{"id":3729,"date":"2019-03-25T10:37:13","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T14:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kut.ofp.mybluehost.me\/?p=3729"},"modified":"2019-03-25T10:37:17","modified_gmt":"2019-03-25T14:37:17","slug":"special-olympics-champions-st-lucia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/special-olympics-champions-st-lucia\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Olympics Champions &#8211; St. Lucia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> Government of Saint Lucia Congratulates Special Olympics Champions!  <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p> Prime Minister Honourable<a href=\"http:\/\/kut.ofp.mybluehost.me\/prince-of-wales-to-visit-st-lucia\/\"> Allen Chastanet<\/a> on Saturday March 23<sup>rd<\/sup> officially welcomed home Saint Lucia\u2019s Champion Special Olympics Team.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team gave an amazing performance, winning gold in football, one silver in the track and field, one gold and three bronze in bocce, when they competed in the World Games, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abudhabi2019.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Special Olympics in Abu Dhabi (opens in a new tab)\">Special Olympics in Abu Dhabi<\/a> from the 14-21st March 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nPrime Minister greeted and congratulated each member of the elated\nteam who were treated at the VIP Lounge of Hewanorra International\nAirport. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is no greater gift that Saint Lucia could get for its 40<sup>th<\/sup> Independence Anniversary than knowing that we have so many champions in the room today. Congratulations to all of you,\u201d Prime Minister <a href=\"http:\/\/kut.ofp.mybluehost.me\/fisheries-sector-receives-japanese-aid\/\">Chastanet<\/a> said on behalf of the Government and People of Saint Lucia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\nare so proud of you,\u201d added the Prime Minister, who called on all\nSaint Lucians to celebrate our champion team. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhether you won a medal or not you are our champions,\u201d Prime Minister Chastanet said, ensuring that he also thanked those who provided direct support of the team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"350\" src=\"http:\/\/kut.ofp.mybluehost.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Special-Olympics-Champions-St.-Lucia-02.jpg\" alt=\"Special Olympics Champions - St. Lucia\" class=\"wp-image-3731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Special-Olympics-Champions-St.-Lucia-02.jpg 790w, https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Special-Olympics-Champions-St.-Lucia-02-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Special-Olympics-Champions-St.-Lucia-02-768x340.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><figcaption>Team Members engage Prime Minister Chastanet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\nknow some of the parents are here and I just want to thank you for\nall the support you are giving to your kids. We keep saying that\nthere is no way we can achieve anything in life if we don\u2019t have\nthat family support. These are the values that we need to encourage\nas Saint Lucians. I congratulate all the counsellors and chaperones\nthat were on this trip for giving of your time. Congratulations to\nall of you.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government of Saint Lucia Congratulates Special Olympics Champions! Prime Minister Honourable Allen Chastanet on Saturday March 23rd officially welcomed home Saint Lucia\u2019s Champion Special Olympics Team. The team gave an amazing performance, winning gold in football, one silver in the track and field, one gold and three bronze in bocce, ...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[100,117,118],"class_list":["post-3729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-allen-chastanet","tag-olympics","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}