[shebacal]

What I don't get is how can PVDS claim anything. It's not like there was a trial and he was cleared.

IMO, he gets to call the shots because he has blackmail info (obtained while working in the justice dept. for 15 years on a very corrupt and vice ridden island) that would be damaging to very important people in the Aruban government, and others as well.

[Canadian Outrage]

Sheba it would appear that Aruba, SO FAR, is willing to sacrifice the largest industry on their island, just to protect this OBVIOUS CRIMINAL. Not only that, they REWARD HIM ALSO??? It's SICK!! The entire place is SICK!! I wouldn't go near that Island or any Dutch territory for any amount of money. And I mean it. Seeing what has been done to Beth, Dave and families, I could not be bought.

[presently no screen name]

Exactly - that's a given. Being in the public eye, just
wondering how they could warrant doing this w/o anyone
asking questions. Thinking it would have been done on the
QT, like the (so-called) investigation. Getting his job
back wasn't enough, the stakes are high. 'Crime pays' takes
on a whole new meaning.