A team of government officials and funeral directors is now gathered at the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) awaiting the arrival of the body of former Prime Minister Edward Seaga from the United States.

Seaga died at a Miami hospital on Tuesday, May  28 after battling cancer and other complications.

He is Jamaica's fifth prime minister.

He will be accorded a state funeral. 

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