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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Haiti’s former capital seeks to revive its hey-day as gang violence consumes Port-au-Prince
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Haiti’s former capital seeks to revive its hey-day as gang violence consumes Port-au-Prince

CAP-HAITIEN (AP) — They call it Okap, home to Haiti’s kings, emancipated slaves and revolutionaries. Sitting on the shimmering north coast, the city of Cap-Haïtien was abandoned as a capital…
Posted by John McCarthy April 20, 2024
BVI drug kingpin gets 10 years in prison
Posted inBreaking News British Virgin Islands News Caribbean News

BVI drug kingpin gets 10 years in prison

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The reputed leader of BVI's drug cartel got 10 years hard time from a judge. Ruben Reyes-Barel, 37, of the Dominican Republic, was sentenced to 120 months…
Posted by John McCarthy April 20, 2024
Man sets himself on fire outside courthouse where Trump trial is being held
Posted inBreaking News Crime News National News

Man sets himself on fire outside courthouse where Trump trial is being held

NEW YORK — A man set himself on fire today outside the courthouse where former President Donald Trump's hush money trial is taking place. The man was in the designated protest area…
Posted by John McCarthy April 19, 2024
100 arrested at Columbia University after pro-Palestinian riot
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Education News

100 arrested at Columbia University after pro-Palestinian riot

NEW YORK — Some 100 students were arrested after police cleared a camp of pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University in New York. The university's president said that the "extraordinary step"…
Posted by John McCarthy April 19, 2024
US deports about 50 Haitians to nation hit with gang violence, ending monthslong pause in flights
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

US deports about 50 Haitians to nation hit with gang violence, ending monthslong pause in flights

MIAMI (AP) — The Biden administration sent about 50 Haitians back to their country on Thursday, authorities said, marking the first deportation flight in several months to the Caribbean nation…
Posted by John McCarthy April 19, 2024
Search of armed robbery suspect’s crash pad nets loaded gun, ammunition, drugs
Posted inAt VIFreep Breaking News Crime News

Search of armed robbery suspect’s crash pad nets loaded gun, ammunition, drugs

CHRISTIANSTED — An authorized search of an armed robbery suspect's living space turned up a loaded gun, ammunition and drugs early Thursday morning. Darnley N. Petersen, 22, of St. Croix,…
Posted by John McCarthy April 19, 2024
12 jurors have been picked for Donald Trump’s hush money trial. Selection of alternates ongoing
Posted inBreaking News Crime News National News

12 jurors have been picked for Donald Trump’s hush money trial. Selection of alternates ongoing

NEW YORK (AP) — A jury of 12 people was seated Thursday in former President Donald Trump’s history-making hush money trial, propelling the proceedings closer to opening statements and the…
Posted by John McCarthy April 18, 2024
Dominican authorities launch probe after an immigration officer is accused of raping a 14-year-old
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Dominican authorities launch probe after an immigration officer is accused of raping a 14-year-old

SANTO DOMINGO (AP) — Authorities in the Dominican Republic said Thursday they have launched an investigation after an immigration officer was accused of raping a 14-year-old girl. The mother of…
Posted by John McCarthy April 18, 2024
Barbados Weather Service spots nascent hurricane season’s first tropical wave
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Barbados Weather Service spots nascent hurricane season’s first tropical wave

BRIDGETOWN — The Barbados Weather Service has marked a disturbance near Africa as the first tropical wave of this year. NHC has not yet identified any tropical wave, but this…
Posted by John McCarthy April 18, 2024
Trump lawyers say Stormy Daniels refused subpoena outside a Brooklyn bar, papers left ‘at her feet’
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Trump lawyers say Stormy Daniels refused subpoena outside a Brooklyn bar, papers left ‘at her feet’

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s legal team says it tried serving Stormy Daniels a subpoena as she arrived for an event at a bar in Brooklyn last month, but…
Posted by John McCarthy April 18, 2024

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