Friday, 08 February 2008   The autopsy carried out on the body of Antigua and Barbuda's late Agriculture Minister, Charlesworth Samuel revealed that he drowned.  

His body was found on a rocky north coast beach last week after he was reported missing for two days.

Mr. Samuel, who was 69-years old, will be accorded a state funeral on February 19^th following a joint sitting of the Senate and Lower House on February 18^th.

The coronor's inquest into his death is scheduled to resume next week.