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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
NORAD’s Santa tracker was a Cold War morale boost. Now it attracts millions of kids
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NORAD’s Santa tracker was a Cold War morale boost. Now it attracts millions of kids

The Christmas tradition has become nearly global in scope: Children from around the world track Santa Claus as he sweeps across the earth, delivering presents and defying time. Each year, at least…
Posted by John McCarthy December 25, 2024
New York homeowner transforms home into ‘Christmas Vacation’ display
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New York homeowner transforms home into ‘Christmas Vacation’ display

SMITHTOWN — Who could forget Clark Griswold's short-lived glee when his Christmas lights turned on, brightening up the neighborhood? A homeowner on Long Island is channeling that enthusiasm and paying tribute…
Posted by John McCarthy December 25, 2024
Royal Caribbean cancels stops to Puerto Rico due to Christmas rush chaos
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Royal Caribbean cancels stops to Puerto Rico due to Christmas rush chaos

SAN JUAN — Royal Caribbean has announced further cancellations of scheduled stops in Puerto Rico by its flagship cruise ship Symphony of the Seas. This comes as the capital city’s…
Posted by John McCarthy December 25, 2024
Man fatally shot at Embers Guest House named by police
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Man fatally shot at Embers Guest House named by police

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Virgin Islands Police have identified the man fatally shot at the shuttered Embers Guest House in St. Thomas on Saturday as 54-year-old Pedro Nolazco Gutierrez Puntier of the…
Posted by John McCarthy December 25, 2024
A Haiti gang attack on the reopening of a main hospital kills 2 reporters and a police officer
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A Haiti gang attack on the reopening of a main hospital kills 2 reporters and a police officer

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Two reporters were killed and several were wounded Tuesday in a gang attack in Haiti on the reopening of Port-au-Prince’s biggest public hospital, the country’s online media association…
Posted by John McCarthy December 25, 2024
UN publishes new death toll for massacre of older people and Vodou religious leaders in Haiti
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

UN publishes new death toll for massacre of older people and Vodou religious leaders in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — The United Nations raised the death toll of a recent massacre in which dozens of older people and Vodou religious leaders were killed by a gang in…
Posted by John McCarthy December 24, 2024
Christmas cruise horror as woman dies trying to jump off Sky Princess
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Christmas cruise horror as woman dies trying to jump off Sky Princess

MIAMI — A woman aboard a cruise ship returning to Florida died Saturday when she tried to dive overboard — but instead crashed onto the lower deck. The 48-year-old passenger…
Posted by John McCarthy December 24, 2024
3 fall into ocean after California wharf partially collapses due to heavy surf from major storm
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3 fall into ocean after California wharf partially collapses due to heavy surf from major storm

SANTA CRUZ, California (AP) — Two people were rescued and a third swam to safety after a California pier under construction partially collapsed and fell into the ocean Monday as…
Posted by John McCarthy December 24, 2024
Saharan dust plume expected for Christmas Eve in USVI and PR
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Saharan dust plume expected for Christmas Eve in USVI and PR

SAN JUAN — A plume of Saharan dust will begin affecting the local region, with direct impacts on the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico starting tomorrow (Christmas Eve day),…
Posted by John McCarthy December 23, 2024
Suspect arrested in Savanero restaurant shooting
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Suspect arrested in Savanero restaurant shooting

CHARLOTTE AMALIE —Vital tips from the community led to the arrest of a St. Thomas man linked to the shooting of a woman inside a restaurant in March, authorities said…
Posted by John McCarthy December 23, 2024

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