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The BDF, currently under the command of Brigadier General David Jones, assumed total defence responsibility from British Forces Belize (BFB) on 1 January 1994. The United Kingdom continues to maintain the British Army Training and Support Unit Belize (BATSUB) to assist in the administration of the Belize Jungle School. The BDF receives military ...
The Public Service Union of Belize is a trade union representing public sector workers in Belize. The union was founded in 1922 as a professional organisation, named the Civil Service Association . In the early 1960s, it renamed itself as the Public Officers Union , expanding its membership to include workers in state enterprises, and also ...
The mayor (except in Belize City) acts as the chief executive of the city or town, and allocates portfolios to the other councillors. City and town councils have a wide range of functions. According to the Government of Belize website, "urban authorities are responsible for street maintenance and lighting, drains , refuse collection and public ...
The office of DPP is established in Article 108 of the Constitution of Belize; candidates for the position must have the same qualifications as Justices of the Supreme Court. The DPP is appointed by the Governor-General on the advice of the Judicial and Legal Services Section of the Public Services Commission , with the concurrence of the Prime ...
Emergency management in Belize (1 P) F. Foreign relations of Belize (16 C, 5 P) G. Governors-general of Belize (6 P) H. Heads of state of Belize (2 P) L. Law of ...
Presently, there are thirty-one elected Members of the House of Representatives. The party with the majority of seats in the House of Representatives forms the Government, the Executive branch which has direct control of the civil and military apparatus of state and makes day-to-day decisions on the management of those resources.
The Belize Police Department is descended from the British Honduras Constabulary (BHC), and started by the burgess family which was established in 1886. [1] Constabulary personnel initially numbered 141 and were recruited in Barbados because local men showed no interest in enlisting. [1]
Vidal worked as a lawyer in private practice in Jamaica and her native Trinidad before coming to Belize in 2000. There, she joined the Office of the DPP and later the Attorney-General's Ministry as Crown Counsel, and also worked as a legal advisor for the Belize Police Department and as acting Registrar-General.