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Torchlight Procession to launch 71st Emancipation Festival Friday evening
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The 71st Virgin Islands Emancipation Festival is set to officially begin this Friday, July 25, 2025, with the much-anticipated Torchlight Procession.
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.
Late Eileene L. Parsons OBE Lying in State until 5:00 PM
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The late former legislator and cultural icon Mrs Eileene L. Parsons aka ‘Mrs P’, is currently Lying in State today, July 16, 2025, and the general public can view the body from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
‘We have to bring back’ horse racing in memory of Eileene L. Parsons- Premier
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Describing the late former legislator and cultural icon Mrs Eileene L. Parsons, OBE, as a sports enthusiast who had a great love for softball and horse racing, Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has said horse racing should return not only because it is a pastime of the Virgin Islands but also in memory of Mrs Parsons.
‘She was the Soil’: Hon de Castro pays tribute to late Parsons with poem
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- As legislators spoke at length in their tribute to the late former legislator and cultural icon Mrs Eileene L. Parsons, OBE, aka ‘Miss P’, at the Special Sitting of the House of Assembly (HoA) on July 1, 2025, Minister for Education, Youth Affairs and Sports Honourable Sharie B. de Castro (AL) chose to do hers via a poem she wrote herself in honour of Parsons.
Honour late Eileene L. Parsons by 'taking up mantle of patriotism'- Premier Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has encouraged all residents of the Virgin Islands (VI) to emulate the patriotism exhibited by the late Eileene L. Parsons, OBE.
‘Limit the use of flesh & feathers’ @ 2025 August Monday Parade- Opposition Leader
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Opposition Leader Honourable Myron V. Walwyn (R6) has called for persons participating in the 2025 August Monday Parade to be more modest in their costume selection.
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.'
Divided Opposition pays tribute to late Eileene L. Parsons OBE
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Opposition faction, the Alliance, and the National Democratic Party (NDP) have paid tribute to the late legislator and cultural icon Eileene L. Parsons, OBE, albeit in separate statements.
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.
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