Western Bureau — Buoyed by the Postal Corporation of Jamaica’s $128 million jump in revenue last year, commerce, science and technology minister, Phillip Paulwell, has urged the corporation’s board to ensure that the island’s postal service is profitable by 2006.
“The new board has been mandated to bring the postal service to a break-even position within two years, and thereafter into profitability,” Paulwell said.
Read MoreThe island’s postal service continues to face serious problems despite the attempts over the past five years to reform its management structure and operations.
The report of budgetary shortfalls resulting in utility companies disconnecting electricity and telephone services underscore the extent of the problems. The initial reforms which led to the formation of the Postal Corporation of Jamaica to replace the Post and Telecommunications Department, were meant to push the agency to become a more commercial operation. There were also extensive refurbishing and moves to improve efficiency in the delivery of mail as well as to provide the public with technology-driven over-the-counter services.
Read MoreGATS (Global Alliance of Transportation Systems) has announced its first business agreement to open and operate an airmail hub in co-operation with the Postal Corporation of Jamaica. Kingston, Jamaica, is strategically located to serve the entire Caribbean region, Central America and countries in the northern part of South America. GATS and the Postal Corporation of Jamaica will thus be in a position to provide national postal administrations around the world with an effective and efficient network, as well as advantageous mailing solutions.
Read MoreThe recent alliance forged between the Postal Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) and the United States (US) Postal Service, through its agent, SkyPostal, has received a good response from St Ann residents. “The response has been good, we get a lot of people,” post mistress at the Ocho Rios post office, Jevon Gray, told the Observer. According to Gray, the service — which offers delivery of letters and other documents to the US within three-to-five days — will attract a lot of customers as word spreads of its availability. It has been on-stream in St Ann since last Tuesday.
Read MorePaymaster Jamaica Ltd has announced that it will invest J$ 25mn (US$ 0.51mn) in the Postal Corporation of Jamaica. It will pay for the computerisation of post office counters across the island.
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