PNM Ed­u­ca­tion Of­fi­cer Lau­rel Leza­ma Lee Sing con­firmed the news to Guardian Me­dia say­ing she passed away this morn­ing af­ter ail­ing for some time.

“We ex­tend our sin­cere con­do­lences to her fam­i­ly at this time, “Lee Sing said.

Mc­Don­ald served as MP for Port-of-Spain South and held sev­er­al min­is­te­r­i­al port­fo­lios.

This is a break­ing news sto­ry.