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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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. Thomas Man Who Takes Bat And Knife To Victim Near Cruise Ship Dock Arrested
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St. Thomas Man Who Takes Bat And Knife To Victim Near Cruise Ship Dock Arrested

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas man who allegedly hit a person with a bat and threatened them with a knife near the cruise ship dock was arrested Tuesday, authorities…
Posted by John McCarthy October 5, 2021
Police Need Your Help To Find 2 Missing Teenagers On St. Thomas: VIPD
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Police Need Your Help To Find 2 Missing Teenagers On St. Thomas: VIPD

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The VIPD is asking for the St. Thomas community's assistance in locating 17-year-old Constance Brathwaite Phipps and 16-year-old K’Vante Brathwaite Phipps, who were last seen in Estate…
Posted by John McCarthy October 5, 2021
Police Need Your Help To Find Missing Teenager Solimar Barnes On St. Thomas
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Police Need Your Help To Find Missing Teenager Solimar Barnes On St. Thomas

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police need your help this evening to find a missing teenager on St. Thomas, authorities said. Solimar Barnes, 15, has been missing for three days, family members…
Posted by John McCarthy October 5, 2021
Small Business Administration District Director Makes Annual Visit To Territory
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Small Business Administration District Director Makes Annual Visit To Territory

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Small Business Administration Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands District Director Josué Rivera made his first official visit to the U.S. Virgin Islands last week, meeting government…
Posted by John McCarthy October 5, 2021
Feds Give $125,520 For Substance Abuse Treatment For USVI Prisoners
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Feds Give $125,520 For Substance Abuse Treatment For USVI Prisoners

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced that the Virgin Islands Law Enforcement Planning Commission (LEPC) has received a $125,520 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice in…
Posted by John McCarthy October 4, 2021
Hundreds Flee Honduran Resort Island After Fire At Caribbean’s Guanaja
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Hundreds Flee Honduran Resort Island After Fire At Caribbean’s Guanaja

TEGUCIGALPA — A huge fire destroyed or damaged at least 200 houses and businesses on the Honduran island of Guanaja on Saturday, forcing hundreds of residents to flee for safety…
Posted by John McCarthy October 4, 2021
Tropical Depression Victor Begins To Crumble, Expected To Push North
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Tropical Depression Victor Begins To Crumble, Expected To Push North

MIAMI —Hurricane Sam devolved over the weekend and continues to push north, meanwhile the National Hurricane Center is keeping an eye on Tropical Depression Victor. Located over the southeastern Bahamas near…
Posted by John McCarthy October 4, 2021
Head Start Sites On St. Croix Will Re-Open Tomorrow, DHS Says
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Head Start Sites On St. Croix Will Re-Open Tomorrow, DHS Says

KINGSHILL — The Virgin Islands Department of Human Services (DHS, said that in-person classroom activities on St. Croix will resume tomorrow. The Head Start Program had experienced COVID positives, as…
Posted by John McCarthy October 3, 2021
Driver Who Hit Sidewalk And Was Ejected From Vehicle Dies In Calquohoun: VIPD
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Driver Who Hit Sidewalk And Was Ejected From Vehicle Dies In Calquohoun: VIPD

FREDERIKSTED — A 31-year-old St. Croix man died just before midnight Friday in a car crash near mid-island. The 911 Emergency Call Center dispatched officers to a one-car accident on…
Posted by John McCarthy October 3, 2021
Today Is Contract Day In The U.S. Virgin Islands Recognizing 1878 Fire Burn Revolt
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Today Is Contract Day In The U.S. Virgin Islands Recognizing 1878 Fire Burn Revolt

CHRISTIANSTED — Today is October 1st, the start of the new fiscal year and what has been known as Contract Day in the Virgin Islands. "Today we salute those who…
Posted by John McCarthy October 1, 2021

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