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Mar 30, 2009 News

Mrs Jagan’s wish

State Funeral Tomorrow…

The Government of Guyana wishes to announce that the State Funeral of the late Former President of the Republic of Guyana, Mrs. Janet Jagan, O.E., will take place on Tuesday, March 31, 2009.
The hearse, accompanied by the family, will move off from Mrs. Jagan’s residence, New Haven, Bel Air, at 08:00 hrs, proceeding west then north onto the Railway Embankment Road.
From there, the procession will head into Sheriff Street, turn into Campbell Avenue/Sandy Babb Street, then turn south onto Vlissengen Road where it will stop directly in front of the Office of the President and Castellani House. The military procession will then commence and proceed south and turn west into Brickdam to Parliament Buildings, arriving at 08:30hrs for the State Ceremony.
The Cortege departs Parliament Building at 10:00hrs and will stop briefly in front of the Headquarters of the People’s Progressive Party, Freedom House, Robb Street, for a ceremonial farewell.
The procession will then leave Georgetown for Babu John, Corentyne, where speeches and the final military honours will be performed. It is anticipated that the final ceremony and the cremation will commence at 14:00hrs. In keeping with Mrs. Jagan’s wishes for a simple ‘send-off’, there will be no viewing of the body.
The Traffic Police, GPF, will provide further details of the route and ancillary matters relating to the funeral procession in Georgetown.