Today
on Friday May 22nd 2015, Jamaicans have finally calmed down and are
no longer fighting one another to get their passports and beat the deadline as reported
in the article “Passport
Office Sees Calm, Less Applicants Turnout For Processing”, Published Friday
May 22, 2015, The Jamaica Gleaner.
This
is in sharp contrast to Friday May 21st 2015, when an angry mob got upset that
PICA (Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency) has also set a quote of
1,000 applicants per day on Tuesday May 19th 2015. This anger can clearly be
seen in the video in the article “Video: Crush!”,
published Friday, May 22, 2015, The
Jamaica Observer.
All
this because PICA has set Tuesday May 26th 2015 as the deadline to implement
increase in renewal and replacement for Jamaican Passports as noted in my blog article entitled
“PICA
and the Passport Fee Hike - Jamaicans upset despite being told beforehand by
Finance Minister, Dr Peter Phillips”.
Ministry of National
Security sets June 1st 2015 as new Deadline – MNP, 19 Cable TV missing and Zika Virus for the
Summer of 2015
The
Minister of National Security, Peter Bunting, who has oversight over PICA, has
now backtracked on the original Tuesday May 26th 2015 deadline after
these massive protests and crowds of Jamaican desperate to avoid the increases.
Instead
the new deadline will be Monday June 1st 2015, the date on which the
new increases will be implemented as stated in the article “Security
Minister Says Passport Fee Hike Implementation Date Changed To June 1”, published
Thursday May 21, 2015, The Jamaica
Gleaner.
These
new fees are as follows:
1. JA$6,500
for an Adult Passport (over 18), up from JA$4,500
2. JA$4,000
for a Passport for a minor (under 18), up from JA$2,700
The
fees for replacing your Passport at PICA will also be increased as well:
1. JA$11,500
for replacing an Adult Passport (over 18), up from JA$9,500
2. JA$7,000
for replacing a minor's Passport (under 18), up from JA$5,700
Well,
at least Jamaican can look on the bright side.
By
Monday June 1st 2015, we'll also have MNP (Mobile Number
Portability) and LNP (Landline Number Portability) as pointed out in my blog article entitled
“How
Jamaican can access MNP and LNP by Monday June 1st 2015 – Windfall for Jamaican
smartphone unlockers as Quad-Band smartphones and Carrier-Free SIM Cards
Required”.
Also,
there will be no Cable Television services as nineteen (19) channels will be
blocked, forcing many parents to send their children outside to play as argued
in my blog
article entitled “FLOW
increases Cable Package prices - 19 channel removal on MNP, LNP Day as Summer
of 2015 for Streaming and Downloading”.
With
the Zika Virus possibly on its way by August 2015 as predicted in my blog article entitled
“Zika
Virus is coming to Jamaica – Zero MOH Preparedness for Chikungunya Part II but
Mosquito Repellant and Vitamin C works”, the Summer of 2015 in Jamaica is
shaping up to be very interesting indeed!!
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