(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?
Huge protest over large dams in Lesotho
(November 26, 2001) Police attempt to disrupt demonstrations, injuring three.
Lawsuit against U.S. firm to be heard next month
(November 19, 2001) The widow of a worker killed two years ago today in a fall from a U.S.-made machine on the Three Gorges dam site is to have her case against the company heard on Dec. 4.
Fortis responds to Probe International
(November 16, 2001) Letter from Belize Electric Company Ltd., A Fortis Company, in reaction to Grainne Ryder’s article entitled “chalillo news-and-opinion belize-needs-free-energy-market-not-more-dams” Belize needs a free energy market, not more dams dated October 31, 2001, published in the National Post.
Newfoundland power company gets green light to flood Central American rainforest
(November 15, 2001) Belize government decision to grant clearance to Newfoundland-based Fortis Inc. for its proposed Chalillo hydro dam contravenes Belize environmental law, say citizens groups.
Chalillo dam project cleared by Belize government
(November 15, 2001) The government of Belize has decided to approve construction of a massive hydroelectric dam in a jungle valley, destroying some of the richest rainforest habitat in the country.
Switzerland has discovered thawing assets is tougher than freezing
(November 14, 2001) Freezing assets here is easy. All it takes is a banker’s suspicion of a client’s ill-gotten gain and a quick call to the federal money-laundering office, and it’s done. Thawing out assets, though, can be an entirely different story.
US lawyer to sue banks linked to apartheid regime
(November 12, 2001) Campaigning New York lawyer Ed Fagan is to sue banks in Europe and the United States on behalf of victims of South Africa’s apartheid regime, it was reported on Sunday.
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