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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
GOLDEN PARACHUTE: Julio Rhymer Is The New Director of OMB, Nellon Bowry Is Retiring And We Know Who Is The Next Acting WAPA CEO
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GOLDEN PARACHUTE: Julio Rhymer Is The New Director of OMB, Nellon Bowry Is Retiring And We Know Who Is The Next Acting WAPA CEO

WRONG AND STRONG: "I know nothing, nothing," Gov. Kenneth Mapp will make the announcements tonight at a press conference. [ad name="HTML-68"] CHRISTIANSTED -- Julio Rhymer will be named the director…
Posted by John McCarthy December 11, 2017
Reckless St. Croix Motorist Drives Into Utility Pole Near Gallows Bay Early Sunday Morning … No Injuries Reported
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Reckless St. Croix Motorist Drives Into Utility Pole Near Gallows Bay Early Sunday Morning … No Injuries Reported

[ad name="HTML-68"] CHRISTIANSTED -- An errant St. Croix motorist drove into a utility pole early Sunday morning downtown and when it fell it knocked down part of an abandoned building.…
Posted by John McCarthy December 10, 2017
DINGBAT COPS! Police On St. Croix Want You To Capture Two Dangerous Wanted Men Who Police Say They Can’t Find
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DINGBAT COPS! Police On St. Croix Want You To Capture Two Dangerous Wanted Men Who Police Say They Can’t Find

[ad name="HTML-68"] FREDERIKSTED — The bumbling, stumbling lazy Keystone Kops who make up the Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) admit that they can't find two men on this 84-square-mile island.…
Posted by John McCarthy December 9, 2017
IT’S A DOG’S LIFE: Country Superstar Kenny Chesney Rescues 250 Animals From The Virgin Islands After Hurricane Irma
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IT’S A DOG’S LIFE: Country Superstar Kenny Chesney Rescues 250 Animals From The Virgin Islands After Hurricane Irma

[ad name="HTML-68"] CRUZ BAY -- Kenny Chesney is the bard of island life. In the world he conjures through song, it’s always summertime. Beachside bars welcome shirtless, shoeless customers.  You…
Posted by John McCarthy December 9, 2017
After 25 Months of Going Backwards, Caribbean and Latin American Exports Are Ticking Upwards … With e-Commerce Leading The Way
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After 25 Months of Going Backwards, Caribbean and Latin American Exports Are Ticking Upwards … With e-Commerce Leading The Way

[ad name="HTML-68"] WASHINGTON - Following 25 months of uninterrupted contraction, exports of goods from the Caribbean and Latin America (LAC) are back on the path to growth. After shrinking by 3.3…
Posted by John McCarthy December 9, 2017
Lead Singer Kyle ‘Kylo’ Sylvester Identified As Member of Stylee Band Aboard Ill-Fated Beechcraft Baron 58 Aircraft That Crashed on St. Croix
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Lead Singer Kyle ‘Kylo’ Sylvester Identified As Member of Stylee Band Aboard Ill-Fated Beechcraft Baron 58 Aircraft That Crashed on St. Croix

[ad name="HTML-68"] FREDERIKSTED -- Kyle "Kylo" Sylvester, the lead singer for the soca group Kylo & Stylee Band, was among the five passengers who died aboard the Beechcraft Baron 58…
Posted by John McCarthy December 9, 2017
Private Plane Fails To Take Off At Henry Rohlsen Airport And Crash Lands … One Member of Kylo & Stylee Band, Pilot, Three Others Die
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Private Plane Fails To Take Off At Henry Rohlsen Airport And Crash Lands … One Member of Kylo & Stylee Band, Pilot, Three Others Die

[ad name="HTML-68"] FREDERIKSTED -- Five people died -- including at least one member of the Kylo & Stylee Band -- when a twin-engine aircraft experienced "mechanical issues" on takeoff at Henry…
Posted by John McCarthy December 8, 2017
TIMELY ARRESTS: Three Men Arrested In St. Thomas For 2013 Gold Corner Jewelry Store Heist On Main Street
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TIMELY ARRESTS: Three Men Arrested In St. Thomas For 2013 Gold Corner Jewelry Store Heist On Main Street

JEWELRY STORE ROBBER: Ron Delano Kuntz CHARLOTTE AMALIE – Devon Davis, 27, Keon Wilson, 22, and Shawn McIntosh, 24, have been arrested after being charged by a superseding indictment with…
Posted by John McCarthy December 8, 2017
At Least 985 Additional People Died During Hurricane Maria In Puerto Rico
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At Least 985 Additional People Died During Hurricane Maria In Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN -- It’s official. In the 40 days after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, at least 985 additional people died, when compared to the same period in 2016. And if…
Posted by John McCarthy December 8, 2017
U.S. Army SATCOM Supports Hurricane Relief Efforts in Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico
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U.S. Army SATCOM Supports Hurricane Relief Efforts in Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico

[ad name="HTML-68"] SAN JUAN -- Some 2,000 miles away from the path of devastation cut by hurricanes Irma and Maria, network engineers at the Rock Island Arsenal Integrated Network Operations…
Posted by John McCarthy December 7, 2017

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