The na­tion­al flag would be flown at half mast in re­spect of Sir El­lis Clarke's pass­ing. This in­struc­tion came from Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter Brigadier John Sandy who said that from 11 am yes­ter­day, flags at all gov­ern­ment build­ings would be flown at half mast un­til the day of the fu­ner­al in keep­ing with prop­er flag pro­to­col. A date has not yet been an­nounced for the fu­ner­al.

Sir El­lis was this coun­try's first pres­i­dent and the sec­ond Gov­er­nor Gen­er­al. Ac­cord­ing to the rules and eti­quette gov­ern­ing the na­tion­al flag, it should be flown at half mast on the day of the death and fu­ner­al of the Pres­i­dent, Prime Min­is­ter, Sen­ate Pres­i­dent, House Speak­er, mem­bers of Cab­i­net, oth­er no­table cit­i­zens or oth­er­wise pre­scribed by the Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter.