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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Parking set for Ten Sleepless Knights Music Festival
Posted inBreaking News Community Affairs Police News

Parking set for Ten Sleepless Knights Music Festival

FREDERIKSTED — The Virgin Islands Police Department advises the public that on Tuesday, July 2 and Wednesday, July 3, 2024 NO PARKING will be allowed on Strand Street, Frederiksted between…
Posted by John McCarthy July 1, 2024
Beryl makes landfall as Category 4 hurricane on Caribbean island of Carriacou in Grenada
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Beryl makes landfall as Category 4 hurricane on Caribbean island of Carriacou in Grenada

SAINT GEORGE'S (AP) — A dangerous and extremely powerful Hurricane Beryl made landfall Monday on the Caribbean island of Carriacou after becoming the earliest storm of Category 4 strength to form in…
Posted by John McCarthy July 1, 2024
Big Masters bar owner killed in shooting
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

Big Masters bar owner killed in shooting

CHRISTIANSTED — The owner of a St. Croix nightclub was shot and killed on Friday night, police said. Officers responded to reports of shots fired at around 9:49 p.m. on Friday…
Posted by John McCarthy July 1, 2024
International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Russia’s Shoigu and Gerasimov
Posted inBreaking News Crime News International News

International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Russia’s Shoigu and Gerasimov

THE HAGUE — The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Sergei Shoigu, the former Russian defense minister, and leading Russian general Valery Gerasimov on Tuesday for alleged crimes committed during Russia's…
Posted by John McCarthy June 27, 2024
Haitians hold their breath as newly arrived Kenyan police force prepares to face gangs
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News International News

Haitians hold their breath as newly arrived Kenyan police force prepares to face gangs

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Anticipation is mingling with fear across Haiti as the country welcomes the fourth major foreign intervention in its history to fight gang violence choking the Caribbean country. A couple…
Posted by John McCarthy June 27, 2024
Tropical Storm Beryl to pass well south of St. Croix
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Tropical Storm Beryl to pass well south of St. Croix

MIAMI — A tropical wave located several hundred miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands continues to produce disorganized shower and thunderstorm activity, the National Hurricane Center said. Environmental conditions…
Posted by John McCarthy June 27, 2024
Social Security to simplify disability evaluation process
Posted inBreaking News Business News National News

Social Security to simplify disability evaluation process

When people become disabled under the statutory definition the Social Security Administration must follow, the agency helps them meet their basic needs and sustain a higher quality of life. Social…
Posted by John McCarthy June 27, 2024
Body of missing diver found in Frederiksted
Posted inBreaking News Police News St. Croix News

Body of missing diver found in Frederiksted

FREDERIKSTED — Search teams combing the Frederiksted coast for a diver who went missing Monday morning found the man's body late last night. Craig "Tygah" Todman was positively identified by a family…
Posted by John McCarthy June 25, 2024
UN-backed contingent of foreign police arrives in Haiti as Kenya-led force prepares to face gangs
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News International News

UN-backed contingent of foreign police arrives in Haiti as Kenya-led force prepares to face gangs

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — The first U.N.-backed contingent of foreign police arrived in Haiti on Tuesday, nearly two years after the troubled Caribbean country urgently requested help to quell a surge in gang violence.…
Posted by John McCarthy June 25, 2024
Dense cloud of Saharan dust sets in
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Dense cloud of Saharan dust sets in

SAN JUAN — A dense Saharan Air Layer will move across the  Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico today. It will occupy our islands for at least three consecutive days, starting from today…
Posted by John McCarthy June 25, 2024

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