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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
USVI Gets $700K From The EPA To Help Reduce Food Service Industry Waste
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USVI Gets $700K From The EPA To Help Reduce Food Service Industry Waste

NEW YORK — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has chosen the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources (VIDPNR) to receive nearly $700,000 in funding under EPA’s Environmental…
Posted by John McCarthy October 12, 2023
Haiti refuses to open key border crossing with Dominican Republic in spat over canal
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Haiti refuses to open key border crossing with Dominican Republic in spat over canal

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Haiti declined today to join neighboring Dominican Republic in reopening a key commercial border crossing, leaving some trade at a standstill and prolonging a diplomatic crisis over…
Posted by John McCarthy October 12, 2023
Powerball jackpot up to $1.73 billion as lottery losing streak continues
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Powerball jackpot up to $1.73 billion as lottery losing streak continues

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.73 billion after no one matched the game’s six numbers Monday and won the giant prize. The winning…
Posted by John McCarthy October 11, 2023
Secretary of State Blinken Congratulates Curaçao On Its National Day
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Secretary of State Blinken Congratulates Curaçao On Its National Day

On behalf of the people of the United States of America, I congratulate the people of Curaçao as you celebrate Curaçao Day. Our longstanding friendship is a testament to the…
Posted by John McCarthy October 11, 2023
Dominican Republic intensifies Haiti border shutdown over canal row
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Dominican Republic intensifies Haiti border shutdown over canal row

SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) The Dominican Republic announced new measures to strengthen control at its border with Haiti, including an indefinite extension of the border shutdown it enacted last month plus…
Posted by John McCarthy October 11, 2023
Haiti ex-senator pleads guilty for role in president’s 2021 assassination
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Haiti ex-senator pleads guilty for role in president’s 2021 assassination

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) — Former Haitian Senator Joseph Joel John pleaded guilty on Tuesday to criminal charges in a U.S. court for his role in the 2021 assassination of the Caribbean…
Posted by John McCarthy October 11, 2023
USVI Goes 0-4 in Caribbean Baseball Cup
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USVI Goes 0-4 in Caribbean Baseball Cup

SAN JUAN — The U.S. Virgin Islands’ national baseball team wrapped up play this weekend in the fifth Caribbean Baseball Cup tournament, held in Carolina, Puerto Rico. The USVI finished…
Posted by John McCarthy October 11, 2023
USVI caucuses will be 3rd GOP primary contest, along with Nevada
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USVI caucuses will be 3rd GOP primary contest, along with Nevada

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The U.S. Virgin Islands USVI will be the third state or territory to hold its Republican caucuses, along with Nevada, on February 8. But because St. Croix,…
Posted by John McCarthy October 11, 2023
Man Who Robbed Kmart With A Pellet Gun Found Hiding In Champs
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Man Who Robbed Kmart With A Pellet Gun Found Hiding In Champs

CHRISTIANSTED — Police are investigating after a man held up Kmart with a pellet gun and then tried to blend in with customers at an athletics retail store at the…
Posted by John McCarthy October 10, 2023
Man Charged With Strangling Woman On St. Croix
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Man Charged With Strangling Woman On St. Croix

FREDERIKSTED — A St. Croix man was arrested over the weekend after a woman came forward to report that he strangled her to the point of being unable to breathe…
Posted by John McCarthy October 10, 2023

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