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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Man With 17 Pounds of Marijuana In His Luggage Detained By Feds At Airport
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Man With 17 Pounds of Marijuana In His Luggage Detained By Feds At Airport

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas man moving through the St. Thomas airport with 17 pounds of marijuana in his packed luggage was detained by federal agents on Monday afternoon.…
Posted by John McCarthy June 20, 2023
Bret’s Closest Approach To USVI Will Be South of St. Croix on Friday
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Bret’s Closest Approach To USVI Will Be South of St. Croix on Friday

SAN JUAN — Tropical Storm Bret is projected to be a hurricane when it approaches the U.S. Virgin Islands in the next few days, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.…
Posted by John McCarthy June 20, 2023
Tropical Storm Bret Forms, Could Pass Near USVI, Puerto Rico As Hurricane This Week
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Tropical Storm Bret Forms, Could Pass Near USVI, Puerto Rico As Hurricane This Week

SAN JUAN — Tropical Storm Bret has formed over the central Atlantic, and could strengthen to a hurricane by the end of the week when it passes the Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico…
Posted by John McCarthy June 19, 2023
Police Investigating Armed Robbery In St. Thomas
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Police Investigating Armed Robbery In St. Thomas

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred in the downtown area of St. Thomas on Saturday afternoon. The 911 Central Dispatch received a call at 2:45…
Posted by John McCarthy June 19, 2023
Rainmaker Conditions Expected For USVI and Puerto Rico Starting Thursday
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Rainmaker Conditions Expected For USVI and Puerto Rico Starting Thursday

SAN JUAN — Satellite images indicate that the area of low pressure located roughly midway between Africa and the Lesser Antilles has become better organized overnight and is close to…
Posted by John McCarthy June 19, 2023
Tropical System Invest 92L Has 90 Percent Chance of Formation
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Tropical System Invest 92L Has 90 Percent Chance of Formation

MIAMI — Showers and thunderstorms are gradually becoming better organized in association with a tropical wave located several hundred miles southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands according to the National Hurricane…
Posted by John McCarthy June 18, 2023
Haiti Humanitarian Aid Needs To Come To Terms With Gangs, Says Caribbean Leader
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Haiti Humanitarian Aid Needs To Come To Terms With Gangs, Says Caribbean Leader

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) — Humanitarian aid to Haiti will need to take into account the influence of heavily armed gangs who control large parts of the country, the president of a…
Posted by John McCarthy June 18, 2023
Jamaican Finance Minister Sees Interest In Regional Caribbean Catastrophe Bond
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Jamaican Finance Minister Sees Interest In Regional Caribbean Catastrophe Bond

KINGSTON (Reuters) — Jamaican Finance Minister Nigel Clarke said he is seeing "definite interest" from other Caribbean countries to join in issuing a regional catastrophe bond that would protect their…
Posted by John McCarthy June 18, 2023
NHC Monitors Invest 92L
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NHC Monitors Invest 92L

MIAMI — The National Hurricane Center continues to monitor Invest 92L, which could eventually become the second named system of the Atlantic hurricane season. Forecasters have been watching a disturbance,…
Posted by John McCarthy June 17, 2023
Texas Fugitive From Justice Nabbed By VIPD At St. Thomas Airport
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Texas Fugitive From Justice Nabbed By VIPD At St. Thomas Airport

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Texas man was arrested on St. Thomas and charged with being a fugitive from justice. Henry Thomas Houston, 57, was detained by federal agents with U.S.…
Posted by John McCarthy June 16, 2023

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