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WTJX NEWSFEED: August 13, 2025

By Marcellina Ventura-Douglas

Published August 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM AST

Pictured: VITEMA Director Daryl Jaschen during a Government House press briefing on July 28, 2025

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: VITEMA will distribute sandbags this week as the Virgin Islands faces a chance of tropical storm-force winds by Saturday. A St. Croix woman has been arrested and charged after a neighborhood dispute turned violent, leaving another woman with stab wounds, bite marks, and threatening messages sent afterward. Senator Ray Fonseca is pushing to fast-track a $150,000 plan to bring public water service from Raphune Hill to Edith Williams 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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