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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
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
‘PRETTY BUT DANGEROUS’: Most People Don’t Believe There Is A Major Crime Risk In The Caribbean
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‘PRETTY BUT DANGEROUS’: Most People Don’t Believe There Is A Major Crime Risk In The Caribbean

BRIDGETOWN -- “Pretty but dangerous,” is how one Miami attorney describes our region. The greatest danger in visiting the Caribbean islands might not be the frequency of crimes against tourists…
Posted by John McCarthy December 19, 2017
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

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