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WILLEMSTAD, Curacao:  State Secretary of Finance of the Netherlands Antilles, Alex Rosaria, has recently sent a diplomatic note to the Jamaican authorities in which he conveyed the wish of his government to start negotiations with Jamaica regarding a Double Taxation Agreement (DTA). read more.. |
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| KRALENDIJK, Bonaire: Caribbean mobile telecommunications operator Digicel has announced that it has acquired the mobile business from Bonaire telecom provider, TELBO. Under the terms of the deal, Digicel has acquired TELBO's existing mobile subscriber base, spectrum and base station. read more.. |
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| USA (Bloomberg), HOUSTON: Valero Energy Corp., the largest US refiner, has reached agreement with workers at its Aruba plant on a five-year labour contract, ending a strike that lasted six days. read more.. |
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| USA (Bloomberg), HOUSTON: Valero Energy Corp., the largest US oil refiner, said refinery workers at its Aruba refinery went on strike Tuesday in a dispute over wages, benefits and bonuses. read more.. |
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ST JOHN'S, Antigua:  An agreement for development and regulation of civil aviation between Antigua and Barbuda and the Netherlands Antilles was signed at a brief ceremony in Antigua on Friday. The agreement was negotiated in April 2005 by technical representatives of both countries. read more.. |
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| WILLEMSTAD, Curaçao: The Tax Information and Exchange Agreement (TEIA) between the Netherlands Antilles and the Unites States of America will soon come into force. read more.. |
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| CARACAS, Venezuela (Bloomberg): Petroleos de Venezuela SA, South America's largest oil company, has offered to buy a 49 percent stake in Curacao's Isla refinery for $1.5 billion, Curacao-based Amigoe newspaper has reported. read more.. |
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| ANCHORAGE, USA: LeadDog Consulting, an international provider of street and road maps, has announced the release of detailed island-wide geographic databases for Aruba. LeadDog maps support military, government, asset-tracking, and commercial GIS applications. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN'S, Antigua: Caribbean Star Airlines has announced that it has reinstated plans to offer new service to and from Curacao. The new service is on sale now for travel beginning December 1, 2006. read more.. |
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| WILLEMSTAD, Curacao: The Government of the Netherlands Antilles last week approved a new task force which will be in charge of negotiating double taxation agreements (DTAs) with third countries. read more.. |
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| WILLEMSTAD, Curacao: Darfur, Sudan is the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, yet many are not expressing their outrage about this situation. State Secretary of Finance, Alex Rosaria, is of the opinion that Curacao cannot close its eyes anymore. He has therefore initiated a campaign to raise awareness. read more.. |
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| As a UK-based charity campaigning worldwide for the conservation and protection of dolphins and whales, the Marine Connection is delighted to hear the decision taken by the government of St Maarten not to allow captive dolphin facilities on the island. read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: In the words of its Greek owner, Stelios Haji-Ioannou, easyCruise has decided to reposition to St Maarten this winter, stating, 'We got a better deal from St Maarten overall, especially when the cost of bunkers is taken into account.' read more.. |
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| WILLEMSTAD, Curacao: Suriname defeated Netherlands Antilles at the Ergilio Hato Stadium in Curacao on Sunday to ensure their progression to the next phase of the Digicel Caribbean Cup at the expense of the home side. read more.. |
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WILLEMSTAD, Curacao:  Barbados and the Netherlands Antilles have agreed to start negotiations regarding a Double Tax Agreement (DTA) and Mutual Customs Assistance Treaty. The Netherlands Antilles' State Secretary of Finance, Alex Rosaria, was recently in Bridgetown. read more.. |
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| AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (Reuters): Proposals by a Dutch minister to force young offenders from the Netherlands Antilles to return to the Caribbean even if they are Dutch citizens are against European Human Rights laws, a government advisory body said. read more.. |
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| RICHARDSON, USA: To meet the goal of enhancing visitor experience and to provide quality passenger service, the Curaçao International Airport has solicited the expertise of business and hospitality training veterans, FreemanGroup. read more.. |
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| WILLIAMSTAD, Curacao: As Curacao prepares to host the Group A countries in the Digicel Caribbean Cup Football Tournament, the country’s sports administration is gearing up to put on their best football show. read more.. |
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| WILLEMSTAD, Curacao: In preparation for a trade mission of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Curacao to Barbados during the first week of September, State Secretary of Finance, Alex Rosaria, recently delivered a speech about the policy of the Government towards the Caribbean. read more.. |
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| Thank you for your recent coverage of the two recent court decisions, one awarding damages to Mr Paulus van der Sloot for unwarranted detention, and another dismissing a Holloway-family suit initiated in New York State against Paulus and Joran van der Sloot. read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA (UPI): A New York judge has dismissed a lawsuit by the parents of an Alabama teenager who vanished in Aruba last year. read more.. |
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| ORANJESTAD, Aruba (UPI): A court in Aruba has awarded damages to the father of a suspect in the 2005 disappearance of U.S. teenager Natalee Holloway. read more.. |
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WILLEMSTAD, Curacao:  The island of Curaçao just celebrated the grand opening of its new airport terminal, the first phase in a 30-year contract to develop and expand the Curaçao International Airport. The new terminal is a state-of-the-art facility designed to meet international aviation standards. read more.. |
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| Blame the irresponsible parent who allowed her immature daughter to travel internationally without appropriate supervision. read more.. |
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| FLORIDA, USA: Netherlands Antilles' star sprinter Churandy Martina has signed a professional contract with footwear powerhouse Nike, which means that he has given up the rest of his collegiate standing, Caribbean Net News was informed. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN’S, Antigua: Caribbean Star Airlines announced Wednesday that it has postponed plans to offer new service to/from Curacao. The move comes as the carrier re-focuses and expands its efforts toward achieving Category One status. read more.. |
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| ORANJESTAD, Aruba (UPI): Tuesday marked the one-year anniversary of the still unresolved disappearance of Birmingham, Ala., high school graduate Natalee Holloway in Aruba. read more.. |
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| ROSEAU, Dominica: Digicel has introduced its range of products and services to the Caribbean islands of Dominica and Curacao and has announced an increased investment of US$5 million to meet surging demand. read more.. |
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| ORANJESTAD, Aruba: The Caribbean Hotel Association has announced the selection of Aruba as the site for the 2007 edition of Caribbean Marketplace, the largest trade event showcasing Caribbean travel products and services. read more.. |
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| I would like to thank you for the inclusion, in your Monday, May 22 article 'New arrest in the Holloway case', of the following sentence: read more.. |
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| ORANJESTAD, Aruba (UPI): A Netherlands man arrested in connection with the disappearance of an Alabama teenager in Aruba was to be released but will be available for questioning, says his lawyer. read more.. |
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| WILLEMSTAD, Curacao: Last week, Curacao's State Secretary of Finance, Alex Rosaria, met with Conrad Enill, Minister of Finance of Trinidad and Tobago, in Port of Spain. read more.. |
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| THE HAGUE, The Netherlands (AFP): Police have made a new arrest in the case of the disappearance of a United States teenager in the Caribbean island of Aruba last year, the public NOS radio 1 reported on Sunday. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN'S, Antigua: Further expanding its regional service, Caribbean Star Airlines has announced the launch of its first-ever flights between Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Curacao for travel starting July 13, 2006. read more.. |
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| WILLEMSTAD, Curaçao: After last year's record breaking hurricane season, Curaçao was named the best Caribbean island to visit to avoid nature’s wrath by the Dow Jones Island Index, which rated 40 destinations according to safety from nature’s dark side. read more.. |
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| BIRMINGHAM, USA (UPI): The former leader of Aruba's investigation of the disappearance of Natalee Holloway says his son falsely accused a man who was released Monday. read more.. |
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| How long will the American hypocritical mass media continue to blow the one tragic event of Natalee Holloway out of proportion, while ignoring the immense suffering of tens of thousands of innocent Iraqis, and Palestinians? read more.. |
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| EL PASO, USA: Bob Kitchens, head coach at the University Texas at El Paso, believes with a little maturity and technical work Netherlands Antilles' world-rated athlete Churandy Martina can become the best sprinter in the world. read more.. |
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| ORANJESTAD, Aruba (UPI): Police on the Caribbean island of Aruba have arrested a man in connection with the 2005 disappearance of a young Alabama woman. read more.. |
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| I believe Hester Heemster of Canada has never lived in the real world. The death of a child is in itself the most devastating thing that can happen to anyone and no one brought to justice is absolutely horrendous. read more.. |
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| EL PASO, USA: The Netherlands Antilles' sprinter Churandy Martina continued his rich form this season when he produced two of the world's best times this campaign on his way to winning a sprint double during the UTEP Invitational at the Kidd Field in El Paso, Texas on Saturday. read more.. |
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| AUSTIN, USA: Netherlands Antilles' star-sprinter Churandy Martina, in a quiet and confident manner said he believes the 100 metre world record could one day be his, but was uncertain about the set time. read more.. |
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| Diana Hawks suggests that more should have been done by Aruba and its people to locate the missing Natalee Holloway. read more.. |
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| AUSTIN, USA: Netherlands Antilles' Churandy Martina produced an impressive 10.04 seconds to capture the men's 100 metres dash at the 79th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays at the University of Texas' Mike Myers Stadium, on Saturday. read more.. |
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| As comment on your story that the Netherlands Antilles is worried about an attack by Venezuela: when last year I saw the beginning of the build up between the USA and Venzuela, I also noted the extension done on the Hato airport in Curacao. read more.. |
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| I have watched this entire case without forming an opinion, until now. I think it is absolutely terrible the way the Holloway family was treated. read more.. |
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| WILLEMSTAD, Curacao: The Antillean prime minister, Emily de Jongh Elagh, has admitted she is concerned about an attack from Venezuela on the Antilles. read more.. |
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| ORANJESTAD, Aruba (UPI): The man leading the investigation into the disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway in Aruba says he does not think she was murdered. read more.. |
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| In response to the letter of Eugene G. Bernat about unanswered questions and lies in the Natalee Holloway case. read more.. |
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| Please let the Aruban people know that not all Americans are ignorant. There are many of us that know our US government and judicial system is one of the worst in the world. read more.. |
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| It has been nearly 10 months since Natalee Holloway became the victim of the criminal acts of some of the inhabitants of Aruba. I would like to address the investigation and response of the Aruban people. read more.. |
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| ORANJESTAD, Aruba (UPI): Police in Aruba have uncovered a new lead into the mystery of a missing 18-year-old Alabama girl who was last seen May 30, CBS News reported Thursday. read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA (UPI): The family of a Dutch youth questioned in the disappearance of an Alabama teenager in Aruba is asking a New York judge to dismiss a civil suit in the case. read more.. |
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| I would like to commend you for publishing that unbiased and honest take by UPI on the recent ABC Primetime special, which was aired in North America on Thursday night. read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA (UPI): A Dutch teenager tells an interviewer that he left Natalee Holloway, the U.S. teenager who disappeared in Aruba, alone on a beach. read more.. |
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| CURACAO, Netherlands Antilles: The board of directors of the troubled government funded telecommunications company, United Telecommunications Services (UTS), has confirmed they have suspended their CEO Julio Constansia and are now considering his permanent dismissal. read more.. |
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| Likewise, I resent Ms Roberta Cahill attempting to speak for 'most Americans' in her letter describing her 'embarrassment' for the behavior of the Holloway-Twitty families. read more.. |
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| As an American I would like to agree with the letter you published from reader Roberta Cahill. The letter you published written by (Jean Fitch) in no way represents the opinion "of all Americans" regarding what happened in Aruba last year. read more.. |
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| This is reference the 80-year-old American reader who says she speaks for ALL AMERICANS; since when did she became the only AMERICAN? read more.. |
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| CURACAO, Netherlands Antilles: Rotterdam's outspoken city councilor, Marianne van den Anker says forced abortions for Antillean teenage mothers, drug addicts and mentally handicapped women will prevent child abuse and a recent rise in anti-social behavior in Holland. read more.. |
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| In your editorial section on Monday a reader (Jean Fitch, 80 years old) wrote to you about "the wrong doing of America on boycotting Aruba". read more.. |
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| In your news today a lady spoke of the wrong doing of America on boycotting Aruba. I would like for her to know we Americans believe that Aruba let the three boys and father go because they didn't want to prosecute them. read more.. |
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| This case has consumed the American media overwhelmingly since May 31, 2005. If ever there has been a trial by media, this is the one, thanks to cable news shows in the United States. Please note that I am an American citizen, not from Aruba. read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA (UPI): The parents of missing Alabama teen Natalee Holloway have sued one of the Aruba teenagers questioned in the case. read more.. |
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| CURACAO, Netherlands Antilles: The Dutch government has described the handling of AMFO's (Antillean Co Financing Organisation) accounting as "jiggery-pokery" and confirmed that an annual budget of 9.5 million euros (US$11.2m) has been suspended until all monies given to AMFO could be properly accounted for. read more.. |
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| WILLEMSTAD, Curacao: An independent ombudsman on Curacao plans to pressure the government to tighten up regulations relating to the care of the elderly, due to a significant rise in the number of complaints about mistreatment and human rights abuses. read more.. |
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| As a resident of neighbouring Curacao, I have followed the Natalie Holloway story from the very beginning and have been constantly surprised and at times outraged at the attitude of some Americans who are not armed with the full facts in the case. read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: At twelve noon on Tuesday, the acquisition of ABN AMRO’s Curaçao branch by FirstCaribbean International Bank became final. read more.. |
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| So now you have to enlist the help of a 14 year old. That is really sick. Is a 14 year old allowed to go to C&C or the casinos? How does a 14 year old know what is going on? read more.. |
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| It's very charming to print such a sweet letter from such a nice young girl. No doubt, 99.9% of Arubans are just as decent kind and sweet. Those are people whom this young girl alludes to. read more.. |
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| I feel that it is only appropriate that I respond to the remarks of Megan Gitter from Chicago, Illinois. I could not help, but laugh at the irony that Ms. Gitter is from Chicago, a city that is notoriously full of governmental corruption and where Michael Posner is originally from read more.. |
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| Please stop and read this. I hope it changes the views of the many arrogant Americans. I have been visiting Aruba for 4 years. Although I am only 14, I know what seen some of what has gone on during the night in Aruba. It's nothing! read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: ABN AMRO and FirstCaribbean International Bank have announced that they have received approval from the Central Banks of Curaçao, the Cayman Islands and Barbados for the sale of ABN’s Curaçao Branch to FirstCaribbean International Bank. read more.. |
Monday, December 19, 2005
CURACAO, Netherlands Antilles: On 22nd and 23rd November Curacao's Ministry of
Economic and Labour Affairs organized a conference on international trade
entitled “Reaching out to the Caribbean”...
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Wednesday, December 7, 2005
 WILLEMSTAD,
Curaçao: The ceremonial groundbreaking of the 350-room luxury Hyatt Regency
Curaçao took place last Thursday, attended by tourism and hotel officials.
The ceremony marks the start of the construction of the mixed use Santa Barbara
Plantation project. This groundbreaking will pave the way for a string of
branded properties...
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Thursday, November 24, 2005
LONDON, England: FirstCaribbean International Bank and ABN AMRO announced Wednesday that First Caribbean intends to acquire ABN AMRO’s
international banking and asset management business in Curaçao, Netherlands
Antilles, subject to the regulatory approval by the Central Banks of Curaçao,
The Cayman Islands and Barbados...
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Monday, November 14, 2005
As an American, it makes me sad to say many in our country have become so
arrogant and ignorant toward the rest of the world. One missing girl, or shall I say one careless missing girl, and people call for a boycott of Aruba. Embarrassing!...
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Thursday, November 10, 2005
With great sadness, I cancelled my flight and hotel reservations to Aruba in
Decemb0er. I, along with 14 members of my family, was planning a reunion on your
beautiful island...
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Letter:
Aruba boycott
Thursday, November 10, 2005
I am an American and a frequent cruiser. I try to take at least two cruises per year and have been to Aruba in the past but guess what? I'll not be going in the future because of their cavalier attitude about Natalee
Holloway...
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Friday, September 23, 2005
 PHILLIPSBURG, St. Maarten: Leon Rodney, the 44-year-old first Vice President of the Antigua Cricket Association (ACA) who spent one week and two days in police custody for causing what some are calling a bomb scare aboard a Leeward Islands Air Transport (LIAT)
flight on Sunday, 11th September...
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Monday, September 19, 2005
PHILLIPSBURG, St. Maarten:
Forty-four-year-old Leon Rodney, an executive member of the Antigua Cricket
Association (ACA), could be spending more time in the custody of the St.
Maarten police, having been taken into custody on Sunday last, following an
incident at the Princess Juliana International Airport...
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Tuesday, September 6, 2005
ORANJESTAD, Aruba (UPI): Three men held in Aruba in the disappearance of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway were released this weekend, but prosecutors vowed to appeal....
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Monday, August 29, 2005
ORANJESTAD, Aruba: Two brothers, Satish and
Deepak Kalpoe of Suriname, who were earlier held and then released in
connection with the disappearance of 18-year-old Natalee Holloway from the
USA, were re-arrested on Friday based on new evidence, authorities said...
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Thursday, August 25, 2005
I thought the commentary about the "Natalee Holloway" madness was very interesting. As a journalist myself, I was wondering where he got the information about the dissention within the Twitty
camp...
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Readers' responses to Natalee Holloway commentary
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Mr. Rodriguez, thank you, thank you, thank you. I, as an American, share much, if not all, of your feelings regarding the Natalee
Holloway media-driven madness...
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Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Bravo! I wholeheartedly applaud
psychologist Mr. Green, and the Aruban daily A.M. Digital. It was about time someone in Aruba, as well as here in the US, would have the “cojones” to call this Natalee
Holloway fiasco for what it is...
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Wednesday, August 10, 2005
If Aruba is true to its word that they will
do/are doing whatever possible to solve the Holloway case, why are the defense
team and locals grumbling about another entity (FBI) assisting in the
investigation?...
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Monday, August 1, 2005
 GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: It is a case
that has drawn an international audience as people, in varying languages, ask
one question: Where really, is Natalee Holloway?. Our own senior
correspondent, Norman ‘Gus’ Thomas, is firm in the view that the Holloway matter
is on its way to what he calls the 'cold case files'...
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Beth Holloway Twitty leaves Aruba
Monday, August 1, 2005
ORANJESTAD, Aruba (UPI): The mother of a teenager missing in Aruba has returned
home to Alabama indefinitely, a broadcast report said. CNN said Beth Holloway
Twitty will return to the island if there are any developments in her
daughter's case...
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One dead, one missing in St Maarten flash floods
Monday, August 1, 2005
PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten: One person
has been killed and another reported missing in flash floods caused by heavy
rain late Saturday afternoon in the Saunders area of St Maarten...
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Saturday, July 30, 2005
PALM BEACH, Aruba (UPI): DNA from blond hair
stuck to duct tape found on an Aruba beach does not match that of missing
Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway, the FBI says...
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Aruba pond being drained in search for missing teen
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
 ORANJESTAD, Aruba (UPI): Aruban
officials began draining a pond Tuesday night in the search for Natalee
Holloway, an Alabama teenager who went missing on the island during a class
trip. The pond was near where two brothers said they dropped her and a
judge's son off on May 30, CNN said...
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Readers’ letters about the Holloway investigation in Aruba
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
From what I have read and heard on TV, it is pretty clear to me that there is a cover up going on with respect to the van der Sloot
family’s involvement in the disappearance and probable murder of a US citizen in
Aruba...
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Netherlands Antilles' Churandy Martina impressive in Belgium Grand Prix
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
HEUSDEN-ZOLDER, Belgium: The
Netherlands Antilles' Churandy Martina had two impressive performances on
Saturday, in his debut season on the European circuit...
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Friday, July 15, 2005
 BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: Dutch St. Maarten’s Leader of Government and Commissioner of Education, Sarah Wescott-Williams
is in the Federation to look at the education system in St. Kitts and Nevis. The main purpose of the visit is to gather first hand information for the creation of the best suited Ministry of Education for St. Maarten...
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Monday, July 11, 2005
I want to express my sympathies to those citizens of Aruba who have had their
feelings hurt. Apparently, an emotional outburst by the mother of a daughter who
seemingly was kidnapped and ended up dead while visiting Aruba has hurt the
feelings of many of Aruba's more sensitive citizens...
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