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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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 Senator Helps Give Out Free Book Bags At N.E.S.T. Event At Chicken Shack
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St. Croix Senator Helps Give Out Free Book Bags At N.E.S.T. Event At Chicken Shack

KINGSHILL — A St. Croix senator teamed up with a Florida-based educational foundation so that local children could get needed school supplies before the start of the school year. Senator…
Posted by John McCarthy August 31, 2021
ALONG CAME LARRY: NHC Tracking 4 Disturbances In The Tropical Atlantic
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ALONG CAME LARRY: NHC Tracking 4 Disturbances In The Tropical Atlantic

MIAMI — Tropical Storm Kate formed today in the Atlantic, hurricane forecasters said. It is one of four disturbances they are tracking, including Ida, which hit Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane yesterday.…
Posted by John McCarthy August 30, 2021
61-Year-Old Woman On St. Thomas Is The 54th Patient To Die Of COVID-19 In USVI
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61-Year-Old Woman On St. Thomas Is The 54th Patient To Die Of COVID-19 In USVI

CHRISTIANSTED — The Virgin Islands Department of Health said the territory notched its 54th death from COVID-19. Dr. Tai Hunte-Caesar, the VIDOH medical director, said that a 61-year-old woman on…
Posted by John McCarthy August 30, 2021
PULLED PORK? USDA Frets About African Swine Fever In USVI, Puerto Rico Animals
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PULLED PORK? USDA Frets About African Swine Fever In USVI, Puerto Rico Animals

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced its intent to designate the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico as a “protection zone,” a World Organization for Animal Health…
Posted by John McCarthy August 30, 2021
St. Croix Woman Gets 2 Years In Prison For Her Role In 10-Woman Tax Fraud Scheme
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St. Croix Woman Gets 2 Years In Prison For Her Role In 10-Woman Tax Fraud Scheme

CHRISTIANSTED — One of ten women who participated in a tax fraud scheme that stole Virgin Islanders' tax refunds got two years in prison from a federal judge. Joanne Benjamin,…
Posted by John McCarthy August 30, 2021
St. Thomas Man Who Smelled Of Marijuana At Airport Pleads Guilty To Smuggling
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St. Thomas Man Who Smelled Of Marijuana At Airport Pleads Guilty To Smuggling

CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Thomas man who tried to smuggle 14 pounds of marijuana into St. Croix undetected pleaded guilty to being a drug dealer in federal court today. Jahvar…
Posted by John McCarthy August 30, 2021
Hurricane Center Watching ‘Several Systems’ In Atlantic; None A Threat So Far
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Hurricane Center Watching ‘Several Systems’ In Atlantic; None A Threat So Far

MIAMI — The National Hurricane Center is monitoring several systems across the Atlantic Basin tonight. But none of these systems are currently a threat to the U.S. Virgin Islands and…
Posted by John McCarthy August 29, 2021
COVID-19 Has Killed 53 Unvaccinated People In The U.S. Virgin Islands: VIDOH
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COVID-19 Has Killed 53 Unvaccinated People In The U.S. Virgin Islands: VIDOH

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Despite 12 Virgin Islanders dying from COVID-19 in the last 14 days, half the people in the territory still flatly refuse to take the vaccine that can…
Posted by John McCarthy August 29, 2021
Hurricane Ida Mushrooms Into A Category 4 Storm Hours Before Landfall In N’Orleans
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Hurricane Ida Mushrooms Into A Category 4 Storm Hours Before Landfall In N’Orleans

Hurricane Ida has strengthened into a Category 4 as it heads toward landfall on the northern Gulf Coast today, where it will bring life-threatening storm surge, dangerous rainfall flooding and…
Posted by John McCarthy August 29, 2021
Police Need Your Help To Find Woman Missing On St. Croix For 8 Days: VIPD
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Police Need Your Help To Find Woman Missing On St. Croix For 8 Days: VIPD

KINGSHILL — Police are asking for your help tonight to find a person missing on St. Croix for eight days. Joi Milagro Thomas-Lewis, 22, was reported missing by a family…
Posted by John McCarthy August 28, 2021

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