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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
St. Croix Woman Gets 1.5 Years In Prison For Stealing $83K In Tax Fraud Case
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St. Croix Woman Gets 1.5 Years In Prison For Stealing $83K In Tax Fraud Case

CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix woman was sentenced in Golden Rock today to 1.5 years in prison for her role in a complicated tax fraud scheme, according to U.S. Attorney…
Posted by John McCarthy December 2, 2021
Coast Guard Helicopter Rescues Man With Head Injury Off Sailboat Near St. Thomas
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Coast Guard Helicopter Rescues Man With Head Injury Off Sailboat Near St. Thomas

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter aircrew and the crew of a 33-foot Special Purpose Craft – Law Enforcement medevaced a passenger from the sailing vessel Orion Monday,…
Posted by John McCarthy December 2, 2021
CDC Warns Americans Not To Travel To Trinidad, Regardless Of Vaccination Status
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CDC Warns Americans Not To Travel To Trinidad, Regardless Of Vaccination Status

PORT OF SPAIN — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is advising against travel to the twin-island Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago, regardless of vaccination status. In Europe, Poland…
Posted by John McCarthy December 1, 2021
Tens Of Millions Go Hungry In Caribbean And Latin America, UN Report Finds
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Tens Of Millions Go Hungry In Caribbean And Latin America, UN Report Finds

CARACAS — Tens of millions are going hungry in Latin America and the Caribbean as the COVID-19 pandemic sharpens a regional malnutrition crisis to its worst levels in decades, according to the…
Posted by John McCarthy December 1, 2021
Coast Guard Seizes 882 Pounds Of Cocaine From Dominicans On Boat Near Dorado
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Coast Guard Seizes 882 Pounds Of Cocaine From Dominicans On Boat Near Dorado

SAN JUAN — A Station San Juan boat crew offloaded approximately 400 kilograms in seized cocaine and transferred custody of four suspected smugglers to federal agents Wednesday, following the interdiction of a…
Posted by John McCarthy December 1, 2021
UVI Mourns the Loss of Playwright and Professor, David Edgecombe
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UVI Mourns the Loss of Playwright and Professor, David Edgecombe

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) is mourning the loss of David Edgecombe, former executive director of the Reichhold Center for the Arts and retired associate professor of communications who passed away on November 19. …
Posted by John McCarthy November 30, 2021
5 Current Inmates At St. Croix Prison Have Tested Positive For COVID-19, BOC Says
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5 Current Inmates At St. Croix Prison Have Tested Positive For COVID-19, BOC Says

FREDERIKSTED — Two additional inmates have tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease at the St. Croix prison, bringing the current total to five, authorities said. Updating efforts to mitigate COVID-19,…
Posted by John McCarthy November 30, 2021
Inmate At St. Thomas Jail Tests Positive For Tuberculosis On Monday, BOC Says
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Inmate At St. Thomas Jail Tests Positive For Tuberculosis On Monday, BOC Says

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — One detainee at the Criminal Justice Center on St. Thomas tested positive for Tuberculosis on Monday, the Virgin Islands Bureau of Corrections said. As part of BOC's…
Posted by John McCarthy November 30, 2021
UVI Now Offers ‘Marine Debris Curriculum’ For Educators Across The Territory
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UVI Now Offers ‘Marine Debris Curriculum’ For Educators Across The Territory

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI), in partnership with local educators, said it now offers a "USVI Marine Debris Curriculum." The curriculum was written exclusively for the…
Posted by John McCarthy November 29, 2021
Charles Turnbull Library Closed Today Due To A/C Problem: DPNR
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Charles Turnbull Library Closed Today Due To A/C Problem: DPNR

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Commissioner Jean-Pierre Oriol of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources said that the Charles W. Turnbull Regional Library on St. Thomas will be closed today.  The A/C…
Posted by John McCarthy November 29, 2021

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