{"id":264437,"date":"2026-01-18T12:11:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T16:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=264437"},"modified":"2026-01-18T15:08:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T19:08:20","slug":"derelict-building-on-lower-newgate-street-demolished-as-st-johns-renewal-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/derelict-building-on-lower-newgate-street-demolished-as-st-johns-renewal-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Derelict building on Lower Newgate Street demolished as St. John\u2019s renewal begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-509941202\" 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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Urban Development Minister Rawdon Turner said the structure on Lower Newgate Street had been abandoned for more than a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":264441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-264437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>VIDEO: Derelict building on Lower Newgate Street demolished as St. John\u2019s renewal begins - 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\/derelict-building-on-lower-newgate-street-demolished-as-st-johns-renewal-begins\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"VIDEO: Derelict building on Lower Newgate Street demolished as St. John\u2019s renewal begins\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Source State Media: The Ministry of Social and Urban Transformation has begun demolishing derelict and abandoned buildings in St. John\u2019s as part of a wider push to improve safety and restore the appearance of the capital. 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