Ministry of Home Affairs & New Growth Industries

Working together with the private sector and civil society, to create and implement innovative and technologically advanced systems that transform the Ministry's mission and vision into actions that will enable the rule of law and order a society that is safe, secure and at peace with itself.

Last week CEO Saldivar participated in the Second Citizen Security Week in Central America and the Dominican Republic which was held January 23 - 25, 2023 in Panama City, Panama.

Today, a ceremony to mark the launch of a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) at the Forensic Laboratory of the National Forensic Science Service (NFSS) was held at the Radisson Hotel in Belize City.

On February 2, 2023 the First Regional Conference of Security Ministers of the governments of Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and Dominican Republic was held in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

The European Union together with the Ministry of Home Affairs and New Growth Industries today officially inaugurated the new Laboratory Spaces for Histopathology and Toxicology at the Belize National Forensic Science Service (NFSS) and handed over state of the art scientific and medical equipment that will greatly enhance the NFSS capacity moving forward.

The Government of Belize, together with the U.S. Government, through the United States Agency for International Development, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), inaugurated the international forum on Innovative Solutions to strengthen Citizen Security and Access to Justice.