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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Caribbean ambassador calls for global action to establish slavery tribunal
Posted inBlack History News Breaking News Caribbean News

Caribbean ambassador calls for global action to establish slavery tribunal

BRIDGETOWN — A high-level Caribbean ambassador said today it was crucial to establish a new international special tribunal to seek reparations for transatlantic slavery and its legacies in today's society.…
Posted by John McCarthy April 17, 2024
Coast Guard medevacs pregnant passenger from Disney cruise ship
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Military News

Coast Guard medevacs pregnant passenger from Disney cruise ship

SAN JUAN — A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter aircrew conducted a medevac for a Disney Fantasy cruise ship passenger, Monday, in the Atlantic Ocean 180 miles northwest of Aguadilla,…
Posted by John McCarthy April 16, 2024
AMBER ALERT! Help Cops Find Missing Minor
Posted inBreaking News Community Affairs Police News

AMBER ALERT! Help Cops Find Missing Minor

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police need your help to find a minor who is missing on St. Thomas. Assata Craig, 12, of Contant, was reported missing by her family, the Virgin…
Posted by John McCarthy April 16, 2024
Russia’s prosecutor general arrives in Cuba for bilateral talks
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Russia’s prosecutor general arrives in Cuba for bilateral talks

HAVANA — Russia's Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov arrived in Havana for bilateral talks with his Cuban counterpart and other officials, the prosecutor's office said today. Russia's full-scale invasion in Ukraine…
Posted by John McCarthy April 16, 2024
Fire destroys Copenhagen’s Old Stock Exchange dating to 1600s, collapsing its dragon-tail spire
Posted inBreaking News International News Police News

Fire destroys Copenhagen’s Old Stock Exchange dating to 1600s, collapsing its dragon-tail spire

COPENHAGEN (AP) — A fire raged through one of Copenhagen’s oldest buildings Tuesday, causing the collapse of the iconic spire of the 17th-century Old Stock Exchange as passersby rushed to…
Posted by John McCarthy April 16, 2024
Only 1 in 3 US adults think Trump acted illegally in New York hush money case, AP-NORC poll shows
Posted inBreaking News Crime News National News

Only 1 in 3 US adults think Trump acted illegally in New York hush money case, AP-NORC poll shows

WASHINGTON (AP) — The first criminal trial facing former President Donald Trump is also the one in which Americans are least convinced he committed a crime, a new AP-NORC Center for…
Posted by John McCarthy April 16, 2024
Texas mom left young kids, 6 and 8, home alone for nearly a week while she vacationed on a cruise
Posted inBreaking News Crime News National News

Texas mom left young kids, 6 and 8, home alone for nearly a week while she vacationed on a cruise

HOUSTON — A Texas mother was arrested after she allegedly abandoned her two young kids to go on a cruise — leaving the children home alone for nearly a week,…
Posted by John McCarthy April 16, 2024
Jamaican woman accused of throwing 5-month-old daughter from roof charged with murder
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Jamaican woman accused of throwing 5-month-old daughter from roof charged with murder

KINGSTON (AP) — A 27-year-old woman has been charged with murder for allegedly throwing her 5-month-old daughter from a roof late last year, Jamaican police said Sunday. Authorities said in…
Posted by John McCarthy April 16, 2024
European prejudice in interpreting Caribbean history: Opinion
Posted inBlack History News Breaking News Caribbean News

European prejudice in interpreting Caribbean history: Opinion

Europeans have always approached the study of the history of non-Europeans with a jaundiced eye.  Some European historians, when interpreting events in Caribbean history, always characterize the interaction between Africans…
Posted by John McCarthy April 16, 2024
A journalist. An army sergeant. An 80-year-old patient. Haitian human rights group details gang toll
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

A journalist. An army sergeant. An 80-year-old patient. Haitian human rights group details gang toll

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — A photographer slain in a drive-by shooting. An 80-year-old patient executed in a hospital surgery room. A couple decapitated as they closed their small store for the…
Posted by John McCarthy April 16, 2024

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