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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Transitional council in Haiti selects new prime minister for a country under siege by gangs
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Transitional council in Haiti selects new prime minister for a country under siege by gangs

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — U.N. development specialist Garry Conille was named Haiti’s new prime minister nearly a month after a coalition within a fractured transitional council sought to choose someone else…
Posted by John McCarthy May 30, 2024
2 robbery suspects who shot jewelry store owner in face charged with attempted murder
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2 robbery suspects who shot jewelry store owner in face charged with attempted murder

CRUZ BAY — A year after a shooting and robbery at a St. John jewelry store, Virgin Islands police have arrested two suspects in the attempted murder of the store’s…
Posted by John McCarthy May 30, 2024
American forced to pay $9,000 ‘ransom’ to leave Turks and Caicos islands a free man
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American forced to pay $9,000 ‘ransom’ to leave Turks and Caicos islands a free man

COCKBURN TOWN — A Virginia man was sentenced to time served and fined $9,000 for bringing ammunition to Turks and Caicos, avoiding a potential 12-year sentence under the island's strict gun laws. Tyler…
Posted by John McCarthy May 30, 2024
‘Dense cloud’ of Saharan dust approaches
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‘Dense cloud’ of Saharan dust approaches

SAN JUAN — A dense cloud of Sahara dust is approaching on the way to the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. It will occupy our islands for at least three…
Posted by John McCarthy May 30, 2024
Jurors in Trump hush money trial end 1st day of deliberations after asking to rehear testimony
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Jurors in Trump hush money trial end 1st day of deliberations after asking to rehear testimony

NEW YORK (AP) — The jury in Donald Trump’s hush money trial ended its first day of deliberations without a verdict Wednesday but asked to rehear potentially crucial testimony about the alleged…
Posted by John McCarthy May 29, 2024
Now it’s 4 … tropical waves in and around the Caribbean
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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
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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
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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
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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

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