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Activists to George Wright: Resign with immediate effect

George Wright The due process argument appears to be wearing thin in the George Wright saga as four advocacy groups – The Jamaica Accountability Meter Portal, National Integrity Action, Jamaicans for Justice and Stand Up For Jamaica have joined the call for the resignation of the Member of Parliament for Central Westmoreland with immediate effect. The four have made the call based on several factors, including actions taken so far by the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) of which Wright is a member, circumstantial evidence and statements from the police. “For the last two weeks, Jamaicans at home and abroad have had to confront in their own minds the question of whether Wright was guilty of a violent and barbaric physical attack on a woman. Many have framed the argument solely around the CCTV footage of the altercation, which rendered both parties unidentifiable. Others have either incorporated or ignored pertinent circumstantial facts to justify their conclusion,” the gr

Jamaica moves up 5 places on Corruption index; Munroe not impressed

Professor Trevor Munroe Jamaica has shown marginal improvement in the area of corruption, according to its latest ranking by corruption watchdog, Transparency International (TI). The country has registered a score of 44 out of 100 on the just released Corruption Perception Index (CPI). This ranks Jamaica 69 th of 180 countries that were assessed in 2020 and represents a marginal improvement for Jamaica which scored 43 out of 100 in 2019 while ranked at 74. Based on TI’s ranking, a score of zero means a country is perceived to be very corrupt while 100 means a country is perceived to be  very clean. The 2020 results show that Jamaica is perceived to be the fifth most corrupt state in the Caribbean behind Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Dominican Republic and Haiti. With a ranking of 28, Barbados is perceived to be the least corrupt Caribbean state.

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