CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Starting salaries for Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) officers will officially increase on May 21, 2018. Governor Kenneth Mapp said that he
Read more‘Firebreak’ Halts Coral Disease in Short-Term Study at Buck Island in St. Croix
CHRISTIANSTED — The progression of Caribbean yellow-band disease — a widespread killer of reef-building corals — can be significantly impeded by chiseling a “firebreak” around
Read moreMAPP: U.S. Education Department Awards Territory $13.1 Million To Put Schools Back
CHARLOTTE AMALIE – The Virgin Islands Department of Education (VIDE) has received $13.1 million in new federal assistance from the United States Department of Education
Read moreGovernor Mapp Praises Doctors Who Plan to Open Surgical Center on St. Croix
CHRISTIANSTED ― Governor Kenneth Mapp offered his congratulations Wednesday to the physicians behind Liberty Medical Development, which recently announced that it has successfully secured financing
Read moreMapp Says It Is Just A Matter of Time Before St. John Can Generate Its Own Power
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CRUZ BAY – The island of St. John will soon be able to generate its own electricity, Governor Kenneth Mapp assured
Read moreNine Gubernatorial Teams Opposing Re-Election of Kenneth Mapp and Osbert Potter
GOVERNOR/LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Kenneth Mapp and Osbert Potter (incumbents) Independent Warren Mosler and Ray Fonseca Independent Soraya Diase Coffelt and Dwight Nicholson Independent Adlah “Foncie” Donastorg
Read moreMapp Says ‘No’ To Senate’s ‘Electioneering’ Bill on Regulating Signage … For Now
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – Governor Kenneth Mapp has approved legislation calling for further regulation of billboards. Mapp said on Tuesday
Read moreREUTERS: As Venezuelans Suffer, Maduro Buys Foreign Oil to Subsidize Cuba
CARACAS — Venezuela’s state-run oil firm Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. has bought nearly $440 million worth of foreign crude and shipped it directly to Cuba
Read moreHoneymoon Husband From Alaska Took Bullet In Puerto Rico Meant For His Wife
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] AUGUSTA, Ga. — A wedding trip almost turned deadly for one couple while in Puerto Rico after a robbery went horribly
Read morePuerto Rico Stocks Food, Water, Radios as Hurricane Season Approaches June 1
SAN JUAN — Federal and local officials said that they are stockpiling radios, food, water and generators in Puerto Rico and demanding rigorous emergency training to
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