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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
La Niña is likely to arrive this summer. Here’s what that means for hurricane season
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

La Niña is likely to arrive this summer. Here’s what that means for hurricane season

El Niño is so last season. Federal forecasters say the climate pattern, which brought warmer-than-normal ocean temperatures to the Eastern Pacific — and helped drive global temperatures to new heights…
Posted by John McCarthy June 14, 2024
Government gets climate change assessment
Posted inBreaking News Environmental News Government House News

Government gets climate change assessment

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Governor Albert Bryan and Lieutenant Governor Tregenza Roach participated Wednesday in an information session on climate change conducted at the UVI Innovation Center by UVI President Emerita…
Posted by John McCarthy June 14, 2024
Barbados disagrees its currency should be devalued
Posted inBreaking News Business News Caribbean News

Barbados disagrees its currency should be devalued

BRIDGETOWN (AP) — Barbados' government does not support devaluing the Caribbean island's currency and says it is determined to maintain its fixed exchange rate with the U.S. dollar. The Barbados…
Posted by John McCarthy June 14, 2024
Rare twin elephants in Thailand receive monks’ blessings a week after their tumultuous birth
Posted inBreaking News International News

Rare twin elephants in Thailand receive monks’ blessings a week after their tumultuous birth

BANGKOK (AP) — Buddhist monks in Thailand on Friday blessed twin baby elephants, one male and the other female, a week after their rare birth came close to being a…
Posted by John McCarthy June 14, 2024
Sudan tops UN envoy’s concerns about children caught in conflicts, with Congo and Haiti next
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Humanitarian News

Sudan tops UN envoy’s concerns about children caught in conflicts, with Congo and Haiti next

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations envoy charged with reporting on violations against children in conflicts around the world said Thursday that first and foremost she is worried about what’s happening…
Posted by John McCarthy June 14, 2024
St. Croix hospital CEO found his golden parachute … in Kearney, Nebraska
Posted inBreaking News Community Affairs Health News

St. Croix hospital CEO found his golden parachute … in Kearney, Nebraska

CHRISTIANSTED — When Douglas Koch leaves St. Croix he is hardly being put out to pasture in the Midwest. Not at all. That's because Juan F. Luis Hospital CEO Koch…
Posted by John McCarthy June 14, 2024
Dollar and euro trade halted on Russia’s biggest exchange
Posted inBreaking News Business News International News

Dollar and euro trade halted on Russia’s biggest exchange

MOSCOW — New U.S. sanctions against Russia have forced an immediate suspension of trading in dollars and euros on its leading financial marketplace, the Moscow Exchange. The exchange and the central bank…
Posted by John McCarthy June 14, 2024
2 Education officials charged in $4 million HUD fraud scheme, feds say
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

2 Education officials charged in $4 million HUD fraud scheme, feds say

CHRISTIANSTED — Two Virgin Islands Department of Education officials have been charged in a $4 million tax fraud scheme, authorities said. Department of Education Director of Maintenance, Davidson Charlemagne, 50,…
Posted by John McCarthy June 14, 2024
Boston scores 27 to tie a career high and Fever use late run for 91-84 win over Dream
Posted inBreaking News Entertainment News National News

Boston scores 27 to tie a career high and Fever use late run for 91-84 win over Dream

Aliyah Boston matched a career high with 27 points, Kelsey Mitchell added 24 and the Indiana Fever closed on a 10-2 run for a 91-84 win over the Atlanta Dream…
Posted by John McCarthy June 14, 2024
Russian navy fleet, including frigate, nuclear-powered sub, arrives in Cuba
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News International News

Russian navy fleet, including frigate, nuclear-powered sub, arrives in Cuba

HAVANA — Russia’s Admiral Gorshkov frigate and the nuclear-powered submarine Kazan, accompanied by a tug boat and a fuel ship, have arrived in Cuba for a five-day visit seen as…
Posted by John McCarthy June 13, 2024

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