[Goanet] HISTAG delegation pays courtesy visit to the Chief Minister of Goa
BEENA S. NAIk President, Higher Secondary Teachers’ Association, 2137, Near Swami Math, Gogol, Margao GOA Dt.19-11-2014 *FOR THE FAVOUR OF PUBLICATION* All Goa Higher Secondary Teachers’ Association delegation today called upon the Honourable Chief Minister of Goa Mr Laxmikant Parsekar, and congratulated him for being elected as the Chief Minister of Goa. The delegation was led by the President Mrs Beena S. NAik, Vice President Mrs Nelly Rodrigues, Mr Anant Pissurlekar-Treasurer, General Secretary-Mr Sripad Bhat, Joint Secretary-Mr Hemant Sail, and members Mr Prashant Naik and Mr B.R. Patil. The members of HISTAG also gave him the copy of the Resolution which was passed during the Annual General Body Meeting of HISTAG, that took place during last Sunday, i.e.16-11-2014. “The resolution says that, “All the teachers from Goa have extended their good wishes to the newly elected Chief Minister who also happens to be the Education Minister to rule the State in the interest of the people. Hon. CM being a teacher himself, the teaching fraternity expects and hope that the natural justice would be done towards the demands of the teaching fraternity.” During the visit the delegation also brought to his notice about the scraping of 20% hitch in the Selection Scale, to which Hon. Chief Minister said that he would look into the matter immediately. He further said that he is aware of the problems of the teachers and that it would be his top priority to look into it. When the delegation brought to his notice that VII Pay Commission, which looks into the matter of Pay Scales of Government Employees should be also asked to visit Goa to resolve the problems of the government employees from Goa; to which the Chief Minister said that he would give the delegation an appointment for the discussion on special matters. Histag has decided to seek for the special appointment with the CM BEENA S. NAIK *Caption of the Photograph*--- Mrs Beena S. Naik, President of Histag offering a bouquet of flowers to the Chief Minister Shri Laxmikant Parsekar. Also seen in the photograph are Mrs Nelly Rodrigues, Vice-President, Mr Anant PissurlekarTreasurer, General Secretary-Mr Sripad Bhat, Joint Secretary-Mr Hemant Sail, and members Mr Prashant Naik and Mr B.R. Patil.
[Goanet] MEDIA ALERT-MOVIE CLUB ALLIANCE FRANCAISE PANJIM
Dear Sir/Madam, Kindly publish the below press release in your daily: Tuesday, 25th November at 6.30 pm at Alliance Française Panjim! *AYA DE YOPOUGON* by Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie (1h24) *Movie pitch* : The animation film draws from the first two volumes of the graphic novel made in 2005. It recounts the life of Aya, a beautiful 19-year-old Ivorian who lives in Yopougon, a working-class neighbourhood of Abidjan in the 1970s. Aya is a serious young woman who has ambitions to become a doctor, she is in total contrast to her two friends, Adjoua and Bintou who to her dismay, do extremely well in the categories : hairstyles, fashion and husband hunting. The two girls, go dancing in the bush, venture out to the dance halls, taking life easily, until the day that Adjoua, who is not married, finds out that she is pregnant. In a serene atmosphere with warm colours seasoned with popular songs, the film attempts to describe the lives of an urban and modern neighbourhood where no matter the circumstances, everyone stays optimistic by relying on the solidarity among neighbours. *Cesar award of the best animation movie!* Free for members of Alliance Française Panjim. Donations accepted for non members. *In French with English subtitles.* Free pop corn! Further détails may be obtained by calling 0832 24 200 49. Laurène Gibert Director Alliance Française, Panjim H. No 46A, P.E Agnelo RD, Near Menezes Polyclinic, Altinho, Panjim Panjim 403 001, Goa Tel +91 832 2420049 http://panjim-goa.afindia.org/ Follow us on Facebook!
[Goanet] appeared in Gomantak Times
Where is my village? Garbage? Where do we dump it? And, what do we do with it? Wherever we may choose to dump it, one thing is important: keep it small. By this, I mean, there is a need to have hundreds of garbage and processing sites, one for each village. The attitude of Not in My Backyard is nothing less than suicidal. The government's idea of having two mega garbage sites, one for South Goa and the other for North Goa is a star-studded invitation to builders to change our villages into towns and finally to cities. The people who live in our villages and want their children to continue to live in the villages where they were born have to insist on it. Otherwise, the government will lay out a welcome carpet to every builder in the country and every potential apartment buyer - mostly people who have a lot of black money. By looking after our own garbage, the management of the garbage problem in our village will be under our control and not the government which is good: it is a barometer, a pro-village health check, a scale to measure development of a village. We need to focus on the development of the needs of the villagers of this generation and future generations of Goans. Our development plans should be pro-village and not an invitation to anyone and everyone who has money to come and live in our villages and change it into a town with endless apartments or hotels. If villagers want their villages to look, and continue to be real villages, then this is the way way to go! Are Calangute and Candolim Goan villages in reality or only in name and on paper? Do we want the same for other villages in Goa? The villagers in every village will have to make their own decision on which way to go. No u-turn can be made later, and so no one should blame vested interests for having taken over our villages. The future of our villages, so far, has been in our hands and we should make sure it does not slip away! The two villages are textbook models on how to destroy a Goan village. People from other villages need to note carefully, especially as Calangute and Candolim, in my youth at least, were predominantly Roman Catholic villages. Over the years the villagers have acquired an unquenchable greed and and endless illegalities. Sad, indeed. If some people want to destroy their villages they will not allow anyone to stop them, not even the Roman Catholic Church. Not everybody in Goa, fortunately, is that greedy and so there still will be villages in future. How many? That, no doubt, is a difficult question. Again, the way in which some villages in Goa have developed - as is the infamous case of Calangute and Candolim - this bad model can provide a scale of greed for people who live in other villages. Believe it or not, the evidence is available and measurable in the number and height of the buildings. Yes, it is as clear as that! Journalists should get involved in highlighting various projects which are good for the village as well as projects which are ugly, anti-Goan, anti-village, and environmentally unfriendly. Unfortunately, the evil in our hearts is not measurable nor visible. Roads? Again and again, all we need to do is to look at Calangute and Candolim and ask ourselves if we want our villages to go the same way! I used to love these villages, and so I am especially sad. Goan cities are also not doing well. Some are finally discovering the importance, through necessity, of one-way roads to solve the nightmare of unruly traffic. I can only hope we who live in villages will not have to wait for our villages to become towns and cities before we discover the value of one-way roads. That would be the height of idiocy. For decades now I have lived in Kyoto, an old city, old enough for PM Narendra Modi to want to establish a sister relationship between this ancient city and Varanasi. He has invited the Japanese who look after Kyoto to join hands in modernizing our own ancient holy city of Kashi. An important feature of Kyoto are the one-way roads. As with our villages in Goa, the roads meander through the old city making the traffic flow smoothly even though there are a lot more cars in Kyoto than anywhere in Goa. Good planning, and efficient management are the keys. Lots of one-way streets and linked up roads. Modern development in this big and old city of more than a million people is restricted to certain areas. The old neighborhoods attract millions of tourists a year, international and Japanese, and the rewards go mostly to the locals. Kyoto residents guard their culture and identity, and keep the city unchanged, the biggest tourists attraction for people who are interested in traditional Japanese culture from abroad and Japan. Whenever someone tries to make a wrong move, he is stopped by the proud people of Kyoto. If you want modern, visit Osaka or Tokyo! The Japanese who live in Kyoto love their city with an intensity of emotion resembling a jealous lover. They want to keep Kyoto the way it has
[Goanet] THE RSSS
It is surprising to hear about yet another controversial Godman ensconced in a fortress called Satlok Ashram, with his own armed army of about 4000 men reportedly composed of 70 companies and platoons, called Rashtriya Samaj Sewa Samiti (RSSS) now defying the State police and the High Court to prevent his arrest in a murder case for defying court summons! The Harayana police after a 12 day stake out were unable to arrest him since hordes of devotees including women and children formed a human shield. After reinforcements were brought in, police were fired upon and in the melee journalists/reporters attacked by the cops. This looks like another Golden Temple Bindrandwale type incident where the army had to be called in! WE never seem to learn and know how to prevent Law and Order going astray and in these terrorist, extremist hardliner days where is our intelligence and proactive machinery? It is ridiculous seeing Congress lambaste the BJP who have just come into power. Who gave the land and permissions to build a fortress with high walls? How were armed rambos trained without State intervention and who is financing all this?The Ex Chief Minister Hooda Harayana government has a lot to answer. Another Godman Swami Ramdev has been given Z plus security,so why then complain that Congress gave security to non entitled people based on their threat perceptions? Home Minister Rajnath Singh must act firmly to bring all concerned to free and fair justice and ensure such type of incidents never occur again! This will validate Prime Minister Modi's reputation further.
[Goanet] Fwd: Joybert stars in GFDC (South) victory
*Joybert stars in GFDC (South) victory* Joybert Almeida netted a hat-trick as GFDC (South) overcame Sporting Clube de Goa 4-2 in Gfa’s U-14 1st division match, at Don Bosco ground, Panjim on Wednesday. GFDC were 3-0 up at the breather. GFDC took their opponents by surprise after going ahead in the very first minute through Rudresh Naik, who tapped in a cross from Joybert. Within ten minutes, GFDC went 2-0 up when Joybert placed the ball past the rival custodian from the penalty spot, after a Sporting Goa player was adjudged to have handled the ball in the box. At this stage, the Flaming Oranje Juniors were still playing positive football and could have easily drawn level. First Sporting Goa striker Aman Govekar hit the bar with a rasping shot and moments later Aman was dragged down in the box, but team mate Shannon Viegas missed the spot kick. Just before the lemon break, GFDC breached the opposition defence once again as Joybert slipped the ball into the back of the net. Changing over, Sporting Goa thoroughly dominated possession and created a number of chances, but was crowded out by two tall physical stopper backs once close to the goal. Aman came closest after dribbling past three defenders but fired against the cross bar for the second time in the match. In the closing stages, Joybert completed his-hatrick for GFDC. Credit to Sporting Goa who never gave up and netted two fine goal’s at the death. Aman stroked in a calm penalty kick and moments later fired in again to complete his brace. PHOTO: A Sporting Clube de Goa player looks to close down a GFDC player, at Don Bosco ground, Panjim -- CONNECT WITH US: www.sportingclubedegoa.com www.sportingclubedegoa.wordpress.com www.facebook.com/sportingclubedegoa.officialpage www.twitter.com/sportingoa -- CONNECT WITH US: www.sportingclubedegoa.com www.sportingclubedegoa.wordpress.com www.facebook.com/sportingclubedegoa.officialpage www.twitter.com/sportingoa
[Goanet] The Nanavati Commission: Another hoax on the people of India by Fr. Cedric Prakash sj (191114)
From: bcsabha.kal...@gmail.com To: From: sjprashant...@gmail.com To: sjprash...@gmail.com THE NANAVATI COMMISSION: ANOTHER HOAX ON THE PEOPLE OF INDIA! -Fr. Cedric Prakash sj* Finally, yesterday (November 18th 2014), exactly 12 years 8 months and 12 days after it was first constituted by the Gujarat Government on March 6th 2002 to probe the burning of the Godhra train and the subsequent carnage which broke out in several parts of Gujarat, the Commission headed by G.T Nanavati (a former judge of the Supreme Court of India) submitted its report to the current Chief Minister of Gujarat, Anandiben Patel. It was originally known as the K.G. Shah Commission but it was later reconstituted to include Justice Nanavati, after several civil rights groups and individuals protested over the closeness that Justice Shah had with Narendra Modi. Justice Shah died in 2008; and Justice Akshay H. Mehta (who granted bail to Babu Bajrangi in the Naroda Patiya case) was appointed on 5th April 2008 to be a member of this Commission. The content of this more than 2000-page report has not yet been made public but if one goes by the grapevine and what seems to be “leaked out” to sections of the media, then one can very easily conclude the following: that those really responsible for the law and order in the State have been given a ‘clean chit’; that the burning of S-6 Coach of the Sabarmati Express on 27th February, 2002, just outside the Godhra railway station was a ‘meticulously planned act of conspiracy’ (this was already said in the Commission’s interim report in 2008); and finally the only people who seemed to be ‘responsible’ for not preventing or controlling the violence are some lower rung policemen and some apparently anti-social elements. The Commission which has claimed to have looked into 4,160 cases of violence in Gujarat between February 27th and May 31st 2002 also states that it has gone through 46,000 affidavits submitted by over 4,000 victims of the violence that paralysed Gujarat and continues to be one of the darkest and bloodiest chapters of independent India. It was given 24 extensions (of almost six months each) before it submitted its report. Till July 2012, the Commission ran up an expenditure bill of more than Rs.5.00 crores with an additional miscellaneous expense of Rs.1.62 crores. It has been past two and a half years since; so the final cost of this Commission (including the disguised expenditure) will surely run to a mind-boggling amount and all at the cost of the State exchequer (a Gujarati newspaper today puts a conservative cost of Rs.9.00 crores) Several concerned citizens like the late Mukul Sinha of Jan Sangharsh Manch, Sanjiv Bhatt and others have tried their level best to bring the Commission – any thinking citizen will know - on track and ensure that truth prevails and that the victim-survivors are given justice. The Commission, has been full of inconsistencies, lapses and loopholes. Sinha who cross-examined several witnesses, has consistently demanded that Modi who was the Chief Minister of Gujarat at that time, had to be interrogated too. Why the Commission took the pains to deny this request from Sinha and several others does not leave much room for doubt! Even though the Commission has submitted its report, many for the victim-survivors (and several others who have accompanied them) are the Gujarat Carnage of 2002 is not a closed chapter. The relentless pursuit for truth and justice will continue until those who presided over this carnage are brought to book. Only then, will they truly be able to sing our motto emblazoned on our national emblem “satyameva jayate” (truth alone triumphs!) 19th November, 2014 (*Fr. Cedric Prakash sj is the Director of Prashant, the Ahmedabad-based Jesuit Centre for Human Rights, Justice and Peace) Address: PRASHANT, Hill Nagar, Near Saffron Hotel, Drive-in Road, Ahmedabad-380 052 Phone: (079) 27455913, 66522333Cell: 9824034536Fax: (079) 27489018 Email: sjprash...@gmail.com cedricprak...@gmail.com www:humanrightsindia.in
Re: [Goanet] Cell phones and brain tumours
The pictures and videos below do not show us anything that science caused 50 years ago. It is ignorance of science that caused all of those things. Those who ignore science are making the same mistake today by falsely perpetuating the belief that cancers caused by something else in their neighborhood are caused by a cell phone tower. If someone is really concerned about 4 or 5 people suffering from cancer in their neighborhood he should persuade the 16 - 20 neighbors of his to give up smoking because science tells us that anybody who smokes more than 5 cigarettes a day has a 25% chance of getting cancer. Someone who is scientifically ignorant would not also know that every neighborhood that has more than 13 people above the age of 70 would have on an average 4 or 5 people suffering from cancer. Scientifically literate person on the other hand would know this fact and that the exact reason for it is that the lifetime risk for any person to get cancer is 40% (43% for men and 37% for women). One of the biggest problems we face in the world today is that even educated people are scientifically illiterate, and believe in all kinds of crackpot conspiracy theories. Cheers, Santosh - Original Message - From: Marshall Mendonza mmendonz...@gmail.com To: goanet goanet@lists.goanet.org Cc: Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 12:25 AM Subject: [Goanet] Cell phones and brain tumours I reiterate that although science has helped mankind to grow and develop, science is not the end and does not have answers to everything. This is what Science caused over 50 years ago. Those who believed in it are suffering till today. https://www.google.co.in/search?q=thalidomideespv=2es_sm=93tbm=ischtbo=usource=univsa=Xei=yzFsVIXELKG8mQWc64LgCwved=0CD0QsAQbiw=1366bih=667 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOdKe9PzKB0 Regards, Marshall
[Goanet] Unavailable around-the-clock
Unavailable around-the-clock Times Panchanama: Sao Matias-Divar -- Tiswadi Isidore Domnick Mendes The villagers of Sao Matias on Divar island are in urgent need of a 24-hour resident doctor at the primary health centre in the village. It has been an urgent need ignored by the powers-that-be over the years. Sao Matias has 3,500 residents and comprises six vaddos (wards) including Muddi, Igreja vaddo , Goddar , Vanzuem, Amboi and Belsur. While primary health centres all over Goa have a 24-hour resident doctor facility, Sao Matias along with neighbouring Goltim-Navelim village on Divar island does not seem to top the agenda of the state government for ensuring a round-the-clock availability of a doctor. The current incumbent is available only three times a week i.e. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and that too, for around four hours; between 9.30am and 1pm. Lack of adequate health services, especially the unavailability of a doctor 24x7x365 is the biggest challenge facing our village. During nights, it is a nightmarish experience to rush a sick person, especially the ailing ones, all the way to the Goa medical college ( GMC) and hospital at Bambolim, or to a private hospital in Panaji. It is fatal fact that neither of the two village panchayats on Divar island have the services of a round-the-clock resident doctor, says Bernadette Azavedo, ex-sarpanch and a resident of Amboi. Concurs Brigida Menezes of Church vaddo, One of the important indicators for development is a vibrant health service, but, Sao Matias and its surrounding villages are deprived of even a permanent doctor at the health centre. For years, the villagers have been raising their demand for a resident doctor. Absence of a resident doctor not only puts unnecessary pressure on the town or city hospitals. It also aggravates the health concerns of both, children and the elderly. The authorities should pay heed and ensure that resident doctors are available in the villages situated on Divar island, states singer Saby Dias, known on the Konkani tiatr stage as 'Saby De Divar'. Dias is a resident of Naroa, which along with Malar and Capao/Vanxim, are also areas under the jurisdiction of the Sao Matias panchayat. As there is no permanent stationing of doctors in the village, even for minor problems, be it a mild fever or cold, the villagers have to visit the GMC or other health clinics in Panaji. On the health front , the economically-weaker sections, in particular, end up as the biggest sufferers in the villages of Divar island. The village youth should be more vigilant and be in the forefront to get infrastructure in the island villages improved in terms of a completely-equipped primary health centre with facilities of admission in its wards for sick patients, says Christopher Menezes, another tiatrist known as 'Comedian 64', who acted in the recent Kala Academy award winning tiatr 'Modli Onnot'. The 24-hour doctor facility will act as a great contributor to safe health. People in their post-retirement phase of their life are reluctant to stay in this village, because, the government doctor is not available around-the-clock. Good sense should prevail on the government to allot a government doctor who will be available around-the-clock at the primary health centre in Sao Matias. At the same time, all residents are proud of living on the island because of the serenity and tranquility enveloping the region, said Justin Coutinho of Amboi. Though in the past two months, a 108 ambulance has been stationed at the panchayat , the villagers, on condition of anonymity, state that since the villages of Divar island have a meager health facility, the ambulance should be exclusively centered for the villages of Divar island and not for the mainland like Old Goa or Dongorim as is currently happening. Sarpanch of Sao Matias panchayat Vaibhavi Sawant states that the panchayat will try its level-best to get a 24-hour facility of a resident doctor for the villagers. We will take up this demand again in the next gram sabha and then make a fresh appeal to both the chief minister and the health minister. It is generally believed that lack of housing facility has been acting as a deterrent for doctors to take charge as full-time resident medical practitioners, she said. When contacted, Cumbharjua MLA Pandurang Madkaikar said, There has been a fulltime doctor at the health centre. He met with an accident recently and is on leave. In fact, he was available to the people almost round-the-clock as he stays nearby. It's because he is on leave that another doctor who comes from another health centre is available thrice a week. Once he resumes, it will be normal. Problem Problem Bad roads The residents lament the condition of the roads in the village. Almost the entire stretch of Sao Matias panchayat's road lies in a dire strait. It is a shame that a beautiful village has a pot-holed road,
[Goanet] ECI SEEKS URGENT REPORT ON COMPLAINT SEEKING DELETION OF DEFENCE MINISTER MANOHAR PARRIKAR’S NAME FROM PANAJI ELECTORAL ROLL
The Election Commission of India has sought an urgent report from Goa’s Chief Electoral Officer on the complaint seeking the immediate deletion of the name of Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar from the electoral roll of Panaji Assembly Constituency. Acting on the fax received from the Election Commission of India the Goa’s Chief Electoral Officer has directed the Panaji Deputy Collector and Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) to submit within 24 hours a detailed report. The attention of the Chief Election Commissioner had been drawn that the name of Manohar Parrikar had been fraudulently enrolled in the Panaji Assembly Constituency at Serial No 412 in Part No 8 showing his residential address as House No 157, Opposite Pharmacy College in Panaji. It has been pointed out that Manohar Parrikar has never ever resided at that address and that he had fraudulently in connivance and collusion with the staff in the election office manipulated and managed to get his name illegally enrolled after making a false and misleading declaration. While seeking the deletion of Manohar Parrikar’s name from the Panaji electoral roll also demanded is that legal proceedings for perjury amongst other offences be initiated against Manohar Parrikar as making a false declaration is an offence punishable under Section 31 of the Representation of the People Act 1950. Also sought is deterrent action against the staff in the election office who in connivance and collusion with Manohar Parrikar allowed his name to be illegally enrolled in the Panaji electoral roll on a fake residential address. Aires Rodrigues Advocate High Court C/G-2, Shopping Complex Ribandar Retreat, Ribandar – Goa – 403006 Mobile No: 9822684372 Office Tel No: (0832) 2444012 Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com Or airesrodrig...@yahoo.com You can also reach me on Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues Twitter@rodrigues_aires
