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• NLF CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY 2026

   Good Sunday morning. There’s a lot going on in the world and the sporting world, so let’s get to it.  A massive winter ❆storm is hitting the middle section of the country and the president has squarely laid the blame on the small Caribbean island of Antigua, demanding they surrender their island for reparations. “No...

• Corporate Constitutionalism for Foreign Private Issuers

  Lawyers for public companies across the world may not have expected this, but a recent UK appellate decision on an Antigua and Barbuda company greatly enhanced global shareholder rights.  The reason is straightforward – Antigua is one of a handful of offshore jurisdictions for company incorporation, and the company in this case is one of...

• How to Serve Process in Antigua and Barbuda

  Friends, we’re not building rockets here– but we are building a ship of sorts, and a leaky vessel means the cargo may not make it to its destination.  Likewise, a leaky approach to procedural rules can thwart an otherwise strong case just as it gets underway. Serving process in Antigua and Barbuda is subject to the strictures of...

• Carnival Drops Antigua Like A Hot Potato, Again

  Carnival Cruise Line suddenly and unexpectedly canceled all future port stops to Antigua, according to the AntiguaNewsRoom today.  Carnival’s announcement comes two weeks after Antigua Prime Minister Gaston Browne accused the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (“FCCA”) of “exploiting the region.” As reported by the Daily Observer on February 26th, Prime Minister Browne accused the association of “exploiting Caribbean countries...

• Three Cruise Passengers to Antigua Attacked and Robbed

  Three cruise visitors to Antigua, two from an unidentified MSC cruise ship and one from the P&O Brittania, were recently attacked and robbed in St. John’s in separate crimes according to the Antigua Observer. The two crimes were violent. The local police arrested two men, 20-year-old Joel Richards and 19-year-old Anderson Garcia, who are accused of...

• Fire on the Costa Magica?

  Today we received a message from a passenger is sailing on the Costa Magica with family. The passenger indicated that a fire broke out on the Costa cruise ship yesterday, February 24th, while the cruise ship was heading toward Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe which is in the eastern Caribbean between St. Kitts and Antigua & Barbuda to the...

• Cruise Passengers Injured in Jeep Safari Accident in Antigua

  A newspaper in Antigua reports that a safari jeep excursion vehicle filled with cruise passengers flipped on its side in a road accident last week. The newspaper reports that nine cruise passengers, consisting of six U.S. passengers and three German passengers, were riding in the back of the open air jeep. The injured were reportedly treated at...

• New York Court rules Facebook may be used for service

  Social media is establishing itself as an effective and reliable means of communication in this country. Even on legal matters. A New York Family Court Magistrate has ruled that a Staten Island man may use Facebook to serve his ex-wife legal notice that his child support payments should cease upon his son turning 21. Per...

• Guilty Plea Entered in Murder of Cruise Ship Passenger in Antigua

  Over three years ago, a U.S. cruise passenger, Nina Elizabeth Nilssen, age 30, was murdered while vacationing in Antigua near the English Harbour / Falmouth area. She had been cruising with her parents, an uncle and aunt, sister and brother-in-law aboard the Royal Clipper, a tall masted ship operated by Miami based Star Clippers.  The murder...

• Murder in Antigua: Store Employee Shot in Cruise Tourism Zone Heritage Quay

  Yesterday evening I received a tweet from a Twitter friend in Antigua: “several cruise passengers witnessed a day light killing in the tourism area of #antigua today.” Later I was told that an “attempted robbery at one of the shops led to a gunman shooting the woman in the head. She died on the spot around...

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• Travel Writers and the Ethics of Reporting Cruise News

  Cruise Law News was the first in the U.S. to report on the death of  Nina Elizabeth Nilssen in Antigua on January 19, 2010.  The story was then quickly picked up by our followers on Twitter, such as CruiseCritic and CruiseLog. Stories about crimes against tourists in Caribbean ports, as sad as they ...

• Update on Death of Nina Nilssen – Royal Clipper Cruise

  The U.S. national media has begun covering the sad story of 29 year old Nina Nilssen, who was killed in Antigua following the wedding of her sister a few days earlier aboard the Royal Clipper. This is about the saddest story imaginable where Ms. Nilssen was murdered during a once in a lifetime...

• Controversy Surrounds Star Clippers’ Response to Nina Nilssen Tragedy

  A controversy has emerged whether the officers of Star Clippers’ Royal Clipper cruise ship acted appropriately following the death of passenger Nina Nilssen ashore in Antigua. A travel writer who was sailing aboard the Royal Clipper criticized the handling of the tragedy in her blog entitled:   “We ...

• Antiguan Police Arrest Suspect in Death of Nina Nillsen

  The police in Antigua arrested a suspect for the murder of Nina Nilssen who died January 19, 2010 after taking a tender from the Star Clippers’ Royal Clipper cruise ship to Pigeon Point Beach. According to a newspaper in Dominica, the police arrested a 24 year-old Dominican man, Tishara Daniel. ...

• Letter of Thanks By Family of Nina Elizabeth Nilssen

  The following is the statement of the Nilssen family, issued today: We, the family of Nina Elizabeth Nilssen, welcome the news that the police force in St. George, Antigua Barbuda led by Corporal Marlon Proctor have arrested and charged Tishara Daniel of Sweets Village, Antigua with the murder of...

• Antiguan Murder Suspect in Death Of Nina Elizabeth Nilssen Held Without Bail

  The Antigua Sun newspaper in Antigua reports on the preliminary arraignment of Tishara Daniel who is charged with the murder of Nina Elizabeth Nilssen in Antigua. The Antigua Sun contains the first photograph of Mr. Daniel. The article contains rather bizarre details of the suspect’s clothing and...

• Cruise Passengers Attacked & Robbed in Antigua While Cruise and Tourism Officials Meet

  The Antigua Sun reports that two cruise passengers were attacked and robbed while ashore in Antigua yesterday after getting off a cruise ship.  The passengers were not identified but were described as a “British couple” who arrived in St. Johns yesterday.  They are sailing aboard the Fred Olsen...

• Star Clippers Returns to Antigua Following Murder of Passenger

  USA Today reports that Star Clippers is returning to Antigua.  This is less than five months after it dropped Antigua as a port of call following the murder of passenger Nina Elisabeth Nilssen.  We have written many articles about crime in Antigua and Ms. Nilssen’s untimely death.  The newspaper...

• Antigua National Security Investigates Fist Fight Between Cruise Passengers & Police Over Broken $5 Souvenir

  A newspaper in Antiqua reports today about an altercation which allegedly occurred between two cruise passengers & their child and police officers in a souvenir shop in Antigua. In an article entitled “Cruise Passengers and Police Come to Fisticuffs,” the Antigua Obeserver states that  a souvenir...

• WTO Authorizes Antigua and Barbuda to Suspend United States Intellectual Property Rights Over Internet Gambling Dispute

  The World Trade Organization issued approval on Monday for Antigua and Barbuda to impose sanctions on the United States that would authorize the suspension of “certain concessions and obligations” that Antigua has “under international law to the United States in respect of intellectual property...