(May 20, 2002) The full court judgment against Mr. Sole, head of Lesotho Highlands Water Project, convicted of accepting bribes from Acres and 11 other engineering companies and sentenced to 18 years in prison.
Corporate bribery verdict in Lesotho
(May 20, 2002) A former senior official in Lesotho has been found guilty of taking bribes from a consortium of international firms in relation to a highly controversial water development project.
Bribe exposure
(May 20, 2002) A historic decision: a court in Lesotho has convicted an African official of taking bribes from international construction firms.
NGO letter to World Bank re: Bujagali dam
(May 20, 2002) Ugandan and international groups, including Probe International, urge World Bank Directors to make public details of Bujagali hydro deal.
Uganda dam decision delayed
(May 18, 2002) The fate of Africa’s biggest commercial investment hung in the balance yesterday after the World Bank postponed a decision on whether to fill a massive funding shortfall left by the withdrawal of skeptical financiers, reports the Independent (UK).
Flood season lengthening, says Red Cross
China has been experiencing increasingly long flood seasons over the past few years, according to a recent Operations Update by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
Cayo death toll could be thousands
(May 17, 2002) The geological mapping done by AMEC and presented by BEL and Fortis for the Chalillo dam site is so faulty that the Geology and Petroleum Departments in Belmopan, Belize, have demanded that new mapping be done.
Protesters greet shareholders of company building Belize dam
(May 16, 2002) A small group of protesters stood in the rain outside a hotel in St. John’s Wednesday morning, speaking out against the Chalillo hydro dam project in Central America.
Three killed in dam-site accident
Three men died yesterday morning and four others are fighting for their lives after scaffolding at the Three Gorges dam construction site collapsed, sending workers plunging to the ground.
Thailand can do without shady power plant deals
(May 15, 2002) Backroom deals between Egat and private investors should be replaced with rules for competition and public accountability in the power business if the Thai public are to reap any benefit at all, writes Probe International’s Policy Director.
Fortis faces lawsuit over Belize dam
BACONGO’s case will be heard by Belize’s Supreme Court this summer. Whatever its outcome, the lawsuit sends an unmistakable message to Fortis, writes NRDC’s Robert Kennedy Jr. and Probe International’s Gr inne Ryder in a letter to Telegram editor.
Chalillo dam threatens unique environment
(May 15, 2002) Sharon Matola, the director of the Belize Zoo and Tropical Education Center, asks Fortis and Fortis shareholders, Why do this to Belize?
World Bank management manipulated data on Uganda dam
(May 14, 2002) Report shows Executive Board approved project on basis of distorted economic analysis
Swimming against the current?
(May 14, 2002) The findings of the first study into World Bank-financed Pak Moon Dam which directly involved local people are soon to be released. Is it, like previous reports critical of the project, doomed to fall on deaf ears?
A day to commemorate the “Los Encuentros” massacre in Guatemala
(May 14, 2002) Twenty years ago, May 14, 79 villagers were murdered when soldiers entered the Maya village of the Rio Negro community in Guatemala. This massacre was the 3rd of four "Rio Negro/Chixoy dam massacres", in which over 440 people were murdered.
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