(July 21, 2005) Communist Party of India (Marxist) State secretary Pinarayi Vijayan yesterday broke his silence on the controversial the Canada-based SNC Lavalin contract, admitting that the company has erred in its commitment to Kerala.
Canadian company contract haunts LDF
(July 20, 2005) Skeletons are tumbling out from the Left Democratic Front (LDF) cupboard in the form of controversial deal for power projects between Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) and a Canadian firm during the previous LDF rule.
KSEB-Lavalin deal draws CAG’s criticism
(July 10, 2005) A report by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India has noted that "there was serious deviation from prescribed procedures in the award of contract to SNC Lavalin".
Uprooted by Xiaolangdi dam, Chinese villagers fight back
(June 19, 2005) Eight years ago, Lu She Zhong and the other residents of Guan Yang, a hamlet in central Henan Province, were forced to move to this resettlement village about 40 miles away.
PRESS RELEASE Export Development Canada keeps taxpayers in the dark, says Rosen and Associates Limited
(June 14, 2005) A report by one of Canada’s leading forensic accounting firms, Toronto-based Rosen and Associates, criticizes the 2003 annual report of Export Development Canada for not differentiating between commercial and politically-mandated activities. EDC is a crown corporation that in 2003 backstopped $51.9 billion in exports and international investments by Canadian enterprises. The Rosen and Associates study focused on the financial reporting relating to EDC’s loan portfolio.
Will NT2 boost or burden Lao economy?
(May 12, 2005) More than a decade after the project was first conceived, financing for one of Southeast Asia’s most controversial investments is finally in place.
Controversial Laos dam project gets almost 1.6 billion dollars backing
(May 4, 2005) A massive hydroelectric project in Laos has secured 1.58 billion dollars in financing commitments, the country’s Nam Theun 2 Power Co. Ltd (NTPC) said in a statement.
US$100 million for Nam Theun 2
(April 28, 2005) The government has signed a series of finance documents for loans and grants in excess of US$100 million for the Nam Theun 2 hydroelectric project.
Belize prime minister gets certificate of corruption
(April 27, 2005) Once again, students and union members in Belize City took to the streets beginning on April 20 to protest corruption in the ruling People’s United Party. When the PUP took office in late 1998, by an overwhelming majority, the vote was more a condemnation of the then incumbent United Democratic Party (UDP) than a mandate for the PUP. But, as in the U.S., the PUP chose to see it as a mandate to do whatever they wanted.
Money talks in power project
(April 11, 2005) In the end, it was the bean counters who shouted loudest in the emotive debate over the World Bank’s questionable mandate for building big, brassy Third World dams.
Dams back in fashion
(April 7, 2005) But have the right lessons been learned?
Poverty, pride and prejudice in Laos
(April 6, 2005) Poverty and self-interested professional advice has been used to promote the case for the Nam Theun 2 dam.
Laos dam construction to start in June
(April 6, 2005) Electricite de France said on Tuesday the financing for the controversial $1.25 billion Nam Theun 2 hydroelectric dam in Laos will be completed by the end of May, allowing construction to begin in June.
Amnesty International urgent action
(April 5, 2005) Death Threats in Guatemala, against community leaders opposing the mining operations of GLAMIS GOLD, a CANADIAN/U.S. MINING COMPANY
Nakai plateau: dammed to oblivion
(April 5, 2005) Any doubts locals have will be of no importance now Nam Theun 2 has the backing of the 24-member panel of the World Bank and a pledge for financing from the Asian Development Bank – the plan to flood the Nakai Plateau is all but under way.
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