Governor Kenneth E. Mapp thanked members of the 32nd Legislature for their support and congratulated all nominees confirmed during Wednesday’s Legislative Session. “I appreciate the Legislature’s action on these important nominations so that those appointed can move forward with confidence,” Governor Mapp said. “The Department of Public Works, the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority […]

Signs of the Virgin Islands’ long history have been preserved in architecture and artifacts.  Many of these were damaged, in some instances severely, by hurricanes Maria and Irma. But all is not lost. Numerous agencies are collaborating to assure that the islands can restore, to the extent possible, these important cultural resources.  Under the leadership

Thanks to the anonymous donor that gave our students 20 ukuleles and 10 accompanying method books! Territorial Director of Music Education Dionne Donadelle, split the donation, giving both the St. Thomas – St. John and St. Croix districts ten instruments each. Monica Casey of the Pearl B. Larsen Elementary School in St. Croix and Georges

By the Caribbean Journal staff The U.S. Virgin Islands is seeing a new airlift boom, and the island of St Thomas is the latest beneficiary. Florida-based Spirit Airlines has officially launched new daily nonstop service between Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and St Thomas’ Cyril E. King Airport. It’s another big step for the US Virgin

U.S. Virgin Islands Governor Kenneth E. Mapp will be traveling out of the Territory from today, April 2 to Tuesday, April 3 to attend the Clinton Global Initiative Action Network on Post-Disaster Recovery in Miami. In his absence, Lieutenant Governor Osbert E. Potter will serve as Acting Governor through April 3.

When the electric power system in the U.S. Virgin Islands is rebuilt, it will be stronger than it has ever been.  The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority, with help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, plans to harden the power grid so it can withstand hurricanes with 200-mile-per-hour winds. Critical transmission lines will be

he federal program that provides emergency prescription assistance for uninsured disaster survivors has been extended through May 15 at the territory’s request. Virgin Islanders who have no prescription insurance coverage and lost medicine or medical supplies due to hurricanes Irma and Maria may be eligible for a free 30-day replacement of certain drugs and medical

Governor Mapp lobbied for Territory’s inclusion in federal program Governor Kenneth E. Mapp has nominated 14 neighborhoods on St. Thomas and St. Croix as Qualified Opportunity Zones eligible for U.S. tax breaks under the massive tax bill passed by Congress last December, Government House announced today. The nominated zones, which are considered 14 “low income