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WTJX NEWSFEED: October 6, 2025

By Marcellina Ventura-Douglas
Published October 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM AST
Pictured: Governor Albert Bryan Jr. and Agriculture Commissioner Louis Petersen are joined by stakeholders to break ground on the Bordeaux cistern construction project.
Photo Credit: Government House of the Virgin Islands Facebook Page
Pictured: Governor Albert Bryan Jr. and Agriculture Commissioner Louis Petersen are joined by stakeholders to break ground on the Bordeaux cistern construction project.

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: The VI Department of Agriculture broke ground on the first of two 100,000-gallon cisterns in Estate Bordeaux on St. Thomas. The Virgin Islands Horseracing Commission is seeking guidance from the Attorney General’s Office on whether it can authorize off-track betting operations without a current racetrack franchise holder. The Third Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the 2021 conviction and sentence of former Casino Control Commission contractor Stephanie Barnes. St. Croix is under a high surf advisory and rip current risk from an incoming wave, meanwhile officials are monitoring a tropical wave in the Central Atlantic that is currently forecasted to pass safely north-northeast of the Virgin Islands. 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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