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THE NGO, Citizens Against Noise Pollution In Trinidad and Tobago (CANPTT), keenly welcomed the government's promise of new laws to curb several sources of noise pollution, but said what was also needed was action to enforce anti-noise laws by bodies such as the police and the Environmental Management Authority (EMA). They also advocated "quiet time laws."

CANPTT vice president Lindy-Ann Bachoo spoke to Newsday on July, after Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar promised new anti-noise measures, at a UNC Monday Night Forum at Penal on July 7.

Persad-Bissessar had promised new laws to let attorneys represent residents at hearings for licences for local entertainment venues. The PM vowed a mandatory cut-off time for outside events requiring a dance-hall licence. She promised to impose a cut-off time for music trucks and "specific days and periods" for the use of fireworks.