Embrace digitisation – May Pen Chamber of Commerce

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Embrace digitisation – May Pen Chamber of Commerce

Winsome Witter, president of the May Pen Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MPCCI), has urged the business community to embrace electronic channels of communication in light of the Jamaica Public Service Company’s (JPS) decision to close some of...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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