The Min­istry of Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty says the Na­tion­al Flag of Trinidad and To­ba­go will be flown at half-mast on the day of the state-as­sist­ed fu­ner­al of Lisa Mor­ris-Ju­lian, Mem­ber of Par­lia­ment for D'Abadie/O'Meara and Min­is­ter in the Min­istry of Ed­u­ca­tion.

The fu­ner­al will take place on Thurs­day, Jan­u­ary 2, 2025.

Mor­ris-Ju­lian, 48, died in an ear­ly-morn­ing fire at her Far­fan Street, Ari­ma home on De­cem­ber 16, which al­so claimed the lives of her two chil­dren Xi­anne, 25, and Je­si­ah, 6. 

Ac­cord­ing to the an­nounce­ment all state and non-state agen­cies, as well as all Trinidad and To­ba­go diplo­mat­ic mis­sions abroad, are in­struct­ed to low­er the flag by its own depth from its nor­mal po­si­tion at the peak of the staff when ob­serv­ing the na­tion’s mourn­ing.

The flag should first be hoist­ed to the top of the staff for an in­stant, then low­ered to the half-mast po­si­tion. Be­fore the end of the day, the flag should be raised to the top of the staff again be­fore be­ing low­ered.

Oth­er flags on the same pole must al­so be at half-mast or not flown at all when the Na­tion­al Flag is at half-mast. Flags of for­eign na­tions should not be flown at half-mast un­less their coun­try is al­so ob­serv­ing mourn­ing.