Headline News Barrow’s headache - major money scandals! First KHMH, then CitCo, Border Mangement and Treasury! The enormity of the scam that has been perpetrated at the Treasury Department is just beginning to come into focus, and it will put the Government back by over $100,000. When the news broke earlier this week that an elaborate scam had been discovered at the Treasury, there was no official information of how much money was involved; there was only speculation, wild speculation going to as high as half a million dollars. advertisment   Top Stories Bulldozers invade Bladen River Nature Reserve Forest Department and YCT report unlawful road clearings inside forest reserves... At a time when Belize faces dire uncertainty over its power supply, it wouldn’t anger many people to hear that there are efforts to create more hydropower facilities in the country to help meet the country’s growing demand for electricity. view full story Julio Santos terminated for missing funds at Western Border Management Agency External auditor, police called in... A site manager for the Western Border branch of the Border Management Agency (BMA), one Julio Santos, has been fired from his post, and Benque Viejo police are conducting an investigation into a report of over $13,000 missing from the Agency’s accounts for the month of June. view full story John Avery says BEL blackouts are “no conspiracy” Amid public suspicion that the recent spate of power outages are intentionally being engineered by the Belize Electricity Limited (BEL) to punish consumers because the company has not gotten a rate increase, John Avery, the chairman of the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), called a press conference this afternoon to assure the media that “there is no conspiracy.” view full story An arrest may occur soon in Belize City Council “under-depositing” investigation Information is coming in a slow trickle, as hardly anyone wants to talk about an investigation that was launched last week, when Patrick Tillett, the Financial Controller who is attached to the Belize City Council from the Ministry of Local Government to oversee the council’s financial affairs, made a report to the Belmopan Police about monies that have allegedly gone missing from the Belize City Council. view full story Stevedores worry over sea safety in Port of Belize unrest There was turmoil at the Port of Belize (POB) compound in Belize City early this week, following complaints made by a gang of 30-odd stevedores that the company, their employer, was insisting that they go to load sugar aboard a ship at sea, via a leaky boat they feared was going to sink with them under choppy waters. view full story