Billy Musa Sr., who is one of the principal investors, confirmed to us today that the company has very suddenly been sent into receivership by the Atlantic Bank.

He told us they received no prior notice and only found out today after the receiver had been appointed. That receiver is Bob Garcia. Musa told us that the project was stalled when government pulled the license. This, we understand was due to a minimum room requirement which the hotel part of the new building did not meet.

Musa says that, indeed, they were behind on payments, and Atlantic Bank had given them until the end of March to pay off the full indebtedness which is eight million plus dollars.

He said they were getting their finances in order to pay the full indebtedness by that time, but very suddenly, and without notice, the company was sent into receivership today.

Musa told us he is confident that they'll be able to buy it back - but regrets that the bank acted without notice. He says they'll now simply have to pay more to get the project back as the receiver will require a standard fee. In other news of big business going under, PLUS TV reports tonight that the Mena Group's Wood Depot in Belmopan has also been sent into receivership.

These pictures show that the Mena's were locked out of the compound today because the receiver Craig Waterman had moved in and locked them out.

According to PLUS, the Mena's pleaded with authorities to allow them to get into the compound but they were told they have to deal with the court.