{"id":205699,"date":"2024-07-02T09:27:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T13:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=205699"},"modified":"2024-07-02T09:28:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T13:28:37","slug":"a-missing-12-year-old-is-everybodys-business-potter-declares-as-she-warns-against-complacency-and-indifference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/a-missing-12-year-old-is-everybodys-business-potter-declares-as-she-warns-against-complacency-and-indifference\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018A missing 12-year-old is everybody\u2019s business,\u2019 Potter declares, as she warns against complacency and indifference"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-2842332066\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Postpaid_Come Cross Postpaid 1200x400_Opt.1_1\"><img 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https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:341\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mbs-may.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mbs-may.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/realnewsantigua.com\/2024\/06\/30\/a-missing-12-year-old-is-everybodys-business-potter-declares-as-she-warns-against-complacency-and-indifference\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source Real News Antigua-<\/strong> Gladys Potter, welfare officer of the United Progressive Party, is appealing to the authorities and to the community to seek answers regarding the welfare of a 12-year-old boy who, reports say, has been missing since February.<\/p><div id=\"antig-2741549802\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiguabarbudaculinarymonth.com\/\" aria-label=\"culinary\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:132\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:450\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:675\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:842\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1124\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/GNzV076ITtI3UQxdGLUShE\"><strong><em>CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATS APP GROUP<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Potter, a mother of four, herself, says she was appalled to learn of this matter only on Wednesday morning, June 26 \u2013 via a REAL News report \u2013 and asks, \u201chow can this happen?\u201d<\/p><div id=\"antig-3830268642\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Postpaid_Come Cross Postpaid 1200x400_Opt.1_1\"><img 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1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:425\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_5614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:696\/h:385\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_5614.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1320\" height=\"730\"   \/><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>She recalls growing up in a community in which all the adults used to look out for the wellbeing of children, even going as far as to question strangers about their presence in the neighbourhood.<\/p><div id=\"antig-2775845844\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiguabarbudaculinarymonth.com\/\" aria-label=\"culinary\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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696px\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1124\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Like many other residents \u2013 including teachers and counselors \u2013 she is asking why the public was not alerted to a situation so grave.<br>\u201c[But] knowing is half the battle,\u201d Potter says and asks what the community is going to do with the knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She warns that our ways of life and very culture are at stake if this matter is treated with complacency or indifference and fails to awaken the consciousness of the Nation.<\/p><div id=\"antig-334577631\" class=\"antig-content_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"500X500\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/500X500.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/500X500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/500X500.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:150\/h:150\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/500X500.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, responding to the news on Wednesday, a source tells our Newsroom that, according to the Grays Farm Police Station, the father took custody of the primary-school student and the boy is now living in Bolans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, other police and welfare sources contradict that statement, alleging that the boy is not in his father\u2019s care and that each parent has passed the buck to the other.<\/p><div id=\"antig-2624554317\" class=\"antig-content_3 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"IMG_1115\"><img 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has not been circulated on flyers or posted on the electronic billboards, thereby alerting the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chiding the so-called activists who, he says, are now aware of the situation, he calls on them to reach out to the parents in an effort to determine what, really, is going on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/GNzV076ITtI3UQxdGLUShE\"><strong><em>CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATS APP GROUP<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/GNzV076ITtI3UQxdGLUShE\"><strong><em>CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATS APP GROUP<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/GNzV076ITtI3UQxdGLUShE\"><strong><em>CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATS APP GROUP<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/GNzV076ITtI3UQxdGLUShE\"><strong><em>CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATS APP GROUP<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/GNzV076ITtI3UQxdGLUShE\"><strong><em>CLICK HERE 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