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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
BULLY PULPIT: Trump Says Votes From The Caribbean Will Be Carefully Monitored As Determinant For Future Aid To The Region
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BULLY PULPIT: Trump Says Votes From The Caribbean Will Be Carefully Monitored As Determinant For Future Aid To The Region

UP A CREEK WITHOUT A PADDLE: Caribbean countries could be left sucking salt if they vote against the United States at the United Nations, President Donald Trump warns. [ad name="HTML-68"]…
Posted by John McCarthy December 21, 2017
PDVSA WARNED! Venezuela Company Told To Do The Maintenance Or Lose License To Operate In Bonaire, N.A.
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PDVSA WARNED! Venezuela Company Told To Do The Maintenance Or Lose License To Operate In Bonaire, N.A.

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] KRALENDIJK -- Venezuela’s Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A (PDVSA) could lose its license to operate an oil storage terminal it owns on the Dutch island of Bonaire…
Posted by John McCarthy December 21, 2017
FUGITIVE RETURNS: Police Detectives Collect Jahani Joseph in Atlanta After Fender Bender Check Reveals He’s Wanted For Attempted Murder
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FUGITIVE RETURNS: Police Detectives Collect Jahani Joseph in Atlanta After Fender Bender Check Reveals He’s Wanted For Attempted Murder

WANTED FUGITIVE: Jahani Joseph of St. Thomas [ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- A St. Thomas man wanted for attempted murder has been returned to the territory to…
Posted by John McCarthy December 21, 2017
V.I. Teetering On Brink of An $81 Million Bankruptcy … Despite Proposed Federal Bailout After Hurricanes Irma and Maria
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V.I. Teetering On Brink of An $81 Million Bankruptcy … Despite Proposed Federal Bailout After Hurricanes Irma and Maria

BLEAK HOUSE: Gov. Kenneth Mapp is presiding over a 100,000-person territory with no money. [ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- The economic future of the Virgin Islands is…
Posted by John McCarthy December 21, 2017
TRUMP TAX REFORM: Big Tax Breaks For The Ultra Rich Will Hurt The Ultra Poor in Puerto Rico
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TRUMP TAX REFORM: Big Tax Breaks For The Ultra Rich Will Hurt The Ultra Poor in Puerto Rico

WASHINGTON  -- Sweeping tax code changes aimed at keeping U.S. companies from shifting profits offshore to avoid taxes will not affect the battered economy of Puerto Rico, a senior White…
Posted by John McCarthy December 21, 2017
CARIBBEAN IS A BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT: Not Only of People … But Birds, Fish and Plants, Too
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CARIBBEAN IS A BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT: Not Only of People … But Birds, Fish and Plants, Too

BRIDGETOWN -- The Caribbean is a biodiversity hotspot. It has over 11,000 plant species, about 72 of which are found only in this region. Its diverse animal species include many…
Posted by John McCarthy December 21, 2017
SCIENTIFIC REPORT: Unique Flowering Plants In Eastern Caribbean ‘Under Threat of Extinction’
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SCIENTIFIC REPORT: Unique Flowering Plants In Eastern Caribbean ‘Under Threat of Extinction’

BRIDGETOWN — Almost three quarters of the flowering plants unique to the Eastern Caribbean appear to be under threat of extinction, according to a study published in the latest issue…
Posted by John McCarthy December 21, 2017
WAPA THE GRINCH! Heartless V.I. Water & Power Authority Begins Cutting Off Power To Storm-Ravaged Customers … Six Days Before Christmas
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WAPA THE GRINCH! Heartless V.I. Water & Power Authority Begins Cutting Off Power To Storm-Ravaged Customers … Six Days Before Christmas

CHRISTIANSTED -- They thought they were the lucky ones. The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA) connected them to electricity on St. Croix at 3:20 p.m. on Nov. 16 --…
Posted by John McCarthy December 20, 2017
Devastating ‘White Plague’ Smothering Coral Reefs In Southern Florida and Beyond
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Devastating ‘White Plague’ Smothering Coral Reefs In Southern Florida and Beyond

Brain Coral (Diploria strigosa) in Juno Beach, FL suffering from White Plague, a disease that has ravaged coral reefs in the Western Atlantic. [ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] MIAMI --…
Posted by John McCarthy December 19, 2017
St. Croix’s Linval Joseph: I Want Aaron Rodgers Because The Packers Are At Their Best With Him
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St. Croix’s Linval Joseph: I Want Aaron Rodgers Because The Packers Are At Their Best With Him

  EDEN PRARIE, Minn. -- St. Croix's Linval Joseph knows that the Minnesota Vikings have a trip to Lambeau Field this weekend and he wants their best players on the…
Posted by John McCarthy December 19, 2017

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