Noise nuisance not covered under ERC mandate

The Ethnic Relations Com-mission (ERC) says it is not the competent authority to deal with matters of noise nuisance, following what it says are misleading claims in an article published by the Guyana Times.

In a press release the ERC said the paper’s Monday edition, under the caption “Police round up many after Sheriff Street fireworks” gives the impression that it ignored complaints about noise nuisance made in a letter by Pearl Lewis on September 21.

The ERC said following its Complaints Procedure it invited Lewis to attend a meeting and to provide additional information