{"id":198298,"date":"2023-05-22T07:32:21","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T11:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=198298"},"modified":"2023-05-22T08:34:20","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T12:34:20","slug":"national-aquarium-to-get-a-major-makeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2023\/05\/22\/national-aquarium-to-get-a-major-makeover\/","title":{"rendered":"National Aquarium to get a makeover"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Acuario-Nacional-Dominnicana-Lifestyle-1024x511.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-198349\" width=\"600\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For many decades, the National Aquarium has entertained and educated thousands and thousands of people and served as a sanctuary for endangered of injured marine life, including the endemic herd of manatees. But it needs attention, and last Friday, President Luis Abinader appointed a committee to oversee and coordinate the much-needed makeover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement comes in response to several stories and reports mainly in Listin Diario on the deteriorating conditions at the National Aquarium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spokespersons for the aquarium noted that a lot of work has been done with funds from their meager budget, but the influx of additional funding is much appreciated. The National Aquarium is a tourist attraction and educational destination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/listindiario.com\/la-republica\/gobierno\/20230520\/gobierno-encarga-comision-impulsar-remozamiento-acuario-nacional_754372.html\">Listin Diario <\/a><br>\u2003<br>22 May 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For many decades, the National Aquarium has entertained and educated thousands and thousands of people and served as a sanctuary for endangered of injured marine life, including the endemic herd of manatees. But it needs attention, and last Friday, President Luis Abinader appointed a committee to oversee and coordinate the much-needed makeover. The announcement comes &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2023\/05\/22\/national-aquarium-to-get-a-major-makeover\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[319,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198298"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198298"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":198351,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198298\/revisions\/198351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}