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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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 Soccer Team Keeps Hope Alive With Its Historic Debut at the Women’s World Cup
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Haiti’s Soccer Team Keeps Hope Alive With Its Historic Debut at the Women’s World Cup

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — They don’t have any sponsors, their training center closed because of gang violence and some of their biggest fans can’t afford a TV. Haiti’s soccer team earned…
Posted by John McCarthy June 29, 2023
Missing Diver Found Dead Underwater At Cane Bay
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Missing Diver Found Dead Underwater At Cane Bay

NORTH SHORE — A man died while scuba diving with his wife at Cane Bay in St. Croix on Sunday. Paul Evans, 64, of Florida, was positively identified as the…
Posted by John McCarthy June 28, 2023
Former Cape Air Employee Pleads Guilty To Trafficking Cocaine Through CEK Airport
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Former Cape Air Employee Pleads Guilty To Trafficking Cocaine Through CEK Airport

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A former airline employee admitted to drug trafficking charges in federal court in connection to attempting to transport cocaine through the St. Thomas airport. Shakari Francis, 27,…
Posted by John McCarthy June 28, 2023
BVI Boat Captain Who Raced Through USVI With Illegals On Board Gets 8 Months In Prison
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BVI Boat Captain Who Raced Through USVI With Illegals On Board Gets 8 Months In Prison

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A British Virgin Islands boat captain who failed to slow his vessel down in U.S. Virgin Islands territorial waters and then led federal agents on a high…
Posted by John McCarthy June 28, 2023
Woman Previously Charged With Check Forgery Accused of Credit Card Fraud
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Woman Previously Charged With Check Forgery Accused of Credit Card Fraud

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. John woman jailed twice on check forgery charges has been arrested after using a stolen wallet to lease a rental car with someone else's credit…
Posted by John McCarthy June 28, 2023
Tropical Wave and Trough To Bring ‘Excessive Rain Event’ To USVI, Puerto Rico
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Tropical Wave and Trough To Bring ‘Excessive Rain Event’ To USVI, Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN — The interaction between a vigorous tropical wave propagating westward across the eastern Caribbean region and a developing weak upper-level trough to the west of the local islands…
Posted by John McCarthy June 28, 2023
Liquor Giant Diageo Ends $1 Billion Partnership With Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs
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Liquor Giant Diageo Ends $1 Billion Partnership With Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs

NEW YORK — Beverage company Diageo has severed its relationship with rapper and music producer Sean "Diddy" Combs after he filed a lawsuit against the spirits maker alleging racist handling…
Posted by John McCarthy June 28, 2023
Tropical Wave Approaches Puerto Rico and Drought-Stricken U.S. Virgin Islands
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Tropical Wave Approaches Puerto Rico and Drought-Stricken U.S. Virgin Islands

SAN JUAN — A strong tropical wave is approaching our region, moving westward at 10 to 15 knots. Layered precipitable water imagery at the lower levels show dry air within…
Posted by John McCarthy June 28, 2023
Health Department Resumes Free Drive-Thru COVID Testing
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Health Department Resumes Free Drive-Thru COVID Testing

CHRISTIANSTED — The Virgin Islands Department of Health's (VIDOH) Epidemiology Division is resuming free COVID testing this week. The department recently completed steps to transition its CDC support staff from…
Posted by John McCarthy June 27, 2023
New Details Emerge In Jeffrey Epstein’s Suicide
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New Details Emerge In Jeffrey Epstein’s Suicide

NEW YORK — A new Justice Department Inspector General report details the failures that occurred beginning one month before Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide while in custody of the Bureau of Prisons.…
Posted by John McCarthy June 27, 2023

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