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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
US military’s Caine meets with Trinidad prime minister
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News International News

US military’s Caine meets with Trinidad prime minister

PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) - A top U.S. military official on Tuesday met with Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar to reaffirm partnership and discuss priorities for regional security…
Posted by John McCarthy November 26, 2025
Thousands of Cubans struggle without power and water nearly a month after Hurricane Melissa
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Thousands of Cubans struggle without power and water nearly a month after Hurricane Melissa

RIO CAUTO, Cuba (AP) — Thousands of Cubans remain without power, water or proper shelter almost a month after Hurricane Melissa pummeled the island’s eastern region as one of the strongest Atlantic storms in…
Posted by John McCarthy November 26, 2025
Mostly sunny and breezy, high 88
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Puerto Rico News

Mostly sunny and breezy, high 88

Plans for Thanksgiving Day? You may encounter some hazards during the day, check the forecast before going out. More details at http://weather.gov/sju. #prwx #usviwx The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, which officially…
Posted by John McCarthy November 26, 2025
Thanksgiving shoppers say Trump ‘killing us’ on grocery prices
Posted inBreaking News Business News Consumer News

Thanksgiving shoppers say Trump ‘killing us’ on grocery prices

President Donald Trump campaigned on a pledge to lower consumer prices that skyrocketed during Joe Biden's term, but some Americans are now calling him out for soaring living costs that's…
Posted by John McCarthy November 25, 2025
Depraved husband admits he murdered estranged wife, buried her body — then dug it up to rape corpse
Posted inBreaking News Crime News National News

Depraved husband admits he murdered estranged wife, buried her body — then dug it up to rape corpse

SIMI VALLEY — A depraved husband has admitted being a “monster” who murdered his estranged wife, dumped her body in a shallow grave — and then dug it up to…
Posted by John McCarthy November 25, 2025
What could Maduro offer Trump in potential talks? Oil
Posted inBreaking News Business News Caribbean News

What could Maduro offer Trump in potential talks? Oil

CARACAS (Reuters) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has the flexibility and the incentive to offer crude oil cargoes, which the country mostly sells to China, as a bargaining chip if…
Posted by John McCarthy November 25, 2025
Video shows Alabama teacher beating son with belt 22 times, now faces charges
Posted inAt VIFreep Breaking News Crime News

Video shows Alabama teacher beating son with belt 22 times, now faces charges

MOBILE, Alabama (WKRC) — A teacher was taken into custody after an unsettling video of a beating surfaced online. According to WPMI-TV, 44-year-old Randi Nicole Staples, a 2nd-grade teacher at Cottage…
Posted by John McCarthy November 25, 2025
Ukraine agrees to peace proposal, with only “minor details” to settle, official says, but no word from Russia
Posted inBreaking News International News Military News

Ukraine agrees to peace proposal, with only “minor details” to settle, official says, but no word from Russia

GENEVA (CBS) — A U.S. official told CBS News today that Ukraine's government had "agreed to a peace deal" brokered by the Trump administration to stop Russia's nearly four-year assault.…
Posted by John McCarthy November 25, 2025
Unemployed son dressed as dead mom to collect her pension in ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ scam while hiding her body at home
Posted inBreaking News Crime News International News

Unemployed son dressed as dead mom to collect her pension in ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ scam while hiding her body at home

An unemployed son impersonated his dead mother to collect thousands of euros a year from her pension in what Italian authorities have dubbed a “Mrs. Doubtfire scandal,” according to local…
Posted by John McCarthy November 25, 2025
Jamaica says 6 dead from infectious disease leptospirosis after Hurricane Melissa
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Jamaica says 6 dead from infectious disease leptospirosis after Hurricane Melissa

KINGSTON — Jamaica is seeing an outbreak of leptospirosis and is urging anyone who is experiencing symptoms from the infectious disease to seek immediate medical care. A serious public health…
Posted by John McCarthy November 25, 2025

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