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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. Born and raised on St. Croix, Ventura-Douglas graduated from the University of the Virgin Islands, where she received her bachelor’s degree in criminal justice. While at UVI, she worked in the office of Senator Shawn-Michael Malone before beginning her career in radio. Ventura-Douglas fell in love with radio growing up, when she and her father would spend every morning and afternoon listening to local radio news legend, Alvin G. After leaving Senator Malone's office, she became the program director of Vivid Streaming. She then joined WTJX-TV, Channel 12 as a producer. Soon after, she was tapped to switch to WTJX-FM to present an evening news. She is passionate about bringing radio news to the Virgin Islands community through the WTJX NewsFeed, airing every weekday at 5:00pm on 93.1 FM and available online, on demand.<br/>Email: mvdouglas@wtjx.org<br/>Phone: (340) 474-1682

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