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This is lawlessness at its worst
DEAR EDITOR,
I have written a letter to the press expressing my utter disappointment on how the noise pollution in the Upper Corentyne areas is negatively affecting the residents, especially the more vulnerable, through the illegal use of 1200-watt amplifiers and loudspeakers to do mobile commercial advertising and vending. I would like to point out that the Commander of the GPF in Region 6 should not be the one to grant permission to do this. The Environmental Protection Agency is the body responsible for this.
Those in authority in this country seem to be harboring a debilitating misbelief that if you ignore facts then they will go away with time. However, what they have failed to recognize is that ignoring negative things that need to be fixed can not only be counterproductive but destructive as well.
I have intended to invoke the attention of the Minister of Public Security, the Commissioner of Police and the EPA. In fact, the scenario is getting worse, since it now seems that only a particular person is given the ‘permission’ to conduct this illegal commercial mobile advertisement. This same particular person has a virtual monopoly and is doing as many as six advertisements per day using a few vehicles. This would rake in at least hundreds of thousands per week. I hope the GRA Office is taking note.
This individual has his hands in everything: he is in contracting, he is in advertising, he is in promoting shows. Indeed, this man is real ’fit and proper’ for all seasons. My region has 5 local television programs that cover from end to end and these commercial advertisements can be advertised on these programs, so why use a public announcement system to disturb the peace? This is lawlessness at its worst.
The EPA has failed, the Public Security Minister has failed, the Commissioner has failed and of course the Commander of the Region has failed the elderly, single mothers and not to mention the workers in the night trying to get a day rest, so I do feel it will be futile to call upon the authorities to do anything. So Good Lord, will you help us?
A final word of advice to the Government: By ignoring the show, you’re ignoring the audience who put you there.
Sherry Ann Johnson
(Retired teacher)
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