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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
SAN JUAN — Happy Tuesday! Another hot day is expected across the local islands. Heat Advisories and Excessive Heat Warnings are in effect for the urban and coastal areas from…
CRUZ BAY — Police are investigating after a man was beaten so badly in St. John authorities thought he'd been run over by a car. The case began at 1:02…
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Kelsey Mitchell scored 30 points, hitting seven 3-pointers, NaLyssa Smith added a career-high 30 points and the Indiana Fever beat Dallas 97-84 in overtime on Sunday,…
INDIANAPOLIS — The Chicago Sky (15-21) travel to Gainbridge Fieldhouse tomorrow where they'll take on the Indiana Fever (11-24). A pair of the league's top scorers — Kelsey Mitchell (ninth,…
SAN JUAN — The National Hurricane Center is monitoring a fairly defined low pressure area with a high probability for tropical depression formation within the next two to seven days.…
SAN JUAN (AP) — A new plan for restructuring $10 billion in debt owed by Puerto Rico’s power company was filed late Friday in the latest attempt to end a…
FREDERIKSTED — Police are searching for a St. Croix man wanted on domestic violence related charges. Brandon Teliam, 28, is wanted for simple assault & battery and destruction of property-domestic…
SAN JUAN — A tropical depression or storm is likely to form in the next few days between Africa and the Caribbean Islands as we near the peak of the 2023…
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) — The U.S. Embassy in Haiti on Wednesday urged citizens in the Caribbean country to leave "as soon as possible" citing security and infrastructure challenges, as escalating violence…
CRUZ BAY — Firefighters battled a two-alarm fire at a St. John house late this morning. The Zulu company of the Virgin Islands Fire and Emergency Medical Services (VIFEMS) responded…