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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
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
Exclusive: Venezuela prods BP, Chevron to revive gas project near Trinidad, Guyana
Posted inBreaking News Business News Caribbean News

Exclusive: Venezuela prods BP, Chevron to revive gas project near Trinidad, Guyana

CARACAS (Reuters) — Venezuela has begun contacting energy firms involved in an long-idled offshore gas project to push them to begin new exploration and operations near its maritime border with…
Posted by John McCarthy December 9, 2023
Armed robbery at St. Louis Cardinals complex in Dominican Republic leaves players, staff ‘shaken’
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News

Armed robbery at St. Louis Cardinals complex in Dominican Republic leaves players, staff ‘shaken’

SANTO DOMINGO (AP) — Authorities are seeking at least five people in an armed robbery of the St. Louis Cardinals complex in the Dominican Republic on Friday. Dominican Republic police…
Posted by John McCarthy December 9, 2023
Social Security Talks: Will Social Security Be There When I Retire?
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Social Security Talks: Will Social Security Be There When I Retire?

A new podcast examines many of the questions future recipients of Social Security have. Such as: "Will Social Security be there when I retire?" That’s the question SSA is answering…
Posted by John McCarthy December 9, 2023
Home repair scammer extradited from Texas to face charges in the USVI
Posted inBreaking News Crime News National News

Home repair scammer extradited from Texas to face charges in the USVI

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Texas man who took money from a number of St. Thomas victims for hurricane-related home repairs — but never did the work — will face charges.…
Posted by John McCarthy December 8, 2023

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