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WTJX NEWSFEED: October 9, 2025

By Marcellina Ventura-Douglas
Published October 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM AST
Pictured: The Virgin Islands Legislature raised a Pride flag in June 2024 at their St. Croix location (as well as St. Thomas and St. John) and five months later stalled a bill submitted by Governor Albert Bryan Jr. that would have created a formal process for changing gender markers on government-issued IDs.
Photo Credit: WTJX/Jamar Hewlett
Pictured: The Virgin Islands Legislature raised a Pride flag in June 2024 at their St. Croix location (as well as St. Thomas and St. John) and five months later stalled a bill submitted by Governor Albert Bryan Jr. that would have created a formal process for changing gender markers on government-issued IDs.

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: Last November lawmakers stalled legislation submitted by Governor Albert Bryan Jr. that provided for a judicial process that grants gender marker and name change on government-issued identification. Almost a year later, the governor took matters into his own hands, signing Executive Order no. 543-2025, establishing the formal process by which individuals in the VI may request a change to the gender marker on their official government-issued documents. The Department of Public Works reports that two VITRAN buses are back in service on St. Croix with a third expected this week. The agency is working to modernize its aging fleet as it prepares for the arrival of six new fixed-route and six paratransit buses. A St. Thomas woman has been rearrested and faces new charges for fleeing the scene of a crash that seriously injured a pedestrian in Smith Bay. 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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