Antigua St. John's - Regional carrier LIAT could name one of its aircraft after Grenadian Kirani James, the OECS' first gold medalist at the Olympic Games.
That's if Antigua & Barbuda Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer has his way.
The country's leader made a case for this to be done in his maiden address to the OECS Assembly on Friday, hours after LIAT announced it would be give a "fitting tribute" to the 19-year-old athlete.
Spencer, the leader of one of the airline's major shareholder governments, said James is deserving of the honour, describing him as a bright promise of the future of OECS athletics.
"Kirani's performance makes us proud as one people of the sub-region," he said, receiving applause from the dozens of people present.
"In order to underscore and give prominence to the significance of Kirani's accomplishments and its meaning to the sub-region in particular and the Caribbean in general, I am therefore recommending as fitting tribute that one of the symbols of our unity, LIAT, names one of its aircraft ‘Kirani James’."
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JB
One big chuuuuppppss
PM, clean up your back yard before venturing into others.
Bluddy Bloke
Good Idea???
Let the dust settle!!!
If he had done that then he would of had time to realise that it would be more fitting for the OECS leaders to get together and create a Kirani James Track & Field or Athletics facility. That could actually have a benefit for the youths. What are the youths gonna get out of seeing Kirani James painted on a plane? Choooops ... and some people are saying good idea?
Let Liat or the OECS build a track & field facility in Grenada instead!!!
Then our PM have Winston Williams ah fence up the whole of Antigua ... dont you think they could of even created little tracks somewhere round the island? Instead we have only Yasco and Bakka Bailey fraid to run on it!!! We should have tracks around the fields in English Harbour, Parham & Old Road!!!
Let's not forget Baldwin Spencer took away VC Bird day!!!
It Is Me
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Common Cents
I second that motion!
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