What if I told you this evening that we do not have a single active police captain in the territory. Would you believe me? Well, we don’t.
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January 28, 2015
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Our government is nearing the brink of financial collapse. The Virgin Islands government is facing a budget shortfall of $91.2 million, Governor Mapp revealed during his first State of the Territory Address in St. Thomas on Monday night. In the almost 1-1/2-hour speech, he explained, in detail, the government’s...
By Ernice /
January 27, 2015
Hess Oil wants to leave and, frankly speaking, the people of the Virgin Islands aren’t interested in forcing them to stay. In other words, as we say on the Big Island, it’s time to turn a page. During Kenneth Mapp’s first State of the Union Address in St. Thomas on Monday night, the eighth...
By Ernice /
January 27, 2015
Governor Kenneth Mapp will give his first State of the Territory Address, Monday, Jan. 26 at 6:30 p.m. at the Earle B. Ottley Legislative Hall in St. Thomas, where he is expected to speak on a range of topics, including the Virgin Islands economy, healthcare, the HOVENSA standoff, government deficits...
By Ernice /
January 26, 2015
Sen. Kenneth Gittens, chairman of the Committee on Rules and Judiciary, said he and his staff are prepared to receive nominations and begin the confirmation process of persons sent to Senate President Neville James last week by Governor Kenneth Mapp.
By Cynthia /
January 26, 2015
Governor Kenneth Mapp said he was “pleased” to meet with one of the Virgin Islands’ oldest veterans, Pastor Ray Joseph, Friday at Government House on St. Thomas.
By Ernice /
January 26, 2015
Virgin Islands Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett has been named to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, a high-profile committee that has conducted investigations into the Internal Revenue Service, the housing and foreclosure crisis, and incidents of voter suppression and voter...
By Ernice /
January 25, 2015
Freshman Sen. Kurt Vialet is calling on the Department of Education’s (DOE) Commissioner-designee Sharon McCollum, PhD and on Governor Kenneth Mapp to set in place the necessary reform to make school cafeteria workers full-time employees.
By Ernice /
January 24, 2015
At a press conference in St. Thomas today, former Judge Soraya Diase-Coffelt, who recently resigned her post as acting Attorney General of the U.S. Virgin Islands, described the challenges she faced while trying to build the office she was tapped to lead. Her statement revealed broken promises by Governor...
By Ernice /
January 23, 2015
Governor Kenneth Mapp has sent 12 nominees to the 31st Legislature for approval, Government House has announced.
By Ernice /
January 23, 2015
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