THE arrival of new babies is always special and here at the
County Press, we are aware that lockdown has meant many families have not yet been able to show off their new arrivals to other family members and friends. We have launched our New Arrivals feature to allow new parents to send us pictures and details of their new babies if they want to - and we have had so many reponses.
Scroll through our gallery of 28 pictures above to see so many cute smiles. In our main image above is Percy, who was born on October 22, to Christopher and Charlotte Prew of Wootton. Weighing 5lbs 8.5oz, he is the couple s first baby.
Jan 12, 2021
Rene Montero
Former Minister of Works Rene Montero is at the heart of a land scandal in which it is alleged that a number of dubious transactions were conducted on his behalf through the Ministry of Natural Resources during his terms of office. The latest revelation regarding a scheme that was purportedly ran by the Cayo Central Area Representative and his family comes by way of a whistleblower who has come forward with details that seemingly corroborate what was disclosed by Deputy Prime Minister Cordel Hyde during Friday’s house meeting. According to former employee Eddie De La Rosa, he is personally aware of numerous instances of doing business using the names and social security information of constituents and other individuals to acquire land without their knowledge. In one case, he asserts that information belonging to the deceased victim of a road traffic accident was used in the transfer of a land title. Earlier today, Eddie De La Rosa appea
Eddie De La Rosa
“He works for the Ministry of Works at the Belmopan station. He got hired. In that case he kinda used me because he said that I heard they have land in my name, so Eddie can you talk to the man mek di man give me wahn lee job. I did talk to the man, I tell ahn, “Minister, dis bally ya seh if you noh give ahn wahn job di man noh wahn sign ova di land.” And di man give ahn wahn job, di man is still working but then still went ahead and transfer di man land without di man know. So I called di man a couple days ago, as a matter of fact, I talk to ahn yesterday and ah tell ahn what he wahn do. He seh, “I’m willing to go to court.” Ih seh, “Bwai I want my land back, I neva sign no papers.”