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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
STUFFING THE TURKEY: Mapp Says He Is Grateful To Lineman From The U.S. Mainland Who Are Helping To Restore Electricity To The Territory … No Mention of WAPA
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STUFFING THE TURKEY: Mapp Says He Is Grateful To Lineman From The U.S. Mainland Who Are Helping To Restore Electricity To The Territory … No Mention of WAPA

[ad name="HTML-68"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- Gov. Kenneth Mapp wished Virgin Islanders and all those in the territory assisting with the recovery efforts a Happy Thanksgiving. Mapp said that he was "enormously…
Posted by John McCarthy November 24, 2017
JAZZ IN THE PARK: Free Music Concerts Return To Downtown Christiansted In St. Croix Tonight!
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JAZZ IN THE PARK: Free Music Concerts Return To Downtown Christiansted In St. Croix Tonight!

[ad name="HTML-68"] CHRISTIANSTED -- Community Music Inc will  again sponsor  a free  Jazz in the Park concert tonight from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m, at the Bandstand at Christiansted National Historic…
Posted by John McCarthy November 24, 2017
HURRICANE RECOVERY: Virgin Islands Has The Help of A Very Powerful Ally Behind The Scenes In Billionaire-Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg
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HURRICANE RECOVERY: Virgin Islands Has The Help of A Very Powerful Ally Behind The Scenes In Billionaire-Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg

CRUZ BAY — Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg told USA Today that he didn't plan on getting involved in the hurricane recovery of the territory -- but, yet and still…
Posted by John McCarthy November 22, 2017
Terminex Fined $10 Million by EPA For Poisoning Delaware Family … Esmond-Devine Family To Receive $90 Million In Compensation For Toxic St. John Vacation
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Terminex Fined $10 Million by EPA For Poisoning Delaware Family … Esmond-Devine Family To Receive $90 Million In Compensation For Toxic St. John Vacation

TOXIC RESORT: Sirenusa Resort's Villa Capri in St. John cost thousands of dollars per day to stay there before the methyl bromide accident -- now it is $150 per night.…
Posted by John McCarthy November 21, 2017
ROONEY’S FIRST GAME: St. Croix Man Was Once A Top MLB Prospect For SF Giants
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ROONEY’S FIRST GAME: St. Croix Man Was Once A Top MLB Prospect For SF Giants

CHRISTIANSTED -- Someday you might see Rooney Williams sitting at Seaside Market & Deli eating breakfast. Williams wears blue jeans, a white t-shirt, dark sunglasses (he needs cataract surgery) and…
Posted by John McCarthy November 19, 2017
THERE IS NO SANTA CLAUS, VIRGIN ISLANDS (and Puerto Rico) Will Not Be Paid Before Christmas For Hurricane Recovery
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THERE IS NO SANTA CLAUS, VIRGIN ISLANDS (and Puerto Rico) Will Not Be Paid Before Christmas For Hurricane Recovery

WASHINGTON -- The Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico were left out of the latest congressional money merry-go-round. The $44 billion President Donald Trump asked Congress for is for Texas and…
Posted by John McCarthy November 19, 2017
Puerto Rico’s Whitefish Energy Scandal Hurts Virgin Islands As Trump Asks Congress For A ‘Wholly Inadequate’ $44 Billion
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Puerto Rico’s Whitefish Energy Scandal Hurts Virgin Islands As Trump Asks Congress For A ‘Wholly Inadequate’ $44 Billion

GREASE FACTOR: Gov. Kenneth Mapp did not distance himself from Puerto Rico's Gov. Ricardo Rossello or his island's many problems ... the result is that we all lose. It is…
Posted by John McCarthy November 19, 2017
Gentle Winds Property Owners Say The Lack of WAPA Power There Has Already Cost The Government About $200K In Lost Revenues … With No End In Sight!
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Gentle Winds Property Owners Say The Lack of WAPA Power There Has Already Cost The Government About $200K In Lost Revenues … With No End In Sight!

GENTLE WINDS CONDOMINIUMS: Near St. Croix's historic Salt River on the North Shore. [ad name="HTML-68"] CHRISTIANSTED -- One of the biggest single location short-term rental properties on St. Croix says…
Posted by John McCarthy November 19, 2017
DUE DILIGENCE: Deputy Interior Secretary Arrives On St. Croix Today To Try To Independently Verify Mapp’s Accounting of The Disasters Here … Hurricane and Otherwise
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DUE DILIGENCE: Deputy Interior Secretary Arrives On St. Croix Today To Try To Independently Verify Mapp’s Accounting of The Disasters Here … Hurricane and Otherwise

[ad name="HTML-68"] CHRISTIANSTED -- The Number Two man at the Department of Interior -- the federal government agency that has oversight authority over the territories -- will arrive in St.…
Posted by John McCarthy November 18, 2017
Tourism Commissioner Tells Travel Magazine The USVI Pushed St. Thomas Ahead of St. Croix … ‘Because It Has More To Offer’
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Tourism Commissioner Tells Travel Magazine The USVI Pushed St. Thomas Ahead of St. Croix … ‘Because It Has More To Offer’

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- The commissioner of tourism admitted that the government pushed to get St. Thomas ready ahead of St. John and St. Croix to try to protect its biggest…
Posted by John McCarthy November 18, 2017

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