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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Mostly cloudy and breezy with a couple of showers this afternoon, high 90
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Puerto Rico News

Mostly cloudy and breezy with a couple of showers this afternoon, high 90

The National Hurricane Center is monitoring Invest 91-L in the eastern Tropical Atlantic. A broad area of low pressure over the eastern tropical Atlantic, associated with this tropical wave, is…
Posted by John McCarthy September 5, 2025
Resort for sale in California has a special extra — an erotic maze. Take a look?
Posted inBreaking News Entertainment News National News

Resort for sale in California has a special extra — an erotic maze. Take a look?

A 40-bedroom, 40-bathroom resort has gone on the market in Palm Springs, California — but it’s really not like, well, other resorts in the popular tourist area. It revolves around…
Posted by John McCarthy September 4, 2025
VIDOH urges residents to ready health needs ahead of tropical weather
Posted inBreaking News Community Affairs Environmental News

VIDOH urges residents to ready health needs ahead of tropical weather

CHRISTIANSTED — As the territory monitors developing storm activity, the VI Department of Health joins with VITEMA in urging residents to take steps now to safeguard their health and well-being.…
Posted by John McCarthy September 4, 2025
Trump says US strike targeting Venezuelan gang will cause cartels to think twice
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Trump says US strike targeting Venezuelan gang will cause cartels to think twice

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday justified the lethal military strike that his administration said was carried out a day earlier against a Venezuelan gang as a necessary effort by…
Posted by John McCarthy September 4, 2025
US and Panama propose new force of 5,550 in Haiti with the power to detain gang suspects
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

US and Panama propose new force of 5,550 in Haiti with the power to detain gang suspects

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and Panama are urging the U.N. Security Council to authorize a 5,550-member force with the power to detain gang members in Haiti to help stop…
Posted by John McCarthy September 4, 2025
Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness elected to a third term as main opposition candidate concedes
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News International News

Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness elected to a third term as main opposition candidate concedes

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness secured a third term early Thursday following a tight race on an island shaken by corruption, inequity and economic concerns. Preliminary…
Posted by John McCarthy September 4, 2025
Partly sunny, breezy with a couple of showers, high 93, low 79
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Puerto Rico News

Partly sunny, breezy with a couple of showers, high 93, low 79

A wave in the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean is being monitored by the National Hurricane Center but currently poses no threat to land. Showers and thunderstorms associated with this tropical…
Posted by John McCarthy September 4, 2025
Sleeping woman wakes up to burglar on her bed
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

Sleeping woman wakes up to burglar on her bed

CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix man faces a burglary charge after a break-in at a Queens Quarter-area residence, authorities said. Jahthwan Barnes 32, was arrested and charged with second-degree burglary,…
Posted by John McCarthy September 3, 2025
Kendall Smith accused of strangling female family member
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

Kendall Smith accused of strangling female family member

FREDERIKSTED — A 54-year-old St. Croix man was jailed after being accused of strangling a female family member, authorities said. Kendall Smith, of Grove Place, was arrested and charged with…
Posted by John McCarthy September 3, 2025
Experts say deadly ‘kissing bug’ infestations from Latin America now ENDEMIC in at least 32 states
Posted inBreaking News Health News National News

Experts say deadly ‘kissing bug’ infestations from Latin America now ENDEMIC in at least 32 states

Health experts are calling on government officials to relabel a 'silent killer' disease spread by bugs as 'endemic' in the US.  Chagas disease is a dangerous infection caused by the parasite Trypanosoma…
Posted by John McCarthy September 3, 2025

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