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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
White House orders military to focus on ‘quarantine’ of Venezuela oil
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Military News

White House orders military to focus on ‘quarantine’ of Venezuela oil

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The White House has ordered U.S. military forces to focus almost exclusively on enforcing a "quarantine" of Venezuelan oil for at least the next two months, a…
Posted by John McCarthy December 27, 2025
Venezuela frees 99 prisoners detained after post-election protests
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Humanitarian News

Venezuela frees 99 prisoners detained after post-election protests

CARACAS (Reuters) — Venezuela freed 99 people jailed after last year’s election protests, the prisons authority said on Thursday, but rights groups said they believed the figure was lower despite…
Posted by John McCarthy December 27, 2025
Exercise extreme caution at sea and along the coastlines tonight
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Puerto Rico News

Exercise extreme caution at sea and along the coastlines tonight

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27 A fading swell will continue to spread across the local waters resulting in dangerous breaking waves and life-threatening rip currents along the north facing beaches in the…
Posted by John McCarthy December 27, 2025
Kyle Whittingham may not be the savior for Michigan’s troubled football program, but some are betting that even a ‘Plastic Jesus’ could bring pigskin salvation back to Ann Arbor
Posted inBreaking News Education News Entertainment News

Kyle Whittingham may not be the savior for Michigan’s troubled football program, but some are betting that even a ‘Plastic Jesus’ could bring pigskin salvation back to Ann Arbor

Kyle Whittingham to Michigan might not seem on the surface to be a grand slam hire - but when you consider where the Wolverines just were - it is at…
Posted by John McCarthy December 26, 2025
Kyle Whittingham to Michigan? What we know about rumors, reports
Posted inBreaking News Education News Entertainment News

Kyle Whittingham to Michigan? What we know about rumors, reports

In the wake of the Sherrone Moore scandal and subsequent fallout, Michigan may have found its replacement at the helm of the Wolverines' football program. Per ESPN, Kyle Whittingham -- the head coach at…
Posted by John McCarthy December 26, 2025
Former peace officer arrested after surveillance footage captured him firing shots at neighbor on Christmas Eve
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

Former peace officer arrested after surveillance footage captured him firing shots at neighbor on Christmas Eve

CHRISTIANSTED — A former law enforcement officer was arrested on an "assault" charge after video surveillance footage captured him firing shots at a neighbor in Estate St. John on St.…
Posted by John McCarthy December 26, 2025
Former cop charged with Christmas Eve ‘assault’ after lawnmower dispute with neighbor
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

Former cop charged with Christmas Eve ‘assault’ after lawnmower dispute with neighbor

KINGSHILL — In the courtroom of Magistrate Judge Yolan C. Brow-Ross will see three defendants at the Superior Court in Estate Kingshill on St. Croix this morning: Brian Roebuck is scheduled to appear…
Posted by John McCarthy December 26, 2025
NFL offensive coordinator Todd Monken on Michigan coaching radar
Posted inBreaking News Education News Entertainment News

NFL offensive coordinator Todd Monken on Michigan coaching radar

ANN ARBOR — The Michigan football coaching search in the aftermath of the Sherrone Moore firing has been nothing short of a soap opera, at least in terms of fan…
Posted by John McCarthy December 25, 2025
Russia trolls its stooge Trump over US blockade, Venezuelan ‘piracy’
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News International News

Russia trolls its stooge Trump over US blockade, Venezuelan ‘piracy’

MOSCOW (Reuters) — Russia's foreign ministry said today that the United States was reviving piracy and banditry in the Caribbean Sea by blockading Venezuela and said it hoped that U.S.…
Posted by John McCarthy December 25, 2025
Thousands of WAPA customers go without power on Christmas morning
Posted inBreaking News

Thousands of WAPA customers go without power on Christmas morning

FREDERIKSTED — Some 5, 241 WAPA customers living on St. Croix woke up to a home without electricity on Christmas morning. The Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority heaped praise…
Posted by John McCarthy December 25, 2025

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