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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Haiti says it supports a UN peacekeeping mission to fight the country’s violent gangs
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Haiti says it supports a UN peacekeeping mission to fight the country’s violent gangs

NEW YORK (AP) — The president of Haiti’s transitional presidential council announced Thursday that he supports a U.N. peacekeeping mission to fight gang violence still overwhelming authorities. It was the…
Posted by John McCarthy September 28, 2024
Hurricane Helene kills at least 56 and cuts a swath of destruction across the Southeast
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Hurricane Helene kills at least 56 and cuts a swath of destruction across the Southeast

PERRY, Florida (AP) — Hurricane Helene left an enormous path of destruction across Florida and the southeastern U.S. on Friday, killing at least 56 people, snapping towering oaks like twigs and tearing…
Posted by John McCarthy September 28, 2024
Education says it’s taking school kitchen staff’s health concerns seriously
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Education says it’s taking school kitchen staff’s health concerns seriously

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Department of Education (VIDE) recognizes the concerns raised on Thursday, September 26, 2024, by the kitchen staff and a segment of teachers at Lockhart…
Posted by John McCarthy September 27, 2024
Cuba slashes size of daily bread ration as ingredients run thin
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Cuba slashes size of daily bread ration as ingredients run thin

HAVANA — Cuba's communist-run government slashed by a quarter the weight of its subsidized ration of daily bread, the latest shortage to strain a decades-old subsidies scheme created by the…
Posted by John McCarthy September 27, 2024
Helene makes landfall in northwestern Florida as a Category 4 hurricane
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Helene makes landfall in northwestern Florida as a Category 4 hurricane

CRAWFORDVILLE, Florida (AP) — Hurricane Helene made landfall Thursday night in northwestern Florida as a Category 4 storm as forecasters warned that the enormous system could create a “nightmare” storm surge and bring dangerous winds and…
Posted by John McCarthy September 27, 2024
Top Haitian official denounces false claim, repeated by Trump, that immigrants are eating pets
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Top Haitian official denounces false claim, repeated by Trump, that immigrants are eating pets

NEW YORK (AP) — A strange moment in American politics paid a visit to the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday, brought there by a top Haitian official. Edgard Leblanc Fils,…
Posted by John McCarthy September 27, 2024
NYC Mayor Eric Adams charged with bribery and wire fraud in scheme spanning nearly 10 years
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams charged with bribery and wire fraud in scheme spanning nearly 10 years

NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams received more than $100,000 worth of free plane tickets and luxury hotel stays from wealthy Turkish nationals and at least one government official…
Posted by John McCarthy September 26, 2024
Jury finds Ramon Alberto Ledesma German guilty of 2023 assault
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Jury finds Ramon Alberto Ledesma German guilty of 2023 assault

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — After a three-day trial, a Superior Court jury found a St. Thomas man guilty of felony assault today, authorities said. Ramon Alberto Ledesma German, 37, was found…
Posted by John McCarthy September 26, 2024
Ja’haile Clendinen fatally shot in Sugar Estate
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Ja’haile Clendinen fatally shot in Sugar Estate

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas man was fatally shot in Sugar Estate late Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. Ja’haile Clendinen, 21, was positively identified by a family member as the…
Posted by John McCarthy September 26, 2024
Collapsed sewer line causes manhole to overflow near Norre Gade-Moravian School
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Collapsed sewer line causes manhole to overflow near Norre Gade-Moravian School

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A collapsed sewer line caused a manhole to overflow in the Norre Gade/Moravian School area of St. Thomas, the Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority said this afternoon.…
Posted by John McCarthy September 26, 2024

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