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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Eddie Murphy and Paige Butcher are married in Anguilla after 6-year engagement
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Entertainment News

Eddie Murphy and Paige Butcher are married in Anguilla after 6-year engagement

THE VALLEY — Eddie Murphy got married in Anguilla recently. The Oscar-nominated actor-comedian reportedly married his long-term partner, Australian model Paige Butcher on July 9 — less than a week…
Posted by John McCarthy August 19, 2024
Jamaican police arrest 6 suspects in mass shooting that killed 8 and injured 11
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Jamaican police arrest 6 suspects in mass shooting that killed 8 and injured 11

KINGSTON (AP) — Jamaican police have arrested at least six suspects in connection with a mass shooting in which eight people were recently killed in the island’s southern region. The…
Posted by John McCarthy August 19, 2024
Hurricane Ernesto still bringing life-threatening conditions to East Coast
Posted inBreaking News Environmental News International News

Hurricane Ernesto still bringing life-threatening conditions to East Coast

NEW YORK — Hurricane Ernesto was sending powerful swells toward the U.S. East Coast and generating "dangerous" beach conditions today as the storm moved further out into the Atlantic Ocean,…
Posted by John McCarthy August 19, 2024
HMS Trent helps BVI recover from Tropical Storm Ernesto
Posted inBreaking News British Virgin Islands News Caribbean News

HMS Trent helps BVI recover from Tropical Storm Ernesto

ROAD TOWN, Tortola — A Royal Navy Batch 2 River-class OPV arrived in the British Virgin Islands to assist with recovery measures following Tropical Storm Ernesto. HMS Trent was deployed…
Posted by John McCarthy August 18, 2024
4 Jamaicans charged with smuggling nearly 4,000 pounds of marijuana
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

4 Jamaicans charged with smuggling nearly 4,000 pounds of marijuana

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging four Jamaican men with smuggling nearly 4,000 pounds of marijuana in Caribbean waters. Miguel Orr, 29, Rayvon Smith,…
Posted by John McCarthy August 18, 2024
How Russia looked the wrong way as Ukraine invaded
Posted inBreaking News International News Military News

How Russia looked the wrong way as Ukraine invaded

KYIV — In the hours before Ukrainian soldiers stormed across Russia's western border, there was no sign from Moscow that anything was amiss. At midnight at the start of August…
Posted by John McCarthy August 17, 2024
Viya gives post Tropical Storm Ernesto update
Posted inBreaking News Community Affairs Consumer News

Viya gives post Tropical Storm Ernesto update

CHRISTIANSTED — Viya said today that its services are operational in the wake of Tropical Storm Ernesto. Although Viya’s network is operational, some customers may be experiencing intermittentservice. Viya advises…
Posted by John McCarthy August 17, 2024
Hurricane Ernesto makes landfall on Bermuda as a category 1 storm
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Hurricane Ernesto makes landfall on Bermuda as a category 1 storm

HAMILTON (AP) — Hurricane Ernesto made landfall on the tiny British Atlantic territory of Bermuda early Saturday as residents hunkered down. The wide category 1 storm was directly over the…
Posted by John McCarthy August 17, 2024
Police say 11 inmates killed in shootouts following breakout from prison in central Haiti
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Police say 11 inmates killed in shootouts following breakout from prison in central Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Inmates broke out of a prison in the coastal town of Saint-Marc in central Haiti on Friday, police said, as authorities in the country struggle to quell…
Posted by John McCarthy August 17, 2024
Ernesto becomes a hurricane after brushing past the USVI and Puerto Rico
Posted inBreaking News Environmental News Puerto Rico News

Ernesto becomes a hurricane after brushing past the USVI and Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN — Tropical Storm Ernesto was poised to become a hurricane shortly after brushing past the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico Tuesday as officials closed schools, opened shelters. Ernesto…
Posted by John McCarthy August 16, 2024

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