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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
U.S. boat bombings violate international law, UN human rights chief says
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

U.S. boat bombings violate international law, UN human rights chief says

The Trump administration’s deadly bombing campaign of alleged drug-running vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific Ocean violate international law and should be investigated, the United Nations’ top human rights…
Posted by John McCarthy November 1, 2025
Are the deadly US strikes on alleged drug vessels legal?​
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News International News

Are the deadly US strikes on alleged drug vessels legal?​

WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) — U.S. strikes against suspected drug vessels in the eastern Pacific and Caribbean have killed dozens of what the Trump administration says are drug trafficking terrorists responsible for thousands…
Posted by John McCarthy November 1, 2025
Tropical wave to bring showers and thunderstorms
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Puerto Rico News

Tropical wave to bring showers and thunderstorms

Today St. Croix will be breezy with rainfall that could last for one hour and a high of 88, AccuWeather said. Tonight St. Croix will experience partly cloudy conditions and…
Posted by John McCarthy November 1, 2025
McDonald’s Lockhart Garden burglary suspect found sleeping in front of Foot Locker
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

McDonald’s Lockhart Garden burglary suspect found sleeping in front of Foot Locker

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police arrested a man suspected of breaking a window at the McDonald's in Lockhart Gardens on St. Thomas, authorities said. Allen Springette was arrested and charged with…
Posted by John McCarthy November 1, 2025
Two men linked to Four Winds Plaza shooting arrested by police, VIPD says
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

Two men linked to Four Winds Plaza shooting arrested by police, VIPD says

CHARLOTTE AMALIE —The Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) announces the arrest of 21-year-old Shane Forbes and 23-year-old Elroy Brown III in connection to a violent incident that occurred on October…
Posted by John McCarthy October 31, 2025
Woman faces revenge porn charges for posting images of sexual encounter online, VIPD says 
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

Woman faces revenge porn charges for posting images of sexual encounter online, VIPD says 

CHARLOTTE AMALIE —The Virgin Islands Police Department’s Domestic Violence Unit said it "is investigating a case involving the unauthorized dissemination of private sexual images." On September 18, 2025, a male…
Posted by John McCarthy October 31, 2025
Cops charge woman allegedly linked to the shooting of cars at Cane Bay 
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

Cops charge woman allegedly linked to the shooting of cars at Cane Bay 

NORTH SHORE — Police have arrested a St. Croix woman who is allegedly linked to the shooting cars at Cane Bay in September of last year, authorities said. Amber Stanley,…
Posted by John McCarthy October 31, 2025
Bryan protects November SNAP benefits for Virgin Islanders amid feds shutdown
Posted inBreaking News Business News Government House News

Bryan protects November SNAP benefits for Virgin Islanders amid feds shutdown

CHRISTIANSTED — Governor Albert Bryan has signed Bill No. 36-0202 into law as Act No. 9047, authorizing $2.77 million from the Budget Stabilization Fund so Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)…
Posted by John McCarthy October 31, 2025
Russia uses missile in Ukraine that led Trump to quit nuclear treaty, Kyiv says
Posted inBreaking News Military News National News

Russia uses missile in Ukraine that led Trump to quit nuclear treaty, Kyiv says

LONDON (Reuters) — Russia has in recent months attacked Ukraine with a cruise missile whose secret development prompted Donald Trump to abandon a nuclear arms control pact with Moscow in…
Posted by John McCarthy October 31, 2025
Judge orders administration to distribute SNAP contingency money amid shutdown
Posted inBreaking News Business News Health News

Judge orders administration to distribute SNAP contingency money amid shutdown

PROVIDENCE (ABC) — A federal judge in Rhode Island has temporarily ordered the Trump administration to continue funding benefits for SNAP, the federally funded Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.   "The court is orally…
Posted by John McCarthy October 31, 2025

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