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  • Consumer Concerns

    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 …

  • Consumer Concerns

    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 …

  • Consumer Concerns

    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 …

  • Consumer Concerns

    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 …

  • Consumer Concerns

    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 …

  • Consumer Concerns

    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, …

  • Consumer Concerns

    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 …

  • Consumer Concerns

    By Eileen Cox | Sunday, October 19, 2008 | 1 Comment


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    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 …

  • Consumer Concerns

    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. …

  • Consumer Concerns

    By Eileen Cox | Sunday, October 5, 2008 | 0 Comments


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    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 …

  • Consumer Concerns

    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 …

  • Consumer Concerns

    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 …

  • Consumer Concerns

    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 …

  • Consumer Concerns

    By Eileen Cox | Sunday, August 24, 2008 | 0 Comments


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    Not all Railway Line occupants are squatters
    The caption in the Stabroek News of August 19 ‘Railway Squatters to get moving help from gov’t’ gave hope …

  • Consumer Concerns

    By Eileen Cox | Sunday, August 17, 2008 | 0 Comments


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    Let the Stabroek Market keep its tradition
    In the Guyana Telephone Directory 2007 (page 21) under the caption ‘Experience the soul of Guyana’ there is a …

  • Consumer Concerns

    By Eileen Cox | Sunday, August 10, 2008 | 0 Comments


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    A larger police force will be needed with the passage of the Prevention of Crimes (Amendment) Bill
    The headline ‘Life supervision for paedophiles’ would have sent …

  • Consumer Concerns

    By Eileen Cox | Sunday, August 3, 2008 | 0 Comments


    Healthy eating
    Consumer Reports On Health, an American magazine, has prepared a vitamin chart which should be of interest to all consumers who are concerned about …

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