And, from BDF and politicians to cops and kids, today over 100 kids were given gifts and a Christmas lunch by the Community Policing Unit. It's the fourth year that the unit has partnered with the Taiwanese Embassy and the British High Commission to bring Christmas cheer to kids from the Belize District. The Commander of the Unit, ACP Howell Gillett, told us more.
Mexico City Congress Descends Into Chaos, Could It Happen Here?
Lawmakers in the Mexico City Congress got into a full fledged brawl in their parliament on Monday. It happened during a debate over the disbandment of the Mexico City Transparency Institute and the body slated to replace it. Members from the Morena party, AND their rivals the National Action Party known as PAN - were pulling each other's hair, throwing elbows, slapping and wrestling.
Now, we have many verbal disagreements in our Belize parliament but nothing close to that- not recently at least. We asked the PM for his perspective:
John Briceno, Prime Minister
"It goes to show you how well behaved we are when you look at what's going on not only in Mexico but you see in Asia you know? You've seen a lot of fights going on all over the place I think I have seen in Canada also but in Central America that happens all the time. Listen we again, the media likes to sensationalize negative things but look at where we are. We could argue with one another in the house but when that is done we are hugging one another, talking and we are friends that is what it is all about. You do your work but at the end of the day we are all Belizeans. so why would we need to be able to go into any kind of physical fight?"
