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UK falls to lowest score on global corruption index
LONDON, UK - The UK has fallen from 18th (out of 181 countries) in 2022 to 20th in 2023 in Transparency International’s corruption perceptions index, which ranks countries by experts’ views of possible corruption in public services.
UK giving VI ‘mature, adult’ Governor signalled a willingness to turn new page- Premier
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) said when the United Kingdom selected His Excellency John J. Rankin CMG to be the Governor of the Virgin Islands (VI), it showed a willingness by the motherland to turn a new page with the territory.
Ex-British PM calls actions of UK government 'politically corrupt'
LONDON, UK- Former British Prime Minister John Major on Saturday, November 6, 2021, attacked fellow Conservative Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson's handling of a corruption row, saying the government's behaviour was arrogant, broke the law and was "politically corrupt".
Is UK corrupt? Cocaine worth £184m found in London!
LONDON, United Kingdom- With the ex-governor Augustus J. U. Jaspert late last year labeling the Virgin Islands (VI) as corrupt following the discovery of some $250m worth of cocaine on Tortola in early November 2020, the question continues to be asked what would the controversial UK civil servant label his own country, since cocaine busts are not strange there.
Is the VI Judicial System corrupt like the politicians? - Former Magistrate
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Speaking again exclusively to our newsroom, former Crown Magistrate and Attorney-at-Law Mrs Charmaine R. Rosan-Bunbury has made some scathing allegations against the local legal system.
John I. Cline accuses local media of ‘corrupting things’
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Chairman of the Board of Directors for the British Virgin Islands Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) Bishop John I. Cline has lashed out at the media, accusing them of “corrupting things.”
‘NDP is corrupt’ – Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1)
CAPOON’S BAY, Tortola, VI – First District Representative Honourable Andrew A. Fahie has labelled the National Democratic Party (NDP) Government the most corrupt in the modern history of the Virgin Islands and called them morally and politically bankrupt.
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