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Kadene Porter of Abeng News Magazine blogs about Jamaica's Commissioner of Customs, who seems intent on rooting out corruption in his department: “He will need not only the unequivocal backing of the government, but the full support of the public and the endorsement of opinion leaders in the society.”
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The authorities is Jamaica appear to be ambivalent in their bid to fight the rising tide of crime. It will be interesting to see what happens when the business sector begins to complain about Walker’s stringent measures.