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August 14th, 2023
'Ms P' blasts VI men for ‘allowing’ their women to 'expose' themselves in public

PALESTINA ESTATE, Tortola, VI - Former legislator Eileene L. Parsons, OBE has called on the men of the Virgin Islands (VI) to stop allowing their women and females to go on the streets dressing provocatively during festivals.

July 31st, 2023
'Even my grandchildren, according to me, are not BVIslanders'- Eileene L. Parsons OBE

PALESTINA ESTATE, Tortola, VI- Local cultural icon Ms Eileene L. Parsons, OBE has maintained “in all sincerity” that a Virgin Islander should be identified as someone who is able to trace his or her parentage back three generations of Virgin Islanders on both sides.

March 10th, 2020
'Just a handful' of Virgin Islanders are happy to be from here- Belonger

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Unites States born Virgin Islands Belonger, Mrs Shauvon Hodge-Frank says locals are not as proud of their heritage when compared to others like Latinos who champion their culture at every opportunity.

April 11th, 2013
VIslander launches Environmental Systems Consultancy

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – At some stage of our lives we credit ‘parent/s’ for their impact on our lives, for some people the memories are very good and others not so good but be it as it may it would have had a positive after effect. In the case of Dr. Cassander Titley-O’Neal, the Executive Director of Environmental Systems and a native Virgin Islander, her late father peeked into her future and did his bit in helping her realise her success today.

March 28th, 2012
Bevin Brathwaite: Only BVIslander farmers can get gov’t assistance

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Appearing before the 2012 Standing Finance Committee (SFC) to defend his Department’s Budget proposal Chief Agricultural Officer (CAO) Bevin Brathwaite sought to clarify which famer could and could not receive Government assistance through the farmer’s assistance programme.

November 14th, 2011
Hon. Vanterpool wants a Virgin Islander for TRC’s top spot

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – More than likely a Virgin Islander will be tipped to be the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC), said Minister for Communications and Works Hon. Mark Vanterpool at the swearing in ceremony for the new Cabinet at the Sir Rupert Briercliffe Hall on November 9, 2011.

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