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WTJX NEWSFEED: October 17, 2024

By Isabelle Teare

Published October 17, 2024 at 6:16 PM AST

Anthony Ottley, Chief Executive Officer of the West Indian Company Limited, testifies before the Committee on Budget, Appropriations and Finance on March 5, 2024.

On today's WTJX Radio NewsFeed, the West Indian Company Limited announced they will not be renewing CEO Anthony Ottley's contract. We speak with Jason Charles, chairman of WICO's board, about what the decision means for the future of the company. And the legislature approves the extension of the territory's power-related state of emergency, as Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority CEO Karl Knight testifies that the Authority remains in a fiscal crisis. Listen to these stories and more.

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Isabelle Teare

Isabelle Teare is the Special Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer of WTJX. She also serves as a multi-media journalist for the System – writing print stories, reporting for the radio NewsFeed, and hosting <i>Trial Watch</i>, a live online program that covers high-profile cases in the territory. Isabelle is a graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, where she specialized in radio broadcast and audio storytelling. Born in Brooklyn but raised on St. Thomas since the age of seven, she attended and graduated from Antilles School before moving to Washington, D.C., where she earned her bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University in Justice and Peace Studies. Originally planning to pursue a career in law, Isabelle worked as a paralegal on St. Thomas for several years before deciding to follow her passion for storytelling.

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