Department of Prime Minister and National Executive Council Secretary, Ivan Pomaleu has clarified to all government agencies and corporate entities that Papua New Guinea National Flags should already be back at full mast. Secretary Pomaleu said following Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s burial on 19 September, all national flags under the Commonwealth and Realm countries including PNG were to have returned to full mast at 8.00 on the morning after the burial. “All flags should have gone back to full mast the day after the public holiday. The King decreed a further 7 days of mourning for the United Kingdom but that did not affect the Commonwealth and the Realm countries,” he said. “I call on all government agencies and corporate entities to have our country’s flag flown high at full mast, if not done already,” he said. Secretary Pomaleu said the half-mast flag, which symbolizes a time of mourning, revealed our country’s grief during the Queen’s death; however, the PNG flag must now be flown at full mast. He gave that clarification after it was noticed that some institutions and corporate entities are still flying the flags at half-mast.