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Restaurant Week Memories

November 22nd, 2011

Well folks, Restaurant Week is over and what a delectable treat it has been! I must admit I did not get to visit as many places as I wanted but I must make special mention of Sonia’s Home style Restaurant at 17 Central Avenue in Kingston. The service was excellent and it was pleasure to [...]

J.P.S and the OUR

November 22nd, 2011

Like a lot of Jamaicans, I eagerly awaited the results from the OUR probe into the new meters installed by The Jamaica Public Service (J.P.S). I felt certain that these new meters might be the root cause of recent complaints by consumers of skyrocketing electricity bills. However, the investigation revealed that the meters were not [...]

Restaurant Week – A Consumer’s Dream!

November 10th, 2011

As consumers tried to cut back on their spending, eating out became one of the luxuries that most people found it the easiest to do without. After all, most Jamaicans can cook and with the high cost associated with eating out it made perfect sense to cut out that expense. I must admit that I [...]

7 Ways to save money on your Credit Card bill

October 21st, 2011

Okay I know what you are thinking how can you save money if you have to pay a huge bill every month? Sometimes those charges accumulate until your bill begins to resemble a map for the way to debt. In order to save money you only have to adopt the following seven guidelines that will [...]

How much chlorine is in your water?

October 14th, 2011

The recent controversy over the low levels of chlorine in the water below the Cross roads area of Kingston, Jamaica makes me wonder about the chlorine levels in other areas. Are chlorine levels routinely checked or is it a once in a while activity? Are there any ways for consumers to know if the level of cholrine in their water is [...]

Jamaican health care gets failing grade

October 11th, 2011

I can guarantee that no one wants to be in need of medical attention. Added to the obvious fact that no one has perfect health there is always the likelihood of being at a hospital because of an accident. I recently had that truth brought home to me when I was faced with [...]

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