News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. Jan. 11, 2012: St. Maarten’s Princess Juliana International Airport has closed a US$132 million bond that will enable the facility to embark on a major expansion.
That’s the word from Regina LaBega, managing director of the Airport. LaBega, in a lunch meeting with...

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News Americas, WILLEMSTAD, CURAÇAO, Thurs. Oct. 4, 2012: Cruise tourism in the Caribbean generated more than $1.9 billion in direct expenditures over the last fiscal year.
That’s according to a new study from the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association. The FCCA commissioned study from Business Research...
News Americas, PHILLIPSBURGH, St. Maarten, Sat. Sept. 22, 2012: Police in St. Maarten are investigating the murder of an American couple who were found murdered at the Ocean Club.
According to the country’s Chief Prosecutor, Hans Mos, late Friday morning, police were informed about a possible crime...

CaribPR Wire, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. March 9, 2012: The spotlight is set to shine on investment opportunities on the French Caribbean territory of Saint Martin in New York City this June at the 2012 Invest Caribbean Now Power Forum.
La Chambre Consulaire Interprofessionnelle de Saint-Martin, (CCISM) has...

By Ir. Delano Richardson
News Americas, PHILLIPSBURGH, St. Maarten, Fri. Feb. 3, 2012: The Caribbean’s regional involvement in space is rooted in ESA [European Space Agency] and more recently the development of a venture involving XCOR Aerospace and the territorial government of Curacao and a group...

By Ir Delano Richardson
News Americas, PHILLIPSBURGH, St. Maarten, Fri. Jan. 20, 2012: Is Caribbean oil a building block to the future for the Caribbean?
Venezuela established Petrocaribe in June 29, 2005 to support and bring fairness to the trade of oil in the region and the US Secretary of State...
NASSAU, The Bahamas, Oct. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Distinguished experts, public officials, and HIV community members will come together at the 2011 Caribbean HIV Conference (November 18–21) to focus on HIV in the Caribbean, where adult HIV prevalence is higher than in any region in the world outside...

By Felicia Persaud
News Americas, MARIGOT, St. Martin, Fri. Sept. 23, 2011: If you have fantasies of being the King or Queen of your very own island but lack the financial resources to actually buy one, then consider a small island off St. Martin – at least for a day.
Tinatmarre Island is for the...
News Americas, PHILLIPSBURGH, St. Maarten, Weds. Sept. 21, 2011: LIAT’s CEO, Brian Challenger, recently spoke to News Americas about the challenges facing the regional carrier and the industry at the inaugural Caribbean Tourism Organization’s State of the Industry Conference in St. Maarten/St....