Dear Editor,
Why has the Guyana Police Force allowed noise-makers to continue breaking the law in the Subryanville area? For months before Diwali the area was relatively quiet with noise from the Sunday Night Lime toned down after repeated calls for police action.
The revival of the noise continues with police standing by doing nothing to reduce the noise. On Sunday, November 23, Digicel, under the shelter of a tent, blasted the Subryanville area with unbelievable noise and with police ranks looking on. Residents have no protection against noise and suffered from the blast. All are affected – children, their parents, students, the sick, the elderly.
The Guyana Consumers Association carried out a Social Responsibility campaign last year alerting consumers that when we live in communities we have a responsibility to our neighbours and others. Digicel, as a business entity, has a corporate social responsibility. If the Sunday night event was meant as a promotion, it certainly did them no good. They could take Christmas cheer to the many underprivileged children in our country, treating them to a party with presents and balloons.
There is a fear in Subryanville that the noise will be increased during the Christmas season. We call upon the Guyana Police Force to study the Environmental Protection Act, Section 19 and the noise standard issued by the Guyana National Bureau of Standards and act appropriately. Let us stop the lawlessness!
Yours faithfully,
Eileen Cox
