So i contacted two senior Officers of the GDF on this "flag gate" saga...since I saw both of them on formal duty during the Flag raising ceremony.
They explained (as I suspected) that the flag was not changed or altered but rather the weather has been having its toll on it and it was shredding badly to the edge. Since a new flag that size could not have been sourced immediately, as a quick fix, a base in the same green colour was added rather than to raise a shredding flag. One explained that green on green would look darker.
But all other flags are still the same flying majestically over dis dam we call Guyana.
On a side note, I could understand the concern since I love that Golden Arrowhead and I have always been raising concern about flags being placed up on poles and left there until tattered. Most times my complaints fall on deaf ears.
Last year I remember raising the problem with Banks DIH, after noticing the flags on top of the East Bank arch that they donated had become tattered and started to shred badly at the edges. Being a good corporate citizen, Banks removed all of the shredded flags on the arch and replaced them with what appears to be waving aluminum replicas. rain or shine...they waving anytime and looks good.
Next item on the agenda.