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Mapp & Potter may get their limousines after all!
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, VI — US Virgin Islands' Governor Kenneth E. Mapp and Lieutenant Governor Osbert E. Potter could receive their new limousines, worth $350,000 in total, after a Kurt Vialet amendment changed language in a bill intended to purchase emergency vehicles for first responder and law enforcement agencies of the US Virgin Islands (USVI) government.
Mapp signs executive order billing USVI Gov’t for Potter’s rental home
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- United States Virgin Islands (USVI) Governor Kenneth E. Mapp has signed an executive order mandating the Government of the US Virgin Islands to pay for Lieutenant Governor Osbert E. Potter’s dwelling while he’s on St Thomas, USVI.
Property purchase Bill for USVI Governors to reside becomes law
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- Governor House in the US Virgin Islands announced on Wednesday February 3, 2016 that a measure instructing the West Indian Company (WICO), a government-owned but self-governed (semiautonomous) entity, to buy property next to Government House, that would serve as the official residence of the Governor of the US Virgin Islands, has been allowed to become law.
St Thomas, USVI Sugar Bay Resort employees not paid
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — An employee of the Sugar Bay Resort and Spa on St Thomas, US Virgin Islands, sent The Consortium a copy of what appears to be a letter from management, notifying workers that their pay would be delayed because of “unforeseen financial difficulties.”
Charges against fmr USVI Gov John P. de Jongh dropped
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — Charges levied against former US Virgin Islands Governor John P. de Jongh in regards to repairs made to his Estate Mafolie home using some $500,000 of public funds, have been dropped, court documents provided to The Consortium showed.
Mapp's 'comments' to senator disgraceful & sexist- Christensen
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI — In a note issued to The Consortium on January 10, 2016, former Delegate to Congress and Gubernatorial Candidate in the 2014 USVI General Election, Donna M. Christensen, called Governor of the US Virgin Islands Kenneth E. Mapp’s comments to USVI Senator Janette Millin Young “a disgrace to his office and beyond disrespectful to the senator.”
USVI Gov Mapp calls senator jackass, ‘setty fowl,’ stupid & crazy
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI — United States Virgin Islands (USVI) Governor Kenneth E. Mapp has called USVI Senator Janette Millin Young a jackass, “setty fowl” and stupid for alleging that he is maliciously withholding her mother’s pension monies that the government owes, because she refused to vote for the ArcLight deal.
USVI Gov Kenneth E. Mapp rejects ‘ill-conceived’ EDC residency bill
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI— United States Virgin Islands (USVI) Governor Kenneth E. Mapp vetoed bill no. 31-0292 on Monday Janauary 4, 2015, which would prevent non-residents hired by or owning an EDC beneficiary company from achieving residency status during their period of employment or ownership.
PDVSA’S BoD releases all tax claims against USVI Gov't
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — Governor Kenneth E. Mapp received correspondence from the Board of Directors (BoD) of Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA), stating that they have approved the purchase and sale agreement and its global settlement provisions between Limetree Bay Terminals, LLC and HOVENSA, a press release Government House issued late Friday has made known.
USVI Gov Kenneth E. Mapp unveils landmark Hovensa agreement
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — Governor Kenneth E. Mapp unveiled a landmark agreement that would immediately net the Government of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) $220 million in cash at closing, up to $9 million to settle a legal claim, and up to $6 million for asphalt storage — bringing to a close a protracted battle that began with the refinery’s closing in 2012, and a failed attempt at acquisition by Atlantic Basin Refining, Inc. in December of last year.
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