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 a new member of the WTJX team. She is a recent graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, where she specialized in radio broadcast and audio storytelling. Raised on the island of St. Thomas since the age of seven, Isabelle 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 on pursuing a career in the law, Isabelle worked as a paralegal on St. Thomas for several years before making the decision to pursue her passion for storytelling.

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