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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Haiti could face ‘total chaos’ without more international support, UN envoy warns
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Haiti could face ‘total chaos’ without more international support, UN envoy warns

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — The top U.N. official in Haiti sounded an alarm to the U.N. Security Council on Monday that escalating gang violence is liable to lead the Caribbean nation…
Posted by John McCarthy April 23, 2025
IMF cuts Latam, Caribbean 2025 GDP growth estimate
Posted inBreaking News Business News Caribbean News

IMF cuts Latam, Caribbean 2025 GDP growth estimate

NEW YORK (Reuters) — A forecast contraction in Mexico's 2025 economic output accounts for most of the IMF's estimate for a slowdown in Latin America and the Caribbean's GDP growth…
Posted by John McCarthy April 23, 2025
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s bag was stolen, with $3,000 in cash, at a D.C. restaurant
Posted inBreaking News Crime News National News

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s bag was stolen, with $3,000 in cash, at a D.C. restaurant

WASHINGTON (NBC) — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's bag — including $3,000 in cash — was stolen while she was out dining with family on Sunday night, a DHS spokesperson…
Posted by John McCarthy April 23, 2025
Condos on a cruise ship? Why a Miami developer is planning luxury homes at sea
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Condos on a cruise ship? Why a Miami developer is planning luxury homes at sea

MIAMI (Uniquely) — Russell Galbut and his wife, Ronalee, have been hooked on cruising since their first voyage 47 years ago. Galbut’s decades-long, ambitious career as a real estate developer…
Posted by John McCarthy April 23, 2025
84% of the world’s coral reefs hit by worst bleaching event on record
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

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

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