00:00Terubo Phase 2 is located off the Sir Solomon Hochoy Highway, obliquely opposite the Bryan
00:07Lara Cricket Academy. Now, in terms of residential properties in relation to FETS, this location
00:14is one of those that is as close as it can get. So today, we are here in the area to find out
00:20how residents feel about the decision, which is in part based on noise pollution, to ban FETS
00:25from the Bryan Lara Cricket Academy. Siobhan Marshall says music coming from the parties
00:31at the academy can be heard, but he's unbothered by it. I would hear the music, but it wouldn't
00:37be loud to say, well, it will affect you when you're sleeping or anything like that. So
00:41it's mostly people who are trying to stop the younger generation from having fun. Some
00:47people are just miserable, so they want to make other people miserable too. So it's not
00:52a case where, you know, your windows are rattling from the base or anything? No, nothing like
00:57that. Nothing like that. Although Yolandi is only about two houses away from Marshall,
01:03the impact on her is quite different. Admittedly, she's not into events like FETS and Carnival.
01:09I can't sleep at night, and it seems as though it's every, I mean, it's so regular. It seems
01:16as though it's every day. Right. You know, but it's every weekend. I know some of the residents,
01:21they have babies, you know, and it affects. It really does affect. And it's ridiculous
01:27when coming to the traffic. She's supporting the move to ban the FETS, as from her point
01:34of view, it will alleviate those problems. Phillip says Carnival is seasonal, and so is
01:39any inconvenience in that regard to some residents. But according to him, promoters did make a
01:45compromise. Most of them have basically about FIFETS. That's about it. Like about FIFETS
01:53for the season? For the season, basically. The last time they complained, they shipped the
01:58things more to the back, so you don't get that volume and noise and stuff. So, it do bother me.
02:05In fact, he enjoys being able to stay in his home and still get a taste of the party atmosphere.
02:13While FIFETS have been blamed for wear and tear the facility, Phillip is questioning that
02:18statement. They do be inside. They're not inside the stadium. The FIFETS are outside. They have
02:24this area here, this car park here, and I have the car park into the back. Rajpati Charles tells
02:30us the sound coming from the academy varies. She has three grandchildren, including a three-year-old
02:36girl. So, tell me, when they're having those FIFETS, is she able to sleep through? Yes,
02:42it doesn't bother them. It doesn't bother them at all. Do you agree with that perspective
02:47that it's going to kill Carnival, or do you think that they'll find a way around it? As I said before,
02:52if they don't want the noise, move away from Trinidad, because Carnival is our culture.
02:59It could be Carnival, it could be Indian thing, it could be what. It is our culture.
03:04Charles, at a time in her life, was a vendor for Carnival events at Skinner Park,
03:09and she understands the impact it can have from that point of view.
03:12That was our survival line, till better could have been done. In the sense of being unemployed,
03:22and you're looking for a way out, that was our line.
03:26NDPer refers to himself as a countryman, a man for the culture.
03:31Sometimes I hear the music, I come outside, I drink out two beers, and I drip in. Yeah,
03:37man, that's about it. Two bad eyes, damn nice, but there ain't nobody.
03:41When you kill this, what's happening now? People don't care to drink beer, because of the price.
03:47Can't smoke a cigarette again. You know what I'm saying? What do I do now? People just sit
03:51around home and watch another. You know what I'm saying? I'm not good looking man to say,
03:54well, my wife could watch me all day. Promoters whose approval was granted for events
03:59at the academy are now dealing with the revocation of those approvals.
04:03Do you think it's a move that they should reconsider, given the importance of...
04:07I agree to 100. No, I'm asking you. Yeah, well, they're supposed to think it over,
04:13discuss it, because even though you wanted to do it, you can give them boys a little,
04:17the promoters a little chance and tell them, well, this is from next year, please go.
04:20We're looking for a new venue. You know, they said them with BAP, BAP, you know what I'm saying?
04:25They move around.
04:26Alyssia Boucher, TV6 News.
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