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WTJX NEWSFEED: November 4, 2025

By Marcellina Ventura-Douglas

Published November 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM AST

Pictured: Senator Marvin Blyden (right) speaks with attendees during Innovative Housing Construction Summit on St. Thomas.

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: We speak with Senator Marvin Blyden following the inaugural Innovative Housing Construction Summit, where more than 600 Virgin Islanders explored new affordable building technologies and strategies to cut construction costs and expand homeownership. Governor Albert Bryan Jr. nominated Magistrate Judge Venetia Harvey Velazquez to the Superior Court for the St. Croix District. Travis Lawrence, the man accused of a violent June assault on his elderly neighbor, 76-year-old Denston Bacchus, has been charged with murder after Bacchus died from injuries in September. 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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