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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
St. Croix: Partly sunny, breezy, showers, high 91
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Puerto Rico News

St. Croix: Partly sunny, breezy, showers, high 91

CHRISTIANSTED — Today St. Croix will be partly sunny and breezy with a brief shower or two and a high of 91, AccuWeather said. Tonight St. Croix will be clear…
Posted by John McCarthy July 26, 2025
Florida man arrested for DUI on lawn mower along toll road
Posted inBreaking News Crime News National News

Florida man arrested for DUI on lawn mower along toll road

BROOKSVILLE, Florida—  A man faces charges after troopers say he took his riding mower onto a busy toll road while impaired. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, dispatchers received calls from multiple…
Posted by John McCarthy July 25, 2025
US immigration agents arrest former Haitian presidential hopeful over alleged gang ties
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

US immigration agents arrest former Haitian presidential hopeful over alleged gang ties

MIAMI (AP) — U.S. immigration agents in Florida have arrested businessman, doctor and former Haitian presidential hopeful Pierre Réginald Boulos over his alleged support of violent gangs in Haiti that…
Posted by John McCarthy July 25, 2025
Former DSPR commissioner, cohort convicted of bribery after jury trial
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Government House News

Former DSPR commissioner, cohort convicted of bribery after jury trial

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Following a four-day trial, former Commissioner of Virgin Islands Department of Sports, Parks, and Recreation Calvert White, 49, of St. Thomas, and Benjamin Hendricks, 62, also of…
Posted by John McCarthy July 25, 2025
Coast Guard rescues French national from ‘distressed’ trimaran off San Juan
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News International News

Coast Guard rescues French national from ‘distressed’ trimaran off San Juan

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — This week Sector San Juan watchstanders worked with the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centers (MRCC) Griz Nez and Fort de France to arrange and deliver rescue…
Posted by John McCarthy July 25, 2025
US diplomats asked if non-whites qualify for Trump refugee program for South Africans
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US diplomats asked if non-whites qualify for Trump refugee program for South Africans

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In early July, the top official at the U.S. embassy in South Africa reached out to Washington asking for clarification on a contentious U.S. policy: could non-whites…
Posted by John McCarthy July 25, 2025
Teacher slapped with rape charges after having sex with teen while using other students as ‘lookouts,’ boy’s dad busted  for allowing relationship
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Education News

Teacher slapped with rape charges after having sex with teen while using other students as ‘lookouts,’ boy’s dad busted  for allowing relationship

ST. LOUIS — A Missouri teacher has been charged with statutory rape for allegedly having sex with a 16-year-old student while other students served as “lookouts” — with the boy’s…
Posted by John McCarthy July 25, 2025
SOB officers seize firearm, ammunition during traffic stop, VIPD says
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

SOB officers seize firearm, ammunition during traffic stop, VIPD says

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Virgin Islands police announced today that Special Operations Bureau officers seized a firearm and ammunition during a routine traffic stop on St. Thomas. Cai Jonte Andrew, 19.…
Posted by John McCarthy July 25, 2025
City commissioner in Florida asked 12-year-old Illinois girl for nudes
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City commissioner in Florida asked 12-year-old Illinois girl for nudes

FORT PIERCE, Florida — An elected official in Florida is facing two dozen felony charges after a mom in Illinois reported he had been sexting her 12-year-old daughter over Snapchat,…
Posted by John McCarthy July 25, 2025
Haiti sends 150 soldiers to Mexico for training as gang violence surges
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News International News

Haiti sends 150 soldiers to Mexico for training as gang violence surges

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s government announced Friday that it has sent 150 soldiers to Mexico for training in the latest effort to fight back gangs that have gained almost entire…
Posted by John McCarthy July 25, 2025

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