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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Cuba`s ‘migratory stampede’ has no end in sight
Posted inBreaking News Business News Caribbean News

Cuba`s ‘migratory stampede’ has no end in sight

HAVANA — Cuban lab chemist Deisy Herrera was crushed when her two sons left the island in search of a better life. "Those were terrible times," the 61-year old pharmaceutical…
Posted by John McCarthy September 12, 2024
Managers of a state fuel company in Trinidad are charged in the 2022 deaths of four divers
Posted inBreaking News Business News Caribbean News

Managers of a state fuel company in Trinidad are charged in the 2022 deaths of four divers

PORT OF SPAIN (AP) — Managers of a state-owned fuel trading company in Trinidad and Tobago are facing 15 charges linked to the 2022 deaths of four divers who became…
Posted by John McCarthy September 12, 2024
NHC monitoring Invest 92-L, Invest 94-L more in Atlantic
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

NHC monitoring Invest 92-L, Invest 94-L more in Atlantic

SAN JUAN — As Tropical Depression Francine starts to fall apart, the National Hurricane Center is monitoring additional areas of interest that have the potential to develop in the next few days.…
Posted by John McCarthy September 12, 2024
‘Fish storm’ Tropical Depression 7 could be a tropical storm today, NHC says
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‘Fish storm’ Tropical Depression 7 could be a tropical storm today, NHC says

MIAMI — Just one day after Tropical Depression Seven formed in the Atlantic Ocean, the National Hurricane Center says the system could become a tropical storm today. Currently located about…
Posted by John McCarthy September 12, 2024
Matthew Gumbs faces domestic violence charges for alleged assault
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

Matthew Gumbs faces domestic violence charges for alleged assault

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas man faces domestic violence charges for allegedly threatening to kill an "acquaintace" by strangling her while he was inebriated, authorities said. Matthew Gumbs, 27,…
Posted by John McCarthy September 11, 2024
Tropical depression 7 pops up in Atlantic, NHC says it could become a tropical storm
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Tropical depression 7 pops up in Atlantic, NHC says it could become a tropical storm

MIAMI — Just one day after the peak of hurricane season, the National Hurricane Center has officially tagged Tropical Depression Seven in the Atlantic Ocean. The system was located about…
Posted by John McCarthy September 11, 2024
No neigh-sayers: Live horses join first-day veterinary students for anatomy lecture in Hungary
Posted inBreaking News Education News International News

No neigh-sayers: Live horses join first-day veterinary students for anatomy lecture in Hungary

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A lecture hall full of first-year veterinary students in Hungary eagerly took their places for the first animal anatomy lesson of their academic careers, when two…
Posted by John McCarthy September 11, 2024
Pharrell as a Lego and Robbie Williams as a chimp? Music biopics get creative
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Pharrell as a Lego and Robbie Williams as a chimp? Music biopics get creative

TORONTO (AP) — Many of the expected conventions of music biopics are present in “Piece by Piece,” about the producer-turned-pop star Pharrell Williams, and “Better Man,” about the British singer Robbie Williams.…
Posted by John McCarthy September 11, 2024
Jamaica to deploy a limited number of soldiers and police to help fight gangs in Haiti
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Jamaica to deploy a limited number of soldiers and police to help fight gangs in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness announced Tuesday that his country would send two dozen soldiers and police officers to Haiti this week to boost a U.N.-backed mission led…
Posted by John McCarthy September 11, 2024
Trump repeats baseless claim about Haitian immigrants eating pets
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Trump repeats baseless claim about Haitian immigrants eating pets

PHILADELPHIA — A baseless claim that illegal immigrants from Haiti have been eating domestic pets in a small Ohio city has been repeated by Donald Trump. During ABC's presidential debate,…
Posted by John McCarthy September 11, 2024

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