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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
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
U.S. deporting African and Asian migrants to Panama in diplomatic breakthrough
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

U.S. deporting African and Asian migrants to Panama in diplomatic breakthrough

WASHINGTON — The U.S. is deporting unauthorized migrants from nations in Africa and Asia to Panama, a major diplomatic breakthrough for the Trump administration's mass deportation efforts, internal federal documents obtained…
Posted by John McCarthy February 13, 2025
The risks of journalism in Haiti: Nation ranks among deadliest places on global list
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

The risks of journalism in Haiti: Nation ranks among deadliest places on global list

PORT-AU-PRINCE — The Western Hemisphere ranks among the most dangerous places in the world for journalists, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. The killings of two journalists in Haiti…
Posted by John McCarthy February 13, 2025
Ohio and Mississippi bill aims to make ejaculating without intent to conceive a felony — costing over $10K
Posted inBreaking News Crime News National News

Ohio and Mississippi bill aims to make ejaculating without intent to conceive a felony — costing over $10K

COLUMBUS — Is spilling semen outside a woman’s vagina a sin? Legislators in Ohio and Mississippi want to fine men up to around $10,000 if they’re caught doing so. A draft bill…
Posted by John McCarthy February 13, 2025
Bryan frees 8 people from prison, says ‘everyone deserves a second chance’
Posted inBreaking News Community Affairs Crime News

Bryan frees 8 people from prison, says ‘everyone deserves a second chance’

CHRISTIANSTED — Governor Albert Bryan has exercised his constitutional authority to grant clemency to eight individuals, commuting the sentences of six and pardoning two, in recognition of their rehabilitation, personal growth,…
Posted by John McCarthy February 13, 2025
Former heroin junkie Kennedy makes top US health post after Senate confirmation
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Former heroin junkie Kennedy makes top US health post after Senate confirmation

WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr, a vaccine critic who has pledged to tackle chronic disease, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Health Secretary today, after overcoming resistance from…
Posted by John McCarthy February 13, 2025
Trump signs a plan for reciprocal tariffs on US trading partners, ushering in economic uncertainty
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Trump signs a plan for reciprocal tariffs on US trading partners, ushering in economic uncertainty

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump today rolled out his plan to increase U.S. tariffs to match the tax rates that other countries charge on imports, possibly triggering a broader economic confrontation…
Posted by John McCarthy February 13, 2025
Gunmen open fire and kill 2 children in Puerto Rico. 4 people are wounded
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Gunmen open fire and kill 2 children in Puerto Rico. 4 people are wounded

SAN JUAN (AP) — Two children were killed and four people were wounded when gunmen opened fire on a home in northeastern Puerto Rico, police said today. The shooting, which…
Posted by John McCarthy February 13, 2025
Trump and Musk are going to WAR against military veterans
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Trump and Musk are going to WAR against military veterans

Donald Trump’s new executive order, titled “Implementing the President’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Workforce Optimization Initiative,” outlines exactly how Trump and Elon Musk plan to dismantle the U.S. Department of…
Posted by John McCarthy February 13, 2025
Why Trump’s potential cuts to Veteran Affairs would be a ‘disaster’
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Why Trump’s potential cuts to Veteran Affairs would be a ‘disaster’

“DOGE’s grand plan is to lay off federal government jobs. Well, 30 percent of those jobs are veterans.” In one of his many day-one executive orders, President Donald Trump called for…
Posted by John McCarthy February 13, 2025

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