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WTJX NEWSFEED: May 1, 2025

By Marcellina Ventura-Douglas

Published May 1, 2025 at 6:12 PM AST

Pictured left to right: Health Commissioner Justa Encarnacion; Grace Bailey, medical social worker at SRMC; SRMC CEO Tina Commissiong; and Senator Avery Lewis.

On today's WTJX Radio NewsFeed: We speak with Senator Avery Lewis, who was part of a VI delegation that traveled to Puerto Rico to discuss the VA’s potential cuts by the Trump administration and create a contingency plan for local veterans' health care. Morris Anselmi, a government witness in the federal case against Davidson and Sasha Charlemagne, has admitted under oath that he hopes to receive benefits in his own fraud case in exchange for testifying against the married couple. A woman has been arrested following a domestic violence incident on St. Thomas. 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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