"Lock off that, now. Nuh call nobody. Two o'clock is the law and we give you until three. When mi seh lock off that, mean me mustn't hear any amps or sound," a police officer ordered last Saturday night at Rendezvous, staged at Temple Hall Estate, St Andrew.

"Yuh want mi come pull the plugs fi yuh?" he added.

With that said, there was an exodus from the VIP area, and despite the fact that there was no announcement made, the persons in the general area quickly got an idea of what was transpiring backstage and soon followed suit.

However, it did not just end abruptly for many of the patrons, who openly voiced their disgust at the revived attempt by the lawmen to enforce the Noise Abatement Act. "A we the people fi get the blame because things neva suh bad under the PNP. Nuh unnuh talk 'bout unnuh want Labour (JLP)," one man argued.