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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
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
Education says its investigating student’s removal from school bus
Posted inBreaking News Education News St. Croix News

Education says its investigating student’s removal from school bus

FREDERIKSTED — The Virgin Islands Department of Education (VIDE) is actively investigating an incident involving a student who was removed from a school bus earlier this morning, Tuesday, October 1,…
Posted by John McCarthy October 2, 2024
Hurricane Kirk forms in Atlantic and could strengthen into major ‘fish storm’
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Hurricane Kirk forms in Atlantic and could strengthen into major ‘fish storm’

MIAMI — Kirk became a hurricane in the eastern Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday. The storm could strengthen into a major hurricane by tomorrow, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The storm was…
Posted by John McCarthy October 2, 2024
Hunger in Haiti reaches famine levels as gangs squeeze life out of the capital and beyond
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Hunger in Haiti reaches famine levels as gangs squeeze life out of the capital and beyond

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Nearly 6,000 people in Haiti are starving, with nearly half the country’s population of more than 11 million people experiencing crisis levels of hunger or worse as…
Posted by John McCarthy October 2, 2024
New Jersey woman charged with smuggling drugs through St. Croix airport
Posted inBreaking News Crime News National News

New Jersey woman charged with smuggling drugs through St. Croix airport

CHRISTIANSTED — A New Jersey woman was arrested for trying to smuggle 26 pounds of marijuana through the Henry Rohlsen Airport on St. Croix, federal authorities said. Ceestra Burgess, 23,…
Posted by John McCarthy October 2, 2024
BVI man detained pending trial in human smuggling case
Posted inBreaking News British Virgin Islands News Caribbean News

BVI man detained pending trial in human smuggling case

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A British Virgin Islands man will remain in federal custody pending trial on charges related to a human smuggling operation, federal authorities said Tuesday. Danny Dennevil, 34,…
Posted by John McCarthy October 2, 2024
Government Hill in St. Thomas closed to traffic for 2 hours today
Posted inBreaking News Community Affairs Government House News

Government Hill in St. Thomas closed to traffic for 2 hours today

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Government Hill in St. Thomas will be closed to traffic for two hours on Wednesday, October 2 — from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m., Government House said…
Posted by John McCarthy October 2, 2024

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