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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Florida woman on probation for burglary and child neglect detained at St. Thomas airport
Posted inBreaking News Crime News National News

Florida woman on probation for burglary and child neglect detained at St. Thomas airport

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A woman who was on probation in Florida was arrested at the Cyril E. King Airport on St. Thomas for being a fugitive from justice.  Candy Wiseman…
Posted by John McCarthy October 4, 2024
Peru celebrates 2 decades of a fast-growing breed of guinea pigs eaten as a delicacy
Posted inBreaking News International News Tourism News

Peru celebrates 2 decades of a fast-growing breed of guinea pigs eaten as a delicacy

LIMA (AP) — Peru on Thursday celebrated two decades since the creation of a genetically modified breed of guinea pig, a rodent whose meat has formed a part of the…
Posted by John McCarthy October 4, 2024
Nibi the ‘diva’ beaver to stay at rescue center, Massachusetts governor decides
Posted inBreaking News National News Tourism News

Nibi the ‘diva’ beaver to stay at rescue center, Massachusetts governor decides

BOSTON (AP) — The question of whether a 2-year-old beaver named Nibi can stay with the rescuers she has known since she was a baby or must be released into the wild…
Posted by John McCarthy October 4, 2024
Dominican Republic will deport up to 10,000 Haitians a week, citing an ‘excess’ of immigrants
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Dominican Republic will deport up to 10,000 Haitians a week, citing an ‘excess’ of immigrants

SANTO DOMINGO (AP) — The Dominican Republic announced Wednesday that it would start massive deportations of Haitians living illegally in the country, expelling up to 10,000 of them a week.…
Posted by John McCarthy October 4, 2024
A gang in Haiti has killed more than 20 and injured dozens after raiding a small town, official says
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

A gang in Haiti has killed more than 20 and injured dozens after raiding a small town, official says

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Gang members attacked a small town in central Haiti early Thursday, killing more than 20 people, including children, according to a human rights group. Another 50 people…
Posted by John McCarthy October 4, 2024
Caleave Nigel Mascall charged in high school bus driver’s brutal beating
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Education News

Caleave Nigel Mascall charged in high school bus driver’s brutal beating

KINGSHILL — A teen-age high school student has been jailed in connection to a St. Croix school bus driver's beating on Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. Caleave N. Mascall,18, was arrested…
Posted by John McCarthy October 3, 2024
Rajah Caul Jr. gets 30 years for 2021 ambush murder of St. Croix man
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

Rajah Caul Jr. gets 30 years for 2021 ambush murder of St. Croix man

KINGSHILL — Virgin Islands Attorney General designee Gordon C. Rhea announced that 25-year-old Rajah Caul Jr. was sentenced on September 30, 2024, to thirty years in prison for theJanuary 2021…
Posted by John McCarthy October 3, 2024
VIDE condemns students’ beating of St. Croix school bus driver
Posted inBreaking News Education News Police News

VIDE condemns students’ beating of St. Croix school bus driver

KINGSHILL — The Virgin Islands Department of Education (VIDE) "expresses grave concern regarding an unfortunate and unacceptable incident of violence that occurred (Wednesday afternoon), involving four male students from the…
Posted by John McCarthy October 3, 2024
Health Department offers free chikungunya vaccine this month
Posted inBreaking News Health News St. Croix News

Health Department offers free chikungunya vaccine this month

CHRISTIANSTED — The Virgin Islands Department of Health said today that it is now the season for diseases spread by mosquitoes and encourages everyone to take steps to protect themselves…
Posted by John McCarthy October 2, 2024
St. Croix Educational Complex High School suspends classes due to teacher sick-out
Posted inBreaking News Community Affairs Education News

St. Croix Educational Complex High School suspends classes due to teacher sick-out

FREDERIKSTED — The Virgin Islands Department of Education (VIDE) said that school operations have been suspended at the St. Croix Educational Complex today, Wednesday, October 2, 2024, due to a…
Posted by John McCarthy October 2, 2024

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