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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
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
Weekend weather forecast: Hazardous marine conditions still in play, NWS says
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Puerto Rico News

Weekend weather forecast: Hazardous marine conditions still in play, NWS says

SAN JUAN — A long-dominant period northwesterly to northerly swell spreading across the regional waters and increasing trade winds, generated by a strong surface high pressure system across the western-central…
Posted by John McCarthy December 10, 2023
Thousands of tons of dead sardines wash ashore in northern Japan
Posted inBreaking News Environmental News International News

Thousands of tons of dead sardines wash ashore in northern Japan

TOKYO (AP) — Thousands of tons of dead sardines have washed up on a beach in northern Japan for unknown reasons, officials said Friday. The sardines and some mackerel washed…
Posted by John McCarthy December 10, 2023
Philippines says Chinese coast guard used water cannons against its vessels for a second day
Posted inBreaking News International News Military News

Philippines says Chinese coast guard used water cannons against its vessels for a second day

MANILA (AP) — The Chinese coast guard targeted Philippine vessels with water cannon blasts Sunday and rammed one of them, causing damage and endangering Filipino crew members off a disputed…
Posted by John McCarthy December 10, 2023
With the best WNBA Draft Lottery odds at another No. 1 pick, the Fever’s rebuild is coming together around Aliyah Boston
Posted inBreaking News National News Sports News

With the best WNBA Draft Lottery odds at another No. 1 pick, the Fever’s rebuild is coming together around Aliyah Boston

INDIANAPOLIS — The night the Indiana Fever introduced Christie Sides as their next head coach, 14 lottery balls bounced in the franchise’s favor for the first time in history. The No. 1…
Posted by John McCarthy December 9, 2023
British Virgin Islands: Magnitude-5.2 offshore earthquake strikes north of Anegada today
Posted inBreaking News British Virgin Islands News Caribbean News

British Virgin Islands: Magnitude-5.2 offshore earthquake strikes north of Anegada today

ROAD TOWN, Tortola — A magnitude-5.2 offshore earthquake occurred in the Atlantic Ocean near the British Virgin Islands at 10:27 a.m. today. The epicenter was about 5 miles (9 km)…
Posted by John McCarthy December 9, 2023

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