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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
People Warned Not To Travel To Haiti After American Mother and Daughter Kidnapped
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

People Warned Not To Travel To Haiti After American Mother and Daughter Kidnapped

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — A woman from New Hampshire who works for a nonprofit organization in Haiti and her young daughter have been reported as kidnapped as the U.S. State Department…
Posted by John McCarthy July 31, 2023
NWS Forecasts Afternoon Showers For Today
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

NWS Forecasts Afternoon Showers For Today

MIAMI — The National Hurricane Center is still watching a disturbance in the central tropical Atlantic with a high formation chance in the next seven days and 48 hrs. Shower…
Posted by John McCarthy July 31, 2023
Jewell Loyd scores 26, Seattle Storm beat Indiana Fever 85-62
Posted inBreaking News Entertainment News National News

Jewell Loyd scores 26, Seattle Storm beat Indiana Fever 85-62

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Jewell Loyd scored 26 points with eight assists, Jordan Horston made 7 of 11 from the field and finished with 15 points to help the Seattle Storm…
Posted by John McCarthy July 31, 2023
Four Good Samaritans Work To Free Elderly Woman Trapped In Overturned SUV
Posted inAt VIFreep Breaking News Community Affairs

Four Good Samaritans Work To Free Elderly Woman Trapped In Overturned SUV

CHRISTIANSTED — Three Good Samaritans and a former police officer worked to free an elderly woman trapped in an overturned SUV near Bassin Triangle on St. Croix this afternoon. Ronald…
Posted by John McCarthy July 30, 2023
One Person Dead In Little Princess Fire: VIFEMS
Posted inAt VIFreep Breaking News Police News

One Person Dead In Little Princess Fire: VIFEMS

CHRISTIANSTED — One person is confirmed dead after a fire tore through a house near Five Corners in St. Croix early today, authorities said. Emergency 911 dispatchers sent firefighters to…
Posted by John McCarthy July 30, 2023
American nurse and child kidnapped in Haiti
Posted inAt VIFreep Breaking News Caribbean News

American nurse and child kidnapped in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE (CNN) —  An American nurse and her child have been kidnapped in Haiti, according to El Roi Haiti, the Christian humanitarian aid organization she works for. Alix Dorsainvil, wife…
Posted by John McCarthy July 30, 2023
Good Chance of Scattered Showers Tomorrow For USVI and Puerto Rico, NWS Says
Posted inAt VIFreep Breaking News Caribbean News

Good Chance of Scattered Showers Tomorrow For USVI and Puerto Rico, NWS Says

MIAMI — The National Hurricane Center continues to monitor a disturbance in the central tropical Atlantic with a high chance of storm formation in the next seven days. Disorganized showers…
Posted by John McCarthy July 30, 2023
Venezuelan women increasingly taking up gruelling work of fishing in the Caribbean
Posted inBreaking News Business News Caribbean News

Venezuelan women increasingly taking up gruelling work of fishing in the Caribbean

CARACAS — Long before sunrise, dozens of people gather around more than 50 boats along this portion of Venezuela's vast Caribbean coast, their tanned bodies showing scars and maimed hands…
Posted by John McCarthy July 30, 2023
Royal Caribbean cruises to three-year high on record revenue, strong outlook
Posted inBreaking News Business News Caribbean News

Royal Caribbean cruises to three-year high on record revenue, strong outlook

MIAMI (Reuters) —  Cruise giant Royal Caribbean raised its full-year profit forecast this week after posting a record for quarterly revenue, sending its shares to a three-year high on Thursday. Royal…
Posted by John McCarthy July 29, 2023
FEMA funds first-of-its-kind effort to rebuild Puerto Rican coral reefs
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

FEMA funds first-of-its-kind effort to rebuild Puerto Rican coral reefs

SAN JUAN (WaPo) — Hurricanes, earthquakes and an outbreak of a fast-spreading coral disease have wreaked havoc on the coral reefs that protect Puerto Rico’s shores in recent years. Now,…
Posted by John McCarthy July 29, 2023

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