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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Trinidad & Tobago Foreign Office Says Terror Attack ‘Likely’ During Carnival This Week
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Trinidad & Tobago Foreign Office Says Terror Attack ‘Likely’ During Carnival This Week

PORT OF SPAIN -- Days ahead of the annual Carnival celebrations on the islands of Trinidad and Tobago, the Foreign Office has warned a terrorist attack on the Caribbean nation…
Posted by John McCarthy February 9, 2018
GOVERNMENT HOUSE: Composite Utility Poles Are Here At Cost of $4,000 Each And Can Withstand 200 MPH Winds
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GOVERNMENT HOUSE: Composite Utility Poles Are Here At Cost of $4,000 Each And Can Withstand 200 MPH Winds

CHRISTIANSTED -- Reiterating his commitment to rebuilding a more resilient Virgin Islands, Gov. Kenneth Mapp said that the territory will have a stronger energy system through the continued installation and…
Posted by John McCarthy February 8, 2018
BVI Earthquake Monitoring Equipment Is Back Up and Working Thanks To University of Puerto Rico
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BVI Earthquake Monitoring Equipment Is Back Up and Working Thanks To University of Puerto Rico

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] ROAD TOWN, Tortola, BVI -- The impacts of Hurricanes Irma and Maria on the strong motion and seismic network throughout the BVI is being examined…
Posted by John McCarthy February 8, 2018
V.I. Republican National Committeeman Says Plaskett Should Be Willing To Work With G.O.P. For Good of Territory
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V.I. Republican National Committeeman Says Plaskett Should Be Willing To Work With G.O.P. For Good of Territory

CHRISTIANSTED — V.I. Republican National Committeeman Jevon Williams released the following statement in response to Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett’s criticism of the administration in the opinion page of today’s Virgin Islands…
Posted by John McCarthy February 7, 2018
PUERTO RICO: We Won’t Cut Vacation Pay, Severance Pay and Christmas Bonuses For Public Employees, Despite Fiscal Crisis
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PUERTO RICO: We Won’t Cut Vacation Pay, Severance Pay and Christmas Bonuses For Public Employees, Despite Fiscal Crisis

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] SAN JUAN — Puerto Rico government officials on Tuesday pushed back against a federal control board’s suggestion that they cut benefits for the U.S. commonwealth’s…
Posted by John McCarthy February 7, 2018
Some Lorraine Village Residents Feel They Are Being Put Through ‘Hell’ Because They Still Don’t Have Electricity Five Months After Maria
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Some Lorraine Village Residents Feel They Are Being Put Through ‘Hell’ Because They Still Don’t Have Electricity Five Months After Maria

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"]   LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Good day Editor: Some residents in Lorraine Village apartments in the grove place area on St. Croix are still without…
Posted by John McCarthy February 7, 2018
HURRICANE RECOVERY: As Things Get Back To Normal, One Question Remains: Who Will Be Left Behind?
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HURRICANE RECOVERY: As Things Get Back To Normal, One Question Remains: Who Will Be Left Behind?

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- Five months after Hurricane Irma shredded the roof of his house, Charles Caines feels like he's "living in a tent in the…
Posted by John McCarthy February 7, 2018
Heated Argument Between Two Women In St. Thomas Leads To Stabbing In Ice Cream Parlor at Lockhart Gardens
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Heated Argument Between Two Women In St. Thomas Leads To Stabbing In Ice Cream Parlor at Lockhart Gardens

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- A St. Thomas woman is accused of being too hot-tempered in a specialty ice cream parlor in Rock City. Bithia Simon, 21,…
Posted by John McCarthy February 6, 2018
CBP: Dequan Forde Arrested At St. Croix Airport With 20 Pounds of Marijuana
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CBP: Dequan Forde Arrested At St. Croix Airport With 20 Pounds of Marijuana

FREDERIKSTED -- U.S. Customs agents seized about 20 pounds of marijuana that they said they found in a St. Croix man's suitcase at Henry Rohlsen Airport. Dequan J.J. Forde, 20,…
Posted by John McCarthy February 6, 2018
Health Department Reduces Hours At Charles Harwood Complex Two Days In A Row Due To Faulty Air Conditioner
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Health Department Reduces Hours At Charles Harwood Complex Two Days In A Row Due To Faulty Air Conditioner

CHRISTIANSTED -- For the second straight day, the Department of Health (DOH) was forced to reduce business hours at the Charles Harwood Complex due to a malfunctioning air conditioning chiller.…
Posted by John McCarthy February 6, 2018

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