CHRISTIANSTED — The territory needs the help of Congress in order to rebuild a “stronger and more resilient infrastructure,” Gov. Kenneth Mapp said Sunday. Speaking
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Today Is The Last Day of The Atlantic Hurricane Season … It’s Finally Over And We Have Hopes Of Recovery Going Into 2018
CHRISTIANSTED — Today is the last day of the highly active, deadly and destructive 2017 Atlantic hurricane season, but Virgin Islanders will feel its impact
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DRUNKEN POST: MAPP GOES BERSERK! In Late Night Drinking Binge … Tells Man On Facebook He’s Sleeping ‘With His Dead Mother’
CHARLOTTE AMALIE -— Near the end of last month, Governor Kenneth Mapp told former St. Croix Republican Party chairman Herb Schoenbohm to “go f___ himself”
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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
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NO WORK SENATE: Senators Refuse To Deliberate Governor’s Bills After They Are Called Into Special Session By Mapp
CHARLOTTE AMALIE – Gov. Kenneth Mapp said he was disappointed Tuesday “regarding the 32nd Legislature’s failure to act on measures critical to continuing essential operations of
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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
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DUE DILIGENCE: Deputy Interior Secretary Arrives On St. Croix Today To Try To Independently Verify Mapp’s Accounting of The Disasters Here … Hurricane and Otherwise
[ad name=”HTML-68″] CHRISTIANSTED — The Number Two man at the Department of Interior — the federal government agency that has oversight authority over the territories
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Tourism Commissioner Tells Travel Magazine The USVI Pushed St. Thomas Ahead of St. Croix … ‘Because It Has More To Offer’
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The commissioner of tourism admitted that the government pushed to get St. Thomas ready ahead of St. John and St. Croix to
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POOR JUDGMENT: Mapp Joins Hands With Puerto Rico As PREPA’s Whitefish Energy Scandal Threatens To Take Down The Virgin Islands Funding As Well
BIG MISTAKE: Gov. Kenneth Mapp did not distance himself, or the territory, from the PREPA Whitefish Scandal that has inflamed the U.S. Congress. Here Senator
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WAPA CEO Julio Rhymer Tells Congressional Energy Committee That St. Thomas and St. Croix Hospitals Owe The Authority $36 Million
WASHINGTON — The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority CEO told the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Tuesday that the St. Thomas and St.
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