CHARLOTTE AMALIE – At least 1,200 non-union classified and exempt employees of the Virgin Islands Government will receive three percent cost-of-living salary increases retroactive to
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Mapp’s $75 Million No-Bid Consultants Say Hurricanes Cost Territory $11 Billion
WASHINGTON — Witt O’Brien’s LLC Governor Kenneth Mapp’s high-paid consultants, said yesterday that they have release their first-year progress report on the U.S. Virgin Islands’ recovery from
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Mapp Says Soaring Virgin Islands Bond Prices Show He’s Managing Economy Well
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The prices of U.S. Virgin Islands bonds, a bellwether of the public markets’ confidence in the territorial economy, have roared back, Government
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Paradise Jam Returns To St. Thomas After Moving Stateside Following 2017 Hurricanes
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The popular basketball festival, Paradise Jam, returns to the Virgin Islands next month. Governor Kenneth Mapp met with Executive Director of the
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ANYBODY BUT MAPP! Kenneth Finds Himself In Same Position As Gov. Schneider in 1998
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Gov. Kenneth Mapp and Democratic challenger Albert Bryan Jr. are in a statistical dead heat in the weeks leading up to the
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Mapp: Florida Caribbean Cruise Group Says Passengers Want to Absorb Local Culture
CHRISTIANSTED — Governor Kenneth Mapp said that he and “his administration have received high praise for their handling of the post-hurricane crisis in the territory
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Mapp Says He Will Turn Idled Frenchman’s Reef Beach Resort Into A Disaster Shelter
CHARLOTTE AMALIE – In what was described as a “another major milestone” in the territory’s recovery from last year’s devastating hurricanes, Governor Kenneth Mapp said
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People Who Lost Their Jobs After Hurricanes Irma and Maria Will Still Get $$$ Benefits
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Virgin Islanders who lost their jobs following Hurricanes Irma and Maria may be eligible for an additional 26 weeks of disaster-related unemployment
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Gov. Mapp Honors Memory of 823 Murder Victims on St. Croix Since 1974
CHRISTIANSTED — Governor Kenneth Mapp said that he participated in the 10th annual observance of National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims on Tuesday. Sharing
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MAPP: Teachers Must Show Good Faith Effort To Want To Work b4 Negotiations Can Renew
CHARLOTTE AMALIE – The Virgin Islands government said that it plans to return to the negotiating table with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) this
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