Skip to content
Virgin Islands Free Press Virgin Islands Free Press

Virgin Islands Free Press/Latest News and Updates

  • Home
  • #12664 (no title)
  • Blog
  • Cart
  • Checkout
  • My account
  • Refund and Returns Policy
  • Shop
  • V.I. FREE PRESS SUPPORT
  • About Us
  • Location
  • Contact Us
  • facebook.com
  • twitter.com
  • t.me
  • instagram.com
  • youtube.com
Subscribe

Posts by John McCarthy

  • Home
  • John McCarthy
  • Page 503
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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Social Security Announces 3.2 Percent Benefit Increase for 2024
Posted inAt VIFreep Breaking News Business News

Social Security Announces 3.2 Percent Benefit Increase for 2024

Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for more than 71 million Americans will increase 3.2 percent in 2024, the Social Security Administration announced today. On average, Social Security…
Posted by John McCarthy October 14, 2023
Raoul Peck’s ‘Silver Dollar Road’ chronicles a Black family’s battle to hold onto their land
Posted inArt News At VIFreep Breaking News

Raoul Peck’s ‘Silver Dollar Road’ chronicles a Black family’s battle to hold onto their land

TORONTO (AP) — The filmmaker Raoul Peck was sitting in a Toronto hotel lobby talking to a reporter when Barry Jenkins beelined over to embrace him. The two know each…
Posted by John McCarthy October 13, 2023
NHC Watching Wave With ‘Legs’ To Reach The Caribbean
Posted inAt VIFreep Breaking News Caribbean News

NHC Watching Wave With ‘Legs’ To Reach The Caribbean

SAN JUAN — The National Hurricane Center continues to issue advisories on Tropical Storm Sean. The NHC is also monitoring a tropical wave south of the Cabo Verde Islands with…
Posted by John McCarthy October 13, 2023
Why Every Investor Should Consider Adding Option Selling to Their Toolbox
Posted inAt VIFreep Business News

Why Every Investor Should Consider Adding Option Selling to Their Toolbox

Investing is a vast universe of strategies and techniques, each tailored to meet different goals and risk profiles. One technique, often overshadowed by others, is option selling. As a path…
Posted by John McCarthy October 13, 2023
USVI Gets $700K From The EPA To Help Reduce Food Service Industry Waste
Posted inAt VIFreep Breaking News Environmental News

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
Posted inAt VIFreep Breaking News Caribbean News

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
Posted inAt VIFreep

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
Posted inAt VIFreep Breaking News Caribbean News

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
Posted inAt VIFreep Breaking News Caribbean News

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
Posted inAt VIFreep Breaking News Caribbean News

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

Posts pagination

Previous page 1 … 501 502 503 504 505 … 923 Next page
Copyright 2025 — Virgin Islands Free Press. All rights reserved. Bloghash WordPress Theme
Scroll to Top