{"id":221569,"date":"2025-01-11T12:07:11","date_gmt":"2025-01-11T16:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=221569"},"modified":"2025-01-11T12:07:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T16:07:13","slug":"dominica-former-director-of-public-prosecutions-evelina-baptiste-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/dominica-former-director-of-public-prosecutions-evelina-baptiste-passes-away\/","title":{"rendered":"DOMINICA: Former Director of Public Prosecutions Evelina Baptiste Passes Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-1105182509\" 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 src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Postpaid_Come-Cross-Postpaid-1200x400_Opt.1_1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong>Former Director of Public Prosecutions Evelina Baptiste Passes Away<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"antig-1106650113\" 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, 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