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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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’s public schools closed today
Posted inBreaking News Community Affairs Education News

St. Croix’s public schools closed today

The Virgin Islands Department of Education (VIDE) is advising the public that all public schools in the St. Croix District will be closed on Monday, December 8, 2025, due to…
Posted by John McCarthy December 8, 2025
Dog food company recalls 300 cases sold nationwide over plastic contamination fears
Posted inBreaking News Business News Consumer News

Dog food company recalls 300 cases sold nationwide over plastic contamination fears

A dog food company recalled 300 cases of frozen food this week over possible plastic contamination, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Wisconsin-based Fromm Family Foods voluntarily recalled the Bonnihill…
Posted by John McCarthy December 8, 2025
Wegmans recalls mixed nuts over salmonella concerns
Posted inBreaking News Business News Consumer News

Wegmans recalls mixed nuts over salmonella concerns

Wegmans is recalling two varieties of its deluxe unsalted mixed nuts due to potential salmonella contamination. The recalled products were sold in a 34-ounce tub with a best by date…
Posted by John McCarthy December 8, 2025
Flights avoid Venezuelan airspace as tensions build
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Military News

Flights avoid Venezuelan airspace as tensions build

CARACAS — President Donald Trump repeated his pledge to strike Venezuelan drug traffickers on land "very soon," prompting a group of Democratic and Republican senators to file a war powers resolution on…
Posted by John McCarthy December 8, 2025
Puerto Rico salsa giant Rafael Ithier, who led El Gran Combo for more than half a century, dies
Posted inArt News Breaking News Caribbean News

Puerto Rico salsa giant Rafael Ithier, who led El Gran Combo for more than half a century, dies

SAN JUAN (AP) — Rafael Ithier, a beloved musician and a founder of the legendary salsa band El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, whose hits have inspired Bad Bunny and other icons…
Posted by John McCarthy December 8, 2025
Mostly sunny and breezy this morning, high 88
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Puerto Rico News

Mostly sunny and breezy this morning, high 88

A stable air mass is moving over the region today, with lower moisture content than normal, the National Weather Service said. This will support mostly clear skies and just a…
Posted by John McCarthy December 8, 2025
Around the world, refugees are shut out of the US by Trump’s new policies
Posted inBreaking News Humanitarian News National News

Around the world, refugees are shut out of the US by Trump’s new policies

When President Donald Trump suspended the refugee program on day one of his current administration, thousands of people around the world who had been so close to a new life in…
Posted by John McCarthy December 7, 2025
Awash in oil money, Guyana unveils a new digital school to boost education in the Caribbean
Posted inBreaking News Business News Caribbean News

Awash in oil money, Guyana unveils a new digital school to boost education in the Caribbean

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Guyana’s government has launched an online school expected to boost the education of thousands of students in the South American nation’ s vast and largely impoverished Amazonian regions…
Posted by John McCarthy December 7, 2025
Breezy with episodes of sunshine and a couple of morning showers, high 88
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Puerto Rico News

Breezy with episodes of sunshine and a couple of morning showers, high 88

Cloudiness and some passing showers will prevail across portions of Puerto Rico during the morning hours, the National Weather Service said. For the afternoon, mostly stable weather conditions are expected…
Posted by John McCarthy December 7, 2025
NBA champion Elden Campbell’s body was found after washing up on Florida shore, 911 audio reveals
Posted inBreaking News National News Police News

NBA champion Elden Campbell’s body was found after washing up on Florida shore, 911 audio reveals

POMPANO BEACH — Newly obtained 911 audio indicates a man called in an emergency after discovering the body of late NBA star Elden Campbell washed up on the shore of…
Posted by John McCarthy December 6, 2025

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