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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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 recovers grounded vessel at Icacos Beach in Yabucoa
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Coast Guard recovers grounded vessel at Icacos Beach in Yabucoa

SAN JUAN — Coast Guard Incident Management Division personnel informed that the owner and salvage contractors successfully recovered the vessel Red E or Not on Thursday after the vessel had…
Posted by John McCarthy June 6, 2025
American tourist dies in shamanic ritual in Peru after drinking hallucinogenic herbal tea during ‘spiritual tourism session’ in remote Amazon
Posted inBreaking News Health News International News

American tourist dies in shamanic ritual in Peru after drinking hallucinogenic herbal tea during ‘spiritual tourism session’ in remote Amazon

An American tourist has died after taking a hallucinogenic herbal tea at a spiritual retreat in the Peruvian Amazon. Aaron Wayne Castranova, 41, died on Monday in Loreto, a region…
Posted by John McCarthy June 6, 2025
St. Croix: Partly sunny, breezy, brief showers, high 89
Posted in2016 Presidential Election At VIFreep Breaking News

St. Croix: Partly sunny, breezy, brief showers, high 89

CHRISTIANSTED – Today St. Croix will be partly sunny with a brief shower or two and breezy in the afternoon with a high of 89, AccuWeather said. Tonight St. Croix…
Posted by John McCarthy June 6, 2025
15-year-old arrested in connection to killing of St. Croix comedian
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15-year-old arrested in connection to killing of St. Croix comedian

CHRISTIANSTED – The Virgin Islands Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Bureau swiftly arrested a 15-year-old male minor in connection with the fatal shooting of 38-year-old Jordan Jones on the Christiansted Boardwalk…
Posted by John McCarthy June 5, 2025
St. Croix comedian shot dead on Christiansted boardwalk
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

St. Croix comedian shot dead on Christiansted boardwalk

CHRISTIANSTED — A popular St. Croix comedian was shot dead on the Christiansted Boardwalk this afternoon, the Virgin Islands Police Department said. Emergency 911 dispatchers got "several calls" starting at…
Posted by John McCarthy June 5, 2025
Trump, Musk feud explodes with threats of cutting contracts, backing impeachment
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Trump, Musk feud explodes with threats of cutting contracts, backing impeachment

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Donald Trump threatened today to cut off government contracts with billionaire Elon Musk's companies, while Musk suggested Trump should be impeached, turning their bromance into an all-out brawl on…
Posted by John McCarthy June 5, 2025
Coast Guard puts out fire on yacht in Fajardo
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Military News

Coast Guard puts out fire on yacht in Fajardo

SAN JUAN — Coast Guard Sector San Juan marine investigators and Incident Management personnel responded to a fire aboard the 75-foot motor yacht Emilia in Fajardo on Wednesday. The vessel…
Posted by John McCarthy June 5, 2025
Trump banned citizens of 12 countries from entering the U.S. Here’s what to know
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Trump banned citizens of 12 countries from entering the U.S. Here’s what to know

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Citing national security concerns, President Donald Trump on Wednesday banned citizens of 12 countries, primarily in Africa and the Middle East, from entering the United States and restricted access…
Posted by John McCarthy June 5, 2025
US Marshals arrest a Dominican man sought in last year’s killing of 4 people
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US Marshals arrest a Dominican man sought in last year’s killing of 4 people

PUNTA CANA (ABC) — The U.S. Marshals Service has arrested a 31-year-old Dominican man suspected in a quadruple homicide in New York in which two of the victims were children,…
Posted by John McCarthy June 5, 2025
‘Kill the bill’: Musk continues broadsides against the Republican megabill
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‘Kill the bill’: Musk continues broadsides against the Republican megabill

Elon Musk is still trying to rally Republicans against the “big beautiful bill” that he spent most of Tuesday bashing and which caused an uproar among GOP lawmakers. “Call you…
Posted by John McCarthy June 5, 2025

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