tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17209094Sat, 14 Sep 2024 15:56:23 +0000.Aruba in her own words. These are not my words - the contents found in this blog are Aruban media articles (most of which I have translated from Papiamento to English). As the case has developed, reference is made to Dutch, and occasionally American, media sources.http://getagripmonkey.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Getagrip)Blogger381125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17209094.post-4622883067612746318Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:54:00 +00002008-02-19T13:56:27.908-05:00Infiltrator Van der Eem in Aruba for bookAmigoe.com02/18/2008 ORANJESTAD -- Patrick van der Eem has arrived in Aruba, where he will tell an American writer his story about the declarations that he elicited from thehttp://getagripmonkey.blogspot.com/2008/02/infiltrator-van-der-eem-in-aruba-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Getagrip)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17209094.post-1157634670847429995Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:44:00 +00002008-02-17T11:50:10.596-05:00Common Court confirms judge-commissioner’s decision as to Joran van der Sloot’s freedomDIARIO Aruba02/16/2008 ORANJESTAD (AAN): In what relates to the appeal by the Public Ministry against the denial of the judge-commissioner on February 1st, 2008 to detain the suspect, Joran van der Sloot in the Natalee Holloway case, the Common Court of Justice of the Dutch Antilles and Aruba arrived to a http://getagripmonkey.blogspot.com/2008/02/common-court-confirms-judge.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Getagrip)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17209094.post-2551970854628922056Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:22:00 +00002008-02-17T11:24:18.418-05:00No custody for Van der SlootAmigoe.com02/15/2008 ORANJESTAD – After the Public Prosecutor appealed the decision of the examining magistrate not to detain Joran van der Sloot, the Common Court of Justice of the Neth.Antilles and Arubahttp://getagripmonkey.blogspot.com/2008/02/no-custody-for-van-der-sloot-amigoe.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Getagrip)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17209094.post-5389965962521432076Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:37:00 +00002008-02-15T13:39:38.414-05:00 Column Peter R. DeVries: NO REARREST FOR JORAN: HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO HER RELATIVES.....? Joran van der Sloot will not be rearrested for his role in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway, according to a decision handed down by the Court on Aruba last night. This is not altogether surprising, considering an earlier pronouncement by http://getagripmonkey.blogspot.com/2008/02/column-peter-r_15.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Getagrip)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17209094.post-6194614314147977312Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:33:00 +00002008-02-15T13:36:40.960-05:00Common Court rejects Joran’s detentionDIARIO Aruba02/15/2008 ORANJESTAD (AAN): Last Thursday night, attorney Joe Tacopina revealed in New York that he received confirmation that the decision taken by the Common Court of Justice of Aruba and Antilles that they rejected the Public Ministry’s appeal for permission to re-detain Joran van der Sloot. The Public Ministry re-opened the http://getagripmonkey.blogspot.com/2008/02/common-court-rejects-jorans-detention.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Getagrip)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17209094.post-4182684574308055405Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:51:00 +00002008-02-13T08:54:57.351-05:00Court decides later on the arrest of JoranAmigoe.com02/12/2008 The Courthouse in Willemstad on Curacao, where the Court of Justice is residing. ORANJESTADhttp://getagripmonkey.blogspot.com/2008/02/court-decides-later-on-arrest-of-joran.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Getagrip)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17209094.post-7704868773874196163Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:22:00 +00002008-02-12T16:28:31.299-05:00Court of Justice has to hear Joran’s lawyersDIARIO Aruba02/12/2008 ORANJESTAD (AAN) — The last release that Aruban criminal authorities, the Public Ministry, has released and that came to light yesterday, gave more reason to start thinking whether criminal authorities really know how the justice system works in Aruba. Last week they told the press that they expect the judge’s decision to http://getagripmonkey.blogspot.com/2008/02/court-of-justice-has-to-hear-jorans.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Getagrip)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17209094.post-4029072762297525504Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:17:00 +00002008-02-11T13:19:12.503-05:00Column Peter R. DeVries: What's Joran's parents' case?A few weeks ago, the parents of Joran van der Sloot appeared with me in the Dutch talk show Pauw & Witteman. They asserted that Joran was a boy with a good upbringing, who alwayshttp://getagripmonkey.blogspot.com/2008/02/column-peter-r.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Getagrip)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17209094.post-4770917714281180756Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:42:00 +00002008-02-11T10:45:30.738-05:00Justice interrogates JoranAmigoe.com02/09/2008 While he was secretly being recorded in conversation with ‘informant’ Patrick van der Eem, he was under the influence of marihuana, said http://getagripmonkey.blogspot.com/2008/02/justice-interrogates-joran-amigoe.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Getagrip)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17209094.post-3394357711508114342Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:28:00 +00002008-02-10T10:32:12.956-05:00‘Joran persona non grata’Amigoe.com02/08/2008 Justice-minister Rudy Croes does no longer want Joran van der Sloot on the island, because he has caused and is still causing a lot of damage to the image of Aruba. ORANJESTAD – The minister of Justice, Rudy Croes has declared Joran van der Sloot, http://getagripmonkey.blogspot.com/2008/02/joran-persona-non-grata-amigoe.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Getagrip)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17209094.post-5385034123631961329Fri, 08 Feb 2008 22:07:00 +00002008-02-08T17:08:48.705-05:00O.M. Press ReleaseSource: GretaWirepress release Postbus 1163, Oranjestad, Aruba , Havenstraat 2 Oranjestad, ArubaTo all mediaFrom the Public Prosecutor’s OfficeDate February 8, 2008Pages 1 J.v.d.S. interrogated at Police Station in Rotterdam This morning, between 10:00 – 12:30 hours (Netherlands time) the police interrogated J.v.d.S. at a police station in Rotterdam. J.v.d.S. was http://getagripmonkey.blogspot.com/2008/02/o.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Getagrip)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17209094.post-4074822324476890809Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:03:00 +00002008-02-08T12:06:52.824-05:00Chief Prosecutor Mos goes on vacation!DIARIO Aruba02/08/2008 ORANJESTAD(AAN)— When in the halls of government sitting against the principle of separation of powers, at no time did chief prosecutor mr. Hans Mos say he was going on vacation and that he is leaving the case in the hands of another person. Now it turns out that he went to Holland on vacation, at the moment when the case of Joranhttp://getagripmonkey.blogspot.com/2008/02/chief-prosecutor-mos-goes-on-vacation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Getagrip)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17209094.post-3099589872405253648Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:59:00 +00002008-02-08T11:04:27.159-05:00According to Jug Twitty, there was a justice cover-up in the disappearanceDIARIO Aruba02/08/2008 ORANJESTAD(AAN): The stepfather of Natalee Holloway, Jug Twitty, said recently that Aruban police, a few days after the disappearance of Natalee Holloway, knew what happened in the case but that they covered it up. Twitty said this after he saw the recording of the Peter R. de Vries show. http://getagripmonkey.blogspot.com/2008/02/according-to-jug-twitty-there-was.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Getagrip)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17209094.post-3059081645395806086Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:43:00 +00002008-02-08T10:50:49.028-05:00Mother Van der Sloot: Joran has no half brotherAmigoe.com02/07/2008 Family Van der Sloot with left, Anita van der Sloot. Joran has two younger brothers. ORANJESTADhttp://getagripmonkey.blogspot.com/2008/02/mother-van-der-sloot-joran-has-no-half.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Getagrip)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17209094.post-6702397558659663723Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:17:00 +00002008-02-07T14:20:18.637-05:00 Joran and OM talk tomorrow in the NetherlandsAmigoe.com02/06/2008ORANJESTAD – The conversation between Joran van der Sloot and the Public Prosecutor (OM) will most probably take place in the Netherlands tomorrow, said Joran’s lawyer Ariean de Bie. Van der Sloot indicated last Monday that he is willing to be interrogated http://getagripmonkey.blogspot.com/2008/02/joran-and-om-talk-tomorrow-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Getagrip)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17209094.post-4593068909999327256Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:16:00 +00002008-02-07T14:21:04.485-05:00 Kalpoe brothers can continue with their lawsuit against Dr. Phil Amigoe.com02/06/2008 ORANJESTAD/LOS ANGELES – The American media reported that a judge in Los Angeles had decided that the Surinam brothers Deepak and Satish Kalpoe that in 2005 were interrogated after the disappearance of Natalee Holloway in Aruba, canhttp://getagripmonkey.blogspot.com/2008/02/kalpoe-brothers-can-continue-with-their.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Getagrip)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17209094.post-7730697368748146730Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:10:00 +00002008-02-07T10:13:45.144-05:00There’s also a missing American woman in St. MaartenDIARIO Aruba02/07/2008 ORANJESTAD(AAN): Currently, once again the case of the disappearance of Natalee Holloway is getting a lot of attention, but in the Dutch part of St. Maarten there’s also a case of an American woman who has disappeared. It has to do with Leta Cordes, 49 years of age, who was visiting the island from Mission Viejo, http://getagripmonkey.blogspot.com/2008/02/theres-also-missing-american-woman-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Getagrip)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17209094.post-1172597777926683669Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:56:00 +00002008-02-07T10:00:14.850-05:00Kalpoe brothers case against Dr. Phil allowed to go forward by judgeDIARIO Aruba02/07/2008 ORANJESTAD(AAN): An American judge has dictated that he will permit the case of defamation of the Kalpoe brothers against CBS and “Dr. Phil” McGraw to continue. William Cremer, the principal attorney for the Kalpoe brothers in this case, was very happy with the decision of the Superior Court judge, http://getagripmonkey.blogspot.com/2008/02/kalpoe-brothers-case-against-dr.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Getagrip)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17209094.post-4648270975402783029Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:42:00 +00002008-02-07T09:44:26.173-05:00Today Joran will give a statement to the Public MinisterDIARIO Aruba02/07/2008 ORANJESTAD(AAN): Joran van der Sloot will give a declaration to the Public Ministry and this will take place in Holland. This is according to his lawyer Arien de Brie, at ANP. Recently, Joran’s Dutch attorney, Bert de Rooij, said that Joran was willing to give a statement. Prime Minister Oduber said on the Dutchhttp://getagripmonkey.blogspot.com/2008/02/today-joran-will-give-statement-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Getagrip)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17209094.post-2491069917092843671Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:48:00 +00002008-02-06T16:52:00.915-05:00Patrick van der Eem getting hero status in HollandDIARIO Aruba02/06/2008 ORANJESTAD(AAN): On Monday the person who, along with Peter R. de Vries, was able to secretly record Joran van der Sloot, Patrick van der Eem, was congratulated all the way as he walked on the street in Almelo, where he lives. This happened after 7 million people saw de Vries’ program on which it was shown how http://getagripmonkey.blogspot.com/2008/02/patrick-van-der-eem-getting-hero-status.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Getagrip)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17209094.post-3089534003983607043Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:58:00 +00002008-02-06T16:02:41.001-05:00DIARIO Column: Aruban community cannot accept that Joran continues to lieDIARIO Aruba02/06/2008 ORANJESTAD (AAN) –After the press conference by the Public Ministry was broadcast live on television, a few calls came into to our offices where the public opinion also had its verdict related to the situation in which Joran van der Sloot has put and continued to put our country. One remark that http://getagripmonkey.blogspot.com/2008/02/diario-column-aruban-community-cannot.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Getagrip)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17209094.post-8840025814013382055Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:02:00 +00002008-02-06T14:09:14.259-05:00In Holland, pressure on Joran is greatDIARIO Aruba02/06/2008 ORANJESTAD(AAN): The pressure on Joran van der Sloot in Holland to turn himself in is great. In Holland, people want him to turn himself in and everyone believes that he is involved in the case and is guilty of the death and disappearance of the body of Natalee Holloway. Nobody believes that he made these statements as a game [http://getagripmonkey.blogspot.com/2008/02/in-holland-pressure-on-joran-is-great.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Getagrip)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17209094.post-3795868078281573397Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:40:00 +00002008-02-06T13:44:28.020-05:00Peter R. de Vries goes to AmericaDIARIO Aruba02/06/2008 ORANJESTAD(AAN): Crime reporter Peter R. De Vries will travel to America today, where he will visit various talk shows to talk about his program on the disappearance of Natalee Holloway. This was decided by Peter and his team. De Vries will visit the ABC show ‘Good Morning America’, ‘The Larry King Show’ and ‘Inside Edition’. At http://getagripmonkey.blogspot.com/2008/02/peter-r_06.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Getagrip)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17209094.post-6553026005421515371Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:15:00 +00002008-02-06T13:19:32.879-05:00 The important thing is that the judge asked to open the case of JoranDIARIO Aruba02/05/2008ORANJESTAD(AAN): Monday, the Public Ministry held a press conference related to the latest developments in the case of the disappearance of Natalee Holloway. Chief prosecutor Mos directed himself to the American press first, after which he turned to Dutch for the local and Dutch press. Mos started by http://getagripmonkey.blogspot.com/2008/02/important-thing-is-that-judge-asked-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Getagrip)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17209094.post-5014853185062137199Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:50:00 +00002008-02-06T11:58:47.855-05:00People surprised by the judge commissioner’s decision not to order Joran’s detentionDIARIO Aruba02/05/2008 ORANJESTAD (AAN): It was a big ‘black eye’ that Aruba found this weekend after Joran in an ugly way revealed how he got rid of Natalee Holloway and after the judge commissioner decided that he will not [typo] deny the request to detain Joran once again! DIARIO begs the Public Ministry tohttp://getagripmonkey.blogspot.com/2008/02/people-surprised-by-judge-commissioners.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Getagrip)