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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Coast Guard Searching For 2 Scuba Divers Who Went Missing Off Coffin Island Today
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Coast Guard Searching For 2 Scuba Divers Who Went Missing Off Coffin Island Today

SAN JUAN — U.S. Coast Guard air and surface units are searching alongside Puerto Rico Joint Forces of Rapid Action and Ponce Municipal Police for two scuba divers who went…
Posted by John McCarthy August 23, 2023
Afternoon Convection Expected To Bring ‘Hot and Warm’ Conditions
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Afternoon Convection Expected To Bring ‘Hot and Warm’ Conditions

SAN JUAN — Tropical Storm Franklin is made landfall along the southern coast of the DominicanRepublic this morning. The external bands from Franklin will move from the Mona Passage into…
Posted by John McCarthy August 23, 2023
Tropical Storm Franklin Makes Landfall and Dumps Heavy Rain on Hispaniola
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Tropical Storm Franklin Makes Landfall and Dumps Heavy Rain on Hispaniola

SANTO DOMINGO (AP) — Tropical Storm Franklin made landfall today on the island of Hispaniola amid warnings of landslides and heavy flooding in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Franklin was…
Posted by John McCarthy August 23, 2023
Virgin Islands SBDC Welcomes New State Director John Morosco 
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Virgin Islands SBDC Welcomes New State Director John Morosco 

CHRISTIANSTED — The Virgin Islands Small Business Development Center (SBDC) on-boarded its new leadership on this month with a familiar face of the territory, John M. Morosco.  Morosco exemplifies a business…
Posted by John McCarthy August 22, 2023
Slow Moving Tropical Storm Franklin Carrying Water With It, About To Drop It On PR & DR
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Slow Moving Tropical Storm Franklin Carrying Water With It, About To Drop It On PR & DR

SAN JUAN — Tropical Storm Franklin, is currently located about 350 miles southwest of Puerto Rico. Despite its distance from the local islands, unsettled weather conditions are expected throughtomorrow. The…
Posted by John McCarthy August 22, 2023
Atlantic Hurricane Activity Picks Up With Five Systems To Watch
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Atlantic Hurricane Activity Picks Up With Five Systems To Watch

MIAMI (Reuters)  — Tropical Storm Franklin over the eastern Caribbean and a disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico are expected to strengthen over the next two days as U.S. forecasters monitor…
Posted by John McCarthy August 22, 2023
Franklin Could Spin Up Into A Storm That Soaks Hispaniola
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Franklin Could Spin Up Into A Storm That Soaks Hispaniola

MIAMI (Reuters) — Tropical Storm Frankilin in the eastern Caribbean Sea has a 90 percent chance of becoming a cyclone in the next two days, the U.S. National Hurricane Center…
Posted by John McCarthy August 22, 2023
Rain Bands From Tropical Storm Franklin Will Affect South Coastal Towns Today
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Rain Bands From Tropical Storm Franklin Will Affect South Coastal Towns Today

SAN JUAN — Rain bands associated with Tropical Storm Franklin will continue to impact the area today, particularly in the south and southeast coastal towns. The rains will NOT be…
Posted by John McCarthy August 22, 2023
Man With 29 Pounds of Marijuana In His Checked Suitcase Arrested At STT Airport
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Man With 29 Pounds of Marijuana In His Checked Suitcase Arrested At STT Airport

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A man caught with 29 pounds of marijuana in his checked suitcase was arrested on drug trafficking charges this weekend, authorities said. D'Jon Bilal Heyliger, 30, was…
Posted by John McCarthy August 21, 2023
VIWMA Closes Bolongo Garbage Bin Site ‘Permanently’ After Employee Death
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VIWMA Closes Bolongo Garbage Bin Site ‘Permanently’ After Employee Death

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority announced the Bolongo dump site is closed after the fatal shooting of one of its employees earlier this month. Daryn R.…
Posted by John McCarthy August 21, 2023

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