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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
MIAMI (Daily Mail) —Tyreek Hill's estranged wife accused the scandal-plagued NFL star of booting her out and taking their baby away without her consent in an explosive new court document…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department will begin collection next month on student loans that are in default, including the garnishing of wages for potentially millions of borrowers, officials said Monday. Currently,…