Constituents thank God for Manning

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Former prime minister Patrick Manning stood for more than an hour yesterday as members of his San Fernando East Constituency Office held a special thanksgiving ceremony for him. Manning, who spent Thursday night at the San Fernando General Hospital after suffering another seizure, walked into the National Academy for Performing Arts’ (Napa) south campus at San Fernando unaided by his cane. He was escorted by his wife and former Education minister Hazel Manning along with sons Brian and David Manning. Among the scores of supporters and well-wishers who turned up for the service were Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley, Diego Martin Central MP Dr Amery Browne, Point Fortin MP Paula Gopee-Scoon, Arouca/Maloney MP Alicia Hospedales and former minister of Public Utilities Mustapha Abdul Hamid.