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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. 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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