Music carts must change to stay in business, Rohee tells operators

Some music cart vendors and members of the Guyana Police Force during a consultation yesterday where proposals were announced to regularise the trade. (GINA photo)

By Dena James

Music cart operators were yesterday told they need to modify the way they operate if they wanted to stay in business but voiced objections to proposals to regulate them.

The proposals, announced by Home Minister Clement Rohee during a consultation yesterday at the St Stanislaus College, are for the itinerant vendors to remodel their carts, vend in one place and use headphones as a means of keeping their noise level down.

Music cart operators, who sell pirated music and movies, usually push their carts through the streets both in