(December 21, 2001) The director of the Belize Alliance of Conservation NGOs writes a letter to the editor of Newfoundland’s Telegram.
Robert Kennedy Jr. to visit Belize: Mission to stop Canadian rainforest dam
(December 17, 2001) Environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will travel to Belize this week
to support citizens opposing a Canadian-backed hydro dam that will
drown a last rainforest refuge for Central American wildlife.
Paris Club reschedules Nigeria’s debt
(December 10, 2001) The Paris Club of Creditors, to which Nigeria owes about $22bn, has rescheduled the repayment over 18 years good news for a country with external debt totalling about $28bn.
Wanted: victims of apartheid
(December 10, 2001) A US attorney is seeking plaintiffs to sue Swiss banks which financed South Africa’s former apartheid regime, a Swiss newspaper said on Sunday.
Lesotho, South Africa, World Bank clash looming over ‘crucial’ corruption case
(December 10, 2001) The Lesotho and South African governments are headed for a clash with the World Bank after the financial institution reneged on a promise to fund the kingdom’s legal costs in a crucial corruption case.
SA and kingdom on collision course with World Bank
(December 9, 2001) The Lesotho and South African governments are headed for a clash with the World Bank after the financial institution decides not to fund the kingdom’s legal costs in a crucial corruption case.
Letter to the Editor: Fortis plan threatens endangered species
(December 7, 2001) Newfoundlanders speak out against Fortis’s plans to wipe out Belize wildlife.This is our business as long as Fortis is in Belize, writes Colin MacDonald of St. John’s.
Complaint to Auditor-General’s Commissioner on Environment and Sustainable Development
(December 4, 2001) Re: CIDA’s support for the Chalillo dam
A river in Belize runs through Newfoundland
(December 3, 2001) The campus and community radio station of Memorial University has been following the Challilo dam proposal in Belize. So far 5 episodes have been broadcast. The radio program airs each Wednesday night at 9 pm NF time on CHMR 93.5 FM.
Zimbabwe: broadcast blues
(December 1, 2001) A new act on broadcasting in Zimbabwe, signed into law on April 4 by President Robert Mugabe, represents a carte blanche move to police journalists and control the flow of information.
Fortis faces opposition over plans for rainforest dam: Protests held in Atlantic locations
(December 1, 2001) Concerned citizens from across Atlantic Canada are taking part in a regional day of action, calling on Fortis Inc. of St. John’s, Nfld., to immediately stop its plans to construct the Chalillo Dam in Belize, Central America.
Newfoundland company accused of threatening Central American rainforest
(November 30, 2001) TV and newspaper ads are now part of a nationwide campaign aimed at pressuring Fortis Inc. to abort its plan to construct a $30 million hydroelectric dam in a Central American rainforest in Belize.
Defence asks for re-opening of its case
(November 29, 2001) Defence lawyers in the Lesotho bribery trial have applied for the re-opening of their case. Meanwhile, the President of Acres International of Canada stated that his company as a matter of principle did not engage in corrupt business practices.
Probe International responds to Fortis
(November 28, 2001) In your response to my article “Belize needs a free energy market, not more dams,” National Post, October 31, 2001, you insist that your parent utility, Fortis/Belize Electricity, is not using its monopoly to protect BECOL’s Chalillo hydro dam from competition.
Britain’s long backhander game
(November 27, 2001) Ministers have tabled a bill allowing prosecution of firms that use bribes to win export orders. Why has it taken years?
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