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Belize Will Get Boat For Territorial Waters
posted (March 22, 2016)
And in other news of a territorial nature, the police minister today announced that the coast Guard is getting tow huge new vessels for policing Belize's territorial waters:...

Hon. John Saldivar, Minister of National Security
"And we will acquire, Mr. Speaker, for the first time in the history of this country, two hundred foot patrol boat craft valued at over 10.2 million U.S dollars. This, Mr. Speaker, will allow our Coast Guard to properly police and manage even our economic zone which is over 200 miles out. In the BDF, over 2 million will be spent on training for our helicopter pilots, yes Mr. Speaker we now have 3 helicopters in the BDF."

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