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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
UN fund warns of $23 million deficit in Haiti’s education system as it announces grant
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Education News

UN fund warns of $23 million deficit in Haiti’s education system as it announces grant

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — No chairs. Missing blackboards. A lack of bathrooms. Schools in Haiti’s capital and beyond are crumbling as gang violence deepens poverty and disrupts basic government services as…
Posted by John McCarthy July 27, 2024
Tropical surge ahead: System eyes development in the Atlantic
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Tropical surge ahead: System eyes development in the Atlantic

While the tropical Atlantic is quiet now, that could change in a hurry come August with at least one system already being tracked. SAN JUAN — An area of disturbed…
Posted by John McCarthy July 27, 2024
What a gang attack in a rural Haiti town says about the Kenya-led security mission
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

What a gang attack in a rural Haiti town says about the Kenya-led security mission

PORT-AU-PRINCE — Ganthier, a rural community 28 miles east of Port-au-Prince and 14 miles from the Dominican Republic border, was among the last holdouts from gang control in Haiti. For…
Posted by John McCarthy July 26, 2024
Saharan dust plume will prevent significant showers for 48 hours
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Saharan dust plume will prevent significant showers for 48 hours

SAN JUAN — A thick plume of Saharan dust is moving across the region, lasting through Sunday morning. During this time hot and hazy conditions will prevail and rainfall will…
Posted by John McCarthy July 26, 2024
Drug-sniffing dog not fooled by woman placing bags of frozen shrimp with the cocaine bricks in her luggage
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

Drug-sniffing dog not fooled by woman placing bags of frozen shrimp with the cocaine bricks in her luggage

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A woman who tried to fool trained drug-sniffing dogs at the airport by placing bags of frozen shrimp with the cocaine bricks in her luggage has been…
Posted by John McCarthy July 25, 2024
Man arrested at Sion Farm laundromat and charged with rape of underage girl
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

Man arrested at Sion Farm laundromat and charged with rape of underage girl

CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix man has been arrested in connection to the rape of an underage girl that took place nine months ago. Jason Tuitt, 47, has been arrested…
Posted by John McCarthy July 25, 2024
AP Declares That ‘JD Vance Did Not Have Sex With A Couch’ In Fact Check
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AP Declares That ‘JD Vance Did Not Have Sex With A Couch’ In Fact Check

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A mysterious Associated Press story tried to set the record straight about social media rumors that Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) once had coitus with a sofa. Someone at the wire service…
Posted by John McCarthy July 25, 2024
Royal Caribbean raises annual profit forecast as cruise demand thrives
Posted inBreaking News Business News Caribbean News

Royal Caribbean raises annual profit forecast as cruise demand thrives

MIAMI — Royal Caribbean raised its annual profit forecast today for the third time this year on higher ticket pricing and persistent demand for cruise vacations. Cruise operators have raised ticket…
Posted by John McCarthy July 25, 2024
‘You have a job to do’: U.S. envoy pushes elections in visit with Haiti’s leaders
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News International News

‘You have a job to do’: U.S. envoy pushes elections in visit with Haiti’s leaders

PORT-AU-PRINCE — The United States’ top envoy to the United Nations visited a crisis-wrecked Haiti this week during which she announced tens of millions of dollars in humanitarian and security…
Posted by John McCarthy July 25, 2024
DEA agents joked about rape in WhatsApp chat before one was accused of the crime
Posted inBreaking News Crime News National News

DEA agents joked about rape in WhatsApp chat before one was accused of the crime

MIAMI — In a WhatsApp chat that quickly devolved into depravity, a group of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents boasted about their "world debauchery tour" of "boozing and whoring" on…
Posted by John McCarthy July 25, 2024

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