A large turnout is expected in the city today Wednesday for the funeral service of Sir Kenneth Dwight Vincent Venner. The procession to the church will begin at 1:00 p.m. The funeral service will commence at 2:00 p.m. at the Minor Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Castries, Saint Lucia. The official state funeral will be attended by members of the ECCB. Live streaming of the Official Funeral will start from 1:45 p.m. The stream will go live on the Government YouTube page Channel https://youtu.be/WzfbgAnEerI and the Government of Saint Lucia Facebook. Alternatively, the public can tune in to NTN (Channel 37) to also view the Service live. The funeral service will also be streamed live to the ECCB headquarters so staff can view. Sir Dwight Venner passed away on Thursday 22nd December. He was the second and longest serving Governor of the ECCB. During Sir Dwight’s tenure as Governor, he led many reforms. The banking and financial system expanded and remained stable throughout various financial crises. Above all, the EC dollar remained strong.
