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The Cit­i­zens Against Noise Pol­lu­tion of Trinidad and To­ba­go (CANPTT) is call­ing for stronger en­force­ment and clear le­gal pro­tec­tions for res­i­dents un­der the Sum­ma­ry Of­fences (Amend­ment) Bill, 2025, oth­er­wise called the Fire­works Reg­u­la­tion Bill, warn­ing that the pro­posed law will fail with­out firm ac­tion on the ground.

The bill was lat­er passed in the Low­er House of Par­lia­ment yes­ter­day.

In a state­ment, CANPTT ac­knowl­edged the bill as a step for­ward, say­ing it marks the first time ex­plo­sive py­rotech­nics are be­ing ad­dressed as a pub­lic health and na­tion­al safe­ty is­sue. How­ev­er, the group said the leg­is­la­tion re­mains in­com­plete and in­suf­fi­cient to pro­tect cit­i­zens.