Thought I would let everyone know the results in the Aruban election. Sadly, the folks who were in power when Natalee disappeared are still in power:
ORANJESTAD, Aruba – Aruba‘s ruling party kept its majority in parliament in legislative elections for all 21 seats, election board officials reported on Saturday.The ruling party had held a [...]
ORANJESTAD, Aruba Sep 22, 2005 — Arubans will chose their prime minister and all 21 seats in the parliament Friday in a race that has focused on immigration and frustration over stagnant salaries lagging behind inflation
Aruba, about the size of Washington D.C., also became the focus of international scrutiny this year after American teen Natalee [...]
An Aruba judge ruled that Joran van der Sloot along with Deepak and Satish Kalpoe can roam free with no restrictions:
ORANJESTAD, Aruba (AP)—A court ruled Wednesday that three suspects in the disappearance of a U.S. teenager can remain free without conditions—overturning an earlier decision that restricted their travel and required them to remain available to [...]
Hat Tip: Blogs for Natalee forum
BETH TWITTY appeared on Nancy Grace this evening to talk about the current situation of her missing daughter. Twitty says her lawyer has filed several appeals, one to bring Joran van der Sloot back to Aruba to try him for rape. The appeals have yet to be decided upon [...]
SCARED MONKEYS links to a Beth Holloway Twitty interview – and boy does she blow off some steam.
Geraldo Rivera went on The O’Reilly Factor tonight for a follow-up segment on the false New York Times article that said he rescued a woman by nudging a serviceman away from her. The Times refuses to retract the article and Geraldo says he is now suing them.
Rivera also discussed the recently released Joran [...]
(AP) A judge heard arguments Wednesday on whether to prolong the detention of a Dutch suspect in the disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway.
Defense attorney Antonio Carlo said he urged the judge to release Joran van der Sloot, arguing prosecutors have produced no evidence that his client was involved in Holloway’s disappearance — or that [...]
Beth Twitty and the Aruban Prime Minister, Nelson Oduber met to discuss the search and investigation of her missing daughter.
Not much is known about the meeting just that Oduber insured Twitty that the Aruban government is “looking for what happened”.
UPDATE: Scared Monkeys has some excerpts and a link to a story.
Scared Monkeys has a document of Jug Twitty’s (Natalee’s Step Father) appeal to the Governor NOT TO boycott Aruba.
To the contrary I think a boycott should be put into place if the Aruban government doesn’t give any indication that they are doing anything. For the past two months I thought calling for a boycott is [...]
According to T.J. Ward, a witness who was subpoenaed to the Aruban court today did not show. Last night it was announced on Greta that there was a warrant out for the arrest of Ward, however he will not give details of what he talked about with the police.
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