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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Some U.S. states want to ban food stamp recipients from buying soda and candy
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Some U.S. states want to ban food stamp recipients from buying soda and candy

INDIANAPOLIS (CBS) — The federal food stamp program is facing scrutiny in some states that want to block enrollees from using their government benefits to buy soda and candy. Three…
Posted by John McCarthy April 16, 2025
DOGE goons return to scene of their massive data ‘breach’ after whistleblower report
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DOGE goons return to scene of their massive data ‘breach’ after whistleblower report

WASHINGTON (DB) — Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) foot soldiers paid another visit today to the federal agency where they were accused of causing a “significant cybersecurity breach.”…
Posted by John McCarthy April 16, 2025
Trump calls for deporting some citizens to El Salvador, testing US law
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Trump calls for deporting some citizens to El Salvador, testing US law

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Donald Trump said he wants to deport some violent criminals who are U.S. citizens to Salvadoran prisons, a move that experts said would violate U.S. law. Trump's comments…
Posted by John McCarthy April 16, 2025
Google’s government deal is the ‘first of many’ to come, DOGE says
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Google’s government deal is the ‘first of many’ to come, DOGE says

WASHINGTON — The Department of Government Efficiency and leader Elon Musk Friday praised a deal struck between the General Services Administration and Google April 10 that offers Google’s Workspace collaboration and communications…
Posted by John McCarthy April 16, 2025
Family’s heartbreak as baby boy dies in tragic accident while on vacation in Saint Lucia
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Family’s heartbreak as baby boy dies in tragic accident while on vacation in Saint Lucia

CASTRIES (Daily Mail) — An investigation has been launched after a baby boy died in a tragic accident during a family holiday. Seven-month-old Tommy Taylor-Mclean fell off of a bed…
Posted by John McCarthy April 16, 2025
Colossal squid — the world’s largest invertebrate — captured on camera in habitat for the first time
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Colossal squid — the world’s largest invertebrate — captured on camera in habitat for the first time

They got it on squid-eo. Scientists proved that the sea still holds some big mysteries after capturing footage of the colossal squid — the largest invertebrate on the planet — in its…
Posted by John McCarthy April 16, 2025
UN migration head calls conditions in Haiti ‘brutal,’ wants to talk to U.S. about aid
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

UN migration head calls conditions in Haiti ‘brutal,’ wants to talk to U.S. about aid

PORT-AU-PRINCE (MH) — As more than a half-million Haitians continue to face the threat of expulsion from the United States and the Trump administration sent another deportation flight to the…
Posted by John McCarthy April 16, 2025
USVI makes a bold impression at Seatrade Cruise Global 2025
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USVI makes a bold impression at Seatrade Cruise Global 2025

MIAMI —The U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Tourism concluded a highly successful week at Seatrade Cruise Global 2025, the cruise industry's leading annual event, held in Miami, Florida. With a focus on…
Posted by John McCarthy April 16, 2025
BMV starts re-issuing REAL ID driver’s licenses a week from tomorrow
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BMV starts re-issuing REAL ID driver’s licenses a week from tomorrow

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Bureau of Motor Vehicles will resume issuing REAL ID driver's licenses and REAL ID identification cards beginning on Thursday, April 24, 2025, BMV Director…
Posted by John McCarthy April 16, 2025
Enough talk, time for action, CARICOM official says on slavery reparations
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Enough talk, time for action, CARICOM official says on slavery reparations

LONDON (Reuters) - The push for slavery reparations is at a defining moment, a Caribbean Community official said on the second day of a United Nations forum, adding it was…
Posted by John McCarthy April 16, 2025

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