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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Tahiti’s youth surf culture gets a boost as island hosts the Paris Olympics
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Tahiti’s youth surf culture gets a boost as island hosts the Paris Olympics

TEAHUPO’O, Tahiti (AP) — As the heavy, barrel-shaped waves of Teahupo’o, Tahiti — where the Paris Olympics surfing competition is being held — crashed in the distance, another, smaller surf session was…
Posted by John McCarthy August 1, 2024
Tropical depression could form this weekend
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Tropical depression could form this weekend

SAN JUAN — A well-defined tropical wave is producing a large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms over Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the northern Leeward Islands, and the adjacent…
Posted by John McCarthy August 1, 2024
Black and other minority farmers are getting $2 billion from USDA after years of discrimination
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Black and other minority farmers are getting $2 billion from USDA after years of discrimination

COLUMBIA, Missouri (AP) — The Biden administration has doled out more than $2 billion in direct payments for Black and other minority farmers discriminated against by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the…
Posted by John McCarthy July 31, 2024
Gangs fled a Haitian town as Kenya force moved in. But only for a day
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Gangs fled a Haitian town as Kenya force moved in. But only for a day

PORT-AU-PRINCE — A day after reinforcements to a United Nations-backed Multinational Security Support mission arrived in Haiti, several Kenyan police officers joined Haitian police on a patrol of downtown Port-au-Prince.…
Posted by John McCarthy July 31, 2024
Tropical depression primed to form this weekend
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Tropical depression primed to form this weekend

SAN JUAN — A large tropical wave located near the Lesser Antilles continues to produce a broad area of disorganized shower and thunderstorm activity. Environmental conditions are forecast to gradually…
Posted by John McCarthy July 31, 2024
Biden and Lula urge Venezuelan authorities to release detailed presidential election voting data
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Biden and Lula urge Venezuelan authorities to release detailed presidential election voting data

CARACAS (AP) — President Joe Biden and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Tuesday called on Venezuela’s government to release detailed voting data from the presidential election. Electoral…
Posted by John McCarthy July 30, 2024
1 dead and dozens sickened after eating roasted eel from a Japanese department store
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1 dead and dozens sickened after eating roasted eel from a Japanese department store

TOKYO (AP) — One person died and nearly 150 others were sickened after eating grilled eel prepared by a restaurant chain and sold at a department store near Tokyo, officials…
Posted by John McCarthy July 30, 2024
Slow development possible with tropical wave headed towards Caribbean
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Slow development possible with tropical wave headed towards Caribbean

SAN JUAN — A large tropical wave centered several hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles is producing limited shower activity due to environmental dry air. Conditions are forecast to…
Posted by John McCarthy July 30, 2024
Curacao becomes associate member of Caribbean Community
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Curacao becomes associate member of Caribbean Community

WILLEMSTAD — The Dutch Caribbean island of Curacao on Sunday became the newest associate member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). CARICOM is a political alliance promoting economic integration and cooperation…
Posted by John McCarthy July 30, 2024
Security officers cover Haiti’s prime minister with gunfire as he leaves hospital
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Security officers cover Haiti’s prime minister with gunfire as he leaves hospital

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Security officers had to fire shots Monday to cover Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille’s exit from a hospital in Port-au-Prince on Monday, the prime minister’s office said.…
Posted by John McCarthy July 30, 2024

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