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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Teachers, Government Sign Two-Year Contract Guaranteeing Raise In Pay
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Teachers, Government Sign Two-Year Contract Guaranteeing Raise In Pay

DONE DEAL: AFT President Rosa Soto-Thomas stands next to Gov. Kenneth Mapp (middle) and Lt. Gov. Osbert Potter on Friday. CHRISTIANSTED -- Governor Kenneth Mapp has approved a two-year contract…
Posted by John McCarthy October 22, 2018
VIPD: St. Croix’s Efrain Rivera, 74, Dies From Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound in Mon Bijou
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VIPD: St. Croix’s Efrain Rivera, 74, Dies From Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound in Mon Bijou

FREDERIKSTED -- A St. Croix man apparently died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Mon Bijou early this morning. Efrain Rivera, 74, was identified by police as the man who…
Posted by John McCarthy October 21, 2018
VIPD: Daniel ‘Dangles’ Peters Killed In Hail of Bullets Near Grove Place Ballpark Last Night
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VIPD: Daniel ‘Dangles’ Peters Killed In Hail of Bullets Near Grove Place Ballpark Last Night

FREDERIKSTED -- A St. Croix man died in a hail of bullets near a baseball field in Grove Place last night. Daniel D. "Dan Dan" or "Dangles" Peters, 33 of Grove…
Posted by John McCarthy October 21, 2018
WHO Removes Zika Virus Classification From Caribbean, Says ‘Little Risk’ Here Now
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WHO Removes Zika Virus Classification From Caribbean, Says ‘Little Risk’ Here Now

BRIDGETOWN – The World Health Organization (WHO) has removed its Zika virus country classification scheme from countries in the region. The scheme had categorized most of the Caribbean territories as…
Posted by John McCarthy October 20, 2018
VIPD Won’t Say If St. Croix Man Made Confession: Joseph Simmonds Arrested In Rape of Minor
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VIPD Won’t Say If St. Croix Man Made Confession: Joseph Simmonds Arrested In Rape of Minor

FREDERIKSTED -- A St. Croix man has been accused in the rape of a female minor earlier in the week. Joseph Simmonds, 25, of New Works, was arrested about 3:49…
Posted by John McCarthy October 19, 2018
Jailbird Aubrey ‘Biggs’ Frett Charged In September Murder, Arrested For June Shooting
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Jailbird Aubrey ‘Biggs’ Frett Charged In September Murder, Arrested For June Shooting

ARRESTED WHILE IN A CHARLOTTE AMALIE JAIL: AUBREY A. "BIGGS" FRETT ON ST. THOMAS CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- A St. Thomas man charged in a September murder in Hospital Ground has been…
Posted by John McCarthy October 19, 2018
VIWMA Says It Is Temporarily Not Accepting ‘Green Waste’ At Anguilla Landfill
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VIWMA Says It Is Temporarily Not Accepting ‘Green Waste’ At Anguilla Landfill

FREDERIKSTED -- The Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority (VIWMA) said that it is no longer accepting green waste at the St. Croix Transfer Station and Anguilla Landfill. The public and…
Posted by John McCarthy October 19, 2018
Millin Young Says WAPA’s Proposed Compensation Package ‘Barely Accounts For Inflation’
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Millin Young Says WAPA’s Proposed Compensation Package ‘Barely Accounts For Inflation’

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- Senator Janette Millin Young said that she was an eyewitness and "willing listener" to the "strong protests" that WAPA employees voiced at the Earle B. Ottley Complex…
Posted by John McCarthy October 19, 2018
Police ICE, HSI Seize 2,325 Pounds of Cocaine Worth $30 Million Off Puerto Rico
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Police ICE, HSI Seize 2,325 Pounds of Cocaine Worth $30 Million Off Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), working jointly with the Caribbean Corridor Strike Force (CCSF) partners, seized 2,325 pounds of cocaine Oct. 13,…
Posted by John McCarthy October 18, 2018
Wanted For 2001 St. Thomas Murder, Reynarldo Rivera Jr. Captured By Georgia Police
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Wanted For 2001 St. Thomas Murder, Reynarldo Rivera Jr. Captured By Georgia Police

ATLANTA -- A St. Thomas man wanted in connection to a 2001 murder has been arrested in Jonesboro, Georgia and detained pending his extradition to the territory. Reynarldo Rivera Jr. --…
Posted by John McCarthy October 18, 2018

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