OUR society has become a place of constant noise in various parts of our country but our police do nothing about it. I wonder if a bill was passed in Parliament about noise nuisance then why is it that these laws are not enforced? On Christmas day I visited some of my relatives at Enterprise. When I arrived there I heard some very lewd and loud music that vibrated the entire community

That can be heard about five miles from the back of Enterprise to the main public road.

I spoke to my my relatives about the music and they told me that it was an overseas Guyanese who owns a restaurant brought in those boxes since Christmas Eve day and was playing the music night and day.As I was talking to my relatives I can barely hear my own voice I had to speak as if I was deaf because of the constant noise that was vibrating the entire place. My relatives couldn’t answer phone calls from well wishers at home and abroad because they are unable to hear the speaker’s voice on their phones also their own voices.

When I asked them if the police are patrolling in the area they said yes but do nothing to the owner of the restaurant though people in the community reported the restaurant owner. I find it very ridiculous that the police themselves have violated the law by not stopping the loud music they were hearing in that community. In a country like Suriname that restaurant owner would have been arrested and put into prison and his shop license would have been revoked. Residents in the community told me the man has ”a lot of lines” what I have seen here is lots of lawlessness have invaded our county left, right and centre.

I walked down the street to take a good view of the restaurant. I note with interest a very big movie screen in front of the restaurant’s owner yard where he also shows movies but was told he is even showing pornography movies to the public view at his own whims and pleasure. It seems to me that people can break the law and get away with murder in this country as long as they have money and can pay bribe to the police and some corrupt officials in high offices.

How can students study when a miscreant living in their community is disturbing their peace in their own homes? How can old people who are sick get their rest? How can decent citizens spend a decent Christmas with friends and family when they cannot hear their own voices in their own homes? It seems as if these so called laws that are passed about ”noise nuisance in our community and mini busses” is just another piece of legislation on paper but it’s never enforced. Lots of these bar and restaurant owners and night clubs owners are destroying the moral fabric of our society by noise nuisance and the police does nothing about it. And we are seeing more and more bars, pools shops, gambling houses, whore houses and dope houses rising on every street corner everyday like a cancer in our society.

We should ask ourselves some very serious questions in our country. What have we achieved after 42 years of independence? Where are we heading morally, spiritually and intellectually? Do we have strong laws in Guyana to protect our citizens from harm?

What is the Deffand the police doing to protect the citizens of this country? While we have the big talks about climate change and

Lads we need to have bigger laws to have a cleaner and better environment; a more morally upright society where citizens must respect the law and not violate it because they have some money to give bribes. From the rich to the poor should face the full force of the law. All over Georgetown I see tons of garbage that’s thrown by citizens selling into the paves and streets. We have seen more street hawkers than any other Caribbean country in our country. Even little children have taken on the profession of street vending.

Noise nuisance have infiltrated our society from every corner we have now become reggae and dance hall society. We have produced dunces and more street peddlers and dope pushers. Our Ministers in Governments should come out of their offices and visit more communities to observe what is really happening in our communities. What I notice our parliamentarians would only visit lots of communities during elections to encourage citizens to vote for them. Life is more than just a vote; life in a develop society is about a great education, religious education, moral education and the laws of the country must be respected by citizens at all times. Every Saturday some body selling Bar-B-Que at the street corner playing loud music all night. Wedding houses playing loud music for days and the long dismal list goes on.

It’s about time The Ministry of Home Affairs as well as the Police and GDF enforce the laws of ”Noise Nuisance” for us to live in a more decent and quiet society. When we can live a life of peace and love then we will have the love of God for all mankind. What is lacking in our society is the love of God that will cause us to love our neighbours just like we love ourselves. I have seen too much selfish people in our society that have been breaking the laws of our land everyday.
REV.GIDEON CECIL