10 years and counting
It began as an idea that bore fruit and 10 years later, Jamaica's first bill payment agency is still growing.
Pink vigilantes
In one of the poorest parts of one of India's most populous states, several hundred vigilante women go after corrupt officials and boorish men with sticks and axes.Dressed in pink saris, these women of India's northern Uttar Pradest state's Banda area,...
Jennifer Thompson: 'I just love dealing with people'
Hers has been a life of service to others.Jennifer Thompson, a customer sales supervisor at Paymaster, gleams when she tells of her love for her job. "I can't sit down and watch people waiting. I love to deal with people, love meeting with people," she says in-between serving...
Rennae DeLisser: Customer Sales Representative
It could have been a different career for Rennae DeLisser if she had been put in a different area of job training. DeLisser was a HEART trainee at Shoppers Fair in Harbour View before the takeover by Paymaster. Her work was exemplary and they kept her on....
Nadra Gray: I just love this company
On April 14, 1998, nine years and eight months ago, Nadra Gray began her first job out of college as a customer services representative at Paymaster in Santa Cruz. It's a date she remembers vividly because the company was only four months old and it was her first job ...
Charlene Bruce: Committed
Charlene Bruce is committed to work and family and she wears that dedication with pride.The 35-year-old supervisor at Paymaster wears a ring on her wedding finger, but she isn't married. "My niece gave it to me, and to be honest, it can't fit on any other...
Nicola Marks: Dedicated
Nicola Marks has been a very dedicated employee at Paymaster since she joined the company in 2001. Though she is the sister of the boss, she still had to pay her dues. She said that one of the challenges of the job is that people tend to believe that she receives more privileges ...
Denise Hammond: A well-travelled journey
She doesn't remember the exact year, but the date, August 16, is still etched in her memory. Because, for Denise Hammond, filing clerk at Paymaster, the job was a birthday gift. "August 15 is my birthday and I should have started that day but I didn't know, so I started the next day.
Keisha Brown-Scott: Strong passion for customer service
Keisha Brown-Scott began working with Paymaster in 1999.Since then, she has moved up the ranks from telephone operator, cashier, cashier supervisor and customer service supervisor. She has also worked in the accounts department was operations coordinator and her current role...
Diedre Mullings: Only a phone call away
D, as she is affectionately called, loves being a problem-solver, so, more often than not, when that name is uttered, it's followed by a challenge and the vivacious Diedre Mullings is equal to the task."I like to know that if you call me and say D, I...
Athinia Campbell: I love challenges
Six years ago, Athinia Campbell returned home from completing her MBA in operations and logistics at Ohio State University on a Fulbright scholarship. About a month later, she began as a contract worker in the information technology department of a relatively young company...
Twist in the marital rape debate
The long-awaited debate on proposed amendments to the Offences against the Person Act making it possible for a man to be prosecuted for raping his wife, is yet to materialise. The votes are split, and those in favour of the change are still torn as to the impact...
The pros and cons of shacking up
Stephen Campbell and his girlfriend Naomi Brown moved in together shortly after she became pregnant.The couple decided that sharing an apartment was more economical with a baby on the way."I saw where...
Boy, that was dumb!
Boy, that was dumb!You know, so many of the things that emanate from our mouths are either very dumb or very offensive. Either way, it's bound to affect somebody negatively. I was in traffic recently, with my instructor in the passenger seat. Then come a soldier ..
Tropical Paris
The glitz and glamour of the fashion capital of the world (Paris) was given a tropical flair by NeahLis designer, Lisa McIntosh. Her holiday collection, Tropical Paris, was launched at her Ardenne Road boutique last Saturday. It was a kaleidoscope of aqua red, orange and green punctuated...
Pulse feature
Notice towers over the competition! Sporting designs from The Mushroom, Didi Beck and Moncrieffe, five beauties matched 'strut for strut' at the decisive challenge in the Jamaican leg of Pulse's search for the next Caribbean supermodel.
Glitter and glow for the season
Ready to shine for the holidays.Glitter and glow for the season"Lots of bling, glitter and glam," are the trends which Nicki Quallo, make-up artist from The Beauty Spot, says are in for holiday make-up. But this look is not for the faint of heart...
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