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GOVERNMENT HOUSE: WAPA Needs 50 Flagmen and You Don’t Need A High School Diploma To Get The Job

MERRY CHRISTMAS: Gov. Kenneth Mapp is in the holiday spirit early. [ad name="HTML-68"] CHRISTIANSTED - Gov. Kenneth Mapp announced 50 jobs are available for flagmen to assist in managing traffic…

John McCarthy December 12, 2017

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GOLDEN PARACHUTE: Julio Rhymer Is The New Director of OMB, Nellon Bowry Is Retiring And We Know Who Is The Next Acting WAPA CEO

WRONG AND STRONG: "I know nothing, nothing," Gov. Kenneth Mapp will make the announcements tonight at a press conference. [ad name="HTML-68"] CHRISTIANSTED -- Julio Rhymer will be named the director…

John McCarthy December 11, 2017

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DINGBAT COPS! Police On St. Croix Want You To Capture Two Dangerous Wanted Men Who Police Say They Can’t Find

[ad name="HTML-68"] FREDERIKSTED — The bumbling, stumbling lazy Keystone Kops who make up the Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) admit that they can't find two men on this 84-square-mile island.…

John McCarthy December 9, 2017

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FEMA Coordinating Officer William Vogel Reports That ‘Significant Progress’ Is Behind Them In The Territory

CHRISTIANSTED – After Hurricane Irma devastated much of St. Thomas and St. John three months ago, St. Croix became a base of operations for first responders, who began life-saving and…

VI Free Press December 7, 2017

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JOHNNY HIDE YOUR GUN! Mapp Re-Issues Controversial Executive Order Re-Authorizing VING’s Ability To Snatch Guns From Law-Abiding Citizens

[ad name="HTML-68"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – Gov. Kenneth Mapp has renewed a controversial executive order that authorized the scandal-plagued Virgin Islands National Guard (VING) to seize the firearms and ammunition of…

John McCarthy December 7, 2017

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SWORD FIGHT! Assistant Public Works Commissioner Roan Creque ‘Sis’pended Without Pay For Openly Defying Mapp On Debris Burn Policy During Legislative Hearing

IT'S RAINING MEN! Assistant Public Works Commissioner Roan Creque enjoys some good times with his "back" street buddies in St. Thomas. Despite the tiff between Creque and Gov. Kenneth Mapp,…

John McCarthy December 6, 2017

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LET THEM LIVE ON THE BEACH! Mapp Hails Opening of Magens Bay on St. Thomas As A ‘Great, Great Sign of Progress’

CHRISTIANSTED -- Gov. Kenneth Mapp described the official opening and dedication of Magens Bay on St. Thomas this Thursday, December 7 with Royal Caribbean International as a “great, great sign…

John McCarthy December 6, 2017

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Mapp: Another Bipartisan Congressional Delegation Tours St. Croix To See If Virgin Islands Is Worthy of Federal Disaster Aid

CHRISTIANSTED -- The territory needs the help of Congress in order to rebuild a "stronger and more resilient infrastructure," Gov. Kenneth Mapp said Sunday. Speaking to a visiting congressional delegation…

John McCarthy December 4, 2017

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STUFFING THE TURKEY: Mapp Says He Is Grateful To Lineman From The U.S. Mainland Who Are Helping To Restore Electricity To The Territory … No Mention of WAPA

[ad name="HTML-68"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- Gov. Kenneth Mapp wished Virgin Islanders and all those in the territory assisting with the recovery efforts a Happy Thanksgiving. Mapp said that he was "enormously…

John McCarthy November 24, 2017

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THERE IS NO SANTA CLAUS, VIRGIN ISLANDS (and Puerto Rico) Will Not Be Paid Before Christmas For Hurricane Recovery

WASHINGTON -- The Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico were left out of the latest congressional money merry-go-round. The $44 billion President Donald Trump asked Congress for is for Texas and…

John McCarthy November 19, 2017