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Governor denounces GERS board consideration of benefit cuts

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Urges senate to pass his GERS funding bill to prevent such action Responding to published reports that the Government Employees Retirement System (GERS) Board is “weighing pension cuts”, Governor Ken Mapp today denounced the GERS Board’s unilateral consideration of any action to cut payments to retirees of the Government Employees Retirement System. “No drastic actions, […]

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Governor Mapp remains committed to renewable energy

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Clinton Foundation partners with Expedia and Bloomberg Philanthropies to support VI solarization projects Governor Kenneth E. Mapp, joined by President Bill Clinton, Bloomberg co-founder Tom Secunda and officials from Expedia Group, announced today the solarization of three sites in the U.S. Virgin Islands and support for renewable energy projects Territory-wide. “Today, I am here to

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Governor Mapp congratulates Senepol cattle breeders on anniversary

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Governor Kenneth E. Mapp extended congratulations to participants at the Senepol Cattle Breeders Symposium who are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the development of the St. Croix Senepol Cattle breed at events this week to include a reception at the Buccaneer Hotel. In 1918, Bromley Nelthropp began this new breed of cattle by crossing the

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BER staff takes oath of confidentiality to conduct 2017 Economic Census

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Governor Kenneth E. Mapp has directed the Virgin Islands Bureau of Economic Research (BER) to partner with the United States Census Bureau to conduct the 2017 Economic Census of Island Areas. In order to assist with nonresponse follow-up activities, BER Director Bernadette Melendez and Senior Policy Analyst Donnie Dorsett, as well as other BER staff

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AG confirms Governor’s authority to raise starting base salaries

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Government employees deserve to earn a dignified wage and the Government is obligated to provide residents with adequately staffed schools, hospitals and law enforcement agencies. This was the message delivered by Virgin Islands Attorney General Claude Earl Walker and Government House Chief Legal Counsel Emile Henderson III in response to an eight-page legal opinion from

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Governor Mapp meets with Vice President Pence, Seeks additional support for hurricane recovery

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Governor Kenneth E. Mapp met with Vice President Mike Pence at the White House Monday to discuss the status of and to report on the Territory’s preparations for the current hurricane season. Governor Mapp thanked the Vice President and the Trump Administration for its tremendous support in assisting the U.S Virgin Islands recover from the

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Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen visits St. Croix

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Acting Governor and Finance Commissioner Valdamier O. Collens met Friday with the United States Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen and the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), William “Brock” Long, to discuss the Territory’s ongoing recovery, including matters related to the Community Disaster Loan program, accessibility to Immediate Needs funding, the permanent roof initiative under the Sheltering and

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Governor Mapp to meet with Vice President Pence, Attorney General is Acting Governor

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Attorney General Claude Walker will serve as Acting Governor beginning late Saturday afternoon as Governor Kenneth E. Mapp, Lt. Governor Osbert Potter and Finance Commissioner Valdamier Collens are out of the Territory. Governor Mapp and Commissioner Collens will be in Washington this week for meetings with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development officials and

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Governor signs off on refinery agreement ratified by the Legislature

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Governor Kenneth E. Mapp has formally approved an agreement with Limetree Bay Terminals, LLC to resume oil refining operations on St. Croix. The landmark agreement, ratified by the 32nd Legislature on July 25 as Bill No. 32-0246, is expected to create an estimated 1,300 construction jobs and as many as 700 long-term positions in addition

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