Diario: Death aboard a ship seems to be a criminal act

Here are two stories that seem to dominate the news these days, Aruba and a death aboard a cruise ship. Normally these two news stories do nat share the same printed article, until now.

Diario: March 20, 2006; MORTO ABORDO DI TRAWLER PARCE MAS BIEN UN ACTO CRIMINAL

Death aboard a ship seems to be a criminal act

ORANJESTAD (AAN): It seems that in Aruba, authorities immediately ‘guli manda abao’ [swallowed?] the story of the crew members of the ‘Rachel S’ ship, which arrived in Aruba the Sunday of Carnival Grandi with a dead person on board.

There is a big possibility that the crew members ‘played a comedy’ which apparently turned bad, to cover up a possible crime that was committed on board.

The autopsy conducted in Aruba deduced that Bernard Ramsaran, 50 years of age, died of heart failure.

But now, an autopsy conducted in his country of Trinidad & Tobago, has deduced that Bernard died of something more sinister, ‘traumatic asphyxia’, which indicates that was strangled and choked! His death is nothing natural! It is a crime which took place on the high seas and now Interpol is involved.

The question is, how could Aruban authorities not discover this? The Trinidad & Tobago authorities discovered that Bernard’s body even had several marks of violence. Last Saturday, he was buried in his town of Rio Claro.

Interpol’s first mission is to find two of the crew members who possibly ‘lied’ about things turning bad immediately to divert the Aruban authorities who apparently also fell in the trap. Again, a negative light is directed towards Aruba and its police force.

(More of this intriguing story at Aruba, Get A Grip)

DIARIO Editorial: An element called Tacopina

Diario, editorial; March 20, 2006
UN ELEMENTO CU YAMA TACOPINA!

There seems to be no love loss in the Jossy Mansur/Joe Tacopina relationship after viewing last nights Fox, ‘The Line Up’ and todays Diario editorial. Joe Tacopina seems to be making friends.

On one hand, I enjoyed Tacopina, because he made me laugh with his ridiculous statements. If in reality he is an attorney interested in the truth, he would not be planting so many lies which could even compete with those of his client.

Or this excerpt from Jossy’s editorial:

The types of expressions out of Tacopina do not seem those of a serious person, and even less of those of an attorney who believes in the truth.

Many of us would like to know where Joe Tacopina gets his information from and how he compares it to statements that have come from his client’s mouth. Joe Tacopina has gone on TV stating that Natalee Holloway was falling over drunk, yet his client has not stated that in interviews. In fact, Joran Van der Sloot states just the opposite.

VAN DER SLOOT: Oh… she’d been drinking, but she wasn’t drunk. I mean, she knew what she was doing.

It is Deepak Kalpoe that states Natalee was drunk.

“Judging by the way that the girl was dancing, I presumed that she was pretty drunk. Also, The girl walked swaying to Joran”.

So who is lying attorney Tacopina? Maybe Joe Tacopina has the wrong client. One thing is for sure, Jossy Mansur is certainly in the know as to the facts of this case. The other thing for certain is its hard to defend a client when they have told so many lies.

DIARIO Editorial: An element called Tacopina

Last night, the attorney who is representing Joran in the US found it appropriate to explain, in a lowly way, that I am prejudiced against Joran because his father was in the team who [strobe – handed over?] a few members of my family to the US.

There’s another element who does not know how to read Papiamento and has no notion what I have said about Joran. I have said on various occasions that I don’t know whether he is guilty or innocent! Furthermore, I don’t have any sort of prejudice against Joran or his father! I had no idea that Paul could have been in any commission which judged who is part of my family. That’s news to me!

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Bon Dia: Public Prosecutor has to decide if it will prosecute suspects in the case of Natalee Holloway

Bon Dia; March 15, 2006

This Monday the verbal proceedings will close
Public Prosecutor has to decide if it will prosecute suspects in the case of Natalee Holloway

What on earth is going on in Aruba? Since when does a civil case take precedent over a criminal one? Paulus Van der Sloot suing the government for damages created by his own son’s lies some how gets to dictate to the prosecutors and the criminal investigation what they should do? A judge in a civil proceedings superseding a criminal investigation; an investigation we have been told all a long from the outset that could last two years. Once again, Paul Van der Sloot is gaming the system because of his knowledge of Dutch law. Aruba, who do you think is going to pay for these actions? You do realize that most Americans are looking at these events and are questioning a legal system that defies logic?

ORANJESTAD — There is a strong indication that the Public Prosecutor will close the investigation in the Holloway case. This can be concluded by the interim decision of the Curaà §ao judge in the case of damages for prejudice that the van der Sloot family brought against the government.

In an interview with Bon Dia Aruba, the attorney for the van der Sloot family, Mr. A. Swaen, revealed that the Curaà §ao judge said that he wants to obtain more information before he can take a decision about the van der Sloot family lawsuit.
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Natalee Holloway Backlash: Alabamians shun Caribbean resorts on spring break

According to the Birmingham News, Alabamians are looking else where than the Caribbean for their vacations and opting for safer alternatives.

Jennifer Caton, manager of travel services for AAA-Alabama, said visits to Disney World, cruises, Europe and short trips to the beach have emerged as the vacations of choice for parents since the disappearance of the Mountain Brook High School senior during a graduation trip last May garnered international attention.
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Britney Movie, 81 Year Old Wants to Rob Bank, and the 1,000 Tip

Here are a few stories to read on a Sunday afternoon:

• Shopoholic Leaves 1,000 Tip to Pregnant Waitress (on a 26 dollar check)
• Ice Cube To Star In ‘Welcome Back, Kotter’ Movie (huh, the new Kotter?)
• Judge wants Private Viewing of Britney Spears Sex Tape, sure, and it is just for research.
• 81 Year Old Wants to Rob Bank, “because they have always robbed me”
• And the List of Bad Women Teachers You Do Not Want Teaching Your Boys (this list is way to long)