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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Haiti’s gang violence has displaced 300,000 children, the UN says
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Haiti’s gang violence has displaced 300,000 children, the UN says

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Gang violence in Haiti has displaced more than 300,000 children since March, the U.N. children’s agency said Tuesday as the Caribbean country struggles to curb killings and…
Posted by John McCarthy July 2, 2024
How the hot water that fueled Hurricane Beryl foretells a scary storm season
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

How the hot water that fueled Hurricane Beryl foretells a scary storm season

Hurricane Beryl’s explosive growth into an unprecedented early whopper of a storm shows the literal hot water the Atlantic and Caribbean are in right now and the kind of season ahead, experts…
Posted by John McCarthy July 2, 2024
Hurricane Beryl rips through open waters after devastating the southeast Caribbean
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Hurricane Beryl rips through open waters after devastating the southeast Caribbean

KINGSTON (AP) — Hurricane Beryl roared through open waters today as a monstrous Category 5 storm on a path that would take it near Jamaica and the Cayman Islands after…
Posted by John McCarthy July 2, 2024
Man charged with domestic violence after striking woman with sword
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Man charged with domestic violence after striking woman with sword

KINGSHILL A St. Croix man was charged with assault after striking a woman with a sword, authorities said. Reynaldo “Naldo” Rivera Jr., 20, was arrested and charged with third-degree assault-domestic…
Posted by John McCarthy July 2, 2024
Parking set for Ten Sleepless Knights Music Festival
Posted inBreaking News Community Affairs Police News

Parking set for Ten Sleepless Knights Music Festival

FREDERIKSTED — The Virgin Islands Police Department advises the public that on Tuesday, July 2 and Wednesday, July 3, 2024 NO PARKING will be allowed on Strand Street, Frederiksted between…
Posted by John McCarthy July 1, 2024
Beryl makes landfall as Category 4 hurricane on Caribbean island of Carriacou in Grenada
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Beryl makes landfall as Category 4 hurricane on Caribbean island of Carriacou in Grenada

SAINT GEORGE'S (AP) — A dangerous and extremely powerful Hurricane Beryl made landfall Monday on the Caribbean island of Carriacou after becoming the earliest storm of Category 4 strength to form in…
Posted by John McCarthy July 1, 2024
Big Masters bar owner killed in shooting
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Big Masters bar owner killed in shooting

CHRISTIANSTED — The owner of a St. Croix nightclub was shot and killed on Friday night, police said. Officers responded to reports of shots fired at around 9:49 p.m. on Friday…
Posted by John McCarthy July 1, 2024
International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Russia’s Shoigu and Gerasimov
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International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Russia’s Shoigu and Gerasimov

THE HAGUE — The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Sergei Shoigu, the former Russian defense minister, and leading Russian general Valery Gerasimov on Tuesday for alleged crimes committed during Russia's…
Posted by John McCarthy June 27, 2024
Haitians hold their breath as newly arrived Kenyan police force prepares to face gangs
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Haitians hold their breath as newly arrived Kenyan police force prepares to face gangs

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Anticipation is mingling with fear across Haiti as the country welcomes the fourth major foreign intervention in its history to fight gang violence choking the Caribbean country. A couple…
Posted by John McCarthy June 27, 2024
Tropical Storm Beryl to pass well south of St. Croix
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Tropical Storm Beryl to pass well south of St. Croix

MIAMI — A tropical wave located several hundred miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands continues to produce disorganized shower and thunderstorm activity, the National Hurricane Center said. Environmental conditions…
Posted by John McCarthy June 27, 2024

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