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Improved Service Delivery at PICA Through New Customer Relationship Management System
The Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) continues to embrace digital transformation by introducing a new customer relationship management system, called REL-M. The system enables customers to track their case from start to finish, access more information about the services...
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JBDC Expanding Digital Jamaica Training to Rural Entrepreneurs
The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) is taking its Digital Jamaica Training initiative beyond urban centres into rural communities. This is intended to ensure that entrepreneurs islandwide benefit from provisions focused on digitisation, digitalisation and digital transformation. The move aligns with Jamaica’s national digital plan, which aims to bridge the digital divide, enhance education access and drive technological innovation in...
Transport Authority’s 2025/2026 Licensing Period Commences
Effective Saturday, February 1, 2025, the Transport Authority will commence acceptance of new and renewal applications for all categories of public passenger vehicles and commercial carriers licences through its Online portal at www.ta.org.jm. The Authority says the February 1, 2025 start of the Licensing Period is to facilitate the timely submission and processing of PPV licences and commercial carriers applications,...
NHT Encourages Qualified Businesses to Utilise Amnesty Programme
Eligible entities are being encouraged to utilise the third window of the National Housing Trust (NHT) Employer Arrears Amnesty Programme to clear up outstanding contributions and become compliant. This phase of the programme runs up to March 31, 2025, and is aimed at assisting micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and registered charitable organisations that have fallen behind on their...
Jamaicans Encouraged to Volunteer as Child Diversion Mentors
The Child Diversion Branch (CDB) in the Social Justice Division of the Ministry of Justice is calling on upstanding Jamaicans to volunteer as Mentors in its Child Diversion Programme. The programme targets children aged 12 to 17, who come into conflict with the law, with rehabilitative services that divert them from criminal judicial proceedings. Director of the Child Diversion Branch,...
Radio Remote Promotes South Coast
Public Relations Officer at the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), Sicourney Jackson, says that hosting this year’s Radio Remote event served as an opportunity to bring more attention to the island’s south coast. Done in partnership with Sandals Resorts, from January 25 to 30, Radio Remote saw the island receiving heightened promotion on more than 60 United States-based radio stations in...
UN Tourism Secretary General to Address Global Tourism Resilience Conference and Expo in Jamaica
Secretary General of United Nations Tourism, H.E Zurab Pololikashvili is scheduled to participate in the Global Tourism Resilience Conference and Expo, scheduled for February 17-19, 2025, in Hanover, Jamaica, highlighting the critical role of sustainable and adaptive tourism strategies in a changing global landscape. The United Nations World Tourism Organization now UN Tourism, is a specialized agency of the United...
