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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Plan to install new leaders in Haiti appears to crumble after political parties reject it
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Plan to install new leaders in Haiti appears to crumble after political parties reject it

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — A proposal to install new leadership in Haiti appeared to be crumbling Wednesday as some political parties rejected the plan to create a presidential council that would manage the…
Posted by John McCarthy March 14, 2024
General Hospital TV star found dead in open field
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General Hospital TV star found dead in open field

LOS ANGELES — Robyn Bernard -- famous for her work on "General Hospital" -- is dead ... the Virgin Islands Free Press has learned. Riverside County Coroner tells TMZ they identified…
Posted by John McCarthy March 13, 2024
Haiti is preparing itself for new leadership. Gangs want a seat at the table
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Haiti is preparing itself for new leadership. Gangs want a seat at the table

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Politicians across Haiti are scrambling for power after Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced Tuesday that he would resign once a transitional presidential council is created. But elbowing their way…
Posted by John McCarthy March 13, 2024
Author Mitch Albom evacuated from Haiti amid gang violence and unrest
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Author Mitch Albom evacuated from Haiti amid gang violence and unrest

PORT-AU-PRINCE — American author Mitch Albom was evacuated from Haiti amid ongoing gang violence and unrest. Albom, 65, was visiting his orphanage Have Faith Haiti when he found himself stranded. "The…
Posted by John McCarthy March 13, 2024
Cornell University to help bring clean drinking water to rural Puerto Rico
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Education News

Cornell University to help bring clean drinking water to rural Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN — Cornell University Engineering is leading an initiative to help small communities in Puerto Rico finance, build and operate clean drinking water systems, with the goal of expanding…
Posted by John McCarthy March 13, 2024
House is likely to pass a bill that could ban TikTok, but it faces an uncertain path in the Senate
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House is likely to pass a bill that could ban TikTok, but it faces an uncertain path in the Senate

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill that could lead to a ban of the popular video app TikTok in the United States is expected to pass the House on Wednesday as lawmakers act…
Posted by John McCarthy March 13, 2024
Haiti’s future is being planned on two tracks: traditional political power and gang power
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Haiti’s future is being planned on two tracks: traditional political power and gang power

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Haiti's future is being planned on two tracks — one involving traditional political power, the other focused on the power of gangs. After an intense session of…
Posted by John McCarthy March 13, 2024
Kenya’s government puts deployment of police to Haiti on hold after chaos grips the Caribbean nation
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Kenya’s government puts deployment of police to Haiti on hold after chaos grips the Caribbean nation

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya is halting plans to deploy at least 1,000 police officers to Haiti following the unprecedented violence that erupted in the Caribbean nation and the announcement by its Prime…
Posted by John McCarthy March 13, 2024
Border officer pleads guilty to letting people into US, accepting bribe
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Border officer pleads guilty to letting people into US, accepting bribe

LAREDO — A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer who worked at a Texas port of entry pleaded guilty this week to letting undocumented people into the U.S. and…
Posted by John McCarthy March 13, 2024
4 million people face ‘acute food insecurity’ in troubled Haiti, says UN food agency official
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4 million people face ‘acute food insecurity’ in troubled Haiti, says UN food agency official

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Four million people face “acute food insecurity” and one million of them are one step away from famine, the U.N. food agency’s director in the conflict-wracked Caribbean…
Posted by John McCarthy March 13, 2024

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