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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
China shipbuilders rip Trump’s ‘short-sighted’ US port fees
Posted inBreaking News Business News Caribbean News

China shipbuilders rip Trump’s ‘short-sighted’ US port fees

BEIJING (Reuters) — China's shipbuilders today blasted as "short-sighted" U.S. port fees announced by President Donald Trump's administration on China-linked ships, a measure aimed at the nation's shipbuilding industry. Trump…
Posted by John McCarthy April 19, 2025
United States eases port fees on China-built ships after industry backlash
Posted inBreaking News Business News Caribbean News

United States eases port fees on China-built ships after industry backlash

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — The Trump administration shielded on Thursday domestic exporters and vessel owners servicing the Great Lakes, the Caribbean and U.S. territories from port fees to be levied…
Posted by John McCarthy April 19, 2025
St. Croix: Times of sun and clouds, breezy, brief morning showers, high 87
Posted in2016 Presidential Election Breaking News Caribbean News

St. Croix: Times of sun and clouds, breezy, brief morning showers, high 87

CHRISTIANSTED — Today St. Croix will be breezy and have times of sun and clouds, a brief morning shower or two is possible, expect a high of 87, AccuWeather said.…
Posted by John McCarthy April 19, 2025
American shot dead after hijacking small plane in Belize
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

American shot dead after hijacking small plane in Belize

BELIZE CITY (CBS) — A U.S. veteran was fatally shot after he hijacked a small passenger plane in Belize on Thursday, officials in Belize and the U.S. confirmed. After the…
Posted by John McCarthy April 18, 2025
US senator returns from El Salvador trip, says Abrego Garcia case is about far more than one man
Posted inBreaking News National News Police News

US senator returns from El Salvador trip, says Abrego Garcia case is about far more than one man

WASHINGTON (AP) — The dispute over the wrongful deportation and imprisonment of Kilmar Abrego Garcia “is not only about one man” but about Donald Trump’s disregard of the American judicial system as…
Posted by John McCarthy April 18, 2025
Bryan thanks Trump Administration, USTR for exempting USVI from proposed port fees
Posted inBreaking News Business News Government House News

Bryan thanks Trump Administration, USTR for exempting USVI from proposed port fees

CHRISTIANSTED — Governor Albert Bryan Jr. today issued a statement expressing deep appreciation for the decision by the Trump administration and the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR)…
Posted by John McCarthy April 18, 2025
JD Vance to spend Easter in Rome amid tiff with Pope Francis
Posted inBreaking News Humanitarian News International News

JD Vance to spend Easter in Rome amid tiff with Pope Francis

The pope has sharply criticized the Trump administration’s mass deportation policies. ROME (Politico) — Vice President JD Vance is spending Easter weekend in Rome, where he’ll meet with a top…
Posted by John McCarthy April 18, 2025
Deported El Salvador migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia was embroiled in human smuggling scandal in 2022
Posted inBreaking News International News U.S. Department of Justice

Deported El Salvador migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia was embroiled in human smuggling scandal in 2022

WASHINGTON (Daily Mail) — El Salvador migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia was suspected of human trafficking in 2022, according to Department of Homeland Security records. The 29-year-old has been at the center of…
Posted by John McCarthy April 18, 2025
US senator meets man mistakenly deported to El Salvador
Posted inBreaking News International News Police News

US senator meets man mistakenly deported to El Salvador

SAN SALVADOR (BBC) — A U.S. senator has met a man who Trump administration officials have acknowledged was deported in error from Maryland to a mega-prison in El Salvador. Maryland…
Posted by John McCarthy April 18, 2025
Even White House officials are laughing at ICE Barbie’s cosplays
Posted inBreaking News Crime News National News

Even White House officials are laughing at ICE Barbie’s cosplays

WASHINGTON (Daily Beast) —Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has earned a reputation as a coquette for unusual publicity stunts that involve dolling up and posing in front of immigration detainees. Now, even…
Posted by John McCarthy April 18, 2025

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