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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Journalist Deaths Jumped 50% in 2022, Led By Ukraine, Mexico, Haiti, Philippines
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Journalist Deaths Jumped 50% in 2022, Led By Ukraine, Mexico, Haiti, Philippines

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Killings of journalists around the world jumped by 50 percent in 2022 compared to the previous year, driven largely by attacks in Ukraine, Mexico and Haiti.…
Posted by John McCarthy January 25, 2023
Dominican Republic Sex Madam Gets 7 Years For Holding Women Prisoner In St. Thomas
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Dominican Republic Sex Madam Gets 7 Years For Holding Women Prisoner In St. Thomas

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Dominican sex madam who duped gullible women into believing they would be serving men's food needs by illegally migrating to St. Thomas — but instead ended…
Posted by John McCarthy January 24, 2023
Dominican Republic Rat Who Queered Drug Bust Against Feds Gets 30 Years In Prison
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Dominican Republic Rat Who Queered Drug Bust Against Feds Gets 30 Years In Prison

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A former informant for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration got three decades in prison for turning on his federal comrades and allowing his partners in crime to…
Posted by John McCarthy January 24, 2023
Is Technology The Key To Medical Resiliency In The U.S. Virgin Islands?
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Is Technology The Key To Medical Resiliency In The U.S. Virgin Islands?

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Department of Human Services (DHS) today announced that the first ever Digital Security Health Information Exchange Environmental Scan (USVI eScan 2023) has been completed and is…
Posted by John McCarthy January 24, 2023
Man Who Punched, Kicked, Strangled and Body Slammed Fiancé At Hotel Arrested For Assault
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Man Who Punched, Kicked, Strangled and Body Slammed Fiancé At Hotel Arrested For Assault

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A 34-year-old man who allegedly punched, kicked, strangled and body slammed his his fiancé at a St. Thomas hotel was arrested on a assault charge, authorities said.…
Posted by John McCarthy January 23, 2023
As Haitian Gangs Expand Control, Cop’s Family Is Left Shaken
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As Haitian Gangs Expand Control, Cop’s Family Is Left Shaken

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Every day when Marie Carmel Daniel's husband put on his flak vest and walked out the door for another day of fighting Haiti's gangs, she wondered if…
Posted by John McCarthy January 23, 2023
Mental Patient Shot Dead In Parking Lot of Sunny Isle Shopping Center On Saturday
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Mental Patient Shot Dead In Parking Lot of Sunny Isle Shopping Center On Saturday

SUNNY ISLE — Authorities are searching for the gunman or gunmen who shot a 20-year-old St. Croix man dead in the parking lot at Sunny Isle Shopping Center on Saturday…
Posted by John McCarthy January 23, 2023
Man Drives Home Injured After Being Shot @ Hospital Ground
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Man Drives Home Injured After Being Shot @ Hospital Ground

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Authorities are searching for a gunman who shot a man in the chest in Hospital Ground on Saturday night. Virgin Islands Police Department Patrol Division along with…
Posted by John McCarthy January 23, 2023
Magnitude 6.2 Quake Strikes Near Guadeloupe; No Damage Reported
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Magnitude 6.2 Quake Strikes Near Guadeloupe; No Damage Reported

BASSE-TERRE — A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck near the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe on Friday and was felt as far away as Puerto Rico. Local media reported that some…
Posted by John McCarthy January 21, 2023
Police Arrest Son After He Allegedly Set His Father’s Home Ablaze In Humbug
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Police Arrest Son After He Allegedly Set His Father’s Home Ablaze In Humbug

CHRISTIANSTED — Police are investigating after 911 dispatchers received a call at 9:31 a.m. Friday about arson at a home in Estate Humbug on St. Croix, authorities said. Chavez Ali,…
Posted by John McCarthy January 21, 2023

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