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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
84% of the world’s coral reefs hit by worst bleaching event on record
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84% of the world’s coral reefs hit by worst bleaching event on record

Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history, the International Coral Reef Initiative announced…
Posted by John McCarthy April 23, 2025
Haiti heading to point of no return, total chaos – UN warns
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Haiti heading to point of no return, total chaos – UN warns

PORT-AU-PRINCE — The United Nations, UN, special representative to the troubled Haiti has warned that the country is approaching a “point of no return” leading to “total chaos.” Rampant gang…
Posted by John McCarthy April 23, 2025
St. Croix: Mostly sunny and delightful, high of 85
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St. Croix: Mostly sunny and delightful, high of 85

CHRISTIANSTED — Today St. Croix will be mostly sunny and delightful with a high of 85, AccuWeather said. Tonight St. Croix can expect clear conditions and a low of 69,…
Posted by John McCarthy April 23, 2025
Grandma found buried in concrete was tortured for hours by handyman with nail gun
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Grandma found buried in concrete was tortured for hours by handyman with nail gun

SEATTLE (NYP) — The Washington grandmother whose body was found buried under a shed suffered a painful, hours-long death — in which she was tortured with a nail gun, authorities said as her sex-offender…
Posted by John McCarthy April 22, 2025
Woman accused of slashing cousin’s head with a ‘brass knuckle knife’
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Woman accused of slashing cousin’s head with a ‘brass knuckle knife’

FREDERIKSTED — A St. Croix woman faces an assault charge after police said she slashed her cousin's head with a "brass knuckle knife," authorities said. Donna Emmanuel, 35, was arrested…
Posted by John McCarthy April 22, 2025
Victim robbed at gunpoint in St. Thomas identifies suspect for cops
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Victim robbed at gunpoint in St. Thomas identifies suspect for cops

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Police Department is calling on the public for clues to an armed robbery that took place in St. Thomas last week. On Friday, April…
Posted by John McCarthy April 22, 2025
Pedestrian ‘flew’ 24 feet in the air after being struck by hit-and-run driver near The Market in Plessen Saturday night
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Pedestrian ‘flew’ 24 feet in the air after being struck by hit-and-run driver near The Market in Plessen Saturday night

FREDERIKSTED – A 54-year-old woman was struck and killed on the Queen Mary Highway in Estate Plessen on Saturday night, Virgin Islands Police said. Emergency 911 dispatchers directed Traffic Investigation…
Posted by John McCarthy April 22, 2025
49-year-old woman shot and killed at Louis E. Brown Villas
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49-year-old woman shot and killed at Louis E. Brown Villas

FREDERIKSTED — Police are investigating after a 49-year-old woman was shot and killed at a housing project in St. Croix on Monday night. Edna Smith, of St. Croix, was positively…
Posted by John McCarthy April 22, 2025
Jacobs lands $137 million contract to manage USVI rebuild
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Jacobs lands $137 million contract to manage USVI rebuild

CHARLOTTE AMALIE (CD) — Jacobs is heading to the territory to help steer an infrastructure rebuild effort across the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Dallas-based construction company recently secured a $137 million…
Posted by John McCarthy April 22, 2025
St. Croix: Pleasant with intervals of clouds and sunshine, high 86
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St. Croix: Pleasant with intervals of clouds and sunshine, high 86

CHRISTIANSTED — Today St. Croix will be pleasant with intervals of clouds and sunshine and a high of 86, AccuWeather said. Tonight St. Croix can expect partly cloudy conditions and…
Posted by John McCarthy April 22, 2025

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