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By Eileen Cox | Sunday, November 8, 2009 | 0 Comments
“Do unto others as you would that they should do to you”.
I searched the index of the Dictionary of Famous Quotations compiled by Robin Hyman …
By Eileen Cox | Sunday, November 1, 2009 | 0 Comments
Consumer Concerns
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Teachers who did not attend the opening day of school for this new school year on September 1, 2009 and did not on …
By Eileen Cox | Sunday, October 25, 2009 | 0 Comments
World Standards Day Message
The world is facing a critical challenge. Increasing greenhouse gas emissions are raising the earth’s average temperature. As a result, dramatic climate …
By Eileen Cox | Sunday, October 18, 2009 | 0 Comments
Consumer Concern
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Recently much attention has been paid to the protection of children. Unfortunately, many children have to be protected in their homes. The behaviour …
By Eileen Cox | Sunday, October 11, 2009 | 1 Comment
Consumer Concerns
September 20-26, 2009 was regarded as Child Protection Week.
It is a shame that some children have to be protected against their own parents and …
By Eileen Cox | Sunday, September 27, 2009 | 0 Comments
To change an established street name is not something which is ever lightly done in any civilized country. A street name encapsulates part of the …
By Eileen Cox | Sunday, September 20, 2009 | 3 Comments
The scales are balanced heavily against local consumers when they purchase local fruit. A parcel of four oranges is available already packed in a highly …
By Eileen Cox | Sunday, September 13, 2009 | 3 Comments
Consumer Concerns
Three years ago house owners in the coastal region of Georgetown were warned not to engage in elaborate house repairs as the rising Atlantic …
By Eileen Cox | Sunday, September 6, 2009 | 1 Comment
Consumer Concerns
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As children, our parents instilled in us certain sayings that were meant to guide us through life.
‘A stitch in time saves nine.’
‘Do unto …
By Eileen Cox | Sunday, August 30, 2009 | 0 Comments
Consumer Concerns
Dr Ian McDonald’s article in last Sunday Stabroek, August 23, should serve as a wake-up call for those who, like me, tend to avoid …
By Eileen Cox | Sunday, August 23, 2009 | 0 Comments
Consumer Concerns
The Guyana National Bureau of Standards monitors twenty-four commodities under its Standard Compliance programme. One of the standards monitored is footwear. In an effort …
By Eileen Cox | Sunday, August 16, 2009 | 0 Comments
Consumer Concerns
Georgetown Average Commodity Prices for Period 2001-May 2009
Source: Bureau of Statistics
Note: Currently the prices for loose milk and sweet potato are not available.
A housewife, …
By Eileen Cox | Sunday, August 9, 2009 | 1 Comment
Consumer Concerns
The Special Select Committee of the National Assembly earlier this year invited submissions dealing with the impact of global food price increases. The Guyana …
By Eileen Cox | Sunday, July 26, 2009 | 0 Comments
Consumer Concerns
PUC Order No 1/2009 has just been received and is as follows:-
“The Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Co has filed an application on May …
By Eileen Cox | Sunday, July 19, 2009 | 0 Comments
The Allied Health Professions Bill
The Parliament Office has been advertising the Allied Health Professions Bill 2009, which was committed to a Special Select Committee of …
By Eileen Cox | Sunday, July 12, 2009 | 0 Comments
Consumer Concerns
It was surprising to receive invitations for two functions for Thursday, July 2, on the occasion of the 30th Regular Meeting of the Conference …
By Eileen Cox | Sunday, July 5, 2009 | 1 Comment
Consumers are contributing to the blockages in the sewerage system
An attempt to find out the date when the Georgetown sewerage system was started has failed.
It …
By Eileen Cox | Sunday, June 28, 2009 | 1 Comment
Consumer Concerns
In the March 2009 No: 3 issue of Gapevine the newsletter of the Guyana Association of Professional Engineers, there is an article on cardboard …
By Eileen Cox | Sunday, June 21, 2009 | 0 Comments
NBS is inviting low-income consumers with land to take up mortgages with them
The New Building Society Ltd is inviting low-income consumers with tracts of land …
By Eileen Cox | Sunday, June 14, 2009 | 0 Comments
Labelling and the cigarette industry
The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) will be hosting a public consultation on “Specification for the labelling of retail packages …
