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 […]

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

Governor Kenneth E. Mapp has ordered that the minimum wage of all Executive Branch employees be raised to $13 per hour and for the base salaries of teachers, social workers and other vital government workers to be significantly increased in order to retain and recruit a robust workforce. The salary increases are outlined in an

Governor Kenneth E. Mapp welcomed a congressional delegation to the U.S. Virgin Islands on Saturday led by V.I. Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett and U.S. Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi. The Governor thanked the team for their visit and continued interest in the Territory’s recovery. He said about 130 members of Congress have visited the Virgin Islands since

Governor Kenneth E. Mapp thanked the members of the 32nd Legislature for the ratification of an agreement which will allow oil refining to resume on St. Croix, bringing hundreds of new jobs and millions in new revenues to the U.S. Virgin Islands. “This is a good day for the people of the Virgin Islands as

During a Cabinet meeting on St. Croix on Tuesday, Governor Kenneth E. Mapp thanked his leadership team and other members of his Administration for working tirelessly with the U.S. Virgin Islands community and federal officials to submit proposals which resulted in the approval of critical funds for the recovery and the long-term sustainable development of the Territory.

In accordance with the proposal submitted in March 2018 to the Government Employees Retirement System (“GERS”) and the United States District Court for the District of the Virgin Islands (the “District Court”), Commissioner of Finance Valdamier Collens, informs government employees that the Department of Finance has remitted payment of all outstanding contributions and withholdings to