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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Jamaican security forces shot more than 100 people this year. A body camera was used only once
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Jamaican security forces shot more than 100 people this year. A body camera was used only once

KINGSTON (AP) — A government agency in Jamaica found that security forces were not wearing body cameras when they fatally shot or injured more than 100 people in the Caribbean…
Posted by John McCarthy December 13, 2023
Hundreds Toast Season At GERS Retirees Party
Posted inBreaking News Business News Community Affairs

Hundreds Toast Season At GERS Retirees Party

CHRISTIANSTED — Hundreds of people turned out for the Retirees Party that was held at the GERS headquarters in Orange Grove on Tuesday night. Good food, nice conversation and some…
Posted by John McCarthy December 13, 2023
High Wind Warning In Effect For Puerto Rico
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

High Wind Warning In Effect For Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN — For the first time since 2018, a High Wind Warning is in effect for Puerto Rico, effective Tuesday night through tomorrow morning. This means that strong winds…
Posted by John McCarthy December 13, 2023
Track Standout Michelle Smith Attends Swanky Sports Awards Gala In Miami
Posted inBreaking News National News Sports News

Track Standout Michelle Smith Attends Swanky Sports Awards Gala In Miami

MIAMI — Virgin Islands Sports Ambassador Michelle Smith was invited by the PanAm Sports organization to attend the second PanAm Sports Awards 2023 Gala on behalf of the Virgin Islands…
Posted by John McCarthy December 13, 2023
Hazardous marine and coastal conditions to continue through the weekend, NWS says
Posted inBreaking News Environmental News Puerto Rico News

Hazardous marine and coastal conditions to continue through the weekend, NWS says

SAN JUAN — Hazardous marine and coastal conditions are expected through at least this upcoming weekend. One beachgoer in Puerto Rico has already died. Please exercise caution! Breezy to windy…
Posted by John McCarthy December 12, 2023
Help Police Find Missing Minor Felipe Casanova of St. Croix
Posted inBreaking News Community Affairs Police News

Help Police Find Missing Minor Felipe Casanova of St. Croix

CHRISTIANSTED — Police are asking for your assistance to locate a missing minor on St. Croix. Felipe A. "Lil Popa" Casanova, 16, was last seen Monday at 4:00 p.m. in…
Posted by John McCarthy December 12, 2023
Venezuela and Guyana to meet on December 14 amid territorial dispute
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News International News

Venezuela and Guyana to meet on December 14 amid territorial dispute

SAO PAULO (Reuters) — Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro will meet with Guyana President Mohamed Irfaan Ali on Thursday amid a territorial dispute between the two countries, according to a letter…
Posted by John McCarthy December 11, 2023
48 Haitian migrants have been detained on an uninhabited island west of Puerto Rico
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Police News

48 Haitian migrants have been detained on an uninhabited island west of Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN (AP) — U.S. federal authorities said Wednesday that they detained 48 Haitian migrants who were abandoned by smugglers on an uninhabited island between Puerto Rico and the Dominican…
Posted by John McCarthy December 10, 2023
A federal grand jury in Puerto Rico indicts three men on environmental crimes
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

A federal grand jury in Puerto Rico indicts three men on environmental crimes

SAN JUAN — Three men have been indicted as part of an ongoing federal investigation into environmental crimes committed on protected land in southern Puerto Rico, authorities announced Thursday. Two of the men…
Posted by John McCarthy December 10, 2023
Book Review: Edel Rodriguez shows Cuban history as a warning for the US in new graphic memoir ‘Worm’
Posted inArt News Breaking News Caribbean News

Book Review: Edel Rodriguez shows Cuban history as a warning for the US in new graphic memoir ‘Worm’

HAVANA (AP) — Decades before Edel Rodriguez made his iconic, mouth-only political illustration of Donald Trump for the cover of Time magazine, he was a boy growing up in Fidel…
Posted by John McCarthy December 10, 2023

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