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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Listeria recall of food included in federal school breakfast and lunch programs
Posted inBreaking News Consumer News Education News

Listeria recall of food included in federal school breakfast and lunch programs

Listeria found in an ingredient caused 91,585 pounds of breakfast burritos and wraps to be recalled nationwide by Los Angeles-area’s M.C.I Foods, the USDA announced Saturday night. “These items were…
Posted by John McCarthy October 19, 2025
US conducts seventh strike on boat allegedly involved in drug trafficking in the Caribbean
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Military News

US conducts seventh strike on boat allegedly involved in drug trafficking in the Caribbean

WASHINGTON (CNN) — War Secretary Pete Hegseth announced today that the US conducted a strike Friday on a boat that American intelligence officials believed was involved in illegal drug trafficking…
Posted by John McCarthy October 19, 2025
Florida fires coach Billy Napier after 3-4 start in 2025
Posted inBreaking News Entertainment News National News

Florida fires coach Billy Napier after 3-4 start in 2025

GAINESVILLE, Florida -- Florida fired coach Billy Napier this afternoon, a day after an error-filled win against Mississippi State that included more head-scratching calls and offensive lulls like those that marked much of his…
Posted by John McCarthy October 19, 2025
Trump says he’s cutting off all subsidies to Colombia, accuses Prez Gustavo Petro of being ‘illegal drug leader’
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Humanitarian News

Trump says he’s cutting off all subsidies to Colombia, accuses Prez Gustavo Petro of being ‘illegal drug leader’

President Trump accused Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro of being an “illegal drug leader” and announced that his administration is cutting off all subsidies to the Latin American country. Trump further…
Posted by John McCarthy October 19, 2025
US returning Caribbean strike survivors to Colombia and Ecuador, Trump says
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News International News

US returning Caribbean strike survivors to Colombia and Ecuador, Trump says

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The United States is sending the two survivors of a Thursday strike in the Caribbean to their home countries of Colombia and Ecuador to be detained and…
Posted by John McCarthy October 19, 2025
Tropical wave Invest 98-L forecast
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Puerto Rico News

Tropical wave Invest 98-L forecast

[October 19] Tropical Wave Invest 98-L Associated moisture will bring showers and possible thunderstorms , mainly across the U.S. Virgin Islands and east-southeast Puerto Rico tonight and tomorrow. We're monitoring…
Posted by John McCarthy October 19, 2025
Colombia accuses US of ‘murder’ after strike on boat
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News International News

Colombia accuses US of ‘murder’ after strike on boat

BOGATA (BBC) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro has accused the US of committing "murder" following a strike carried out on a boat in Colombian territorial waters in September. In a…
Posted by John McCarthy October 19, 2025
U.S. is repatriating survivors of its strike on suspected drug vessel
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

U.S. is repatriating survivors of its strike on suspected drug vessel

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (NYT) — The Trump administration is repatriating two survivors of a deadly U.S. strike this week on suspected drug runners in the Caribbean Sea rather than prosecute them…
Posted by John McCarthy October 19, 2025
US Embassy issues warning to Americans in Trinidad and Tobago as tensions with Venezuela escalate
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

US Embassy issues warning to Americans in Trinidad and Tobago as tensions with Venezuela escalate

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in Trinidad and Tobago cautioned Americans on Saturday to stay away from American government facilities on the twin-island nation. It was an unusual warning that…
Posted by John McCarthy October 19, 2025
Trinidadian family says U.S. military killed relative in boat attack
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Humanitarian News

Trinidadian family says U.S. military killed relative in boat attack

PORT OF SPAIN (NYT) — Chad Joseph, a 26-year-old from Trinidad and Tobago who had been living in Venezuela in recent months, told his family he would soon be taking…
Posted by John McCarthy October 19, 2025

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