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WTJX NEWSFEED: January 30, 2024

By Marcellina Ventura-Douglas

Published January 30, 2024 at 5:57 PM AST

On today's WTJX NewsFeed, the board for the Government Employees Retirement System has voted for a limited restart of the System’s personal loan program. Government House Communications Director, Richard Motta Jr., is clarifying “misinformation” regarding a $5 million grant related to VIGL rebuilding the Randall "Doc" James racetrack. During Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas inaugural port of call on St. Thomas, the Virgin Islands Port Authority will sign agreements to further develop the Austin "Babe" Monsanto Marine Terminal in Crown Bay. Representative Wesley Hunt (R-TX), stumped for former President Donald Trump ahead of the VIGOP February 8 caucus. Listen to these stories and more.

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Marcellina Ventura-Douglas

Marcellina Ventura-Douglas is the Radio News Reporter for WTJX-FM, 93.1.She was born and raised on the island of St. Croix, where her grandfather founded the historic newspaper, The St. Croix Avis. Marcellina earned her bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from the University of the Virgin Islands, also working in the office of Senator Shawn-Michael Malone while she attended school. After leaving Malone's office, Marcellina went on to serve as program director of Vivid Streaming before working for the Virgin Islands National Guard as a Family Assistance Center Specialist from 2017 to 2018, where she supported service members and their families following Hurricanes Irma and Maria. She then joined WTJX-TV, Channel 12 as a producer, but was soon tapped to switch to WTJX-FM to deliver local evening news through the WTJX NewsFeed, airing every weekday at 5:00 pm on 93.1 FM and available on demand, wherever you get your podcasts.  <br/>Email: mvdouglas@wtjx.org<br/>Phone: (340) 474-1682

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