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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
A plan to find new leadership for Haiti is moving forward, Caribbean officials say
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A plan to find new leadership for Haiti is moving forward, Caribbean officials say

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — A plan to create a transitional presidential council is moving forward after a majority of Haitian parties and coalitions submitted the names of those charged with finding new leaders…
Posted by John McCarthy March 15, 2024
Indiana mom who died on plane coming home from Dominican Republic died of natural causes
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Health News

Indiana mom who died on plane coming home from Dominican Republic died of natural causes

COCKBURN TOWN — The Indiana mom who perished last month while flying home from vacation in the Dominican Republic died from a tear to one of her neck arteries, her…
Posted by John McCarthy March 14, 2024
How ancient cave art is rewriting Puerto Rican history
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How ancient cave art is rewriting Puerto Rican history

SAN JUAN — A groundbreaking study of ancient cave paintings in Puerto Rico has pushed back the record of precolonial cultures on the archipelago. Some of the oldest pictographs sampled date…
Posted by John McCarthy March 14, 2024
Dog deaths revive calls for end to Iditarod, the endurance race with deep roots in Alaska tradition
Posted inBreaking News National News Sports News

Dog deaths revive calls for end to Iditarod, the endurance race with deep roots in Alaska tradition

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — For the past five years, Alaska’s annual Iditarod sled dog race has gone off mostly free of controversy, as teams of dogs and their mushers braved…
Posted by John McCarthy March 14, 2024
Plan to install new leaders in Haiti appears to crumble after political parties reject it
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Plan to install new leaders in Haiti appears to crumble after political parties reject it

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — A proposal to install new leadership in Haiti appeared to be crumbling Wednesday as some political parties rejected the plan to create a presidential council that would manage the…
Posted by John McCarthy March 14, 2024
General Hospital TV star found dead in open field
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General Hospital TV star found dead in open field

LOS ANGELES — Robyn Bernard -- famous for her work on "General Hospital" -- is dead ... the Virgin Islands Free Press has learned. Riverside County Coroner tells TMZ they identified…
Posted by John McCarthy March 13, 2024
Haiti is preparing itself for new leadership. Gangs want a seat at the table
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Haiti is preparing itself for new leadership. Gangs want a seat at the table

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Politicians across Haiti are scrambling for power after Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced Tuesday that he would resign once a transitional presidential council is created. But elbowing their way…
Posted by John McCarthy March 13, 2024
Author Mitch Albom evacuated from Haiti amid gang violence and unrest
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Author Mitch Albom evacuated from Haiti amid gang violence and unrest

PORT-AU-PRINCE — American author Mitch Albom was evacuated from Haiti amid ongoing gang violence and unrest. Albom, 65, was visiting his orphanage Have Faith Haiti when he found himself stranded. "The…
Posted by John McCarthy March 13, 2024
Cornell University to help bring clean drinking water to rural Puerto Rico
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Education News

Cornell University to help bring clean drinking water to rural Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN — Cornell University Engineering is leading an initiative to help small communities in Puerto Rico finance, build and operate clean drinking water systems, with the goal of expanding…
Posted by John McCarthy March 13, 2024
House is likely to pass a bill that could ban TikTok, but it faces an uncertain path in the Senate
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House is likely to pass a bill that could ban TikTok, but it faces an uncertain path in the Senate

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill that could lead to a ban of the popular video app TikTok in the United States is expected to pass the House on Wednesday as lawmakers act…
Posted by John McCarthy March 13, 2024

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