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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
2 intruders shoot homeowner in home invasion on St. John
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

2 intruders shoot homeowner in home invasion on St. John

CRUZ BAY — Police are investigating after a homeowner was shot by two intruders in St. John on Tuesday night, authorities said. Officers were dispatched to a reported burglary at…
Posted by John McCarthy March 19, 2025
American Joshua Riibe tells Dominican court parents of missing Sudiksha Konanki ‘hugged and thanked him’
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News International News

American Joshua Riibe tells Dominican court parents of missing Sudiksha Konanki ‘hugged and thanked him’

PUNTA CANA — "Prisoner in paradise" Joshua Riibe expressed his desire to return home and reunite with his family, in a dramatic plea to a Dominican judge on Tuesday.  The…
Posted by John McCarthy March 19, 2025
Colombia preparing electricity auction as shortage warnings loom
Posted inBreaking News Business News International News

Colombia preparing electricity auction as shortage warnings loom

CARTAGENA (Reuters) — The Colombian government is preparing an electricity generation auction amid warnings of possible future power shortages in the country, Mines and Energy Minister Edwin Palma said on…
Posted by John McCarthy March 19, 2025
‘We are all by ourselves’: Haitians warn that fall of Port-au-Prince is imminent
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

‘We are all by ourselves’: Haitians warn that fall of Port-au-Prince is imminent

PORT-AU-PRINCE — For weeks now, Haiti’s volatile capital has been caught between cries and gunfire, armed gangs and mass exodus, and anxiety and silence. Neighborhood after neighborhood is being emptied…
Posted by John McCarthy March 19, 2025
Caribbean leaders push back on U.S. travel-ban threats, ask Washington for clarity
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News International News

Caribbean leaders push back on U.S. travel-ban threats, ask Washington for clarity

HAVANA — The leaders of several Caribbean governments being targeted under a proposed U.S. travel ban say they have received no formal notifications from the Trump administration that their nation…
Posted by John McCarthy March 19, 2025
Married teacher asked 3 underage boys to ‘gangbang’ her while wearing a Scream mask
Posted inBreaking News Crime News National News

Married teacher asked 3 underage boys to ‘gangbang’ her while wearing a Scream mask

MARTINSVILLE, Indiana (DM) — A married teacher asked three underage boys to 'gangbang' her and ordered them to wear a Scream mask while doing so, cops allege. Brittany Fortinberry, 31,…
Posted by John McCarthy March 19, 2025
Dismissed as fakes for a century, enigmatic Puerto Rican stones could rewrite history
Posted inBlack History News Breaking News Caribbean News

Dismissed as fakes for a century, enigmatic Puerto Rican stones could rewrite history

SAN JUAN — For more than a century, the fist-sized rocks etched with enigmatic patterns were ignored by academics and shunned by cultural power brokers. Discovered in Puerto Rico in…
Posted by John McCarthy March 19, 2025
Federal judge halts further shuttering of USAID
Posted inBreaking News Health News Humanitarian News

Federal judge halts further shuttering of USAID

WASHINGTON (BBC) — A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from taking any further steps to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). In a ruling Tuesday,…
Posted by John McCarthy March 19, 2025
A day after becoming prime minister, Trinidad’s Stuart Young calls for new elections
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A day after becoming prime minister, Trinidad’s Stuart Young calls for new elections

PORT OF SPAIN — A day after taking over as prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago in a historic transition, Stuart Young is calling for elections. A statement from the…
Posted by John McCarthy March 19, 2025
Immigrants disappear from US detainee tracking system after deportation flights
Posted inBreaking News National News Police News

Immigrants disappear from US detainee tracking system after deportation flights

MIAMI (AP) — Franco Caraballo called his wife Friday night, crying and panicked. Hours earlier, the 26-year-old barber and dozens of other Venezuelan migrants at a federal detention facility in…
Posted by John McCarthy March 19, 2025

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