{"id":62873,"date":"2018-05-02T10:26:47","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T10:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=62873"},"modified":"2018-05-02T10:26:47","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T10:26:47","slug":"mapp-extends-state-of-emergency-through-june-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=62873","title":{"rendered":"Mapp Extends State Of Emergency Through June 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Kenneth Mapp on Tuesday extended the state of emergency through June 2, according to Government House. The governor&#8217;s justification for the extension remained the same as with previous extensions: The U.S.V.I. in September was ravaged by two Category 5 hurricanes and the territory is still in emergency mode.<\/p>\n<p>The initial state of emergency was declared effective on September 5, 2017 at 12:01 a.m., due to the projected path of Hurricane Irma, and has been renewed in the past, with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/virgin-islands-2\/state-of-emergency-extended\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the last known extension coming in April<\/a>. The state of emergency, along with all terms previously declared and ordered, will continue in effect through June 2, unless earlier lifted or extended by his orders, Mr. Mapp proclaimed\u00a0in <a href=\"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Renewal-Order-_-Proclamation-State-of-Emergency-june.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">an official order.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A state of emergency empowers a government to perform actions that it would normally not be allowed to. A government can declare a state of emergency during a disaster, civil unrest, or armed conflict. In September 2016, Lieutenant Governor Osbert Potter, then-acting governor,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/featured\/acting-governor-osbert-potter-declares-state-of-emergency-curfew-not-issued\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">declared a state of emergency<\/a>\u00a0following a surge in gun violence that was rocking St. Croix in particular.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the territory of the Virgin Islands of the United States has suffered an emergency and a major disaster due to Hurricanes Irma and Maria, the need for a state of emergency continues to exist in the territory,\u201d the governor wrote in his proclamation.<\/p>\n<p>With the USVI still in active recovery mode, the new declaration allows for the current order of operations to continue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Kenneth Mapp on Tuesday extended the state of emergency through June 2, according to Government House. The governor&#8217;s justification for the extension remained the same as with previous extensions: The U.S.V.I. in September was ravaged by two Category 5 hurricanes and the territory is still in emergency mode. The initial state of emergency was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":57311,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7429,191,147],"tags":[1055,7388,8193,3153,68],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mapp Extends State Of Emergency Through June 2 - V.I. 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