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Civil service boss hits back at PM’s sabotage claims

Accusations by Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness that unnamed public sector workers are trying to sabotage government policies and programmes have drawn the ire of the president of the Jamaica Civil Service Association, Techa Clarke-Griffiths. Clarke-Griffiths said such “blanket statements” would only serve to dampen the morale of public sector staff, and she urged the prime minister to present…

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