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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Coast Guard Sends 74 Migrants Back to Dominican Republic After 4 At-Sea Interceptions
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Coast Guard Sends 74 Migrants Back to Dominican Republic After 4 At-Sea Interceptions

SAN JUAN — The U.S. Coast Guard returned 74 Dominican migrants to law enforcement authorities in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Tuesday night following the at-sea interdictions of four migrant vessels…
Posted by John McCarthy November 28, 2018
Puerto Rico Approves Laws For Insurance Policy Holders Post-Hurricane Maria
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Puerto Rico Approves Laws For Insurance Policy Holders Post-Hurricane Maria

SAN JUAN — The governor of Puerto Rico overhauled the U.S. commonwealth's insurance laws on Tuesday to help protect policy holders as thousands of claims remain unresolved more than a…
Posted by John McCarthy November 28, 2018
Scotiabank To Exit Nine ‘Smaller’ Caribbean Countries In Major Shake-Up
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Scotiabank To Exit Nine ‘Smaller’ Caribbean Countries In Major Shake-Up

TORONTO -- Bank of Nova Scotia said today that it has struck a deal to sell banking businesses in nine of the smaller countries in the Caribbean as the lender continues…
Posted by John McCarthy November 27, 2018
UVI Students Take Top Honors at National Biomedical Research Conference
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UVI Students Take Top Honors at National Biomedical Research Conference

Annual Biomedical Medical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) Award Winners INDIANAPOLIS -- Three students from the University of the Virgin Islands, the Caribbean’s preeminent Historically Black College and University (HBCU)…
Posted by John McCarthy November 27, 2018
Magnitude 5.6 Earthquake Hits In Caribbean Off Central America, USGS Says
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Magnitude 5.6 Earthquake Hits In Caribbean Off Central America, USGS Says

Originally listed at 5.9 magnitude, the quake hit at 3.56 p.m. on Sunday. It struck at a depth of 6.2 miles (10 km) and was centered 96km 60 miles (96…
Posted by John McCarthy November 26, 2018
POLICE: St. Thomas’ Jermaine Godat Shot To Death In Estate Polyberg Today
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POLICE: St. Thomas’ Jermaine Godat Shot To Death In Estate Polyberg Today

JERMAINE GODAT: SHOT TO DEATH ON ST. THOMAS TODAY [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- A St. Thomas man was shot to death today in Polyberg and left to die…
Posted by John McCarthy November 25, 2018
Security Guard Shot To Death At Charles Harwood … Two Murders In Two Hours!
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Security Guard Shot To Death At Charles Harwood … Two Murders In Two Hours!

CHRISTIANSTED -- The Virgin Islands notched two murders in two hours and twenty minutes today as crime continued to spiral out of control. The first murder occurred on St. Croix…
Posted by John McCarthy November 25, 2018
POLICE STATE: U.S. Attorney Says Local Cops Must Wear A Body Camera From Now On
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POLICE STATE: U.S. Attorney Says Local Cops Must Wear A Body Camera From Now On

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert said today that the Virgin Islands Police Department is the recipient of $300,000 as part of the Department of Justice (DOJ) Body-Worn…
Posted by John McCarthy November 23, 2018
WAPA Cuts Off Water Supply From Kingshill to Frederiksted To Do ‘Emergency’ Repairs
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WAPA Cuts Off Water Supply From Kingshill to Frederiksted To Do ‘Emergency’ Repairs

CHRISTIANSTED -- The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority said it cut off the water supply to its potable water customers from Kingshill at mid-island to the western end of…
Posted by John McCarthy November 23, 2018
WITHHELD BY VIPD! St. Thomas Man Murdered At Bovoni Early on Election Day
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WITHHELD BY VIPD! St. Thomas Man Murdered At Bovoni Early on Election Day

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- Police on St. Thomas say they are investigating a report of shots fired and a man down in the Bovoni housing project early on Tuesday. Harim Prince,…
Posted by John McCarthy November 21, 2018

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