Jamaica National Money Services Limited (JNMS) is set to take over collections of Jamaica Public Service Company Limited (JPS) utility bills in its 16 commercial offices across the island.

The partnership becomes effective on February 25, and will operate under the brand name JN Money Shop Xpress.

The move, according to Emile Spence, general manager of JNMS, "will make the company one of the largest bill-payment entities in Jamaica".

"A key element of this strategic partnership," Spence said, "is that there are no charges for the bill payment services to JN Money Shop Xpress customers."

Union, Henry to meeton JUTC redundancies

Danny Roberts, president of the Union of Clerical, Administrative and Supervisory Employees (UCASE), will today demand answers from Transport Minister Mike Henry about an additional 25 Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) workers who will be sent home.

Roberts told The Gleaner yesterday that the union had received a list of 86 persons to be made redundant from the JUTC.

He said that the agreement was for 61 workers to be made redundant, but the union was surprised last Friday when it got a list of 86 workers.

According to Roberts, the employees include inspectors, administrators and clerical and supervisory workers.

"We are going to want a meeting immediately with the minister of transport and the chairman of the JUTC to discuss, among other things, the basis on which the list was developed," he said. "We have to sit with the ministry and management to satisfy ourselves that there is n employment for these persons".

The UCASE president said there were some questionable names on the list.

"Some of these workers are good workers so we want to clearly establish why they are on the list," he said.