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About John McCarthy
John McCarthy is primarily known for his investigative reporting on the U.S. Virgin Islands. A series of reports beginning in the 1990's revealed that there was everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling. Another report, following Hurricane Hugo in 1989, cited a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) confidential overview that said that over 40 percent of the U.S. Virgin Islands public lives below the poverty line. The Virgin Islands Free Press is the only Caribbean news source to regularly incorporate the findings of U.S. Freedom of Information Act requests. John's articles have appeared in the BVI Beacon, St. Croix Avis, San Juan Star and Virgin Islands Daily News. He is the former news director of WSVI-TV Channel 8 on St. Croix.
Holy white smoke, the Catholic Church has a new pope!
Posted inBreaking News International News Tourism News

Holy white smoke, the Catholic Church has a new pope!

VATICAN CITY (PBS) — White smoke streamed from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, signaling to the world that the 133 Roman Catholic cardinals inside have elected a new pope.…
Posted by John McCarthy May 8, 2025
Students will be dismissed early from John H. Woodson Junior High
Posted inBreaking News Community Affairs Education News

Students will be dismissed early from John H. Woodson Junior High

KINGSHILL — The Virgin Islands Department of Education informs parents and guardians that John H. Woodson Junior High School on St. Croix will have an early dismissal at 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, May…
Posted by John McCarthy May 8, 2025
A man with an open asylum case was deported. His lawyers want to know if there are others
Posted inBreaking News International News Police News

A man with an open asylum case was deported. His lawyers want to know if there are others

BALTIMORE (AP) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia has become a household name as the Trump administration is engaged in an intense legal campaign to keep him locked up in an El Salvador prison…
Posted by John McCarthy May 8, 2025
Puerto Rico governor under fire as federal funds for solar projects are stalled
Posted inBreaking News Business News Caribbean News

Puerto Rico governor under fire as federal funds for solar projects are stalled

SAN JUAN (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor came under fire Tuesday as her pledge to support the investment of millions of federal dollars in solar projects across the U.S. territory appeared to…
Posted by John McCarthy May 8, 2025
Conflict spreads as India, Pakistan fight with drones and missiles
Posted inBreaking News International News Military News

Conflict spreads as India, Pakistan fight with drones and missiles

NEW DELHI (Reuters)  —  Pakistan and India accused each other of launching drone attacks on Thursday, and Islamabad’s Defence Minister said further retaliation was “increasingly certain”, on the second day…
Posted by John McCarthy May 8, 2025
Bill Gates pledges his remaining fortune to the Gates Foundation, which will close in 20 years
Posted inBreaking News Business News Humanitarian News

Bill Gates pledges his remaining fortune to the Gates Foundation, which will close in 20 years

SEATTLE (AP) — Bill Gates says he will donate 99% of his remaining tech fortune to the Gates Foundation, which will now close in 2045, earlier than previously planned. Today, that would be…
Posted by John McCarthy May 8, 2025
Enjoy ‘Family Fun Day’ when Vincent Mason pool re-opens
Posted inBreaking News Community Affairs Government House News

Enjoy ‘Family Fun Day’ when Vincent Mason pool re-opens

FREDERIKSTED — Governor Albert Bryan Jr. and the Office of the Governor invite residents and families to a Family Fun Day celebrating the reopening of the Vincent Mason Coral Resort,…
Posted by John McCarthy May 8, 2025
Cuban mother deported from US pleads with Trump to reunite with her family
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Humanitarian News

Cuban mother deported from US pleads with Trump to reunite with her family

HAVANA (AP) — Ten times a day for the past two weeks, Heidy Sánchez has made the same two-block trek from her parents’ home in Havana looking for an internet signal to…
Posted by John McCarthy May 8, 2025
Urban and small stream flood advisory issued for St. Thomas and St. John
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Urban and small stream flood advisory issued for St. Thomas and St. John

CHRISTIANSTED: — Today St. Croix will see variable cloudiness with a thunderstorm in spots this morning and a high of 86, AccuWeather said. Tonight St. Croix will have mostly cloudy…
Posted by John McCarthy May 8, 2025
Here’s what cardinals eat during the conclave — and why ravioli and roast chicken were banned
Posted inBreaking News International News

Here’s what cardinals eat during the conclave — and why ravioli and roast chicken were banned

VATICAN CITY (NYP) — The Catholic cardinals meeting for the conclave are locked in the Sistine Chapel — one of the most grand buildings in the western world. But their…
Posted by John McCarthy May 7, 2025

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