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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Coastal flood advisory in effect for Puerto Rico
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Coastal flood advisory in effect for Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN — Long-periods of northerly swells will produce hazardous marine and coastal conditions throughout the weekend due to dangerous breaking waves across the north, east, and west-facing beaches, the National Weather Service said…
Posted by John McCarthy January 11, 2025
Health Department shuts down Hotel on the Cay over confirmed cases of Legionnaire’s Disease
Posted inBreaking News Business News Health News

Health Department shuts down Hotel on the Cay over confirmed cases of Legionnaire’s Disease

PROTESTANT CAY — The Department of Health, today, issued an immediate Cease-and-Desist Order to Hotel on the Cay in St. Croix, requiring the hotel to suspend all operations due to…
Posted by John McCarthy January 10, 2025
What ignited the deadly California wildfires? Investigators consider an array of possibilities
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What ignited the deadly California wildfires? Investigators consider an array of possibilities

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Investigators are considering an array of possible ignition sources for the huge fires that have killed at least 10 people and destroyed thousands of homes and businesses in the Los Angeles area.…
Posted by John McCarthy January 10, 2025
A Wagner mercenary who crossed U.S.-Mexican border was honored in Russia weeks before arrest 
Posted inBreaking News Crime News International News

A Wagner mercenary who crossed U.S.-Mexican border was honored in Russia weeks before arrest 

ROMA, Texas — A self-confessed veteran of Russia's Wagner paramilitary group arrested for crossing into the United States from Mexico appears to have been honored as a combat veteran weeks…
Posted by John McCarthy January 10, 2025
Some Haiti leaders seek to reconfigure political transition panel amid bribery scandal
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Some Haiti leaders seek to reconfigure political transition panel amid bribery scandal

PORT-AU-PRINCE — Several high-profile Haitian politicians trying to find a way out of a corruption scandal that has the country’s leadership mired in political infighting are proposing a reconfiguration of…
Posted by John McCarthy January 10, 2025
Man killed near Glynn restaurant
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

Man killed near Glynn restaurant

KINGSHILL — Police are investigating after a 45-year-old man was killed near a Glynn restaurant in St. Croix early this morning. Rey Enrique Romero of St. Croix was positively identified…
Posted by John McCarthy January 10, 2025
St. Croix man accused of child rape, jailed
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St. Croix man accused of child rape, jailed

FREDERIKSTED — A St. Croix man was accused Sunday of the rape of minor female, authorities said. Kenrick Devon Mottley, 36, was arrested and charged with first-degree rape, second-degree rape,…
Posted by John McCarthy January 10, 2025
‘Life-threatening’ rip tides in St. Thomas, St. John, Culebra today
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‘Life-threatening’ rip tides in St. Thomas, St. John, Culebra today

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Hazardous, rough seas fueled by northerly swells will create life-threatening rip current conditions along the northern beaches of the northern U.S. Virgin Islands, Culebra, and Puerto Rico today, the National…
Posted by John McCarthy January 10, 2025
A 5.8-magnitude earthquake shakes El Salvador but there are no initial reports of damage
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A 5.8-magnitude earthquake shakes El Salvador but there are no initial reports of damage

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — A strong earthquake drove frightened residents of El Salvador’s capital into the streets Thursday morning, but there was no immediate report of damage or…
Posted by John McCarthy January 9, 2025
Rastafarians opening up Caribbean cannabis farms to build a flourishing medical industry
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Rastafarians opening up Caribbean cannabis farms to build a flourishing medical industry

KINGSTOWN — On Golba Hill in  St. Vincent and the Grenadines, just below a cluster of colorfully decorated homes, there are rows and rows of premium marijuana plants. Gleaming like…
Posted by John McCarthy January 9, 2025

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