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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
POOR JUDGMENT: Mapp Joins Hands With Puerto Rico As PREPA’s Whitefish Energy Scandal Threatens To Take Down The Virgin Islands Funding As Well
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POOR JUDGMENT: Mapp Joins Hands With Puerto Rico As PREPA’s Whitefish Energy Scandal Threatens To Take Down The Virgin Islands Funding As Well

BIG MISTAKE: Gov. Kenneth Mapp did not distance himself, or the territory, from the PREPA Whitefish Scandal that has inflamed the U.S. Congress. Here Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Gov.…
Posted by John McCarthy November 15, 2017
STOLEN THUNDER! Puerto Rico’s Governor Asks For Its Billions Ahead of Sleepy Mapp … Who Headed For The Bar At His Five-Star Hotel As Soon As He Got To D.C.
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STOLEN THUNDER! Puerto Rico’s Governor Asks For Its Billions Ahead of Sleepy Mapp … Who Headed For The Bar At His Five-Star Hotel As Soon As He Got To D.C.

[ad name="HTML-68"] WASHINGTON — Puerto Rico’s governor got the jump on the territory on Monday when asked the federal government for $94.4 billion ahead of the Virgin Islands. Gov. Ricardo Rossello…
Posted by John McCarthy November 14, 2017
CATHOLIC DIOCESES: Some Virgin Islanders Suffering From PTSD … Puerto Rico Still In A ‘State of Emergency’
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CATHOLIC DIOCESES: Some Virgin Islanders Suffering From PTSD … Puerto Rico Still In A ‘State of Emergency’

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The people of Puerto Rico are still in “a state of emergency” nearly two months after Hurricane Maria, while some residents of the Virgin Islands are showing signs…
Posted by John McCarthy November 14, 2017
Evangelist Pat Robertson Finds A Rainbow In Solar Powered Appliances For The Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico Still Coping With No Electricity
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Evangelist Pat Robertson Finds A Rainbow In Solar Powered Appliances For The Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico Still Coping With No Electricity

[ad name="HTML-68"] VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.  -- A charity founded by Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson is teaming up with the Clinton Foundation and others to bring solar power to the storm-ravaged American…
Posted by John McCarthy November 14, 2017
V.I. GOP TO CONGRESS: Don’t Write A Blank Check To Gov. ‘Sticky Fingers’ Mapp and The Virgin Islands Government
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V.I. GOP TO CONGRESS: Don’t Write A Blank Check To Gov. ‘Sticky Fingers’ Mapp and The Virgin Islands Government

[ad name="HTML-68"] WASHINGTON — Republican leaders from the U.S. territory of the Virgin Islands are in the nation’s capital this week telling the White House and Congress not to write…
Posted by John McCarthy November 14, 2017
Now That The Roads Are Clear … Three-Star Army General Calling It Quits In Puerto Rico
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Now That The Roads Are Clear … Three-Star Army General Calling It Quits In Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN -- The three-star general is leaving Puerto Rico, ending his mission of providing relief from the devastation of Hurricane Maria. Troops are being pulled out, too, along with…
Posted by John McCarthy November 14, 2017
Adopt-A-Family, Formed On TV Show, Now Sending Thousands of Aid Packages To The Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico
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Adopt-A-Family, Formed On TV Show, Now Sending Thousands of Aid Packages To The Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico

[ad name="HTML-68"] NEW YORK -- Two strangers who met on social media joined forces to create a program that is now sending thousands of packages of much-needed supplies to hurricane…
Posted by John McCarthy November 14, 2017
REPORT: Whitefish Energy Billed Puerto Rico $319 Her Hour Per Linemen — Then Paid Them $63 Per Hour
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REPORT: Whitefish Energy Billed Puerto Rico $319 Her Hour Per Linemen — Then Paid Them $63 Per Hour

SMELL TEST: Experts in the field said Whitefish significantly over-inflated its fees, almost 17 times the average salary of Puerto Rico-based linemen. [ad name="HTML-68"] SAN JUAN -- The Montana energy…
Posted by John McCarthy November 13, 2017
Conference in Germany To Examine What Role Climate Change Played In This Season’s Hurricanes
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Conference in Germany To Examine What Role Climate Change Played In This Season’s Hurricanes

BONN -- A delegation from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has arrived at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP23) in Germany. While at the event, which runs until November…
Posted by John McCarthy November 13, 2017
A HURRICANE SEASON WE CAN’T FORGET: And In Many Cases Are Still Living In The Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico
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A HURRICANE SEASON WE CAN’T FORGET: And In Many Cases Are Still Living In The Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN -- The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season will long be remembered as one of the busiest and most destructive hurricane seasons on record. Five named storms and one tropical…
Posted by John McCarthy November 13, 2017

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