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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
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
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

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
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

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
The men fighting gang leader Barbecue for power in Haiti
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

The men fighting gang leader Barbecue for power in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE — An ex-cop who likes to give news conferences while wielding a high-powered rifle and a young criminal as fond of starring in rap videos as he is of…
Posted by John McCarthy March 12, 2024
Trump loses 7 in a row, and counting …
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Trump loses 7 in a row, and counting …

Donald Trump surprised the world by winning the US presidential election in 2016, establishing a mystique as somebody who can break rules, violate norms, take crazy risks, and still win.…
Posted by John McCarthy March 12, 2024
A Russian military transport plane with 15 people on board has crashed on takeoff
Posted inBreaking News International News Military News

A Russian military transport plane with 15 people on board has crashed on takeoff

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian military transport plane with 15 people on board crashed today while taking off from an air base in western Russia, the Defense Ministry said. It…
Posted by John McCarthy March 12, 2024
Social Security comments on the President’s Fiscal Year 2025 Budget
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Social Security comments on the President’s Fiscal Year 2025 Budget

The Biden-Harris Administration today released the President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2025. Following historic progress made since the President took office—with nearly 15 million jobs created and inflation down two-thirds—the…
Posted by John McCarthy March 12, 2024

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