New standards to be implemented for electrical items -Ministry
The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) yesterday launched an awareness programme for 31 new standards for electrical items coming into the country and February 2020 is seen as the cutoff point for substandard goods. A release from MPI said that...
Guyana Draft Merger Control & Review Bill
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Fly Jamaica to pay off tickets debts by July 1
https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2019/05/05/fly-jamaica-to-pay-off-tickets-debts-by-july-1/ Fly Jamaica has committed to pay off some 46 complainants by July 1.The cash-strapped airline, which sent home staffers earlier this year, committed to work with the Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission in ensuring consumers are refunded. On Thursday,...
Fly Jamaica commits to processing refunds by July 1st
https://www.stabroeknews.com/2019/news/guyana/05/05/fly-jamaica-commits-to-processing-refunds-by-july-1st-2/
Fly Jamaica to process refunds by July 1 – CCAC
…over $8M in reimbursements complaints received https://guyanatimesgy.com/fly-jamaica-to-process-refunds-by-july-1-ccac/ Stemming from a discussion between Fly Jamaica and the Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission (CCAC), the airline has given its word to process refunds owed to inconvenienced passengers by July 1, 2019.Those passengers...
Fly Jamaica to refund passengers by July
http://guyanachronicle.com/2019/05/05/fly-jamaica-to-refund-passengers-by-july EMBATTLED air carrier, Fly Jamaica, has made a commitment to refund passengers by July 1, 2019, who had made previous bookings with the airline before it crashed here last year.According to a release from the Competition and Consumer Affairs...
Used-vehicle standard can be enforced soon for auto dealers
http://guyanachronicle.com/2019/05/05/used-vehicle-standard-can-be-enforced-soon-for-auto-dealers FOR years, consumers have complained about the quality of the reconditioned vehicles which they purchase from importers, but citizens may soon get some help in this regard when a “Used-Vehicle standard” is adopted by the authorities. The second most...
Customers need receipts for complaints to be processed – CCAC
https://guyanatimesgy.com/customers-need-receipts-for-complaints-to-be-processed-ccac/ For some, a receipt is just another piece of paper that goes in the garbage but for the Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission (CCAC), it is the only proof of purchase that allows them to investigate a matter which...
Electronic service providers top list of consumer breaches – CAU
https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2019/04/26/electronic-service-providers-top-list-of-consumer-breaches-cau/ A recent survey by the Consumer Affairs Unit (CAU) has shown that electronic service providers top the list of business guilty of consumer breaches.As stated by CAU, the Electronics Industry was prominent in the list of complaints, accounting for...
Over 50% of businesses violate consumer laws – CAU
https://guyanatimesgy.com/over-50-of-businesses-violate-consumer-laws-cau/ The Consumer Affairs Unit (CAU) branch of the Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission (CCAC) last year conducted its first countrywide inspections to businesses where it was discovered that over 50 per cent of them were breaching the Consumers Affairs...