Permits for parties to be held in the Kingston and St Andrew area will not be granted during the limited state of emergency currently enforced.
While Kingston and St Andrew remain under a limited state of emergency since last week following the recent upsurge of violence, the party community will have to bear the brunt of the state of emergency.
When THE WEEKEND STAR spoke to Derrick 'Cowboy' Knight, head of the Half-Way Tree police, he explained that for his division, no permission for events held after 6 p.m. would be granted.
He said: "The regulations during this time clearly speak to no gatherings until things go back to normal, then persons are to apply 10 days before the event for permits." A month-long state of emergency was called on Sunday, May 23. Last Wednesday, a curfew was also imposed on sections of the Corporate Area.
Knight added: "My advice is to apply to the commissioner of police for permission during this time until the curfew ends in the next three weeks."
Since the unrest in Kingston, a number of events had to be postponed due to the violence and the state of emergency. Events such as Levels, Equilibrium, Good Times, Wet Sundaze, among others were postponed until further notice.
For summer series May Daze, which kicked off on the first Friday of May, at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre, and was scheduled to run for five weeks, last week's edition was postponed and tonight's edition faces the same fate.
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Source: Jamaica Star
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