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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. …
By Eileen Cox | Wednesday, August 27, 2008 | 0 Comments
The sixth annual Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Clico sponsored Under-17 two-day Inter-County cricket tournament was launched in the boardroom of the sponsors yesterday afternoon.
Guyana Cricket Board …
By Eileen Cox | Sunday, August 24, 2008 | 0 Comments
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 …
By Eileen Cox | Sunday, August 17, 2008 | 0 Comments
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 …
By Eileen Cox | Sunday, August 10, 2008 | 0 Comments
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 …
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 …
