{"id":247513,"date":"2025-08-25T06:44:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T10:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=247513"},"modified":"2025-08-24T18:49:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T22:49:55","slug":"pm-browne-accuses-opposition-of-misleading-public-on-youth-unemployment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/pm-browne-accuses-opposition-of-misleading-public-on-youth-unemployment\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Browne Accuses Opposition of Misleading Public on Youth Unemployment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-1651138556\" 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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\/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the opposition was using flawed data covering the 15\u201324 age group, which included many students who were still in school and not part of the workforce. <\/p><div id=\"antig-2071233241\" 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=\"\"  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, 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