{"id":253676,"date":"2025-10-13T09:53:41","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T13:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=253676"},"modified":"2025-10-13T11:14:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T15:14:54","slug":"mp-kelvin-shugy-simon-commends-community-resilience-after-tropical-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/mp-kelvin-shugy-simon-commends-community-resilience-after-tropical-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"MP Kelvin \u2018Shugy\u2019 Simon Commends Community Resilience After Tropical Storm"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-1306776438\" 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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Simon<\/a>, has praised residents for their resilience following recent <a href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-and-barbuda-denies-us-visa-threat-over-cuba-ties\/?swcfpc=1\">flooding <\/a>caused by a <a href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/minister-rawdon-turner-praises-disaster-response-to-tropical-storm-jerry\/\">tropical storm<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaFMdgE6mYPT8QGXjA0A\"><strong><em>CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHAT\u2019S APP GROUP<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p><div id=\"antig-2377986259\" class=\"antig-content_4 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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