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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
NWS issues Flood Watch for the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

NWS issues Flood Watch for the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN — The National Weather Service says "a wet and unstable weather pattern" will set the table for a moderate to high chance of flooding rains in the U.S.…
Posted by John McCarthy November 8, 2024
Haitian activists demand halt to deportations as gang violence and poverty soar
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Haitian activists demand halt to deportations as gang violence and poverty soar

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Haitian activists on Thursday demanded that other countries temporarily stop deportations to their country due to a surge in gang violence and deepening poverty. Tens of thousands…
Posted by John McCarthy November 8, 2024
Government official arrested over 400 sex tapes with president’s sister, high-profile wives
Posted inBreaking News Crime News International News

Government official arrested over 400 sex tapes with president’s sister, high-profile wives

MALABO — Equatorial Guinea’s recent sex scandal has garnered a ton of attention, resulting in a crackdown on sex in government offices.   Baltasar Ebang Engonga, a relative of the president…
Posted by John McCarthy November 8, 2024
Cuba left reeling after Category 3 hurricane ravages island and knocks out power grid
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Cuba left reeling after Category 3 hurricane ravages island and knocks out power grid

HAVANA (AP) — Cuba was left reeling Thursday after a fierce Category 3 hurricane ripped across the island, destroying hundreds of homes, knocking out the country’s power grid and damaging other infrastructure.…
Posted by John McCarthy November 8, 2024
Russian frontline soldiers reduced to eating canned dog meat from North Korea
Posted inBreaking News International News Military News

Russian frontline soldiers reduced to eating canned dog meat from North Korea

KURSK, Ukraine — Videos of Russian army soldiers eating canned meat supplied by the DPRK are being circulated on various social media. As it turned out, the Russians received canned dog meat from North Korea. This was reported…
Posted by John McCarthy November 7, 2024
Viya to be closed on Veteran’s Day
Posted inAt VIFreep Breaking News Business News

Viya to be closed on Veteran’s Day

CHRISTIANSTED — Viya, the premier telecommunications provider in the US Virgin Islands, will beclosed on Monday, November 11, 2024, in observance of Veterans Day, Jennifer Matarangas-King, Viya's Vice President of…
Posted by John McCarthy November 7, 2024
Lawyer seeks release of Haiti cop accused of police killing while protecting Blinken
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Lawyer seeks release of Haiti cop accused of police killing while protecting Blinken

PORT-AU-PRINCE — The lawyer for a jailed senior Haiti policeman accused of planning the assassination of a motorcycle driver with alleged gang ties is demanding his release from jail. Mario…
Posted by John McCarthy November 7, 2024
Cuba left without electricity after hit from Hurricane Rafael
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Cuba left without electricity after hit from Hurricane Rafael

HAVANA — Cuban authorities struggled to return power to the island this morning after Hurricane Rafael knocked out the country`s electrical grid, leaving 10 million people in the dark. The…
Posted by John McCarthy November 7, 2024
‘Excessive rainfall’ expected in the USVI and Puerto Rico over the next few days, NWS says
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News

‘Excessive rainfall’ expected in the USVI and Puerto Rico over the next few days, NWS says

SAN JUAN — Wet and unstable weather conditions are expected to continue into the next fewdays, the National Weather Service said Wednesday evening. The main feature will be a deepening…
Posted by John McCarthy November 7, 2024
Scooter driver dead after collision with pickup truck in Morningstar
Posted inBreaking News Community Affairs Police News

Scooter driver dead after collision with pickup truck in Morningstar

CHRISTIANSTED — A scooter driver is dead after crashing into the back of a pickup truck on St. Croix Tuesday morning. Robert A. Serrano, 65, of St. Croix, struck a…
Posted by John McCarthy November 6, 2024

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