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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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 central bank raid leaves at least three dead
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Haiti central bank raid leaves at least three dead

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AFP) — Security forces in Haiti killed at least three people, repelling an attack on the central bank as gang violence surges in the capital of Port-au-Prince, an employee…
Posted by John McCarthy March 20, 2024
Gangs target peaceful communities in new round of attacks on Haiti’s capital
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Gangs target peaceful communities in new round of attacks on Haiti’s capital

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Armed gangs launched new attacks in the suburbs of Port-au-Prince early Wednesday, with heavy gunfire echoing across once-peaceful communities near the Haitian capital. Associated Press journalists reported…
Posted by John McCarthy March 20, 2024
East end baker cooks the books to get $1,343.77 in ‘free’ swag
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

East end baker cooks the books to get $1,343.77 in ‘free’ swag

CHRISTIANSTED — The baker at a popular east end St. Croix restaurant is behind bars today after authorities said she cooked the company books to get nearly $1,400 in free…
Posted by John McCarthy March 20, 2024
Former fugitive Darren Bess released to family member as he awaits murder trial in St. Croix
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Former fugitive Darren Bess released to family member as he awaits murder trial in St. Croix

FREDERIKSTED — Darren Bess was flown back to St. Croix on Monday and charged with the 2021 murder of Kevin Jerome. Bess, 29, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder,…
Posted by John McCarthy March 20, 2024
Eulalie Rivera eighth-grader takes first in Territorial Spelling Bee
Posted inBreaking News Education News St. Croix News

Eulalie Rivera eighth-grader takes first in Territorial Spelling Bee

FREDERIKSTED — Joe Greaux is headed to Washington. Eulalie Rivera eighth-grader Joseph Greaux Jr. took first place in the Virgin Islands Territorial Spelling Bee on Tuesday after coming in second…
Posted by John McCarthy March 20, 2024
Virgin Islands Board of Education Schedules Meeting for Tomorrow
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Virgin Islands Board of Education Schedules Meeting for Tomorrow

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The 21st elected Virgin Islands Board of Education (VIBE) will conduct its regularly scheduled board meeting to discuss board committees’ and operations matters at 5:30 p.m., Thursday,…
Posted by John McCarthy March 20, 2024
A very rare fish is dying in the Florida Keys. Scientists are struggling to find out why
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

A very rare fish is dying in the Florida Keys. Scientists are struggling to find out why

MIAMI — On a windy winter morning in January, Joyce Milelli was leading a kayak tour through the Lower Keys when the group rounded a mangrove island and encountered a…
Posted by John McCarthy March 19, 2024
Hunger soars and aid dwindles as gangs in Haiti suffocate the country
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Hunger soars and aid dwindles as gangs in Haiti suffocate the country

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — A crowd of about 100 people tried to shove through a metal gate in Haiti’s capital as a guard with a baton pushed them back, threatening to hit them.…
Posted by John McCarthy March 19, 2024
Man pleads guilty to murder in Hawaii after killing lover and encasing his body in tub
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Man pleads guilty to murder in Hawaii after killing lover and encasing his body in tub

HONOLULU (AP) — A man pleaded guilty to murder Monday, about two years after his lover’s decomposing body was found encased in concrete in a bathtub in one of Hawaii’s most exclusive…
Posted by John McCarthy March 18, 2024
Trump has been unable to get bond for $464 million judgment, his lawyers say
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Trump has been unable to get bond for $464 million judgment, his lawyers say

NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump has not been able to get a bond to secure the $464 million civil fraud judgment against him and his co-defendants, his lawyers said in a court…
Posted by John McCarthy March 18, 2024

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