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The Office of the Prime Minister announced as of Friday that an Official Funeral will be held in honour of former Chief Justice Michael de la Bastide.

And before the members of the public were invited to sign the Condolence Book, the President, the Acting Prime Minister and the Chief Justice were afforded the opportunity to do so at the Hall of Justice on Friday.

Juhel Browne reports.
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00:00 A photo posted by the Finance Ministry on Facebook shows Acting Prime Minister and Finance
00:06 Minister Colm Imbert signing the condolence book for the late former Chief Justice Michael
00:12 de Labestead at the Hall of Justice on Friday. The Finance Ministry said the Acting Prime
00:18 Minister also exchanged words of comfort and solace with the family of Mr de Labestead.
00:25 Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley and his wife, Attorney-at-Law Sharon Rowley, left for Ireland
00:30 on vacation earlier this week. Another photo posted by the Finance Ministry
00:34 also shows President Christine Kangaloo was in attendance at the signing of the condolence
00:40 book for Mr de Labestead at the Hall of Justice on Friday. The Finance Ministry also said
00:46 Chief Justice Ivor Archie was also present. The Office of the Prime Minister announced
00:51 on Friday that the official funeral for former Chief Justice de Labestead will be held on
00:56 Thursday, April 11 at the Church of the Assumption, Long Circular Road, Maraval at 10am. TV6 News
01:03 also understands that unlike a state funeral, the protocols for an official funeral do not
01:08 include the national flag being flown at half-mast on the days leading up to the funeral, and
01:14 an official funeral does not include the full military honours of a state funeral.
01:20 Contacted for comment, Foreign and CARICOM Affairs Minister Dr Amy Brown said state funerals
01:26 are accorded to heads of state and government. Regarding the official funeral for the former
01:31 Chief Justice, the Foreign Affairs Minister told TV6 News that the government is currently
01:35 working closely with the de Labestead family, with the Ministry of the Attorney General,
01:40 the CCJ, the judiciary and other key stakeholders in the planning process for an official funeral
01:46 in honour of the outstanding life and service of Michael de Labestead. Mr de Labestead also
01:53 served as the first President of the CCJ, the Caribbean Court of Justice, which is located
01:58 in Port of Spain. In a statement, CARICOM said Mr de Labestead will be remembered for
02:04 establishing the foundation for "high-functioning, responsive regional jurisprudence, the hallmark
02:11 of the CCJ". The OPM said members of the public are invited to sign the condolence
02:16 books in memory of Mr Justice de Labestead on Monday, April 8, from 9am to 3pm at the
02:23 Hall of Justice, Knox Street, Port of Spain, and the Caribbean Court of Justice Headquarters
02:28 on Henry Street in Port of Spain. Members of the public have also been invited to sign
02:33 the condolence books on Tuesday, April 9 and Friday, April 12, from 9am to 3pm at the Hall
02:40 of Justice and the Caribbean Court of Justice Headquarters in Port of Spain, the Hall of
02:45 Justice in Scarborough, Tobago, and the Princess Town Court, Naparima Mearo Road, Princess
02:50 Town. The OPM said further details will be provided at a later date. Jule Brown, TV6
02:58 News.
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