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July 17th, 2025
Late Eileene L. Parsons OBE getting a fit for a queen send-off

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI—The late former legislator and cultural icon, Mrs Eileene L. Parsons, aka ‘Mrs P’, is receiving a send-off fit for a queen today, Thursday, July 17, 2025.

July 7th, 2025
Cultural Icon & Patriot Eileene L. Parsons to be laid to rest on July 17, 2025

MANCHESTER, Tortola, VI- Word reaching our news centre, from sources close to the planning, is that the late Mrs Eileene Lucia Parsons OBE—renowned Legislator, Cultural Icon, Patriot, and one of the first women elected in the Virgin Islands—will be honoured with an official funeral.

July 1st, 2025
Gov’t urged to find ways to honour the late Eileene L. Parsons OBE

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Former legislator Shereen D. Flax-Charles has called for more initiatives to honour the late former legislator and cultural icon, Ms Eileene L. Parsons, OBE, known affectionately as 'Miss P.'

June 22nd, 2025
Eileene L. Parsons OBE was ‘one of our most distinguished daughters’- Premier Wheatley

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has extended condolences on behalf of the Government and people of the Virgin Islands on the passing of “one of our most distinguished daughters”, Ms Eileene Lucia Parsons, OBE.

June 22nd, 2025
Fmr legislator & cultural icon Eileene L. Parsons OBE passes @ aged 94

MANCHESTER ESTATE, Tortola, VI- Former legislator and cultural icon Ms Elieene L. Parsons, OBE, aka 'Miss P', has died at the age of 94. She was born on July 5, 1930.

January 19th, 2025
The Mother of all Parties! Patsy C. Lake turns 80 in high grandeur!

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Multi-Purpose Sports Complex in Road Town was transformed into an oasis of beauty, splendour, oh it was pleasurable to behold. The décor was a work of art, with high-end taste, colours and you would not have missed the red carpet.

August 25th, 2021
Historian, cultural icon, librarian & patriot Yvonne Mactavious passes

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Family, friends and the cultural class are in mourning on the passing of a daughter of the Virgin Islands soil, Ms Jeanette Yvonne Mactavious.

July 5th, 2020
Cultural Icon Eileene L. Parsons turns 90; Hon Fraser is 70 today!

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- July 5, 2020, is a special day in the Virgin Islands, as it is the day two gems of the Virgin Islands are celebrating their birth anniversaries.

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