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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
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
USVI Gets $27 Million From Feds For Free High Speed Internet Here
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USVI Gets $27 Million From Feds For Free High Speed Internet Here

WASHINGTON – The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) said that U.S. Virgin Islands will receive $27,103,240.86 to deploy affordable, reliable high-speed Internet service. Right now, 577…
Posted by John McCarthy June 27, 2023
Dolphin Moms Use Baby Talk To Call To Their Young, Recordings Show
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Dolphin Moms Use Baby Talk To Call To Their Young, Recordings Show

MIAMI (AP) — You know instantly when someone is speaking to an infant or small child. It turns out that dolphin mothers also use a kind of high-pitched baby talk.…
Posted by John McCarthy June 27, 2023
First U.S. Malaria Cases Diagnosed In Decades In Florida and Texas
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First U.S. Malaria Cases Diagnosed In Decades In Florida and Texas

MIAMI — Five cases of malaria have been confirmed in Florida and Texas, the first time the potentially fatal mosquito-borne disease has been locally acquired in the United States in…
Posted by John McCarthy June 27, 2023
Why A Lack Of Road Safety Awareness Is A Key Factor In Accidents And Crashes
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Why A Lack Of Road Safety Awareness Is A Key Factor In Accidents And Crashes

Car accidents and crashes are not always fatal, but that doesn’t mean that those involved get to immediately walk away. Getting injured in an accident can lead to weeks, months,…
Posted by John McCarthy June 26, 2023

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