Funeral for Boyne on Sunday, January 14

The funeral for well-known journalist and deputy chief executive officer of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Ian Boyne will be held on Sunday, January 14, at the National Indoor Sports Centre in Kingston, beginning at 10 a.m.

Members of the public are invited to join in the celebration of the life of the veteran journalist and may view the body prior to the start of the service from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.

A condolence book will be opened, and the service will be streamed live on the JIS Facebook page as well as carried live on JNN.

Boyne's body will be interred at the Dovecot Memorial Park in St Catherine.

Boyne, who hosted Jamaica's longest-running television interview programme, 'Profile', as well as 'Religious Hardtalk', died at the University Hospital of the West Indies on December 18 after a brief illness.

He was also a Gleaner columnist and author.