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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Help police find St. Croix man wanted for domestic violence
Posted inBreaking News Community Affairs Crime News

Help police find St. Croix man wanted for domestic violence

FREDERIKSTED — Police need your help to find a man wanted for domestic violence on St. Croix. Jabari White, 34, is wanted for destruction of property-domestic violence, the Virgin Islands…
Posted by John McCarthy July 19, 2024
Passing of tropical wave, upper level trough will leave humid, wet conditions
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Passing of tropical wave, upper level trough will leave humid, wet conditions

SAN JUAN — Forecasters at the National Weather Service say we can expect humid and wet conditions today. The passage of a tropical wave and a upper level trough will…
Posted by John McCarthy July 19, 2024
Social Security’s Office of the Inspector General releases report on scamming
Posted inBreaking News Business News National News

Social Security’s Office of the Inspector General releases report on scamming

Social Security’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) recently released its quarterly Scam Report to Congress. The report provides information about scam trends in the second quarter of Fiscal Year 2024…
Posted by John McCarthy July 18, 2024
A North Korean diplomat in Cuba defected to South Korea in November, a possible blow to leader Kim
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News International News

A North Korean diplomat in Cuba defected to South Korea in November, a possible blow to leader Kim

HAVANA (AP) — South Korea’s spy agency said that a senior North Korea diplomat based in Cuba has fled to South Korea, the latest defection by members of the North’s…
Posted by John McCarthy July 18, 2024
Caribbean braces for economic punch after season’s deadly first hurricane
Posted inBreaking News Business News Caribbean News

Caribbean braces for economic punch after season’s deadly first hurricane

KINGSTON — Leaders across the Caribbean were still tallying the financial toll wrought by the earliest Atlantic storm on record to intensify to the maximum Category 5 level, after it…
Posted by John McCarthy July 18, 2024
Taiwanese chip producer might want to set up shop in Puerto Rico
Posted inBreaking News Business News Caribbean News

Taiwanese chip producer might want to set up shop in Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN — The territorial relationship between Puerto Rico and the United States, as well as a new allocation of federal funds, appear to have motivated a semiconductor production company in…
Posted by John McCarthy July 18, 2024
Haiti’s prime minister orders gangs to drop weapons and promises to take back control of the capital
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News International News

Haiti’s prime minister orders gangs to drop weapons and promises to take back control of the capital

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille ordered gangs to surrender their weapons during a televised speech late Wednesday in which he acknowledged how dangerous life in Haiti’s capital and beyond…
Posted by John McCarthy July 18, 2024
Small craft advisories go into effect from midnight tonight through Sunday
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Small craft advisories go into effect from midnight tonight through Sunday

SAN JUAN — Excessive Heat conditions will persist throughout the weekend with heat indices above 108 degrees F across the islands. A dense plume of Saharan Dust will continue to…
Posted by John McCarthy July 18, 2024
6 Vietnamese and American guests died of cyanide poisoning in luxury Bangkok hotel
Posted inBreaking News Crime News International News

6 Vietnamese and American guests died of cyanide poisoning in luxury Bangkok hotel

BANGKOK (AP) — Traces of cyanide were discovered in the cups of six people who were found dead at a Bangkok hotel in unexplained circumstances, Thai authorities said today, and preliminary autopsy…
Posted by John McCarthy July 17, 2024
Nissan issues ‘Do Not Drive’ warning for 83,000 vehicles after air-bag recall
Posted inBreaking News Business News Consumer News

Nissan issues ‘Do Not Drive’ warning for 83,000 vehicles after air-bag recall

TOKYO — Nissan issued a "Do Not Drive" warning for more than 83,000 vehicles with the model year 2002-2006 equipped with recalled Takata air bags. According to the National Highway…
Posted by John McCarthy July 17, 2024

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