SXM Airport: Demand for ultra-luxury air service in our region
~ DIRECT FLIGHT FROM QATAR AIRWAYS SHOWS DEMAND FOR ULTRA-LUXURY AIR SERVICE IN OUR REGION ~ SIMPSON BAY — The ultra-luxury carrier Qatar Airways performed a “Spectacular landing” at the Princess Juliana More...
Zero Hour: Our Region in the Face of the Pandemic
By Alicia Bárcena Ibarra* Everything seems to be one gigantic mistake. We console ourselves by saying that everything has happened as it should not have happened. But it is we who are mistaken, not history. We More...
A push for market liberalization in the Caribbean
by Seth Miller Can cooperation and market liberalization beat out protectionist interests in the Caribbean? The 2019 Caribavia conference wasted little time in bringing that question to the forefront. With representatives More...
The big To-Do about failing Caribbean airlift
by Cdr. Bud Slabbaert In past three weeks, politicians and industry leaders at a number of summits in the Caribbean have expressed the urgent need for better air connections and more reasonable prices. Sorry folks. More...
Nature Foundation Warns About Increased Potential for Large Scale Sargassum Invasion
COLE BAY — The St. Maarten Nature Foundation is warning of a potential significant influx of Sargassum seaweed in the coming days: “We have been coordinating our monitoring efforts with our partners in More...
CIBC FIRSTCARIBBEAN AND UWI SIGN NEW MOU
Barbados — Bridgetown — Students around the region will continue to benefit from a number of scholarships following the recent signing of another memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the University More...
