VACANCY NOTICE

Security Officer

Applications are invited from suitably qualifi ed persons to fill the following post in the Security Department. In the Port’s continued effort to promote diversity both males/females,able/ differently abled are encouraged to apply for the available post

Reports to: Chief Security & Safety Officer

Summary of Responsibilities : Ensuring the safety and security of designated properties, assets, personnel, and visitors. Responsibilities include patrolling the premises, setting up security controls, monitoring property access, investigating suspicious behavior, and enforcing company policies.

Primary Responsibilities: a. Patrol of Pier, Transit Sheds, Compounds, Office. Low Berth etc. as instructed b. Control of Entry and exit points of Facility c. Surveillance of cargo from ship to delivery d. Deposits to the banks e. You are to be verse with the Port of Belize Limited Surveillance System & Security Manual f. Any other duties of a relat ed nature assigned from time to time.

18.2 of the ISPS – Code Port facility personnel having specific security duties should have knowledge and receive training in some or all of the following, as appropriate:

1. knowledge of current security threats and pa tterns;

2. recognition and detection of weapons, dangerous substances and devices;

3. recognition of characteristics and behavioral patterns of persons who are likely to threaten security;

4. techniques used to circumvent security measures;

5. crowd management and control techniques;

6. security-related communication;

7. operations of security equipment and systems;

8. testing, calibration and maintenance of security equipment and systems;

9. inspection, control, and monitoring techniques, and

10. methods of physical searches of persons, personal effects, baggage, cargo, and ship’s stores.

Job Qualifications/Requirement:

• A High School diploma, with 3 years experience in Security Officer field.

• Must possess a valid driver’s license.

• Computer literate.

• Knowledge of Laws & regulations

• Working Knowledge of public safety

• Security operation & procedures

Skills/Competencies:

• Ability to work independently.

• Team oriented, ethical, and punctual (On Call)

• Good communication skills

• Strong reporting skills

Compensation Package: Will be commensurate (in accordance with the Company's Salary Structure).

To apply: Provide updated resume, cover letter (addressed to Human Resource Manager ), copy of valid social security card, valid police report, name and phone number of two(2) previous employers.

SPEECH TWO National Day Celebrations

School Children’s Rally Belize City

September 3, 1968

During our National Day Celebrations we come together to celebrate the twentieth birthday of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Here in Belize your Government and our Belizean people are happy to associate ourselves with this great declaration and to join in the celebration. We live in a democratic society; and our way of life is the Christian way of life. It is a way which upholds the dignity and the worth of the individual human person. It is a way of life which seeks to secure for all our people conditions that will enable them to live their lives free from exploitation, from tyranny and from fear. It is a way with justice for all whatever their creed, their race or their colour may be.

Human Rights can flourish only in a society and in a nation where its schools strive to plant and to cultivate in its youth those qualities and those attitudes which we all must have if we are to recognise and respect the dignity and the rights of others which we all must have, if they, in turn, are to recognise and to respect our dignity and our rights.

Our schools teach you, or should teach you not, to destroy but to build, not to transgress the rights of others but rather to work positively that the rights of all will be preserved and protected. For we know that where the rights of one are threatened, the rights of all are endangered.

We know that when we incite and encourage violence against others, we soon find that same violence set loose furiously and blindly in all directions - with no other aim, no other purpose but to harass and to hurt, to frighten and to destroy.

Human rights mean that there are human duties, because every right an individual has means that another individual has a duty. You can best keep your rights by doing your duty to yourselves and to others. As good Belizean citizens who love our country and who try to live in peace and friendship with all peoples, let us do our duty to Belize and to its people. By doing our duty we are saving and preserving ourselves and for others the human rights of man.

All Taxpayers Required To File Tax Returns And Pay Taxes Online

Pursuant to Section 22 (2)(c) of The Tax Administration and Procedure Act, Chapter 51 Revised Edition 2020 (TAPA), which grants the Director General of the Belize Tax Service Department (BTSD) the authority to specify the manner in which returns should be filed, including electronically and with electronic signature, the Director General hereby notifies ALL taxpayers that effective April 1, 2023 they will be required to file tax returns and pay all taxes administered by the BTSD online.

In September 2021, the BTSD implemented the Integrated Revenue Information System (IRIS Belize) online portal. Only Large Taxpayers were required to utilize the portal, while all other taxpayers were encouraged to sign up and commence using IRIS Belize voluntarily. However, as part of a phased approach to fully implementing IRIS Belize, as of April 1, 2023, it is mandatory that every taxpayer is registered for an IRIS Belize account.

Commencing with the tax period ending 31st March 2023, and for subsequent tax periods, taxpayers must electronically file with the BTSD a return required to be filed for the tax period under the relevant tax law and make payment. The Department will no longer be accepting tax payments or filing of tax returns in the office. Payment and returns will only be accepted through the portal. This is aimed at making filing tax returns and paying taxes faster, more convenient, and free while ensuring and fostering the safety and security of the BTSD employees, as well as taxpayers. Equally, this will assist BTSD in providing more efficient and timely service to our taxpayers.

Please be reminded that per the governing tax Acts: The TAPA; The Income and Business Tax Act, Chapter 55 Revised Edition 2020; and The General Sales Tax Act, Chapter 63 Revised Edition 2020 of the Laws of Belize, each taxpayer is under an obligation to pay taxes AND file a return on or before the deadline for each respective tax type.

To register for an IRIS Belize account, visit https://www.irisbelize.bts.gov.bz/CreateAccount

In order to facilitate the transition process, taxpayers may seek technical assistance from the IRIS Belize HELP DESK which may be contacted via telephone at +501 613-8375; +501 6132773; +501 614-5731; +501 613-4711; or email at onlineaccounts_bz@bts.gov.bz during the hours of 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM on Mondays-Thursdays, and 8:00 AM – 3:30 PM on Fridays.