PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Mar 29, CMC – Doctors have recommended “bed rest” for Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar who is suffering from the common cold, according to an official statement issued here.
The statement gave no indication as to how long she would be confined to her bed, but said that the prime minister “extends best wishes to all citizens on the occasion of Spiritual Shouter Baptist Liberation Day, Easter and the celebration of Phagwa”.
Trinidad and Tobago will celebrate Spiritual Shouter Baptiste Liberation Day with a public holiday on Saturday and is also observing Phagwa or Holi, the Indo-Caribbean Hindu celebration of the New Year.