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Return of sleepless nights
« on: November 09, 2011, 11:00:59 PM »
http://www.newsday.co.tt/news/0,150326.html

Return of sleepless nights
By Newsday Staff Thursday, November 10 2011

Woodbrook residents who live within the centre of the nightlife on Ariapita Avenue, Port-of-Spain yesterday said they will now have to cope with the return of sleepless nights due to the late liming of patrons.

Their fears are rooted in the resumption of late openings of bars, nightclubs and restaurants with the lifting of the 11 pm to 4 am curfew, which the Prime Minister announced on Monday.

In the early weeks of the state of emergency, residents welcomed the curfew saying since patrons of nearby nightspots had to be indoors early, it meant they were able to sleep uninterrupted and they did not have to put up with persons parking in front of their homes or defacing their properties.

Now, residents said they will have no choice but to cope with the loud music and the “disorderly conduct” of patrons who litter their driveways with empty food containers and beer bottles.

One resident said Woodbrook was such a “peaceful” area until it became the centre of the city’s night life for “limers.”

Entrepreneurs in the restaurant and entertainment business, however, are looking forward to recovering lost earnings due to when they closed early because of the curfew or could not host shows late at night.

Charles Pashley, Chief Executive Officer of Prestige Holdings which owns several franchises including Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), said, “We will be taking the opportunity to return to normal sales which we are hoping to achieve.”

Pashley added that as of today all stores will be going back to their regular opening and closing hours, including its Independence Square restaurant which opens 24-hours. Its other outlets close at 2 am. Managing Director of the Pizza Boys Group of Companies, Norman Sabga Aboud said most of their companies went back to their normal operating hours as of Tuesday.

He said even though his business suffered losses, the state of emergency had served its purpose and it was very effective.

Derek Chin, Chief Executive Officer of MovieTowne, Mucurapo said his staff was “working expeditiously” to have shows return to their normal schedule as of today. He said MovieTowne was celebrating its ninth anniversary tomorrow and the removal of the curfew gave them the much needed time to arrange for the occasion.

Club owners and promoters said although they were happy with the removal of the curfew, they said they operated their businesses within the curfew hours which made financial losses minimum.

Promoter Randy Glasgow said his shows did not suffer losses as a result of the state of emergency and curfew, since they used it as an opportunity to create entertainment.

“Luckily for us, the state of emergency created a market for us to entertain people so we had very little adjustments to make,” said Glasgow.

He added that in light of the curfew removal, his shows will take place at larger venues to accommodate the larger crowds that are expected.

In addition, the Trinidad and Tobago Inter-Island Transportation Company, (TTITC) issued a release yesterday with its change in sailing hours which had to be rescheduled due to the hours of the curfew.

The TTITC will resume its normal sailing schedule from 6.30 am from Port-of-Spain, Monday to Saturday and from 8.30 am on Sunday.

The normal sailing schedule will take place effective tomorrow.
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