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By Eileen Cox | Sunday, January 25, 2009 | 0 Comments
Citizens should ask for more goods to be zero rated
Last week I was dealing with improvements that I would like to see during this year, …
By Eileen Cox | Sunday, January 18, 2009 | 0 Comments
GPL was the most inconsiderate utility in 2008
A New Year has begun and consumers are looking for improvements in their way of life. Of the …
By Eileen Cox | Sunday, January 11, 2009 | 0 Comments
Are children really fooled?
Santa Claus soared into the headlines of the Stabroek News in the early days of December. Montgomery Chester in a letter with …
By Eileen Cox | Sunday, January 4, 2009 | 0 Comments
Planning versus spontaneity
Last week I gave what may be called an introduction to my daughter’s article, ‘On be-coming a writer.’ Today I give the concluding …
By Eileen Cox | Sunday, December 21, 2008 | 0 Comments
Where possible keep bottled water refrigerated
The concluding paragraphs in the article ‘Water − Liquid of Life’ published in Nyam News August Nos 1&2 2001 are …
By Eileen Cox | Sunday, December 14, 2008 | 0 Comments
The liquid of life
The article ‘Water – Liquid of Life’ in Nyam News Nos 1 & 2, August 2001, published by the Caribbean Food and …
By Eileen Cox | Sunday, December 7, 2008 | 0 Comments
Water is an essential item
There was a promise to continue to write on water from the Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute’s Nyam News. Before we …
By Eileen Cox | Sunday, November 30, 2008 | 0 Comments
The Environmental Protection Act does give consumers protection against noise
We are in the Christmas season and many consumers who are exposed to noise, live in …
By Eileen Cox | Sunday, November 23, 2008 | 0 Comments
Water: The liquid of life
As children growing in British Guiana we had few choices for drinking water. Our vats supplied us with an adequate amount …
By Eileen Cox | Sunday, November 16, 2008 | 0 Comments
The bill prohibiting loud music in public transportation is not yet an act
The Summary Jurisdiction (Offences) (Amendment) Bill, No. 11 of 2008 was approved in …
By Eileen Cox | Sunday, November 9, 2008 | 0 Comments
Government should maintain a strong consumer protection policy
In 1999, United Nations expanded its guidelines for consumer protection. The opening paragraphs are shown hereunder:
Taking into account …
By Eileen Cox | Sunday, November 2, 2008 | 1 Comment
We need to find a quick solution to the problem of the conditions in lock-ups, jails
Did you read the article ‘Brickdam lock-ups unfit for humans, …
By Eileen Cox | Sunday, October 26, 2008 | 0 Comments
Bolts from the blue
On Saturday October 18, two new bills hit consumers like bolts from the blue. To understand the one the deals with cellular …
By Eileen Cox | Sunday, October 19, 2008 | 1 Comment
Let us improve the conditions of the lock-ups
It was reported in the Sunday Stabroek of October 5 that a murder suspect was to receive $75 …
By Eileen Cox | Sunday, October 12, 2008 | 0 Comments
There must be public consultation on issues that affect citizens
The editorial in Sunday Stabroek of October 5 should be studied by every citizen of Georgetown. …
By Eileen Cox | Sunday, October 5, 2008 | 0 Comments
Don’t refuse to accept the change to metric
It’s metric time again. And it will continue to be metric time until consumers accept that Guyana went …
By Eileen Cox | Sunday, September 28, 2008 | 0 Comments
Danger to swimmers!
On Sunday September 7, 2008, a glorious Sunday, 23-year-old Gloria Nedd and her boyfriend, Royston Seecharan, went to the sea-shore between Pegasus and …
By Eileen Cox | Sunday, September 14, 2008 | 0 Comments
The accuracy of petrol pump readings depends partly on the efforts of weights and measures officials
Lloyd David, Public Relations Officer at the Guyana National Bureau …
By Eileen Cox | Sunday, August 31, 2008 | 1 Comment
Guyana should be metric
A Metrication Committee has been established by the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) to monitor the implementation of the metric system …
By Eileen Cox | Thursday, August 28, 2008 | 2 Comments
Controversial but entertaining is perhaps the best way to describe the dramatic performance by the Caymanian delegation at the Theatre Guild Playhouse on Tuesday night. …
