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WTJX NEWSFEED: October 8, 2026

By Marcellina Ventura-Douglas

Published October 8, 2026 at 5:55 PM AST

Pictured: Banco Popular’s Valentino I. McBean Regional Banking Center on St. Thomas.

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: Banco Popular, Brett “Mac” McClafferty, and Social Hospitality Group are negotiating a possible settlement in the federal lawsuit stemming from McClefferty’s February arrest.

Senator Marvin Blyden canceled a planned hearing to consider subpoenas against the Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority after a meeting with agency officials.

A St. Croix woman is facing child abuse and domestic violence charges after police say she repeatedly struck her teenage daughter with a PVC pipe and a metal curtain rod during a dispute over school attendance.

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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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