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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Welcome to the ‘Hotel California’ case: The trial over handwritten lyrics to an Eagles classic
Posted inArt News Breaking News Business News

Welcome to the ‘Hotel California’ case: The trial over handwritten lyrics to an Eagles classic

NEW YORK (AP) — In the mid-1970s, the Eagles were working on a spooky, cryptic new song. On a lined yellow pad, Don Henley, with input from band co-founder Glenn…
Posted by John McCarthy February 20, 2024
Tobago oil spill blackens beaches, but mystery apparently cleared up
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Tobago oil spill blackens beaches, but mystery apparently cleared up

PORT OF SPAIN — The mystery vessel was reported overturned last week just off the coast of Tobago, the northern island of the Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago. No…
Posted by John McCarthy February 20, 2024
Capital One will buy Discover for $35 billion in deal that combines major US credit card companies
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Capital One will buy Discover for $35 billion in deal that combines major US credit card companies

NEW YORK (AP) — Capital One Financial said it will buy Discover Financial Services for $35 billion, in a deal that would bring together two of the nation’s credit card…
Posted by John McCarthy February 20, 2024
Widow and aides of assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moïse indicted in his killing
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Widow and aides of assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moïse indicted in his killing

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — A judge in Haiti responsible for investigating the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse has indicted his widow, Martine Moïse, ex-prime minister Claude Joseph and the former chief of…
Posted by John McCarthy February 20, 2024
Ecuador man gets 4.75 years in prison after guilty plea to cocaine conspiracy at sea
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Ecuador man gets 4.75 years in prison after guilty plea to cocaine conspiracy at sea

CHRISTIANSTED — A man from Ecuador was given a sentence of 4.75 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to cocaine smuggling. Carlos Benitez Estupinan, 30, of Quito, was sentenced…
Posted by John McCarthy February 19, 2024
2 Puerto Ricans Get Slap On The Wrist From Judge For Trafficking Cocaine At Stumpy Bay
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

2 Puerto Ricans Get Slap On The Wrist From Judge For Trafficking Cocaine At Stumpy Bay

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Two of three men who pleaded guilty in the Stumpy Bay cocaine trafficking conspiracy were given light sentences by a federal judge. Pedro Juan Ramos-Ramirez, 28, and…
Posted by John McCarthy February 19, 2024
‘Bob Marley: One Love’ stirs up $27.7M weekend, ‘Madame Web’ flops
Posted inArt News Black History News Breaking News

‘Bob Marley: One Love’ stirs up $27.7M weekend, ‘Madame Web’ flops

NEW YORK (AP) — Paramount Pictures’ Bob Marley biopic “Bob Marley: One Love” outperformed expectations to debut at No. 1 at the box office with a $27.7 million opening weekend,…
Posted by John McCarthy February 19, 2024
Mateo Morrison launches new book: ‘Pablo Neruda and the Dominican Republic’
Posted inArt News At VIFreep Black History News

Mateo Morrison launches new book: ‘Pablo Neruda and the Dominican Republic’

SANTO DOMINGO — The Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD), in collaboration with the Cultural Spaces Foundation and the Urban Tertulia, launched the book “Pablo Neruda and the Dominican Republic”…
Posted by John McCarthy February 19, 2024
How Ziggy Marley helped bring the authenticity to ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
Posted inArt News Breaking News Caribbean News

How Ziggy Marley helped bring the authenticity to ‘Bob Marley: One Love’

People had been coming to Ziggy Marley and his family for years with ideas about how to turn reggae icon Bob Marley’s life into a movie. But it never felt…
Posted by John McCarthy February 19, 2024
Everyone’s dream: A sailboat of your own in the Caribbean (made true)
Posted inBritish Virgin Islands News Caribbean News Sports News

Everyone’s dream: A sailboat of your own in the Caribbean (made true)

Last April, Chris Kotchick, a Scranton, Pennsylvania, oral surgeon, and his family spent a week on a chartered catamaran in the calm, clear waters off the British Virgin Islands. A…
Posted by John McCarthy February 19, 2024

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