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The National Forensic Science Services (NFSS) and the University of Belize held the fourth annual Belize Forensic Science

The National Forensics Science Services (NFSS) has received an almost million-dollar increase in its yearly budget. The government

On March 6th, San Pedranos will exercise their constitutional right and vote in the 2024 Municipal Elections.

/PRNewswire/ -- HPSP, a South Korean semiconductor equipment provider, is strengthening its research and development (R&D) programs regarding High-Pressure...

While most of the firearms used to commit crimes enter the country illegally, there are instances where stolen

The Government has introduced an Information Management System Project that is aimed at digitizing data at the Forensic

Quick action at the Liberty Park pool in Novi prevented tragedy after a pair of good Samaritans resuscitated a 7-year-old boy who had drowned.

Jan 25, 2021 Gian Cho The National Forensic Science Services assists the police department with carrying out post-mortems on about five hundred bodies. These are in the cases when a person’s death is classified as sudden, unexpected, unexplained, suspicious, and violent deaths. With support from the U.S. Embassy, the Government is working to strengthen Belize’s Medicolegal Death Investigation System, specifically as it relates to the Medical Examiner’s Office, a unit within the d...

Executive Director, N.F.S.S. “The need for a secure space to conduct forensic autopsies was highlighted last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.  We actually, in 2020, conducted over sixty percent of all our autopsies or post mortem exams here at the CAHSU morgue.  That was the first year, 2020 was the first year where majority of our post mortems were done here.  Prior to that, all the post mortems were done at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital Morgue.  Obviously, because of concerns...

Jan 5, 2021 An MOU Formalizes Relationship between Government and CAHSU Occasionally, autopsies on bodies that are discovered in an advanced state of decomposition have been conducted at the Central American Health Sciences University along the Burrell Boom Road.  Despite the infrequent use of its facilities and expertise, a working relationship between the National Forensic Science Services and CAHSU was never formalized.  That was until Monday with the approval of a memorandum of u...