B.D.F. Salary System to Be Revised

The Ministry of Defense is revamping the salary system for Belize’s military and coastguardsmen. Today, we spoke with Minister Florencio Marin, Junior, who explained that the new system will mirror the one being introduced by the Coast Guard. He emphasized that this is an ongoing process for both organizations, ensuring fair and updated pay for their personnel.

 

Florencio Marin Jr., Minister of Defense

“This is a very important thing that we have to get right with the salaries of our seniors and our soldiers, noh, and as you can notice in the coast guard, what they have done, they have done like a special task force to address it. As well, we’re doing the same within the BDF and overseen by the ministry. Because it is something that we just have to deal with. We’re dealing with over like a thousand personnel. So it’s not something we can do within one week. We just have to go through it painstakingly, one by one, and hopefully we get it quickly within the next coming year.”