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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Now it’s 4 … tropical waves in and around the Caribbean
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Now it’s 4 … tropical waves in and around the Caribbean

SAN JUAN — A tropical wave currently over the western Caribbean is causing scattered showers and thunderstorms over Hispaniola, the Windward Passage and the southwestern Caribbean. Smoke from agricultural fires…
Posted by John McCarthy May 29, 2024
Haiti’s new leader vows unity, says he’s ‘very honored’ in first statement since being selected
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Haiti’s new leader vows unity, says he’s ‘very honored’ in first statement since being selected

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Garry Conille, Haiti’s new prime minister, said Wednesday that he was “very honored” to be chosen for the post, in his first statement since a transitional council selected…
Posted by John McCarthy May 29, 2024
Hundreds mourn gang killings of a Haitian mission director and a young American couple
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Hundreds mourn gang killings of a Haitian mission director and a young American couple

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Hundreds of people packed into a sweltering church in Haiti’s capital on Tuesday to mourn Judes Montis, a mission director killed by gang members who also fatally shot…
Posted by John McCarthy May 29, 2024
Los Angeles Sparks quell Indiana Fever 88-82
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Los Angeles Sparks quell Indiana Fever 88-82

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kia Nurse scored 22 points and Aari McDonald added a season-high 21 points to rally the Los Angeles Sparks to an 88-82 victory over the Indiana Fever…
Posted by John McCarthy May 29, 2024
Man who attacked victim with gas, lighter and baseball bat charged with attempted murder
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

Man who attacked victim with gas, lighter and baseball bat charged with attempted murder

FREDERIKSTED — A man who attempted to light a man on fire at a gas station on Friday has been charged with attempted murder, authorities said. Francisco Cruz Santiago, 39,…
Posted by John McCarthy May 28, 2024
Help police find kidnapping suspect on St. Croix
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Help police find kidnapping suspect on St. Croix

CHRISTIANSTED — Police need your help today to find a man wanted in connection to a domestic violence incident. Vernon "Pappy" Sackey, Jr., 25, of Orange Grove, is wanted for…
Posted by John McCarthy May 28, 2024
Forced to rebuild a life at 12, a Haitian girl joins thousands seeking an escape from gang violence
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Forced to rebuild a life at 12, a Haitian girl joins thousands seeking an escape from gang violence

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — For 12-year-old Juliana St. Vil, life begins every afternoon. She bounds out of the crowded shelter where she’s been sleeping on the concrete floor for 10 months,…
Posted by John McCarthy May 28, 2024
Antigua PM blasts ’empty’ climate promises at UN small islands summit
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Antigua PM blasts ’empty’ climate promises at UN small islands summit

NEW YORK - The president of this decade's summit for Small Island Developing States on Monday blasted "empty" and "grossly inadequate" climate pledges, saying wealthy nations have failed to meet…
Posted by John McCarthy May 28, 2024
Pope to bishops: don’t admit gays to seminaries because there’s too much ‘faggotry’ in the priesthood already
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Pope to bishops: don’t admit gays to seminaries because there’s too much ‘faggotry’ in the priesthood already

ROME — Pope Francis has reportedly said there is “too much faggotry” among trainee priests in remarks that will confound those who regarded him as being sympathetic to homosexuals in…
Posted by John McCarthy May 28, 2024
Movements of three tropical waves being monitored
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News International News

Movements of three tropical waves being monitored

SAN JUAN — Forecasters are keeping an eye on a disturbance aiming towards Hispaniola and two other tropical waves that are moving slowly towards the Caribbean, according to the National Weather Service. Tropical Wave…
Posted by John McCarthy May 28, 2024

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