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WTJX NEWSFEED: January 15, 2025

By Marcellina Ventura-Douglas

Published January 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM AST

On today's WTJX Radio NewsFeed, Virgin Islands educator, Andre Douglas, has been awarded with the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. Senator Ray Fonseca is urging Governor Albert Bryan Jr. to declare a Hospital State of Emergency. A man from Puerto Rico has been sentenced in VI District Court for his conviction on cocaine trafficking. DOH has issued a clarification regarding the source of the legionnaire’s disease found at Hotel on the Cay. 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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