The Government wants to put a computer on the counter. The Opposition wants to put Jamaica’s small businesses on the world market. Between those two ambitions sits the largest retail network the Jamaican state owns — and 108 buildings still waiting on a roof.

KINGSTON, Jamaica — July 28, 2026 - The Government’s plan is now specific. Jamaica’s post offices — roughly 400 of them, in every parish — are to be fitted out as Government Service Centres: a single counter at which a citizen can transact online business with the State, with a public servant standing alongside to work the screen.