PNM councillor laid to rest

At Bruno’s funeral service at St Theresa’s RC Church in Malick, Chairman of the San Juan/Laventille Regional Corporation Anthony Roberts gave a recent example of Bruno’s dedication which occurred during Tropical Storm Bret last month.

“While people were getting off the street to be at home to secure their family this man had other ideas.

Bruno in intense back pain and not knowing what exactly was responsible for the pain, he was able to persuade his son to travel with him to deliver sand bags leading up to and even after the hour the storm was to have made landfall.

So as we bid farewell to our brother we recognize the lessons he has taught us. Commitment and dedication to duty, genuine love for ones community and talk less and do more,” he said. Bruno, 53, died on Saturday last after a brief battle with cancer. Delivering the eulogy was former MP Joseph Ross who said in the four years Bruno was a councillor, he walked the streets every day and night checking every drain and street light.

“If there are less vehicular accidents on the roads of Barataria today we must say thanks to Pernell for ensuring that we are protected by the humps he has placed on every street in Barataria. If there are young men and women and not so young as well playing in the savannahs we must say thanks for his efforts in ensuring the grounds are properly maintained at all times. He treated those grounds as though it belonged personally to him,” he said.

Among those attending the service were Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, Rural Development and Local Government Minister Kazim Hosein, Energy Minister Franklin Khan and members of the various regional corporations. Bruno was later laid to rest at the San Juan Hill cemetery.