Increased starting salaries for Virgin Islands Police Department officers will officially take effect on May 21, 2018. Governor Kenneth E. Mapp has formally authorized Division of Personnel Director Milton Potter to adjust the base pay for police officers from $30,715 to $40,953. Officers now making less than the new base salary will also receive an […]
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Governor Kenneth E. Mapp offered his congratulations Wednesday to the physicians behind Liberty Medical Development, which recently announced that it has successfully secured financing for a state-of-the-art ambulatory surgical center at Estate Diamond on St. Croix. The surgical center will offer operating and surgical procedure rooms with clinic offices for several local medical practices. Due for completion in
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Accompanied by public and private partners, Governor Kenneth E. Mapp broke ground Tuesday on the much awaited Veterans Drive improvement project on St. Thomas. Over $120 million, much from already appropriated federal aid, will be spent on what is described as the “single largest road project in United States Virgin Islands history.” “There are some
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The island of St. John will soon be able to generate its own electricity, Governor Kenneth E. Mapp assured residents Tuesday. Power generation units are now en route to St. John and a supplemental solar field system has already been approved. “Ultimately, you are going to be disconnected from St. Thomas,” the Governor said. “Generators
Governor Kenneth Mapp has approved legislation calling for further regulation of billboards. The Governor said Tuesday that he agreed with the intent of the legislation, which includes provisions to increase restrictions for billboards on public highways. However, the Governor noted in his letter to Senate President Myron Jackson, additional improvements to the Territory’s billboard laws
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Attorney General Claude Earl Walker, on behalf of the US Virgin Islands, today announced a settlement with Takata Corporation and its U.S. subsidiary, TK Holdings, Inc., over the Virgin Islands’ claims that Takata engaged in unlawful practices in connection with the manufacturing, marketing and sale of its dangerous airbags installed in vehicles sold to Virgin
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Governor Kenneth E. Mapp invites the community to learn more about the exciting upgrades planned for the Charlotte Amalie Waterfront at a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday. The official groundbreaking for the Veterans Drive Improvement Project is set for 10 a.m. on the eastern end of the waterfront near the Lover’s Lane intersection at William Hastie
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Governor Kenneth E. Mapp invited and encouraged St. John residents to share their ideas, concerns and hear from local officials in regard to recovery efforts and other matters affecting the island at a Town Hall meeting set for 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 15, 2018. The Chief Executive will be accompanied by representatives from the V.I. Police Department, Education, Human Services, Public
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Acting Governor Osbert E. Potter has authorized the United States Virgin Islands Fire and Police departments to assist the Government of the British Virgin Islands with extinguishing a massive landfill blaze that erupted Wednesday night. The Acting Governor’s action is in response to a request from the Premier of the British Virgin Islands Orlando Smith.
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Governor Kenneth E. Mapp and Lieutenant Governor Osbert Potter met with cabinet members on Monday to discuss strategies to coordinate and accelerate the spending of anticipated federal funds to strengthen the Territory’s recovery from Hurricanes Irma and Maria. “We have a unique opportunity to address many long-standing infrastructural needs in our community and we have
