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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
UNICEF REPORT: 350K Caribbean Children In Dire Humanitarian Need After Hurricanes Passed
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UNICEF REPORT: 350K Caribbean Children In Dire Humanitarian Need After Hurricanes Passed

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] HAVANA -- Though three months has passed since hurricanes Maria and Irma terrorized and destroyed Caribbean islands, thousands of children remain without basic necessities, clean…
Posted by John McCarthy December 19, 2017
NEW TECHNOLOGY: Custom Microsoft App Is Helping the Region Rebound After Devastating Hurricanes
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NEW TECHNOLOGY: Custom Microsoft App Is Helping the Region Rebound After Devastating Hurricanes

CODRINGTON, Barbuda — Last month at a United Nations donor conference, the international community pledged $1.3 billion to rebuild the hurricane-ravaged Caribbean. But how did they know how much the region, which…
Posted by John McCarthy December 18, 2017
ECLAC REPORT: Caribbean and Latin American Economies Will Show ‘Modest’ Gains in 2018
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ECLAC REPORT: Caribbean and Latin American Economies Will Show ‘Modest’ Gains in 2018

BRIDGETOWN -- The economies of the Caribbean and Latin America should experience a moderate recovery in 2018, expanding 2.2 percent next year after recording an average 1.3 percent growth this…
Posted by John McCarthy December 18, 2017
EYEWITNESS: Three Armed Suspects on St. Croix Were Cooping Cash Used To Feed ATM Machines On The Big Island
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EYEWITNESS: Three Armed Suspects on St. Croix Were Cooping Cash Used To Feed ATM Machines On The Big Island

CHRISTIANSTED — The three carjacking robbers who tailed a police officer and a businesswoman on St. Croix knew they were following people with $40,000 to $100,000 cash in their vehicle…
Posted by John McCarthy December 17, 2017
Police Arrest Sixth Person In Connection With Brutal Carjacking Rape of 16-Year-Old Girl On St. Croix’s East End
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Police Arrest Sixth Person In Connection With Brutal Carjacking Rape of 16-Year-Old Girl On St. Croix’s East End

NEITHER LEAN NOR MEAN: Territorial Police Chief Winsbut McFarlande and Police Commissioner Delroy Richards Sr. FREDERIKSTED -- A St. Croix man was arrested on Thursday and charged in connection with…
Posted by John McCarthy December 17, 2017
Police Arrest 2 Men, 1 Boy In Connection To Gunpoint Carjacking Robbery of Unnamed Off-Duty VIPD Officer and Businesswoman
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Police Arrest 2 Men, 1 Boy In Connection To Gunpoint Carjacking Robbery of Unnamed Off-Duty VIPD Officer and Businesswoman

ARRESTED: Hansel Castillo on St. Croix FREDERIKSTED -- Three men were arrested on Friday and being held in connection with the carjacking-robbery of an off-duty Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD)…
Posted by John McCarthy December 17, 2017
Caribbean Unity Center Shooting Death of St. Croix’s Juan Carlos Ilarraza Remains Unsolved In Orlando
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Caribbean Unity Center Shooting Death of St. Croix’s Juan Carlos Ilarraza Remains Unsolved In Orlando

SHOT TO DEATH: Juan Carlos Ilarraza, 26, of St. Croix ORLANDO -- Police are still looking for answers as to why a former St. Croix resident who was wanted for…
Posted by John McCarthy December 16, 2017
MAPP: Everyone In My Cabinet Reports That They Are ‘Surviving The Hurricane Well On $90K+ Per Year’ And More … Thank You Very Much For Asking
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MAPP: Everyone In My Cabinet Reports That They Are ‘Surviving The Hurricane Well On $90K+ Per Year’ And More … Thank You Very Much For Asking

CHRISTIANSTED – Gov. Kenneth Mapp said that he met with all of his Cabinet members on St. Croix and that all of them are happy to report that none of…
Posted by John McCarthy December 15, 2017
REPORT: Slavery Ended In The Caribbean When It No Longer Made Good Business Sense
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REPORT: Slavery Ended In The Caribbean When It No Longer Made Good Business Sense

PORT OF SPAIN -- IN ITS 18th-century heyday cane grown in the Caribbean and cut by African slaves provided Britain with nearly all its sugar. The masters of this brutal…
Posted by John McCarthy December 14, 2017
The Jones Act Costs Too Much For All Americans, Not Just Those In The Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico
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The Jones Act Costs Too Much For All Americans, Not Just Those In The Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN -- Puerto Rico’s post-hurricane plight has drawn attention to the Jones Act, the 1920 law that compels all maritime commerce between United States ports to be carried on…
Posted by John McCarthy December 14, 2017

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