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WTJX NEWSFEED: January 14, 2026

By Marcellina Ventura-Douglas

Published January 14, 2026 at 7:53 PM AST

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: We speak with Kosei Ohno, lead of Project Fair Waters, a USVI maritime coalition, following a new report from the U.S. trade representative validating concerns that the BVI’s charter fee hike is harming the USVI marine tourism economy and threatening thousands of local jobs. A St. Thomas man has been arrested and charged after police say he assaulted another man with a machete near Vitraco Mall. Police are investigating the death of an unidentified man who was found Tuesday morning at a junkyard in Estate Cottage on St. Croix. Emergency responders pronounced him dead at the scene and noted an apparent head injury. 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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