Governor Kenneth E. Mapp has nominated Dr. Laura Palminteri, DVM, Henry E. Schjang, Ian Samuel and Ronald A. Phillips to the Virgin Islands Horse Racing Commission. Once confirmed by the Legislature, Schjang and Phillips will join the board in the St. Croix district, while Palminteri and Samuel will represent the St. Thomas/St. John district. “It […]
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Stories in the Virgin Islands Daily News continue to regularly include mischaracterizations and misinformation and the paper would be wise to invest in hiring at least one Virgin Islander to work in its news department, Governor Kenneth E. Mapp said this week. The Governor took issue with Wednesday’s article on three “pay raises” that contained
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Governor Kenneth E. Mapp joined Governors from across the country for a video teleconference Wednesday as Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator William “Brock” Long and Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Kirstjen Nielsen met with President Donald Trump and his Cabinet at FEMA Headquarters for the 2018 Annual Hurricane Briefing. FEMA Administrator Long and DHS Secretary Nielsen updated the President on
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Governor Kenneth E. Mapp, on behalf of the Government and people of the Virgin Islands, has issued a statement of condolence to the family, loved ones and friends of hotelier and business executive Oliver McCoy Webster, who passed away on May 29, 2018. Webster, the owner of Island Laundries, a St. Thomas commercial laundry and
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Official portraits of the Honorable Dr. Roy Lester Schneider and the Honorable Charles Wesley Turnbull, Ph.D., the fifth and sixth Governors of the United States Virgin Islands, respectively, were unveiled to the public Monday during a ceremony at Government House, St. Croix. These portraits painted by local artist Shansi Miller are part of a larger
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The Virgin Islands Department of Education in partnership with the Office of the Governor announces the launch of the 10th Annual Governor’s Summer Reading Challenge, which runs Monday, June 4 through Friday, September 2, 2018. The annual activity challenges students in grades K-6 to read five or more books during the summer in an effort
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Governor Kenneth E. Mapp expressed his deep gratitude to nearly 80 government employees at the Division of Personnel’s 29th Annual Employee Recognition Week ceremonies at Government House on St. Thomas and St. Croix. He asserted that the accomplishments were even more impressive given the challenges faced by public employees in the aftermath of Hurricanes Irma and
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Governor Kenneth E. Mapp, with immediate effect, has lifted the freeze on non-essential hiring in the Executive Branch of Government. As the U.S. Virgin Islands recovers from last year’s hurricanes, this job and wage thaw creates numerous opportunities to attract and retain necessary staff to assist in the Territory’s recovery. Yesterday’s order was executed in conjunction
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The Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands is proposing legislation to revitalize the Government Employees’ Retirement System (GERS). In a letter to Senate President Myron D. Jackson on Thursday, Governor Kenneth E. Mapp proposed restoring solvency of GERS by increasing the Government’s annual contribution to 23.5 percent, adding three percent of payroll. He proposed two more
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Budget submitted on schedule to 32nd Legislature Governor Kenneth E. Mapp submitted a proposed $1.278 billion budget Wednesday evening to the 32nd Legislature to fund the operations of the Government of the Virgin Islands (GVI) for Fiscal Year 2019 which commences on October 1, 2018. In the budget proposal transmitted to Senate President Myron Jackson, GVI
