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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Disabled Community To Get Emergency Radios From UVI’s VIUCEDD
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Disabled Community To Get Emergency Radios From UVI’s VIUCEDD

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- Members of the disability community in the Virgin Islands will soon be equipped with emergency radios that could mean the difference between life and death in the…
Posted by John McCarthy January 26, 2019
Plaskett Grateful Trump Will Fund Federal Government For Three Weeks
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Plaskett Grateful Trump Will Fund Federal Government For Three Weeks

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett issued the following statement Friday on President Donald Trump’s announcement that he is finally ending the government shutdown and temporarily reopening the federal government: “After…
Posted by John McCarthy January 26, 2019
Juan Luis Hospital Job Fair Considered ‘Tremendous’ Success on Friday
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Juan Luis Hospital Job Fair Considered ‘Tremendous’ Success on Friday

CHRISTIANSTED -- At least 300 job seekers attended the Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital’s Job Fair that was held Friday. The fair was centered in the Virgin Islands Cardiac Center…
Posted by John McCarthy January 26, 2019
Aaron Chiang Accused of Assaulting Girlfriend At Point Udall Rather Than Take Her To Work
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Aaron Chiang Accused of Assaulting Girlfriend At Point Udall Rather Than Take Her To Work

CHRISTIANSTED -- A St. Croix woman told police that when she asked her boyfriend to take her to work -- he took her to a popular tourist spot and assaulted…
Posted by John McCarthy January 25, 2019
New Customs Building Set To Be Completed on St. John By November of This Year
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New Customs Building Set To Be Completed on St. John By November of This Year

CRUZ BAY -- The Virgin Islands Port Authority will begin construction of a new U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) building at the Victor Sewer Marine Facility (“The Creek”) in…
Posted by John McCarthy January 25, 2019
Puerto Rico Governor Says Federal Workers Don’t Have To Pay Power and Water Bills During Shutdown
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Puerto Rico Governor Says Federal Workers Don’t Have To Pay Power and Water Bills During Shutdown

SAN JUAN — Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló said today that the island's government-owned utility companies will suspend water and electricity bills for federal employees affected by the partial government…
Posted by John McCarthy January 24, 2019
Coast Guard Captures 29 Dominicans Trying To Come To United States Illegally
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Coast Guard Captures 29 Dominicans Trying To Come To United States Illegally

SAN JUAN -- The U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Puerto Rican law enforcement took 29 people from the Dominican Republic into custody Tuesday who were…
Posted by John McCarthy January 24, 2019
UVI Approves Free Tuition For Students Getting Higher Education In Virgin Islands
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UVI Approves Free Tuition For Students Getting Higher Education In Virgin Islands

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) Board of Trustees approved policies that will help implement Act No. 8155, the Virgin Islands Higher Education Scholarship Program, in a special session on Wednesday.…
Posted by John McCarthy January 24, 2019
Puerto Ricans Who Lost Their Jobs After Hurricane Maria Can Get $3,000 – What About People In The USVI?
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Puerto Ricans Who Lost Their Jobs After Hurricane Maria Can Get $3,000 – What About People In The USVI?

SAN JUAN — Puerto Ricans who lost their jobs after hurricanes Maria and Irma can start applying for disaster unemployment assistance after the U.S. doubled the 26 weeks of benefits,…
Posted by John McCarthy January 23, 2019
Cuba Welcomes First U.S. Player In 60 Years To Baseball League
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Cuba Welcomes First U.S. Player In 60 Years To Baseball League

HAVANA -- A 24-year-old student has become the first United States citizen to play in an official Cuban league in around six decades, just as Cubans are batting for Major…
Posted by John McCarthy January 23, 2019

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