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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Tropical Storm Bret Running Out Of Gas … Will Pass Well South of USVI and Puerto Rico
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Tropical Storm Bret Running Out Of Gas … Will Pass Well South of USVI and Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN — Tropical Storm Bret is slowing down as it maintains 60-mph winds, according to the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center. Bret is continuing to move west, but has…
Posted by John McCarthy June 21, 2023
St. Croix Man Pleads Guilty To Illegal Gun Possession
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St. Croix Man Pleads Guilty To Illegal Gun Possession

CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix admitted in federal court that he illegally possessed a gun. Roniel Allembert, 22, of St. Croix, pleaded guilty before U. S. Magistrate Judge Emile A,…
Posted by John McCarthy June 21, 2023
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

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