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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Tropical depression could form before end of the week
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Tropical depression could form before end of the week

SAN JUAN — Disorganized shower and thunderstorm activity continues in association with a tropical wave located near the Lesser Antilles. The disturbance is expected to move westward and cross the…
Posted by John McCarthy September 2, 2024
Crew members on Mike Lynch yacht tell of moments it sank off Sicily
Posted inBreaking News Crime News International News

Crew members on Mike Lynch yacht tell of moments it sank off Sicily

PALERMO — Crew members on Mike Lynch’s yacht have spoken of the moments when a storm sank the vessel off Sicily and their efforts to help save passengers, after a disaster that…
Posted by John McCarthy September 1, 2024
Former Carnival singer Michel Martelly, Haiti’s former president, slapped with U.S. sanctions over role in drug trade
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Former Carnival singer Michel Martelly, Haiti’s former president, slapped with U.S. sanctions over role in drug trade

MIAMI — The United States has imposed sanctions on Michel Martelly, Haiti’s former president, “for his role in the global illicit drug trade,” the State Department said. Martelly, who lives…
Posted by John McCarthy September 1, 2024
String of Haitian migrant landings in Turks & Caicos lead to $2 million marijuana busts
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

String of Haitian migrant landings in Turks & Caicos lead to $2 million marijuana busts

COCKBURN TOWN — A string of migrant landings over the past four days in the sun-swept Turks and Caicos Islands is bringing more than just undocumented Haitians to the British…
Posted by John McCarthy September 1, 2024
Federal government restarts parole program for Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela and Nicaragua
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News International News

Federal government restarts parole program for Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela and Nicaragua

MIAMI — The Biden administration has relaunched a humanitarian parole program for Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti and has strengthened the process’ security measures after the government found some fraudulent…
Posted by John McCarthy September 1, 2024
Disturbance 1 reaches the Lesser Antilles tomorrow
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Disturbance 1 reaches the Lesser Antilles tomorrow

SAN JUAN — Shower activity associated with a tropical wave located several hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles has changed little in organization since yesterday. Some slow development is…
Posted by John McCarthy September 1, 2024
Third suspect arrested in brutal beating at Carlos Bar in Sion Farm
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

Third suspect arrested in brutal beating at Carlos Bar in Sion Farm

CHRISTIANSTED — A third suspect has been arrested for the brutal beating of a man at Carlos Bar and Restaurant in Sion Farm, authorities said. Jose Berrios was arrested and…
Posted by John McCarthy August 31, 2024
Third suspect arrested for February Castle Coakley carjacking
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

Third suspect arrested for February Castle Coakley carjacking

CHRISTIANSTED — A third suspect has been arrested in the February carjacking of a man in Castle Coakley, authorities said. Kaywana Meade, 22, was arrested and charged with first-degree robbery,…
Posted by John McCarthy August 31, 2024
German warship blasts Darth Vader anthem in heart of London. ‘No deeper message,’ navy says.
Posted inBreaking News International News Military News

German warship blasts Darth Vader anthem in heart of London. ‘No deeper message,’ navy says.

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s navy says there was “no deeper message” in the choice to blast the famed Imperial March — Darth Vader’s theme song in the “Star Wars” films…
Posted by John McCarthy August 31, 2024
Harris and her opponent offer starkly different visions on climate change and energy
Posted inBreaking News Environmental News National News

Harris and her opponent offer starkly different visions on climate change and energy

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Earth sizzled through a summer with four of the hottest days ever measured, Vice President Kamala Harris and challenger Donald Trump have starkly different visions on…
Posted by John McCarthy August 31, 2024

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