Governor Mapp lobbied for U.S. Territories’ inclusion in federal program The United States Department of Treasury announced Wednesday that it has approved Governor Kenneth E. Mapp’s nomination of 14 neighborhoods on St. Thomas and St. Croix as Qualified Opportunity Zones eligible for U.S. tax breaks under the massive tax bill passed by Congress last December.  Governor Mapp has said the …

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Funding will leverage public and private investments to keep lead and other contaminants out of drinking water and upgrade aging water infrastructure The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of funding that could provide as much as $5.5 billion in loans, which could leverage over $11 billion in water infrastructure projects through the Water …

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Marvin L. Pickering, EA, PHR, Director of the Virgin Islands Bureau of Internal Revenue, is reminding all income taxpayers that Tax Day, which is normally on April 15, has been extended to June 29, 2018. The extended tax date also applies to calendar-year corporations. This means that taxpayers will have until June 29 to file …

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Three new members have been elected to serve on The West Indian Company, Ltd. (WICO) Board of Directors with immediate effect.  Commissioner of Sports, Parks and Recreation Pedro Cruz; businessman Vivek A. Daswani of Royal Caribbean; and former senator and business consultant Celestino A. White, Sr. were elected during a meeting on March 14 by the …

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Governor Kenneth E. Mapp thanked members of the 32nd Legislature for their support and congratulated all nominees confirmed during Wednesday’s Legislative Session. “I appreciate the Legislature’s action on these important nominations so that those appointed can move forward with confidence,” Governor Mapp said. “The Department of Public Works, the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority …

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Signs of the Virgin Islands’ long history have been preserved in architecture and artifacts.  Many of these were damaged, in some instances severely, by hurricanes Maria and Irma. But all is not lost. Numerous agencies are collaborating to assure that the islands can restore, to the extent possible, these important cultural resources.  Under the leadership …

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