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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
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)
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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
4 dead, 5 in critical condition after a drive-by shooting at a Puerto Rico bar
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4 dead, 5 in critical condition after a drive-by shooting at a Puerto Rico bar

Police say five people were killed and four others are in critical condition after a drive-by shooting at a streetside bar in Puerto Rico SAN JUAN — Five people were killed…
Posted by John McCarthy February 18, 2024
Haiti gang wars block aid routes for most vulnerable, U.N. agency says
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Haiti gang wars block aid routes for most vulnerable, U.N. agency says

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) — A recent spike of violence in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, is preventing the World Food Program (WFP) from reaching hundreds of thousands of people in urgent need of…
Posted by John McCarthy February 18, 2024
Cuba struggles to shore up subsidized milk supply for children
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Humanitarian News

Cuba struggles to shore up subsidized milk supply for children

HAVANA (Reuters) — Cuba is struggling to secure enough milk for children, a minister said, in the latest shortage putting strain on a decades-old subsidies scheme created by the late…
Posted by John McCarthy February 18, 2024
Honduras watchdog bans institutions from trading crypto
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Honduras watchdog bans institutions from trading crypto

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) — Honduras' CNBS regulator has banned the Central American country's financial system from trading in cryptocurrency and similar virtual assets, it said in a resolution, citing risks of…
Posted by John McCarthy February 18, 2024

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