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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Haiti’s top gang leader threatens politicians as fires break out in capital
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Haiti’s top gang leader threatens politicians as fires break out in capital

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) — A powerful gang leader in Haiti has issued a threatening message aimed at political leaders who would participate in a planned transition council, as fires broke out…
Posted by John McCarthy March 18, 2024
New Fortress Energy Announces ‘Transformative Transactions’ in Puerto Rico
Posted inBreaking News Business News Caribbean News

New Fortress Energy Announces ‘Transformative Transactions’ in Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN — New Fortress Energy Inc. said two transactions were completed that "further solidify our commitment to providing affordable and sustainable energy solutions in Puerto Rico." The Company sold the emergency…
Posted by John McCarthy March 18, 2024
First charter flight with US citizens fleeing Haiti lands in Miami
Posted inAt VIFreep

First charter flight with US citizens fleeing Haiti lands in Miami

MIAMI (AP) — A charter flight carrying dozens of U.S. citizens fleeing spiraling gang violence in Haiti landed Sunday in Miami, U.S. State Department officials said. More than 30 U.S. citizens were…
Posted by John McCarthy March 18, 2024
State Medicaid offices target dead people’s homes to recoup their health care costs
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State Medicaid offices target dead people’s homes to recoup their health care costs

WASHINGTON (AP) — As Salvatore LoGrande fought cancer and all the pain that came with it, his daughters promised to keep him in the white, pitched roof house he worked…
Posted by John McCarthy March 17, 2024
Woman terrorized by man with a knife in St. Thomas
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

Woman terrorized by man with a knife in St. Thomas

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A man is facing domestic violence charges after a woman was attacked with a knife in St. Thomas. Junior Jones, 41, of Hospital Ground, was arrested at…
Posted by John McCarthy March 17, 2024
VIPD says drowning death of 9-year-old girl looks ‘suspicious’
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VIPD says drowning death of 9-year-old girl looks ‘suspicious’

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Members of the Virgin Islands Police Department are interviewing the mentally ill parent of an 9-year-old girl who died early Saturday morning in St. Thomas.  The case…
Posted by John McCarthy March 17, 2024
Guatemala says offices of its honorary consul in Haiti have been ransacked
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Guatemala says offices of its honorary consul in Haiti have been ransacked

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The government of Guatemala said Saturday that the offices of its honorary consul in Haiti was ransacked, the latest in the Caribbean nation’s recent wave of…
Posted by John McCarthy March 17, 2024
Interior Department highlights climate resilience in visit to Cabo Rojo in Puerto Rico
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Interior Department highlights climate resilience in visit to Cabo Rojo in Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN — Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Shannon Estenoz visited Puerto Rico this week to highlight how the Department of the Interior is supporting locally led,…
Posted by John McCarthy March 16, 2024
The billion dollar war behind United States rum
Posted inBreaking News Business News Caribbean News

The billion dollar war behind United States rum

FREDERIKSTED — When you buy a bottle of rum in the United States, by law nearly all the federal taxes on that rum must be sent to Puerto Rico and…
Posted by John McCarthy March 16, 2024
A Danish hippie oasis has fought drug sales for years. Now, locals want to tear up the whole street
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A Danish hippie oasis has fought drug sales for years. Now, locals want to tear up the whole street

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The inhabitants of Copenhagen’s freewheeling Christiania neighborhood plan to dig up the aptly named Pusher Street, in their latest attempt to stop illegal hashish sales which…
Posted by John McCarthy March 16, 2024

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