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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba pick up the pieces after Melissa’s destruction
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba pick up the pieces after Melissa’s destruction

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba (AP) — The rumble of large machinery, whine of chain saws and chopping of machetes echoed through communities across the northern Caribbean on Thursday as they…
Posted by John McCarthy October 31, 2025
Happy Halloween! Your weekend forecast isn’t that frightful …
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Puerto Rico News

Happy Halloween! Your weekend forecast isn’t that frightful …

On St. Croix, a couple of brief showers late this morning with variable clouds and a high of 88, AccuWeather said. Tonight St. Croix can expect cloudy conditions with a…
Posted by John McCarthy October 31, 2025
US is sending dozens of relief workers to help with fallout from Hurricane Melissa
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

US is sending dozens of relief workers to help with fallout from Hurricane Melissa

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is deploying several dozen disaster relief workers, including urban search and rescue teams, to Caribbean island nations as they deal with devastation caused by Hurricane…
Posted by John McCarthy October 30, 2025
US charges 19 with flooding Washington Square Park with drugs
Posted inBreaking News Crime News National News

US charges 19 with flooding Washington Square Park with drugs

NEW YORK — Federal prosecutors in Manhattan unsealed charges today against 19 people who they said ran a year-round open-air drug market in Washington Square Park, distributing millions of doses…
Posted by John McCarthy October 30, 2025
Serial fraudster Daliqua Moses finally captured on St. Thomas
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

Serial fraudster Daliqua Moses finally captured on St. Thomas

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A woman sought repeatedly by local police for check fraud and related crimes was finally apprehended on St. Thomas, authorities said. Daliqua Moses, 27, was arrested and…
Posted by John McCarthy October 30, 2025
Therese Williams accused of pointing gun at Wendy’s employee in ‘dispute’ at restaurant
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

Therese Williams accused of pointing gun at Wendy’s employee in ‘dispute’ at restaurant

CHRISTIANSTED – A St. Croix woman was charged with assault for allegedly pointing a gun at a Wendy's employee during "a dispute "at its Sunny Isle Shopping Center restaurant, authorities…
Posted by John McCarthy October 30, 2025
4 killed in latest US strike on alleged drug boat in Eastern Pacific: Hegseth
Posted inBreaking News Military News National News

4 killed in latest US strike on alleged drug boat in Eastern Pacific: Hegseth

WASHINGTON (ABC) — Four people were killed in the latest U.S. military airstrike on an alleged drug boat in the Eastern Pacific on Wednesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced in…
Posted by John McCarthy October 30, 2025
Veterans health care network flags changes for USVI, Puerto Rico
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Health News

Veterans health care network flags changes for USVI, Puerto Rico

TAMPA —  The Department of Veterans Affairs is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Antonio Sánchez as the new executive director of the VA Caribbean Healthcare System which serves…
Posted by John McCarthy October 30, 2025
‘The helpers need help’. Food banks brace for impact as SNAP cliff looms.
Posted inBreaking News Business News Health News

‘The helpers need help’. Food banks brace for impact as SNAP cliff looms.

WASHINGTON (NPR) — Chris Jones and Mary Ann Edwards have been volunteering at the Llano Food Pantry in central Texas for several years. It's a tight-knit group, where food recipients…
Posted by John McCarthy October 30, 2025
Two brothers convicted of selling black-market HIV drugs to pharmacies, patients
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Health News

Two brothers convicted of selling black-market HIV drugs to pharmacies, patients

Two brothers were found guilty on Wednesday of buying tens of millions of dollars worth of black-market HIV drugs and reselling them to numerous pharmacies, including two in Miami Beach.…
Posted by John McCarthy October 30, 2025

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