PICA Gets Bus to Reach More People
By: , March 21, 2018
Photo: Mark Bell
National Security Minister, Hon. Robert Montague (left), presents the keys to a new Mitsubishi Rosa bus valued at $9.8 million, which the Ministry has provided for the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), to the entity’s Chief Executive Officer, Andrew Wynter. The presentation was made at PICA’s head office on Constant Spring Road, Kingston, on Tuesday (March 20).The Full Story
The Ministry of National Security has provided the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) with a Mitsubishi Rosa bus valued at $9.8 million.
The vehicle, which was presented by Portfolio Minister, Hon. Robert Montague, to PICA’s Chief Executive Officer, Andrew Wynter, at the agency’s head office in Kingston on March 20, will better enable the entity to take its services on the road, particularly in rural areas.
“The drive is to get PICA to (go to) the people… rather than those people coming to PICA. (So), this unit will go into the hills and valleys and into the communities,” the Minister said.
For his part, Mr. Wynter said one of PICA’s strategic objectives for the 2018/19 fiscal year is to improve service delivery via enhanced customer engagement and efficient business processes.
To this end, he said the bus represents one of the methodologies that PICA plans to utilise islandwide throughout the year.
“Even though we have outstations, we do recognise that there are locations and communities that are far (from the services offered in Kingston and other central locations). So, rather than waiting for (persons) to come to us, we will be going out to them to bring them on board,” Mr. Wynter assured.