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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Tourist’s hands bitten off by shark on TCI beach after she ‘tried to engage the 6-foot predator to take a picture’
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News International News

Tourist’s hands bitten off by shark on TCI beach after she ‘tried to engage the 6-foot predator to take a picture’

COCKBURN TOWN — A tourist has been savagely attacked by a shark off a Caribbean beach, with reports that the victim lost each of her hands as her husband tried…
Posted by John McCarthy February 14, 2025
New ferry service operating between the BVI and the USVI
Posted inBreaking News British Virgin Islands News Business News

New ferry service operating between the BVI and the USVI

ROAD TOWN, Tortola — A new 149-passenger ferry designed by Incat Crowther has entered service and is being operated by Smith’s Ferry Services, Cruise & Ferry first reported. The ferry…
Posted by John McCarthy February 14, 2025
UK to hire commissioner to ensure ‘Windrush’ scandal never happens again
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Community Affairs

UK to hire commissioner to ensure ‘Windrush’ scandal never happens again

LONDON (Reuters) — Britain will appoint a commissioner to scrutinise compensation for Caribbean migrants who were wrongfully detained and deported by the British state, and to help ensure such a…
Posted by John McCarthy February 14, 2025
Island life’s a breeze this Valentine’s Day!
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News National News

Island life’s a breeze this Valentine’s Day!

What can we expect, weather-wise, this Valentine's Day 2025? Variable weather with shower activity now in the morning and later tonight mainly along portions of northern and eastern Puerto Rico,…
Posted by John McCarthy February 14, 2025
Most pancreatic cancer isn’t caught until it’s late stage — a new blood test could change that
Posted inBreaking News Community Affairs Health News

Most pancreatic cancer isn’t caught until it’s late stage — a new blood test could change that

Get pumped! Scientists from Oregon Health & Science University have developed a blood test called PAC-MANN that is said to be less invasive, cheaper and more robust than traditional screening…
Posted by John McCarthy February 14, 2025
Texas high school teacher, 35, accused of having sex with male student
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Education News

Texas high school teacher, 35, accused of having sex with male student

HOUSTON — A Texas high school teacher accused of having sex with a male student turned herself in to police this week — one year after she was indicted and…
Posted by John McCarthy February 14, 2025
New mpox strain confirmed in New York for the first time
Posted inBreaking News Health News National News

New mpox strain confirmed in New York for the first time

NEW YORK — The New York State Department of Health issued a health advisory this week about the emergence of a new strain of mpox (formerly monkeypox). The first case…
Posted by John McCarthy February 14, 2025
Haiti’s shuttered main public hospital is set on fire in latest attack on the institution
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Haiti’s shuttered main public hospital is set on fire in latest attack on the institution

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Haiti’s main public hospital, which remains shuttered after multiple gang attacks, was set on fire Thursday in the latest blow to one the country’s largest health institutions. The…
Posted by John McCarthy February 14, 2025
Valentine’s Day 2025: Top Wishes, Messages And Quotes To Share With Your Special One
Posted inBreaking News Community Affairs Consumer News

Valentine’s Day 2025: Top Wishes, Messages And Quotes To Share With Your Special One

Valentine's Day 2025: On Valentine's Day and in the week leading up to it - which is known as Valentine's Week - people give each other gifts like chocolates, roses,…
Posted by John McCarthy February 14, 2025
Nearly 170 passengers, crew on Holland America cruise stricken with norovirus
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Consumer News

Nearly 170 passengers, crew on Holland America cruise stricken with norovirus

MIAMI — A norovirus outbreak on a nearly two-week-long Holland America cruise ship sickened 152 passengers and more than a dozen crew members with symptoms like vomiting and diarrhea, health…
Posted by John McCarthy February 13, 2025

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