Performance pay to start on July 1 - Six Gov't ministries, offices under new appraisal format
AS FROM July 1, civil servants in at least six Government ministries and departments will be assessed under a new Performance and Appraisal System that will link increases in pay and incentives to their job performance.

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Motorist challenges legality of 'designated bus lanes'
Wolfe accused of 'war' talk
DPP to rule on cop suspects
Montego Bay Metro assesses needs
Mourners grieve Cleve Grant's passing

How did the country lose confidence - A perspective from the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ)
THE PRIVATE sector is often asked to comment on the question "What's wrong with our economy?" ...

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Marines, Iraqi police hit mean streets of Baghdad
Government rethinks acquiring stun guns
Work restarts on Long Mountain site
'No game-playing with reconstruction of Iraq'
Bermudian prison officials, Gov't to decide on Prescod's leadership
Striving for customer service excellence

Air Jamaica slashes fares, baggage fees
WITH THE world's commercial airline industry in the doldrums and many operations in retraction mode, Air Jamaica has decided to employ a number of marketing strategies to increase its passenger count.

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Digicel, VMBS top commerce awards
Insurance buyers - beware!
Better credit options for small businesses
Increased uncertainty for Ja's fiscal future
Domain name parking
Ja Conference Board partners with the UWI

Santos trounce Olympic
LEADERS SANTOS defeated Olympic 3-0 and Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) stopped Rockfort 4-1 in their JNBS/KSAFA Super League matches yesterday.

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I will not go, says Bell
Ocho Rios lead hunt for titles
'Carnival of Speed' to light up Dover
KSAC pulls plug on Grace Shield semi-final
Chicken pox belts Lawson out WI attack

The teaching of teachers
BASED ON an initiative announced by President George Bush at the Summit of the Americas in Quebec in 2001, Mrs. Sue Cobb, the United States Ambassador to Jamaica...

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The Passover of Jesus
The casualties of war
Credible budgeting

How to avert disaster
THE EDITOR, Sir: A WHILE back when a Chinese lady was washed away while trying to negotiate rising water in a gully somewhere near to the Grants Pen area...

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On opposing the Iraq war
Improving God's work
Parasites gaining the upper hand
A very sour problem
Shall we all be losers?
Goodbye to a friend
Bashing getting tiring

Lady Saw makes literary debut
LADY SAW has pretty much conquered the world of dancehall. Next month, she will be making something of a debut into the literary world.

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Sonia Collymore wins Juno Award
British fashion invasion for Jamaica

Stress, tension & belly fat
Stress, tension and excess belly fat are all stewing in the same pot and the binding ingredient is the hormone, cortisol.

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Stress busters