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Puerto Rico’s Whitefish Energy Scandal Hurts Virgin Islands As Trump Asks Congress For A ‘Wholly Inadequate’ $44 Billion

GREASE FACTOR: Gov. Kenneth Mapp did not distance himself from Puerto Rico's Gov. Ricardo Rossello or his island's many problems ... the result is that we all lose. It is…

John McCarthy November 19, 2017

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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 -- will arrive in St.…

John McCarthy November 18, 2017

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PUERTO RICO: $115 Billion In Damage From Hurricane Maria … Mass Population Exodus And 10 Years Of Economic Misery Expected

HARD TIMES AHEAD: Puerto Rico is expected to experience an economic downturn for the next 10 years as a result of Hurricane Maria. SAN JUAN — Puerto Rico could face…

VI Free Press November 17, 2017

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‘Heavy Winds’ Expected To Knock Down ‘Wrong-Way’ Storms’ Chances For Further Development … Still, ‘Heavy Rains’ Expected This Weekend

[ad name="HTML-68"] MIAMI -- A low pressure system moving through the region could bring rain to parts of the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Colombia and Hispaniola over the weekend, forecasters said…

John McCarthy November 17, 2017

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YO HO HO HURRICANE RELIEF: Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico Might Get A Rum Tax Break … And The U.S. Congress Could Make It Even Bigger

WASHINGTON -- A shot of rum to help the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico? So says the U.S. tax code, which since 1917 has included a provision that sends taxpayer money…

John McCarthy November 16, 2017

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American Medical Association Agrees With Mapp: ‘Adequately Fund Medicaid’ Programs In The Territories So Hospitals Can Support Themselves

[ad name="HTML-68"] HONOLULU -- It has been nearly two months since Hurricanes Irma and Maria, but the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico continue to struggle to recover. At the 2017…

John McCarthy November 16, 2017

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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 Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Gov.…

John McCarthy November 15, 2017

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STOLEN THUNDER! Puerto Rico’s Governor Asks For Its Billions Ahead of Sleepy Mapp … Who Headed For The Bar At His Five-Star Hotel As Soon As He Got To D.C.

[ad name="HTML-68"] WASHINGTON — Puerto Rico’s governor got the jump on the territory on Monday when asked the federal government for $94.4 billion ahead of the Virgin Islands. Gov. Ricardo Rossello…

John McCarthy November 14, 2017

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CATHOLIC DIOCESES: Some Virgin Islanders Suffering From PTSD … Puerto Rico Still In A ‘State of Emergency’

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The people of Puerto Rico are still in “a state of emergency” nearly two months after Hurricane Maria, while some residents of the Virgin Islands are showing signs…

John McCarthy November 14, 2017

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Evangelist Pat Robertson Finds A Rainbow In Solar Powered Appliances For The Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico Still Coping With No Electricity

[ad name="HTML-68"] VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- A charity founded by Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson is teaming up with the Clinton Foundation and others to bring solar power to the storm-ravaged American…

John McCarthy November 14, 2017