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Funeral mix-up for market vendor who died of covid19
3 Hrs Ago
Simeon Bennie, 39, the son of dead market vendor Balnarine Balo Bennie, is calling for the implementation of a curfew to further restrict the spread of the coronavirus. The elder Bennie, 63, died from the virus on Monday. PHOTO COURTESY BENNIE FAMILY
The funeral of market vendor Balnarine Balo Bennie has been postponed because of an unspecified difficulty on Friday.
Bennie, 63, died in hospital last Monday. He was one of five people who died from the virus that day.
The funeral was said to have been held at HSJ Simpsons and Son funeral home in St Joseph, but was then said to have been postponed.
Son of vendor who died from covid19: Time for curfew
Thursday 6 May 2021
Simeon Bennie, 39, the son of dead market vendor Balnarine Balo Bennie, is calling for the implementation of a curfew to further restrict the spread of the coronavirus. The elder Bennie, 63, died from the virus on Monday. PHOTO COURTESY BENNIE FAMILY
As a Tunapuna family mourns the death of their father from covid19 and prays for the speedy recovery of his wife, who also has the virus, their son is calling for swift action in reducing the spread: he wants a curfew.
Speaking with Newsday on Thursday, Simeon Bennie, the son of veteran market vendor and masman Balnarine “Balo” Bennie, said he did not feel the public, particularly young people, were taking the public health regulations seriously and called for stricter measures to reduce the spread.