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May 24th, 2025
USVI: Lawmakers threaten legal action as Gov. & Lt. Gov. salaries rise

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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. Thomas, USVI- Tempers and tension flared on Friday as lawmakers learned that controversial pay raises for the governor and lieutenant governor recommended last year would soon be implemented by the Department of Personnel. The raises — which move the governor’s yearly salary from $150,000 to $192,000, and the lieutenant governor’s from $125,000 to $168,000 — will account for retroactive payments dating back to December 2024.

October 29th, 2024
Bryan & Roach out for speaking engagements, Senate President assumes local duties

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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- On Monday, Government House Communications Director Richard Motta announced that Governor Albert Bryan Jr. will be out of the territory until next week.

August 5th, 2018
USVI Democratic upset: Albert Bryan Jr & Tregenza A. Roach wins

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI - The political establishment in the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) Democratic Party was shaken, as a the winner was announced to go ‘head to head’ with Governor Kenneth E. Mapp, in the November 6, 2018, Election for Governor.

June 8th, 2018
NAGICO slams USVI's Lieutenant Governor over ‘unlicensed’ claims

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - NAGICO Insurance Company has rubbished claims made by the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) Lieutenant Governor, Osbert E. Potter, who recently claimed that the insurer –a Caribbean-wide firm—is doing business in its Territory, without a License.

October 4th, 2016
USVI turns to Bermuda for individual health insurance packages

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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI— Lieutenant Governor of the US Virgin Islands Mr Osbert E. Potter, during a press conference on St Croix, US Virgin Islands on Monday October 3, 2016, said he would travel to Bermuda next week to meet with health insurance companies based on the island; a British territory, in hopes of convincing them to offer packages to residents in the US Virgin Islands.

March 24th, 2016
Mapp & Potter may get their limousines after all!

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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.

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