Bri­an Man­ning, one of the sons of for­mer prime min­is­ter Patrick Man­ning, has called on the Gov­ern­ment to set up a de­vel­op­ment fund in his fa­ther's name to pro­vide hous­ing for low-in­come earn­ers across the re­gion.

Dur­ing the eu­lo­gy, Bri­an said his fa­ther was his hero and a man who loved peo­ple.

"That was re­flect­ed in his many poli­cies," he said to hun­dreds of mourn­ers who packed the Holy Trin­i­ty Cathe­dral in Port-of-Spain.

Bri­an said he was ho­n­oured to call Man­ning his fa­ther.

Among those who gave trib­utes at the ser­vice were St Vin­cent and the Grenadines Prime Min­is­ter Dr Ralph Gon­salves, Pres­i­dent An­tho­ny Car­mona, Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley and Pas­tor Luke Quam­i­na.

Gon­salves said Man­ning was his "re­al brethren" and re­called fond mem­o­ries of them to­geth­er at the Uni­ver­si­ty of the West In­dies, Mona cam­pus.

He said Man­ning died with his hon­or in tact, his char­ac­ter un­blem­ished, and life work mer­i­to­ri­ous and right­ly cel­e­brat­ed.