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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
St. Croix Baggage Handler Gets Two Years In Prison For Strapping Cocaine To His Body
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St. Croix Baggage Handler Gets Two Years In Prison For Strapping Cocaine To His Body

CHRISTIANSTED – A St. Croix man was given two years in prison by a federal judge for trying to smuggle cocaine onto an airplane. Dimitrous Jefferson, 29, of Mon Bijou,…
Posted by John McCarthy April 12, 2018
California Man Who Admitted To Bringing Two Kilos of Marijuana To St. Thomas Faces Five Years in Prison
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California Man Who Admitted To Bringing Two Kilos of Marijuana To St. Thomas Faces Five Years in Prison

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A California man admitted in federal court to trying to smuggle 4.4 pounds of marijuana into the territory. Kelley "Slim" Hansen, 28,…
Posted by John McCarthy April 12, 2018
Puerto Rico Gets Largest Grant in HUD History … $18.5 Billion To Rebuild Housing Infrastructure
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Puerto Rico Gets Largest Grant in HUD History … $18.5 Billion To Rebuild Housing Infrastructure

SAN JUAN  -- Puerto Rico will receive $18.5 billion from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to help rebuild its battered housing stock and infrastructure after September’s Hurricane Maria, the island’s…
Posted by John McCarthy April 11, 2018
POLICE: Gun Found on Dominica’s Lester Charles After Lindbergh Bay Fight
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POLICE: Gun Found on Dominica’s Lester Charles After Lindbergh Bay Fight

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A fight between two men led to the discovery of an illegal gun earlier this month, a police source said. Six days…
Posted by John McCarthy April 11, 2018
A 4.2 Magnitude Earthquake Hits About 53 Miles North of British Virgin Islands This Morning
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A 4.2 Magnitude Earthquake Hits About 53 Miles North of British Virgin Islands This Morning

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] ROAD TOWN, Tortola -- A 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck about 53 miles (85 kilometers) North of the British Virgin Islands this morning. According to the U.S.…
Posted by John McCarthy April 11, 2018
Virgin Islands Gets An Additional $1.6 Billion in HUD Funding … Puerto Rico Nets $18.5 Billion
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Virgin Islands Gets An Additional $1.6 Billion in HUD Funding … Puerto Rico Nets $18.5 Billion

WASHINGTON -- In a joint press conference with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, Governor Kenneth Mapp said today that the territory will receive $1.6 billion…
Posted by John McCarthy April 11, 2018
National Hurricane Center Releases List of 2018 Atlantic Hurricane Names
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National Hurricane Center Releases List of 2018 Atlantic Hurricane Names

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] MIAMI - The National Hurricane Center has released the list of all 21 names being used for this year's tropical storms in the Atlantic. The…
Posted by John McCarthy April 10, 2018
Robert White, 56, Drowns While Swimming Off The Frederiksted Pier on Monday
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Robert White, 56, Drowns While Swimming Off The Frederiksted Pier on Monday

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] FREDERIKSTED -- The brother of a Virgin Islands Police Department officer drowned while swimming near the Frederiksted Pier 0n St. Croix, authorities said. At about…
Posted by John McCarthy April 10, 2018
Venezuela Reopens Air, Sea Links to Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao After Three Months
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Venezuela Reopens Air, Sea Links to Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao After Three Months

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CARACAS -- Venezuela today reopened air and sea links to the islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao, three months after cutting them off in an…
Posted by John McCarthy April 9, 2018
Reggaeton Singer Kendo Kaponi Arrested on Armed Burglary Charges in Puerto Rico
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Reggaeton Singer Kendo Kaponi Arrested on Armed Burglary Charges in Puerto Rico

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] SAN JUAN -- Federal agents in Puerto Rico have arrested reggaeton singer Kendo Kaponi on charges of armed burglary and assault in Florida. Police said Kaponi,…
Posted by John McCarthy April 9, 2018

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