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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Woman accused of stealing $500,000 in stimulus funds from the government
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

Woman accused of stealing $500,000 in stimulus funds from the government

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas woman accused of taking at least $500,000 from a government program has been arrested. Kristy Bochecchio, 45, of Brooklyn, New York, was arrested and…
Posted by John McCarthy June 21, 2024
Turks and Caicos revises ammunition laws that left 5 Americans behind bars
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Turks and Caicos revises ammunition laws that left 5 Americans behind bars

COCKBURN TOWN — After a vacation to Turks and Caicos left five Americans behind bars, the island is revising its law regarding ammunition that put them in jail in the…
Posted by John McCarthy June 21, 2024
Nonprofit helps bring solar to Vieques
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Nonprofit helps bring solar to Vieques

ISABEL SEGUNDA — After Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in 2017, the small island of Vieques – just off the coast of the main island – went without electric power…
Posted by John McCarthy June 21, 2024
Caribbean Development Bank chief says ‘no time to waste’ on climate action
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Caribbean Development Bank chief says ‘no time to waste’ on climate action

OTTAWA — The Caribbean Development Bank's acting president on Wednesday called for immediate action to fund efforts to protect the region's coastlines and population from the growing impacts of climate…
Posted by John McCarthy June 21, 2024
2 dead, 2 injured after 4 men shot while playing dominoes in Frangipani: VIPD
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

2 dead, 2 injured after 4 men shot while playing dominoes in Frangipani: VIPD

FREDERIKSTED — Police have named the two people who died after a shooting that took place while men were playing dominoes in Frangipani on Wednesday night, authorities said. The 911…
Posted by John McCarthy June 20, 2024
Aliens, artists or pranksters? Another mysterious monolith appears
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Aliens, artists or pranksters? Another mysterious monolith appears

LAS VEGAS — A tall, rectangular mirrored structure emerged in the Nevada desert recently. How it got there and why is a mystery. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department spotted…
Posted by John McCarthy June 20, 2024
Fever top Mystics 88-81 for third straight win
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Fever top Mystics 88-81 for third straight win

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kelsey Mitchell and Aliyah Boston scored 22 points apiece, Caitlin Clark had her second career double-double and the Indiana Fever won their third-straight game with an 88-81 victory over the Washington Mystics on Wednesday night. Clark had…
Posted by John McCarthy June 20, 2024
Gang violence in Haiti has displaced nearly 580,000 people, a new UN report says
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Gang violence in Haiti has displaced nearly 580,000 people, a new UN report says

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Surging violence in Haiti from clashes with armed gangs since March has displaced nearly 580,000 people, according to a new report from the U.N. migration agency, a sobering figure…
Posted by John McCarthy June 20, 2024
Social Security’s commitment to the LQBTQI+ community
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Social Security’s commitment to the LQBTQI+ community

June is Pride Month. It’s a time to acknowledge the LGBTQI+ community and celebrate diversity,love, and respect. On June 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in Obergefell…
Posted by John McCarthy June 20, 2024
Haiti police meet Kenyan commanders ahead of deployment of UN-backed mission to fight gangs
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Military News

Haiti police meet Kenyan commanders ahead of deployment of UN-backed mission to fight gangs

NAIROBI (AP) — A team of Haitian police commanders on Tuesday met Kenya’s inspector general of police ahead of a planned deployment to the violence-hit Caribbean country expected to take place by…
Posted by John McCarthy June 19, 2024

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