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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
SAM I AM: Promising To Be ‘Major’ Hurricane By Next Week, NHC Says
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SAM I AM: Promising To Be ‘Major’ Hurricane By Next Week, NHC Says

MIAMI — Tropical Storm Sam formed far in the Atlantic Ocean today and is expected to strengthen into a hurricane tomorrow and a major hurricane — Category 3 or higher — by…
Posted by John McCarthy September 23, 2021
Governor, Senator Mourn Passing Of St. Croix Statesman Edgar M. Iles
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Governor, Senator Mourn Passing Of St. Croix Statesman Edgar M. Iles

CHRISITIANSTED — Governor Albert Bryan Jr. released the following statement on the passing of former St. Croix Senator Edgar Iles: “We have lost a dedicated community leader with a long…
Posted by John McCarthy September 22, 2021
European, Canadian Models Project Hurricane With ‘Significant Impacts’
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European, Canadian Models Project Hurricane With ‘Significant Impacts’

TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHTEEN MOVING AT THE SAME SLOW PACE AS HURRICANE IRMA IN 2017 MIAMI — While the Atlantic basin remains active, — only one system is worth watching —…
Posted by John McCarthy September 22, 2021
VIPD Needs To Know Where Castle Burke Man Was Monday Before Being Shot Dead Today
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VIPD Needs To Know Where Castle Burke Man Was Monday Before Being Shot Dead Today

SALT RIVER — Police are investigating after a Kingshill-area man was found shot to death at the side of the road near Salt River early this morning. The 911 Emergency…
Posted by John McCarthy September 21, 2021
Forecasters Monitoring Latest System Which Could Become Tropical Depression
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Forecasters Monitoring Latest System Which Could Become Tropical Depression

MIAMI — The National Hurricane Center is now monitoring three systems in the tropical Atlantic, including the latest disturbance which could become a tropical depression headed towards the Caribbean later…
Posted by John McCarthy September 21, 2021
Bureau of Corrections Confirms 55-Year-Old Man Died At John Bell Prison Friday
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Bureau of Corrections Confirms 55-Year-Old Man Died At John Bell Prison Friday

FREDERIKSTED — The Virgin Islands Bureau of Corrections confirmed Monday that an inmate at the John A. Bell Adult Correctional Facility was found unresponsive and pronounced dead on Friday, September…
Posted by John McCarthy September 21, 2021
University of the West Indies Launches RISE Caribbean To Boost Education
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University of the West Indies Launches RISE Caribbean To Boost Education

BRIDGETOWN — University of the West Indies (UWI) Cave Hill campus launched an initiative to boost education in Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean on September 15. The initiative, named, RISE Caribbean…
Posted by John McCarthy September 20, 2021
NHC Tracking Tropical Storms Peter And Rose In The Tropical Atlantic
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NHC Tracking Tropical Storms Peter And Rose In The Tropical Atlantic

CHRISTIANSTED — The busy tropical season continued on Sunday afternoon as Tropical Depression Seventeen morphed into Tropical Storm Rose. Rose, the 17th storm of the season, is located about 552 miles…
Posted by John McCarthy September 20, 2021
St. Thomas Man Wanted In Mall Assault Charged With Attempted Murder: VIPD
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St. Thomas Man Wanted In Mall Assault Charged With Attempted Murder: VIPD

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas man wanted in connection to an alleged assault at a Havensight-area mall is now in official custody, authorities said today. Jose Neveda Alcala, 27,…
Posted by John McCarthy September 19, 2021
World’s Smallest Snake, Tasty Frogs, The Caribbean Has Some Weird, Weird Wildlife
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World’s Smallest Snake, Tasty Frogs, The Caribbean Has Some Weird, Weird Wildlife

SAN JUAN — It's a little-known fact, but a small lizard native to St. Croix warrants protection under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, according to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife…
Posted by John McCarthy September 19, 2021

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