Residents in St John’s Rural South are calling for stricter enforcement of noise regulations, saying loud music from nearby bars is disrupting sleep and affecting daily life.
Speaking at a town hall meeting, one resident said music was still blaring at 2:30 a.m., warning that chronic lack of rest could affect people’s mental health and job performance.
Another resident, who said she is recovering from surgery and caring for two autistic children, complained that weekend noise often begins as early as 5 p.m. and continues until 3 a.m., even on Sunday nights ahead of the work and school week.
Attorney General Sir Steadroy Benjamin and Prime Minister Gaston Browne pledged to involve police to ensure bar operators comply with the law, which requires music to be reduced after 11 p.m. The Prime Minister also urged business owners to be more considerate of residents’ need for rest.
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This happems in Bolans almost every night. Goes up until sometimes 2:30am. The police vehicle runs up and down during the day but never during the nights. Life is so unfair.
Both Administrations have done a very poor job when it comes to addressing noise pollution in the entire country. The both get a failing grade, all we ever got was lip service. Who doesn’t want to comply should be dealt with severely. Sometimes babies and young children can’t get proper sleep
@ Abena
So true, I forgot to mention Bolans, when it comes to noise pollution it’s one of the worst villages and a police station is close by. Sometimes I just wonder what they are paid for
Tourism? Number 1 earner….. kill night life, you kill the economy.
It’s to close the rum bars, dope den and prostitution houses operating in residential neighborhoods.
Gaston, Cutie, Maria, Serpent, Richard, Medford constituencies are renk from these houses of filth through which filthy lucre is funneled to the accounts of the elites.
Daryl, why you wearing that?
You cold? Eh?
Looking good, nice and prosperous..
You must be doing real good creatively.
Bunch of enrichers🤔
We are going through it here in Ottos..and more so I don’t think there was any consultation with the villagers to construct that bar..its a bar,strip club/living quarters for prostitutes…loudness of music starts from 8:45pm until 525am 7days a week the owner of the bar is very inconsiderate non approachable..we the villagers are tired so we are expecting a comprehensive solutions to this problem..thank you.