Girigorie: Opposition wants to capitalize on drug robbery
WILLEMSTAD - The opposition is trying to gain political capital from the drug robbery from the Rio Canario police station. This is according to the Minister of Justice Quincy Girigorie. It was about 500 kilos of More...
Girigorie: Violation of human rights more in neighboring countries than in Curaçao
WILLEMSTAD - The Minister of Justice Quincy Girigorie disputes that the illegal immigration problem in Curaçao is more complex than on Aruba. During his recent visit to our neighboring island, he and his Aruban More...
Minister of Justice: ‘Curaçao will no longer separate children from their parents’
WILLEMSTAD - Temporary relief will be provided for women with children who are being deported. This is according to the Minister of Justice Quincy Girigorie during his turn in parliament. There was a lot of criticism More...
10% of the population is Venezuelan
WILLEMSTAD - The Minister of Justice Quincy Girigorie indicated during a debate in parliament that 26,000 Venezuelans live in Curaçao. Almost 10,000 of them have a residence permit and are legally on the island. 16,000 More...
Minister of Justice: “Curaçao does not violate human rights”
WILLEMSTAD - Curaçao has since 2012 sheltered almost 8000 Venezuelans who have been eligible for a residence permit. That is 5% of the total population of the island. In addition, it appears (in anticipation of More...
Minister of Justice: Curaçao cannot solve Venezuela’s problems
THE HAGUE, WILLEMSTAD - In a reaction, the Minister of Justice, Quincy Girigorie, admits that civil servants in the judicial chain are not sufficiently aware of the legal rules and therefore make mistakes. But according More...
Minister of Justice: “Human Rights Watch report makes no sense”
WILLEMSTAD - Minister of Justice Quincey Girigorie says that the conclusions of Human Rights Watch about the Venezuelan refugee flow to Curacao do not make sense. The human rights organization wrote in a report More...
Crisis plan for refugee flow
WILLEMSTAD - There is a crisis plan for when a large flow of Venezuelans comes to the island. That plan was drawn up by the taskforce of undocumented migrants, says the Minister of Justice Quincey Girigorie The More...
Unrest among staff in SDKK prison
WILLEMSTAD - There is unrest among staff at the SDKK prison. The reason is the payment of overtime. It has been stopped by the Minister of Justice. In the corridors, there are talks about a strike that would completely More...
Minister in conversation with notaries
WILLEMSTAD - Minister of Justice Quincy Girigorie, in connection with all the commotion surrounding the appointment of three new civil-law notaries, is in discussion with a group of notaries who object to one of More...
