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WAPA owned restoration materials were shipped to VI- Utility CEO
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI - Following a lawsuit at the Superior Court of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) which named the Virgin Islands (VI) as recipients of illegal hurricane supplies and restoration materials from the USVI Water and Power Authority (WAPA) as part of corruption allegations, WASA CEO Lawerence Kupfer has moved to clear the air.
WAPA hurricane supplies illegally shipped to VI - USVI lawsuit
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI - A lawsuit recently filed in the Superior Court of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) by an employee who has been working at the local Water and Power Authority (WAPA) for over 19 years, has named the Virgin Islands (VI) as recipients of illegal hurricane supplies and restoration materials as part of corruption allegations against the utility's highest management level.
Scammers in USVI posing as utility workers to enter homes
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- The [US] Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA) is cautioning residents to be aware of persons presumably posing as WAPA employees and attempting to gain access to homes, WAPA said through a press release issued late Wednesday, September 28, 2016.
USVI WAPA boss Hugo V. Hodge fired
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI— In an emergency meeting called on January 26, 2016, the US Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority’s (WAPA) board of governors determined that it was in the best interest of WAPA to end its relationship with the authority’s Executive Director, Hugo V. Hodge, some five months before his contract ends. Mr. Hodge will be out of WAPA by Friday January 29, 2016.
Two linemen injured after bucket truck crash on St Thomas, USVI
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — Two linemen of the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA) were transported to the Schneider Regional Medical Center for observation and treatment of injuries Tuesday evening, January 5, 2016 after the bucket truck they were driving in crashed into a utility pole on Solberg road, St Thomas, US Virgin Islands, a press release WAPA issued late Tuesday has revealed.

