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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
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
Man Sought On Cyber-Stalking Charges Turns Himself In To Cops On Sunday Night
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Man Sought On Cyber-Stalking Charges Turns Himself In To Cops On Sunday Night

FREDERIKSTED — A man wanted on cyber-stalking charges in St. Croix voluntarily surrendered himself to police without incident on Sunday night, authorities said. Raheem Wyre, 30, was arrested at 9:29 p.m. and charged with…
Posted by John McCarthy June 26, 2023
Trinidad’s Dennis Francis Elected Next Leader of the UN General Assembly
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Trinidad’s Dennis Francis Elected Next Leader of the UN General Assembly

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Trinidad and Tobago’s Ambassador Dennis Francis was elected as the next president of the U.N. General Assembly, the 193-member world body that has been at the…
Posted by John McCarthy June 26, 2023
UN agencies decry humanitarian crisis in Haiti and seek help for hungry families fleeing violence
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UN agencies decry humanitarian crisis in Haiti and seek help for hungry families fleeing violence

JEREMIE, Haiti (AP) — The executive directors of two U.N. agencies warned Tuesday that Haiti’s humanitarian crisis has reached unprecedented levels amid reports of widespread hunger and gang violence. Per…
Posted by John McCarthy June 26, 2023
Cuba Ends Russia Trip With Agreements on Oil, Wheat and Renewed Tourism
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Cuba Ends Russia Trip With Agreements on Oil, Wheat and Renewed Tourism

HAVANA (AP) — Cuba said it is reaffirming its alliance with Russia through a series of agreements considered key for the island nation, including on the supply of oil, the…
Posted by John McCarthy June 26, 2023

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