The Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ) is projecting another record-breaking year for the registration of business names and companies. Registrar of Companies and Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO), COJ, Shellie Leon, shared that 9,943 new business names and 3,277 companies have been added to the register since the start of the year. She said that although the month of August...

The rollout of three new online products is expected to enhance the customer service experience at the Registrar General’s Department (RGD) as the entity continues its digitisation process. In an official launch event on Wednesday (August 17), the services were revealed to be an online application facility for adoption certificates, a real-time search engine for entry numbers and an online...

The Government will be establishing customer service or service excellence units in all ministries over the next two years. The move aligns with the recently launched Service Excellence Policy that will govern the standard of service delivery by the public sector to internal and external customers. Principal Director in the Office of the Cabinet, Public Sector Modernisation Division (PSMD), Karlene...

Since its introduction to the electronic payment landscape in December 2021, Lynk, Jamaica’s first digital wallet, has recorded more than $500 million in transactions on the platform. The Lynk App presently provides an opportunity for individuals, small and medium businesses to be able to pay and receive payments using a smartphone. Addressing a JIS ‘Think Tank’, today (August 18), Chief...

The Ministry of Finance and the Public Service will be staging its first Healthy Wallet Expo on Friday, August 19. The event, which is targeting internal Ministry staff and other public-sector workers, will commence at 9:00 a.m. at the Ministry’s Heroes Circle headquarters. Director of Corporate Communication and Public Relations at the Ministry, Shelly-Ann Weeks, said the event is meant...

The Government has reiterated its gratitude to the Republic of India for the level of support extended to Jamaica’s COVID-19 response. Deputy Prime Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, said that the Asian nation has “lived up to its pledge to humanity” through its comparative advantage as a centre for scientific innovation, particularly in relation to COVID-19 vaccines. Dr. Chang, who...

Budding Farmers Jamaica, the newest Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries-endorsed initiative to promote farming among children, has successfully staged its first in-person Summer Grow Camp, two years after executing the programme online. For three weeks in July, participants, ages 3-12, were engaged in exciting activities to develop their understanding of the environment and promote food security. The camp was held...