The Leader, chairman, members of the Central Executive and the wider Party, of the People’s National Congress Reform, expressed condolence, to the wife, Mara, three children (Misha, Oya and Osa), mother, Margaret Knight, the other members of family, relatives, friends, members of the Cabinet, the Democratic Labour Party (DLP), and all of the people of Barbados, on the sad passing, today, of the Prime Minister of Barbados, Hon. David John Howard Thompson, at the age of 48.
Mr. Thompson, who has Guyanese roots, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer for which he had been undergoing treatment for the past several months. His wife and three children were at his bedside when he passed away at his home in St. Phillip.
Mr. Thompson was responsible for the Single Market and Economy in the quasi-cabinet of CARICOM.
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