60 Percent Of VI National Guard Soldiers Have Received Their Pay, Mapp Says; V.I.P.D. Making Progress With Overtime

Virgin Islands National Guard (V.I.N.G.) Adjutant General Deborah Howell and Governor Kenneth Mapp said during the governor's Monday hurricane recovery press briefing that 60 percent of V.I.N.G. soldiers had received their pay for service rendered during Hurricanes Irma and Maria, while 40 percent were still waiting to be paid. The information was released following grumbling in the community that General Howell's statement weeks ago that soldiers were receiving their pay when most of them had not, was misleading. General Howell, speaking with The Consortium following the briefing, explained the procedure that takes place when V.I.N.G. soldiers are called to duty, which includes steps that see soldiers being placed into the government's system as new employees, which she said could slow the process of payment. General Howell also mentioned additional compounding caused by the hurricanes, which affected the government's ERP payment system. "The Guard are contact empl...