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Nelson: Noise Abatement Act being reviewed
BY HORACE HINES Observer staff reporter hinesh@jamaicaobserver.com
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
HOPEWELL, Hanover — Security Minister Senator Dwight Nelson says the Government is reviewing legislation that oftentimes abbreviate the enjoyment of some Jamaicans.
According to Nelson, he and Culture Minister Olivia Grange are looking at the Noise Abatement Act, the Town and Country Act and any parish council act in order to amend or redraft them to allow people to enjoy themselves, "to have fun, to secure their rights to have fun without impinging on the rights of others".
National Security Minister Senator Dwight Nelson addressing the Jamaica Labour Party’s Area Council Four meeting at Hopewell High School in Hanover on Sunday.
National Security Minister Senator Dwight Nelson addressing the Jamaica Labour Party’s Area Council Four meeting at Hopewell High School in Hanover on Sunday.
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Under the Noise Abatement Act, entertainment sessions are allowed to go until midnight on weekdays and until 2:00 am on weekends.
Last year, Public Defender Earl Witter joined the chorus of angry voices calling for a review of the act. Witter argued that some latitude should be given to traditional community events, such as the Accompong Town Maroon celebration and the Rae Town old hits party where the music is not an annoyance to community members.
"As Jamaicans we are fun-loving people. We love to sit at the corner shops and our meeting places, play our music and play dominoes and drink and have fun. But we can't do so again because as we sit there the police come and lock it down," Senator Nelson told a Jamaica Labour Party Area Council Four meeting at Hopewell High School in Hanover on Sunday.
"We are working with the minister of youth, sports and culture to address this problem because you must be free to exhale; you must be allowed to relieve yourself of the stress, the tension you feel on a daily basis. And what better way than to sit down and listen to some good music and drink some good liquor? We are looking at that now to allow you to do that without being harassed."
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/...#ixzz1I30YTy3a
BY HORACE HINES Observer staff reporter hinesh@jamaicaobserver.com
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
HOPEWELL, Hanover — Security Minister Senator Dwight Nelson says the Government is reviewing legislation that oftentimes abbreviate the enjoyment of some Jamaicans.
According to Nelson, he and Culture Minister Olivia Grange are looking at the Noise Abatement Act, the Town and Country Act and any parish council act in order to amend or redraft them to allow people to enjoy themselves, "to have fun, to secure their rights to have fun without impinging on the rights of others".
National Security Minister Senator Dwight Nelson addressing the Jamaica Labour Party’s Area Council Four meeting at Hopewell High School in Hanover on Sunday.
National Security Minister Senator Dwight Nelson addressing the Jamaica Labour Party’s Area Council Four meeting at Hopewell High School in Hanover on Sunday.#slideshowtoggler, #slideshowtoggler a, #slideshowtoggler img { filter: none ! important; }
1/1 Under the Noise Abatement Act, entertainment sessions are allowed to go until midnight on weekdays and until 2:00 am on weekends.
Last year, Public Defender Earl Witter joined the chorus of angry voices calling for a review of the act. Witter argued that some latitude should be given to traditional community events, such as the Accompong Town Maroon celebration and the Rae Town old hits party where the music is not an annoyance to community members.
"As Jamaicans we are fun-loving people. We love to sit at the corner shops and our meeting places, play our music and play dominoes and drink and have fun. But we can't do so again because as we sit there the police come and lock it down," Senator Nelson told a Jamaica Labour Party Area Council Four meeting at Hopewell High School in Hanover on Sunday.
"We are working with the minister of youth, sports and culture to address this problem because you must be free to exhale; you must be allowed to relieve yourself of the stress, the tension you feel on a daily basis. And what better way than to sit down and listen to some good music and drink some good liquor? We are looking at that now to allow you to do that without being harassed."
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/...#ixzz1I30YTy3a
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