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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Man who strapped tarantulas, centipedes and ants to his body stopped from boarding flight
Posted inBreaking News Crime News International News

Man who strapped tarantulas, centipedes and ants to his body stopped from boarding flight

LIMA — Police in Peru have arrested a man caught trying to leave the country with 320 tarantulas, 110 centipedes and nine bullet ants strapped to his body. The 28-year-old South Korean national was…
Posted by John McCarthy December 4, 2024
Stolen shoe mystery solved at Japanese kindergarten when security camera catches weasel in the act
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Education News

Stolen shoe mystery solved at Japanese kindergarten when security camera catches weasel in the act

TOKYO (AP) — Police thought a shoe thief was on the loose at a kindergarten in southwestern Japan, until a security camera caught the furry culprit in action. A weasel…
Posted by John McCarthy December 4, 2024
33-year-old man fatally shot near Christiansted cemetery
Posted in2016 Presidential Election At VIFreep Breaking News

33-year-old man fatally shot near Christiansted cemetery

CHRISTIANSTED — Police are investigating after a 33-year-old man was shot and killed near the Christiansted Cemetery late last night, authorities said. A 911 dispatcher got a report at 11:58…
Posted by John McCarthy December 4, 2024
Roach acts on bills passed by the Legislature
Posted inBreaking News Government House News St. Croix News

Roach acts on bills passed by the Legislature

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — On behalf of Governor Albert Bryan, Acting Governor Tregenza Roach took action on five bills passed by the 35th Legislature at its November 20, 2024 session. Governor…
Posted by John McCarthy December 4, 2024
Philippines says China’s Coast Guard fired water cannon, ‘sideswiped’ government vessel
Posted inBreaking News International News Military News

Philippines says China’s Coast Guard fired water cannon, ‘sideswiped’ government vessel

MANILA — The Philippines said the China Coast Guard fired water cannon and “sideswiped” a government vessel Wednesday during a maritime patrol near the disputed Scarborough Shoal, after Beijing said…
Posted by John McCarthy December 4, 2024
What to know about South Korea’s short-lived and chaotic period of martial law
Posted inBreaking News International News Military News

What to know about South Korea’s short-lived and chaotic period of martial law

SEOUL (AP) — South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol faced parliamentary moves to impeach him after he sent heavily armed forces into Seoul’s streets with his baffling and sudden declaration of martial…
Posted by John McCarthy December 4, 2024
Who is fighting in Syria and why?
Posted inBreaking News Humanitarian News International News

Who is fighting in Syria and why?

DAMASCUS — Syrian rebels' capture of Aleppo from President Bashar al-Assad has brought the Syrian civil war back into focus, jolting frontlines that had been dormant for years with implications for the…
Posted by John McCarthy December 4, 2024
‘Haiti is one of the worst places on the planet to be a child.’ UN groups sound alarm
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

‘Haiti is one of the worst places on the planet to be a child.’ UN groups sound alarm

PORT-AU-PRINCE — Haiti’s children are hungry, many of them malnourished and on the verge of starving. Fleeing burnt out homes, they account for 365,000 of the more than 700,000 Haitians…
Posted by John McCarthy December 4, 2024
St. Croix woman arrested for making unauthorized credit card purchases
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

St. Croix woman arrested for making unauthorized credit card purchases

FREDERIKSTED — A St. Croix woman was arrested after an investigation revealed that she used another person’s credit cards without permission. Denell Stevens, 21, was arrested Monday and charged with…
Posted by John McCarthy December 3, 2024
Traffic stop in May of 2022 leads to St. Croix man’s arrest on illegal gun charges
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

Traffic stop in May of 2022 leads to St. Croix man’s arrest on illegal gun charges

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Croix man pulled over at a traffic stop on St. Thomas more than two years ago has been arrested on a local warrant, authorities said.…
Posted by John McCarthy December 3, 2024

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