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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
4 surfers survive, 3 swimmers drown in high surf off Puerto Rico today
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Military News

4 surfers survive, 3 swimmers drown in high surf off Puerto Rico today

SAN JUAN — Coast Guard watchstanders at Sector San Juan and Coast Guard rescue crews so far have responded to four separate search and rescue cases throughout the northern coast…
Posted by John McCarthy August 24, 2025
Police shoot Seattle suspect dead in response to burglary at Frenchman’s Bay
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

Police shoot Seattle suspect dead in response to burglary at Frenchman’s Bay

CHARLOTTE AMALIE – At approximately 3:30 a.m. on Sunday, August 24, 2025, the Virgin Islands Police Department’s (VIPD) Central Dispatch received a call from a female resident reporting a burglary…
Posted by John McCarthy August 24, 2025
Tropical Storm Fernand forms in the open Atlantic. No threat to USVI
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Tropical Storm Fernand forms in the open Atlantic. No threat to USVI

Tropical Storm Fernand formed in the open ocean, hundreds of miles from any land Saturday afternoon, hurricane forecasters say. Another system is also being tracked that has low chances of…
Posted by John McCarthy August 24, 2025
High school teacher who groomed a teenage student before performing a sexual act on him is identified after she loses her bid to keep it a secret
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Education News

High school teacher who groomed a teenage student before performing a sexual act on him is identified after she loses her bid to keep it a secret

AUCKLAND, New Zealand – A high school teacher who admitted to grooming a 15-year-old male student and performing a sexual act on him has had her prison sentence quashed, but…
Posted by John McCarthy August 24, 2025
Trump blames renewable energy for rising electricity prices. Experts point elsewhere
Posted inBreaking News Business News Environmental News

Trump blames renewable energy for rising electricity prices. Experts point elsewhere

WASHINGTON (AP) — With electricity prices rising at more than twice the rate of inflation, President Donald Trump has lashed out at renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power, blaming…
Posted by John McCarthy August 24, 2025
Three young sisters drown, dozens rescued from boat carrying migrants to Italy
Posted inBreaking News International News Police News

Three young sisters drown, dozens rescued from boat carrying migrants to Italy

MILAN (Reuters) - Three young sisters drowned when the rubber boat carrying them and dozens of other migrants got into difficulties on the perilous central Mediterranean crossing from Libya to…
Posted by John McCarthy August 24, 2025
California teacher, 46, locked boy, 14, in her classroom and raped him
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Education News

California teacher, 46, locked boy, 14, in her classroom and raped him

GRIDLEY, California – A former Gridley school teacher was sentenced to four years in state prison today for having sex with a 14-year-old boy who was her student in June…
Posted by John McCarthy August 24, 2025
Trinidad endorses warship deployment, will help U.S. if asked, prime minister says
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Trinidad endorses warship deployment, will help U.S. if asked, prime minister says

PORT OF SPAIN – Days after the Trump administration began deploying Navy destroyers and amphibious warships to bolster security near the coast of Venezuela, Caribbean governments are slowly starting to…
Posted by John McCarthy August 24, 2025
Puerto Rico’s schools are ill equipped to cope with ever hotter heat waves
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Education News

Puerto Rico’s schools are ill equipped to cope with ever hotter heat waves

CULEBRA, Puerto Rico (AP) — When temperatures soar at a public school on the small Puerto Rican island of Culebra, students scatter in search of relief. During a summer program last month,…
Posted by John McCarthy August 24, 2025
Partly sunny and breezy with a brief morning shower or 2, high 92
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Puerto Rico News

Partly sunny and breezy with a brief morning shower or 2, high 92

[August 24] Today's Main Hazard Risks Extreme Heat: Extreme Heat Warning and Heat Advisory! Stay hydrated and seek shade! Rip Currents and High Surf for the U.S. Virgin Islands, northern…
Posted by John McCarthy August 24, 2025

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