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Caribbean L 8 ife, AUGUST 13-19, 2021
Former Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Lester Bird, 83, died on Monday,
Aug. 9, 2021. Associated Press/Andres Leighton/File
Former Antigua PM
Sir Lester Bird passes
By Nelson A. King
The Government of Antigua and Barbuda
announced on Monday the death
of former Prime Minister Sir Lester
Bryant Bird. He was 83.
“The Cabinet of Antigua and Barbuda
expresses deepest condolences to
Mrs. Patricia Philip Bird, children and
extended family of the late Sir Lester
Bryant Bird, KNH, on his untimely
passing,” the statement said.
“Sir Lester Bryant Bird, KNH, has
served Antigua and Barbuda, the Caribbean
Community (CARICOM) and
the Organization of Eastern Caribbean
States (OECS) with distinction,”
it added. “He has served the people
of Antigua and Barbuda for over 45
years, making him the founding father
of modern-day Antigua and Barbuda.
We have lost one of our most precious
sons.”
Konata Lee, secretary to the Cabinet
of Antigua and Barbuda, said that
Cabinet has established a special committee,
comprising Ministers Sir Molwyn
Joseph, Dean Jonas and E.P. Chet
Greene to organize final arrangements
to honor Sir Lester.
The Cabinet also announced that,
as a sign of respect, all flags on public
buildings in Antigua and Barbuda
will be flown at half-staff from Monday
and continuing, until the day of the
funeral.
Linda Taglialatela, US Ambassador to
Barbados, the Eastern Caribbean, and
the OECS, expressed deepest condolences
on the passing of Sir Lester.
“We extend our sympathies to the
Bird family and to the people of Antigua
and Barbuda who are mourning his loss
and honoring his memory,” she said.
“As the first chairman of the Organization
of Eastern Caribbean States,
Prime Minister Bird understood the
importance of regional integration, and
with roots in New York City, the friendship
the United States shares with the
people of Antigua and Barbuda. May he
rest in peace.”
According to loopnewscaribbean, Sir
Lester was ailing for some time.
In a statement, President Dr. Mohammed
Irfaan Ali described Bird as “a good
friend of Guyana and the Guyanese
people.
“Sir Lester was a good friend of Guyana
and the Guyanese people,” he said.
“He stood firmly and consistently with
us in defense of our sovereignty and territorial
integrity, raising his considerable
voice in the UN, the Commonwealth
and other hemispheric fora.
“Sir Lester opened the doors of Antigua
and Barbuda to many thousands
of Guyanese at a time of economic
decline in our country, and, in so doing,
cemented his legacy as a true integrationist,
which will forever be marked
in the annals of history,” the Guyanese
president added.
Dominican Prime Minister Roosevelt
Skerrit thanked Bird, who served as
the first chairman of the OECS, for his
work into the kick start the regional
integration movement.
“May his contribution to the regional
integration movement and to the
economic development of Antigua and
Barbuda be long-remembered and honored,”
Skerrit tweeted. “Our prayers are
with his loved ones and the people of
Antigua and Barbuda .”
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