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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Kmart St. Croix to close in August
Posted inBreaking News Business News Community Affairs

Kmart St. Croix to close in August

CHRISTIANSTED —The lone remaining Kmart retail store located in St. Croix will close its doors for good in early August. The approximately 96 employees of its Castle Coakley location will…
Posted by John McCarthy May 12, 2025
VIDE offers Credit Recovery Program for Summer 2025
Posted inBreaking News Community Affairs Education News

VIDE offers Credit Recovery Program for Summer 2025

CHARLOTTE AMALIE —The Virgin Islands Department of Education (VIDE) reminds the public of the 2025 Credit Recovery Program in both districts for students who may need to retake failed courses. While Credit…
Posted by John McCarthy May 11, 2025
Puerto Rico seeks to lure manufacturing to boost its economy as Trump’s tariff war deepens
Posted inBreaking News Business News Caribbean News

Puerto Rico seeks to lure manufacturing to boost its economy as Trump’s tariff war deepens

SAN JUAN (AP) — A global trade war is offering Puerto Rico hope as the U.S. territory, attempts to strengthen its fragile economy. Government officials are jumping on planes to try and…
Posted by John McCarthy May 11, 2025
ICE deported his brother to El Salvador, so he hid in Texas, then fled back to Venezuela
Posted inBreaking News International News Police News

ICE deported his brother to El Salvador, so he hid in Texas, then fled back to Venezuela

Jonferson Valera Yamarte, a young Venezuelan immigrant who had made his way to the U.S. last year, hid after he witnessed in March how federal agents arrested his brother and…
Posted by John McCarthy May 11, 2025
Tiny Amerindian village in Guyana fights gold mine in key court battle over indigenous land rights
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Tiny Amerindian village in Guyana fights gold mine in key court battle over indigenous land rights

CHINESE LANDING, Guyana (AP) — One of Guyana’s smallest Amerindian villages is waging a monumental battle that could decide the amount of control that thousands of indigenous people have over…
Posted by John McCarthy May 11, 2025
Pope Leo XIV’s Creole heritage highlights complex history of racism and the church in America
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News National News

Pope Leo XIV’s Creole heritage highlights complex history of racism and the church in America

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The new pope’s French-sounding last name, Prevost, intrigued Jari Honora, a New Orleans genealogist, who began digging in the archives and discovered the pope had deep roots in…
Posted by John McCarthy May 11, 2025
Evacuations ordered at Clearwater high-rise after structural crack discovered
Posted inBreaking News Business News National News

Evacuations ordered at Clearwater high-rise after structural crack discovered

CLEARWATER, Florida (FOX) — Dozens of residents were urgently evacuated from a 12-story condominium building on Tuesday after construction workers discovered a growing crack in a support column in the building’s parking…
Posted by John McCarthy May 11, 2025
House passes bill on Trump’s Gulf of America
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House passes bill on Trump’s Gulf of America

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to formally change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, following…
Posted by John McCarthy May 11, 2025
Retired IRS agent gets 12 years for scamming elderly California woman out of life savings
Posted inBreaking News Crime News National News

Retired IRS agent gets 12 years for scamming elderly California woman out of life savings

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS) — A retired IRS agent from Southern California has been sentenced to state prison after she was convicted of defrauding an elderly San Francisco Bay Area woman…
Posted by John McCarthy May 11, 2025
Breezy with times of clouds and sun, a morning thunderstorm, high 89
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Breezy with times of clouds and sun, a morning thunderstorm, high 89

CHRISTIANSTED — Today St. Croix will be breezy with periods of clouds and sunshine, a morning thunderstorm in spots and a high of 89, AccuWeather said. Tonight St. Croix will…
Posted by John McCarthy May 11, 2025

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