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WTJX NEWSFEED: September 6, 2024

By Marcellina Ventura-Douglas

Published September 6, 2024 at 6:15 PM AST

Photo Description: A student from St. Croix Educational Complex High School holds up a sign during Friday’s protest over school conditions.

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed, students at the St. Croix Educational Complex protest school conditions, after a ceiling fan fell and injured a student during class. Senator Donna Frett-Gregory, chair of the Committee on Budget, Appropriations and Finance, expresses concerns over the governor’s recent call to increase the minimum wage in the territory. And despite an ongoing search and rescue effort, a man who was last seen at Magens Bay on St. Thomas remains missing. 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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