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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Nicaragua is ‘weaponizing’ US-bound migrants as Haitians pour in on charter flights
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Nicaragua is ‘weaponizing’ US-bound migrants as Haitians pour in on charter flights

MANAGUA (AP) — More than 260 charter flights believed to be carrying migrants from Haiti have touched down in Nicaragua in recent months, according to flight data and experts in…
Posted by John McCarthy October 26, 2023
Royal Caribbean raises annual profit forecast on steady demand
Posted inAt VIFreep Breaking News Business News

Royal Caribbean raises annual profit forecast on steady demand

MIAMI — Royal Caribbean Group raised its full-year profit forecast today, backed by higher ticket prices as well as steady demand from affluent customers for leisure travel. Shares in the…
Posted by John McCarthy October 26, 2023
Mariners Can Expect Swells, Landlubbers An ‘Excessive Rain Event,’ NWS Says
Posted inAt VIFreep Breaking News Caribbean News

Mariners Can Expect Swells, Landlubbers An ‘Excessive Rain Event,’ NWS Says

SAN JUAN — Plenty of tropical moisture and favorable upper-level conditions will bring periods of showers and thunderstorms across the local islands Friday into early the next week. As a…
Posted by John McCarthy October 26, 2023
Haitian gang leader charged with ordering kidnapping of US couple that left 1 dead
Posted inAt VIFreep Breaking News Caribbean News

Haitian gang leader charged with ordering kidnapping of US couple that left 1 dead

WASHINGTON -- A powerful Haitian gang leader has been charged by U.S. prosecutors with ordering the kidnapping of an American couple from their home in Haiti that left the woman dead, authorities…
Posted by John McCarthy October 25, 2023
Trinidad asks Canada to help stem worsening Caribbean violence
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Trinidad asks Canada to help stem worsening Caribbean violence

PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) — Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Keith Rowley urged Canada to help Caribbean countries reinforce their security by helping with coastal patrols as the region…
Posted by John McCarthy October 25, 2023
Record-breaking Spider-Man video game confuses Puerto Rican and Cuban flags
Posted inAt VIFreep Breaking News Caribbean News

Record-breaking Spider-Man video game confuses Puerto Rican and Cuban flags

SAN JUAN (NBC) —Players of the highly anticipated video game “Marvel’s Spider-Man 2” took to social media to ask developers to correct a few scenes, which have confused the Puerto…
Posted by John McCarthy October 25, 2023
‘Shaft’ star Richard Roundtree, considered the first Black action movie hero, has died at 81
Posted inAt VIFreep

‘Shaft’ star Richard Roundtree, considered the first Black action movie hero, has died at 81

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Richard Roundtree, the trailblazing actor who starred as the ultra-smooth private detective in several “Shaft” films beginning in the early 1970s, has died. He was 81.…
Posted by John McCarthy October 25, 2023
Off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot who allegedly tried to shut down engines discussed taking mushrooms
Posted inAt VIFreep Breaking News Consumer News

Off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot who allegedly tried to shut down engines discussed taking mushrooms

JUNEAU (NBC) — The off-duty pilot accused of trying to bring down an Alaska Airlines flight told investigators he had not slept for 40 hours and believed he was having a "nervous…
Posted by John McCarthy October 24, 2023
Governor Announces Death of VIFEMS Director Daryl George Sr.
Posted inAt VIFreep Breaking News Community Affairs

Governor Announces Death of VIFEMS Director Daryl George Sr.

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Governor Albert Bryan Jr. issued the following statement today announcing the death of Virgin Islands Fire and Emergency Medical Services Director Daryl A. “Mousy” George Sr: “It is with a…
Posted by John McCarthy October 24, 2023
Heavy rains drench northeast Caribbean as Hurricane Tammy spins into open waters
Posted inAt VIFreep Breaking News Caribbean News

Heavy rains drench northeast Caribbean as Hurricane Tammy spins into open waters

ST. JOHN'S (AP) — Hurricane Tammy unleashed heavy rain in the northeast Caribbean on Monday as it spun over open waters after making landfall in Barbuda. The storm was located…
Posted by John McCarthy October 24, 2023

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