CHARLES KONG SOO

Op­po­si­tion Leader Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar is ex­tend­ing con­do­lences to Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley and Pub­lic Util­i­ties Min­is­ter Robert Le Hunte on the pass­ing of their rel­a­tives. On Sat­ur­day, Row­ley an­nounced that his el­dest broth­er, Matthias Joseph, 81, had passed away and Le Hunte said his moth­er had al­so passed away.

In a state­ment Per­sad-Bisses­sar said “May the good Lord grant you and your fam­i­lies com­fort and strength in this time of your sor­row.”

In a Face­book post on Sat­ur­day, Row­ley said his broth­er passed away at the Scar­bor­ough Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal last night.

He thanked the health­care work­ers for the care and at­ten­tion pro­vid­ed to his broth­er.

“Last night my el­dest broth­er passed peace­ful­ly away. I want to thank all those nurs­es and oth­er health care­givers at Scar­bor­ough Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal for the care and at­ten­tion pro­vid­ed to us all dur­ing his pe­ri­od of ail­ment.

I pray not for the bur­dens to be made lighter but for my shoul­ders to be strength­ened to bear them.”

Pub­lic Util­i­ties Min­is­ter and Sen­a­tor Robert Le Hunte said his moth­er Mar­ti­na Le Hunte, 86, was ail­ing for some time and died on Fri­day night.

“My moth­er was the wind be­neath my wings. The silent force that en­sured every­thing with her prayers and her kind words,” he said.

“She was one that taught me a lot about love, about kind­ness, about gen­tle­ness. And her love was what al­lowed me to give oth­ers freely.”

Le Hunte said he was grate­ful for all the spe­cial times they shared to­geth­er.

Tourism Min­is­ter Ran­dall Mitchell gave his con­do­lences in a Face­book post on Sat­ur­day morn­ing.

He said, “With all that is hap­pen­ing, re­mem­ber to send your prayers and thoughts to those who are ex­pe­ri­enc­ing loss in their lives.

I pray for God’s grace to be up­on you as you cel­e­brate her life and mourn her loss.”