor calls for full internal self-government for Montserrat","og_description":"Former acting governor, Sir Howard Fergus, is urging Montserrat to move towards full internal self-government as the debate continues here regarding the British Overseas Territory\u2019s (BOT) relationship with the United Kingdom. \u201cI am not proposing any nomenclature, whether Free Association with Britain or anything else,\u201d said Sir Howard, one of the longest serving Speaker of […]","og_url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/former-governor-calls-for-full-internal-self-government-for-montserrat\/","og_site_name":"Antigua News Room","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom","article_published_time":"2018-09-01T20:21:32+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-09-01T20:21:36+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Queen-Elizabeth.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Editor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@AntiguaNewsRoom","twitter_site":"@AntiguaNewsRoom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Editor","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/former-governor-calls-for-full-internal-self-government-for-montserrat\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/former-governor-calls-for-full-internal-self-government-for-montserrat\/"},"author":{"name":"Editor","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5"},"headline":"Former governor calls for full internal self-government for Montserrat","datePublished":"2018-09-01T20:21:32+00:00","dateModified":"2018-09-01T20:21:36+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/former-governor-calls-for-full-internal-self-government-for-montserrat\/"},"wordCount":688,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/former-governor-calls-for-full-internal-self-government-for-montserrat\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Queen-Elizabeth.jpg","articleSection":["Regional"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/former-governor-calls-for-full-internal-self-government-for-montserrat\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/former-governor-calls-for-full-internal-self-government-for-montserrat\/","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/former-governor-calls-for-full-internal-self-government-for-montserrat\/","name":"Former governor calls for full internal self-government for Montserrat - Antigua News Room","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/former-governor-calls-for-full-internal-self-government-for-montserrat\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/former-governor-calls-for-full-internal-self-government-for-montserrat\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Queen-Elizabeth.jpg","datePublished":"2018-09-01T20:21:32+00:00","dateModified":"2018-09-01T20:21:36+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/former-governor-calls-for-full-internal-self-government-for-montserrat\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/former-governor-calls-for-full-internal-self-government-for-montserrat\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/former-governor-calls-for-full-internal-self-government-for-montserrat\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Queen-Elizabeth.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Queen-Elizabeth.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/former-governor-calls-for-full-internal-self-government-for-montserrat\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Former governor calls for full internal self-government for Montserrat"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/","name":"Antigua News Room","description":"News As It Happens","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization","name":"Antigua Newsroom","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg","width":1260,"height":1260,"caption":"Antigua Newsroom"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom","https:\/\/x.com\/AntiguaNewsRoom","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/antiguanewsroom\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5","name":"Editor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96","caption":"Editor"},"url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/author\/editor\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/19492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}