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 Government House St. Thomas and Battery in St. John Will Get Face Lifts
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – Governor Kenneth Mapp said that he has approved contracts to oversee the reconstruction of Government House on St.
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WAPA: Building Better in Virgin Islands Through Technology and Know-How
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHRISTIANSTED – When the electric power system in the U.S. Virgin Islands is rebuilt, it will be stronger than it has ever
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FEMA Admits To Being Vastly Underprepared For Hurricane Maria In Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN — The Federal Emergency Management Agency has said it did not have a “phasing” plan in place for getting resources to Puerto Rico
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Mapp Advises People of The Territory To Beware of Tropical Storm Beryl’s Impacts
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHRISTIANSTED — Governor Kenneth Mapp has urged residents of the territory to take necessary precautions even as Hurricane Beryl, the
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Mapp Tells Task Force He Is Committed To ‘Transparency’ in Spending of Federal Funds
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Governor Kenneth Mapp addressed an audience of community members, business owners, hurricane experts and policy makers at
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FEMA’S BROCK LONG: ‘Virgin Islands Is Not Ready For Another Hurricane’
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHRISTIANSTED — The top federal official charged with disaster response and recovery highlighted more mismanagement by the territorial government nearly
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Thousands in Puerto Rico Still Under FEMA Blue Tarps as Hurricane Threat Looms
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] SAN JUAN — Hurricane Maria ripped away part of the steel roof from Carmen Lidia Torres Mercado’s home in the
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MAPP TO FEMA: ‘We Must Be Able To Protect Lives In The Event of A Storm This Year’
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHRISTIANSTED — Governor Kenneth Mapp met with Federal Emergency Management Agency leadership on Tuesday to discuss advancing the rebuild and
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OP-ED PIECE: Mapp Must Be Transparent About How Disaster Relief Funds Are Spent
By SORAYA DIASE COFFELT/INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR I have been speaking out and calling for this administration to be financially accountable and transparent to the
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