Lead Stories
Staff cuts loom
Public sector could be hit hard

UNIONS REPRESENTING public sector employees want to meet government officials to clarify reports of imminent staff cuts.

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Inner-city groups unite in clean-up drive
Over 400 for national awards
Simpson Miller to take tourism to the public
Teachers urged to be innovative
Hundreds support Labour Day projects

News
Portey: Ja's best kept secret

SOME PEOPLE refer to the town as the island's 'Best Kept Secret'. Others once mockingly called it the 'Banana Capital of Jamaica'.

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'Unfriendly' parents in Jamaica -- researcher
Seaga's personal quest at cemetery
Public input for coastal confab

Business
Jamaica a 'model' for C&W bosses
CABLE & WIRELESS PLC, the parent UK company behind the local phone monopoly, sees the new licence agreement with the Government as a "model" for the region.

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Coffee smelling sweeter for Salada
Eagle boosts DB & G
Little change in Carib income distribution
CARICOM told to back agriculture

Sport
Hinds, Sarwan show quality
THE second Test between the West Indies and Pakistan fizzed to a draw at Kensington Oval.

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T&T's Gomez takes early lead
J'cans take top honours
Delay Of Game takes feature

Commentary
Crime and tourism
IN THE wake of JAPEX, the tourism showcase, Kingston returned to normal on Monday with violence in the east and west.

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Police, citizens and crime control - Delroy Chuck
A new industrial drive - Calvin Bowen
A dress rehearsal - C. Roy Reynolds

Letters
OUR failing the people
I WISH to state on behalf of myself as a customer of C&W that I do not agree with their current decisions to stop wiring new customers' homes.

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Insecure lock-ups and prisons
Government of Jamaica
Sandals Dunn's River
Violence, media coverage
Time for consumer action

Entertainment
Beenie Man tops music awards
The event, which is the brainchild of Jamaican-born, Chicago-based Ephraim Martin of Martin's Interculture, was hosted by radio disc jockey, G. T. Taylor.

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Swade is smooth