The body of the late Prime Minister David Thompson will lie in state for the next four days.
Barbadians were able to view his body at Parliament today. He will be lying in state there tomorrow until 2 p.m. after which he will be viewed at Combermere School which he attended.
On Saturday, viewing will take place at the Democratic Labour Party headquarters from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.
On Monday, his body will be viewed at St John’s Parish Church from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. On Tuesday the body will be downstairs in the East Wing of Parliament from 9 a.m.
Thompson died last Saturday at his home in Mapps, St Philip after battling pancreatic cancer.
Four days to see PM
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