*** Goanet News Bytes * June 21, 2006 * Dacoity at Paroda ... Zuari shuttle to get restored ... BJP wants easier English
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded in e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ 1994 by 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Herman 88_88 | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 Carneiro / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y http://www.goanet.org * Building social capital. [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] o Shuttle bus service via Zuari bridge to be restored. (NT) o Shuttle service commuters over Zuari continue to suffer. (NT) o Government to buy 25 minibuses. (H) o Chief Secretary says misunderstanding caused Zuari chaos. (GT) o New Panjim traffic plan from July 1. (H) o Reversal of traffic on old Patto Ponte de Linhares bridge soon.NT o Vested interests could be behind BSNL empanelment racket: GM (NT) INTELLIGENCE NETWORK to be strengthened in Goa: Chief Secretary J P Singh said that Goa needs to strengthen its intelligence network in view of the unsavoury activities that have taken place in Goa. Besides, he said, all types of people disguising as tourists also arrive in Goa and the intelligence system should have information about them well in advance to keep a check on them. (NT) TOURISM'S OTHER FACE: Tourism in Goa has always meant sea, sand, surf and of course its pristine temples and churches. The other face of tourism has never been considered. However, now hinterland, heritage and medical services are being explored to boost tourism in the state. (Ramnath Pai Raikar in the NT) o Delays in NCERT textbooks, parents co-operation sought.(NT) o GMC's ortho dept selected for research on Indus knee. (NT) o Dhempe College celebrates Founder's Day. (NT) o Goa Univ declares music (vocal, tabla, sitar, harmonium) results. o Mining engineering diploma course restarted. (NT) o Luizinho urges service institutions to promote education in Goa.NT o GCCI-CSI talk on multi-channel communication, June 23, 4 pm. o Bicholim college to offer computerised accounting diploma. o Ex-editor Joseph Zuzarte to conduct journalism course. (H) o Tailoring course begins at Mala. (H) o MBA entrance training planned by BullsEye, Vaidya Hospital.(H) BJP MEN, PARENTS 'GHERAO' DEPUTY EDUCATION DIRECTOR: They have been protesting against the introduction of a new 'Marigold' English textbook, in Standard III, saying it adopts too high standards for students! (H) ODD NEWS: Mumbai is the world's rudest city! This was rated by the Readers Digest, which tested whether anyone would help when papers were dropped in a busy street, whether shop assistants said 'thank you', and counting how often someone held a door open. (GT) o Dacoits strike doc's home at Agramorod, Guid-Paroda. (NT) o TV sting operation exposes 'baby shop' with Aldona branch.(GT) o Mother (30) daughter (2) end life in Dhargal stonequarry.(H) o Nandini Paliwal new CEO of Entertainment Society of Goa. (H) o High Court seeks govt assurance over water scarcity. (H) o Rectify GMC's pathetic conditions, says deputy collector.(H) o Tree plantation drive at Porvorim, along highway. (H) o BJP against lower castes progressing, alleges Congress. (H) o Konkani book on musical renderings by P D Lotlikar. (H) o Football fans hit by power cuts at Malkarne. (H) o Goa to set up pavillion at Olimpia II at London next month.H o Goa hosts all India dance sport workshop at Don Bosco court.H o Paratha festival at Hotel Delmon. (GT) o Verna highway turns into dumping ground. (GT) o Vinsan unveils environment-friendly plans for port town(GT) Vasco's list http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vascokarsunited Winds, rains leave Salcete coastal villages powerless: Heavy rains left villages without power on Tuesday evening, right from Cavelossim-Mobor, to Orlim, Carmona, Varca, Benaulim, Colva and Betalbatim. (H) Clube Vasco da Gama's traditional Sao Joao Dance is being held on June 24, 2006 with Roy Vaz to keep you in the party mood and lighten up your spirits. Music by Imaginations. Guest artists Belinda and Zita. Buffet, typical Goan cuisine. Entrance members Rs 50, guests Rs 100, table Rs 100. Register by June 23. o Duo hurt as car rams electric pole at Navelim. (H) o Margao's ring road plan hits hurdle. Blame-game on. (H) o Heavy downpour on Tuesday leads to waterlogging in Panjim.(NT) o Noted music composer Dattaram Wadkar given Phalke award. (NT) o Seize Karntaka trawlers fishing illegally, says GPCC.(NT) o Monsoon blues: Police stop boards around road subsiding at Miramar. o Zantye pledges to help motorcycle riders set up stands in Goa.NT GOANET CYBERMATRIMONIALS, the listing offering links to potential grooms and brides, is currently being compiled. To
*** Goanet Reader: Puzzle wrapped in an enigma, understanding Konkani in Goa
PUZZLE WRAPPED IN AN ENIGMA: UNDERSTANDING KONKANI IN GOA By Pratap Naik, S.J. Pre-liberation Goa: During Goa's pre-liberation period, members of the majority community and common folks of the minority community, for their oral communication, used Konknni. The majority community used Marathi for primary education, for popular religion, accounts, written communication, theatre and other spheres of their lives. The elite of the minority community used Portuguese at home and for education. They used Konknni to converse with the majority community and common folks of the minority community who did not know Portuguese language. Portuguese was considered the language of the cultured. The elite of the minority community looked down on Konknni as a language of the servants and the socio-economically backward commonfolk. Konknni in the Roman script was used for popular religious practices and by the mass media. Konknni written in the Devanagari script hardly existed during this period. It had practically no influence over the members of the majority community too. Marathi also enjoyed a privileged position among the majority community, which identified Marathi as their intellectual and cultural language. However there was no animosity or rivalry among the users of these three languages. These three languages co-existed with unity and harmony. In the post-liberation period: After 1965, in keeping with the teaching of the Second Vatican Council, the Catholic Church all over the world replaced Latin by local languages for the religious domain. Due to this, in Goa too, the Church actively promoted religious services in Konknni. The Church contributed to standardize Konknni in the Roman script, which had its roots in sixteenth century. Let us call this dialect as Roman Script Standard Konknni (RSSK). After the liberation of Goa, Konknni language suffered a number of setbacks. This happened due to partly lack of vision and leadership on the part of the minority community, and partly due to the manipulative tactics used by self-proclaimed protectors of Konknni. *** After the liberation of Goa, Catholic schools introduced Konknni in the Devanagari script as a third language in their schools. The Devanagari proponents succeeded to convince a few leaders of the minority community that the Devanagari script is the natural script of Konknni and it is related to our nationalism and patriotism! Majority of the students were from the Catholic community. They were familiar with the Roman script and the RSSK dialect due to religious literature and mass media. But the RSSK dialect was not taught in schools. A different dialect was thrust upon them in the name of Konknni and nationalism. According to Ulhas Buyanv, one of the stalwarts of Opinion Poll in Goa and veteran Konknni singer, a Konknni dialect of three per cent of a minuscule section of the majority community was forced upon 30% minority community. Students of the minority community who had opted for Konknni had no real option. They were not familiar with Marathi. Besides they never identified with Marathi as their language. Between Marathi and Konknni, they were pushed to take Konknni in Devanagari script. Students learnt Konknni not out of conviction or love of Konknni, but out of sheer compulsion. Therefore, they never took interest in keeping up the language they learnt. Once they finished their education, they simply gave up reading and writing Konknni in the Devanagari script. This situation created a strong feeling of dislike towards Konknni in the Devanagari script among the minority community. If the textbooks had included the Konknni dialect of the majority community and the RSSK dialect of the minority community, this unhealthy tension could have been avoided and a healthy blending of two dialects would have helped to promote a new standard dialect of Konknni in Goa. Dialects and scripts are emotional issues. In a democracy, one group cannot impose their preferences on the others. Language is far more important than its scripts. Unfortunately, among a section of Konknnis (or, Konknni speakers) the Konknni language was identified with the Devanagari script. *** Schools run by the majority community promote more of Marathi compared to Konknni. As on September 30, 2004, there were 137 Konknni medium primary schools run by NGOs. Out of these only six primary schools are exclusively run by the majority community. However, the majority community was running 63 Marathi medium primary schools. On the other hand, the minority community ran 126 Konknni medium primary schools. Konknni can be offered as the third language from the fifth to tenth standard in schools in Goa. As of February 3, 2005, in Goa there are 292 NGO high schools. Out of which only 207 schools offer Konknni as a third language. Out of these, 207 schools 126 belong to the minority community.
*** Goanet News Bytes * June 18, 2006 * Restrictions on Zuari bridge heavy traffic from Monday
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded in e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ 1994 by 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Herman 88_88 | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 Carneiro / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y http://www.goanet.org * Building social capital. [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] * Restrictions on traffic over Zuari bridge from Monday. (NT) Six ferry boats to be put into service. Facility will start after a week. Two wheelers can use free-of-cost ferry service. KTC to run more shuttle buses. 16 minibuses to carry people free across bridge. * Decision to close Zuari bridge for heavy vehicles is linked to commuters' safety, says PWD minister. (NT) * Gomantak Times/Weekender castigates Goa government asking 'Who took this stupid decision (to halt heavy traffic on the Zuari bridge, fearing it to be unsafe)?' GROWING GUN CULTURE scares Goa police, reports the Herald. Guns from a .22 revolver, double barrel, single barrel, pistol to pen pistol are available at much lower prices in the black market, write Sukumar Shashtri. Guns were open used to shoot Assolda panch Mariano Mascarenhas in a bar at Xelvona-Curchorem. An unidentified suspect was involved Sources are quoted saying that Mati Dongor in Margao, Partagal and Avem in Cotigao, Dabal in Sanvordem, Netroli in Sanguem, Eddar and Chari wards in Poinguinim, and Khorlim in Mapusa are the places where one could search for illegal guns. Earlier, guns originated from Germany, Italy, US and Spain but of late police sources say guns from the former Yugoslavia and Russia are also surfacing. (H) * Rs 1.4 million drugs seized at Tivim, 2 Nepalis held.(NT) * Goa Revolution Day on Sunday; 22 freedomfighters honoured. * Stray cattle create traffic hazard at Colva. (NT) * Mormugao official investigates sewage release, seeks clarification from Public Works Department. (NT) * Garbage problem still haunts Margao wards. (NT) * Heavy Friday rains make water enter Mormugao municipality. * Matanhy inaugurates new water pipeline at Sancoale. (NT) * Margao night patrolling intensified to prevent thefts. (NT) * James Electricals offers Euro designer lights. Panjim. * Annual sangodd at Candolim-Orda on June 29. (NT) * Govt plans dredging of Cortalim, in front of ferry ramp. * Migrants inflow raises concern at Benaulim. (H) * Ban on plaster-of-paris Ganesh idols sought, mud favoured.(H) * Sri Sri Inst of Mgt Studies opening up at Margao ssims.org * Cyberage complaints? Contact 3294654 or 9850470608. * Kamaxidevi Homeopathic College seeks PG courses. (NT) * Indira Gandhi Natl Open Univ offers many courses. (NT) * Founder's Day at Dhempe College, June 20. (NT) * Edn dept may extend free mid-day meals to middle school(NT) * Damodar College, Margao launches M.Com section.(NT) * Also, Damodar offers Company Secretary entrance coaching. * English introduction based on household survey: Luizinho.(H) * Janata Party welcomes English in Standard I in Goa. (H) * Goa Univ students visit Indo-China border. (GT/W) Diedre Fernandes, Aileen Gracias and Ana Fernandes (Juniors) and Rita Gonsalves, Vanessa Lobo and Gerson Nazareth (seniors) have won the Alliance Francaise de Goa essay writing contest. (NT) IN FOCUS -- THE DE SOUZA BROTHERS OF MAPUSA: Nearly 16 years back Norman de Souza was an employee in the sales and marketing division of a five-star hotel and entered into tourism activities, initially by engaging with the rent-back business. He has since started his own hotels, tourist handling agency for India and an international tour-operating company in Engliand. Norman started his travel agency Cinnamon Holiday, with a registered office in the UK. His firm offers British tourists package tours to Egypt, Greece, Spain, the Indian Ocean region and Turkey, besides handling chartered tourists in Goa. (Umesh Mahambre in the NT) EXACTLY THREE MONTHS after the sensational killing of Macasana parish priest Fr Eusebio Ferrao, police filed an over-100 page chargesheet against two alleged killers Amit Shukla (21) and Manish Dhubey (20) of UP. (H) LIFESTYLE DISEASES ON THE RISE IN GOA: Goa is showing a rapid rising trend in the incidence of non-communicable chronic diseases as well as in injuries. As compared to the rest of the country, Goa has a higher incidence of these diseases, observes Dr V N Jindal, dean of the Goa Medical College. (NT) GOAN MUSIC DIRECTOR, Dattaram, elderly and ailing at his home in Maulinguem, Bicholim taluka, has been given some belated recognition. He has been given the Dadasaheb Phalke award. Apart from being one of the chief assistants of the legenday Bollywood
*** Goanet News Bytes * May 30, 2006 * Konkani becoming a minority education medium...
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded in e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ 1994 by 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Herman 88_88 | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 Carneiro / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y http://www.goanet.org * Building social capital. [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] KONKANI BECOMING A MINORITY EDUCATION MEDIUM: The National Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities, which was on a two-day tour of the state, has concluded that the state language, Konkani, was becoming a minority language, as education through the language is declining... Commission member Dr Tahir Mahmood told reporters that the representatives of the Christian community had told the commission about the problems that they had faced due to the insistence of the authorites on minority-status certificates before issuing them permission to open a school. Disclosing that the insistence on the minority status certificate was not necessary, as any community identity as a minority in any state enjoyed priviledges enshrined in the Constitution, he went on to add that perhaps this was a tactic for denying the right to the minority community. The Christians did not have other major grievances, he added. Muslims' major complaint was the shortage of teachers in Urdu medium schools. (The Navhind Times) o Monsoon is here. Heavy rainfall likely in next 24 hours.(NT) o Fishermen told not to venture out to sea. (NT) o Storm looms over Goa. Fishermen warned boats could capsize.(H) o Winds ground iron-ore barge off Miramar. (H) o Margao keeps fingers crossed over flooding. (H) o Now, Goa government teachers to retire at 60. (H) o Goa asks Delhi for an ultra-mega power project. (H) o BJP demands probe into death of Goa recruit at MP. (GT) -- WHAT THE OTHERS SAY: GOA-RESEARCH-NET -- Livia de Abreu Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes on Goa Research Net http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-research-net From what I remember from my childhood days, and we always had different kind of merenda each day for tea and even if nothing was made we would take left over rice from lunch mix it with coconut and sugar and a sprinkling of crushed cardammom and relish it, there were two kind of crepes prepared at home. The ones called alle-belle were made with batter made of ground rice thinly spread on a saucer and steamed.. Mankeos (in Portuguese Elas-Velas-Vao because of the three turns one gives when rolling) made of maida and eggs and cooked as the normal crepes or pan-cakes. When I visualize the latter, made at my ancestral home, the aspect did appear to be that of squids specially as far as that light burnt colour and the texture is concerned. Now a days with the non-stick pans, it no longer has the same appearance. SAYS GOA-RESEARCH-NET: «Research» is not bias-free, but we can try to make it emotion-free! Avoid any derogatory expression or tone that could hurt your readers. [Moderator] -- FEEDBACK... BRICKBATS AND BOQUETS -- FRANCES PIRES WRITES IN FROM THE aegonusa.com IN THE US: Fred, I can't believe you are allowing Goanet to serve as a mouthpiece for this drivel. We count on this medium (Goanet) for news of amchim Gaon -- not for some blathering idiot to get a megaphone. I enjoy the pieces on our history and the debates on Roman script vs Devnagari, Goans in the diaspora etcbut this stuff below is just poorly written garbage replete with lousy arguments and enough big words and name drops to appear scholarly. Goans are intelligent and well read enough to make up our own minds on tough topics like this one. BASIL DCUNHA COMMENTED (while also responding to Chhotebhai Noronha's article): I agree with your views on Dan Brown (and Da Vinci Code). I think it is one more opportunity for us to know our Faith a little deeper. This article is an eye opener. WRITES FRANCIS BORGES FROM BELGIUM: I want to congratulate you (Chhotebhai Noronha) for your article and I had to reply to this one. Dan Brown's The Da Vince code is a fictional work he admits it but he hides behind real locations and confuses the reader in believing that this is non-fictional work in search of the truth. We know what advertisements are all about -- we don't become Aishwarya Rai by using Lakme soap or Shahrukh Khan by drinking Pepsi nor do we become Amitabh Bachchan by eating Dabur's Chawpraysa. If our radical mind can differentiate this why can't we see
*** BRIEfnCOUNTERS: A Legacy of Blood ... in Dhaka
Mas-ca-ren-has? queried a curious Chat Ramilo, obviously struggling
with the many syllabyles of the name, as I showed her the book cover.
Given the Philippines' Spanish colonial heritage, she might have found
the name faintly familiar. But, seeing it at Dhaka, Bangladesh obviously
caused the astonishment.
Actually, one wasn't personally surprised. Like Radharao Gracias, the
maverick legislator from South Goa, my hobby too has been (or should I
say had been?) to keep track of POGs (people of Goan descent) across the
globe, doing all kinds of odd and unusual things.
When I saw Anthony Mascarenhas' book Bangladesh: A Legacy of Blood at
the Dhaka airport, I didn't think twice before picking it up. That I
wanted to get done with the few Taka left in my pocket, before leaving
back for home, further convinced me to take along a copy of the book. It
was priced at Taka 490, and the Taka-Rupee exchange rate is roughly
ten-to-seven favouring the rupee.
Quite unexpectedly, it didn't end up in my collection of unread books.
Maybe one has long underestimated how fascinating contemporary history
(particularly that pertaining to living memory) can be to me myself.
Maybe one was just bored and had a lot of time to catch in between
journeys (thanks to the navy control of Dabolim and the few slots they
allow for incoming flights, in reality). Maybe it was just that Anthony
Mascarenhas writes so well, in a gripping almost-cinematographic format.
As I waited through a four-hour delay for the Bangladesh Biman
to Kolkata, while rushing to catch the last evening flight to
Mumbai, and also while killing time till the 4:30 am check-in
procedures start at the unearthly hour for the flight to Dabolim,
one kept reading. This exciting story was another excuse to take
a slow bus home, and avoid adding to the (already heavy) load of
fossil fuel emissions. On reaching home, one was within 20 pages
of finish!
Mascarenhas is a journalist of Goan origin, who was based in Pakistan,
went on a tour with the military, and was shocked by what was going on
in Bangladesh. He subsequently shifted to the UK, wrote for some major
papers there, and told the story of what was going on in then East
Pakistan. By some accounts (using this term because I'm not sure), he
was *the* journalist who broke the story about the genocide in East
Pakistan.
There are differing perspectives of how many people were killed in the
civil war that led (with some nudging by India, for its own
geo-political interests) to the break up of Pakistan and the formation
of Bangladesh.
My colleague Partha Sarkar, who co-founded the crazy experiment called
BytesForAll almost seven years ago with me, drew attention to the
slaughter of Bangladeshi intellectuals just before the Pakistani army
moved out of that country. But whether it was three million killed in
East Pakistan/Bangladesh (seen by some as an exaggerated figure) or one
million, the figure is huge enough to warrant serious concern. If you
keep in mind the five million Jews figure of World War II, things fall
into context.
This book is about how, after the break-up from Pakistan, the
Bangladeshis themselves ruined things for themselves. It promises to
reveal issues like who killed Mujib (many who grew up in India in the
'seventies would find this a familiar name), who was responsible for the
jail killings, and how General Zia was assassinated.
It is a shocking story of how Bangladesh went in for so many coups in
such a short period, the elected rulers ruined things and betrayed
aspirations, and how military men went in for coup after coup.
Mascarenhas writes in a fascinating style. This book (Hodder and
Stoughton, UKP 4.95 net in the UK, ISBN 0-340-39420-X, pp 186, first
published in 1986) is a follow-up to his 'The Rape of Bangladesh', which
I'm still waiting to read.
Says the cover: Anthony Mascarenhas, a veteran journalist, has been
closely associated with Bangladesh from the start of its freedom
struggle. In 1971, he left Pakistan to expose in The Sunday Times the
atrocities committed by the Pakistani army in the province which is now
Bangladesh. That article, and his subsequent book, The Rape of
Bangladesh, created a world-wide sensation. In 1972 he won Granada's
Geraldl Barry Award ('What the Papers Say'), and the International
Publishing company's Special Award for reporting the genocide in
Bangladesh. After serving 14 years on The Sunday Times, he is now a
freelance writer.
Anthony Mascarenhas' work about Bangladesh is linked to quite a few
pages in cyberspace. In my favourite collaboratively-crafted Wikipedia
itself, there are links to:
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh:_A_Legacy_of_Blood
and other pages also offer references to his work, such as
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_coups_in_Bangladesh
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheikh_Mujibur_Rahman
Mascarenhas writes in his preface to his book: This is a true story; in
many ways a text book of
*** Goanet News Bytes * May 15, 2006 * Goa Medical College archives focuses on heart disease in urban Goa
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded in e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ 1994 by 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Herman 88_88 | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 Carneiro / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y http://www.goanet.org * Building social capital. --- GOANET NEWS HEADLINES * MAY 15, 2006 * DATELINE GOA [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] * Archives of the Goa Medical College 2005 comes out with new issue. Study on heart disease in urban Goa. This study calls for a dual approach of screening and intervening in coronary disease cases of relatively high risk, and fostering population-wide preventive activities through health education and lifestyle changes. (Herald) FRONT PAGES * Tributes paid to Mahajan at Panjim condolence meet. (NT) * MGP not to align with any part for coming polls: Dhavalikar. (NT) * NCP's claim for Fatorda seat upsets Congress. (GT) * Reading between the lines of The Da Vinci Code. (GT) * Misuse of old GMC stopped, following Sunaparant report. (Sunaparant) * Accidents figure grow in Goa. (GovaDoot) * Fire staff demo on fighting fire Shankarwadi Taleigao. (GovaDoot) INSIDE PAGES * Cansaulim joggers' park proposal draws criticism. (H) * Matanhy threatens stir on Expressway: ecological damage. (GT) * Egg prices yet to pick up: Natl Egg Coord Committee. (H) * Four acquitted in Curchorem dowry death case. (H) * Relocate waste composting station, say residents of Patto, Panjim.(H) * Canacona councillor calls for probe: access through municipal property. * No breakthrough yet in Varca murder case of 56-year-old woman. (NT) * Mahadev P desai new president of Kindlem-Pansulem Canacona school.NT * All goa folk dance contest by Shenai Goembab Seva Kendra. (NT) * Rosary Church feast held at Fatorda. (NT) * Dance Illusions, academy on American style-ballroom launched in Vasco.(NT) * Panjim is ill-prepared for the monsoons: Dr Nandkumar Kamat in NT * Devidas Surlikar elected sarpanch of Penha de Franca village. (H) * Goa likely to export cashew for Himachal apple. (H) * Reservations perpetuate caste system, says Dr Francisco Colaco, IMA chief. * Radharao Gracias elected president, South Goa Advocates Association. (H) * Restructured pension for aided school teachers by June 10 promised. (H) * GHRSSDC handicrafts workers want MD Santosh Borkar removed. (H) * Power bikes burn Goa's roads -- jet, set, go. (Amanda Alphonso in Herald) * Zuari Industries earns net sales of 1521.7 crores, year ended Dec 2005. * Police yet to make headway in Manjula Gawde's death. (GT) * Margao councillor Piedade Noronha crazy for publicity, say councillors.(GT) * BP, HP promise home delivery for gas consumers. (GT) * Morjim MLA assleep; not a single project undertaken. --Shripad Naik. (Sunap) * Buddha's middle-path, Datta Naik (ph 273 6846) of Comba in Sunaparant. * Goa's healthcare needs improvement. (Sunaparant) * Bringing Goa BJP back to power is best tribute to Mahajan: Salkar.(Sunap) * Margao of my dreams will take on different shape: Trivikram Raiturkar (Sunap) SPORTS * East Bengal hunts for new coach: Madeira, Chukwama on shortlist.(H) * Goa women top at baseball nationals in Margao. (NT) * Dempo Cricket Club defeated Gomeco by 20 runs at Tiswadi GCA. (NT) * No chance for Mahindra to advance to AFC quarters. (NT) * Goa United Sports Academy Calangute trounce YB Tonca 4-0 GFA U16. * PVC Parra wins 2-1 over Friends XI Vaddem Kanekar soccer, Sanquelim. * Saligao Sporting downs Sao Miguel Taleigao 5-2. Lakhanpal. (NT) * PYA Divar out, defeated by Maina SC 9-8: Frank Pires soccer, Siridao. * Maina SC edges past Nagoa SC 4-2 semis of Ramakant Pande, Saligao.NT * Merces to hold vollyeball tournament on May 17. (NT) FINE PRINT School for mentally challenged to get new bulding: The Medha Parrikar Rugna Seva Kendra Mapusa will soon build a Rs 65 lakh worth new school for mentally challenged children at Bicholim, the replace the present house. Ms Medha Parrikar is the (late) wife of former chief minister Manohar Parrikar. (NT) Advert in Herald: The family of late Carmo Dias, Alleamvaddo, Chinchinim, would like to express their deepest appreciation to Mr Churchill Alemao, Hon Member of Parliament, for spending lot
*** Goanet News Bytes * May 13, 2006 * Navy agrees to provide land for Dabolim airport expansion
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded in e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ 1994 by 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Herman 88_88 | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 Carneiro / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y http://www.goanet.org * Building social capital. --- GOANET NEWS HEADLINES * MAY 13, 2006 * DATELINE GOA FRONT PAGES * Navy agrees to provide land for Dabolim airport expansion: Willy. (NT) * Dabolim expansion okayed. (Herald) * Goa government vows to upgrade healthcare facilities. (NT) * As usual, girls outsmart boys at HSSC exams. Over 76% pass. (GT) * 8469 students pass HSSC (Std XII) exams in Goa. (NT) * Shacks banned on Morjim and Galjibag beaches. (NT) * When will travelling by KTC buses be a pleasure ride? (GT) * Shun Da Vinci Code: Archbiship Ferrao. (H) * CRZ violations come under scanner. (H) * Canacona community health centre upgraded by GSIDC. (Advt) INSIDE PAGES * Stop registering sale deeds of foreigners: Nationalist YC. (H) * Cuncolim resident, Marconi Rodrigues, remanded on rape charge.(H) * Tussle over garbage disposal takes new turn in Bardez. (NT) * Desilting work of Ponda nullah yet to begin. (NT) * BJP leaders pay tribute to Mahajan at Margao meet. (NT) * Quepem councillor demands appointment of accountant. (NT) * IMA's Mormugao branch forms new committee. (NT) * Seminar on 'careers in travel, tourism' held. (NT) * Workshop for diabetic patients on May 20 at Kamakshi Arogyadham.NT * Booth presidents backbone of Congress, says Vishnu Vagh at Curtorim. * Nelly Rodrigues represents Goa at Mahila Shakti inaugural. (NT) * Fisheries training course at Old Goa. (NT) * Two IAS officers to arrive in Goa today to take charge. (NT) * Co-optation of two members into Panjim corporation a fraud: NCP. * Rane greets Sonia Gandhi on Rae Bareli win. (H) * Davorlim locals to enjoy LPG home delivery. (H) * Fruit fest provides platform to Konkan fruits. (H) * National award for Goan acupuncturist Dr M B Prabhu. (H) * Rane tells nurses to develop better rappport with patients. (GT) * Trained nurses will get jobs: Narvekar. (H) * Foundation stone for nursing institute laid at Bambolim. (H) * CM disburses Rs 2.35 crores to ten educational institutions. (GT) * Governor Jamir inaugurates 'Grape Escape'. (GT) * Shirodkar asks mahila mandals to take benefit of RDA schemes. (GT) * Pernem fire station -- modest but efficient. (GT) * Bandhara without water at Gaondongirim-Canacona, money down drain? GT * 40 families affected due to four-lane road: panel. (GT) * Pre-monsoon work in canacona begins. (GT) * Illegal mine ore dumping in Curchorem: residents want quick action.GT * Goa wisening up to children's rights. (GT) * Focus on: Assagao parish church. (GT) SPORTS * Boardsailing National Championships underway at Dona Paula (Hawaii). * Paes and Bhupathi beaten in Rome Masters. (UNI) * Dempo Cricket Club in Tiswadi GCA semis. (NT) * Indian Airlines pip Indian Oil 2-1 at Don Bosco exhibition hockey.(NT) * PY Nyvem beats Margao SC in Areal Villagers Cup. (NT) * Sangolda Lightning defeats AA de Moira 301 in Sanquelim soccer. (NT) * Goa Velha SC enters quarters of Sousa Memorial Soccer, Baga. (NT) * Arpora Sporting down Candolim SC in Lakhanpal Novino Gold. (NT) * Morjim SC gets walkover over Quitula SC, GFA's under 14. (NT) * Benny XI Mapusa edges out Saligao SC 7-5 at Saligao. (NT) * Goa starts favourites in Federation Cup baseball. (NT) * Taleigao Chess School to hold all-Goa under-7 tourney.(NT) DEATHS AND REMEMBRANCES * Caetano Roque Fernandes of MUNGUL, MARGAO * Socorro D'Costa of Unchobhatt, MACASANA b 1964 * Martinha Jorge e Afonso of CHICALIM * Bento Xaiver F Rodrigues ex-BKME-KUWAIT and of Consua VERNA b 1931. * 12th day remembrance of Dattaram Krishna Gawas, Shiroda, KERI SATTARI * First death anniversary of Salvador Agustino Fernandes of Bollo CANACONA * Month's mind of Jose (Pipin) Milagres D'Costa of VADDEM in Sanguem born 1978 * FROM THE AD WORLD MasalaWorld, London's leading Indian restaurant company, requires an outstanding cook in Goan cuisine commis/CDP for its Chutney Mary Restaurant. Good salary, career prospects and bachelor accomodation provided. Among the world's best restaurants for real Indian food, style and
*** Goanet News Bytes * May 2, 2006 * Goa emerges cash-rich... but is all this money being used wisely?
| Domnic Fernandes continues (Part III) his reminiscence of | | Mapusa of the 1950s| | | | http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=Newsamp;file=articleamp;sidB6 | [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded in e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ 1994 by 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Herman 88_88 | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 Carneiro / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y http://www.goanet.org * Building social capital. --- GOANET NEWS HEADLINES * MAY 01, 2006 * DATELINE GOA MAY 2, 2006 --- GOA EMERGES CASH-RICH: Total deposits in various scheduled commercial banks in Goa is more than Rs 17,000 crore. Of this, the total amount in term (fixed) deposits itself is more than Rs 13,000 crore. An important characteristic of high deposits in Goa is the significant contribution from non-resident emigrants (NREs) through remittances, which accounts for around 33 per cent of the deposits, according to an official document released recently. Taluka-level mobilisation of documents reveal that three coastal talukas -- Salcete, Bardez and Tiswadi -- account for more than three-fourths of the total despots. During the last two decades, the number of banking offices has increased by over 77 per cent. Currently, scheduled commercial banks have 451 branches in Goa and the population covered per bank office is 3070 persons. (Herald, May 2, 2006) o Two killed in separate accidents in Goa. (NT) o Lairai zatra, with firewalking, at Shirigao, May 2.(NT) o HCL offers Leaptop notebook for Rs 27990.Conditions apply! o Regional Plan 2011 is a farce, says Matanhy. (H) o Doctors fear improper use of anti-retroviral drugs. (H) o YouthCong chief Girish Chodankar serving lobbies: Churchill H o Milagres feast at Mapusa celebrated with traditional pomp.H o Nine file papers for Goa Union of Journalists posts. (H) o Goa, a home to several species of orchids. Daniel D'Souza H o Did Goa police allow Dawood's nephew to slip out? (GT) o Hospicio stinks, feature in GT. o Poor kids get a cruise out on the Santa Monica. (GT) o Dabolim action panel flays move to acquire land. (GT) o Potable water for Canacona soon. (GT) o 'Fire at Berger Paints factory due to spark while filling oil' o Labour laws not implemented in true spirit -- Sirsat. (GT) DISCOVERY OF CHAMBER BURIAL CAVES IN GOA: The discovery of chamber burials, a megalith site at Volant and at Chicalim in Mormugao taluka of South Goa district, has once again confirmed the existence of human habitation on the west coast in Goa since prehistoric times. (M S Deshpande in Navhind Times, May 2, 2006). NIO'S HELP SOUGHT TO CONSERVE HORSESHOE CRAB: The Defence Research and Development Organisation has sought the help of scientists at the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) Goa to protect and research the endangered horseshoe crab spotted on the Orissa coast. (NT) KONKANI BHAS, SAHITYA ANI SANSKRITAI, a book by Prof Shyam Verenkar, Kamlakar Mhalshi and Madhavi Sardesai, was released. It includes 40 articles on themes such as language, literature and culture written by Ravindra Kelekar, Nagesh Karmali, Manoharrai Sardesai,Chandrakant Keni, Tanaji Halarnkar, Pundalik Naik, Damodar Mauzo, Shridhar Kamat Bambolkar, Jayanti Naik and Shyam Verenkar, among others. (NT) MAY 01, 2006 o Prime Minister to visit Goa this week. (NT) o All India Trade Unions' Congress rally in Mapusa. (NT) o Musical show in memory of Alfred Rose, Margao May 4. (NT) o Final publications of electoral rolls. (NT) o Book on welfare schemes published by Dept of Info. (NT) OUR LADY OF Miracles venerated by all: For the entire taluka of Mapusa, Nossa Senhora de Milagres, popularly known as Milagrichem Fest, is a major event. (NT) o Labourers (sic) should work unitedly to obtain rights, says Archbishop. (NT) o Bring comunidade land under mango cultivation: NCP (NT) o Goan surgeon, Dr Manoj Agni, part of Mahajan's medical team o GPCY flays Churchill. (H) o Chicalim locals oppose shipyard. (H) o Foundation stone for community hall, Bapsora, Velim. (H) o Dhangars seek tribal status. (H) o Concern raised over senior citizens' woes. (H) o Vigilance secretary Ashwani Kumar IAS transferred. (H) o Goafest, advertising seminar, opened in South Goa. (H) o Water supply in Porvorim improves. (H) o Reminiscing the Parsis. Comment by Dr Joe D'Souza. (H) o Stop anti-party activities, GPYC tells Churchill. (GT)
*** Goanet News Bytes * April 30, 2006 * Survey for six-lane expressway to be held soon
| Domnic Fernandes continues (Part III) his reminiscence of | | Mapusa of the 1950s| | | | http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=Newsamp;file=articleamp;sid=426 | [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded in e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ 1994 by 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Herman 88_88 | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 Carneiro / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y http://www.goanet.org * Building social capital. --- GOANET NEWS HEADLINES * APRIL 30, 2006 * DATELINE GOA o Survey for six-lane expressway to be held soon. (NT) o Oceanarium: Goa invites expressions of interest. o In Goa, about 550 families have been uprooted more than two decades ago from their homes in idyllic villages and planted in an alien environment. GT/Weekender focuses on the dam-oustees, and has a photo of a woman from Curpem who was shifted to Vaddem. Villagers were displaced from the villages of Vichundrem (18 families), Curpem (104), Naiquinim (18), Pottem (74), Curdi (344), Undorna (21), Xelpem (25), Selaulim (34) and Uguem (5). They were uprooted for the Salaulim dam, Goa's first major post-1961 irrigation project. (GT/Weekender) PROVORIM's HIGHWAY OF FEAR: no dividers from Porvorim to Guirim. Heavy traffic to Mumbai and Karwar (via this highway). Rampant overtaking from the left side. Lack of traffic signals, writes Ayesha Pereira describing the situation in the Herald. HEALING TOUCH FOR HOSPICIO: Finally, health minister Dayanand Narvekar made his presence felt at the neglected Hospicio Hospital in Margao, and sought three months time to put the ailing hospital in order. He promised a state-of-the-art ambulance. Deadline to plug leaking roofs. Adequate supply of medicines. An end to manpower shortage, and a hike for diet budget.(H) o Oil sparked Berger Paints factory fire at Kundaim, say police.(H) o HIV awareness programme to be implemented in schools. (H) o 13-year-old charged with unnatural sex offence at Britona(H) o Congress leaders are hypocrites, says Churchill. (H) o Navelim does not need Churchill, says block Congress. (H) o Plans in offing to amend Town Country Planning Act. (H) o Velim to launch community hall at Bapsora on Apr 30. (H) o 300=bedded district hospital in Margao in 2 yrs: Narvekar.H o Work on Poinguinim substation from May 1: Digambar Kamat.(H) o Delhi trying to ensure return of body of Carmo Dias (32) who died in the Cayman Islands on March 8. (H)ks o Foxes nite to be held at Saligao on May 7. (H) o Interlan cybercafe opens at Comba, Margao. (H) o World Veterinary Day celebrated in Panjim. (NT) o Ingo Grill withdraws suit against Gomantak Times. (GT/W) o Dr Jaime Rangel talks about his memories of Bastora. GT/W o Cuncolim citizens condemn withdrawal of garbage bins. GT/W o Verna Fun Fete to be held from May 5, football grounds. GT/W o Debate on premarital HIV tests on May 11, Fidalgo. 4 pm. o Bollywood Masti on May 6 at 5 pm onwards, Pnj Gym Campal. o Leonoras Twist Night, Apr 30 from 7 pm onwards. Savour Portuguese delicacies. Entry free. o Counter of food, ice-creams and gift items called Celebration Corner opened in Agassaim market. (H) o Chinchinim assistant parish priest Fr Joaquim Fernandes has released a book 'Hattricks', of poems, priced Rs 30. o Prabha Mohanty, NIFT, FIT, New York will conduct a workshop on terra-cotta organised by the Handicrafts Development Commissioner (GoI) and GHRSSIDC during May and June 2006 at Common Facility Centre, Bicholim.H o Launching in Goa: Campal Clinic and Criticare Children's Hospital Opposite Parade Grounds. Ph 2421575. WILL PRE-MARITAL HIV TESTS SERVE GOA'S OBJECTIVE? A group of NGOs concnered with HIV/AIDS awareness says it could instead by counterproductive. The Lawyers' Collective HIV/AIDS Unit and Positive People (Goa) are currently organising a nationwide campaign against the mandatory testing of HIV/AIDS. NGOs say mandatory testing would create an illusion and give a false security that the prospective bride and wife would be protected. Instead of making it mandatory and spending huge amounts on testing facilities, focus should be laid on empowering women by educating them and informing them about HIV/AIDS so that women can say 'no' to unsafe sex, whether it is pre-marital or not, said lawyer Anand Grover. Also, in Goa, there is no evidence to suggest that women are predominantly infected
*** Goanet News Bytes * April 29, 2006 * Goa's Regional Plan approved... but will this only fuel the land-speculation market in Goa and further corruption?
| Domnic Fernandes continues (Part III) his reminiscence of | | Mapusa of the 1950s| | | | http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=Newsamp;file=articleamp;sidB6 | [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded in e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ 1994 by 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Herman 88_88 | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 Carneiro / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y http://www.goanet.org * Building social capital. --- GOANET NEWS HEADLINES * APRIL 29, 2006 * DATELINE GOA SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 2006: o Goa's Regional Plan approved. Land conversions banned. Ban to hit builders the most, says Herald. o TCP Board approves Regional Plan 2011. (NT) o India, Pakistan Coast Guard to set up hotline. (NT) o Fast-patrol vessel ICGS Savitri Bai Phule launched at Vasco. o Sanquelim panchayat becomes a municipality. (NT) o Demolition of eight illegal structures in Vasco. (NT) o Car, cash stolen at Ayurvedic Centre, Saligao. (NT) o No breakthrough in Prakash Talaunekar (42) murder in Pernem. o Disclose findings on Curchorem riots, citizens tell govt.(GT) o Use comunidade land for mango cultivation, says NCP. (GT) o New slum mushrooming near Electricity Dept Bambolim. (GT) o Get-together of Saraswats, Apr 30 evening, Kakoda farm.(GT) o Archbishop releases book on Blessed Joseph Vaz. (GT) o Digambar presents Konkani 'Gnyaneshwari' to Maharashtra CM. o TB Sanatorium in Margao awaits fresh breath of life. (GT) o GT feature focuses on Mae de Deus parish in Saligao. o GT (Arti Das) writes on Int'l Animal Rescue at Arpora.(GT) o Workshop on terra-cotta, May/June 2006 at Bicholim. o Property worth crores of rupees gutted at Kundaim. (NT) o Berger Paints factory engulfed in flames at Kundaim.(GT) o Land acquired for Mopa could be used for other project-Alemao. o 'Pro-Dabolim' Luizinho had given take-off signal to Mopa.GT What does 'knowledge is power' mean in a Goan context? Simply giving 29 TV sets with direct-to-home attachments to panchayats in Bardez and elsewhere! 'Night soil' tankers are available for clearning septic tanks, on user charges, from various municipalities in Goa. (Advt, NT) Goa government is appealing to citizens to suggest an apt use for the Palacio Ialcao (the old secretariat building, Panjim) as a vibrant centre of arts and crafts. Send suggestions by May 14 to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or Director, Directorate of Arts and Culture, 1st Floor, Old Secretariat, Panjim. FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2006::: o 7-man squad to keep tabs on fair price shops grains. (NT) o Sanquelim panchayat polls on April 30. (NT) o Pernem man, Prakash Talaunekar, done brutally to death.NT o Bag full of undelivered letters found. (NT) o GT looks at promises made by political parties and the plight of Dhangars, whose struggle continues for inclusion in the Central Scheduled Tribe list. (GT) o Barges flouting navigation rules. (GT) o Selaulim pipeline bursts again; field day for Margao water contractors. (H) o Goa to divert Madei water for Vridi dam. (H) o Garbage has Salcete coastal villages in a fix. (H) o Seraulim panchayat razes illegal hutments. (H) o Promote readership, librarians told. (H) o Porvorim man victim of three burglaries in a year.(H) o Ministry of Culture, National Archives of India GoI is offering financial assistance under the scheme for preserving rare books and manuscripts. (H, advt) THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2006::: Goa State Pollution Control Board to hold a meet with chief officers of all 13 municipalities on the solid waste management issue soon. (NT) o Shortage of students to hit Std V this year. (H) o Mad rush for change in land use. Regional Plan set to take shape. (H) o Goa polls should have been on delimitation lines. (H) o Colva hotel caught dumping garbage in Margao bin. (H) o Work on Bicholim market complex to begin in May. (H) o Government yut to approve GoaUniv restructured courses.H -- EDUCATION, ETC -- 7th CAREER INFORMATION FAIR: June 10-11, 2006: To be organised by the Rotary Club of Vasco-da-Gama, at Don Bosco Oratory, Panaji on the 10th 11th June 2006 (Saturday Sunday) from 2.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m. on Saturday and 10.00 am to 7.00 pm on Sunday. See http://www.vascowheel.com THE DE SOUZA TRUST, GOA SCHOLARSHIP:
*** Goanet News Bytes * April 25, 2006 * Views sought for voting rights to NRIs... send in yours!
| Domnic Fernandes continues (Part III) his reminiscence of | | Mapusa of the 1950s| | | | http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=Newsamp;file=articleamp;sid=426 | [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded in e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ 1994 by 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Herman 88_88 | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 Carneiro / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y http://www.goanet.org * Building social capital. --- GOANET NEWS HEADLINES * APRIL 25, 2006 * DATELINE GOA SEEKING YOUR VIEWS, RIGHT TO VOTE FOR NRIs: The Represen- tation of the People (Amendment) Bill 2006, introduced on Feb 27, 2006, has been introduced with a limited purpose to give the right to vote to non-resident Indians. Says an official ad: The Government feels that conferring such (a) right will enable them to participate in the democratic process of elections in their motherland and will also boost their involvement in nation building. Indian citizens living abroad due to employment, aeduation or other reason, will be able to get their names registered in the electoral rolls of their constituency of ordinary residence in India, had they been in India. They *may* also be able to contest elections. A committee has been set up under E.M.Sudarsana Natchiappan, MP to examine the issue and report on it. Those interested in submitting memoranda may send two copies (in English or Hindi) to R B Gupta, Deputy Secretary, Rajya Sabha Secretariat, Room 005, Ground Floor, Parliament House Annexe, New Delhi 110001 (tel 0091.11.23034056 and fax 0091.11.23794328 email [EMAIL PROTECTED] State if you would like to give oral evidence. All submissions will be treated as confidential. The bill can be downloaded from the website http://rajyasabha.nic.in -- see under Bills with the Committee. o RANE COMMITTEE SEEKS six-month extention, to look into all the aspects related to the construction of a new airport at Mopa. (GT) GREEN SIGNAL FOR NEW traffic plan for Panjim. The current arrangement for entering and exiting Panjim around Pato has caused inconvenience to commuters. CCP commissioner Sanjit Rodrigues said the old Patto bridge would be used to exit from Panjim and the two new Patto bridges will be used to enter and exit the city. (GT) GOA TO STRIKE DEAL for waste disposal: In an interesting development, Goa and Maharashtra have entered into a trans-border agreement for the disposal of hazardous industrial waste at a site identified in Southern Maharashtra. Goa State Pollution Control Board says the state generates 9972 metric tonnes of hazardous industrial wastes per annum. (H) STATE'S FIRST FOUR-LANE BRIDGE TURNS TOP KILLER: They jostled to cut the ribbons and went public to claim credit for Goa's first four-lane bridge at RAwanfond. A year later, the Rawanfond Bridge appears no longer in the scheme of things of politicians of all hues, as the bridge has virtually turned into a death-trap and a traffic bottleneck. (H) o Manoj Keni elected Ponda municipal chairman.(DigitalGoa.com) o Six-lane expressway highway consultants to be named soon. o Seminar on gender sensitive and rights-based media reporting begins in Goa on Monday. (GT) o New premises of Goa Handicrafts Rural SSI DC at Neoginagar. o Ministers, GPCC core committee to meet at least once a month. o Chief minister Rane, Ravi Naik to work together. (GT) o Sanquelim panchayat poll on April 30. (GT) o Margao firemen demoed fire-fighting at Pimpalkatta.(GT) o Cortalim-Quelossim gram sabha on Apr 30 at 9.15 am.GT o 3 staff suspended for Sada jailbreak. (NT) o Government offers subsidy to Konkani/Marathi film producers.NT o Yashaswini scheme for self-help groups launched. (NT) o Camorlim (Salcete) plagued by hassles for birth certificates. o Legal notices (NT) dispute ownership of M/s Anderson Marine. o People won't allow food park,golf course: Naqueri sarpanchH o Goa opposes Ingo Grill's plea to inspect deportation file o Five Portuguese movies to be screened from April 25. (H) o Menino Afonso photography courses to be held in May. (H) Family of late Ulo Raghu Kunkokar has made a mundkar (homestead tenant) applicant against unknown legal heirs of Dr Alberto Pedro Afonso and Maria Jubeda Afonso
*** Goanet News Bytes * April 24, 2006 * Navy anchors ships near sunken patrol vessel
| Domnic Fernandes continues (Part III) his reminiscence of | | Mapusa of the 1950s| | | | http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=Newsamp;file=articleamp;sid=426 | [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded in e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ 1994 by 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Herman 88_88 | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 Carneiro / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y http://www.goanet.org * Building social capital. --- GOANET NEWS HEADLINES * APRIL 24, 2006 * DATELINE GOA o Indian Navy has anchored two ships near its ill-fated ship, Prahar, which sank off the Goa coast, after a collision about 20 nautical miles west of the Goa harbour. It has also put up warning signals for other vessels using the route. M V Rajiv Gandhi, a container ship that collided against the naval patrol vessel, suffered minimal damage, and has left for Mumbai. (GT) o Four inmates escape from Sada jail, Vasco. (GT) o Meet to discuss Mopa airport issue today. (GT) o Ex-minister Dominic Fernandes' house burgled at Quepem.(GT) o JK Seeds Jalgao held their company sales reps' conf in Goa.(GT) o Government briefs centre on status of Dhangars. (H) o Tributes paid to Dr Ambedkar on his 115th birth anniversary. o Government to buy 14 ambulances at 15 million for health centres. o Foundation stone for Aronda-Kiranpani bridge laid in N Goa.NT Konkani Cinema Day to be observed today. A function is being held at 5 pm on April 24 at the Kala Academy black box, organised by the Dalgado Konkani Academi. On this day in 1950, the first Konkani film 'Mogacho Anvddo' -- directed by Al Jerry Braganza was screened. Braganza, from Mapusa, produced the film under the banner of Etica Picture (Exchange Talkies of India, China and Africa). It was based on Dioginho D'Mello's novel of the same name. (Navhind Times) o Goa Univ workshop on time series analysis using econometric software, April 29 to May 3. o Government School Vaddem-Nagar, Vasco has cracks on roof and walls. (GT) o Education fair planned at Varca in May. (GT) o Pernem schools standard V starved of students. This is due to the government policy to raise admission age in Std I from 5 years to five-and-half, and then six since 2002-03. (GT) o Efforts on to declare SSC results by third week of May, says Goa Board chairman L.M.T.Fernandes. (NT) o Lecture on parents' role in sdevelopment of children, Vasco Salkar Hall on April 28. (NT) o Two MBBS doctors cry foul over GMC merit list. (H) QUOTE... UNQUOTE: The Portuguese introduced the printing press in Goa, but at the same time they destroyed the heritage of rich local manuscripts. -- Nandkumar Kamat, in the Navhind Times. -- DEATHS AND REMEMBRANCES -- Jennis Vincent Dias, 14, originally from Mumbai and presently residing at Santa Cruz, drowned, while her mother and sister were saved by lifeguards at Miramar on Sunday. Their four-member family had gone for a swim at Miramar in the evening. In a collison between a motorcycle, and a pick-up 33-year-old Benedito Fernandes, resident of Macazana died at the Novo Bazar. (NT) In the death of Rev Msgr Carmo da Silva on April 7, Goa has lost one of its distinguished sons, and our ARchdiocese a noteworthy priest. He was born in Nairobi, Kenya, and his parents were late Camilo da Silva and late Chagarina Pereira Silva. He studied in Cansaulim, Rachol Seminary, and being a brilliant student was sent to Rome, where he did a doctorate in theology in the Gregorian University, defending his thesis on 'Doctrine of Justification in Cardinal Newman'. -- Zito Almeida in Navhind Times ALTO PORVORIM: Maria Lidia Desa e Souza. ASSOLNA: Ana Joaquina D'Costa e Fernandes of Orel ASSOLNA: Ignez da Silva of Bainaqui, b 1933. CALANGUTE: Mrs Catherine da Costa Pereira, Naikavaddo b 45. CURTORIM: Antonio J Fernandes of Muxiwaddo, b 1963. Died under tragic circumstances while saving the lives of four children at Poinguinim. MACAZANA: Bendito Domnic Fernandes, of Sorla. (See above) PONDA: Prabhakar Shankar Dalvi, after brief illness. SANGOLDA: Martha Rosa Rodrigues, b 1918 SIOLIM/QATAR: Joaquim Antonio Fernandes, b 1951, Gaunsavaddo UCASAIM/MARGAO: Antoneita do Rosario Colaco e Gonsalves. Mrs Kim Pereira, director Alpha HOlidays. CORTALIM: Dr Vilma Vaz e
*** Goanet News Bytes * April 14, 2006 * EDC makes its millions over a prime plot...
| Domnic Fernandes continues (Part III) his reminiscence of | | Mapusa of the 1950s| | | | http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=Newsamp;file=articleamp;sidB6 | [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded in e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ 1994 by 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Herman 88_88 | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 Carneiro / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y http://www.goanet.org * Building social capital. --- GOANET NEWS HEADLINES * APRIL 14, 2006 * DATELINE GOA o Maundy Thursday celebrated in Goa. (NT) o Willy seeks suspension of Arpora panchayat over illegalities.(NT) o Recovered statues yet to be claimed: police. (NT) o Keshav Seva Sadhana plans school for special children at Vanthadev-Sarvan, Bicholim. (NT) o Vividha Pariwar, Navelim-Bicholim to open a pre-primary and primary English school. (NT) o Rane promises to construct martyrs' memorial. (NT) o Congress leaders fail to visit party office. (GT) o Anti-Mopa ministers should be dropped, says Shripad Naik.GT NATIONAL NEWS: Indian envoy to New Zealand refuses to accept recall order. MAKING MONEY OUT OF LAND: A virtual jackpot for EDC indeed! Economic Development Corporation has virtually hit a jackpot. Its prime plot at Patto Plaza, Panjim reserved for commercial purposes like a shopping mall, entertainment centre, etc is quoted for Rs 50,000 per square metre. Its 18,120 sq mts plot is to fetch it a little more than Rs 90 crore (Rs 900 million), reports the Herald. RETURN OF BODY SOUGHT: Family members of deceased Carmo Dias -- who had died on the Cayman Islands in the Carribean over a month ago -- have appealed to British MP of Asian origin, Keith Vaz, to use his good offices and ensure that the Government of the Cayman Islands sends Carmo's mortal remains to Goa for last rites. (Herald) -- WEATHER FORECASTS FOR GOA -- Forecast for Goa/Panjim, India 10-Day Forecast High / Low (°C) Precip. % Apr 15 Partly Cloudy 26deg20% Apr 16 Partly Cloudy 31/2520% Apr 17 Isolated Storms 32/2530% Apr 18 Mostly Sunny32/2420% Apr 19 Mostly Sunny32/2420% Apr 20 Mostly Sunny32/2510% Apr 21 Partly Cloudy 32/2620% Apr 22 Partly Cloudy 32/2610% Apr 23 Partly Cloudy 32/2620% Apr 24 Partly Cloudy 33/2610% http://www.weather.com/weather/print/INXX0169 -- RECENT ITEMS OF PARTICULAR INTEREST ON GOANET. BY CORNEL DACOSTA -- The Goan traveller-poet Brian Mendonca will soon launch his debut volume of poems titled Last Bus to Vasco: Poems from Goa. This volume is a collection of 50 poems written on Goa in Goa. The poems represent a poetic history of Goa spanning 20 years from 1986 to 2005. Attached to the book will be a CD in the poet's own voice with rustic sounds of Goa in the background. Searching questions have been posed on Goanet on the ownership and management of the mining industry in Goa. In turn, there have been some in-depth answers to the question which shed much light on this little known lucrative industry. For an unusual account of the walk on water by Jesus Christ, Goan Voice (UK) readers will find a fascinating explanation provided by a Florida University professor. His claim is that Christ could have walked on a floating piece of ice. This less than miraculous explanation from his study found an unusual combination of water and atmospheric conditions which could have led to ice formation on the Sea of Galilee. The ice would have been largely invisible to onlookers. Discover the unusual story of how Jaffna, in Sri Lanka, became Catholic en masse overnight and why it reverted to Hinduism with equal alacrity when the Dutch replaced the Portuguese in 1658. This is a historical account by Prof T Abeyasinghe in his book Jaffna under the Portuguese first published in 1986. The only way to save Goa is to fight the politics of fear and speak out against all those who are responsible for trying to turn Goa into another Gujarat. These are the alarming words following a report Broken Peace: A Fact Finding Report on the Communal Violence in Goa in March 2006. The excellent report is by Nandita Haksar, a Supreme Court lawyer. Find out from
*** Goanet News Bytes * April 15, 2006 * Keni-led Goa NRI Facilitation Centre wound up...
| Domnic Fernandes continues (Part III) his reminiscence of | | Mapusa of the 1950s| | | | http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=Newsamp;file=articleamp;sid=426 | [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded in e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ 1994 by 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Herman 88_88 | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 Carneiro / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y http://www.goanet.org * Building social capital. --- GOANET NEWS HEADLINES * APRIL 15, 2006 * DATELINE GOA PILAR SCHOLAR REJECTS NatGeo 'gospel' claims: Vatican-based Fr Teodore Mascarenhas, belonging to the Society of Pilar and currenly heading the Pontifical Council for Culture Asia Desk said via the internet that the hullabaloo lead by the National Geographic Society, is actually an old document discarded by the early Church, which is now being discarded. (Bosco de Souza Eremita in Herald) o Usgao road blockade awakens authorities to traffic congestion, sound and dust pollution at the Usgao bridge.H o Police in Mapusa positve that a 15-year-old boy's death, Orvil Pereira's, was due to a suicide. (H) o Pomburpa spring needs attention. (H) o Barrier-free facilitation counter for disabled and senior citizens opened at Santa Casa building of Social Welf Dept. o St Xavier's to hold course on nature farming, horticulture at Mapusa April 19 from 10 am to 1 pm. (H) SENIOR CITIZENS CHOIR formed in Panjim, to perform twice a year at the Kala Academy, in classical, Western music, Goan folk songs, Portuguese music, Italian Neopolitan song and Arias from various operas including Hindi and Sanskrit invocantations to god. Choir will sing for weddings, funerals, musical evenings etc free of cost with regular monthly visits to the home for the aged. Contact Agnel Crasto, Pinto Chambers, Block A, 2nd Floor or telephone 0091.832.2435838. THE NRI GOA FACILITATION CENTRE which was constituted by the (BJP Goa) government four years back has wound up its activities, following the appointment of the State Commissioner for NRIs. A notification has been issued to the NRI Facilitation Centre to wind up its activities. Set up in 2002, its purpose was formulating, processing and administering the services relating to Goa NRIs. It was based at the EDC House in Panjim and had nine executive members headed by Chandrakant Keni. There were five members in its monitoring committee. Keni, when contacted, said the activities of the Centre are at a standstill as he has not received any directive from the Government about the Centre. But he said he was expecting a directive any moment. o Garbage has Ponda in its stink. (H) o Exclude panchayats from TCP Dept, says Narvekar. (H) o Utorda beach to play host to Goafest from April 29. (H) o St Bridget's Aldona expo-cum-sale on Apr 29/30.(H) o Lynx to perform at Qatar May Queen Ball, May 11, Diplo Club. o All Goa Priests Day Celebrated at Usgao, Ponda. Some 300 priests, 225 nuns and 1500 faithful participated. (H) o Easter sales of hot cross buns hit a high. (GT) o Villagers at Arlem stone police, after the caught a thief.GT o Old Ourem Creek PWD building in abysmal shape. (GT) o Sanguem taluka being totally neglected? (GT) o Cuncolim website launched www.cuncolim.net o Loliem church to be dedicated to the people.(GT) o No toilets, Vasco slumdwellers forced to use seashore.(GT) o Kurt Gidwani writes on St Anne's Church at Parra. (GT) o Goa to introduce NCERT syllabus in schools. (GT) GOVERNMENT MOVE to acquire land of 1325 square metres -- currently being used as a crematorium -- and use it for the proposed Rajiv Gandhi IT Habitat, agitates villagers of Aivao, Odxel, Oitem and surrounding areas. (GT) MASK OF LEGALITY covers illegal Dona Paula construction. Minister-backed controversial building project passed off as 'house repair'. Land records do not indicate any construction. (Gomantak Times) -- DEATHS AND REMEMBRANCES -- BOGMALO: Francisco Xavier Rodrigues, Vasco. Rodricks House. CANAGUINIM/Durga, CHINCHINIM: Avelino Abilio Ozario F'des BAMBOLIM: Mariano JVS de Souza, 3rd anniversary. ORLIM: Minguel Rosario Pimenta, 1st anniversary SAO JOSE DE AREAL: Josefina Fernandes e D'Silva, b 1949. -- QUOTE OF THE DAY -- Goa needs a CEO. I had mentioned a few years back that Goa is a beautiful place, and
*** Goanet News Bytes * April 13, 2006 * Centre pushes Goa to help its panchayats get working ...
| Domnic Fernandes continues (Part III) his reminiscence of | | Mapusa of the 1950s| | | | http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=Newsamp;file=articleamp;sidB6 | [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded in e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ 1994 by 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Herman 88_88 | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 Carneiro / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y http://www.goanet.org * Building social capital. --- GOANET NEWS BYTES * APRIL 13, 2006 * DATELINE GOA o Union minister for panchayati raj Mani Shankar Aiyar, Rane sign MoU on powers to panchayats. (NT) Aiyar suggested activity mapping, rural business hubs, disaster management plans. (Herald) o Govt's apathy makes District Planning Committees defunct.(H) o Action against illegal structures in Margao demanded. (H) o Mapusa Urban gets profit of Rs 20.6 million. (H) Parrikar intervenes, prevents demolition of BJP Panjim youth leader Praveen Sopte's house. Alleges that this was being done by the Corporation of the City of Panjim at the behest of a minister. (H) o Fishing equipment worth Rs 10 million lost in Bogmalo fire.NT o Panjim hoteliers oppose hike in garbage collection fees. (H) o Charas worth half-million rupees seized in Anjuna. (H) o Give us water, say Chinchinim locals. (H) o Tiswadi, Ponda may face acute water shortage. (H) o Save water, enjoy summer... says a PWD quarter-page ad.(H) o Change traffic set-up in Panjim, says BJP. (H) o Canacona residents divided over PI's transfer to Margao.H o Bishop Ferrao to bless Loliem church.(H) o Swimming classes at Campal; Konkani course at St Xavier's. o Goanetter Dr Brian Mendonca releases his book 'Last Bus to Vasco: Poems from Goa' on Apr 16 at La Paz Gardens, 5 pm. o I won't tolerate any illegal action from government officials in my constituency, says Parrikar. (NT) o NIO, Dhempe College sign MoU to provide training to students at National Institute of Oceanography. (NT) o NAAC peer team visits Carmel college. (NT) o Margao municipality approves Rs 116.4 million budget.(NT) o Workshop on 'hazardous waste disposal, management' held.NT o Youth Congress to launch Abhivaadan. (NT) o Legal literacy camp at Siddi Vinayak Devastan, Bicholim.NT o Goa government to Inox: Let the show go on. Tendering or no tendering, it won't be curtains down for the multiplex. (Gomantak Times) o Disgruntled Congress MLAs sitting on BJP fence. At least 4-5 Congress MLAs in Goa are learnt to have kept their channels open with the Bharatiya Janata Party. (GT) Names mentioned: Harish Zantye, Victoria Fernandes, Ravi Naik, Alex Sequeira. ODD-AD: English-speaking female baby sitters required on-call basis for a luxury resourt in South Goa. Should be above the age of 20 years. Need to have own transportation. Preference will be given to laides having experience in child care. Excellent remuneration. Contact 272 1275/6/7. NATIONAL NEWS * Nandgad Cross in Belgaum district attracting thousands during Lent. (Herald) * Bombay Stock Exchnage crashes by a whopping 306 points in a single-day. It was rising strongly in the past (PTI) * High court strikes down act banning dance bars in Mumbai. (PTI) -- THE GOOD NEWS -- EDUARDO FOR EMIGRANTS' OFFICE IN GOA (The Navhind Times): The Commissioner for NRI Affairs, Mr Eduardo Faleiro, has written to the Union Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs, Mr Valayar Ravi to consider exempting maids, drivers and other workers of the lower income group who seek employment abroad from appracohing the officer of the Protector of Emigrants, at Mumbai, to obtain the emigration clearance. Presently, teachers, doctors, nurses and those holding a diploma or a university degree are exempted from emigration clearance. Addressing a press conference at the ministers' block in the secretariat today, Mr Faleiro informed that he would also vist some states like Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat and Rajasthan to study the emigration pattern for the persons from these states who emigrate to foreign lands. I would have liked to visit Kerala, immediately, but the election process in this state has made me change my mind, he added. Due to low literacy and other factors, such persons need the services of intermediaries and they are harassed and fleeced and often they are also victims of criminal
*** Goanet News Bytes * Apr 11, 2006 * Dempo, Salgaocar join hands to launch major new trans-shipper for iron ore
| Domnic Fernandes continues (Part III) his reminiscence of | | Mapusa of the 1950s| | | | http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=Newsamp;file=articleamp;sid=426 | [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded in e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ 1994 by 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Herman 88_88 | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 Carneiro / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y http://www.goanet.org * Building social capital. - GOANET NEWS BYTES * APRIL 11, 2006 * DATELINE GOA -- o Three engineering students among four that drown off Calangute. They were from Kerala and vacationing at the Konkan Railway Guest House. The fourth who died on Monday at the same beach was Canadian national Mathew Monteiro (68). Navhind Times comments: Today's four casualties, particularly the students, add to Goa's burgeoning tally of beach drownings and highlights the state's poor record in beach safety.(NT) Goa government has allotted 200,000 square metres of land at Sancoale to M/s Morarjee Realities of the Peninsula Group for establishing a Special Economic Zone for research and development facilities, mainly in pharmaceuticals. CM Pratapsing Rane handed over the allotment letter for the land to J.M.Mody of Morarjee Realities Ltd.(H) TWO MAJOR MINING HOUSES in Goa, VM Salgaocar and VS Dempo have joined hands to launch a new transshipper (these play a key role in the ore export trade) and it has been called M V Goan Pride. Large newspaper adverts, particularly in the mining linked section of the Goa media, congratulate both firms on the launch of the transshipper by chief minister Pratapsing Rane on Tuesday. Yesterday's papers highlighted the visits by teams from Japan, South Korea and China -- all major iron-ore importers from Goa. Navhind says the state-of-art technology was used to create the new-generation transshipper with a storage capacity of 123,000 tonnes in her holds and a loading capacity of about 75,000 tonnes per day. It has the the capacity to load Panamax vessels in one day and larger-sized cape vessles of upto 300,000 DWT in three to four days, brining Goa at par with the loading facilities of leading iron ore exporting countries like Australia and Brazil. (Navhind Times) o Babush (controversial town and country planning miniser Atanasio Monteiro) has overnight become a vocal protagonist of the 'No Mopa, only Dabolim' airport campaign. (H) o New water connection ban planned in Mormugao: With entire Mormugao in general and Vasco in particular facing an acute water shortage, the district authorities have favoured a ban on issuing new water connections in the taluka. (H) o CM rules out cash crunch in Goa. (H) o Jamir, Rane extend Id greetings. (H) o Cuncolkars block approach road to garbage dumpyard. (H) o Passenger RK Krishnan held with catridges before flight.H o Migrants leave Aquem, Khareband slums with the axe looming large over illegal shanties in Margao. (H) o Mumbai consultant employed at Sirvodem sewage plant. (H) o Malim firecracker mishap victims still critical. (H) o Seizure of statues: Mumbai local Dhirendra Jha held. Sleuths are now looking at busting a bigger and organised racket. (H) o Components of comunidades to meet on Apr 11, Holy Spirit Church Hall, Margao, 11 am in view of recent developments.H o Churchill vows to save Dabolim airport for posterity. (H) o Vishwesh Acharya unanimously elected sarpanch of Loliem-Polem. o Navy's new J-24 boats set to create history. (H) o With Goa get bitten by OBC (other backward classes) quota bug? There's nothing on paper to suggest that, but if politics dictates this, then the Rane government will have no choice but to toe the line and bite the quota bullet.(GT) o Porvorim residents flay leasing of land for commercial use.GT GOANETTER and writer Victor Rangel-Ribeiro is featured in a Gomantak Times column called 'Writer's Bloc' by Arti Das. (GT) THE SINGING TALENT of the Cottas and the Colacos is featured in an article by Nicole Suares in GT. -- THE GOOD NEWS
*** Goanet News Bytes * April 10, 2006 * Cracker-laden car goes up in flames at Betim, kills two
| Domnic Fernandes continues (Part III) his reminiscence of | | Mapusa of the 1950s| | | | http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=Newsamp;file=articleamp;sidB6 | [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded in e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ 1994 by 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Herman 88_88 | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 Carneiro / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y http://www.goanet.org * Building social capital. - GOANET NEWS BYTES * APRIL 10, 2006 * DATELINE GOA -- STATE BANK OF INDIA's week-long strike has been called off. This bank stir had affected clearing of cheques and government transactions in many parts of India, including Goa. A MAN CLEANS A WELL in Navelim on Sunday. The Navhind Times caption says, The state has been facing water security (problems) and people are resorting to traditional methods to meet their water demands. (NT) o CRACKER LADEN CAR goes up in flames at Malim. Two brothers fatally burnt. The car was trailing a 'palki' procession of Vitthal Rakhumai at Malim-Betim in Bardez, with the passengers in the process of throwing out fire-crackers from the ill-fated car. Porvorim police disclosed that due to the wind, the sparks of the crackers that the passengers were lighting entered the vehicle which was laden with crackers and ignited the other boxes. (Herald) o SEVEN-YEAR-OLD Shreya Naik of Udupi, Karnataka, died on the sport after their jeep collided with an oncoming pick-up at Canacona this evening. (Herald) o Anti-Mopa meet at Pernem fails to take off. Pernem MLA Babu Azgaonkar and Mopa activists from Pernem were seen geared up to thwart any move to hold an anti-Mopa meet at Dhargal. Divisional magistrate Mahesh Khorjuvenkar refused permission to hold the proposed meet at Dhargal due to 'law and order problem'. (Herald) o Government Registrar of Co-operative Societies is housed in a two-storey house at Mala-Fontainhas, and is one of the stuffiest government offices with 50-odd staff. Visitors have to struggle through tables, chairs and cupboards that occupy most of the space. POLIO VACCINES were administered to nearly 122,000 children below the age of five on Sunday. (H) The government and its staff seems to have invested a lot of energies into making sure all kids got these drops, in a battle to fight polio. DR MIGUEL CORREA MONTEIRO'S book Saint Francis Xavier, A Man for Others, was released in Panjim, to commemorate the quincenteneary of the birth anniversary of Xavier. It was brought out by CIT Correios de Portugal, the Portuguese post office. This is the latest of over a hundred titles published (with postage stamps inside) by the Portuguese post office, many of them now completely sold out and already much valued in the secondary markets. (NT)ks o Palm Sunday observed in Goa. (NT) o Dearth of health workers highlighted at World Health Day.H o Save Dabolim Airport Action Ctee formed under Adv Greg Barros o Councillors fail to turn up at Aquem meet. (H) o Maddel residents demand government return land to farmers. It was acquired for a truck terminus, that was scrapped.(H) o Electrification of Mungul bridge gets green signal. (H) o Motorcycle pilot Ajay Bhike arrested for armed robbery. o After 5 yrs, govt struggling to acquire 250 sq.m.of land for road widening near Guirdolim church. (H) o Hospicio panel seeks Government aid to frame laws. (H) o Goa's deadly cocktail: mix of religion and politics. (H) o Posco (South Korean) team in Goa to naugurate transshipper mv Goan Pride. Welcomed by V M Salgaocar Bro Pvt Ltd. Another advert welcomes a team from Qingdao Iron and Steel (obviously from China), with the ad from the Dempo Group. Other guests welcomed in large newspaper adverts are from the Nippon Steel Corporation (Japan). o Goa Carbon Limited is issuing 46,00,000 equity shares of Rs 10 each at a premium of Rs 70. This Dempo-promoted company was in the news over pollution issues at St Jose de Areal. o Kokoy 'John Gomes' to receive Fr Freddy Award today.GT o Four injured in mishap at Bogmalo. (NT) -- FROM THE KONKANI, MARATHI PRESS -- o Crackers set car ablaze,
*** Goanet Reader: Bye-bye, ta-ta and don't forget to cry (Rahul Goswami)
-- |Read Valmiki Faleiro's latest column on Goa's traffic entitled: | || | Goa's appalling road sense - 1| |http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=Newsamp;file=articleamp;sidA8 | -- Bye-bye, ta-ta and don't forget to cry Rahul Goswami It is not yet passe to be charged with misrepresenting Goa. For a very long time, generations even, sensualists and mythicists of India and abroad have done so. Some have been feted for their efforts, others have been barracked and ridiculed, and most have been inspired by any number of colourful precedents. Chronicling Asia, and therefore India, has always been an irresistible temptation for the West -- and now the reverse is proving true for Asian writers and intrepid correspondents, practitioners of the art of advancing the footprint of the Great Indian Diaspora. Whether Asian or firanghi, the incredible, the bizarre and the fascinating make for gripping tales. The writer, the interpreter of cultures, is expected to have something remarkable to relate. But to do so engagingly -- even if by employing embellishment and poetic licence -- one must be something of a historian, be able to zero in on the curious minutiae of human nature, and most of all one must immerse oneself in the land. In doing so, there are dilemmas to be confronted, in Goa as much as elsewhere. None of these is as deadly, and as alluring, as the idea of Goan identity and its expression in the cultures of the day. It is given voice, gesture and intent in a variety of ways, in a variety of settings, though rarely in one as picturesque as a ferry running late because of powerful river currents and lashed by a ferocious monsoon. We Goans are, an extremely agitated man informed me on the deck, a bunch of bloody baizonns. We will stand on this bloody ferryboat and wait, getting wetter than wet, for the bloody dukkors up there -- and he indicated the wheelhouse with a jerk of his bristly jaw -- to finish their tiffin and move the boat. If this was Bihar or Bengal this ferryboat would have been set on fire. But this is Goa, we are Goenkars, so we hear and watch and tolerate like bandarrs, and say nothing. This apoplectic outburst was met by the embarrassed smiles of several nearby Goenkars, one of whom mildly observed that the reason people come here to live, instead of Bihar and Bengal, may be the subject of this man's rage, the anti-chronometric pursuit of a life worth living. It was Rousseau, I think, who advised that the more time citizens spend thinking about public matters and the less about their own private affairs, the better a society is. He may have been nonplussed by contemporary Goa, whose citizens old and new, 'niz' Goenkars and tolerated 'bhaile', seem equipped to tackle both private and public affairs with equal aplomb. In the seafront villas and wooded 'vaddos' of Goa however such social dexterity does little to help an understanding of the slippery substance of identity, and its comrade-in-arms, culture. Imaging Goa is never going to be easy for you, I had been told by a bureaucrat who believed he was doing me a kindly turn, an age-and-a-half ago, when I first arrived to live in Goa, It wasn't for me. Soon after, I was again welcomed, to the original Peyton Place, by a wry gentleman who laced his orange juice with feni when his nurse wasn't looking. Understanding the effects and consequences of colonisation, independence/liberation and identity has always been a formidably difficult task in Goa. There are many more layers now that exist -- new cultural, old cultural, new tourism, old tourism, insensate tourism, labour migrants, economic abracadabras, 'new Goans', Hindu and Catholic, Muslim and tribal, the politics of defection -- and to live in Goa, whether part-time or all year-round, demands that any or all these must be engaged with at least part of the time. Among the legion of scholar-writers who have grappled with Goa as an idea is Robert S Newman. There is no such a thing as the 'Goan mind', he wrote. There is no unanimity amongst Goans as to what constitutes a 'Goan' or 'Goan-ness', nor among social scientists as to why nationalism (or political identity) takes the form it does in particular places. Others have found the idea jejune of 'Goa Dourada' as a verdant paradise lapped by sparkling seas, swept by cooling winds and showers; Goa the Golden clinging like a limpet to the edge of a hot, tropical hinterland. And it is the elegiac observation of
*** Goanet News Bytes * April Fool's Day, 2006 * A day of tragedies at sea... off Vengurla and Bahrain
-- |Read Valmiki Faleiro's latest column on Goa's traffic entitled: | || | Goa's appalling road sense - 1| |http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=Newsamp;file=articleamp;sid=418 | -- [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded in e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ 1994 by 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Herman 88_88 | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 Carneiro / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y http://www.goanet.org * Building social capital. - GOANET NEWS BYTES * MARCH 30, 2006 * DATELINE GOA -- o Babush eyeing Goa Pradesh Congress committee chair. High Command summons Rane, Ravi. (H) Congress high command summons Rane, Ravi to Delhi. (H) Ravi Naik on topple-Rane mode; CM, Babush, Willy, Sudin Neri close ranks. (GT) o Suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba activist, claiming to be a resident of Goa, has been arrested, police officials said in Gulbarga, Karnataka. (PTI) o Six persons were feared drowned in a trawler mishap, after the fishing vessel capsized off the Vengurla coast of southern Maharashtra. Two members of the crew had been floating on a wooden plank for almost 24 hours, and were rescued by another fishing trawler. (PTI) o Cabinet slashes import pass fee for beer entering Goa.(H) o Travelling by bus to be costlier from today.(H) o Tragic end to dinner cruise in Bahrain (see below). PTI o Educating cops on work stress is need of the hour. (H) o Baga to have new bridge in place of box-type bridge.(H) o Rev Peter Machado installed new Belgaum bishop. (H) o VAT regime a success in Goa, says addl commissioner.(NT) o Government acquiring 19,528 sq.m.of land to expand the Kundaim industrial estate at Adcolna in Ponda. (H) o Bank of India opens branch at Navelim. (NT) o Chief minister Rane presented financial assistance under the Goa Scheme of Financial Assistance for Films to Rajendra Talak at Altinho. Film producer Sanjiv Prabhudesai was also present. (NT) o Law for including tenants' names in Form I XIV.GT o Stamp duty on property dealings reduced. (GT) o Church with a heart for everyone: Navelim. By Nicole Suares, the 12th in the series. (GT) o Volvoi sarpanch Snehal Bhosale ousted. (GT) CCP PLANS COMPOSTING STATION: People residing at and around the entry point of Panjim as well as those arriving in the capital city will have to bear with the stench prevailing in the area under the Mandovi bridge till the State Urban Development Agency comes out with a full-proof plan to set up a large composting station, away from the bustling locality. (NT) GOA SOFTENS STAND ON HIV TESTS: Goa government's earlier decision to make it compulsory for brides and grooms to undergo HIV tests may have to be amended due to UN AIDS programme stand on it. Rane said in case the boy and girl getting married sign that they are not in favour of the test, it will be waived for them. (Herald) o Fr Eusebio alleged killers' clothes recovered. Photo in the Herald shows photos of Amit Shukla and Manish Dubhey. o DTH TV sets distribution in Bardez taluka postponed. (H) o Margao council sanctioned Rs 10 million development grant, and approval for 50 daily wage labourers. (H) o Roadwork frenzy in Benaulim: Churchill, Mickky scramble for sapce. (H) o Mapusa muncipal council Ujwala Kandolkar was ousted by 9-6 in a no-confidence motion.Those who backed the motion included vice-chairperson Ryan Braganza, who will officiate as the acting chairman. (H) o South Goa Zilla Panchayat does volte-face on Mopa, asks government to scrap the proposed airport. Anti-Mopa meet at Cortalim today. (H) o Romi-script Konkani writer John Gomes 'Kokoy' has been awarded the Fr Freddy J Da Costa Journalist Award 2005. o 2000 jobs in IT will be created annually: Narvekar.(H) o Quepem shigmo enthralls spectators. (H) o Chicken vendors hit hard by bird-flu pandemic. (NT) o Bus engine catches fire near Agnel Ashram, Verna. (NT) PHONE IN FOR COURT DETAILS: Goa State Legal Services Authority has launched an interactive voice resonse system to find the case status of high court cases through the phone. Keep your case-number on hand and phone 0091.832.2421794 or 2421795. Status of cases filed since 1997 wil be available, 24 hours. o Jyotiba Shende of Kolhapur, working as a waiter in a Panjim hotel arrested in
*** Goanet News Bytes * March 30, 2006 * Tanker with sulphuric acid overturns at Canacona
-- |Read Valmiki Faleiro's latest column on Goa's traffic entitled: | || | Goa's appalling road sense - 1| |http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=Newsamp;file=articleamp;sid=418 | -- [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded in e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ 1994 by 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Herman 88_88 | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 Carneiro / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y http://www.goanet.org * Building social capital. - GOANET NEWS BYTES * MARCH 30, 2006 * DATELINE GOA -- TANKER CARRYING hazardous sulpheric acid overturned at Padi, Canacona draining all 30 tonnes of chemical into a stream, contaminating the spring further down. (Niraj Naik's DigitalGoa.com SMS news updates March 30, 2006 12:17 IST Architect Charles Correa, of Goan origin, has received the Padma Vibhushan award from the President of India. (NT) GET SET FOR POLLS, SONIA TELLS RAVI NAIK: All India Congress Committee president Sonia Gandhi has asked Goa Pradesh Congress Committee chief Ravi Naik to get the party organisation in Goa galvanised in preparation for the next assembly elections in the state. (Herald) o English to be taught as subject from Std I in Goa now.GT o Bus fares hiked from Saturday. Minimum Rs 4 for 3 kms. o Illegal liquor distillery unearthed at Menezes Bhat in Sao Jose de Areal, on the outskirts of Margao. (H) o Ill-equipped Margao cops feel the heat. Additional manpower used for night patrolling withdrawen. Police Control Room vans rendered redundant for want of repairs. Motorcycle patrolling curbed with the motorcycles lying out of order. (H) o Gudi Padva, which marks the Hindu new year, is being celebrated in Goa on Thursday. (H) o Plaint in Taleigao against illegal constructions. (GT) o Cops to probe Cynthia Rodrigues (34) murder again. She was brutally killed in October 2002 at Miramar's Swapna Resid. o Clean up or face action, five iron-plants directed by Goa Pollution Control Board. They have been asked to clear the 700-odd bags of coal dust from the Mollem wildlife sanctuary within three days. (H) o Rift within Forest Department. (H) o Ambaji residents block road: protest against heavy vehicles. o Underground works to be taken up in Panjim. (H) o Witness identifies priest's alleged murderers. Mess boy Sunil Rodrigues identified Amit Shukla and Manish Dubhey. Out of eight persons, including Amit and Manish, paraded before the executive magistrate, sources said the mess boy confidently identified the two alleged killers of the priest. Sunil is learnt to have not only pointed fingers at the accused persons, but physically touched the duo to confirm their identity. (H) o Saleli riots accused commits suicide: Bablo Z Gaonkar (43) of Bondenwada in Saleli, an accused in the recent Saleli riots, committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree in the village. (Herald) o Goa should focus on promoting planned medical tourism, according to professionals in the tourism and health sector. Demerg Systems India, a company offering web based solutions, organised a convention in Panjim titled 'New avenues for tourism in Goa'. Nitin D'Mello is managing director, which plans to organise a conference on health tourism in April 2007. It has set up a web portal www.healthtourismgoa.com o Margao municipality to follow carpet area evaluation system.NT o Don't allow illegal constructions, CM tells sarpanchas NT o Salcete residents demand check on vehicular traffic. (NT) o Foundation stone laid for KRC's highest rail bridge. (NT) o CM distributes 15 DTH sets for Bicholim, Sattari. (NT) o Chowgule's Loutolim yard gets repeat Euro order for 6 vessles.NT o Kinetic launches Blaze two-wheeler in Goa, Italian collaboration. -- MORMUGAO MUSINGS -- o Arlekar for construction of reservoir at INS Gomantak.NT o Baina fishermen object to water sports.(NT) o Calangute resident booked for rash driving, airport jn.NT o For detailed discussions on Vasco check out http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VascokarsUnited/ -- WORLD OF ART -- o Laxman Pai's exhibition started on March 24 at Dhoomimal Gallery: G-42 Connaught Circus, Delhi, informs Goanet volunteer-correspondent Avelino D'Souza in KOCKW.
*** Goanet News Bytes * March 27, 2006 * Salesians to mark diamond jubilee of presence in Goa
-- |Read Valmiki Faleiro's latest column on Goa's traffic entitled: | || | Goa's appalling road sense - 1| |http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=Newsamp;file=articleamp;sid=418 | -- [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded in e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ 1994 by 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Herman 88_88 | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 Carneiro / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y http://www.goanet.org * Building social capital. - GOANET NEWS BYTES * MARCH 27, 2006 * DATELINE GOA -- SALESIANS to celebrate their diamond jubilee presence in Goa in early April. On the night of April 4, 1946, Fr V Scuderi landed in Goa. Freed from the post-war time concentration camp, he was to be deported to Italy. He chose to work in then 'Portuguese India' instead. The celebrations will be marked with a cycle-torch rally culminating at Panjim on April 4 (Thursday), novenas to St John Bosco, a mando on Don Bosco (by S Cota, prepared in 1988), a seminar on Don Bosco's educative method, a youth fest, an audio-visual programme on the early Salesians in Goa, a play in Konkani, a sports fest, mela for the marginalised. There are also suggestions for a jubilee project -- training for civic and political leadership for youth (specially in villages and women), starting a community radio station to reach the youth, counselling services in Panjim, and a corpus fund for the education of deserving youth. o Congress-backed Ghanashyam Shirodkar to be Margao civic chief.GT JAANATA RAJA ENDS IN COMPLAINT: A complaint filed by law minister Dayanand Narvekar into the alleged misappropriation of funds by some BJP functionaries regarding the holding of the 'Jaanta Raja' drama at Mapusa has been forwarded to the director general of police for action. (GT) o North Goa MP Shripad Naik is among the 28 BJP MPs whose names figure in the list of those occupying an 'office of profit' according to the news in a national daily. Naik is a member of the National Shipping Board.GT This issue caused a major controversy in Parliament, leading to the resignation (as MP) of Sonia Gandhi, as it is argued that such posts cause a conflict in the ideal separation of judiciary, executive and legislature. o Sports Authority of Goa is spending an estimated Rs 30 million to get the Nehru Stadium at Fatorda in shape for the One Day International between India and England on April 3, reports the Herald. The paper's headline says: Spending Rs 3 crore (Rs 30 million) to earn Rs 25 lakh (Rs 2.5 million). o Mopa tenants meet Churchill. Express concern over losing the prime agricultural land for the proposed airport. Alemao promises to take up the cause of some 50 tenants.H o Water Hyacinth, the fastest growing aquatic weed, is back in the River Sal after a gap of two years, covering a vast stretch of the river from the Khareband bridge and upstream towards Mungul. (H) BROADBAND-BASED state wide area network: Goa government has called for 'expressions of interest' in its plans to establish a high bandwidth broadband network throughout the State with Optic Fibre Cable connectivity coupled with wireless connectivity, as may be needed, throughout the length and breadth of the State within a year. For a region which has been struggling to give its residents transport, telephones and water, your guess is as good on how soon such goals will become a reality. Advert, Herald March 27. o Government of India is inviting suggestions for a new police act. The current police act dates back to 1861! [Advert in Herald] o Margao revellers witness Shigmo floats. (NT) o Communist Party of India Goa secretary Christopher Fonseca on a goodwill visit to China. (NT) o World TB Day observed in Goa. (NT) o Arrangements made for SSC exams in Goa. (NT) o We are forced to travel more than a kilometre to collect water, villagers tell GT. o Government move to refer Comunidade land bill to select panel draws flak. (GT) o Seminar on performance appraisal inaugurated at Xavier's. o Ramakant Khalap thanks government for Tillari project, IT resort plan at Mandrem. Urges state to take a quick decision on Mopa airport issue. (GT) o Toddy-tapping on the verge of extinction at Pernem.(GT) o Commuters upset over hike in bus fares. (GT) Mock court provides good
*** Goanet News Bytes * March 24, 2006 * Mickky disbands his Fransa-Pax Football Club...
-- | OSTAD TIATRIST staged by KGTS in Kuwait| || | Read the report by William Fernandes and Gaspar Almeida at| |http://www.goanet.org/modules.php?name=Newsamp;file=articleamp;sid=341 | -- [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded in e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ 1994 by 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Herman 88_88 | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 Carneiro / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y http://www.goanet.org * Building social capital. - GOANET NEWS BYTES * MARCH 24, 2006 * DATELINE GOA -- o Goa assembly passes appropriation bill. Goa legislature passed the Goa appropriation (vote on account) bill 2006 for Rs 1386.87 crore, allowing the state to undertake expenses for the next four months, till a full budget discussion is held and the budget passed in the House. (NT) Incidentally, the recent practice of holding 'vote on account' options in recent years seems to have subverted a more serious discussion on various aspects of the budget. o Players hope for a rethink: Fransa-Pax Football Club players fear they will end up as the sacrificial lambs at the altar of Mickky Pacheco's forced decision to disband the club. http://oheraldo.in/node/11443 o It's all over for Fransa-Pax: Fransa-Pax Football Club has shut shop. Well, almost. (Its management was) angered by the All India Football Federation's Appeal Committee decision not to replay their controversial match against Air India. http://oheraldo.in/node/11444 o No future for football in India, says Mickky. (NT) o Fransa Pax chief seeks resignation of AIFF executive.(NT) o Fatorda One Day tickets to have security features. (NT) o Bagan trouce Salgaocar 3-0 in Kolkata NFL match. (PTI) o FC Siolim in finals of London Trophy, Goa Velha. (NT) o FC Siolim pip UC Nerul at Saligao Grounds. (NT) o 30 applicants for Indian football coach post. (NT) o Bill on comunidade land referred to select panel. The new law proposes to empower the government to take over comunidade land on lease without any restrictions. (NT) o Panic on Cansaulim beach belt: Residents from the Arrosim and Cansaulim area were in a state of panic, due to thick clouds in the air this morning. Some people thought there was agas leak. The Mormugao authorities later found out that there was heavy moisture generated over the coastal belt due to some environmental changes.NT o Take measures to control health hazards, PWD told.(NT) o 211 government schools identified for urgent repairs.NT Authorities greeted by stink at Fakir Bund nalla: The choked one-and-half metre broad drainage -- covered with all sorts of plastics, tyres, rubber, contaminated and stinking water -- greeted the authorities who inspected the Fakir Bund at Margao on Thursday following various complaints. (NT) o Knife used in priest's murder retrieved: Police also recorded statements from the murder accused, jointly and separately, but ruled out any new twist and said that they are repeating the same old story. (NT) o School children in sanguem walk for hours for a saucer of water and the government talks of information technology parks. G.T. travels to Sanguem, Quepem and Pernem to bring you stories that go beyond statistics and schemes. Well tell you how lack of water is leading to a critical decay. Of human beings. (Gomantak Times) o Socorro villagers oppose acquisition of cultivable land for IT park. (GT) o Mormugao chief accused of manipulating council proceedings.GT o Parrikar flays government on law and order. (GT) o Opposition corners Luizinho on wrong figures regarding repairs of school buildings. (GT) -- NEWS YOU CAN USE (Not an advert... collated in your interest) -- o ICICI Bank is offering its roaming current account, with facilities to operate your local current account from over 600 branches across India, 8 am to 8 pm banking hours, cheques treated as payable-at-par across 300 accounts, business debit card, and a daily e-mail statement. o Goa State Tuberculosis Control Society organises its World TB Day on March 24 at 4 pm at GCCI Hall. o Cyberlink to Shri Kamaxidevi Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital at Shiroda Goa 403103 www.homeopathycollegegoa.org or [EMAIL PROTECTED] SHIGMO upcoming dates in Goa: Panjim March 25, Margao March 26,
*** Goanet News Bytes * March 22, 2006 * Priest's suspected killers nabbed in Nagpur
-- | OSTAD TIATRIST staged by KGTS in Kuwait| || | Read the report by William Fernandes and Gaspar Almeida at| |http://www.goanet.org/modules.php?name=Newsamp;file=articleamp;sid=341 | -- [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded in e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ 1994 by 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Herman 88_88 | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 Carneiro / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y Y88D http://www.goanet.org - GOANET NEWS BYTES * MARCH 22, 2006 * DATELINE GOA -- o Alleged killers of Fr Eusebio Ferrao nabbed in Nagpur.GT o We were frustrated, so we killed him. Accused killers admit to murder. Frustration of a low-paying job and unemployment led the two 20-year-old boys to murder Fr Ferrao. This is th eversion of Amit Shukla and Manish Dubey (as released by the police). GT o Sixty-one-year-old Fr Ferrao was smothered and strangulated to death with a pillow and also stabbed on the abdomen on the night of March 17. A total of 27 wounds were found on his back and chest. o Manish came to Goa in September 2005 in search of a job, and started working in a transport company more as a helper than a clerk. He met Fr Ferrao in a Margao garden, sitting sadly on a bench and thinking about his lowly paid job. Fr Ferrao assures him help in getting a good job.H o Tearful adieu to Fr Ferrao. Over 200 priests and nuns, besides thousands of people from across the state, participated in the funeral. (H) o Over 8000 people attend Fr Ferrao's funeral. Archbishop terms murder as attack on civilised society. (NT) o Parrikar hails swift action by government, cops. (NT) o Tourist crushed to death under concrete mixer, Sangolda.(NT) o Tourist arrivals in Goa shows a 9.9 percent drop last year as compared to the previous year. From Jan to Dec 2005 some 2.2 million tourists visited Goa. In 2004, there was a sudden surge with 2.4 million tourists visiting Goa. (H) o After brickbats, cops get a pat for nabbing priest killers.H o Opposition grills Shirodkar over stopping DSSS pensions. o Monetary scheme for film-makers. (H) o Inspect proposed IT park land, says Goacan. (H) o Colourful 4-day plan for Panjim shigmo from Thurs. (H) o 891 power consumers owe arrears of over Rs 25,000 each.H o Kamat faces ire over Panjim, Margao underground cabling. o Electricity underground cabling in coastal areas soon.H o Mutilated body of newborn found near Bicholim theatre.H o Tourist crushed to death at Sangolda, Mae de Deus Chapel. o Cumbharjua man meets watery grave. (H) o Government okays 15 percent bus fare hike. (H) o Beef traders in Goa to shut shop 'indefinitely' in protest against harassment by Animal Husbandary Dept.H o Goacan to observe Consumer Rights Awareness fortnight.H o CPI to observe Bhagat Singh anniversary, March 23. (H) o Two-day seminar on 'gender in public domain' at St Xavier's. o Benaulim panchayat seeks controlling dog menace. (H) o Opposition to Salvador do Mundo IT park. (H) o Shigmo floats hog limelight at Vasco. (H) o Former minister Isidore Fernandes may be Panjim mayor. (GT) o Pomp marks Zambaulim gulal festival. (GT) o Goa Industrial Development Corporation accused of flouting rules to favour 'non-Goan' businessmen. (GT) o If you have a grievance, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] o High court disposes public interest petition on illegal felling of trees on Assagao comunidade land, following an assurance from the comunidade that the land will be restored. (H) o A Venkataratnam, retired IAS officer, took oath as State Chief Information Commissioner, and Gurudas G Kambli, a retired civil service officer, as State Information Commissioner under the Right to Information Act. (GT) -- CONCERNS -- o Goa heading for a water crisis: At present, the overall water supply by the PWD falls short by 30 per cent of the demand, according to the PWD. March 22 is World Day for Water. (Herald) -- ODD ADVERT -- o REQUIRED FERRY (BOAT): Good condition single/double deck ferry with restaurant and bar. Send all details with photograph to Amrapali Industries (Gujarat address) -- NEWS FROM GOVADOOT/SUNAPARANT: -- o
*** Goanet Reader: Memories of another Panjim...
-- | OSTAD TIATRIST staged by KGTS in Kuwait| || | Read the report by William Fernandes and Gaspar Almeida at| |http://www.goanet.org/modules.php?name=Newsamp;file=articleamp;sid41| -- MEMORIES OF ANOTHER PANJIM: THE OLD TOWN HAD A CHARM OF HER OWN By Isabel de Santa Rita Vas She's quaint, they explain. How picturesque, they tell you. And you blink and take another good look. You've never thought of her in such adjectives. To you, she's full of nouns and verbs, she's your home town, where you've always done things, and who's mapped your life in subtle or more determined ways. To me, Nova Goa, Cidade de Goa, Panjim or Panaji are not sign-boards of plush hotels or sheeth-koddi eating-houses. They are the ever changing make-up your cosy mum wears when she goes to town. I could write about Panjim forever, with no objectivity or clarity, but a chuckle and a tear. I could take vantage points from roof-tops I've climbed, to river parapets I’ve run on, could describe old schools and frisky school friends so exciting that I invariably prayed I'd fail the year, and please-God-let-me-remain-in-this-same-class-next-year. But I won't. I won't mention that spectacular cyclone that lifted our neighbours' roof off and sent it clattering into the angry river flowing under the Patto bridge. Some memories one does well not to share. But lest I be accused of being excessively possessive, I shall establish my generosity and equanimity by letting you flick through some of these dog-eared memories. Maybe I shall tell you about sounds, about buying and selling, about moving around, about seasonal events, and if you have a stomach for more such jumble-sale stuff, then I'll show you some great faces from this album, all of a half-century old. Panjim, to me, has been a melodious city. The alvorada or the cheerful notes of a brass band at dawn on festive occasions -- this is one of the most gorgeous sounds of my childhood, almost as heart-warming as the bulbuls in the glowing sunrise one is too lazy to watch on other days. The alvorada would be played by the Panjim Police Band wending its way round town on mornings of celebration and if there's an antonym to alarm-clock, here you heard it: a harmony-clock for the slumbering Panjimite. The same band would often play of an evening in the various garden band-stands, and all of us would crowd around, running in the periphery of our parents, waving out to small friends, craning our necks for a glimpse of the sparkling trombone. A different sound, but oh-so-homey, is the song of the woman carrying a huge basket of salt on her head, or often following a gaddo full of salt, driven by her husband: Mitt-zaiem-gue-e-e-e… To us sweaty kids swinging a school-satchel at noon (hey, nothing like the heavy-weight back-breaking monsters our kiddies today lug around ) the staccato call of the 'ice-fruit-walla', aiiice-croa! was irresistible, until we spied the sweaty vendor of the yellow and red lollies, lustily slurping them and smuggling them back into the ice-box. In later years, a more natty young man had acquired himself a fancy hand-cart and went around dispensing mutton patties that he hawked in the most Mediterranean accents, “Pasteis de cabrito….” The campa who did the rounds, bell and walking-stick in hand, announcing to the neighbourhood the death and funeral of a townsman or woman, he gave charm to the fact of death. The crows at even-tide, specially around the Campal river banks are the signature tune of holiday time, for those were the days when everybody went to Miramar of an evening to meet friends, listen to music, savour some juicy oysters, and scramble into the lacy edge of the waves. The town pealed church bells, carreira horns, and the hopeful sorticar's (lottery vendor) call sort-abeitt Looking back, the business of buying and selling was not a crass soul-less affair, but a ritual full of textures, smells, sound effects and light and dark, and people, one-to-one sort of folks that a small town accommodates. Fish came to the house, or the fisher-ladies did -- who ever went to the market, I never knew there existed a Panjim market until I was a full-grown adult. The women-vendors and the women-buyers from the house had a daily ritual by the back steps, exchanging greetings and news, examining the visvonn or the bangddo with experienced hands, haggling for formality’s sake over the price. As we helped hoist the heavy drippy basket to the lady's sturdy head, food and fellowship had been shared. If there were nice calvan (clams) this morning, some would be sent to the lady next door, who, granny said, could do
*** Goanet News Bytes * March 20, 2005 (2) * Budget session begins in Goa assembly today...
-- | OSTAD TIATRIST staged by KGTS in Kuwait| || | Read the report by William Fernandes and Gaspar Almeida at| |http://www.goanet.org/modules.php?name=Newsamp;file=articleamp;sid=341 | -- [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded in e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ 1994 by 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Herman 88_88 | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 Carneiro / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y Y88D http://www.goanet.org - GOANET NEWS BYTES * MARCH 20, 2006 * Issue # 2 --- o Priest's murder, police team leaves for Allahabad; A day after groping in the dark over the murder of Macazana parish priest Fr Eusebio Ferrao, the police on Sunday said investigations are on the right track. (Herald) o A police team is leaving for Uttar Pradesh, along with two other UP natives, believed to be settled in Goa and engaged in the transportation business.(H) o Both the main suspects -- Amit Shukla and Manish Dhubey -- are believed to hail from Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh. o Two suspicious looking youth were noticed in a Guirdolim restaurant before noon on Saturday. (H) o Police interrogated all the three mess boys who had worked at the Macazana Church during the last three years.H o Police want to check up whether Amit had obtained passport documents from the Goa passport office. (H) o Fr Ferrao was an affable person. (GT) o Two persons who matched the description of Amit and Manish published in a local newspaper were seen at a bar in Panjim. (GT) BUDGET SESSION BEGINS TODAY: Goa assembly's five-day budget session begins Monday, and is expected to be stormy with the Opposition BJP training its guns on the Rane government over various controversies in the past two months. Including the issue of an alleged terrorist in Margao, the Curchorem communal disturbances, Mopa airport, IT parks, the north-south expressway, monorail, and implementation of schemes like Cyberage, and the Dayanand Social Security Scheme. (H) o Russian lady Elma (23) was arrested at the Dabolim airport when she was found behaving in an unusual manner and started removing her clothes. She was taken to the Institute of Psychiatry, Bambolim. (H) o Mineowners will be charged for dumping rejects in government land, says Rane in assembly. (DigitalGoa) o River Princess (ship marooned off Candolim beach for half-a-decade) will go. New expert committee appointed says Willy. (DigitalGoa) o Tony Rodrigues and Yatin Parekh elected unanimously as mayor and deputy of Corporation of the City of Panjim in the first meet of newly-elected corporators on Monday. (DigitalGoa) o Interpol in Goa to quiz Battlo. (GT) o Comba photo studio Photographix burgled. (H) o Trafficarrangements for Shigmo festival in Vasco. (NT) o Like the Carnival, the Shigmo too disrupted road traffic in Mapusa on Sunday evening. (GNB) o Margao town police arrested Aquem Baixio sarpanch Peter Vaz for alleged misappropriation. (NT) o Churchill insists on scrapping of Mopa proposal. (GT) o Hitrakhan Manch protests over violation of recruitment rules. (GT) o Ambulance, dispensary gifted to Pissurlem. (GT) o Commuters demand action against bus operators. (GT) o Surla to be converted into a model village: CM o Illegal construction on public road at Talapwaddo, Cumbharjua in total violation of rules. (GT) o Congress' Vichar Vibhag (intellectual wing) said the arrest of Tariq Jallal has revealed beyond any doubt that Goa is one of the target-areas of the terrorist groups. It said any attack on minority communities will provoke terrorists to expedite their destruction activities in Goa. (NT) o Congress Vichar Vibhag (intellectual cell) flays role played by BJP MLA of Curchorem Ramrao Dessai and other MLAs for pouring oil into the fire instead of advising supporters to stop the violence. VV chairman Uday Bhembre said all members came to the conclusion that the Curchorem violence was a pre-planned attack, with a definite goal of instilling fear among the minority communities. (GT) o SPORTS: Security take care of for one-day intl match between India and England on April 3: Narvekar.(H) o SPORTS: Fransa-Pax Football Club has apparently found no favour with the Appeal Committee of the All India Football Federation. (H) -- YOUR GOA... OUR GOA
*** Goanet News Bytes * March 20, 2005 (2) * Budget session begins in Goa assembly today...
-- | OSTAD TIATRIST staged by KGTS in Kuwait| || | Read the report by William Fernandes and Gaspar Almeida at| |http://www.goanet.org/modules.php?name=Newsamp;file=articleamp;sid=341 | -- [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded in e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ 1994 by 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Herman 88_88 | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 Carneiro / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y Y88D http://www.goanet.org - GOANET NEWS BYTES * MARCH 20, 2006 * Issue # 2 --- o Priest's murder, police team leaves for Allahabad; A day after groping in the dark over the murder of Macazana parish priest Fr Eusebio Ferrao, the police on Sunday said investigations are on the right track. (Herald) o A police team is leaving for Uttar Pradesh, along with two other UP natives, believed to be settled in Goa and engaged in the transportation business.(H) o Both the main suspects -- Amit Shukla and Manish Dhubey -- are believed to hail from Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh. o Two suspicious looking youth were noticed in a Guirdolim restaurant before noon on Saturday. (H) o Police interrogated all the three mess boys who had worked at the Macazana Church during the last three years.H o Police want to check up whether Amit had obtained passport documents from the Goa passport office. (H) o Fr Ferrao was an affable person. (GT) o Two persons who matched the description of Amit and Manish published in a local newspaper were seen at a bar in Panjim. (GT) BUDGET SESSION BEGINS TODAY: Goa assembly's five-day budget session begins Monday, and is expected to be stormy with the Opposition BJP training its guns on the Rane government over various controversies in the past two months. Including the issue of an alleged terrorist in Margao, the Curchorem communal disturbances, Mopa airport, IT parks, the north-south expressway, monorail, and implementation of schemes like Cyberage, and the Dayanand Social Security Scheme. (H) o Russian lady Elma (23) was arrested at the Dabolim airport when she was found behaving in an unusual manner and started removing her clothes. She was taken to the Institute of Psychiatry, Bambolim. (H) o Mineowners will be charged for dumping rejects in government land, says Rane in assembly. (DigitalGoa) o River Princess (ship marooned off Candolim beach for half-a-decade) will go. New expert committee appointed says Willy. (DigitalGoa) o Tony Rodrigues and Yatin Parekh elected unanimously as mayor and deputy of Corporation of the City of Panjim in the first meet of newly-elected corporators on Monday. (DigitalGoa) o Interpol in Goa to quiz Battlo. (GT) o Comba photo studio Photographix burgled. (H) o Trafficarrangements for Shigmo festival in Vasco. (NT) o Like the Carnival, the Shigmo too disrupted road traffic in Mapusa on Sunday evening. (GNB) o Margao town police arrested Aquem Baixio sarpanch Peter Vaz for alleged misappropriation. (NT) o Churchill insists on scrapping of Mopa proposal. (GT) o Hitrakhan Manch protests over violation of recruitment rules. (GT) o Ambulance, dispensary gifted to Pissurlem. (GT) o Commuters demand action against bus operators. (GT) o Surla to be converted into a model village: CM o Illegal construction on public road at Talapwaddo, Cumbharjua in total violation of rules. (GT) o Congress' Vichar Vibhag (intellectual wing) said the arrest of Tariq Jallal has revealed beyond any doubt that Goa is one of the target-areas of the terrorist groups. It said any attack on minority communities will provoke terrorists to expedite their destruction activities in Goa. (NT) o Congress Vichar Vibhag (intellectual cell) flays role played by BJP MLA of Curchorem Ramrao Dessai and other MLAs for pouring oil into the fire instead of advising supporters to stop the violence. VV chairman Uday Bhembre said all members came to the conclusion that the Curchorem violence was a pre-planned attack, with a definite goal of instilling fear among the minority communities. (GT) o SPORTS: Security take care of for one-day intl match between India and England on April 3: Narvekar.(H) o SPORTS: Fransa-Pax Football Club has apparently found no favour with the Appeal Committee of the All India Football Federation. (H) -- YOUR GOA... OUR GOA
*** Goanet News Bytes * March 18, 2006 * Macasana priest found murdered ... New: a guess-you-didn't-know-this section
-- | OSTAD TIATRIST staged by KGTS in Kuwait| || | Read the report by William Fernandes and Gaspar Almeida at| |http://www.goanet.org/modules.php?name=Newsamp;file=articleamp;sid=341 | -- [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded in e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ 1994 by 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Herman 88_88 | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 Carneiro / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y Y88D http://www.goanet.org -GOANET NEWS BYTES * MARCH 18, 2006 * DATELINE GOA--- o Macasana (Salcete) parish priest found murdered. Fr Ferrao, a 61 year old priest, served the diocese in different capacities in the parishes of Piedade-Divar, Ambelim-Assolna, Carambolim and Agacaim. Two persons he had dinner with the earlier day are suspected. See some reports here: o DCSCM statement on the murder: http://tinyurl.com/qzojy o Dajiworld report: http://tinyurl.com/mc4tl o Godfrey Gonsalves from Salcete: http://tinyurl.com/hrk4k o Goa cabinet okays compulsory HIV testing for couples wanting to marry. Government not to issue water and electricity connections to illegal structures in Goa. (H) o Sun, sand and the knot: Apart from leisure, sunbathing and simply fun, Salcete's silvery beaches have now come in handy for foreigners for a different reason -- to tie the marriage knot. Less than a week after a couple from Holland hogged the limelight for having their marriage ceremony right on the beach at Benaulim, neighbouring Sernabatim beach played a perfect host to another wedding Thursday evening. (Herald) o Large-scale timber smuggling, hunting in Sanguem forests.GT o Aquem sarpanch accused of blocking development works. (H) o Majorda's Clement B Andradade killed in hit-and-run accident.H o Cancer, trauma patients to get free medicines. (H) o Mapusa muncipal council in grip of instability. (H)sk o Goa Konkani Akademi completes 20 years. (H) o Loyola es-students body LESA to meet March 19, 11 am onwards. o Stone laid Nagmodem-Navelim for religious hosue Casa de Raquel. o Shigmo float parade at Mapusa on March 19. (NT) o Telugu new year Ugadi comes up shortly. o Meet to discuss cracks at Holy Spirit Church, due to traffic. o Loutolim sarpanch Agnelo Fernandes tenders resignation. (NT) o Entertainment Society of Goa has advertised for event management firms to handle IFFI-Goa 2006. o Customs Panjim to hold e-auction at www.mstcindia.com o Barge rams into ferry on Madel-Ribandar route, all safe.(GT) o Luizinho disburses financial aid to 52 industrial units.GT o PWD draws plan to improve water supply in port town. (GT) o No confidence move against Mapusa municipality chief. (GT) o IFFI2004 probe: Central Bureau of Investigation has begun preliminary enquiries against unknown officials of the government of Goa in matters relating to the financial improprietary to the tune of Rs 114 crore during the International Film Festival of India 2004. Navhind Times -- NEEDLESS CONTROVERSY AND STRIFE -- o BJP MLAs condemn government handling of riots, cross vandalism.H o Religious structures affecting traffic flow should go: Parrikar. o Bomb scare in Margao court. (H) o Three more youth held for Curchorem-Sanvordem riots, taking the total to 12 held so far. Those arrested were Dheeraj Chari, Gurunath Bhairath and Ajay Naik. (H) o Joaquim Alemao not in favour of two airports. (H) o Protest march invokes Sec 144 in Vasco. (H) -- GUESS YOU DIDN'T KNOW THIS ... -- o Journalist Ashley do Rosario, a basketball player himself, ran and nabbed a bag-lifter, aged 20, who had stolen a handbag from a car belonging to Nelly Rodrigues of Caranzalem. o Lake fish: Fresh water fish for sale. At the Maina Tollem (lake) at Maina-Curtorim. On Sunday March 19, from 6 am onwards. Contact Lawrence 288422 or Alfred 2786043. o Goa files the highest ratio of IT returns, i.e. 10 per cent of its total population, according to Joint Commissioner of Income Tax (Panjim) K K Mishra. (H) o Churchill Alemao's slogan in local newspaper adverts is: The fight is on. Dabolim forever! Mopa never. At a public meeting scheduled at Dando Grounds, Benaulim, the controversial MP announces: Menin de Bandar and his troupe to perform before the meeting. o ICICI Bank is offering NRI
*** Goanet News Bytes * March 16, 2006 * Bus strike in Goa ... curtains time for Ponda cinemas ... GMC home for cancer terminally-ill... bid to stoke up communal conflict at Comba
-- | OSTAD TIATRIST staged by KGTS in Kuwait| || | Read the report by William Fernandes and Gaspar Almeida at| |http://www.goanet.org/modules.php?name=Newsamp;file=articleamp;sid=341 | -- [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded in e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ 1994 by 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Herman 88_88 | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 Carneiro / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y Y88D http://www.goanet.org -GOANET NEWS BYTES * MARCH 16, 2006 * DATELINE GOA--- o Money factor played major role in Panjim civic polls, says BJP's Rajendra Arlekar. BJP-backed candidates were common people and not belong to the elite society, Arlekar said. (NT) o Bus strike afflicts Goa on Thursday. Kadamba presses in 15 to 20 additional buses. But non-nationalised routes affected by bus-owners stir for hike in tickets. GNN o Holi celebrated in Goa. The festival of colours was marked with gaiety and enthusiasm. Hordes of revelers wearing multicoloured masks were seen riding in open jeeps and motorcycles on the streets, and singing songs. (NT) o Shigmo continues in Goa with festivals for much of the fortnight. The shigmo parade will be held in Ponda (March 16), Canacona (March 18), Mapusa (March 19), Vasco (March 20), Curchorem (March 22), Panjim (March 25), Margao (March 26) and Cuncolim (March 27). For details see http://www.goatourism.org o Sub-divisional magistrate pays visit to IOC terminal,Vasco.NT o Bailancho Saad calls women's initiative for peace meet at T B Cunha Hall, Panjim on March 16 at 3 pm. (H) o Security, a major concern for Margao traders, cops. (H) MISCREANTS DAMAGE CROSS AT COMBA: Some unknown miscreants damaged a nearly 300-year-old cross at Comba, Margao, in the wee hours of Wednesday, resulting in a call from locals to maintain amity and launch a peace crusade to prevent the secular fabric of Goa from disintegrating. People of the locality later reinstalled the cross. (NT) o Six-day Holi celebrations begin in Vasco. (NT) o Poultry meat safe for consumption if cooked well: AHVS. o Casa Moderna near Cine Nacional reopens on March 17, with authentic Goan fish-curry-rice, says ad from Bela H Borkar. o Fr Abraham P sj, psychologist and counsellor, will talk on love on March 16 at Jesuit House. (NT) o Used cars from Sai Service, Near Cloistered Carmel. Post-budget prices. Maruti, Omni, Alto, WagonR, Versa, etc. o Open fish sale upsets traders in Canacona. (H) o 'Attractive' khadi schemes have few takers. (H) o Borda locals unhappy with Outline Development Plan, which seeks to widen the road by 22 metres. Residents expressed ire over issuing of land acquisition notices for this. (H) o Margao parks need urgent attention. Photo shows the pitiable condition of the Aga Khan Park at Margao. (Herald) o World Consumer Rights Day is being organised with a function on March 17, 2006 (Friday) at 10.15 am at Kala Academy's Black Box. Chief Secretary J P Singh will be chief guest. ANJUNA POLICE STATION officials late Wednesday evening were confronted with the task of containing an over-violent and medium-built German national, who went berserk, kicking around passers-by and whatever came his way. Eyewitnesses said the man was behaving like an animal. He threw down some cycles and kicked a passing motorcyclist, before throwing a koita (chopper) at another, the witness said. Initially, six policemen tried to tackle him, but he kicked and fisted them, outwitting the cops. Four more police joined in. Finally, they got a rope from a passing jeep and after struggling for at least 15 minutes the ten of them managed to tie him up and give him a sound thrassing, the eyewitness narrated. (Herald) o Classical music, dance fest at Rajiv Gandhi Kala Mandir in Ponda from March 17 to 19. (NT) o Filipe F Dias of Calangute elected president of Association of Charity, the home for senior citizens at Calangute.NT o Mango tree collapses in residential area of Naikavaddo, near the Calangute Tintto, damanging a Maruti van and three two wheelers. (NT) o Government employees seek uniformity in retirement rules. (H) o Goa finalising draft rules for panchayat vigilance committees. (H) o Is Panjim civic polls a 'curtain call' for Zuwarkar? (H) o Benaulim two-time sarpanch Guilhermina Leitao quit office on Tuesday, saying she was stepping down as per her commitment made to members and on
*** Goanet News Bytes * March 15, 2006 * Churchill escapes expulsion... Tony Rodrigues is Panjim mayor
-- | OSTAD TIATRIST staged by KGTS in Kuwait| || | Read the report by William Fernandes and Gaspar Almeida at| |http://www.goanet.org/modules.php?name=Newsamp;file=articleamp;sid=341 | -- [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded in e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ 1994 by 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Herman 88_88 | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 Carneiro / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y Y88D http://www.goanet.org -GOANET NEWS BYTES * MARCH 15, 2006 * DATELINE GOA--- MPLADS SCAM: Churchill, three other MPs escape expulsion. Four Lok Sabha members of Parliament named in the MPLADS scam today escaped expulsion from the House, with a parliamentary committee giving them the benefit of doubt and recommending only reprimand and suspension till March 22, the last day of the first leg of the current budget session. (Navhind Times) o I am innocent, says Churchill. (NT) o Churchill, 3 others suspended. (Herald) o Justice has prevailed, says Churchill. (Herald) IN PANJIM, winning panel nominates Tony Rodrigues as mayor. Yatin Parekh to be his deputy. (H) Gomantak Times says the mayor-designate was King Momo recently, and shows a photograph of Tony Rodrigues with 'King Babush'. o Holi to be celebrated in Panjim today. (NT) o Narvekar presents cheques to DSSS beneficiaries. (NT) o Seminar for medical practitioners at GMC. (NT) o Monserrate for probe into CCP expenditure during IFFI. NT o St Xavier's holds seminar on consumer rights. (NT) o Goa Konkani Akademi celebrates 20th anniversary. (NT) o Seminar on performance appraisal at St Xavier's Mar 20-21. o Buses to stay off roads on March 16. (Herald) o ... now, 'outsiders' come under scanner. (Herald) o Regional cancer centre for Goa could be reality soon. (H) o EC officials check voter lists in 3 constituencies. (H) o Shantaram for disqualification of charge-sheeted candidates. o HSSC exam seating arrangements announced. (H) o Great Goan Comedy Show a success at Margao. (H) o Calangute resort staff protest workers' lock-out. (H) NOW, PRAYERS ONLINE: Interactive voice recording service from the Calls Ministries at Chennai for round-the-clock prayers. Call (044) 2461 for listening to prayers on 15 different topics and choose one. Individual prayer requests can also be left at the end of the session.(H) o Cops yet to extract relevant info from Tariq Battlo. (NT) o Police to focus on Tariq 'aides'. (H) o Police may file charges against Varca landlady, Clara Gonsalves, for not informing police about tenant Battlo.H o Officials inspect IOC site at Vasco: security. (H) 18-YEAR OLD IN MAJOR DABOLIM DRGU HAUL: Italian national of Indian origin, Bonitra Nilam Wadhwa, was caught with narcotics worth about Rs 5.5 million concealed in her bag. It contained Ecstasy tablets and cocaine in a black bag, which was detected in the x-ray machine. She was caught at about 7 am which checking in to board her Indian IC 866 flight to Mumbai, from where she was to fly to Auckland via Singapore. The haul was worth about Rs 600 million in the international market. BANK POLITICS: Navhind reports that the Goa State Co-op Bank Ltd (GSCB) will initiate a police as well as vigilance action against its former chairman, (politician) Prakash Velip and vice-chairman Rajkumar Dessai, for causing heavy losses to the bank. (NT) SPORTS: Dempo pip Salgaocar, stay on track. Defending champions Dempo put their ONGC 10th National Football League campaign back on track with a 2-1 win over Salgaocar at Duler on Tuesday. (NT) -- DEATHS AND REMEMBRANCES -- o CANDOLIM: Maria Christaline Fernandes, b 1950. o CARANZALEM: Prabhakar Rao, Kamat Villas. o LOUTOLIM: Laurence Philip Lobo. o RAIA: Agusto Assis Francis Cardozo, prop Paris Laundry Aquem o TALEIGAO: Maria A Rodrigues e Fernandes, Durgavaddy. o ALTO STA CRUZ: Nascimenta Fernandes e D'Souza, b 1943, months' mind o NUVEM: Menino Sebastiao Mascarenhas. -- GOANET NEWS BYTES ASKS YOU A FAVOUR -- If you don't like Goanet News Bytes, tell us! If you like it, tell your friends about it... spread the word. We ask our readers to help Goanet News Bytes to grow. Send us a list of 10 email addresses of your friends/relatives from Goa who you think should receive a free trial subscription of Goanet News Bytes. If the
*** Goanet Reader -- Get empowered: What the Right to Information means to Goa
-- | OSTAD TIATRIST staged by KGTS in Kuwait| || | Read the report by William Fernandes and Gaspar Almeida at| |http://www.goanet.org/modules.php?name=Newsamp;file=articleamp;sid=341 | -- GET EMPOWERED: What the Right to Information means to Goa This article was compiled and shared at the initiative of the Lions Club of Arpora-Nagoa-Parra, for the benefit of readers in Goa and Goanetters in particular. This is a 11-year-old Lions Club, working in the interest of the local community. Its permanent projects include a children's park, a reading room, a school for moving children, indoor games for the youth, bus shelter, traffic signboards and even a study of pollution in the Baga River. Further details from its secretary Agnelo Remedios via mobile 9822380714 in Goa. Dassera symbolizes the ultimate triumph of good over evil. Dassera 2005 proved it. On October 12, 2005, the operational provisions of the Right to Information Act became effective. The Government of Goa however continued its lackluster approach to the Act, and only about three weeks ago (February 15, 2006) notified the Rules for fees and appeals. The notifications of the various Public Information Officers (PIOs) continues to be done in piecemeal fashion and some departments are yet to notify the PIOs although its well past the time limit set by the Act. In fact, the department of Information and Publicity is yet to notify the complete list of PIOs with name address and telephone numbers as required. The Right to Information Act of 2005 in its preamble clearly states its objectives: to provide for setting out the practical regime of right to information for citizens to secure access to information under the control of public authorities in order to promote transparency and accountability in the working of every public authority. The Act requires that every public authority shall maintain records duly catalogued and indexed in a manner and form that facilities the right to information. It requires that the records be computerized in reasonable time. It not only provides the right to any individual to seek information but it casts a duty on the public authority to provide as much information suo-motu (i.e. on their own) to the public at regular intervals through various means of communications like notice boards, newspapers, public announcements media broadcasts internet or any other means, so that the citizens are well informed. Steps towards making use of the Right to Information Act: You do not need a lawyer. Any citizen can seek information. Citizen means a person and not artificial judicial body or a legal entity and therefore a firm or an association of persons or company cannot apply for such information since they cannot be considered as a natural person. * Make an application: As a citizen seeking information, make an application in writing or in electronic mode, in English, Hindi or the local language, to the concerned Public Information Officer (PIO) of the Department, specifying the particulars of information sought for. The PIO receiving the application is required to render reasonable assistance to the person making the application. If the individual or person cannot make an application in writing, the PIO is duly bound to provide all assistance to the person making the request orally and to reduce the same in writing. When you make this application there is no prescribed form. It can be on plain paper. Be brief and use simple language. You are not required to give any reasons as to why you need the information nor are you required to give any of your personal details except those that are necessary to contact you. If for any reason by mistake you make an application before the wrong PIO, the concerned PIO is required to transfer the said application within five days to the appropriate PIO and intimate you of the transfer immediately. He cannot reject the application. For obtaining any Information regarding central departments the same need to be made before the appropriate central public information offices. * Fees for Application: The Government of Goa has recently notified the rules regarding fees for obtaining information. At the time of making an application you are required to pay a fee of Rs. 10 (ten rupees only) by cash, or demand draft or cheque payable to the concerned PIO. The Act provides that no fee shall be charged from the persons who are below the poverty line as may be determined by the State Government. It is pertinent to note that our State Government has not notified the thresthold limit of poverty line, and hence there is presently no exemption
*** FROM GOA: Goanet News Bytes * Mar 8, 2006 * Special issue... when communalism rocked Goa
-- | OSTAD TIATRIST staged by KGTS in Kuwait| || | Read the report by William Fernandes and Gaspar Almeida at| |http://www.goanet.org/modules.php?name=Newsamp;file=articleamp;sid=341 | -- [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded in e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ 1994 by 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Herman 88_88 | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 Carneiro / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y Y88D http://www.goanet.org -GOANET NEWS BYTES * MARCH 08, 2006 * DATELINE GOA--- o FEAR CONTINUES TO HAUNT RIOT VICTIMS (Aditya Anand, Navhind Times, March 8): The first thing that Ms Zarina Shaikh did when initial reports of violence came in at around 5 pm, on March 3, was to shut the doors and windows to ensure that the mob on rampage did not break into her house. Accompanied by her two teenage daughters and son, Ms Shaikh spent the entire evening and night in fear and behind locked doors, while their driver was mercilessly beaten up and their six cars including an old vintage car were totally damaged and the window panes broken. The doors that the family had blocked using all heavy furniture available was opened only when the police came calling the next day... o A REVIEW OF A NIGHTMARE ON HELL STREET: We halt at Rafiq's car accessories shop near the Curchorem circle and look around. There's disgust and pain in his eyes as he sees innumerable burnt and damaged cars near his shop and it sends a chill down my spine. Later, with a calm and helpless smile, he waits in anticipation as one of the boys opens the shutter of the shop which was borken into and ransacked by the rampaging mob. (Preetu Nair, in GT Mar 8) o HE CAME, HE NEVER SAW, HE LEFT: Union minister holds talks but fails to visit riot-hit areas. Asked why he had cancelled his tour of the riot-affected areas, Union minister of state for home Om Prakash Jaiswal said normalcy had been restored. (Herald, March 8) o DAMAGE TALLY: 27 cars, 10 two-wheelers, 3 trucks, 2 pickups, 2 KTC buses, 1 private minibus, 1 tanker, 1 carrier rickshaw, 14 houses, 16 shops, 2 petrol pumps. (Herald) o CONGRESS GOES FROM BAD TO FARCE: Union Minister of State for Home Prakash Jaiswal flew to Dabolim and instead of going South towards Curchorem, 35 minutes from the airport, he swung towards Panjim, 40 minutes on the other side. He had lunch with the Governor, high tea with the chief minister, had a tete a tete with officials before flying back. Asked why he didn't go to Sanvordem to meet the victims of violence, he quipped, Everything is normal there, so I didn't go. (Editorial, Gomantak Times, March 8, 2006) o NORMALCY RETURNS TO SANVORDEM (NT, March 8): Members of the minority community whose commercial establishments were targeted by the rioters had to keep their shutters down as the police were still conducting the panchnama Meanwhile, the Curchorem police have registered 12 cases under Sections 143, 147, 153A, 454, 457, 380, 435 read with 14 of the Indian Penal Code against some unknown persons upon the complaints loged by the riot victims.(NT) o TOTAL BANDH IN SHIRODA, CUNCOLIM: Margao and Canacona reported a partial bandh, while the bursting of crackers at Quepem led to the closure of shops. The situation at Shiroda became tense around 7.30 am, when some people blocked roads and later stoned a house built under the 20 Point Programme scheme in a locality popularly known as Fukat Nagri. The people insisted that all commercial activity in the area be closed down. They tried to justify their action saying that some people from the area had participated in the meeting at Sanvordem, the day violence broke out. Those who stoned the house of a person claimed that the house-owner used to hoist a green flag resembling the Pakistani flag on his house. The owner of the house however refuted the claim, saying it was not a Pakistani flag and added that he had hoisted it to portray his devotion to a particular saint. (NT Reporters Team from Margao, NT March 7, 2006) o [On March 6] pro-bandh supporters were heard demanding that the police carry out verification of the antecedents of the outsiders, who have settled in the town in recent times. -- Herald, March 7, reporting from Margao. o Losses estimated by them (Muslim traders) have been placed at Rs 3 crore (Rs 30 million). --Herald, March 7. o While the Rapid Action Force was withdrawn from
*** FROM GOA: Goanet News Bytes * Mar 4, 2006 * Communal tension stoked up in twin towns of Sanvordem-Curchorem...
-- | OSTAD TIATRIST staged by KGTS in Kuwait| || | Read the report by William Fernandes and Gaspar Almeida at| |http://www.goanet.org/modules.php?name=Newsamp;file=articleamp;sid=341 | -- [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded in e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ 1994 by 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Herman 88_88 | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 Carneiro / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y Y88D http://www.goanet.org -GOANET NEWS BYTES * MARCH 04, 2006 * DATELINE GOA--- o Mob goes on a rampage at Sanvordem. Tension runs high between two communities. (NT) o Violence grips Curchorem, Sanvordem. Damage to Muslim prayer house triggers arson and loot. (Herald) o Communal riots rock Curchorem. Five injured, shops, vehicles damaged. Cops fire teargas shells to quell rioting mob. THE SITUATION TURNED tense in the morning, when members of the Muslim community obtained permission from the Quepem deputy collector to stage a protest rally in Curchorem, to condemn the damage to the Muslim prayer house at Guddamol. However, rumours spread that activists from within and outside the State had converged at Curchorem to join the protests and that hundreds of protestors had assembled at the prayer hall at Cariamoddi- Curchorem armed with swords, lathis and other weapons. This incited members of the Hindu community, who rushed to the Shivaji Chowk near Cine Prashant, with the numbers swelling to thousands by about 4.30 pm. The mob then began to proceed towards Cariamoddi, but were stopped by a police force in a bid to prevent the two groups from clashing with each other. At this juncture, the mob began pelting stones and bottles at the police, who retaliated by resorting to three rounds of lathi-charge and firing tear gas shells to quell the confrontation. As the news of the clashes spread across the town, all shops in Curchorem and Sanvordem downed their shutters anticipating violence in the market. The mob then turned their fury towards the market and targeted the shops of Muslim merchants, breaking open their shops and looting the goods. They also damaged a petrol pump and a number of gaddas run by the Muslim community. (Herald) o Goa government extends ban on poultry imports. (H) o Luizinho Faleiro says Alemao welcomed Mopa airport earlier.H o Churchill fighting for hotel lobby, alleges Deshprabhu. (H) o Churchill accuses Luizinho of toeing Parrikar line on airport. o Quepem-Margao road blocked for 2 hours, over non-repair of dilapidated Covatem Moll road. (H) o Goa facing shortage of rooms, hotels, claims Willy. (H) o Swimming pools at Colva, Miramar residiencies soon. Five global airlines willying to fly tourists to Goa, including Condor, Gulf Air, Emirates, British Midlands: Willy. (H) o Congress stalling Curchorem's progress, says BJP MLA Ramrao. o Mancurad mango has little scope for export due to strong local market. (H) Another photo shows the king of mangoes, mankurad, for sale at Margao at Rs 70 per mango! o Teenager from Baina, Vasco accused with rape of minor girl. The girl and the boy, both teenagers, were found at Sanvordem. (H) o Pukhraj Bumb, IAS retd, will be secretary to CM. (H) o Rane rules out dredging of River Sal. There has been a long drawn battle involving traditional fishermen over this. (H) o Opposition councillors adjourn Margao civic budget meet.(H) o Quepem municipality to file suit against ex-chief officer Shalet Roncon Pereira on charges of illegally issuing occupancy certificates to two flats and a garage. (H) o Remote houses in Cotigao to get electricity soon.(H) o Volkswagen carnival rally 2006 to be screened at Leonaras Restaurant on the big screen, March 5 at 7.30 pm. (H) o Gram sabha at Bastora village on March 5: sarpanch J Parsekar.(H) o Kshatriya Samaj celebrates Shiv Jayanti in Vasco. (H) o Information sought on IT park plan in Salvador do Mundo. (H) o NIO scientists Uhas Goswami, Vijay Kumar Rathod get awards.(NT) o Governor releases George Menezes' book at Cidade de Goa. (GT) o Government colony at Altinho neglected. (GT) o Mickky opens Green Mormugao festival. (GT) Mormugao port's mechanical ore handling plant has unloaded a record 70,078 tonnes of iron ore in a single day on march, surpassing an earlier record set in November 2004. (H) GARBAGE EMBROGLIO, GREEN GROUP ASKS FOR FACILITIES NEEDED: Goa Foundation to return Sonsodo garbage dump to the Margao municipality. The NGO, which has been
*** FROM GOA: Goanet News Bytes * Mar 2, 2006 * Monte Music Fest begins at Old Goa this weekend... a mix of Western classical and Indian
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded in e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ 1994 by 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Herman 88_88 | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 Carneiro / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y Y88D http://www.goanet.org -GOANET NEWS BYTES * MARCH 02, 2006 * DATELINE GOA--- CONGRESS FEELS THE HEAT: The political climate in the Congress stronghold in the Salcete-Mormugao belt is tense with Churchill Alemao kick-starting his pro-Dabolim (airport) movement from Vasco, and equally determined Congress leaders gearing up to ward off any possible damage to the party in its bastion. (Herald) SAYS AN ADVERT: The fight is on. Dabolim forever. Mopa never! Public meeting at Vasco opposite Municipality at 5 pm today. Attending in large numbers as in this meeting, it is you the people who will decide the future course of action. Churchill Alemao, South Goa MP. POLICE, ON THE DRUG TRADE: The Goa Police are in touch with the US, UK and Israeli authorities through the Narcotics Control Bureau of India (NCBI), to check drug trafficking in the State, said Director General of Police Neeraj Kumar.(H) MONTE MUSIC FESTIVAL, bringing together the Indian and Western classical music festival, is being held on March 3-5. Recitals by members of the Forum of the Art with Nauzer (piano/violin) and Susan Badyari (flute), santoor, vocal rcital (by soprano Joanne Marie D'Mello), Bharatnatyam, Goa State Strings Orchestra (conducted by Nauzer), Kala Academy String Orchestra (conducted by Teresa Figueiredo), sitar recital by Chhote Rahimat Khan) and a choral recital by Ensemble Peregrinacao (Pilgrimage Ensemble of Portugal) with Joanne Marie D'Mello and conducted by Teresita Gutierrez. The Ensemble Peregrinacao will also perform at the GVM Nargao on March 6 (Mon) 7 pm. Entry free. Open day (Fri) admission by invite only. o Navy must allow devotees on Anjediva Island: MP Shantaram Naik.(H) o Santona sponge iron plants challanged in High Court. (H) o Hectic activity ahead of crucial Margao Council trial of strenght. o Contest CCP poll independently, Youth Congress tells Zuwarkar.(H) o Meet to discuss water woes at Quepem today. (H) o Thousands witness carnival floats at Quepem. (H) o CM promises to name Cansaulim sports complexl after TB Cunha.(H) o Seraulim-Duncolim Farmers' Club under NABARD launched. (H) o Scrap kabrastan proposal at Raia, say Manora citizens. (H) o Bus at Quepem damaged when a new electric pole fell on it. (H) o Hospicio management stagnant without DHS bylaws. (H) o 17-year-old reportedly kidnapped from Dona Paula secondary. (H) 0 983 CDs, 60 DVDs seized in Bicholim, copyright violation.6 held.(H) o Dr RajendraKanekar and Dr Deelip Vernekar in homeopathy council race. o St Mathias Sports Club annual meet March 19, 10.30 am at its premises. o George Menezes' latest book Sugar and Spice to be released March 3. o Malwan Food Festival, Mar 1-12 at La Paz Gardens, Vasco. o Oral health care and HIV/AIDS workshop, March 4-5 at Dental College. 41 floats take part in Vasco carnival. Goan Brass Band, Maggie and Hero Honda won prizes in the sponsored category. Goenchem Godd, Goenchim Festam and Goencho Sao Joao topped in the traditional category. (H) Enumerators in the recently-concluded six-day, wildlife census 2006 have collected material to suggest that there may be at least three tigers in Goa's western ghats. This is a more authentic confirmation of the last 2002 exercise, which had suggested the presence of five big cats. (Paul Fernandes, in GT) Ward 17 -- covering Bhatlem, Chincholem and Vhodlem Bhat -- in Panjim wears a neglected look, says Gomantak Times. Residents wish for construction of new drainage, cleaning and maintenance of existing drainage, and construction of toilets for migrant labour. (GT)(GT) o Mahiti ghars owe over Rs 11 lakh to the government. (NT) o Garbage collection drive launched inMormugao. (NT) o M K Shaikh is chairman of Goa Education Dvpt Corporation.(NT) o Hotmixing of roads in Priol begins. (NT) o Dr R G Wiseman Pinto feted in Rajasthan, Jodhpur.(NT) NINE YEAR OLD Reeya Ashish Bhadiye, student of Kendriya Vidyalaya of INS Mandovi Verme and five-and-half year old Richa Arun Bhandiya, of Shree Niketan, Porvorim, swam across the Mandovi recently. (H) IN THE MARATHI PRESS: The two-word headline is 'Bush aale' (George Bush is here) in the Gova Doot. Another main story also looks at the dust pollution issue in the port-town of Vasco da Gama. -- EDUCATIONAL -- o Three day workshop planned on identifying and preparing reference material in Physics, at GVM Nelly Joildo Aguiar
*** FROM GOA: Goanet News Bytes * Mar 1, 2006 * Goa lobbies feel left out in the cold by Central budget
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded in e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ 1994 by 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Herman 88_88 | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 Carneiro / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y Y88D http://www.goanet.org -GOANET NEWS BYTES * MARCH 01, 2006 * DATELINE GOA--- GOA'S PAPERS are full with reports on the national level budget today. Herald says: FM charms commonman. Personal income-tax untouched. Service tax hiked to 12%. Navhind quotes CM Ranes as calling the budget farmer friendly and Shrinivas Dempo (scion of the publishing house of the Navhind) terming it a budget that could boost (the) growth rate. Gomantak Times asks if the finance minister's recipe is a little too sweet. Sunaparant has a front- paged photo of the finance minister riding a horse! It's title is Rangjangyale badjet. Gova Doot terms it a non-hurting budget (Konalahi nah duhavnara soamya arthasankalp). BUT THERE'S another story on the inside pages, with various lobbies and trade bodies in Goa sending out their complaints. Goa lost in the budget, says the title of an article by Goa Chambers of Commerce and Industry treasurer Manguirish N Pai Raikar. Goa Mineral Ore Exporters' Association joint secretary Glenn Kalavampara said, As far as Goa is concerned, we have nothing to gain. Specific to mining, the service tax will surely hit us as it has gone up from 10 to 12%. In the past the government had exempted export services Goa Pharma Manufacturers' Association vice president Arun Naik said the Budget 06-07 had dealt a severe blow to the parma industry in Goa. Goa Chambers of Commerce and Industry said it had high expectations that the Fringe Benefit Tax would be scrapped by increasing the corporate tax by a small percentage, or that genuine business expenditure like sales promotion would get relief. But this did not happen. (GT) NEW PHONE OFFER: BSNL offers a special plan which allows you to talk anywhere to anywhere in India for just one rupee (2.5 US cents) per minute! After decades of costly phone billings, this is something new. Visit http://www.bsnl.in EXPRESSWAY WORK LAUNCHED: Preliminary work on the Pernem- Canacona Expressway has begun with the National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA) Hyderabad conducting an aerial survey of the alignment. (H) o Paulo is offering a Volvo direct service to Hyderabad, Belgaum, Kolhapur. Departure Panjim 4 pm, early morning arrival in Hyderabad. o Private forests at Socorro, Salvador do Mundo to be demarcated and carried out tentatively from February 28, 2006, says an advert appearing in the Herald dated March 1, 2006. o Road widening and hotmixing at Prior gets underway. (H) o Three held for selling fake ornaments at Ponda. (H) o Goa permits loudspeaker use till midnight for nine days.(H) o Soma Shetkar is new chief officer of Pernem municipality.(H) o 250 Guirim students attend Carnival fiesta. (H) o Water scarcity gives Fatorpa residents sleepless nights.(H) o Crack whip on fast food kiosks, S.Goa hoteliers demand.(H) o High court issues noticed to Narvekar on EO Mendes appointment.(H) o Socorro Civic, Consumer Forum meets March 2, 6 pm, Zosvaddo. (H) o Novena of Grace at Old Goa from March 4 onwards. (H) o Hitrakhan manch warns stir over co-op milk producers post.(H) o Ralph de Souza new president of Travel Tourism Assn of Goa.(H) o Belgaum doctor and militaryman show eating chicken, to convince buyers that chicken, eggs are safe to consume. (H) o Land being acquired for building a bus stand in Quepem. (H) o Curchorem-Cacora council calls for tenders for 20 diverse jobs.(H) o Kith and kin enter the poll fray in Panjim civic elections.(GT) o Notice to Margao chief officer on gambling issues. (NT) o Dutch national Hans Joachin Nakolai held for possing drugs. (NT) o Mashem dacoity: police team leaves for Karnataka. (NT) o Sahitya Akademi urged to cancel 2005 Konkani award; conflict of interest. o 57 floats participate in Mapusa carnival. (NT) o Sports complex being inaugurated at Cansaulim. o Rosary Convent, Nuvem win Under 14 girls handball. o Lourdes Convent saligao claims honours in taekwondo. o MMC CHIEF caught on wrong foot: Mormugao council chairperson Sharad Chopdekar was caught on the wrong foot for illegally constructing a room in his property. Councillor Carlos Almeida sought an explanation from the chairperson for illegally constructing a room at Baina which was earlier demolished during the drive against cubicles there. (H) o Ish Kripa Sadan, temporary shelter for women and minor girls in crisis, has started functioning at Siolim. Rev Fr
*** FROM GOA: Goanet News Bytes * Feb 28, 2006 * Parrikar, Zuwarkar in marriage of convenience * DSS a drain on Goa's treasury...
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded in e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ 1994 by 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Herman 88_88 | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 Carneiro / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y Y88D http://www.goanet.org -GOANET NEWS BYTES * FEBRUARY 28, 2006 * DATELINE GOA--- PARRIKAR, ZUWARKAR bury the hatchet to take on Monserrate: They call their coalition a 'Panel for Progress', and say their aim is to develop the city and prevent a rubber stamp from being elected as the mayor of Panjim. Outgoing mayor Ashok Naik, who is not contesting for personal reasons, will be the convenor of the panel and guide the group with his experience. Gomantak Times put it thus: It's politics of convenience. Parrikar, Zuwarkar foes of yesterday pals of today. (Based on Navhind Times) DSS, A TRAIN ON GOA's TREASUREY: Laxity in scrutinising applications under the Dayanand (Bandodkar) Social Security (DSS) Scheme seems to be causing a drain on the State exchequer, as some non-eligible persons are being paid a monthly dole of Rs 750 due to political considerations. New entrants per month 1000. Total beneficiaries 80,000. Total expenses per month on scheme: Rs 50 million. (Herald) o Saleli murder case accused get bail after 2 months. (H) o Truck owners refuse to pay mineral ore cess. Hundreds of trucks park along the national highway 4A linking Belgaum-Goa.(NT) o Court cracks whip on gambling in MMC premises, at the Margao old market tinto building -- once a busy hub during the erstwhile Portuguese era. (H) o Liquor outlets to be closed March 11, 13. Civic polls. (H) o Kadamba rams into Maruti near Holy Cross Shrine, Bambolim.(H) o Avdem Paroda locals to block road over poor state of interior road. o Adm Sanjay M Vadgaokar is new Flag Officer Commanding Goa Naval Area. o Deputy Collector raids illegal quarry at St Jose de Areal. (NT) o Power rebate, court orders to frame charges against retired electricity engineer T Nagarajan. (NT) o Post and pension adalat to be held in Mapusa on March 23. (NT) o Three PWD engineers fined for not executing works. (NT) o Ralph de Souza elected president, Travel Tourism Assn of Goa.(NT) o In Panjim's Ward 14, floods, mosquito menace haunt residents.(GT) o Wild cats on the prown near Margao. One leopard reportedly attached a mother and child near St Joseph's primary school, Gudden, Sanvordem too. (GT) o Dubai too rocked with the carnival spirit. William Faria writes on how a Goan band (Purple Rain) got everyone into the mood. (GT) Rich tributes paid to Adeodato Baretto (1905-37). Besides being a journalist and literary personality, he advocated the rights of workers in mines in Aljustrel, where he ran a night school for ministers at the expense of his own health and his life. His children were named Kalidasa,Sarojini and Laxmi. Sonia Sirsat presented a Fado; Late Adeodato's son Kalidas was present. (NT) AROUND INDIA: Sony Fernandes of Orlim has completed a solo all-India tour on four-wheels, covering 29 state capitals within 28 days. Arrives today at 5 pm at the Mandovi Bridge. -- ENTERTAINMENT, ART AND CULTURE -- o Calangute Carnival Feb 28: 8 am pancake races. Alvorada brass band. From 7 pm onwards Colonial Cousins, Forefront, Lui one-mand band at the Calangute beachfront. o Colonial Cousins will perform on Pancake Tuesday, Feb 28 at Calangute. It is ten years since they released an album. Comprising Hariharan and Leslie Lewis, this Indo-Western fusion band from Hyderabad (with a Goa link in Leslie) were a big hit with Krishna, 1996. o Thousands witness Vasco Carnival floats parade; Calangute floats draw huge crowd. (NT) o Quepem carnival today. Contact 98500 66615. o Panjim carnival today includes a khel tiatr 'Khorench Hanv Fattim Paulom' by Menino de Bandar, at Azad Maidan 6.30 pm. Opposite Old GMC, fashion show for kids, Elfen Frosche from Switzerland, pop string orchestra by Agostinho D'Cruz and Dhalo. At the Inox Courtyard, juke box band, Hindi dance, Shades a girls band, Fugdi and Ghode Modni. o Crafts and carnival: Goa handicrafts art and cultural exhibition today last day (Feb 28), near Hotel A Lua at Merces. Includes three-a-side wardwise tiebreaker for above-50s, The Renegades. o Ceramic art, five more days. Chinese Macau porcelain. Orient Mansion, Opp Damodar Temple, Abade Faria Rd, Margao. o Folk Festival, Lokotsav 2006, a national arts and crafts festival at Kala Academy from Feb 24 to March 5. Cultural programmes daily from 6.30 to 9 pm by artists from various states including Goa (lamp dance, kunbi, zagor, mando, fuggdi-dhalo, ghoff,
*** FROM GOA: Goanet News Bytes * Feb 19, 2006 * Clinton leaves Goa for Bangalore... Official view: SEZ spells paradise for Goa
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded in e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ 1994 by 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Herman 88_88 | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 Carneiro / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y Y88D http://www.goanet.org -GOANET NEWS BYTES * FEBRUARY 16, 2006 * DATELINE GOA--- A Margao court has ordered a youth from Salcete to pay maintenance of Rs 1000 per month to a two-and-half month old male child born out of his relationship with a young woman. (H) Guitar Guild Goa's prestigious guitar fest blooms at the Kala Academy in the coming week. o Goa is all set to join the SEZ (special economic zone) bandwaggon, with 25 acres of land in Dona Paula waiting to be converted into an IT park. Goa development commissioner J K Dadoo said landowners could turn their fallow lands into big money spinners and FDI (foreign direct investment) could be greatly encouraged. (H) o Goans could turn into minorities soon, says Matanhy Saldanha, while ridiculing the government for projecting plans such as the SEZ and Mopa int'l airport when it could not meet the basic amenities of the people of the state. (H) WHAT HAPPENS TO ALL THIS ORE? A barge carrying 830 tonnes of ore sunk off the Goa Shipyard on Thursday around midnight, due to a crack in the barge. It belonged to Bhupendra Singh. (H). o Birdflu hits Maharashtra; Goa halts poultry entry. (H) o Former US president Bill Clinton visits Cipla pharma plant at Verna. Calls on 'developed' countries to assist non-governmental organisations in anti-AIDS campaign.(H) o Clinton praises India for network of doctors. (NT) o Dacoits strike at Canacona. Decamp with Rs 3.5 lakh gold and cash from home BJP stalwart Bhushan Prabhugaonkar of Loliem. Six of the eight were masked.H o Miraculous escape for three as car rams into bus-shelter near Sai Service in Porvorim. (H) o Sonia Gandhi's two-day visit to Goa aimed at enthusing Congress workers. (NT) o Digambar Kamat pledges to honour the father of the Konkani tiatr Joao Agostinho Fernandes. (H) o Goa Su-Raj Party charged national parties with not working for the welfar of the State, but only for their self- interest, and called on the people to vote a regional party to power. (H) o Rane to preside over Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti Samaroh (Shivaji birth anniversary celeebrations) on Feb 19 at Farmagudi, Ponda. (H) o Rane expresses shock over increasing slums in Margao. (NT) o Goa Chambers of Commerce and Industry to organise Goa Agenda 2006 on fEb 24-25 at Cidade de Goa. (H) o Roque Dias, formerly of the Goa Directorate of Sports, was promoted on Thursday as full-fledged director of the Sports Authority of India (SAI), New Delhi. (H) o Goa has been, and is being, used as a conduit for arms and as a resting place for separatists from Kashmir, claims the Gomantak Times. -- EDUCATION -- o Goa's total education budget is Rs 296 crore. Out of this as much as Rs 256 crore goes towards salaries for teachers, staff, travel allowances, the cyberage scheme, rent and the mid-day meals scheme. Just Rs 13 crore goes towards infrastucture outlay. (H) o Goa government committed to building an intelligent society, says Rane. (H) o Conference on higher Goa to be held in Goa on March 6. (NT) o Quepem college holds discourse on Mind your mind. (NT) -- SUNAPARANT and GOVA DOOT -- o Kombiya zor Maharashtrant. Birdflu in Maharashtra. (S) o Doktoracho unanv nashillon Bharat sansaratlem eksare rashtra. India lone nation which has no shortage of doctors:Clinton(S) o Mahargayeaad Bhajapachem 20-26 Marchak deshvyapi andolan.(S) BJP plans protest against inflation from March 20-26. o Valantyne Deh: Hallyakhatir Thakran maglee mafi Sena chief Bal Thackeray apologises for Valentine Day attack. o Sunaparant's column on former MLAs looks at Jagdish Acharya (53), former MGP legislator of Poinguini constituency (Canacona). o Bhajap-Zuvarkar yutivar shakkamotarba Gova Doot reports on plans for a BJP-Zuwarkar alliance in the forthcoming elections, against Babush Monserrate. (GD) o Messhan Klintan aaseh zale fakta. Thus went Mission Clinton. (GD) o Shivchatrapati aani Gomantak, large writeup in Gova Doot magazine by Congress leader Vishnu Surya Wagh. (GD) o Musleem prathmam vande. Laxman Joshi on the clash of civilisations. (GD) o Pernem college to hold discussion on Mopa airport.
*** FROM GOA: Goanet News Bytes * Feb 16, 2006 * Cabinet okays voting rights for non-resident Indian citizens ... Guitar festival in Goa... Bill Clinton coming visiting
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded in e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ 1994 by 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Herman 88_88 | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 Carneiro / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y Y88D http://www.goanet.org -GOANET NEWS BYTES * FEBRUARY 16, 2006 * DATELINE GOA--- NON-RESIDENTS TO GET VOTING RIGHTS: Cabinet has decided to grant voting rights to non-resident Indians, by amending the country's electoral laws. The amendment will amplify the definition of an Indian ordinarily resident in the country in the Representation of the People's Act. This will enable NRIs who have absented from their place of their ordinary residence in India, owing to their employment, education or otherwise to get themselves enrolled in the electoral rolls and exercise their voting rights. The amendment will entitle eligible citizens of India to cast their votes in parliamentary and assembly elections WHEN THEY ARE in their constituency and thus fully participate in the democratic process of nation building... (IANS) o Chief minister Rane hints at probe into Tuesday's protest march (morcha) by the BJP which caused inconvenience to thousands of commuters. (NT) o BJP seeks inquiry into traffic chaos. (NT) o BJP's Arlekar blames police for commotion in city. (H) o Sonia Gandhi to arrive in Goa on Feb 22 for 2-day visit.(NT) o Congressmen hand-in-glove with BJP over Mopa: Churchill.(NT) o Govt to augment Salaulim water works by 25 million litres/day. o Govt urged to expedite Dhargalim industrial estate. (NT) o Margao-Quepem road blocked for 2 hours, by residents demanding repairs of road. (NT) o Goa Building Controll Bill introduced in state assembly. (NT) o Demand made for a Special Economic Zone in Pernem. (H) o River Sal dredging plans kept on hold. (H) o PWD minister Dhavlikar criticised for S Goa water shortage. (H) o IT sleuths raid GKB Opthalmics. (GT) o No street lights in some parts of Caranzalem. (GT) o Free text books for SC/ST, girl children next year on. (GT) o Science Fiesta 2006 begins at Goa Science Centre today. (GT) o Vasco plastic ban helps municipal wastes treatment plant. (GT) GUITAR GUILD GOA'S Guitar Festival is being held from February 19 to 23 at the Kala Academy. US former President Bill Clinton to arrive in Goa on Feb 17 on a two-day visit, with a delegation of the Bill Clinton Foundation. He will be in Goa on behalf of his foundation's HIV/AIDS initiative, partnered with the Indian government's National AIDS Control Organisation. Clinton will visit the Cipla drug manufacturing plant in Verna, and meet patients and health officials as well. (Herald) Bill provides relief to landlords: As per the Goa Buildings (Lease, Rent and Eviction) Control (Amendment) Bill 2006, the landlord will be entitled to evict his tenant from the dwelling house if the latter has a residence within five kilometres from the disputed dwelling. (Herald) Marinex and boat show. Over 100 companies now in Goa. The ports, boats, sports, maritime, shipping, sailing, yatching, fishing and tourism event. February 17-19, 2006. Kala Academy 11 am to 7 pm. Also: alternative energy and electech 06 business expo at Kala Academy Feb 17-19. PANJIM POLLS: Parrikar, Willy, Mummy, Zuwarkar to take on Atanasio 'Babush' Monserrate in the battle for control of the Corporation of the City of Panjim. (GT) -- FEBRUARY 15, 2006 -- o BJP holds morcha (protest march), thousands stranded around city. Commuters to and from Panjim were stranded for over two hours. Navhind Times says the city was held to ransom. Gomantak Times puts it thus: Hold-up at high noon. BJP rally strangulates Panjim. o Goa needs Mopa airport, says Chief Minister Rane. But adds that the state must think of Dabolim too. (H) o Margao-Mangalore express train flagged off. (NT) o Parrikar lashes out at Rane govt for failure on all fronts.NT o Two of family of four in Valentine Day suicide pact on Miramar. They are from Kozhikode and Ernakulam, resports said. o Theft at Bansai temple, near Curchorem. (NT) o Figures show govt spent huge sums on IFFI delegates. (H) o Canacona needs full-fledged market. (GT) FACTOID: Nearly 1.135 million square metres of government land has been encroached allegedly by mining companies, for the dumping of ore rejects at various sites in Goa. (Herald, quoting a Goa assembly reply). Ingo Grill, the
*** BEST OF GOANET: RtI, artists from Goa, Devangiri script and more... (Feb 12, 2006)
T h eB e s to f ooo8 o8 o88888ooo ooo oo oo o8 o888oo 888 888 888 o888 888 888 888oo8 888 888o88 888 888 888888 888 888 888 888 888ooo88888ooo8888ooo88 8o o888o o888o 88888 888o Founded 1994 by Herman Carneiro http://www.goanet.org * Building social capital! Visit Goanet's archives for February at: http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/2006-February/date.html This issue compiled by FN on Sunday, February 12, 2006. - OPINION - o John Eric Gomes writes in The Right to Information Act (RTI) Simplified: Goa was the first State to bring out its RTI, but most of those who tried to use this Act were stonewalled into frustration He explains the new Central law passed on the same subject, and its potential. http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/2006-February/038368.html o Goa, an East-West fusion cultural policy needed: Godfrey Gonsalves. It is this fusion of culture over 451 years ... that give Goans a personality of having communal tolerance towards one and all -- unheard of in the rest of the country. But the shocking discovery and confirmed by a senior ,inister of the Goa Government is that the Government of Goa till today neither has a cultural policy nor a tourism policy http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/2006-February/038534.html o Was Francis Newton Souza the mentor of M F Hussain asks Eugene Correa. http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/2006-February/038533.html o What young Goan parents dread: Four years of Konkani medium schooling. By Cecil Pinto http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/2006-February/038463.html o Where did the funds go? Municipal garden... or roads paved with gold? Rs 1.25 cr for garden facelift... http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/2006-February/038521.html VALMIKI FALEIRO, ON GOA'S SURVEY MYSTERIES: Why in this age and time, you may ask, when accurate and affordable land survey systems are available, is Goa's land survey mess not being cleaned up? With an altogether fresh physical survey, starting with a new and accurate grid ... *ab initio*? A new survey idea was, indeed, mooted not long ago; by one many consider to be Goa's best ever Chief Minister, Manohar Parrikar. http://tinyurl.com/a7c6k o The internet: A teaching tool for Konkani? Politico Rodrigues http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/2006-February/038537.html o Goa's politicians counting their chickens: Aires Rodrigues http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/2006-February/038506.html o Devanagari versus Romi battle lines drawn Ulhas Buyao famed for his Chaniyache rati song left no stone unturned to launch a scathing tirade against those who believed that Ek lipi (one script) ek bhas (one language) ek sahitya (one literature) and ek samaz (one community) would help the growth of Konknnni He said 19 years proved it could not and castigated Mr Bhembre for his road map for faster development and standardisation of Konknni language would only spell the ruin of Roman and other scripts by then. -- Godfrey JI Gonsalves http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/2006-February/038469.html o Shantaram Naik said that we must erect a monument indicating the symbol of Two Leaves and somebody said Nehru was the hero of Opinion Poll. I ask now, where is the name of Dr. Jack de Sequeira gone? Why not the monument of Dr. Sequeira? -- A Veronica Fernandes http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/2006-February/038536.html o Anti-plastic drive threatens 2,400 jobs in state Propaganda from the pro-plastics lobby? Judge for yourself http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/2006-February/038429.html o Feedback about Cuncolim... http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/2006-February/038420.html - INFO YOU CAN USE... FILE THIS FOR LATTER! - o Photos from Goa... by Sajith T S sajith at gmail.com I came (for the first time!) to Goa early October, before the hordes of tourists hit the shores. I shot color transparencies, and took my sweet time to hand the roll over to Prabhu Digital here in Bangalore for processing. Thought I'd share the pictures. http://flickr.com/photos/sajith/tags/goa http://sajith.livejournal.com/60016.html o Gagged By The Bag! Participant Info. MailinglistClint! Clinton Vaz of Benaulim offers some interesting links to groups working on environmental issues, options to plastic and more ... in Goa. This list includes the CCP (Corporation of the City of
*** Goanet News Bytes * Feb 10, 2006 * Architect Gerard da Cunha receives a national award... but in a funny mask!
Goanet News Bytes Summaries Feb 10, 2006 - o Panjim corporation polls turning into a family affair. Surendra Furtado contests Ward 10, with his wife Ruth Furtado expected to fight Ward 9. Rudresh Chodankar and his sister Babita Chodankar contest two more wards, so do Yatin Parekh and his wife. Leena Madkaikar will not contest Ward 17, left for her husband Udai, while Priscilla Cabral is leaving Ward 2 to her husband Nelson Cabral! (H) o Rane, Mickky bury the hatchet. (H) o Alva's visit to Goa fuels leadership change speculation.GT o Churchill questions Navy claim over Dabolim airport. (H) o Dr Willy alleges discrepancies in electoral rolls. (H) o Agnelo Aggie Alcasos is new sarpanch of Velsao. (H) o Church steers clear of Konkani script issue. (GT) o Land acquired for Margao western bypass, to link Navelim-Nuvem. o Carambolim cross knocked off pedestal along Old Goa-Neura road.H o Protest in Margao over cartoons depicting Prophet Mohammed. (H) o Margao cultural centre to be ready soon, says CM. (H) o Traffic van may soon scoop on parking violators in Margao. (H) o Visiting Rotary Club members from District 1960 in Portugal will organise a Seranade Fado De Coimbra at Ana Fonte, Feb 10. o St Xavier's College has launched a news and features e-service.(H) o St Anthony Duler alumni held its annual meet.(H) o VolksWagon vintage car rally on Feb 26 at Nuvem. Ph 9822 100339 o Velim consumer forum meet on Feb 12 at 10.30 am. (H) o Aldona govt village school playground foundationstone laying at Quitula Feb10. Exhibition women's match between Goa state team and SAI HostelPeddem at 4 30 pm. UNUSUAL ADVERT... from the Corporation of the City of Panjim. It says: We're not joking. Panjim is choking. Panjim generates 15 to 16 tonnes of plastic everyday and Rs 18 million are spent for its disposal every year. Don't you think we could put precious public money to good use? The campaign aims to open up alternatives to non-recyclable material, while working at making Panjim plastic-bag free and reducing residual waste sent to a landfil. If you care for Panjim, ban plastic bags. http://www.panjim.org or email your views and support to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sanjit Rodrigues) o Sanguem in dire need of attention. (GT) o Script-rift may mar Konkani Parishad. (GT) o Mangor claims women's football league title. (GT) - PROTEST ... FIRST PERSON: - PROMINENT TORDA, PORVORIM based architect Gerard da Cunha undertook an unusual protest while receiving a national award. See the photo for yourself at http://www.goanet.org Below is his statement: I received the Prime Minister's National Award for Excellence in Urban Planning and Design 1998-99' which is held under the Ministry of Urban Development. The award was presented on 6th February 06, after a delay of six years. I felt it was my duty to protest and I received the award wearing a funny mask. My reasons are as follows: Though the jury was unanimous in giving me the 1st prize the then Minister of Urban Development Ananth Kumar blatantly attempted to change the result to give the prize to one of his cronies. Over the last five years, I have written to two Prime Ministers, numerous Ministers of Urban Development, complaining the delay. None had the decency to reply or even acknowledge. I finally got the award as I filed a case and a hastily organized ceremony was held to avoid a court hearing. In India where our towns and cities are deteriorating at such a rapid rate, an award of this sort makes such good sense, creating role models which others can follow. It is the duty of the Ministry of Urban Development to be fair and give the award on time. -- Gerard da Cunha, February 10, 2006 - GAGGED BY THE BAG ... a comment: - At the Panjim municipal garden, an exhibition is underway which sees citizens working with the local authorities to build awareness about the plastic menace and non-biodegradable wastes in general. (Never mind the spindoctors telling you that plastics is great and provides 2400 jobs to Goa!) Amidst some evening entertainment, you can come across stalls put up by campaigners and activists. View photographs, check the power of effective micro-organisms (EM) and check out alternatives to the ubiquitous plastic bag. There's even a cap designed from arecasheet! Sadly, the mainstream media in Goa has chosen to largely ignore (or overlook) this event. Of course, Goa is blessed with a media that uniformly overlooks and ignores events happening in its readership catchment area, the state itself! - EM? What's that?
*** Goanet News Bytes * Feb 9, 2006 * Gagged by the bag, a festival gets underway in Panjim
Goanet News Bytes Summaries Feb 9, 2006 - Commercial floats to be banned this year in King Momo's Carnival parade to be held on February 25, in order to give a boost to traditional floats, said the government -backed organisers panel. (H) o Goa failing to respond to shortage of nurses, says TNA.(H) o Astronomy has few takers in Goa. (H) o St Alex Orphanage, Calangute platinum jubilee. (H) o Konkani writers stress need for websites in Konkani. (H) o Garbage disposal continues to plague Mapusa. (GT) - WORLD OF POLITICS: - o Panjim civic elections on March 12. (NT) o Babush Monserrate to dominate Panjim polls. (H) o Dispute in Goa unit resolved: NCP observer. (NT) o NCP warns partymen against washing dirty linen publicly.H o Velsao dy sarpanch Ivy C Rodrigues to resign. (NT) o Alemao seeks 2 months to tone up SGPDA market. (H) - HEALTH: - o Doctors rectify heart defect in nine-day old baby. (NT) o Dr Suresh Mhambrey and Dr Shilpa Mhambrey Kamat have shifted their dental clinic to El Capital Centre, Main Road, Mapusa. - COMMERCE: - o Interiors and Exteriors, Goa's biggest exhibition on art, furniture, interior design, building and construction products at Kala Academy from Feb 9 to 12, 1030 am to 8 pm. o Pride of Goa, the restaurant at the recently-relaunched (and bought over) Hotel Fidalgo, is advertising for a number of vacencies. - ISSUES: - GAGGED BY THE BAG: a festival of alternatives. Feb 9 to 12 from 10 am to 10 pm at the Municipal Garden Panjim. Entertainment by St Gonsal Brass Band (Sta Cruz), Teddy Tots of Caranzalem, Young Chico and Family with Norman Cordozo, Sonia Sirsat, Lucio Miranda, and the Brothers in Arms Band. Together with a presentation by the CEE on solid waste management, and a message of why plastics harm our environment. Keep it up Clinton Vaz and other Goanetters involved in this event! Corporation of the City of Panjim administrator Sanjit Rodrigues today claimed that the government had, in principal, approved issuing of a notification which would allow the CCP to go ahead with a blanket ban on plastic bags. But Urban Development Minister Joaquim Alemao expressed his ignorance about such a decision.NT Can you believe it? While plastics are causes chaos with the environment, particularly with the unchecked use of plastic bags, the Goa Small Industries Association has gone on an advertising campaign saying that plastics are the true friend of human life and (the) environment! They say: Plastics can save millions of trees. To produce one ton of paper, 17 trees are required to be cut. Sure. But not when we use plastics so indiscriminately as currently done in Goa too! Shame on you GSIA! Surely the environment is more important than your profits! o Bus Owners' Association protest meet for Feb 14. (NT) o Minister visits Margao market complex. (NT) o Goa not a sex haven, says police chief. (NT) o Thieves decamp with Rs 25,000 from Colva chapel. (NT) Dalgado Konknni Akademi has called for a symbolic rally on Friday, Feb 10 to end the injustice meted out to all the scripts of Konkani except Devanagari. Brass band and music. Entertainment by tiatrists. GOA YOU DON'T KNOW: A six-kilometre walk to get a letter, a two-hour walk to a school or primary health centre, a bamboo bridge for connectivity, a 20-year-wait in vain for a phone connection, the first phone ever reached a village 15 days ago, school drop-outs. This is the story of a Goa we don't know. Gomantak Times' reports from the reality at Sattari. - SOMETHING POSITIVE: - In Mapusa, the Empire Circus continues for the last five days, with two shows daily (4 and 7.30 pm). Artistes from London Ricky and Sara are also performing in this Indian circus. o GlObAl Concern: an environmental club for children. Contact Villa Rosa CRuz, House No E7/54, Salmona, Saligao 403511 [EMAIL PROTECTED] o Mineral Foundation of Goa is launching its second batch of 90 days intensive employment-oriented training for school or college failed candidates, 18 to 25 years. In the mining areas. Phone 5641501 or 5651502 or 9823206280 o National law festival of students to be held on Feb 10-12 at the VM Salgaocar College of Law. o Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications (IETE), Goa and Goa Engineering Seminar organising a national seminar on Untethered Communications
*** Goanet News Bytes * Feb 7, 2006 * Punish those vandalising religious places, says GPCC
Goanet News Bytes Summaries Feb 7, 2006 - o Punish those vandalising religious places, says Goa Pradesh Congress Committee. Places of worship are being targeted by the culprits at the behest of certain people working behind the curtains to derive political mileage out of these anti-social incidents, who are out to create tension in Goa, says Ravi Naik. (NT) o Sonia to visit Goa for a day in last week of Feb. (NT) o Goa music industry loses Rs 100 crores due to piracy. (NT) o Damodar College seminar on infrastructure dvpt in Goa. (NT) o Raia villagers oppose a Muslim burial ground in village.(NT) o Supreme Court order (on noise) dampens dance halls. (NT) o Stiff opposition to Ravi Naik heading GSIDC. (GT) o Dayanand Narvekar resigns as Goa Cricket Assn president. (GT) o Margao council's lethargy results in garbage accumulation.GT o Chicalim panchayat reaffirms opposition to shipyard. (GT) o Goa Today Feb 2006 issue on stands: Mridangam maestro Malbarao. o Passports applied for till Jan 9 have been cleared. (NT) o Municipal union extends support to ban on plastics. (NT) o Meta Strips has changed its name to Meta Copper Alloy Ltd. o Cashew crop auction on Feb 14, from 10 am onwards. o Workshop on impact of WTO on Indian SMEs: Fidalgo, Feb 10. o Govt announces new fares for autos, taxis, motorcycles.NT o Court calls for report on garbage dump at Mapusa. (H) o Speed breakers turning into death traps at Sanguem. (H) o Mormugao road show to make citizens aware of plastics ban. (H) o GU English dept plans one-day literary fest Cynosure 2006, Feb 10. o Two-day seminar on March 6-7 at International Centre on Higher Education in Goa: A Roadmap and Priorities (2006-2016) FIFTH VOLUME of the Goa Medical College archives to be released on February 10 at 3.30 pm at the GMC lecture hall 1. Edited by Professor R Wiseman Pinto, the archives is published every two years. The first was published in 1961. Articles featured in the latest issue will include contributions from consultant physician Dr Francisco Colaco of Margao, obstetrician and gynaec Dr Arcanjo de Menezes of Margao and former GMC dean Dr V G Dhume. It was earlier published as Arquivos da Escola Medico-Cirurgica de Goa. (NT) LAW OF THE JUNGLE: The rape of the Socorro plateau (near Porvorim) has commenced. In what seems to be a preview of the damage that the proposed IT Park will do to the fragile ecology of this area, quarrying activity has been underway at Vaddem for a considerable period of time in private forest land. Similar as in the case of Assagao, the powers that be seem hell-bentn on doing away with pristine forest land, which are the last surviving in Bardez.GT FOR THE FIRST TIME, the premier of a major Hindi film was held in Goa. Pooja Bhat's film 'Holiday', the story of which is based on Goa, was screened at the INOX on Monday, in the presence ofits cast. Ms Bhat said the Rs 3.5 crore film was shot over 41 days, 39 of these were in Goa. She said the film celebrates ordariness. Pooja Bhat owns a house in Goa and she got married here. The film is about a family which is holidaying in Goa, and a change of events changes their lives. (NT) 'DOSHMUKT': The acquittal of four accused in the Mala/ Fontainhas vandalism case is big news, in sections of the Goa press. It's a five-column headline on top of Page 1 in Gova Doot, the paper seen as being close to the BJP. The headline reads: Naguesh Karmalimsah choughe doshmukt'. Navhind Times, in a small report on Page 3, reports that the advocate for the accused Pravin Phaldesai had brought to the notice of the court that there was no evidence on record to show that all four persons were involved in the crime. Herald says: Thought the newspapers had flashed reports of the damage caused by the vandals, the police moved at a snail's pace and, in January 2005, the Parrikar government closed the case. (Goanet) THREE JUVENILES, aged between 13-16, were arrested from Mangor Hill Vasco for forcing an eight-year-old boy to allegedly consume liquor and then involve him in unnatural sex. (NT) PRAKAASH EYE HOSPITAL at Vasco promises cataract surgery performed the simplest way with only three drops of anesthesia... no injection, no bandage, no stitch, no pain. Minimum cost of surgery Rs 6000 adjusted to suit any patient. - DEATHS AND REMEMBRANCES: - CUNCOLIM: Macedon Gomes of Panzorconim, b 1985 CURTORIM: Anthony Joaquim Mesquita, beblo b 1981. NAVELIM: Mrs Gopi Ramchandani of Dongorim. NAVELIM: Jose Rebelo Khudov Jose of Cruz Nagar/exAbuDhabi PARRA: Ramesh Janardhan Prabhu Parrikar, freedom fighter AGASSAIM: Francis Xavier Gomes, 1st anniv CUELIM: Heriberto Francisco Maria da Cunha, month's mind. CURTORIM: Ana Clementina Menezes e Coelho Elu LOUTOLIM: Jose Luis de Sa, month's mind MARGAO: Alzira de Piedade Costa e Antao, Pedda. Month's mind. MERCES: Mohiddin A Kammar,
*** Goanet News Bytes * Feb 6, 2006 * JMFC acquits four accused in Mala/Fontainhas vandalism casef
Goanet News Bytes Summaries Feb 6, 2006 - o Judicial Magistrate First Class Shekhar Parab today acquitted four accused in the Mala/Fontainhas vandalism case of June 18, 2004 -- Nagesh Karmali, Vilas Satarkar, Raju Velingkar and Datta Palekar. [DigitalGoa.com] o Rane government slowly picking up pace. Major decisions include hiking of dole under DSS scheme from Rs 500 to Rs 750 per month, revival of the Tillari irrigation project, planning the IT project at Dona Paula and Socorro, expression of interest in monorail, waiting for land acquisition of a food park, and drawing a schedule for the Central Entrance Test 2006. o Weddings in open dance floors and halls, and late night parties now have to wind up early, due to sound pollution control rules in Salcete. (NT) o Youth Congress resolves to support both Dabolim and Mopa airports. [DigitalGoa.com] o Villagers in Varkhand are relieved that the land acquisition for the Mopa airport has lapsed, and they hope it will not be revived. (GT) o Go ahead with Mopa airport, Congress activists tell govt.GT o Spicejet flying for everyone says its Goa-Delhi 1750 flights fares start from Rs 3299 and its Goa-Mumbai 1435 HRS flight fares start at Rs 1299 (US$28). o Raj Travels is offering ten days in Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore for Rs 4. www.rajtravels.com o Dempo College students visited some 1000 houses, spreading the message of garbage segregation. (H) At Camurlim, Bardez, the Goa Housing Board has been denied a no-objection certificate for its housing project, because a garbage treatment plant is slotted for the area. (H) o Belgaum-Goa highway widening underway. (H) o Parrikar optimistic of ruling again. (GT) o Navhind Times is accepting email feedback, queries, complaints, suggestions at [EMAIL PROTECTED] o Good response to Mumbai documentary film fest (NT) o Xaviers Mapusa bags prize for debate on airports at Vasco. o Plans for setting up IT park at Socorro are on, says Narvekar. o Teacher held for raping student of Zuarinagar school. (NT) o Anti-plastics rally held in Baina. (NT) o Goa government has invited tenders for developing and training in software www.goagovt.nic.in o Cooking classes held by celebrity chef Deepa Awchat (nee Mahambre) at Goa Portuguesa, Culture Curry and Diva, Mumbai. o Bank of Maharashtra, Western Union Money Transfer tie up. (NT) o New book, Mormugao's Rich Heritage, released. (GT) o Kingfisher Airlines plans to fly to UK. (GT) The Empire Circus, which is going on at the Gandhi Chowk in Mapusa and observing its golden jubilee celebrations week, has in performance special UK artistes Ricky and Sara till February 13. The circus has daily shows at 4 pm and 7 pm. Major khadi exhibition (also other products, such as hand-made paper, honey, soya) underway at Clube Nacional in Panjim. Exhibition remains open till February 10. (NT) Electronics Test Development Centre offers program on Linux Resource and Security Management, Feb 15-17. Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Goa Management Association holds two-day program in Management Development Skills Programme, Feb 14-15. ( Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Agriculture researchers working at the Tamil Nadu Agri- cultural University (TNAU) in Coimbatore have developed a new tonic named TNAU coconut tonic for coconut plants that prevent button shedding and increases nut size. Tonic is available in 200ml sachets priced Rs 5. (NT) QUOTE... UNQUOTE: Mopa airport would get broad support if the government adopts a pro-people and transparent policy at every level of decision making. -- Nandkumar Kamat, Navhind Times. The Official Language Act of Goa provided safeguards to the small percentage of Konkani people who supported the Devanagari script for Konkani. -- Tomazinho Cardozo in H. GOAN ELSIE CONQUERS: On Saturday evening, when eight women sailors from the Corps of Engineers of the Indian Army sailed into the Goa coast from Mumbai, on two wind-powered sailboats creating a history-of-sorts, one was Captain Elsie D'Costa, a Goan lass from Falvaddo-Cansaulim in Salcete. The team did the Mumbai-Goa expedition sailing across five days. (GT) - DEATHS AND REMEMBRANCES: - IN MERCES, Damodar Lakshman Pachangi, 30, murdered his wife Manjula (25) by strangulating her with a leather belt. (H) o DAVORLIM, MARGAO: Vincent Fernandes, 65. o GOA VELHA: Bernardo de Souza, Zuari b 1935 o NAVELIM/VELIM: Mrs Maria Rosinha 'Rosy' Colaco, ex-East Africa. o ST CRUZ/ex-FONTAINHAS: Lolita Godinho Fernandes. o VELIM: Felicia Felizmin D'Costa of Tolecanto, ex-Mombasa/Tanga/Nairobi. o Suhasini Somnath Kamat (Dhakankar) o AROSSIM: Mary Godinho, Cansaulim, 3rd anniv o ASSOLNA: Piedade Ashoka Paes, Bainfoll, 1st anniv o ASSOLNA: Esmeralda
*** Only mines, no heart (Preetu Nair, Gomantak Times)
--- | New on Goanet's website's Aamp;E section - http://www.goanet.org | | Book in Review: A Kind of Absence - Joamp;atilde;o da Veiga Coutinho| | POEM: SUSEGAAD - Cynthia Gomes James| | http://www.goanet.org/modules.php?op=modloadamp;name=Newsamp;file=articleamp;sid=216 | --- Only mines, no heart by Preetu Nair (This article appeared first in GT Weekender, Panjim edition, January 8, 2005) Babuso arrived at Pandhari's house with Prasad babu, a Gujarati mine owner with a plan and a certain dream. A dream where mine pits make gold and certain money too. Unlike a farmer's job, where after sowing the field for six months, a farmer may not earn anything because of a bad crop. With the promise of better money, Pandhari was lured away from his traditional work to a new work. But little he realizes then that he has lighted a lamp that is slowly going to burn his village, his home and finally people. These characters of Sahitya Akademi winner Pundalik Naik's novel Acchev (The Upheaval) come alive in very many persons that one meets at Sattari taluka in Northern district of Goa. Just like Pandhari they were few years back lured away with dreams of a better future and good life and development. But little did the villagers realize that the decision that they are taking in one moment of weakness would destroy their future forever and bring in grief and utter devastation. And yet they know that there is no respite now! Mining activities in the area has destroyed their source of water and majority of villagers are now depended on water supplied by the water tankers of the mining units in the area. Majority of fields in the area are destroyed and people are forced to work in the mining units, often for a paltry sum to ensure that they provide two time meal to their family. Every year, the mining industry excavates some 80 million tonnes of iron and manganese ore with mud from the mountains in Goa. This has turned the forested areas of Satteri into a barren land and disrupted ground water table, destroyed the fields and degraded the habitat of ordinary men and women. The problem is immense but no government in Goa or any political party has ever indicated either interest or commitment to deal with the problems created by the mining industry. No doubt the mining units have created a fair amount of employment and helped Goan economy but the price these villagers in the mining area are paying is too huge. We have lost everything. Our fields are completely destroyed. Our wells are dry. We made several complaints to the mining companies and even government, but to no avail. Now if mining activity is stopped then people in the village will die of hunger and thirst (water is provided by the mining area). However, it would have been a different story if mining activity had stopped 15 years back, but then people never knew the ill-effects of mining, said Balchandra Gawde of a mining affected village of Pissurlem. Balchandra is full of stories of how, the mining activity in the area has slowly but steadily destroyed the economy of the place and destroyed their peace and health. People fall sick in the area at the drop of a hat. The main reason for this is air and water pollution. The tankers which provide water is hardly cleaned (once a year). This is the water we use for drinking, cooking etc. as a result; stomach ailments are quite common in the area. Tuberculosis and lung ailments are also very common. My aged mother often falls sick because of the dust pollution. He recollects that 12 year back he led a comfortable and calm life with his family and worked in the 2000 sq mt field that he tilled. At that time what he cultivated, the family ate. I didn't have to worry about rice or vegetables as everything was grown by us. But the during one monsoon, as the ore rejects descended with the rains into the fields with the rain water entered the fields and destroyed the land and the crops. Now we have to purchase everything from the market and it is very expensive, he said. Balchandra admits that every year the mining companies pay them money for the loss to agriculture but this money is quite less. We have complained to the mamlatdar (village officer) but it has not helped. There are around 150 mundkars (tenants) in our village, but it is only the influential ones who get a decent sum while the rest get a paltry sum, he added. Damage to agriculture is irreversible. Ironically, severely hit by mining activity Balchandra is now compelled to work in a mining company for Rs 7000 per month. I have no other option. With my fields completely destroyed, I am forced to work in the mining unit or leave my home and migrate to another place in search of better opportunities. I choose the former. Village wells
*** BEST OF GOANET: What the others are saying and posting on Goanet (Feb 6, 2006)
--- | New on Goanet's website's Aamp;E section - http://www.goanet.org | | Book in Review: A Kind of Absence - Joamp;atilde;o da Veiga Coutinho| | POEM: SUSEGAAD - Cynthia Gomes James| | http://www.goanet.org/modules.php?op=modloadamp;name=Newsamp;file=articleamp;sid!6 | --- T h eB e s to f ooo8 o8 o88888ooo ooo oo oo o8 o888oo 888 888 888 o888 888 888 888oo8 888 888o88 888 888 888888 888 888 888 888 888ooo88888ooo8888ooo88 8o o888o o888o 88888 888o --- Founded 1994 by Herman Carneiro goanet.org --- o MESS NAMED LAND SURVEY-2. Former journalist turned Margao mayor and subsequently businessman S Valmiki Faleiro, who now wields his pen again thanks in part to cyberspace, explains why Goa's lands records have been in a mess in the post-1961 era. The former real estate developer knows what he is talking about. A continuation of an earlier article: http://tinyurl.com/coufm o I'M A LAZY GOAN, SAYS REMO FERNANDES, in response to a query on why he hasn't cut an album for a year. This came up in an interview with the new Mumbai newspaper 'DNA' (nothing to do with science; it stands for Daily News and Analysis). Remo replies: Why? Partly because I'm a lazy Goan, and partly because I don't think art is a production line. I am now about to release my new album, 'Muchacha Latina'. The album and video are complete, and ought to be out by end of February, if all goes according to plan. [And thanks to my ex-Britto's Class of 1979 colleague Avelino D'Souza of Bastora/Kuwait for keeping us well informed with all the news. To Gabe Menezes too!] http://tinyurl.com/cfqzw o SPORTS-FOOTBALL: Request Fransa to reconsider their decision borg costa (and an earlier post below) http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2006-February/038203.html http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2006-February/038201.html o Lyrics of Konkani song KONKNNICHE MARTIR by Ms Querobina Carvalho! http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2006-February/038214.html o Some neat photos from Goa: These pics are all by Rajan P. Parrikar parrikar at yahoo.com * 13th century Mahadeva temple at Tambdi Surla in Sanguem taluka. * Plaque at Tambdi Surla -- poorly written and wrong (the temple is made of soap-stone, not basalt) * Barve's, traditional Goan eating-house (khaanaval) in Ponda. * Crossing the ferry between Pilgaon and Khandola. * View from the ferry. * Savoi Verem * KuLAgar (spice plantation) at Savoi Verem. * Fried mussels at Savoi plantations. * Traditional sweets, khaajem and laadoo (alas, no saakrichyo baaviyo -- the pink colouring agent is now banned) * Khaarem at Canacona. * Ruining Palolem (thanks to Western tramps and ill-bred Indian louts) * At the Rajbaag beach. * Tivrem, near Mashel (Marcela) * Old quarter of Panjim. * Tato's, a Panjim institution, over a hundred years old. * The new Gujarati digs at Hotel Fidalgo. * Public (installation) art by Subodh Kerkar near the Children's Park at Campal, Panjim. http://web.mac.com/parrikar/iWeb/GoaList/goalist.html Clinton Vaz of Benaulim, a young man with a varied number of interests, has a new blog. http://klintvaz.blogspot.com/ His first entry is about a trip to Pernem... o 19th anniversary of the Official Language Act 1987. Godfrey JI Gonsalves' comment. http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2006-February/038195.html o Sonia Faleiro's book reading in Mumbai http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2006-February/038193.html o Grumbles in Goa: Book Review of Guardian of the Dawn by Richard Zimler (by Ashok Banker) http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2006-February/038183.html o BOOK REVIEW: Criminal justice system in Goa http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2006-February/038182.html o INS Kadamba, the Navy and an old chapel: http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2006-February/038191.html Gabriel de Figueiredo's post above http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2006-February/038216.html Gilbert Menezes takes another point of view. o Lyrics of Konkani song Agho Cheddva by Seby F. Anette! http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2006-February/038178.html o Surviving Goan Catholic Wedding Receptions By Cecil Pinto. Since nobody seems to be buying my latest guide-book, leave alone reviewing it, I have decided to
*** Goanet News Bytes * Feb 3, 2006 * Speakers disagree over who is father of Opinion Poll...
--- | New on Goanet's website's Aamp;E section - http://www.goanet.org | | Book in Review: A Kind of Absence - Joamp;atilde;o da Veiga Coutinho| | POEM: SUSEGAAD - Cynthia Gomes James| | http://www.goanet.org/modules.php?op=modloadamp;name=Newsamp;file=articleamp;sid!6 | --- Goanet News Bytes Summaries Feb 3, 2006 - o Speakers at a symposium on Opinion Poll, voice concern over influx of migrants into Goa. Disagree on who is father of Opinion Poll -- Jawaharlal Nehru or Jack Sequeira.(GT) o GMC has tied up with Global Cancer Concern India (GCCI) to provide home care services for cancer patients. (GT) o Panchayats to get more funds; state health mission promised.(NT) o Hooters of India, Atlanta-based restaurant chain,is considering setting up base in Goa. (GT) o Dr Celsa Pinto to hold additional charge as Director of Education, Govt of Goa. (Herald) o 22 students receive Pe. Chico Monteiro scholarships. (GT) o NCP says BJP made 3000 voters disappear from Panjim. (GT) o Career fair opened at Quepem. (GT0 o Book on mando released by C M Estibeiro. Titled 'Doriachem Lharari, Chondrimanchea Uzvadari'. (GT) o TV reports talk of protests against introduction of English as a compulsory subject in Std II. o Petrol pumps are prone to thefts in Goa. (H) o Jeff Demonte has made the Goa-Bombay trip on scooter, 51 times! o Cox and Kings is offering 7 day Europe tour for Rs 89,999. o Cello-sitar performance at the 400-year-old restored Solar Suoto Maior manor along the river at Ribandar. (GT) o Grand khadi sale, Clube Nacional Feb 4-10, Panjim. o Consumer complaints? Toll-free helpline 1800-11-4000 http://www.fcamin.nic.in (Government of India) o Consumer shoppee, sale. Campal grounds, Feb 1-5, 2006. o Mapusa Carnival, Feb 24-28. o Saraswat Food, Cultural Fest, Feb 3-5 BPS Club Margao. o Mormugao's Rich Heritage, a new book by Fr Nascimento Mascarenhas, to be launched on February 5 at Vasco. (NT) The oldest extant building in the area is St Andrew's Church, where Fr Mascarenhas is currently posted. His book focusses on this church and its parish, without isolating them either from the people of other faiths or from the notable events of Mormugao's secular history. Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] o Liquor addict Joao Anthony Cardozo (32), police said, confessed to stealing a cross from a graveyard, and confessed on interrogation that he had dumped it near his residence to be used on his grave after his death. (Navhind Times) QUOTE... UNQUOTE: Goa's exemplary communal harmony has served to inspire the rest of the world. The tremendous level of tolerance and participation in each others' festivities and respect for religious structures has been the hallmark of the convivial atmosphere in the state. And acts of vandalism in any place of worshop, given the pleasant way of life in Goa, were unheard of in the recent past. But since a few years back, the incidents of desecration and fires at places of worship have started happening. It began with the burning of the mosque at Socorro, followed by the gutting of a chapel at Curdi and the desecration of a small temple near Uguem in Sanguem. The vandalism has continued with the demolition of crosses in Ponda, Raia, and the latest incident was reported a couple of days back at Aldona. Whether the gutting of places of worship was purely accidental or wilful attempts to forment communal trouble could not be conclusively ascertained due to the government's lack of political will and lethargy on the part of the police to probe the cases properly. -- Edit in Gomantak Times. AFVERT in a local paper: We promise sheer hedonistic delight as you indulge yourself in riotious, wild and pleasure-seeking evenings... clarionthebeachgoa.com o Vendors welcome use of paper bags in Panjim. This is part of eradicating plastic bags campaign, as part of the Chaka Chak Panaji (Clean Panjim) campaign. Inmates in the Aguada prison are making paper bags, and as many as 8000 of these will be distributed, Panaji corporation chief officer Sanjith Rodrigues said. (H) o Margao: differences crop up within ruling councillors. (H) o Two water pipelines burst in Mormuga. (NT) - DEATHS AND REMEMBRANCES: - o BENAULIM: Domnic Fernandes, b 1939. Brother of 7 Brothers. o CANDOLIM: Joanita D'Sa, Confraria b 1933 o CHORAO: Maria Merciana Colaco, b 1930 o VERNA: Roque
*** Goa features in 13-part serial on Portuguese RTPi
--- | New on Goanet's website's Aamp;E section - http://www.goanet.org | | Book in Review: A Kind of Absence - Joamp;atilde;o da Veiga Coutinho| | POEM: SUSEGAAD - Cynthia Gomes James| | http://www.goanet.org/modules.php?op=modloadamp;name=Newsamp;file=articleamp;sid!6 | --- Goa features in 13-part serial on Portuguese RTPi [The first episode will be broadcast on RTP International channel on Sunday, January 29, 2006, 8:15pm IST and again on Monday, January 30, 2006, 10:00am IST.] Announcing the broadcast of Contacto Goa, a unique thirteen part TV series that follows the fascinating trail of the legacy of Portuguese rule in India, a legacy that continues to survive even today, more than forty years after they left Indian shores. The series, which is in Portuguese, can be watched on the RTP International (RTPi) channel, an international Portuguese language channel available on select Indian cable networks, with an estimated viewership of twenty-four million people across the world . The series will feature intriguing stories of people, institutions and events that continue to sustain the centuries old cultural ties between the two nations. Though the focus of the series would of course be Goa and Goans, it will also travel to other territories which have had a Portuguese presence, such as Daman, Diu, and Kerala. Each episode of Contacto Goa will be of approximately twenty-five minutes duration and will feature three or four individual stories, covering subjects like art, music, food, cultural events etc. The first episode will be broadcast on RTP International channel on Sunday, January 29, 2006, 8:15pm IST and again on Monday, January 30, 2006, 10:00am IST. Further episodes will be broadcast twice a month. The series is produced by Ultra Film and Video (UfaV), represented by a creative team based both in Mumbai and Goa, consisting of Christopher Rego, Desmond Nazareth and Nalini Elvino de Sousa. Much time and effort has gone into the research and shooting of the series, to provide viewers across the globe with a privileged glimpse into a world that still retains memories of a bygone, largely forgotten colonial era in the regions concerned. Contacto Goa TV series: a legacy that continues to survive even today, more than forty years after they left Indian shores. It will also travel to other territories which have had a Portuguese presence, such as Daman, Diu, and Kerala. The TV series will be aired twice a month on RTP International (RTPi) - the international channel of Radio Televisao de Portugal (RTP) which is Portugal's official, as well as biggest and most widely watched TV network. Log on to www.rtp.pt for more details on the channel. The program will be part of the 'Contacto' that has already been running on RTPi for years, and features Portuguese immigrant communities around the world. Unlike the other Contacto programs, Contacto Goa will mainly feature Goans (Indians) and Portuguese visitors to Goa, rather than Portuguese immigrants to Goa (of whom there are not many anyway). Christopher Rego (09820426048, m) Desmond Nazareth: Has a B. Tech. from IIT, Madras and a Master’s in Film TV Production/Computer Science from Temple University, Philadelphia, USA. His academic and work background also includes the pure sciences, computer software development and international business. Studied and worked for almost two decades in the USA. Very much interested in cross-cultural exchange, he is co-developing some international multimedia projects, one of which is a 3D computer animated comedy / action / adventure feature, very loosely based on the famous Buddhist folklore epic, Monkey King. He is also co-developing, along with Christopher Rego a multimedia project that includes an English language video series, Souls and Spices, that will portray the Portuguese component of the European expansion story as it played out in Asia, Africa and South America, starting in the 15th century A.D. Based in Goa since late 2003. Nalini Elvino de Sousa: Licenciada em Língua e Cultura portuguesas pela Universidade de Goa e a terminar a licenciatura de Línguas e Literaturas Modernas (5º ano) pela Universidade Aberta. Docente do ensino secundário de Português Lingua Estrangeira (PLE) em Goa entre 1999 e 2003. Colaboradora do Instituto Camoes em Goa em 2002 e 2003. Presidente e leitora (PLE) no Centro Cultural Communicare em Goa 2004 e 2005. Proprietária e Gerente do espaço comercial português 'A Nau'. Source: Desmond Nazareth (on behalf of the Contacto Goa team) Desmond Nazareth [EMAIL PROTECTED] Christopher Rego [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nalini De Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED]
*** Two percent of a Source camp... interview with Patrice Riemens
--- | New on Goanet's website's Aamp;E section - http://www.goanet.org | | Book in Review: A Kind of Absence - Joamp;atilde;o da Veiga Coutinho| | POEM: SUSEGAAD - Cynthia Gomes James| | http://www.goanet.org/modules.php?op=modloadamp;name=Newsamp;file=articleamp;sid=216 | --- Two percent of a Source camp... interview with Patrice Riemens By Frederick Noronha We are two percent of this camp, Patrice Riemens [EMAIL PROTECTED] whispered, almost conspiratorially, as we walked down to the beach. Patrice was referring to the Africa Source II[1] event, we were part of on the scenic-but-isolated island of Kalangala, in the midst of Lake Victoria, Uganda. I've known Patrice for years. Our first meeting was odd. He introduced himself at one of those annual, year-end Goanetter gettogethers. I think it was at the Taj Aguada, and around 1998. Just another lost tourist, I thought to myself then. But Patrice was deeper than I realised. And his encounter with me wasn't based on chance, but a deeper look at the Net, who was posting often, and who was saying what. We sat down for a chat, about FLOSSophy (a term Patrice has invented, or popularised, or both... just as he has done with the term Lusostalgia, sometimes wrongly attributed to me!). In between, on his tent called the 'bazaar' at Africa Source 2, he narrated his long story. Patrice explains: I got into Goanet because I decided, somewhere in the mid-nineties, that I wanted to go to India again. I had spent 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1993 -- four winters -- in Calcutta. Air India then gave you three (free flight) legs within India. As long as you flied Air India. Typically, these flights left at timings like 2 am in the morning, from Delhi to Calcutta. I was looking for a place where are social movements active. I found Goa had a very lively social movement scene. The first address he recalls having visited was one with an Opposite Palacio de Goa address. Yes, it could well be Reggie Gomes, the priest-turned-NGO campaigner, who is still involved with social groups here. They had email. I got the idea that Goa was not only nice beaches, but a lot of socially active groups too. Some other names I recall from those times are (environmentalist) Claude Alvares, (Physics professor and Goa University's Net whizzard) Gurunandan Bhat. So Patrice, now fifty something, went to the Goa University for some telnet tourism. Remember, these the days of very limited internet access. Getting to your mail often meant a painfully slow, dial-up access via a Telnet, non-graphical interface. I said, I'm from the University of Amsterdam. Can I have a Telnet session? Some kind of Telnet tourism, he recalls. :The Goa trip was remarkably fruitful. Not very much came out of it (just then). But I also met (Fundacao Oriente's then delegate in India) Paulo Varela Gomes. He was on the lookout for a way to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Vasco da Gama in a non-ofensive way. So we discussed the idea of a cyberconference in Goa (which was followed-up for sometime, but didn't actually happen). He recalls meeting up with Joseph Boogie Viegas, then one of the pioneers of the Net in Goa, now based in Canada. Patrice also remembers the Goanet [2] meeting at the Taj Aguada, Candolim. Incidentally, that was the first time a politician like Tomazinho Cardozo came in for our meeting, and stress how serious a problem malaria was in coastal Goa. Then, he recalls the Margao-based Dr Ivo Costa, a senior citizen who got involved in the Net and whose family has been in the wine business (Vinicola). He's a big admirer of Bill Gates, Patrice commented, in a camp meant to promote Free/Libre and Open Source Software, the very antithesis of proprietorial software, among non-profit organisations. Q: Those were the days when you met someone via the internet and he (and less often, she) became a great friend. That's not so anymore. Would you agree? Patrice says: If you follow Goanet, it seems to be a Goan feature to have 10 Goans, 12 opinions, and 16 enemies. I asked Patrice about the Dutch role in Goa's history. Says he: There was a next-to-no role for the Dutch in Goa's history. Maybe they came in as hipies (a few decades ago). But when we shifted attention to the Dutch blockade of Goa, he commented: That's part of the Dutch (attempted) kicking the Portuguese out of Asia. The Dutch, at the apogee of their power, in the mid-17th century, wanted to have an absolute monopoly of navigation east of the Cape. I'm not really good with dates. You can check these things with (Indo-Portuguese historian Charles) Boxer. The Portuguese had done their thing; they were there, and stable, but not expanding. The Dutch were
*** Goanet News Bytes * Jan 25, 2006 * NCP squabble hots up... Goa gets going on citizens' initiatives
--- | New on Goanet's website's Aamp;E section - http://www.goanet.org | | Book in Review: A Kind of Absence - Joamp;atilde;o da Veiga Coutinho| | POEM: SUSEGAAD - Cynthia Gomes James| | http://www.goanet.org/modules.php?op=modloadamp;name=Newsamp;file=articleamp;sid=216 | --- Goanet News Bytes Summaries Jan 25, 2006 - o Nationalist Congress Party squabble hots up. We can do without Willy, assert rebels. Dotor loyalists claim majority. Nothing wrong with my personal life, says Mickky. (Herald) o Alergy testing from blood: Dr H Kumar, La Campala. o Steve Sequeira plays at Nostalgia Raia o Goa govt advertising plans for an Indian Reserve Battalion. o Kalo festival celebrated peacefully at Keri, Sattari. (H) o Communal harmony meet at Mandur. (H) o Anti-rabies vaccination drive in Vasco. (H) o Sirsaim gram sabha meet on Jan 29. (H) o CMM Furniture home show, Jan 26-29. (H) o Lepakshi handloom sale, from AP, at Club Nacional till Jan29. Mining firm Sesa Goa's profit before tax for the nine month period ended Dec 2005 has climbed from Rs 2296 million to Rs 5186 million, announces an advert in the Herald. o Panjim civic polls likely on March 12, 2006. (H) o Indian Inst of Science roped into solve elephant intrusion in parts of Goa's border areas. (H) o Probe Margao market fire incident, Kamat tells cops.(H) o Three municipal chief officers transferred. (H) o Cuncolim Council yet to fulfill garbage site vow. (H) o Official ends Raia temple-control trouble. (H) o Karnataka MLAs end their sojourn in Goa. (H) o BJP's Parsekar reinforces support for Mopa airport. (H) o Kamat's PA, bodyguards in draft electoral list, says BJP.(H) o Mopa land acquisition awaits Rane's nod. (NT) o BJP for re-commencement of land acquisition at Mopa. (NT) o Laying of sewerage underway in Margao. (NT) o New Goa chief secretary likely to take charge today. (NT) o Vijay Bhandare's exhibition of paintings at Calangute. (NT) o Rajesh Art Gallery, Goan lifestying paintings. Church Square. Pnj. o Ragpickers on prowl for sewage covers. (NT) o Spicejet promises Goa-Mumbai fares starting from 1299. o BJP opposes Vasco children's park use for trading activities. o Amona residents plea for approach road. (GT) o MMC, Vasco all set to ban plastic bags. (GT) The river runs through garbage: Ribandar, once the small town that had winding roads overlooking the calm waters of the River Mandovi. Today, its river bank, sprinkled with Goan Portuguese architecture and lush mangroves, is a dumping site where even dogs fear to tread. Journalist Arti Das discovers even murkier waters on the once beautiful waterfront. (Gomantak Times) Education issues: Opening today: Jus' for Fun. The complete child entertainment centre, as its advertisement calls it. Pai Bhavan, Tonca Panjim Phone 561 7252 Anthropologist Robert S Newman talks in Goa University on January 25 on 'How I did my research in Goa'. He is author of the book 'Of Umbrellas, Goddesses and Dreams: Essays on Goan Culture and Society'. o Goa Common Entrance Test three months away; students still left untrained. (H) o A private advert offers a GCET 2006 crash course cum revisionary classes from Feb 1, at Natekar Jet Coaching Classes, Dattawadi, Mapusa 226 4016 o Multilingual poets meet, Inst. Menz-Braganza, Jan 25 4 pm. o Experts to study India-Antarctica link. (GT) Pre-school admission in Goa, no child's play: Admitting one's child into pre-school isn't as easy as it used to be. In this series, GT looks at the requirements posed by pre-schools across the state, that create problems for eager parents. Re-searching for truth: Their lives are an exciting journey across continents and oceans. Joaquim Goes and Helga do Rosario Gomes talk about life, love and work with Tarang Mudaliar. (Gomantak Times) National/global news: o Bihar Guv Buta Singh subverted Constitution, says SC. o Congress sweeps by-poll in Maharashtra. o Kuwait's prime minister has taken over as emir. (Reuters) - DEATHS AND REMEMBRANCES: - BORDA: Angelo F Do Rosario Falleiro, 79, Margao/Brazil CURTORIM: Maria C Godinho, Anvoitem b 1917 SIOLIM: Sr Marian Lobo, Holy Cross. b 1924 TIVIM: Maria Concessao Sabine Fernandes, ex-Mombasa. REV DR NICOLAU GRACIAS PEREIRA, former principal of St Xavier's College Mapusa and Fr Agnel's College, Pilar. Mass, prayers and blessing of the grave on Thursday, January 26 at 4.30 pm at Mother of God Church, Majorda. CANAGUINIM: Lino Pereira, 1st anniversary CANSAULIM:
*** Goanet News Bytes * Jan 24, 2006 * Mopa land acquisition second phase lapses
--- | New on Goanet's website's Aamp;E section - http://www.goanet.org | | Book in Review: A Kind of Absence - Joamp;atilde;o da Veiga Coutinho| | POEM: SUSEGAAD - Cynthia Gomes James| | http://www.goanet.org/modules.php?op=modloadamp;name=Newsamp;file=articleamp;sid=216 | --- Goanet News Bytes Summaries Jan 24, 2006 - o Second phase of land acquisition for Mopa lapses. (H) o Major fire in Margao's new market. 7 shops gutted. Rs 10 million loss. o Tillari project revival brings water to Pernem. (H) o Women voters to call the shots in Goa's next polls. (H) o Goa Sanskruti Rakhan Manch, which fought against Ingo's Saturday Night Bazaar at Chopdem, is now to support Mopa airport.(H) o Scrap dealers demand rehabilitation. (H) o High court seeks report on Goa's water situation. (H) o Goa tourst taxis oppose metering of taxis. (H) o Authorities crack whip on errant drivers in Margao. (H) o Cox King offering Europe 7 day tour for 2 at Rs 72,999 (terms). o Exclusive scooter showroom for women, near Margao police stn. o Usgao deputy sarpanch told to stop dumping ore. (H) o More features on the Mando, in run-up to this Sat's fest. (H) o Journalists' Fellowship Nite, GUJ on Jan 26. Bondo, Hema perform. o Mickky wouldn't have won without me, says Wilfred de Souza. (GT) o Willy is too old now, says Mickky. What has he done for the party? (GT) o Customs assure Goa Chambers of Commerce Indus of speedy clearance. o Equip police with adequate facilities, urge citizens. (NT) o Wildlife census to be conducted by February end. (NT) o Motorcycle taxis opppose govt's new rent-a-motorcycle scheme.(NT) o KRC's reservation system affected by cable failures. (NT) o Teenager, 23, of Don Bosco Calangute, found dead on Candolim shore. o Raj Bhavan to be illuminated on Republic day, open 7.15 to 9 pm.NT o Govt needs to provide concrete help to NRIs, writes Agnel Crasto.NT o Margao's Colmorod ward faces garbage problems. (NT) o Ex-PM of Portugal Anibal Cavaco Silva is new president. (PSD). - DEATHS AND REMEMBRANCES: - BENAULIM: Joaquim Bernardo Antonio Mesquita, 1st anniv NAVELIM: Anna Viegas, ex-Karwar, 1st anniv. PARODA: Master Daryl R Cardozo, 1st anniv. == Thome Paes, expired in 1996. - Amazing Goa... by Jose Lourenco - o Which renowned Goan g\ynaecologist was the first Indian to be made Fellow of the American College of Surgeons? Dr Vithal N Shirodkar (Shiroda) o What are the dosa-like sweets stuffed with coconut shredding and jaggery called? Mannkeo o What are the small, square containers of dry bananas leaf, used for giving prasad, selling pickle, etc called? Donne o Which deity is believed to be embodied in the anthills of the woods? Santeri Devi. o In which old Goan board game are four sticks (made from bamboo) thrown instead of dice? Tabblam. Available at bookshops in Goa, including Broadways. - Goan cuisine ||| From Daisy Rodrigues, specially for Goanet - Rice and Ham Salad 3 cups cooked long grain white rice, 1/4 cup French salad dressing, 3/4 cup mayonnaise, 1 tablespoon chopped green onion, 1/2 teaspoon curry powder, 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard, 1/2 teaspoon salt, ground black pepper to taste, 1 1/2 cups cooked ham, cut into thin strips, 1 cup chopped cauliflower, 1 cup frozen peas, thawed, 1/2 cup chopped celery, 1/2 cup sliced radishes. In a large bowl, combine the rice, salad dressing, mayonnaise, green onion, curry powder, dry mustard, sal pepper. Mix ell an referigerate until chilled. To the rice mixture, add the ham, cauliflower, peas, celery and radishes. Mix well and serve with sliced avocado or shredded lettuce. Feedback to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Daisy Rodrigues) - Ko~knni Xikat: 11 ||| Learn Konkani - Ko~knni Xikar:11 Pavs na Pavs na, ud^k na A~g k^xe~ pachve~? Pan na fof^ll na To~dd k^xe~ ta~bdde~? Konnale~ konnale~? Mhaka sa~glyar tuve~ Dita~ tuka kelle~. Panache~ . na na na. T^nnache~ ... na na na. F^llache~ . na na na. Fulache~ na na na. T^r konnale~? Kirache~. Pratap Naik, S.J. TSKK orthography could be used to write Konkani in Roman script in a scientific way. Except three speech sounds of Konkani other speech sounds are represented in this orthography. Note the use of ^ (as in ago) and ~ (used for
*** Goanet News Bytes * Jan 23, 2006 * Janata Dal (S) legislators get some freedom in Canacona and luxury resort
--- | New on Goanet's website's Aamp;E section - http://www.goanet.org | | Book in Review: A Kind of Absence - Joamp;atilde;o da Veiga Coutinho| | POEM: SUSEGAAD - Cynthia Gomes James| | http://www.goanet.org/modules.php?op=modloadamp;name=Newsamp;file=articleamp;sid=216 | --- Goanet News Bytes Summaries Jan 23, 2006 - o Janata Dal-Secular rebel legislators from Karanataka are presently campining in a seven-star hotel in Canacona, and appeared confident of forming the next government in their state. (Navhind Times) 42 JD(S) MLAs from Karnataka, lodged at the Intercontinental Hotel at Canacona, were seen moving freely on Sunday, and interacting with mediapersons. The MLAs were seen shopping at the Canacona market for slippers, lungis and other dress material, from which it can be construed that they were whisked away in a hurry from Bangalore (following the political turmoil in that state). Herald. o Paulo's is offering a daily package tour to Aurangabad, the land of Ajanta and Ellora, via a Volvo bus. o Availability of water for industry in Goa needs attention.H o Pensioners' meet on Jan 25 at TB Cunha Hall, Panjim. (H) o Cuncolim Saude Saibin feast on Feb 2. (H) o Goa Khadi organised 5-day sale at Hirabai Hall, Bicholim.(HG) o Mayem library marks silver jubilee. (H) o Ponda bus owners assn gets new chief, Nitin Gobre. (H) o Curchorem councillor threatens hunger strike over funds.(H) o Salvador do Mundo panchayat members boycott Narvekar meet. (H) o Art College Altinho organised its Kala Utsav (art festival).H o Dr Joe D'Souza writes on the Saleli issue, in Herald. o Murder that shocked Vasco: GT looks at the Dr Verenkar case.GT o Journalists nite planned on January 26. (GT) o Bio-diesel seminar held at Pilar. (GT) o Rasik Ravindra new director of Antarctica Centre, Vasco.GT o Guv Jamir moots population policy for Goa. (GT) o Four lane highway is a death-trap, says Mormugao report. (GT) o Narvekar promises to make Aldona outstanding constituency.(GT) o GT focuses on creativer writers based in Goa: Venita Coelho, Vikram Sundarji, Sudeep Chakravarti... o Scooter theft, man held near old secretariat. (GT) o Expedition to new base in Antarctica launched. (NT) o Konkani Lok-Kannio (folk tales) by Jayanti Naik, being reprinted. o Nandkumar Kamat writes on 'tasks before the legislative assembly'(NT) Goan cuisine restaurants face no threat in Panjim, with a number of restaurants offering local food -- Ritz, Vinanti, Avanti, and Gazaali. (H) Raw mangoes in town: Photo in Herald shows a boy on the Verna highway selling the same, at Rs 20 for three. o Vasco gynec Dr Uday Nagarsekar is consultant to armed forces.H o Govt Polytechnic, Panjim to hold one month's entrepreneurship programme in food technology and processing. 20 seats. Apply before January 31, 2006. Advt in Herald, 23.01.2006 QUOTE... UNQUOTE: The golden age of the mando has passed. We are not what our grandfathers and grandmothers were; and so, the mando may not mean to us the same thing as it meant to them. -- Lourdes Bravo da Costa Rodrigues, in Herald. In less than two years, Frazer Pires has made personalised tiles a viable option when it comes to designing your house. Journalist Arti Das writes on De Goa Ceramics. (GT) Eco-tourism not in full bloom: A bumpy but fascinating drive across streams and greenery to Dudhsagar, educative and refreshing trips to spice farms in Ponda taluka and the unusual experience of watching crocodiles across the Cumbarjua canal. These are only a few striking facets of Goa's eco-tourism, but experts feel the potential is yet to be fully exploited. (Paul Fernandes [EMAIL PROTECTED] in Gomantak Times) FOREIGN NEWS: o Portugual votes for president. Centre-right Cavaco Silva in lead. o Male prostitute scandal shames Liberal Democrats in UK. - DEATHS AND REMEMBRANCES: - CUNCOLIM: Orfalando Dias of Murida, b 1947 FATRADE: Celina Paulina Braganza Rodrigues b 1912 SANGUEM: Peter F Tereza, b 1951, ex-Civil/Criminal Court Sanguem TIVIM: Mrs Aurora D'Souza of Sirciam, b 1926 UTORDA: Filomena E Fernandes, Lourdes Bar b 1935 VEREM: Ana Maria Lopes Dalgado, Portais, Reis Magos Jenabai Alibhai Nurani, mother/in-law of Tajdin/Shirin, Sultan, Nabad/Ismail Virani, Tajkhanu/Shahbuddin, Chandrani, Roshan/Nasruddin Merchant. BENAULIM: Peter M Fernandes, 3rd anniversary NAVELIM: Joao Paulo (JP) Fernandes,
*** BOOK REVIEW: Secrets behind church facades
--- | New on Goanet's website's Aamp;E section - http://www.goanet.org | | Book in Review: A Kind of Absence - Joamp;atilde;o da Veiga Coutinho| | POEM: SUSEGAAD - Cynthia Gomes James| | http://www.goanet.org/modules.php?op=modloadamp;name=Newsamp;file=articleamp;sid!6 | --- Secrets behind church facades BY MELVYN MISQUITA [Herald] [EMAIL PROTECTED] What do mermaids, a two-headed eagle, lions, the mythical Cyclops and a boat have in common? Believe it or not, they all grace the façades of parishes churches in Goa. To be honest, a casual spectator may find façades of the 158-odd parish churches in Goa nothing more than repetitive white-washed multi-storeyed structures that deserved nothing more than a cursory glance. That is, until they lay their hands on the recently published book The Parish Churches of Goa, a study of façade architecture by Jose Lourenco along with photographs by Pantaleao Fernandes. The 201-page book is packed with exhaustive, yet fascinating, information and pictures on façades of parish churches, right from Agassaim to Veroda and even includes a map of Goa identifying the parish churches for the curious traveller. The book, however, does not include facades of non-parish churches (churches at Old Goa). The authors begin by briefly describing the various architectural influences of the west and east on church façades in Goa. The early façades, according to the authors, were the 'peaked gable' façades, relatively unsophisticated late Portuguese Renaissance style, as can be seen in the parish churches such as St Peter (Sao Pedro) and St Lawrence (Agasaim). The 'Cupoliform' façades, considered a Goan innovation, can be seen in churches such as Our Lady of Immaculate Conception (Moira) and St Cajetan (Assagao). Other façades include the 'Pozzoan pediment' (such as Holy Spirit, Margao), 'Rococo' (such as St Jerome's Church, Mapusa), 'Templet' (such as Savour of the World church, Loutolim) and 'Neo-Gothic' (such as Our Lady church, Saligao). A concise description of each parish in Goa is encompassed in a single page, which includes other interesting details such as a brief history of the parish, the feast of its patron (now you don’t have any excuse for missing out on parish feasts of your relatives), the elevation/ inception of the parish, the latest picture of the parish and architectural notes on the facade of the church. While praising the rich architectural heritage of façades in the parishes churches of Goa, the authors seem pained over the recent unintentional 'distortions' to these façades, which, in their words, have marred the elegant beauty of these edifices. Some of these 'distortions' detailed in their book include the installation of metalor plastic sheets to protect doors, windows and belfry openings, concrete porches, back-lit signboards and 'blinded openings', the closure of the oculi (the opening that streams light into the church interiors). The authors also express anguish over the recent trends to paint church facade in multicolours, a far cry from the resplendent brilliance of the white paint of yore, besides pointing to recent trends of introducing fluorescent or sodium vapour lamps on or around façades, aluminium windows and haphazard facade renovations. A glossary and sketches containing the different elements of the church facade are also a useful addition in the book. The book is certainly an eye-opener to those who will now admit that facades of churches are much more than repetitive white-washed multi-storeyed structures that deserved nothing more than a cursory glance. While the book is strongly recommended for the fascinating stories that emerge out of church facades, there is, however, one drawkback -- its price. Priced at Rs 495, the book is by no means cheap and could well elude the masses, who may miss out on the hidden secrets of church facades. (ENDS)
*** Convicted Paedophile Given Catholic Burial In Goa (SAR News)
--- | New on Goanet's website's Aamp;E section - http://www.goanet.org | | Book in Review: A Kind of Absence - Joamp;atilde;o da Veiga Coutinho| | POEM: SUSEGAAD - Cynthia Gomes James| | http://www.goanet.org/modules.php?op=modloadamp;name=Newsamp;file=articleamp;sid!6 | --- Convicted Paedophile Given Catholic Burial In Goa BY SAR NEWS PANAJI, Goa (SAR NEWS) -- Notorious paedophile Albert Freddy Peats, who served a life sentence in India, was given a Catholic burial at the St. Inez Church cemetery at Panaji, January 6. Peats, a baptised Catholic and a Eurasian according to records, died April 4, 2005, aged 81 after a paralytic attack. Jail officials in Goa had delayed the burial while they gave sufficient time for claimants to retrieve the body. As no one approached them, they decided to bury him in Panaji. “Considering that Freddy spent a long time in jail and interacted with several people, we are confident he was touched by God who is a generous forgiver,” Father Valerian Vaz, the officiating priest conducting the last rites, told the small gathering. “Let us entrust our friend Freddy into the hands of God. May God forgive all his failings and grant him eternal rest,” Father Vaz prayed while concluding, after which Peats was laid to rest in the church grave. “Peats was warm hearted and cheerful and was sorry for things and requested me to pray for God’s mercy and forgiveness before he died,” Sister Mary Jane, 63, of the congregation of Holy Family, told SAR News January 7. “Rather than staying in the prison, Peats always expressed his desire to spend the rest of his life serving in a seminary,” said Sister Jane, the Coordinator of Prison Ministry in Goa. Sister Jane was requested to organise the final rites by the Superintendent of Prisons, D J Shanke. Freddy Peats came into limelight when the decade-long sex racket he was operating from an “orphanage” at Colva, a village in South Goa, was busted. Peats was sexually exploiting orphaned children and even sold them to paedophiles abroad. He was arrested April 3, 1991, by the Margao police and charge-sheeted in 1992. However, the high court ordered that his case be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation, India’s premier agency, after Mumbai-based child rights activist Sheela Barse complained that the local police authorities were not investigating the case seriously. Peats was finally convicted March 21, 1996. Several witnesses, including the victims, testified that Peats was involved in kidnapping children, sexually abusing them and selling them to foreign nationals. All kinds of evidence in the form of photographs, syringes used to inject the testicles of the boys and bank documents showing incriminating transactions were produced before the court. Peats, who served his sentence in the Aguada Central Jail in Goa, died at the Goa Medical College Hospital, Bambolim.
Goanet News Bytes * Jan 19, 2006 *** Porvorim chapel elevated to a new church
--- | New on Goanet's website's Aamp;E section - http://www.goanet.org | | Book in Review: A Kind of Absence - Joamp;atilde;o da Veiga Coutinho| | POEM: SUSEGAAD - Cynthia Gomes James| | http://www.goanet.org/modules.php?op=modloadamp;name=Newsamp;file=articleamp;sid=216 | --- Goanet News Bytes Summaries Jan 19, 2006 - [GOANET NEWS BYTES is back. Its compiler (FN) was in Uganda for a fortnight, and hence the silence from this front. Regular updates of Goa-related news is available from our volunteers via the Goanet mailing list. We seek more volunteers to post updates (and discussion) to Goanet. You can read Goanet online at http://www.goanet.org GOANET: Building social capital for Goa and its diaspora since 1994. Let every side of the story be told!] o Holy Family Chapel at Alto Porvorim elevated to church.(H) o Goa tops in rural education. (GT) o Secret meet to dislodge Rane. (GT) o Willy, mickky rift comes to the fore at NCP meeting.(H) o Outsiders sought to disrupt NCP meet, says Furtado. (GT) o Rs 9 lakh worth drugs seized from Israeli at Anjuna. (H) o North Goa Cong passes resolution, says start Mopa work.GT o Projects worth Rs 70 million launched for Cuncolim. (H) o Market complex, hall to give cuncolim a facelift. (H) o All Goa Parents Teachers Assn seeks more members. (H) o All India Konkani Parishad's silver jubilee shortly. (H) o Women soliciting customers on DonaPaula road left off.(H) o Saleli accused apply for bail. (H) o Scrap dealers to hold protest march on drive against them.(H) o Margao citizens' facilitation project goes haywire. (H) o Feast of Holy Cross, Chauri at Canacona, Jan 22. (H) o Parrikar visits Panjim market complex. (H) o Restrictions on load at Paular bridge, Navelim-Pale.(H) o First Laproscopic-assisted vaginal hysterectomy at GMC. (H) o Talk on management tips at IFCAI, Margao. (H) o CPI national council meet begins at Miramar Residency. (H) o Tributes paid to Dr Jack Sequeira, at Govt School Merces. (H) o Inst of Nursing Education Panjim holds annual day, Jan 27.(H) o Brazilian jazz band ManduSarara at Porvorim, Jan 22. (H) o Career info fair from Feb 2 at Sports Grounds, Curchorem.(H) o Willy launches environmnental awareness campaign in Saligao.H o Market complex opposed at Cuncolim. Foundation stone laid.(GT) o Amona villagers up in arms: power project. (GT) o Rave party rocks Arambol. (GT) o Irregular supply of LPG cylinders in Curchorem. (GT) o Renal failure in Canacona: panel yet to submit report. (GT) In the second part of this Gomantak Times series, Leaves n Roses, the paper speaks to Guilherme Conceicao who voted for Goa's independent status, and Mahableshwar Naik, who favoured merger. Writes GT: Irrespective of choices they made then, all of them live and love Goa. MIRAMAR RESIDENTIAL area isn't as pretty as everyone thinks, writes Gomantak Times: Goa's towns, roads and other infrastructure were planned by the Portuguese regime for smaller populations and their needs. Since then, they have grown haphazardly, without any proper check. Here, GT focuses on the so-called haven that is Miramar. IS YOUR CHILD watching too much TV? A workshop to help your child view the media critically will be held at Sethu, writes Suruchi Kapur-Gomes. CONCERNS: Margao TB patients in the dark. A fresh coat of paint over the dusty walls might have given a new look to the long-neglected T B Sanatorium atop the Monte Hill at Margao. But the ordeal faced by TB patients inside the mamoth building appears far from over. Report talks about the mortuary in the sanatorium being a nuisance earlier for patients, and the male ward being in the dark at night, due to low-voltage. (Herald) QUOTE... UNQUOTE: We also appreciate the schemes of the government, such as the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. The Midday Meal Scheme needs improvement and there should be reforms in the exam pattern. To improve the quality of education, we need to have orientation programmes for the teachers. Parents are over-ambitions and there is pressure on the children. In the bargain, the child suffers. Hence, parents also need to be educated. -- John Fernandes, president of the All Goa Parents Teachers Association. QUOTE... UNQUOTE: Buzz, a reputed and acclaimed restobar from Delhi requires 350 sqmts. of commercial space, in Baga Coolangute (sic) or Kolva (sic), on lease, for setting up its restobar... advert in the Herald, Jan 19, 2006. NOTEWORTHY: Joseph Sequeira, hon'ble sarpanch of Calangute, has his birthday today, and he gets over a pagefull of adverts greeting him in some newspapers! Hotels, temple committees, expats, supporters and well-wishers,
Goanet News Bytes * Jan 18, 2006 *** Goa works towards an international guitar fest in Feb 2006
--- | New on Goanet's website's Aamp;E section - http://www.goanet.org | | Book in Review: A Kind of Absence - Joamp;atilde;o da Veiga Coutinho| | POEM: SUSEGAAD - Cynthia Gomes James| | http://www.goanet.org/modules.php?op=modloadamp;name=Newsamp;file=articleamp;sid!6 | --- Goanet News Bytes Summaries Jan 18, 2006 - GUITARS... THE GOOD NEWS: Come February 2006, and Goa will play host to a National Classical Guitar Competition and an International Guitar Festival. Ayesha Berretto of GT meets with the Guitar Guild Goa, the organisation responsible for the same. It begins with a preliminary round on Friday, Feb 17. Second and final rounds (a public concert) follow the next two days. Feb 20 will see a concert by Italian guitarist Maestro Piero Bonaguir. Feb 21 will feature German guitarist Roger Zimmerman. Feb 22, another young German Florian Moritz, and Feb 23 will showcase a Jazz guitar concert, open to anyone! Great going guys! Featured in the photo are Fr Loiola Pereira, Mario Mascarenhas, Schubert Cotta and Rui Lobo... some of them Goanetters! GOA'S 39TH MANDO festival to be held on Jan 28, 2006 at The Majestic Hotel in Porvorim. (H) NO WAY TO BARGE OUT: Barges carrying iron ore seen anchored in the Mandovi river, off the Campal Indoor Stadium on Tuesday, after low tide made navigation impossible. (GT) OPINION ABOUT OPINION POLL: Gomantak Times carries a three-part series called 'Leaves n Roses', where oridnary folk in villages speak out about the Opinion Poll held on January 16, 1967, some 39 years later. Says GT: Surprisingly, whomever we spoke to -- pro or anti-merger -- the memory of that day is as fresh as their daily fish. It features Dr Margarida da Viega of Loutolim and Tulshidas Malkarnekar who campaigned for merger in Salcete. o NCP members want Dr Willy to step down. Angry Mickky joins chorus, offers to resign if Rane government functions so slowly. (GT) GOA'S CHIEF SECRETARY GOES: IAS officer of the 1977 batch JP Singh will be Goa's new Chief Secretary. Official sources said here that Singh, who was in Goa as State collector two decades ago, is to assume charge next week. For a long time, there had been complaints from ministers and MLAs that their files were moving at a slow pace. Their grievance was that unlike during the BJP regime, files pertaining to important works were getting stalled for some reason or the other.(Herald) o Goa for tribunal over Mhadei water ruckus (GT) o Dadoo takes charge as acting Goa CS from Kiran Dhingra GT o Saleli villagers in battle for better tomorrow. (GT) o Don't overburden children with exams, says Rane. (GT) o Panjim market is unhygienic, says Parrikar. (GT) o CPI leader Bardhan visits Saleli village, Sattari. (GT) o EDUSAT talk-back facility launched in Dept of STE, Saligao. o Four sex-workers held in (unnamed) Caranzalem hotel. (GT) o Pre-employment trainees hold demo before Babush's home.(GT) o Konkani Parishad session from February 10. (GT) o Churchill flays Khalap for backing Mopa project. (GT) o School for disabled planned in Pontemol, Curchorem. (GT) o No trust move against Agonda sarpanch Shoba N Gaonkar. (GT) o Demolition drive at Cavelossim deferred on minister's intervention. o Rane commissions 4000 cum reservoir at Monte hill, Margao. (GT) o LeT planned attack at Kaiga, claims report in Herald. (H) o Goa water falls short of demand. (Nerita Baptista in Herald) o Year 2020 will witness battle for water, says Rane. (H) o Peter D'Mello of Nuvem, a kit-boy of Carmel College, accompanying the Goa Univ women's team to Manipur, is missing from Dec 3. (H) o 160 computers distributed to St Alex students, Curtorim. (H) o Defeated politicians appointed to hospital visiting committee. (H) o 70% mishaps involve two-wheelers, says MARG. (H) o Tribute paid to Agapito de Xavier Miranda, mando lyricist. (H) o Panjim port expects more international vessels. (H) o English Jazz band to perform in Goa, Jan 19-26. (H) o DKA institutes Fr Freddy Puroskar (award). H DEATHS: CHINCHINIM: Adwal Placido Pereira, Dessua b 1976 PARRA: Adv Frank de Souza b 1911, ex-Clarke Town, Nagpur SINQUETIM-NAVELIM: Fermino Coutinho (86) BAGA-VELIM: Lourdina Almeida, 3rd anniversary CAMURLIM-BASTORA: Anthony Joseph Tony Lobo, month's mind COLVA: Joao Paul Fernandes, Ambeaxir, 1 month MARGAO/PUNE: Sr Lira Gracias FMM, first anniv. MARGAO: Gilbert 'Gibu' Furtado, month's mind. Sirvodem MARGAO: Seby D'Mello, pro D'Mello Red Rose Stores, 11th anniv PILERNE: Agnelo Custodio D'Souza, month's mind UCCASIAM: Jose 'Joe' Soares b 1948, 1st anniv ex-Fire Services, Ex-Oman Aviation Services, Muscat b 1948 Siddesh Gauns, 12th day remembrance GOA CUISINE FROM DAISY RODRIGUES: Fried Rice (Chinese Style) 4 cups cooked rice , 1 cup diced
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[This was written and published in the Herald before the event.] Goan NRIs hoping against hope HERALD, Jan 3, 2006 PANJIM, Jan 2: For the third time in Goa, Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) will voice their expectations on a common platform in the hope of receiving some response from the government. The Gomant Vishwa Sammelan, a worldwide Goans convention organised by the NRI Goa Facilitation Centre, sets stage on January 3 and 4, 2006 in Panjim. However with the last two conventions hel din 2004 and 2005, not much of an outcome has been in sight, according to NRIs. Says Zamir Khan, NRI from Saudi Arabia: We openly discussed our problems with the Chief Minister last year but nothing much has been done. NRIs have general problems pertaining to land, health and education, among others. We had demanded a single window to address our problems, but this demand has not been met, says Khan. The State Government has no concrete working for the NRIs, opnines Peter D'Souza, also from Saudi Arabia. The government needs to introduce projects and proposals for the NRis and go to the point of sale, just like Kerala or Andhra Pradesh, where the State government reaches out to the NRIs worldwide, opines D'Souza. As for these conventions, they are held once or twice and then forgotten, says D'Souza. You can't expect anything concrete from such conventions, he says. The fact is that both sides are not serious, he opines. The NRIs have a poor attendance due to the timings of the conventions and the government is not strongly interested, says D'Souza. No doubt that the NRI centre is in its initial stages. But with such conventions, we plan direct NRI involvement in the State, says Dinar Bhatkar, chief coordinator, NRI Facilitation Centre. We have recommended to the government that a survey be done on issues pertaining to NRIs, says Bhatkar. However, the biggest stumbling block after the convention in January last year was the change in government, which brought things to a standstill, says Bhatkar. (ENDS) -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Take back amp; distribute Soccer Balls | --
*** Goanet News Bytes * Jan 3, 2006 * NRI meet, KRC underground plans, Goa overspeeding....
Goanet News Bytes Summaries Jan 3, 2006 - o Goan NRIs hoping against hope. (Herald, see post on www.goanet.org) o Konkan Railway has underground plans in Margao. (Herald) o Goa spells out action plan to curb over-speeding. (H) o Tenancy Act to be amended soon, says CM Rane. (H) o Deputy CM opens Braganza hospital at Calangute. (H) o 14 fake helmets seized in raids. (H) o Police drivers unpaid for four months. (H) o Porvorim sans power for over an hour on Mon, transformer fault. o Omani national Saif Aleh, 19, held for overstaying. (H) o Change in uard at Canacona electricity department. (H) o Campal high-tension wire, that injured 3 kids, moved. (H) o Underground cabling underway in city, say officials. (H) o Mormugao council drive to mop up revenue. (H) o Pedestrian, Anand P Naik of Balli, knocked down, killed. (H) o Sripad Verlekar, noted Divar goldsmith, wins national award. (H) o Su-Raj party flays Saleli incident. (H) o Weather: Max 32.8 C, min 18.5 C and relative humidity 57%. Saleli issue has provided a lethal weapon for the BJP to strike at the Rane government, and it appears the BJP will not let go off this 'unusual' opportunity. (H) Goa chief secretary Ms Kiran Dhingra has imposed a penalty on Dr Suhas Gaitonde, then head of the Candolim Primary Health Centre (PHC), while action is being initiated against the Sanitary Inspector Sadashiv Pednekar, in connection with the delay of over a year in issuing an NOC for a construction of a house. (H) Goa police said British citizen Douglas Ian William Rankin, 62, who was arrested in Bangalore with two teenage boys didn't figure in the list of wanted paedophiles available with the Goa authorities. (H) Monday saw a van-load of snachets containing juice of a reputed company being dumped on the edge of the Fatorda lake, attracting attention of passers-by. (H) DEATHS: o Aldona: Maria Antoniete D'Souza, Ticlo of Santerxett o Curtorim: Joaquina Francisca Fernandes, Kirdolem. o Sarzora, Chinchinim: Flaviano Furtado, vice pres sports club. o Ugem Sanguem: Luis Lisu Fernandes. o Velsao: Maria Santana Antonia de Souza of Takirvaddo FROM THE GOANET WEBSITE: GOANET AE BOOKS: The SIXTH NIGHT - Silviano C. Barbosa, 2004: This novel portrays the travails of a Catholic girl growing up in traditional Goa of the 1950s during the last decade of the Portuguese rule. Several reviews included. http://www.goanet.org/modules.php?op=modloadname=Newsfile=articlesid=268 GOA CUISINE FROM DAISY RODRIGUES: ith its many varieties, rice is probably the most versatile grain of all. Its unique flavor blends with, and complements, almost every food imaginable. From meats to fruits and vegetables, rice adds flavor, texture and nutritional benefits to any dish it accompanies. When combined with legumes, rice becomes an excellent source of protein. Today, this low-fat nutritional source of carbohydrates is a dietary staple for six out of every 10 people worldwide Literally hundreds of rice varieties or types exist, but all can be classified as either long-, medium- or short-grain. A basic rule of thumb: the shorter the grain, the greater its tendency to have a starchy character and, therefore, be stickier when cooked. The type of rice used in a given cuisine really reflects cultural proclivities. Asians prefer stickier rice as it is easier to eat according to their customs. Americans, for the most part, prefer a separate, firm, non-sticky grain. Here are some fabulous and easy to prepare rice dishes, I hope you get to try them out. Please send me your feedback to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chicken biryani 2 cups basmati rice, 4 cups chicken stock, 1 chicken,cut into large pieces, 2 tsp cumin powder, 3 cardamoms, 4 cloves, a piece of cinnamon, 2 tsp aniseeds, 2 tsp coriander seeds, 2 bay leaves, 4 big elaichi, 1/2 tsp red chili powder, 4 tsp salt, A pinch of nutmeg powder 1/4 tsp yellow color, 1/4 tsp orange color, 1 big onion,finely sliced, 1 tbsp ghee, 1 pod of garlic, 1 tbsp badam(almonds), 1 tbsp kishmish(raisins) Soak basmati rice for half an hour. Make a bag of fine cloth with garlic, big elaichi, bay leaves, aniseeds,and coriander. Cook chicken with 5 cups of water and put masala bag in it. Cook till chicken becomes tender and only 4 cups of water is remaining. Remove chicken pieces and masala bag,and keep aside. Heat ghee in a heavy bottom pan add onions and fry,when it becomes pink,add cardamoms and 1/2 tsp garam masala powder and 4 cups of water.When it starts boiling add basmati rice and chicken pieces, red chilli powder and cook till water is completely absorbed.Now add badam and kishmish and both the colors and nutmeg powder.Allow to cook on low heat till done. JUST A QUERY: Is anyone reading this in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) or in the Lake Victoria (Kalangala) region of Uganda? These are two points this compiler (FN) will be passing through in early January, while on a writing assignment. If you're there, just drop me an email [EMAIL
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LORDS IN THE LAIR: Goa's anti-narcotics cell carried out
statewide raids from Monday night, which continued till
late evening. They arrested Alexey Zheltov of Russia,
borh in 1975 in Moscow and staying in Goa since 1995. Others
were also arrested at Anjuna, Vagator, Calangute, Tivim and
Mapusa, according to the Gomantak Times, which has run a
campaign on this issue, by naming individuals as being
linked to the drug trade, at the peak of the tourism season.
o Bollywood stars to usher in 2006 on Goan beaches. (H)
o Cabinet approves creation of Special Commissioner for NRIs.(H)
o Delhi okays FM radio station for Mapusa college. (H)
o Goa Cabinet okays hi-tech habitat at Dona Paula. (H)
o Goa government decides land rates for IT park. (NT)
o Filipe Neri gets water resources portfolio again. (NT)
o www.GoAir.in offers additional Goa-Mumbai flights Jan 1/2.
o Justin Nunes (41) was found dead on Cavelossim beach.(NT)
o Outward development plan for Taleigao approved. (NT)
o Consumer goods, handloom sale at Kala Academy.
o Lorna signs original, live on Dec 31 at Silver Bells,Sangolda
o Police assure help to senior citizens in festive season.(NT)
o Fatorpa death case, of Jose Fernandes, takes new turn. (NT)
o Tributes paid to musicologist Malbarao Sardesai, who died.(NT)
o 80 students joined a 3=1/2 month Portuguese course. (NT)
o Clube Nacional to co-host New Year ball with Clube Vasco.
o A Lua group of restaurants completes its 12th anniversary.
o Seminar on hair-styling, Jan 8 from 11 am to 5 pm. (NT)
o St Joseph's Arpora holds the NAB Festival 2005, Dec 28/29.
o Konkani journalism workshop planned for Jan 21 in Panjim.(H)
NATIONAL NEWS
o Another BJP leader quits over VCD scandal. (PTI)
o Mass grave found near Gujarat river; 2002 violence.(PTI)
ODD ADS: Electronic scooter, British make, specially for
the disabled. Needs just two thumbs to operate. For sale.
Contact Helen Lewis, Kamat Garden No 8 Ph 2255008. Rs 50,000
OFFBEAT: This is the heading, in one of the English-language
papers, for a story announcing that St Xavier's is to get
its campus FM radio station: St Xavier's College to get
wireless telegraph station!
AFTER DOLING out free computers to students, Goa, through
its Goa Electronics Ltd is offering inkjet C45 printers at
Rs 2000 and APC 500VA UPSs at Rs 2000. Probably the students
need a crash-course on how to optimally use the computers
they got for (almost) free, and also how to survive Goa's
dirty power conditions...
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-- || |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || |The Riviera Opposite Hotel Mandovi, Panjim (near Ferry Jetty/Riverfront)| || -- The Diaspora Jigsaw By V. M. de Malar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Let's admit it; we feel more whole these days, when so many children of Goa come back to celebrate holidays in the homeland. Sleepy bylanes and quiet vaddos bustle with activity, with lights and star lanterns, with family reunions and ceremonious parties. Laughter resounds, joyful music rings out, our gentle village culture may be under great pressure, and it languishes quite forlorn most of the year, but this is the time of replenishment, when so many from the diaspora return home. What an interesting return it is. The multigenerational Goan family reunion, circa 2005, is a sociologist's bonanza. Several generations laced throughout the Lusophone and Anglophone worlds have borne rich and unusual fruit. Keep your ears open and you'll easily pick up clipped British tones interspersed with the slower Australian drawl alternating with those characteristic slower North American cadences and much more. East Africa, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, United States, Kuwait, Qatar, U.A.E, Saudi Arabia, you name it, our striving community is there in force. It is a story of struggle and achievement, of tremendous fortitude in difficult circumstances. There's mind-boggling adaptability. There is no surprise that the first successful NRI in the West was a Faria from Colvale, or that we've contributed mighty freedom fighters to the anticolonialists in Mozambique and Kenya, or that the only Indian cabinet member in the UK is our own Keith Vaz. We've got Goans representing Canada in field hockey, another in Norway's football team, and yet another bright young star burning up the amateur golf circuit in the USA. This week, Victor Menezes gave 1.5 million dollars to the IIT campus which nurtured his early promise. This grandson of Pomburpa had a stunning career in international banking, including a stint as CEO of global behemoth Citibank. It's the most striking corporate success story in our diaspora, but hardly exclusive, not when you count Menezes's brother Ivan, the North American CEO of giant distiller Diageo, or the IT honcho Romulus Pereira, or Tony Fernandes and his giant-slaying budget airline, AirAsia. Alas, few of these overseas achievements have meant anything to Goa. We Goans have a marvellous capacity to fade into the landscape, but the flip side of this is that we can very easily become alienated from another, especially in the diaspora. So, associations proliferate to a ludicrous degree, round up five Goans in London or Mombasa and you find that they hold six different pompous titles in seven different absurd Goan clubs. It's cruel irony, we're the world's best at adapting to adverse circumstances, but the world's worst at adapting to each other. Part of this is history's burden, the plight of a systematically denationalized people that suffered genuine trauma during 450 long years of colonization by a second-rate European power, and two centuries of iniquity during the Inquisition. The fabled Goan cultural fluidity was a survival mechanism, first of all. Part of it is simple economics. Our homeland languished for centuries; generation after generation has been compelled to leave. They flooded in different directions -- to Portuguese Mozambique and British Tanganyika, to Macao and to Brazil -- it's not very easy to come back together after that psychologically violent dispersal to the ends of the earth. But we're in a new era now, with Western diaspora into third and fourth generations, and Goa the prized tourism destination in a resurgent India. Other parts of India have tapped the diaspora, and are reaping huge financial, cultural and social rewards. There is no reason why we cannot do it, and we really have to do it if we are to hold on to what is recognizable in our homeland in this period of rapid growth and development. I walked the normally quiet hillside near Saligao this week with the youngest generation of Goans, with American citizen holding hands with Australian, with Mumbaikars joining voices with Londoner and Torontonian. Tagore's aptly named 'Stray Birds' came rushing to mind, a diasporic plaint: lead me in the center of thy silence to fill my heart with song. For it's almost 2006, and we've turned a corner into unknown territory. As we put together the puzzle of Goa's future, let's hope that some of those missing pieces come back.
*** 20, 45... random numbers at Goanetters' meet 2005
-- || |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || |The Riviera Opposite Hotel Mandovi, Panjim (near Ferry Jetty/Riverfront)| || -- 20, 45... random numbers at Goanetters' meet 2005 From Frederick Noronha Goanet-Goa Did you count whether 20 people are coming? Cecil Pinto asked. I laughed in reply; the estimate was as rough and unpremeditated as the functioning of Goanet. Like this list -- based on serendipity, goodwill and love-and-fresh-air -- the Goanetters meeting 2005 went ahead fairly smoothly too. It wouldn't be too much of an exaggeration to say we all learnt from one another. I almost passed out to learn from Cynthia Gomes James, who works with GE Logistics, that she got 45 email responses to one of her articles, put out via the Goanet Reader. Now, that isn't the kind of feedback one even gets from being published in the main newspapers in Goa. You wouldn't even have so many people stopping you to offer feedback on the streets of Panjim. Hey Cynthia, when is your book coming out? Cecil and engineer-turned-writer Jose Amazing Goa Lourenco were the first in. They were already tucked into what seemed to be a meal; but it was 4 pm and we were a few minutes late. Before Jose was a lone copy of his yet-to-be-officially-released book on the churches of Goa. Frankly, the printer in Goa has done a good job of the book (not to speak of Jose's expectedly-good content). Hard to believe that Jose could get this quality in Margao itself. For his part, Cecil was unusually silent, despite my best attempts to provoke him. He has apparently changed his introductory punch-line, and now describes him as world famous all over Goa... and in coastal Karnataka. In true Goanet style -- what would life be without a few blatantly offtopic posts? -- we just wasted time in endlessly introducing everyone to each one. Till Gerson da Cunha, the Mumbai-based advertising guru Gerson da Cunha [1] asked whether this was all that was going to happen. By this time, some of our early guests had already come, excused themselves and left. There was Eddie Verdes and family, from the Gulf. Rajan Parrikar, a Silicon Valley engineer who studied at the Goa Engico (Engineering College, Farmaguddi) is an e-friend via the s.c.i.g network [2] or [3]. (What's that, someone asked.) Rajan is active on Usenet newsgroups like rec.music.indian.classical [4] Someone once described him thus: Rajan Parrikar's strengths are as a critic: his observations are intelligent, intricate, irreverent, spicy, humorous, and venomous. Another poster said: The Lester Bangs of Indian Classical Music. Vivian Shenzi D'Souza came in from idyllic Succoro (Bardez) but had to leave early. [1] http://www.google.co.in/search?q=Gerson+da+Cunha +Mumbaisourceid=mozilla-searchstart=0start=0ie=utf-8 oe=utf-8client=firefoxrls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial [2] http://news-reader.org/soc.culture.indian.goa/ [3] http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.indian.goa [4] http://groups.google.com/group/rec.music.indian.classical/ Gerson spoke briefly about their work at AGNI -- the Action for Good Governance and Networking in India. [5] He stressed on the importance of citizens to raise their voice so that governments are forced to take note. Vivek Menezes, aka VM (or VM de Malar) [6], next presented Goanet's plan to build a group blog, an initiative which he would lead. VM, now in his thirties and resettled in Goa after being abroad since the age of 13, narrated his experiences with Goanet since its early days. He made the point that diaspora issues are seldom covered by the media in Goa. For a community that is well-educated and wealthy, we are quite primitive in deploying technology (to serve our communication and other needs), he argued. [5] http://www.agnimumbai.org/ [6] vmingoa at gmail.com VM pointed to the way in which blogs had changed the mainstream media, and pointed to the recent example where Goan scientist Helga Gomes (of Verna) had gone to Antarctica, as part of a US mission, and had written a very interesting blog about her work and voyage there. We need to shake-up the way we look at ourselves. Blogs can have an explosive effect on media, society and culture, he said. When VM made the point that the diaspora was disconnected from Goa, others agreed that the Gomant Vishwa Sammelan (the government-organised non-resident meet, this year
*** Goanet News Bytes * Dec 27, 2005 * Festive season on in Goa, with crowds in the state...
-- || |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || |The Riviera Opposite Hotel Mandovi, Panjim (near Ferry Jetty/Riverfront)| || -- ,--,.---..--. .-. .-.,---. ___Estb 1994 .' .'/ .-. ) / /\ \ | \| || .-'|__ __| | | __ | | |(_)/ /__\ \| | || `-. )| | \ \ ( _)| | | | | __ || |\ || .-' (_) |`--- \ `-) )\ `-' / | | |)|| | |)|| `--. | | )\/ )---' |_| (_)/( (_)/( __.' `-' (__) (_)(__) (__) - Goanet global links * December 27, 2005 - o Goa has formed a top-level team -- comprising members from the PWD, health department, irrigation department, fire services, police and other concerned departments, to handle any disaster that may hit the State. (H) o Fun, frolic descends on Goa this festive season. (H) o Visitors to Goa find getting rather tricky, as there is a very obvious lack of street and other signs to allow visitors to find exactly where they are. (H) o It's proving to be a big headache to get coconut pluckers in Goa, a state which has seas of coconut trees. (H) o Electricity Dept has few men to power up Vasco. (H) o Varca panchayat documents gutted. (H) o NCERT syllabus in Goa schools soon, says Luizinho.(H) o A mother and her two children, aged one and two years old, were killed when a compound wall of an industry collapsed at the Kundaim industrial estate, at 5 pm on Monday. They were resting next to the wall. DigitalGoa.com o Two killed in an accident at Palyem, Pernem on the night of Sunday-Monday. DigitalGoa.com . Goanetters meet up in Goa, today, December 27, 2005 at 4 pm at the Riviera, near the Panjim Ferry Jetty. If you get lost or plan to attend contact 9822 122436. . - OBITUARIES - MOIRA: Leonildes Maciel, Sataporio b 1915. NUVEM: Benedicto B Fernandes, Benedict Tailor, Dongorim PANJIM: Carlos Evaristo Fernandes, of St Tome SIOLIM: Sr Colette Vaz, Sister of the Cross. UCASSAIM: Anthony Feliciano D'Souza, sub-officer, Goa Fire Force - THOUGHTS FOR X'MAS - Don't 'X' Christ out of CHRISTMAS (Composed by Clare Braganza) Does X'mas mean just Christmas trees, Silver-bells, holly, Santa 'n' reindeers? With presents galore festive cheers; Or gleeful bottled smiles and tears? Do we Christians 'x' out the messages, That proclaimed God's divine passages? When 'A virgin' bore the child of all ages, That promised to turn all historical pages? Evergreens, despite the nuclear freeze Snowflakes that magically float the breeze Hopes that prompt us to hug and squeeze A 'pause' of warmth in our life's lease! Pagan festivities were often over writ In sanctimoniously religious myth; The natural truth that God liveth In Christ Jesus so compassionate So be that star that guided folk To the wonder of that glorious stroke That gave the world a feast that broke In warmth, amidst the wintry yoke Don't 'x' out Christ from Christmas Day For the world still needs to see the Way As nature redeems the links that fray So peace will bloom, come what may! Thank God, for Christmas Day!! Let the world join in and say God walked the earth this way And shone in love's lightful array! Source: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To join: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CGNet/join - WHAT GOANETTERS THINK: A CYBER-OPINION POLL - Which Konkani script do you prefer to learn/use? Romi/Roman script Devnagari script Kannada script I'm not interested in learning/using Konkani Undecided/ Indifferent Total votes: 362 Cast your vote: http://www.goanet.org (right hand side) OTHER LINKS ON GOANET: http://www.goanet.org/modules.php?op=modloadname=NS-Pollsfile=indexpollID=19 GOANET AE http://www.goanet.org/modules.php?op=modloadname=Newsfile=articlesid=216 BOOKS: Blood Nemesis - Ben Antao, 2005 The novel is set in Goa during Portuguese times during the freedom struggle. Several reviews included. - RELIGION
*** Goanet News Bytes * Dec 23-24, 2005 * Goanetters meet up in Goa, Dec 27, 2005, 4 pm at Rivieira
-- || |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || |The Riviera Opposite Hotel Mandovi, Panjim (near Ferry Jetty/Riverfront)| || -- ,--,.---..--. .-. .-.,---. ___Estb 1994 .' .'/ .-. ) / /\ \ | \| || .-'|__ __| | | __ | | |(_)/ /__\ \| | || `-. )| | \ \ ( _)| | | | | __ || |\ || .-' (_) |`--- \ `-) )\ `-' / | | |)|| | |)|| `--. | | )\/ )---' |_| (_)/( (_)/( __.' `-' (__) (_)(__) (__) - Goanet news headlines * December 23-24, 2005 - o Goanetters in Goa: do drop in at an Goanetters meet on Dec 27, 2005 at 4 pm at the Riviera, opposite Hotel Mandovi (near Ferry Jetty) Panjim. This is one of the series of traditional Goanetter meet-ups in Goa. o Churchill Alemao's changing story: After being bitten by a sting operation, undertaken by (among others) earlier-in-Goa journalist Mayabhushan Nagvenkar, the South Goa MP came out with a number of explanations. Navhind cites Alemao saying this was a case of extortion. o Alemao said the motive of the TV channel was to make a profit, and he would not spare anyone tarnishing my image and that of the Congress. He claimed he too had a cassette which would expose certain people. He admitted he called the UPA government a Laloo- Baloo one, but denied calling Goans rascals. He said he had given his life for Konkani and that was why he agreed to the library proposal, not for kickbacks. He also said he had become a vicitm of a campaign by the right and powerful to malign him and reduce his appeal among the poor and downtrodden. (Herald) QUOTE... UNQUOTE: I called the scheme a rascal. Maybe there was problem with my English as I am Portuguese educated. -- Churchill Alemao, denying he had called Goans rascals. TV channels are now pretending to be arbiters of public morality and are misusing technology either to gain viewers or blackmail public figures. -- Churchill Alemao, victim of a sting operation telecast on STAR, quoted in Gomantak Times. Gomantak Times apologises for a headline above a Churchill Alemao story which read, Smuggler, Robinhood, Muscleman, Bribe-taker. The paper said Alemao had not expressed his protest to them in, but it was an inadvertent mistake. Our editorial stand on the issue of he asking for kickbacks remains unchanged..., said the paper. Navhind meanwhile reported Churchill's statement warning he would shortly file a defamation suit against a local newspaper for bringing out wrong facts and using derogatory terms of reference towards him. o Rs 3.52 crore sanctioned during Churchill's 18-months.(GT) o From ministers, MLAs, down to zilla panchayat members, councillors and panchas, the politics over commission on tendered works has almost become a big-time business, reports Herald from Margao. It says the rates of commission vary from 2% to panchas, to 2-5% for councillors and zilla panchayat members, and 5% for ministers and MLAs.(H) o 11 MPs expelled from parliament, for cash-for-questions scam. o Velim MLA Filipe Neri inducted into Goa cabinet. (NT) o Neri's disqualification case: BJP to move Supreme Court. (H) o Economic Development Corporation gets tough on defaulters.H o Police to maintain vigil outside churches. (H) o Nuvem locals threaten to stop heavy traffic via Kirbhat.(H) o Lok Shakti's flays Churchill's commodity approach. (H) o Preparations for Christmas in full swing. (NT) o Seminar on Indian music, dance drama at Desterro, Vasco. (NT) o Govt planning Rs 30 crore IT project at Dona Paula: Narvekar. o Francisco Martins' tableau on 'Festivals' for R-Day in Delhi.NT o Mormugao council to ban plastic bags sale. (H) o Mangrove cutting reported along Mandovi, at Bainguinim.(H) o Bishop's house offices closed on Dec 24-25. (H) o Stella Maris Miramardraw postponed to Feb 12, 2005. (H) o Schedule Tribe population claimed at 12.06% in Goa. (GT) o Jantar do Natal, the traditional Christmas dinner held from 1952, continues in the Mandovi on December 25 at 7 30 pm onwards. Peru Assado (roast Turkey) and Pudim de Natal. o Crafts Bazaar continues upto December 26 at BPS-Margao from 10 am to 10 pm. o A beach shack called Zanzibar, down Tito's Lane, has a half-page advertisement, calling
*** Goanet News Bytes * Dec 22-21, 2005 * Velim MLA disqualification revoked by courts... heat hits Churchill, but he's unrepentant
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- ,--,.---..--. .-. .-.,---. ___Estb 1994 .' .'/ .-. ) / /\ \ | \| || .-'|__ __| | | __ | | |(_)/ /__\ \| | || `-. )| | \ \ ( _)| | | | | __ || |\ || .-' (_) |`--- \ `-) )\ `-' / | | |)|| | |)|| `--. | | )\/ )---' |_| (_)/( (_)/( __.' `-' (__) (_)(__) (__) - Goanet news headlines * December 21-22, 2005 - o High Court sets aside Velim MLA Filip Neri's disqualification. Court raps (former BJP speaker) Satarkar, says order is wholly irrational. (Herald) o Neri verdict strengthens Rane's hands. (NT) o CM awaits clearance for Neri's return to Cabinet.(NT) o Central Bureau of Investigation agrees to probe IFFI-2004 expenses. (NT) o Noted musicologist, Malbarao Sardessai (94), passes away.(NT) o Crooks diverted the attention of a man for two mintues, and then vanished with his bag containing Rs 700,000. The victim was appliances dealer Lawrence Fernandes of Calangute. (NT) o Third non-resident Goans meet on Jan 3-4. About 300 delegates are expected to attend.(NT) o Goa police offers a reward for information leading to arrests of those involved in church thefts. Reward: Rs 20,000! Hollywood stars Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet are planning to join a backpacking tour to Goa in 2006, to prepare for roles in their upcoming movie Holiday. (Herald, quoting The Sun). o Tourists streaming into coastal areas of Salcete. (NT) o Craft Bazaar at BSP-Margao gets good response. (NT) o Goa Portuguese, hotel at Shivaji Park, Bombay, is 17. (NT) o Goa facing power shortage temporarily. (NT) o Margao municipality goes blank on kabrastan demand.(H) o English subject to be made compulsory at primary level.(GT) o Loyola's ex-students holds christmas tree for children.(GT) o Benaulikars protest before electricity engineers.(GT) o At Siolim, Gabriel D'Souza's home was burgled, Dec 3, Marna.GT o School-dropout Pushpa Jadhav 17 committed suicide, Rua de Ourem o Pay Rs 8 lakh per month or move out, Inox told. (GT) o Illegal jetty razed at Old Goa. (GT) o Sparks fly at South Goa zillapanchayat meet. (GT) o N Shivdas bags Sahitya Akademi Award in Konkani. (DigitalGoa) GOA LAUNCHES a YMCA International Goa community centre on Dec 22 at Campal-Miramar. It will focus on building talent in sports and music. It will also offer short term courses, and programmes in trekking and camping. There are some 300 members in Goa. New members need recommendations of current members. Life membership fees are Rs 5000 for those below 21 years, and Rs 10,000 for those above. - Churchill Alemao's side of the story... - o Churchill has betrayed people of Goa, says Lok Shakti. (GT) o Lok Sabha speaker orders probe against Churchill, 4 others. o No immediate action against Churchill, says Congress.(UNI)c o Congressmen mum on Alemao sting. (Herald) Most Congress leaders, except Aleixo Sequeira, spoke on the condition of anonymity (over the Alemao case). Mr Sequeira said that he lived in a village where Star News channel was not shown on cable TV. He however said that he had read about the issue in the newspapers, and that many things published in the newspapers need not be true and, as such, he would not comment on the issue. (Navhind Times) QUOTE OF THE DAY: A corrupt society elects corrupt leaders, and this sting operation is a joke. Everybody is corrupt. If we go by sting operation parameters, there would be no Government either at the Centre or at the state level. In a highly politicised move, Churchill has been made a scapegoat. -- Dr Wilfred Misquita. [Just what are you saying, Doctor?] Goa MP files FIR against channel, calls it frame-up RAJU NAYAK Wednesday, December 21, 2005 at 0122 hours IST PANAJI, DECEMBER 20: In the eye of the storm after allegedly seen demanding money to sanction funds under the MP Local Area Development Scheme (MPLAD), a sting operation conducted by a news channel, Goa MP Churchill Alemao has alleged in an FIR filed at the Tilak Marg police station in New Delhi that he has been framed. Alemao
*** Goanet Reader: Virtue in Vice: Opium Money in the Making of Panjim (Celsa Pinto)
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- Virtue in Vice: Opium Money in the Making of Panjim Celsa Pinto Many are aware of today's global trade from poppies of the golden triangle in the south-east and the golden crescent in the western part of Asia. Many are also aware of the crucial role played by Indian opium in China, which paved the way for the notorious Opium Wars of the nineteenth century and European imperialism in China. But perhaps few know that the transformation of the emerging capital Panjim, from swamp to city and the majestic structures we see in this city today, are a gift of the Malwa opium trade of the nineteenth century. Strange indeed is the link which colonial powers often found between money from the drug trade and efforts to improve society. Amongst all the commodities that figured in the commerce of Portuguese India in the early nineteenth century, opium occupied the centre-stage. Though opium might have been a part of the commerce of Portuguese India prior to 1770, it rose to prominence with the emergence of the China trade in the 1770s. This induced profound structural changes not only in the Asian trade but even in the Portuguese country trading system. The rise and development of the early nineteenth century Portuguese opium commerce was closely linked with the opium policy of the English East India Company. Since 1765 the Company came to possess sizable opium -- producing regions in Bengal, Bihar and Orissa and by the closing decade of the century, monopolized opium cultivation, manufacture and sale. The drug found extreme acceptance amongst the Chinese and enabled the Company to use this commodity to get rid off its trade imbalances with China. By 1800 about 2000 opium chests reached the Chinese shores and this assumed mammoth proportions of more than 7500 chests in 1830. The British, however, did not participate in the distribution of the drug in China as opium was a contraband item in that country. The Company confined itself to its production and distribution in India and left the trade largely in the hands of private traders who bought the drug at public auctions and transported it to China in country vessels. The proceeds from opium sales in China were deposited in the Company's Canton Treasury in exchange for bills of exchange on the Board of Directors or the Bengal Government. Matters came to a head when around 1810 the Company began to restrict Bengal opium production with the primary objective of improving its quality. Concerted efforts were made to make the Company's stamp on Bengal opium chests a symbol of quality, which implied extraction of a high price for every chest sold. The British failed to foresee that such a policy would give rise to a large-scale system of operation outside the orbit of Company control. The opium traders to evade the payment of high prices for Company opium, switched to the inferior non-Company Malwa opium. With peace being restored in Central India, with the suppression of the Marathas as a political force and the elimination of the Pindaris, poppy cultivation became more popular, with the peasants making a comfortable margin. Increased production led to the availability of cheap Malwa opium which was then smuggled from Central India to Western India, including the Portuguese ports of Daman, Diu and Goa that lay in the vicinity, to the far-off Portuguese Far Eastern settlement Macao and China. From the opium marts of Central India namely Ujjain, Nolye, Rutlam, Kachorde, Mundisore, Kahjehanpur and Indore, opium was transported in boxes, or concealed in grain, dry grass saw-dust or bales of cotton in bullock-carts or on horseback directly to Daman, Broach and Jumbasore. But when the restrictions appeared, opium was conveyed from the places of growth to Pali, from there it moved to Jaisalmar and thence to Karachi in Sind. At Karachi, coastal ships belonging to the Amirs were loaded with opium cargoes and sailed to Daman, where opium was deposited for re-export and onward carriage to Macao and China. Normally it took about ninety to hundred days for one consignment of opium to reach Daman from the place of production. Even though Diu was located nearer to Karachi than Daman, the opium traders openly demonstrated their preference for the latter. Daman provided excellent port facilities, its strategic location on the western seaboard made it a convenient transit point
*** Goanet News Bytes * Dec 20, 2005 * Mixed response to Churchill-gate in Goa
-- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Take back amp; distribute Soccer Balls | -- ,--,.---..--. .-. .-.,---. ___Estb 1994 .' .'/ .-. ) / /\ \ | \| || .-'|__ __| | | __ | | |(_)/ /__\ \| | || `-. )| | \ \ ( _)| | | | | __ || |\ || .-' (_) |`--- \ `-) )\ `-' / | | |)|| | |)|| `--. | | )\/ )---' |_| (_)/( (_)/( __.' `-' (__) (_)(__) (__) - Goanet news headlines * December 20, 2005 - * Sting operation on Churchill (Alemao). Six other members of Parliament shown seeking bribe under MP local area development scheme. Full details and other inputs at www.goanet.org Goan journalist Mayabhushan Nagvenkar played a key role in busting this scam! * Goa PCC(I) chief Ravi Naik said he does not know anything about the expose, as he was attending a private cultural function in Ponda. How can I react before knowing the facts, he said. (Herald) * How Churchill-gate unfolded. (Herald) * Hidden camera catches Churchill asking for cuts. (NT) * It's unfortunate: Margaret Alva. (NT) * Chakravyuh chokes Churchill. (GT) * Churchill: Give me 3 lakh. I get same for other works. (GT) * It's an attempt to blackmail me: Churchill. (GT) * What will be my commission... how many lakhs will you give me? * GT editorial says: Churchill, are you an MP or a prostitute? * Govt to give stress on IT industry: Rane. (NT) * 20 industrial units to provide jobs to 4000 people. (H) * Centre to aid in setting up Goa's food processing industry.H * Mite's might is coconut growers' plight. (H) * Briton, Michael O'Donell (38) dies in Khola mishap. (H) * 3-D theatre at Goa Science Centre soon. (H) * Spaniard, 30, shifted to IPB. Termed medically unsound.(H) * Decline in malaria cases this year, says DHS. (H) * Four year old Akshata Karapurkar does Goa proud in swimming.H * NCAOR launches silver jubilee scientific expedition to Antarctica. * Salgaocar College enters new era opening modern library. (H) * NGO Goa Foundation attempts again to clear Sonsodo dump. (H) * Wild tuskers back to haunt Sal residents. (H) * Cortalim roads being asphalted. (H) o Four year old, Jastin de Souza, died in an accident at Nuvem.(NT) o Margao gears up for Christmas. (NT) o Regional plan needs to be frozen, viewpoint in GT. (GT) Mickky Pacheco's wife files bigamy plaint with the President, chief minister. Goa agri minister Mickky Pacheco claimed that Sara Pacheco was still his wife and that he was not wedded to Viola, whose photograph appeared in some sections of the press along with Mickky and a baby on his birthday on December 12. He also challenged Sara to prove that he had married Viola. (GT) The thousands of Israelis who congregate in Goa each season come from a highly charged political cauldron in the Middle East, many have just finished the arduous and soul-wrenching military service that's required of all youth. They've come to Goa to blow off steam, to unwind, to escape; this partly explains their reputation for arrogance and clannishness. Up to now, we Goans have barely understood this rapidly growing Israeli sub-culture on our soil, and the Israelis have collectively shown no interest in the place where so many of them congregate year after year. -- V M de Malar in Herald 'Hanukkah under coconut palms' - SPORTS: - o Four states vote for increase in National Football League. 20 others say no. Whatever hopes that Churchill Bros and Vasco SC entertained have come to nothing. (Herald) o Salgaocar O, Vasco 0 in Hutch pro-league.(H) o YS Benaulim wallp Cuncolim Union 5-0. (H) o New education policy will encourage sports:Narvekar.(H) - DEATHS AND REMEMBRANCES: - CAMURLIM/BASTORA: Anthony Joseph Lobo Tony b 1929 CHINCHINIM: Lorecino Jacob Fernandes of Durga MAPUSA: Adv Camilo de Souza, notary, Rajvaddo MARGAO: Gilbert Furtado of Sivordem NAVELIM: Caitano Fernandes of Nagmodem PILERNE: Angelo Custodio D'Souza, husband of Doris. PILERNE: Maria Angelica de Souza (Rosy) of Moicavaddo VASCO: Virginia Esperance Gomes, Opp GSL b 1931 CALANGUTE: Ema
*** Churchill Alemao named in TV-sting operation...
-- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Take back amp; distribute Soccer Balls | -- Congrats Mayabhushan Nagvenkar, one of our young and intrepid colleagues from Goa... who incidentally has had to face harassment from editors in this state too for some of his earlier endeavours in Goa! Unfortunately, in Goa, many viewers have probably this story on STAR TV, since the channel is currently not being shown in parts of the state due to some dispute over broadcast rights and payments. --FN - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Another sting exposes scam in use of MPs' funds By Indo Asian News Service http://in.news.yahoo.com/051219/43/61m32.html New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) A week after a sting operation exposed 11 MPs who took cash to raise questions in parliament, a TV channel Monday aired footage showing parliamentarians discussing kickbacks to release officials funds for developing their constituencies. The Star News channel claimed its reporters were able to obtain assurances from several MPs - including Chandra Pratap Singh of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Churchill Alemao of the Congress and Parasnath Yadav of Samajwadi Party - that they would provide money from the MPs Local Area Development scheme to fake NGOs for a 'commission'. Responding to the expose, Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, a stickler for rules, said he was 'ashamed' at this latest revelation of corruption among MPs. Last week, Chatterjee had said he was saddened by the cash-for-questions scam, a sentiment also expressed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Members of both houses of India's parliament can provide up to Rs.20 million a year under the scheme to fund projects in their constituencies like building of roads and schools and setting up of computer centres. Alemao, who represents Mormugao constituency in Lok Sabha and is a former chief minister of Goa, was shown in secretly filmed footage saying he would release Rs.1.5 million - if he was paid a commission of Rs.300,000 - for setting up a Konkani library in his home state by a non-existent NGO called Ashraya Abhiyan. But Alemao later became suspicious of the reporters involved in the sting operation and refused to go ahead with the plan. Chandra Pratap Singh, one of the 11 MPs exposed last week in the 'cash-for-questions' scam, was shown allegedly accepting Rs.25,000 from Star News reporters for similarly releasing funds to a fake NGO. He was told by the reporters that the payment was part of the '20 percent commission' demanded by him for releasing Rs.500,000 from the development funds. The reporters were also shown having discussions on similar lines with Ramswaroop Koli of the BJP (who represents Bayana in Rajasthan in the Lok Sabha), Isam Singh of the Bahujan Samaj Party and Sakshi Maharaj of the Samajwadi Party (both Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh), and Faggan Singh Kulaste of the BJP (Mandla-Madhya Pradesh in the Lok Sabha). Parasnath Yadav of Samajwadi Party was shown getting angry after the reporters apparently failed to make a payment of Rs.50,000 he had demanded. Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh said in an immediate reaction to the sting operation that Yadav had been asked to resign from the party. Amar Singh urged other parties whose MPs were named in Monday's expose to act against them. There were also MPs like Tufani Saroj of Samajwadi Party (who represents Saidpur seat of Uttar Pradesh in the Lok Sabha) who steadfastly refused to accept the kickbacks offered by the reporters, and asked them to visit his constituency to discuss what development projects they could carry out. Star News said it had conducted the sting operation over the past six months. The Rajya Sabha has suspended the lone member of the upper house involved in the cash-for-questions scam uncovered by Internet portal cobrapost.com and Aaj Tak news channel, while a Lok Sabha panel will decide on the action to be taken against 10 members of the lower house involved in the scandal. More MPs caught taking bribes on camera Onkar Singh in New Delhi | December 19, 2005 20:20 IST http://in.rediff.com/news/2005/dec/19bribe.htm Hardly had the furore over Operation Duryodhan by Cobrapost.com, in which 11 MPs were caught on tape taking bribes for asking questions in the Parliament, died down another sting operation by Star News channel is likely to create another storm in Parliament on Tuesday. Operation Chakravyuh organised by two journalists Jamshed Khan and Mayabhushan Nagvenkar, both former tehelka.com journalists, has caught several big politicans off guard while
*** Goanet News Bytes * Dec 16, 2005 * No threat to coalition govt, says Congress, after rumours and speculation
-- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Take back amp; distribute Soccer Balls | -- ,--,.---..--. .-. .-.,---. ___Estb 1994 .' .'/ .-. ) / /\ \ | \| || .-'|__ __| | | __ | | |(_)/ /__\ \| | || `-. )| | \ \ ( _)| | | | | __ || |\ || .-' (_) |`--- \ `-) )\ `-' / | | |)|| | |)|| `--. | | )\/ )---' |_| (_)/( (_)/( __.' `-' (__) (_)(__) (__) - Goanet news headlines * December 16, 2005 - o Rane-Jamir meet sparks rumours. Political circles were speculating that Goa was heading for some major political developments. (Herald) o More Vasco shops razed for highway. (H) o Goa, Japan ink pact to improve water supply. (H) o Joaquim Alemao displeased with Sanguem fish market.(H) o Ex-Curchorem banker Bhat accused of embezzlement.(H) o Major sale from Dec 14-18 at Don Bosco's indoor stadium. o Rs 14 million needed to complete Marathi Bhavan. (H) o Seminar on child abuse in Goa held at Navelim college.(H) o PWD engineers face protest for delay in Pernem pipe work.H o Church seeks remedial steps on Regional Plan. (H) o Navelim set to host Goa's biggest handicraft show from Dec17. o Marshell Katherine of the US was booked for rash driving.(H) o Luizinho calls defamatory reports that he invested in Mopa land. o Pre-primaries to come under the Goa Education Act. (H) o Anti Ingo rally, road blockade planned on Saturday. (H) o Medical reps hold protest rally in city. (H) o Campus rock idols 2005 on Friday at Campal. Group photo exhibition currently underway at the Kala Academy, till Dec 21. See more photography links at http://groups.google.com/group/GoaPhotogs And, a useful contact-sheet of artists, photographers and others in the creative field in Goa: http://w3t.org/?u=fpm o Margao centenary: Strange as it may seem, the centenary year of the Margao Municipal building is ending a month-and-half from now, but there's hardly any word on the festivities planned to celebrate the occasion. (H) o Open-type 'bandhara' proposed at Talpona river. (H) o Karwar locals oppose liquor smuggling. (H) - DigitalGoa.com BREAKING NEWS: - No threat to coalition government: Deshprabhu Dec 16 - Congress Spokesperson Jitendra Deshprabhu today brushed aside all the speculations about the instability of the government and asserted that the Congress government will complete its full term and that there is no threat to the coalition government. Referring to the rumours that were making rounds in the political circles for last couple of days, ever since CM Rane met Governor, Mr Deshprabhu blamed vested interests for planting rumours about the instability of the government. He said that Mr Rane called the Government on the wishes of the Government and it has no political significance. It may be noted here that GPCC President Ravi Naik today instead of attending the CLP meeting met the Governor this afternoon raising more eye brows. However, Mr Naik tried to down play the meeting saying that he went to meet Governor to invite him for his son’s wedding. CLP blames on bureaucracy for slow development Dec 16 - Congress Legislative Party (CLP) today blamed the bureaucracy for the slow pace of development in the State. Briefing media persons about the deliberations in the CLP meet that held at CM’s official residence at Altinho, party spokesperson Jitendra Deshprabhu said that most of the members were critical of the way things are being handled by the bureaucracy. Mr Deshprabhu said that chief minister assured the members to take remedial measures. CLP was also of the view that the time limit for public suggestions on Regional Plan 2007, which ended yesterday, should not be extended further so that various developmental project do not suffer any more. Mr Deshprabhu further said that the CLP has urged the government to implement its earlier decision to relax the land to be freezed along the national highway from 75 mts to 40 mts. Bandekar alleges corruption in PWD Dec 16 - Former minister Sanjay Bandekar today alleged rampant corruption in Public Works Department. Speaking to media, he challenged Mr Rane to control this corruption or step down. - SPORTS: - o GOA CHESS
*** Goanet News Bytes * Dec 15, 2005 * Vasco houses razed to make way for highway
-- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Take back amp; distribute Soccer Balls | -- ,--,.---..--. .-. .-.,---. ___Estb 1994 .' .'/ .-. ) / /\ \ | \| || .-'|__ __| | | __ | | |(_)/ /__\ \| | || `-. )| | \ \ ( _)| | | | | __ || |\ || .-' (_) |`--- \ `-) )\ `-' / | | |)|| | |)|| `--. | | )\/ )---' |_| (_)/( (_)/( __.' `-' (__) (_)(__) (__) - Goanet news headlines * December 15, 2005 - o Vasco houses razed for highway. 28 houses demolished. (Herald) o Siolim in clutches of Russian mafia, says Gomantak Times. (GT) o Sale of lottery tickets stopped in 2002, yet staff gets full salary.GT o Trade houses sans licences haunt Margao council. (H) o Rane's performance may come under scanner in coming months.(H) o MLA Matanhy finds flaws in Regional Plan. (H) o GVN's new library to be opened today in Margao. (H) o Chinchinim for roll-back in phone rentals. (H) o Curtorim Comunidade ex-chief Dr Ernesto Rodrigues denies charges. o PI Gaonkar back in Panjim. (H) o Family members arrested over religious feud in Canacona. (H) o Wordy duel ends in murder in Aldona market. (H) o Parrikar seeks time to assuage ill-will in Margao ruling council.H o NE Diniz Music School Borda to hold concert at GVN's hall Dec 22.(H) o Housewife, 23, dies of burns at Vaddem Vasco. (H) o Tourist Bhavan coming up at Patto, existing building to go. (GT) o PI Gaonkar transferred back to Panjim. (GT) o Francis Luis Gomes Garden once in glory, now forgotten. (GT) o Goa government losing Rs 140 million per year due to lottery ban.GT o 727 students to join Liberation pagentry in Campal. (H) o Jamir tours Canacona. (H) o New entry rules for Panjim, to decongest Pato area. o Workshop on geology curriculum from Dec 22. (GT) o Defence ministry has 1678 acres of land in Dabolim airport, since April 1962, Rajya Sabha MP Shantaram Naik was told in a parliamentary reply. Naik sought to know whether the Government had title documents of the Dabolim airport, its date of acquisition of title, area, etc. o Lok Chetna Goa's Madhurya Asharam behind St Joseph's at Parra is seeking donation of a plot of house for an old aged home. - DEATHS AND REMEMBRANCES: - o ASSOLNA: Antonio Sebastiao Dias of Navelim Fradelim. o CURCA: Anthony Francis Rodrigues, Caitan b 1951 o MAPUSA: Dr Armando Baptista Cardoso, b 1919 o PORVORIM: John Manuel D'Souza of Vaddem-Socorro. o VARCA: Jovito Jerome Martins (JV Irrigation), Novangully o AGASIAM: Flaviana R C Vaz e Fernandes of Padribhatt o ANJUNA: Ramnath G Nagvenkar, retd Asst Collector for Customs, and Central Excise, Panjim. Father of Mayabhushan, 9th anniv. o CARMONA: Noel Rodwin Gracias, birthday remembrance - Ko~knni Xikat:3 ||| Learn Konkani - [With the new easy-to-pronounce TSKK Orthography] Ko~knni Xikat: 3 To aylo ani tiy ayli. Bayl Ko~knni xikli ani ghovuy xiklo. Konnuy utt'ta ani apnnak zay te~ ul^yta. Tich s^glle~ kam k^rta. Mh^zo pa~ych dukta. Bhurge~ p^ddta. Te~ r^ddta ani utt'ta. He p^yxe takach di. Tuje k^xtt Devakuch sa~g. Tachya hatakuch mar lagla. Bhav aylo t^ri bh^ynn ayli na. Mh^s ayli punn gaych ayli na. Devuch mhaka pavt^lo. Bayl b^stali ani ghovuch kam k^rtalo. Pratap Naik, S.J. TSKK orthography could be used to write Konkani in Roman script in a scientific way. Except three speech sounds of Konkani other speech sounds are represented in this orthography. Note the use of ^ (as in ago) and ~ (used for nasalized vowels). Reproduced with permission from Dr Pratap Naik sj. More details: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tskk-sad/join - CULLINARY CORNER: Daisy Rodrigues [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This is one of my favorite recipes. What better gift to give during Christmas than a fruitcake! Yes, It is time to be considerate and appreciative of the rich history and tastes that are passed on whenever one of these colorful treats exchanges hands as a gift -- NOT a curse, a GIFT! It is time to restore the fruitcake's good reputation. It is time to make GOOD FRUITCAKES! Just remember a few things before you start out: The first step in fruitcake preparation is to assemble, chop
*** Goanet News Bytes * Dec 11, 2004 * Protests in Pernem against Ingo's market
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instrucitons therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- ,--,.---..--. .-. .-.,---. ___Estb 1994 .' .'/ .-. ) / /\ \ | \| || .-'|__ __| | | __ | | |(_)/ /__\ \| | || `-. )| | \ \ ( _)| | | | | __ || |\ || .-' (_) |`--- \ `-) )\ `-' / | | |)|| | |)|| `--. | | )\/ )---' |_| (_)/( (_)/( __.' `-' (__) (_)(__) (__) - Goanet news headlines * December 11, 2005 - o Protestors serve five-day ultimatum. Thousands rally against Saturday Nite Bazaar in Chopdem, Pernem. (W/GT) o We should increase farm income, says Sharad Pawar in Goa.(NT) o Airport row: Churchill makes counter-charge against Khalap. (NT) o Acquire land to upgrade Dabolim airport, says Churchill. (H) o Churchill blames Khalap for MGP's downfall. (GT/W) o Govt should go ahead with Mopa airport, says MGP's Raut. (NT) o Judge Ferdino Rebello urges politicians to make Goa ideal state o Parrikar's allegations are politically motivated: Mauvin Godinho. o Mauvin dares Parrikar on power rebate case. (GT/W) o Five held for thefts in Vasco. (NT) o Govt talks about pension scheme for coconut pluckers. (H) o EDC to finance real estate projects at low interest rates.(H) o Goa Small Indus Assn to revive sick small units. (H) o Willy assures help for tiatrists. (H) IFFI2005 was a total failure, because apart from the lack of entertainment, it did not benefit the local people commercially. The Entertainment Society of Goa was flooded with applications to set up stalls, run rickshaws and put up counters at the Inox courtyard, but apart from the beach screenings -- which were shifted from Miramar to Caranzalem -- there were not many competitions or other activities. Pratap Bhonsale of Sohan Caterers rues this, saying We were able to make only Rs 1000 to 2000 per day. (Herald) Traditional 'godgoddo', a dice-based gambling game, is making a comeback in Salcete, with its being noticed at local feasts and zatras. This game is illegal under the law. (Herald) Writer Teresa Albuquerque laid eyes on the village of Calapor (aka Santa Cruz in Goa) for the first time when she was ten. While time has made some obvious changes in the village, much still remains. (Gomantak Times/Weekender) Horticulturist Daniel D'Souza's house in Assagao is a delightful mix of both a glossy fashion mag house and one with personality, writes Reema Kamat. (W/GT) How much is actually known about Bandra, a well-known shopping destination, which is home to so many Goans? Cartoonist Alexyz, who was in Bandra recently to 'Celebrate Bandra', explains. o Grand exhibition sale, last two days, BPS Club, Margao. o Lorenz-Margao offering unbeatable discounts on digi-cameras o Car and motorcycle circus at Mapusa, Gandhi Chowk. Rs 20 ticket. o Paulo offers Volvo bus service Goa-Hyderabad route. o Cyberage scheme. Complaints contact 9850 470608. o Celebrate new year at sea on your personal house boat. Sea Scan Pleasure Cruises 9822 162 863. o CMM is advertising its furniture store at Renovadi, Merces. o Govt taking over land to improve land in Mormugao, Baina, etc. o NIO seeks tenders to manage coastal research vessel 'Sagar Sukti' - Education: - o Silver jubilee of dental college celebrated. (NT) o Portugal through Goan eyes exhibition on at Altinho. (NT) - Sports: - Scrabble: A workshop conducted by a few established players at the fr Agnel Technical Complex in Verna on December 4 and 10 had quite a few scrabble enthusiasts honing their skills, writes Irineu Gonsalves in the Gomantak Times/Weekender. - DEATHS AND REMEMBRANCES: - ASSOLNA: D Maria Serolina Almeida of Banda. Wife of late Dr Jose Inacio Joao de Deus Almeida, mother/in-law of Dr Afranio/Dra Nazare (Portugal), Mimi/Amandio, Estelita/ late Mario, Sr Maria Fifi,
*** Goanet News Bytes * Nov 18, 2005 * Parrikar joins Victoria's protests... Navy permits charters on Friday!
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instrucitons therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- ,--,.---..--. .-. .-.,---. ___Estb 1994 .' .'/ .-. ) / /\ \ | \| || .-'|__ __| | | __ | | |(_)/ /__\ \| | || `-. )| |.___ \ \ ( _)| | | | | __ || |\ || .-' (_) |`===' \ `-) )\ `-' / | | |)|| | |)|| `--. | | )\/ )---' |_| (_)/( (_)/( __.' `-' (__) (_)(__) (__) Goanet news headlines * November 18, 2005 - o Parrikar joins Victoria against TCP ordinance. My aim is to save Goa, says Victoria. (NT) Mummy (Victoria) pushing Congress to its limits? (H) o Navy permits charters on Fridays at Dabolim. (NT) o Taxi operators give ultimatum to government. (NT) o Govt to implement mobile school project for dropouts.NT o Sesa Goa organises crop development prog in mining areas.NT o Govt plans road nar Football ground, Taleigao. o UV Bakre appointed law secretary to government. (NT) o Stop slaughter of pigs, Bollywood hero Abraham tells Goa.(H) o Shantaram Kadam owes SGPDA chairmanship to Congress. Will Ponda have a separate PDA? (H) o Ancestral Goa completes a decade in Loutolim. (H) o Goa autorickshaws in a difficult plight. (H) o Stolen water pipes used as roof support in Cotigao. (H) o GTDC plans hotels in Arambol, Palolem. (H) o Bureaucrats optimistic about IFFI. (H) o Knowledge park at Verna soons, says Luizinho. (H) o Feature: Holy Trinity (Benaulim), church with a difference.H o Traffic management for IFFI announced. (GT) o Fatima D'Sa named to head Goa Tourism Dvpt Corporation.(GT) o RJ Savio and Bambino to release album on Goan bands. (GT) Issues: o IT plans for Serula in Bardez. Paul Fernandes has a report titled IT's a virus! Serula meet bytes more. The comunidade approved the allotment of 6.95 lakh square metres for the IT parkbut a correction issued corrects the land required to a whopping 12.4 lakh square metres! Sports: o Goa survives scare, ekes out 1-1 draw against former champs Manipur, to enter Satnosh semis. (NT) o Don Bosco College closing ceremony of the Goa National Summit 2005 to marke the intl year for sports. (Advt) Deaths: o Aldona: Bernard Barretto, of Goncoi Ex McDermott. o Batim: Manuel Vaz b 1925 o Benaulim: Maria Francisca Furtado, Maxic b 1940 of Vaddi o Calangute: Maria Falacia Coutinho (Felician) of Umtavaddo b in 1971 o Ex-East African Railways/Harbours-Tanga (Orlim): NJA Miguel Martins. Relict of late Maria Antonieta P C Martins, father/in-law of Fernando/Sheila Vieira Velho (USA), Beethoven/Carmen Carvalho, Acaria/Joe Almeida (US), Micas/Ravina Gomes. o Panjim: Inacio Afonso, prop of Afonso Tailors, b 1919. o Ex-PO Co: Deniz J Fernandes, Chorao. o Ex-Verna, Kenya and Perth: Roque Figueiredo. Husband of Dagmar Quadros e Figueiredo. Father/in-law of Pauline/ Joseph, Keith/Bridget, Everard/Sonya, Ian/Tanya and Glenn/Christine died in Perth, Western Australia. Quote... unqote: o Avoid over-exploitation, misuse and wastage of precious land resources. Conserve it, protect it, for sustainability of all living beings. Goa State Land Use Board advert... [They should be telling politicians this first!]
*** Goanet News Bytes * Nov 16, 2005 * Photos of tiatrists ... Goa initiatives... and a book of verse for kids
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instrucitons therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded1994 e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ by Herman 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Carneiro 88_88 | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 - / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 www.goanet.org Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y88D GOANET NEWS BYTES * Nov 16, 2005 * DATELINE GOA Compiled by Frederick Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED] - SOME RECENT NEWS LINKS - POLICE PLANS: The new Director-General of Police, Neeraj Kumar has said that Goa being the premier tourist destination, his priority would be to strengthen intelligence network. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=110829 AJAY DEVGAN -- REGAINING LOST GLORY? Suite 1500 of Goa's Intercontinental Grand has a lived-in air, as Ajay Devgan has made it his home away from home over a 40-day shooting spell for the Rohit Shetty directed Golmaal. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=110829 TOWARDS A STATE BIOTECH POLICY: If everything goes well as per the plans Goa state would soon join other states in India to have its own biotech policy. Biotechnology or ‘biotech’ (BT) is the global sunrise industry. The marriage of biology and biotechnology with informatics and information technology yields bioinformatics. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=110914 CZECH PRESIDENT URGES INDIA ON ECONOMY: (AP via Yahoo! Finance) The Czech Republic's president urged India to further liberalize its economy Tuesday, saying businesses from his country were keen to invest in the South Asian nation's energy, information technology and glass industries. NEW PLANS BY AIRLINES IN INDIA: Low-cost airlines operating in the domestic Indian aviation scene are planning to offer services connecting cities and places earlier ignored by major airlines and even by the Indian railways. Http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?hp Flag=Ychklogin=Nautono=204967leftnm=lmnu1lselect =0leftindx=1 [LONG URL] AMERICAN AIRLINES, SAHARA OFFER: American Airlines and Air Sahara announce a fully reciprocal frequent flyer agreement. http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/051108/datu050.html?.v=28 - SOMETHING UNIQUE... PORTRAITS OF TIATRISTS - OF TIATR AND TIATRISTS: Alex A A Fernandes aka Portrait Atelier informs that he has just completed his series on contemporary tiatriste. The whole process took about three weeks and was shot in his studios in Goa and Mumbai. They will be on display and sale at the Fontainhas Festival from November 26 till December 3. Alex says he initially planned to display these pictures (of 34 various artist -- who so graciously came forward to be photographed -- at the IFFI (International Film Festival of India). He approached the authorities in charge of the festival to give these artist exclusive coverage in terms of gallery space at the INOX or the Kala Academy. I had decided to foot the whole bill for shooting the pictures plus framing them and printing an introductory brochure which gave a brief history for each artist. It soon became apparent that the people responsible for the organisation of the events at the IFFI didn't want to see me or listen to what I had to say. Maybe I have to brush up on my reading skills as I did not fully comprehend the meaning of the abbreviation 'IFFI'. International Film festival held in Goa for foreginers and out of state film personalities, at the expense of Goan tax payers. (I pay my taxes to the CCCP). Or maybe tiastriste (whom I consider very good actors) don't fall into the category of actors. Either way, I would like to invite all of you to see the portraits of these wonderful people, and would appreciate your feed back. Also please extend this invitation to your friends or any one who would like to see these portraits with a unique flavor of Goa. GOANETBYTES ADDS: The photos are real great. Do try and take a look at them, or write to Alex [EMAIL PROTECTED] - QUERIES FROM
*** Goanet News Bytes * Nov 11-10, 2005 * Ingo at Assagao, Colva rehabilitation, deputy CM opposes a decision he passed....
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*** Goanet News Bytes * Nov 8, 2005 * Historian Dr John Correia-Afonso is no more... IFFI inaugural at INOX
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*** Goanet News Bytes * Nov 5 4, 2005 * Goan cattle robbery.... film-makers want subsidies...
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*** Goanet News Bytes * Nov 4, 2005 * Call to allow shippies, Gulf expats to remain on voters' list
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*** Goanet Reader: Vernacular, mother-tongue or language chauvinism?
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instrucitons therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- VERNACULAR, MOTHER-TONGUE OR LANGUAGE CHAUVINISM? Why Goa needs to re-look at primary education in English too By Cypriano Lopes Mobile: 9890946542 Goans were well known for their English language skills, and were once most sought after in India and abroad. They have excelled in jobs and services. That is how way back in the good old days too, Goans could earn their living in Bombay, East Africa, U.K. and Gulf countries. Job opportunities were hard to come by for them in their native land. The only option left was migration to avoid starvation at home. That is why you find Goans scattered all over the world. These were ordinary Goans, who by their sheer hard work, devotion to duty and honesty, coupled with their mastery over the English language, were able to carve a niche for themselves in diverse fields. The end result was, the economic uplift of their brethren at home. With one earning member abroad, entire Goan families could eke out a decent living, and at times, even live in style. Missionaries played a vital role in English education in India. Jesuit run schools and colleges were the most sought after. Admission to these institutions meant a sure ticket to success. India's most successful politicians and bureaucrats owe their upward mobility in society to the Jesuit run institutions. In Goa itself, the Diocesan and Archdiocesan schools contributed immensely to the emancipation of the masses. The less privileged common people were able to educate their children, as these schools were established in every village and town. Children of the socio-economically backward classes were thus able to brush shoulders with their peers, who were well off economically and educated in the best of schools in India and abroad. Alas, the dreams of the economically weaker sections of society were shattered in 1990. The High Court order forced the private primary schools to pay the same pay scales as the government schools. When the private primary schools approached the government for grants, the government was willing to give grants only to vernacular medium primary schools, and the same were denied to English-language medium primary schools. The Diocesan and Archdiocesan schools who were pioneers of English medium education, without giving a second thought overnight switched over to Konkani medium to avail of grants. CATASTROPHIC EFFECTS: The catastrophic effects, of the switch over to Konkani medium, are for every one to see. The entire education system has turned topsy-turvy. The haves prefer to send their wards to the mushrooming English-medium primary schools. Whereas the have-nots, have no other option other than to educate their children in the vernacular medium schools run by the Church. In Goa, the Church runs schools that have their pre-primary nurseries in English. Then the child is made to switch over to Konkani at the primary level and then again it is English medium at the secondary level, higher secondary and college level. Why are the children made to pay for the follies of someone else? Why is Konkani medium sandwiched between pre-primary and secondary level? What is the logic behind this irrational and illogical education system? In the bargain, the child is burdened with shifting of medium. What for? Is it to satisfy the false egos of a few language protagonists? Why are the poor parents not given a choice to choose what is best for their children? What sort of future generations are we trying to produce with more and more emphasis on vernacular medium of instruction instead of science and maths? In this age of globalization, where comparative costs determine the economic health of a nation, the need of the hour is to build human resource base of technically sound, efficient and result oriented individuals. We have to invest in education that lays more stress on research and development. Because it is from here that cutting edge technologies evolve and economies grow by leaps and bounds. Why are we wasting the child's time and skills in changing medium of instruction and hamper their intellectual growth? Years after the vernacular medium policy was introduced in Goa, wards of economically backward communities continue to suffer. The English-advantage they enjoyed, has
*** Goanet News Bytes * Nov 3, 2005 * Crime in Goa... two murders ... theft bid at Colva church ... and (coming up) a play on Abbe Faria
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*** Goanet News Bytes * Nov 2, 2005 * Margao sewage project to cost a bomb....
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*** Goanet News Bytes * Oct 31, 2005 * BJP backs dissidents to keep Congress at bay... Sporting Clube loses Federation finals
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*** Goanet News Bytes * Oct 18, 2005 * President in Goa... garbage protest... state film fest opens
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*** Goanet News Bytes * Oct 14, 2005 * Goa film for IFFI, Congress leaders seen rocking the party
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*** Goanet News Bytes * Oct 11, 2005 * Congress consensus on PM's venue meet... Muslims complain about prayer house damage
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*** Goanet News Bytes * October 10-9, 2005 * Salcoale meet... Wendell quits ESG ... a Jazz singer
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*** Goanet News Bytes * Oct 8, 2005 * Evening fog in parts of Goa * LatAm ambassadors in state
## # Don't just read the news...discuss it. Learn more about Goa via Goanet # # Goanet was setup in 1994 and has spent the last decade building a # # lasting Goan non-profit, volunteer-driven network in cyberspace. # # Visit the archives http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/ # # To join, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and ask to join Goanet. # ## [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded1994 e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ by Herman 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Carneiro 88_88 | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 - / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 www.goanet.org Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y88D GOANET NEWS BYTES * Oct , 2005 * DATELINE GOA - Compiled by Frederick Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED] - GOANS CAN NOW SETTLE IN PORTUGAL: Portugal's ambassador to India Joaquim F Marques on Friday assured that all those entitled to Portuguese citizenship, especially Goans, would be granted the same, and efforts would be made to expedite the process of granting citizenship. He was talking on the sidelines of a two-day ambassadors' conference, and said delays were mainly due to non-submission of proper documents. Ambassadors representing Portugal, Spain, Latin America and the Caribbean countries was held at the NIO. (H) Portugal streamlining citizenship process for persons from former colonies, says envoy. (NT) o In a bid to diffuse Congress-NCP tensions, Margaret Alva has suggested that the Nationalist Congress Party could be given chairmanship of two other government run corporations. (H) PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT had set up a helpline with the Goa Electronics Limited. But hardly anyone knew of the help-line 242 0069 and 242 0070, and so it hasn't been used. There are also delays in responding to problems. (H) o Environmental hearing of Coti Dongor mines of Virginia M Simioes (Pirla, Quepem) and Alli Vagurbem Mines of Elray Minerals (Sancorda, Sanguem) will come up on Nov 11 at 11 am at GMV Hall, Margao. o Sanjit Rodrigues is likely to be appointed administrator of the Corporation of the City of Panjim (CCP). H o JGF questions bid to form a tourism enclave on the west coast in the name of a Free Port, special economic zone and special tourism area. (H) o GOA's OUTGOING Director General of Police U.K. Katna's policy was simple: 'See no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil'. Maybe that's the reason why he refused to see, hear or speak against the police irregularities. Neither did he make any serious attempts to help the police to adapt to the fast changing advances in the field of handling law and order, prevention and detention of crime and regulatory functions. (GT) MOVE TO INCLUDE selected areas into Planning and Development Authorities (PDAs) raises eyebrows. The government, by an order, has declared the areas to be included in the North Goa PDA, South Goa PDA and the Mormugao PDA, but has maintained abundant precaution and did not dare to include the other areas from Ponda taluka and from Salcete taluka. (GT) WARNING FROM THE TAXMAN: We know who you are, says a half-page advert from the Indian Income Tax Department. Have you never filed your return? Have you stopped filing your return? We know who you are. Tax laws enable the department to gather information on investments and expenditure, track bank deposits, scrutinize selected tax returns, conduct surveys and searches. Catch up with your taxes before the taxman catches up with you. Be a responsible citizen and file your returns before October 31, 2005. o QUOTE UNQUOTE: There is no need for any of the 'naach-gaana' (song-and-dance) entertainment during a film festival. It does not happen in Cannes, Toronto, Lucarno, Venice or at any film festival. We must allow traffic to flow smoothly for locals. -- Wendell Rodricks. o Government to set up panel to probe Goa Dairy working.H o BJP-backed panel to contest Margao civic poll. (H) o Konkan Railway's Skybus promised within a year. (H) o Panchayats asked to arrest the garbage menace. (H) o Canacona youth want new faces in municipal polls. (H) o Dabolim villagers oppose extension of
*** Goanet News Bytes * Oct 6, 2005 * Goa govt assumes sweeping powers over planning
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*** Goanet News Bytes * Oct 5, 2005 * Goa's milk quality questioned
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*** Goanet Reader: Save Konkani from Konkaniwadis... a plea against puritanism
## # Don't just read the news...discuss it. Learn more about Goa via Goanet # # Goanet was setup in 1994 and has spent the last decade building a # # lasting Goan non-profit, volunteer-driven network in cyberspace. # # Visit the archives http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/ # # To join, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and ask to join Goanet. # ## Save Konkani from Konkaniwadis... a plea against puritanism Joseph Zuzarte [EMAIL PROTECTED] The proponents of the different types of Konkani should take a look at the English language. Every year the language keeps growing by the simple process of adding new words from other languages, including regular incorporations from Hindi and other Indian languages. So words like bazaar, tamasha etc have been added to the English lexicon, besides words from other languages which are spoken by a large number of people in between their English. Soon a Konkani word might even become officially English. Which will that Konkani word be? And will it then be outlawed from Konkani proper? Some of our swear words are already popular with the regular foreign visitors. Consider this list of English words borrowed from Hindi: Cummerbund (Hindustani kamarband) meaning waist-belt; chintz (Hindi chint) meaning spotted cotton cloth; dacoit (Hindi dakait) meaning robber; sorbet (Hindustani sherbet) meaning a refreshing drink; jungle (Jangal) meaning forest; loot meaning plunder; khaki meaning dust-cloured cloth; lakh and crore; sepoy (sipahi); durbar (darbar) and countless other words like chutney, durrie. Besides, there are also words from other Indian langauges. Mongoose, the killer of snakes and rats, got its English name from the Marathi word mangus. The English words coir and betel have come up from the Malayalam words kayer and vettila, while curry and cheroot have their origins in Tamil words kari and shuruttu. Like with other languages, Konkani, too has a chequered history. As the proponents of the various types of Konkani prove so easily, there are a number of different types of Konkani all along the west coast of India, right from the Gujarat coast, down through Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka and Kerala. It is the language of the Konkan people, the west coast of India being known as the Konkan coast. However, this long Konkan coast has been part of different kingdoms at different times because of geographical and historical factors. So the language of the Konkan people has evolved differently at different places over the centuries. Even the scripts used are considerably different. What cannot be denied is that all the different types of Konkani are recognisably Konkani. What also cannot be denied is that Konkani -- like English -- has also absorbed a number of words from other languages. So today you have some recognisably broad types of Konkani which have been separately influenced by Portuguese, Marathi and Kannada. English words like solid, fast, etc., are also loosely used in Konkani of late (sample: kiden fast cholta; samko solid aha). There are also the various types of Kokani spoken by the tribals like gawdas, kunbis and other communities, all of them with a very distinct identity. With English it is the people behind the Oxford English Dictionary -- the Bible of the English language -- who scrutinise language usage in newspapers, books, and other popular media, to sift through new words and to determine which new words are to be added to English. They also decide on which old words are no longer in usage and should therefore be dropped from the Oxford Dictionary. This endeavour ahs been going on for around 600 years, initially funded by the British royalty. A similar thing happens in the U.S., which has its American-English (now bundled in Windows), the Wenster Dictionary being the bench-mark. Who decides which is a Konkani word and which is not? At the moment there is no clear authority which is accepted across all sections of the Konkani-speaking diaspora. The Konkani taught in schools and colleges is largely irrelevant. Therefore, each type of Konkani has its own adherents, advocates and authorities, who not only swear by their brand of Konkani but also by the script which is most convenient to them (and which may be most inconvenient to the others). There are a number of factors which have bound themselves with what is essentially a means of communication. Thus, each types of Konkani has come to represent a certain cultural ethos, regional identity and even political aspirations. Throw is some politicians to stir up the cauldron, and you have a very potent, emotive issue. There has always been a clear divide within Goa between the types of Konkani spoken by the Hindus and the Catholics, though there are also, obviously, a lot of
*** Goanet News Bytes * Oct 3, 2005 * Goa's great land loot....
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Goanet News Bytes * Sept 28, 2005 *** Goa unveils IT policy...
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*** Goanet News Bytes * Sept 25, 24, 23 * IT order attaches Goa minister's property, reports Gomantak Times
## # Don't just read the news...discuss it. Learn more about Goa via Goanet # # Goanet was setup in 1994 and has spent the last decade building a # # lasting Goan non-profit, volunteer-driven network in cyberspace. # # Visit the archives http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/ # # To join, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and ask to join Goanet. # ## [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded 1994 e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ by Herman 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Carneiro 88_88 | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 www.goanet.org Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y88D [GOANET NEWS BYTES * SEPT 25, 24, 23, 2005 * DATELINE GOA] * Compiled in public interest by Frederick Noronha *** SEPTEMBER 25, 2005 -- o Income Tax authorities issue orders provisionally attaching properties of Town and Country Planning Minister Atanasio alias Babush Monserrate, following a raid at his residence and business establishments in August 2004, reports Gomantak Times. o Cause of tar balls beyond our purview, says Coast Guard. Coast Guard says it is a security agency, and has no scientific expertise to arrive at any firm conclusions on the causes of the presence of tar balls. (NT) o Goa government gears up to fortify jails. (NT) o Mormugao Municipal Council unanimously resolves to support the continuance of the Dabolim airport. (NT) JAMINI MEHTA argues in the Navhind Times, Not only is it not practical to wish away the navy's presence and its interest in the present airport, it may also be too small to accomodate bigger and multiple runways required to mention better passenger facilities. NT o Officials in Goa fail to check unsafe Panjim buildings. (H) o Gomantak Times says a DJ involved in a sex racket involving a Bangladeshi link was finally arrested. The DJ is from Britona. (GT) Herald says sources revealed that the Vasco police were immersed in booze during the recent Ganesh festival celebrations. There were earlier reports of disorderly behaviour at Panjim. o Politicos have selfish interest on the Mopa airport issue, alleges Travel and Tourism Association of Goa TTAG president Charles Bonifacio. (H) o Motorists beware: Drunken driven may cost you Rs 2000. 60 cases booked in Margao last month. (H) o Navhind reviews Ben Antao's novel 'Blood Nemesis'. From the very first chapter of this work of fiction, the reader gets the impression that heavy drinking, gambling and illicit sex play an important part of the plot and as he reads on, his suspicion is confirmed. (NT) o Gomantak Times says Goa officials question the report of a TV channel warning of thundershowers in most places over the Konkan and Goa. (GT/W) o Rain causes extensive damage to Pernem paddy crop. (GT/W) o GT profiles on lawyer Shanti (Maria) Fonseca, and artist Theodore 'Ted' Misquita. (GT/W) SEPTEMBER 24, 2005 -- o Goa gets respite from the heavy rains. (NT) No major damage says North Goa collector Nikhil Kumar.(NT) o Kuwait, Sharjah flights cancelled (due to heavy rain). H o Carambolim lake spills over. (NT) Houses at Carambolim were partially submerged, following heavy downpour in the state on Friday. (GT) o Normally, the monsoons in Goa, like in other southern states, starts receeding during mid-September, but this year the pattern has changed. (NT) o Solid waste disposal plant needed in each municipality, says deputy CM Dr Wilfred de Souza. (NT) o Hoteliers briefed about 'bar girls', dance-bar girls and other sex workers who were flocking to Goa. Police advised hoteliers to keep a track and intimate them of any 'girls' and any suspected woman accompanying them. (NT) o (Deputy CM) Dr Willy willing to act against raves. (H) o Rane takes over as Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation (GSIDC), a special vehicle created by the BJP government for fast-track projects. (H) 700 GOVERNMENT JOBS UP FOR GRABS, reports the Herald. In Goa's already-bloated bureaucracy, some 684 posts for policemen for a special Armed Police Battalion and 102 government primary school teachers are to be shortly absorbed. o South Goa zilla panchayat on Friday rejected a motion demanding the scrapping of the proposed airport at Mopa, but called for upgradation of the Dabolim airport by shifting the Naval base to 'Sea Bird' at Karwar. (H) o Konkani supporters form world body, on the principle of 'unity in
*** Goanet News Bytes * Sept 22-21, 2005 * Persistent rains lash Goa
## # Don't just read the news...discuss it. Learn more about Goa via Goanet # # Goanet was setup in 1994 and has spent the last decade building a # # lasting Goan non-profit, volunteer-driven network in cyberspace. # # Visit the archives http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/ # # To join, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and ask to join Goanet. # ## [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded 1994 e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ by Herman 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Carneiro 88_88 | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 www.goanet.org Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y88D [GOANET NEWS BYTES * SEPT 21, 2005 * DATELINE GOA] * Compiled in public interest by Frederick Noronha *** o It rained for almost the entire day on Wednesday, amidst reports of bad weather on India's other coast, on the east. This was not a heavy rain, but a slow steady drizzle. Odd weather for this time of the year! See full weather details for Goa at http://in.weather.yahoo.com/INXX/INXX0169/index_c.html Scattered thunder storms are being forecasted Thursday too. Cyclone kocks out Andhra Pradesh. In Goa 64.8 mm of rain, over two inches, fell on Wednesday, and the seasonal total crossed 112 inches of rain this monsoon. (GT) Navhind says: Heavy rains lash state. 94.6 mm rainfall in Goa in 12 hours. o RAIN THROWS DABOLIM flight schedule haywire. Many flights cancelled. (Herald) o GOA CRUISING towards cruise terminal. Expression of interest sought for setting up the same. (H) o SEA-BED CHURNING could be the cause of oil balls on beaches, says Coast Guard and NIO. (NT) Willy suspects sabotage over oil balls on beaches.(NT) o FOREIGN ACTORS to promote Goa film fest, says Delhi.(H) o Seismologists predict magnitude 5 quake in Koyna region. o UGDP to opposes govt move to shift Dabolim airport. (H) o Government planning to computerise Goa Medical College.H o Rane hopeful Tillari project will be ready in 2-3 years. o Tivim locals 'force' police to evade MLA, sarpanch arrest. o Curchorem, Mapusa locals move court over delimitation.(H) o Mapusa MLA demands crackdown on matka. (H) o Internet for Rs 5 daily. Need mobile phone and computer. o Political instability grips Socorro panchayat again. (H) o Matanhy releases 10,000 fish seed in laks in Cansaulim, etc. o Elections to 11 municipalities on Oct 23. (NT) o Govt to hike transport fares in fortnight. (NT) o Airport: Landing capacity under-utilised, says Navy (NT) o Tributes paid to Abbe Faria. (NT) o Dhirio (bullfights) should not be banned, say bull-fight lovers, writes Zena Costa in GT. o Documentary film focuses on grave issues. They give an insight into setting things right. Yet the Prakriti Documentary Festival at Dona Paula had very few takers.(GT) GOANET WIKI needs volunteers to contribute and edit information to build an ambitious encyclopaedia on Goa. Feel like volunteering? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out Goanet wiki at http://www.goanet.org/wiki - SPORTS - o RAIN FORCES POSTPONEMENT: Incessant rains that lashed Goa on Wednesday forced the postponement of the second round matches of the Goa Professional League. (Herald) o Goa Cricket Association hands over stadium to Sports Authority of Goa. Doors now open for Goa Football Association to host Federation Cup in Goa. (H) --- Deaths: --- o CANACONA: Maria Felicidade Rossi Viegas e Barreto Bose of Loliem, b 1936. o CORTALIM: Florinda Pereira of Curpavaddo b 1924. o PANJIM: Joaquim Aleixo Vas, St Tome Road, Panjim, ex-PWD. o MORMUGAO: Sarvito Vaz of Headland b 1972 o SARZORA: Isidorina Regetina Mascarenhas b 1931 of Zoimpimando o SANVORDEM: Severinha Araujo e Fernandes of Madel b 1978. o VARCA: Jose Aleixinho Francisquinho Fernandes b 1943. - AMAZING GOA by Jose P Lourenco [EMAIL PROTECTED] - * Where was the first Konkani tiatro staged in Goa? Assagao, Bardez, (January 1, 1894) * Which fish can often be seen leaping around the muddy silt at Chorao island? The bulbous-eyed Mudskipper. * Where in Goa will you find a Shiva sculpture of recent times
*** Goanet News Bytes * Sept 19, 2005 * Tarballs on the beach... a tourist speaks out
## # Don't just read the news...discuss it. Learn more about Goa via Goanet # # Goanet was setup in 1994 and has spent the last decade building a # # lasting Goan non-profit, volunteer-driven network in cyberspace. # # Visit the archives http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/ # # To join, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and ask to join Goanet. # ## [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded 1994 e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ by Herman 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Carneiro 88_88 | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 www.goanet.org Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y88D [GOANET NEWS BYTES * SEPT 19, 2005 * DATELINE GOA] * Compiled in public interest by Frederick Noronha *** o Oil balls now appear on some North Goa beaches. Residents from Reis Magos, Anjuna and Baga have claimed seeing the substance along their beaches since Saturday evening. (NT) Marlies Meister [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes in from Mannheim in Germany (incidentally, the town is close to the printing museum, which records Goa as the place with the first printing press in Asia in 1556) writes about the tar-ball pollution issue. This problem is for sure not a natural phenomenon. The tar-balls are on all beaches in Goa and this already at least since 1996! I come twice a year to Anjuna, once in March/April and later in November. And more than 16 years now. And year by year it is the same problem; it is very unhealthy to take a swim when the tar is coming, especially to children and babies. The tourists don't want to walk along the beaches because of the dirt. Last year in March we had a nice tour by car from Anjuna to Palolem with many stops to show my friends the beaches of Goa. The tar was everywhere along the beaches down to Palolem. And nobody is responsible!? And nobody was cleaning the beaches! Why are many beaches black? You just have to look! You can watch the tar spoiling the beaches and nobody is responsible! Since more than 16 years locals from Anjuna or around are coming early in the morning to take away the sand from the beach in North Anjuna. 1989 they came using buffalos to take the sand, later with small cars, now with big cars. They disappear around 07.30 a.m. This happens since so many years and nobody is responsible? And nobody can see how badly the beach has changed? Two photos of tar, spoiling the beach in South Anjuna this year in March. One photo of the formerly nice beach in North Goa. Early Goanetter Ronita Torcato tells the story of the 'great escape' from Hurricane Katrina for Goan expat family Bernadette and Dr Terence D'Souza. They are presently in Virginia says Quepem-born Bernadette who grew up in Mumbai and works as the managing attorney of the Domestic Violence Unit of New Orleans Legal Assistance. Terence, whose parents hail from Cuncolim and Velim, is a neurologist and has an office in Kenner, New Orleans. (H) o VERODIANO AWARD ANNOUNCED: Goan artist Dom Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] announces that the 2005 Vincent Xavier Verodiano Award has been awarded posthumously on Abbe Faria. Contacts in Goa Percival Noronha and Paulo Fernandes, (members of the Vincent Xavier Verodiano Foundation) on phone 2225726 and 2412780. o Three suicides in North Goa. The victims were identified as Rahul Manerikar (28) of Duler, Pooja Goyal (22), wife of a Mumbai-based businessman, and Prakash Haldankar (52) of Aldona.NT o Nationalist Congress Party urges government to pass a law to safeguard interests of Goans seeking jobs overseas. Goa has turned into a hotbed for job-dupers, says Surendra Furtado.(NT) o Garbage, t bomb ready to explode in Goa, says Herald. o Goa Pradesh Congress Committee meets today. (NT) o Kadamba chief urged to re-employ terminated workmen. (NT) o Legal aid cell inaugurated at Sangolda. (NT) o Nandkumar Kamat writes on 'the complex issue of varsity autonomy'NT o Matanhy throws his weight against health-centre at Upasnagar.(H) o BJP Yuva Morcha to expose the ineffectiveness of Rane govt.(H) o Herald's feature on Goa's health services struggling to survive (H) o 60 years later, Abbe's statue continues to cast spell. (PF in GT) o Birla Institute of Tech is doing its bit to promote literacy. (GT) o Casteists have destroyed Konkani movement, alleges NCP. (GT) o Lift ban on coversion
*** Goanet News Bytes * September 12-13, 2005 * Ditching the Skybus, Goa talks about monorail tenders
## # Don't just read the news...discuss it. Learn more about Goa via Goanet # # Goanet was setup in 1994 and has spent the last decade building a # # lasting Goan non-profit, volunteer-driven network in cyberspace. # # Visit the archives http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/ # # To join, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and ask to join Goanet. # ## [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded 1994 e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ by Herman 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Carneiro 88_88 | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 -- / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 www.goanet.org Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y88D [GOANET NEWS BYTES * SEPT 12-13, 2005 * DATELINE GOA] * Compiled in public interest by Frederick Noronha *** SEPTEMBER 13, 2005 o Tenders for monorail in Goa to be issued soon. Hike in state bus fares by next week. (NT) o Churchill sticks out his neck over Mopa airport; says no problem if he is sacked from party. Mickky joins anti-Mopa bandwagon. (H) o 32-year-old woman suffers grevious injuries after being stabbed by husband at Shantinagar, Ponda. (H) o Some Congressmen irked over GPCC constitution. (NT) o Corporation of the City of Panjim begins to spread composting units network, for disposal of segregated bio-degradable wet waste. (NT) o CID sleuths arrest dance bar girls in Caranzalem. They were staying in a posh colony near Miramar. (NT) o Don't move the Navy from Dabolim, argues Brig (Retd) Ian Da Costa in an edit page piece in the Herald. (H) o Beatrice D'Costa e Pinto of Miramar complains about the poor service at the Portuguese Consulate in Goa. (Herald, letters) o Gomantak Times asks, Is Tony Rodrigues being accused of Fr Nenzl's murder to protect a powerful minister? (This is a hit-and-run case involving a Palloti priest.) SEPTEMBER 12, 2005 o Police Inspector Gajanan Prabhudessai of Curtorim was shunted to the Goa Reserve Police, overnight. (Herald) o GPCC constitution: Churchill Alemao says he was not consulted. (NT) o Trouble brewing within Congress over constitution of GPCC (H) o Public Works Department's 24/7 water supply project is a virtual non-starter. (H) o Dabolim airport is adequate if utilised to full capacity, argues Edwin Pinto of Nagoa-Verna. (GT) o Goa's international footballer Jules Alberto Dias chosen as state youth ambassador for AIDS, writes Armstrong Vaz. (GT) o 260 shacks to come up on Goa's coastline this season. (GT) o BJP threatens agitation, says Margao civic delimitation is biased.H o Socorro village panchayat in the grip of instability. (H) o Calangute, Colva to get share of IFFI pie. (H) o St Xavier's College to observe Software Freedom Day. (GT) REVIVAL OF TRADITIONAL CRAFTS in Pernem only a mirage. A few cottage industries like handlooms, which existed in some villages of this taluka can be revived if the government extends its support and provides an outlet for the goods, writes Suhas Parsekar in GT. Salt pans in Morjim are also dying a slow death. GOA GOES INSTRUMENTAL: Caetano de Abreu reviews Curtorkar Agostinho da Cruz's *Goa Goes Instrumental*. Released in May 2005, musician Abreu praises Cruz as one of Goa's finest composer and conductor. Besides some of Agostinho's compositions, it also includes music tributes to the late Frank Fernandes (Amchem Noxib and Nirmonn), Prof Michael Martins and Chris Perry. The tunes 'Ugdas Tumcho' dedicated to trumpetist Felix Antic and Juju, the tenor saxophonist who recently passed away, are outstanding as is 'Kallzacho Ulas' dedicated to the late Maestro Rev Camilo Xavier, writes ABreu. (GT) - EDUCATION - o Goa all set to implement NCERT syllabus from next year. (NT) o Six hundred-odd polytechnic students who were literally thrown out of the institutions consequent to their failure to clear more than 10 backlog subjects, will now be allowed to rejoin classes and clear the same. (NT) o Renowned astrophysicist Dr Jean Audouze felicitated by deputy CM Dr Wilfred de Souza in Panjim. (NT) o Dhempe's to host seminar for literary festival. The theme will be City Stories: Writing the city, transforming the city. Papers for the seminar are invited. Phone 24 62 606. Seminar will be conducted at Dhempe College on October 8. Contact Prof R B Pinto, vice principal or [EMAIL
*** Goanet News Bytes * Sept 15, 2005 * Churchill sarcastic over Mopa... Jamir seeks clarification on MLAs' pension bill
## # Don't just read the news...discuss it. Learn more about Goa via Goanet # # Goanet was setup in 1994 and has spent the last decade building a # # lasting Goan non-profit, volunteer-driven network in cyberspace. # # Visit the archives http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/ # # To join, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and ask to join Goanet. # ## [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded 1994 e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ by Herman 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Carneiro 88_88 | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 -- / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 www.goanet.org Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y88D [GOANET NEWS BYTES * SEPT 15, 2005 * DATELINE GOA] * Compiled in public interest by Frederick Noronha *** SOUTH GOA Member of Parliament Churchill Alemao on Wednesday formally launched an agitation against the proposed airport at Mopa with a Citizens Action Committee constituted under his chairmanship resolving to unitedly oppose the project, tooth and nail. The MP took a dig against the Rane-headed Congress government, saying the Congress should instead form an alliance with the BJP if the party agreed with Manohar Parrikar's open demand for the airport at Mopa (in a corner of north Goa, closer to the Maharashtra beaches). Herald o Ravi Naik suggests public debate over airport. (H) o Jamir seeks clarification on Pension Bill. CM Rane is embarassed, wonders why he wasn't consulted on amendment.(GT) o Goa planning board is reconstituted, with Rane as chairman and Mormugao MLA Carl Vaz as deputy chairman. (GT) o Maharashtra government has set in motion the process to ban plastic bags in the state, due to its chocking of gutters.PTI o Public screenings at Vasco and Margao for IFFI 2005. (H) o Electricity department staff might have uniforms of khadi.(H) o Governor favours balanced autonomy for universities. (H) o Ex-Sanguem civic chief Minguelinho D'Costa and clerk Sunila Gaonkar found gilty of corruption. They were found to have misappropriated Rs 200,000 from the civic donation fund. (H) o Anjuna-Caisua village panchayat has advertised a number of works, including soiling and asphalting and drainage in the village. See Herald, Sept 15, page 11. o Garbage keeps accumulating along the Mapusa by-pass. (GT) o Dengue death awakens Bicholim authorities. In Panjim officials say 'No real fear of dengue'. (GT) o Goa governor S C Jamir inaugurates vice chancellors' meet. (GT) CHINCHINIM QATAR CUP 2005: Watch the renowned and promising schools of Goa under 16 aiming to conquor the glittering Qatar Cup from Sept 15 to Oct 2 at the CRC Grounds, Chinchinim. Inaugural match between Loyola Margao and Assumpta Convent Sarzora on Sept 15 at 4.30 pm. Axe Gomes (Org Chairman), Valente Conceicao (Gen Secy), Romaldo D'Cunha (Treas) o Konkani leaders hopeful of realising long-term goal despite script imbroglio, writes Paul Fernandes. (GT) - KONKANI HEADLINES (Sunaparant): - o Vidyapeet svaytattacher shikshantantra-rajkarni mathbedh. Politicians, educationists differ on autonomy for varsities. o Don vimantal parvadna jalyar Daboli band karun Mopa? If two airports prove unaffordable, close Dabolim for Mopa? o Gova nty Suratmeren rokdich ro-ro seva. Ro-ro (roll-in-roll-out) service to link Goa-Surat soon: KRC. o Aami Britishachem puth. RSS Goa chief and educationist Subhash Velingkar of Porvorim, in his vitriol-filledl Thursday column. o Goa State Aids Control Society invites you for the launch of its brand ambassador for HIV/AIDS 2005-06 Jules Alberto Dias on Sept 15 at Hotel Nove Goa, 4.30 pm. International footballer (Dempo SC) is quoted saying, I will let football run in my blood, not the HIV virus. Let's together combat HIV/AIDS and work towards the challenge for making Goa AIDS-free. - EDUCATION - o Interactive session held with chairman and members of managing committee of the Industrial Training Institutes at Mapusa and Panjim. (H) o Carmel's College, Nuvem is advertising for a lecturer in Chemistry (contract/lecture basis), a lectcturer in psychology (extraordinary) and another in zoology (FIP study leave). REPORT FROM PILAR: Fr. Frank
*** Goanet News Bytes * September 10 9: Assagao-Anjuna Football Academy disbanded...
## # Don't just read the news...discuss it. Learn more about Goa via Goanet # # Goanet was setup in 1994 and has spent the last decade building a # # lasting Goan non-profit, volunteer-driven network in cyberspace. # # Visit the archives http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/ # # To join, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and ask to join Goanet. # ## [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded 1994 e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ by Herman 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Carneiro 88_88 | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 -- / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 www.goanet.org Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y88D [GOANET NEWS BYTES * SEPT 10 9, 2005 * DATELINE GOA] * Compiled in public interest by Frederick Noronha *** SEPTEMBER 10, 2005 o Cops caution travellers of gangs using soporific drugs. Gangs active on the Goa to Mumbai, Kolhapur, Pune and Miraj route rob cash, valuables and belonging by administering sleep-inducing drugs to travellers. (NT) o Panjim corporation's dumping site at the Kadamba bus terminal to run out of space soon. (NT) o Coast Guard to launch clean-up drive in Goa on Sept 17. (NT) o Goacyberworks.com is advertising for web designers and developers, for its new office in Panjim. o Navhind Times carries two lengthy articles on its Science Ecology page, by votaries of Homeopathy -- Dr Thomas Paul D'Souza (a classical homeopath, who practises in his late father's propular clinic at Arpora) and Dr Arvind Kothe (who is principal of the Shri Kamaxidevi Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital at Shiroda, Goa). o Beach football, organised by Arlem Breweries and Panjim Footballers, Miramar, Sept 11, 8 am. o Heavy rains return to haunt Mumbai. (H) o V-Guard is advertising for solar water heaters with evacuated tube collectors. Dealers in Panjim and Margao. o Goa has received surplus rainfall, says India Meteorological Observatory at Altinho, Panjim. (H) o Velim forum stanrts second phase of road safety plan. (H) o With an airport planned at the idyllic Mopa airport, not only is the agrarian activities but also the natural springs and streams -- which shaped the villagers' lives for centuries -- are facing extinction. (GT) o Festering slums dot Pernem's river banks. (GT) o New Konkani feature film in the making. It will be produced by Film Producers Association of Goa, in collaboration with D'Costa Film Productions. (GT) ASSAGAO ANJUNA FOOTBALL ACADEMY disbanded. It was one of the few nurseries of Goan football, started 12 years back, writes Armstrong Vaz. It was a club that spotted and groomed talented boys from the villages of Assagao, Anjuna, Arpora, Nagoa, Parra, Calangute. Their yearly budget for youth development teams was about Rs 40,000 - 60,000. But raising finance became abig problem as they did not organise any inter village tournaments. (Gomantak Times) SEPTEMBER 09, 2005 o One-and-half day-old Ganesh idols immersed. (NT) o CM, GPCC chief (Ravi Naik) to discuss Goa affairs with high command. (NT) o Mapusa garbage dumping: Assagao comunidade to move high court.(NT) o Gold, silve stolen from Tivim at Ganpath Pawaskar's residence at Faj Housing Colony, Maddel. (NT) o Porvorim Residents' Welfare Association demands more frequent Kadamba bus service to their area. (NT) o Goa Church expresses concern over dwindling sex ratio. (NT) o Bid to burgle Assagao church fails. The burglar entered by removing roof tiles. But finding the doors of the church locked, he abandoned his mission, leaving behind a rope. (GT) SOUTH GOA's TOURISM LOBBY feels that a new international airport on the fringes of Maharashtra will choke tourism in the South. (GT) o Says Gomantak Times: Even the dead wait to get to a Goa hospital. No trauma and accident units; Rs 14.2 million government aid for trauma unit at Hospicio unutilised. GT o Loot of sand continues unabated at Miramar. Eyewitnesses saw a truck carrying sand silica from near the Miramar circle, heading towards Dona Paula on Thursday, even as everyone is in a festive mood and the authorities seem unaware about the illegal sand mining. (GT) - EDUCATION - o Give recognition to parents-teachers association, by changing the law, suggests member of Parliament Shantaram Naik. He was speaking at an awards function for students of the Kshatriya Maratha Samaj. (NT) o
*** Goanet News Bytes In Brief * Sept 5, 2005 * Teachers paid tributes to, Pallotti priest dies in hit-and-run...
## # Don't just read the news...discuss it. Learn more about Goa via Goanet # # Goanet was setup in 1994 and has spent the last decade building a # # lasting Goan non-profit, volunteer-driven network in cyberspace. # # Visit the archives http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/ # # To join, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and ask to join Goanet. # ## [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded 1994 e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ by Herman 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Carneiro 88_88 | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 -- / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 www.goanet.org Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y88D [GOANET NEWS BYTES * SEPT 5, 2005 * DATELINE GOA] * Compiled in public interest by Frederick Noronha *** FIVE TEACHERS to be honoured on Sept 5, teachers' day in India. They are Rajiv S Gadhav (Govt Primary School, Bhatwadi Korgao in Pernem), Maria Lumena A E Rodrigues (St Mary's Varca -- primary). In the secondary Gromico Joaquim Fernandes (headmaster, Immaculate Conception, Avedem, Paroda-Quepem) and Shashikant Nagvenkar, assistant teacher at Progress, Panjim). In the higher secondary, Raghunath N Gauns, principal of VDS at Tikazon in Mayem. (NT) o Rape of Goa's hills: Herald carries a full-page on a tragedy waiting to happen. It notes that hills are a storehouse of water, act as reservoirs of ground water, are a unique ecosystem, promote wild plants, prevent the adverse impact of cyclones, and supply communities with fuel, fibre, food and fish. There's more too.. o Mapusa police arrested six bar girls in two separate raids, while four were arrested in Panjim for the flesh-trade under the Prohibition of Immoral Traffic Act. (NT) o GPCC vice president Wilfred M Mesquita has hailed Churchill Alemao's stand opposing the setting up of a new civilian airport at Mopa. (NT) o Krishna Madkaikar (63) of Corlim, Mapusa suffered 80% burn injuries when his TV burst into flames as he was watching it.NT o Minister's vehicle not involved in priest's death, Gomantak Times quote Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Ujjwal Mishra as having clarified, reacting to a news item by the Gomantak Times-Weekender earlier. o After a British woman's death in Goa, UK travellers are asked to get rabies vaccination and be careful of canines in the state.GT SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE, Goa needs a selective approach, writes Dr Nandkumar Kamat. He says an SEZ requiring 1000 hectares of land is unsuitable for Goa. Also, Goa needs an State SEZ policy and Goa SEZ Act. The government must adop a transparent approach, the researcher- environmentalist writes in the NT, and says any industrial policy has to avoid social alienation. o Goenchin is offering a four-course Chinese lunch Rs 150. o Racold Solare at Mapusa (Opp JoaoPharmacy) says its solar water heaters are the best under the sun. o Advertisers are offering dish satellites at Rs 3990 for 75 channels. After one generations largely turned obselete, the once-ubuquitous dishes atop Goa's roofs seem to be staging a comeback, but in a smaller size. Will they last? o Photo shows artists from Cumbharjua busy preparing statues of Lord Ganesh, on the eve of Hindu Goa's most important festival. o Ms Shweta Raikar has introduced the concept of Ganesh 'makars' (figuirines) made of specially treated eco-friendly paper, compared to the use of thermocol. (NT) o Parrikar urges Goa to consume locally-available vegetables. (NT) o Ensure enrolment in voters list, says NCP. (NT) o BJP scored over Congress during budget session. (GT) o Parrikar highlights issue of stamp scam in Goa. (GT) - SPORT - o Dempo subdue Sporting Clube de Goa, lift Police Cup. (NT) o Vagator, Penha de France, Saligao Sporting score victories. (NT) o OL Fatima route Ponsulem in GFA's first-ever league tie at Canacona. (NT) - EDUCATION - o See teachers' day item above. o Eight Goa students, out of 1000 students nationwide, cleared their national talent search exam. They are Ms Aileen Gracias, Mayank Kakodkar, Viraj Nayak, Mohan Pednekar, Nikhil Salkar, Hrishikesh Kamat Sambari, Manasvi Srivastava and Nitesh Wagle. (NT) o EducationHumanitas plans to continue its monsoon school
*** Goanet Reader: Back to school... back to Don Bosco's
## # Don't just read the news...discuss it. Learn more about Goa via Goanet # # Goanet was setup in 1994 and has spent the last decade building a # # lasting Goan non-profit, volunteer-driven network in cyberspace. # # Visit the archives http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/ # # To join, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and ask to join Goanet. # ## BACK TO SCHOOL: THE DAYS I'D LOVE TO RELIVE: JEFFREY CHAGAS PEREIRA Although it is almost 35 years since Jeffrey Chagas Pereira completed his schooling , his memories of his days spent at Don Bosco High School, Panjim still remain fresh and clear as if it all happened just yesterday. Here is what he has to say. It was the year 1963. I can still vividly remember my first day at Don Bosco as a small III Standard student. However, being bold and carefree, I was enthusiastic and eager to enter the portals of this reputed school. The principal at that time was Fr. Joseph Casti. Over the years at Don Bosco I came across different teachers, some of whom I remember with love, affection and gratitude, such as Alina Dias and Mary Sequeira, while there were others whom I would like to forget. Alina Dias would appear like a friend at times and often as a mother, as much of her instruction to us was indirect -- by model rather than by explicit statement. Yet, of all the teachers there existed, there are a few whom I will never forget. We had a Sir Pai, whom we nicknamed Sir Poi. He would teach us Hindi and his peculiar gait would remind us of a jack in the box. Our class had a number of mischief mongers and on innumerable occasions he would come up to us with a small ruler and keep tapping us repeatedly on our heads saying, You Dunkeys, when will you ever learn! Recently, I met Fr Michael D'Costa, one of my classmates and we laughed our heads out reminiscing of our Sir Poi. Fr. Ernest Saldanha was another dedicated teacher who took all the trouble to teach us French, and told us to regard the Dondo (French Grammar Book) almost as dear as a Bible. Then there was our Principal Fr Joseph Casti himself, who had a novel legal method of punishing the boys. He would not beat any boy, but instead call him to the sports room. There he would provide the offender with boxing gloves, don a pair himself and engage in a battle of boxing. Rarely would one come out victorious as Fr Casti was well known for his boxing skills. Fr Casti was also known to have a penchant for soccer and he would be seen running swiftly and energetically on the football ground. And who can forget Fr Pamparell, a priest who was known by different names, yet one feared his punishments and looked upon him with fear and respect. The priests at our time were all simple and humble, yet were amiable and were of high thinking. And finally I can recall Sir Dominic, our sports sir whose solid presence, endearing smile and shrill whistle are all difficult to forget. I always admired the Don Bosco system of education which was not only confined to academic excellence but also focused on the overall development of the students. I took active part in athletics, especially in the 4 x 100 m relay which I considered to be a real team sport. With other sports such as football and hockey being reserved for the boarders, we were relegated to being the cheer team. March Past practices at Campal for Republic Day were more of an outing wherein we got the opportunity to meet the girls of Mary Immaculate and play games with them after the practice. Most of these girls were from Bombay and used to stay as boarders in their school. Yet there were some excellent footballers and hockey players at our time at school, which included the quartet of the D'Cunha brothers, Godfrey, Finian, Jumbo and Basil, the last who was also my classmate. All of them were Bandra boys and in those days a lot of Bombay boys would come to study in Goa on account of the well developed boarding system. I recall with nostalgia the trips back to Bombay by steamer with them, cracking jokes and laughing all through those eventful journeys. However, what really excited us and we would look forward to would be the music shows and programs as the top singers and performers were indeed our seniors. They included the likes of Remo Fernandes, Fernando Faria and Alexander Rosario. The first brass band of Don Bosco apparently also came about in the year 1968. It is said that boys will be boys, however until now
*** Goanet News Bytes In Brief * Aug 28, 2005 * IT giant Wipro showing interest in Goa, says CM
## # Don't just read the news...discuss it. Learn more about Goa via Goanet # # Goanet was setup in 1994 and has spent the last decade building a # # lasting Goan non-profit, volunteer-driven network in cyberspace. # # Visit the archives http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/ # # To join, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and ask to join Goanet. # ## [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded 1994 e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ by Herman 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Carneiro 88_88 | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 -- / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 www.goanet.org Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y88D [GOANET NEWS BYTES * AUG 28 2005 * DATELINE GOA] * Compiled in public interest by Frederick Noronha *** FRONT PAGE o Wipro, Indian IT giant, showing interest in Goa, says Rane. Azim Premji calls on CM at his Altinho residence. (NT) o Premji shows interest to put Goa on the Wipro map. (H) o Photo shows youth breaking the 'dahi handi' (pot of curds) at Porvorim, on Janmashtami, birth of Lord Krishna. (NT) o Revelry marks Bonderam at Divar. The Romantic group presented Land of Communal Harmony, to win the first prize. (NT) o Congress to hold stock-taking meet on Sept 1. (NT) o Herald identifies Panjim's circles of death, possible accident points -- KTC bus stand circle, Old GMC Complex, road to the GPO, crossroad near Geeta Bakery, Betim ferry junction, 2STC HQ, Kala Academy, St Inez Junction, Taleigao-St Inex Junction, Magson's at Miramar. (H) o Parrikar betrayed me, says Zantye. MLA Harish Zantye smells a cartload of rats in the INOX deal and is yelling to the high heavens about it. (Bevinda Collaco, Herald) SLEEZE BALLS: Powerful Congress MLA sends men to the GT office, to stop the Bangladesh sex racket stories. GT-Weekender investigations prove that the racket continues and that senior politicians are involved. (GT-Weekender) INSIDE PAGES o Govt looking for site to set up pharma park: Luizinho (H) o Thousands throng Divar for Bonderam festival. (H) o Efforts being made to wipe out contract labour: Joaquim Alemao o Govt ready to fund study on feasibility of biodiesel plants.H o Library our top priority, says Parra sarpanch. (H) o Unclaimed bodies 'fill up' GMC morgue. (H) o Aquitted students in Art College rape case contemplate defamation suit against accuser. (H) TEN PANJIM housing societies willing to set up composting units. Three have already done so earlier -- Kamat Kinara, Kamat Classic and Agnelo Colony at Caranzalem. (H) o Workshop on micronutrient deficiencies from Sept 1.(GT) o Sweet Chili to celebrate Goa Day. (GT) o Talk on history of classical guitar, by Daniel Francisco of Portugal, on Aug 30-31 at Comunicare, Porvorim. (GT) o Killing Goa's golden goose -- Reuven Proenca on why the tourism industry in Goa is proving to be the biggest killjoy of Goa's only golden goose. (GT) o Velim church is 200 years old. (GT) o Art college gang-rape case, six acquitted. o Six year old, Jeetu Ashok Pednekar, drowns after falling into a grounded water tank at Upasnagar, Vasco.NT o MMC yet to decide on future of Sonsoddo dump. (NT) o Mezzo Forte ditigal multi-track recording studio, near the Curca bridge. Production, music and also composing of tunes for your lyrics. Placido Rodrigues 9822 161942. - DEATHS OBITUARIES - AQUEM: Sarto D'Souza b 1933 of Silver Tower, Aquem Alto. Husband of Cacilda, father of Avita and Arlinda. BETALBATIM: Pelagia Afonso of Nagvaddo. Wife of late Prof Emeliano Afonso, mother of late Oscar, of carmen Filomena (Filu) (teacher of Maria Nutan) and of Agnelo. BRAZIL: Antonio 'Tony' Velho, husband of Eugenia, son of late Alcantara and late Yolanda Velho, brother of late Orlando (Joe) and late Philomena, late Aogstinho and late Flora. GOA SHIPYARD: Tippanna F Kadlimatti of Paint Shop Dept. STO ESTEVAM: Joe Caitan Marques b 1937. Husband of Martha, father of Peter (Pitu), Melvin, Melissa. VASCO DA GAMA: Rachel John, daughter of C John, evangelist, Goa Bretheren Assemblies b 1952. VELIM: Ana Regina Luis Fernandes of Gorcomorod, wife of late Jack Mariano. Tanushree S Kamat b 2004, daughter of Chinmaya (Linda) and Siddharth D Kamat. - CULINARY CORNER: Healthy n fresh -- attractive shrimp salad - This is
*** Goanet News Bytes * Aug 10, 2005 * Matanhy Saldanha disqualified * Vasco fire kills four * Goa looks at monorail (delayed)
## # Don't just read the news...discuss it. Learn more about Goa via Goanet # # Goanet was setup in 1994 and has spent the last decade building a # # lasting Goan non-profit, volunteer-driven network in cyberspace. # # Visit the archives http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/ # # To join, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and ask to join Goanet. # ## Apologies if you're reciving this in duplicate. It appears to not reached some readers. FN [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded 1994 e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ by Herman 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Carneiro 88_88 | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 -- / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 www.goanet.org Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y88D [GOANET NEWS BYTES * AUG 10 2005 * DATELINE GOA] * Compiled in public interest by Frederick Noronha *** o Matanhy Saldanha has been disqualified as an MLA of the Goa assembly, on the eve of an assembly session. The Cortalim MLA says he plans to move the high court. His United Goans Democratic Party welcomed the move. (H) Disqualified MLA Matanhy says he was very happy about the verdict. (GT) o Four burnt alive in Vasco. Prime accused nabbed in Karnataka. Two women and a minor girl belonging to a family were allegedly burnt alive by the paramour of one of the dead women. Roopsing Naik (35), his wife Ratna (30) and nine-year-old daughter Neela and an unidentified woman -- all natives of Bagalkot -- were burnt in their sleep. (NT) GT says, Jilted paramour burns 4 of a family in Vasco. (GT) o Goa cabinet approves the setting of a mono-rail service connecting Mapusa, Panjim and Margao. Rane expects this to be complete in 18 months, and done on the lines of those in Malaysia and Thailand. (H) Says the Navhind: Sky-bus gives way to Monorail. (NT) o VAT, value-added-tax on feni and Indian Made Foreign Liquor to be reduced so as to boost liquor sale in the state. (NT) o Goa lags behind on IT front. (NT) Travel companies are keeping their fingers crossed over the fear of negative feedback reaching Europe on the garbage crisis in Goa. Chief minister Rane said the overflowing and scattered garbage and the foul smell emitted from untreated garbage will definitely affect tourism in Goa, as nobody wants to visit a dirty city. Rane said that a solution might be expensive, but at the end we have to pay for the garbage we generate. He added, We have to segregate garbage and ensure that the Act banning the use of plastic is strictly implemented in the state.GT Mapusa, Panjim stinks as garbage keeps mounting. (GT) Verna garbage dumping fiasco: CCP commissioner o Industrial Development Corporation authorities blocked road to Verna garbage dump. The road to the interior of the Verna industrial estate was blocked with stones, to avoid the entry of trucks loaded with garbage. (NT) o Calangute police arrested six women on suspicion of their being involved in the flesh trade. Mapusa police were unable to prove their guilt, since their arrest was forced by agitating villagers and police did not have time to set a trap for them. (NT) o Police sub-inspector Felix da Lima, retired PSI, was granted bail in a case of misappropriation of arms and ammunition from the armoury at the police HQ. D'Lima was in charge of the armoury when the guns went missing between 2001 and 2003. (NT) o Minorities unsafe under Congress rule, says Arlekar. (NT) o Melvyn Vaz posted as Margao chief officer. (Herald) o New NGO to fight corruption in government office. Called the Zero Tolerance Corruption Compliant (ZTCC). Paul Robert Clarkson, a resident of Harmalkar Residency, Saligao, and Noel Fernandes, an architect, explained their version of the incident that took place at the office of the deputy collector Agnelo Fernandes. (H) o Ex-Cortalim sarpanch, secretary face probe over irregularities. (H) o Sucorro takes to streets for water. (H) Nursing college opened at Victor Medical and Research Foundation.H o Power supply to Calvim will be improved soon, promises Narvekar. (GT) o Bailancho Saad flays companies for exploiting women to sell their products. (GT) ARLEM, monsoon five-a-side football festival at SAG Grounds, Airport Road, Chicalim on Sunday Aug 14, 9 am onwards. Entry fee Rs 200. At least one person of the opposite gender will play. 98221 50813 o Kunki (tamed) elephants to be put on the job from today (in evicting the wild jumbos plaguing
Goanet News Bytes (In Brief) * July 26, 2005 *** Monsoons take a break... after record rain
## # Don't just read the news...discuss it. Learn more about Goa via Goanet # # Goanet was setup in 1994 and has spent the last decade building a # # lasting Goan non-profit, volunteer-driven network in cyberspace. # # Visit the archives http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/ # # To join, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and ask to join Goanet. # ## --- G o a n e t * News Bytes In Brief * July 26, 2005 --- MONSOONS TAKE A BREAK: Tuesday was a mostly-dry day in Goa, and thankfully so, after the downpour that started just after sunset on Saturday and lashed the state for long. TV reports spoke of heavy rains in Mumbai, even as folks from that city 600 kms north of Goa were concerned about what was happening to relatives here a day earlier. Goa went about clearing up the debris, as news reports below suggest. It was life quickly back to normal, even if the news process tends to focus on the negatives. Rains subside, but life is still miserable, said Herald. 28.2 centimetres of rain (282.3 mm) fell in Goa in just 24 hours, the Herald reports the Indian Met Observatory as recording for July 24. (Herald) o Bodies of seven Dicarpale landslide victims recovered. Rs 50,000 compensation for each victim. (NT) o Those killed were from Uttar Pradesh, and worked in a shop selling steel rods. Some were employed as polishers with a carpenter. (NT) o They were watching a Hindi movie on a TV set, along with a video CD player borrowed from a friend in Margao, when disaster struck. (NT) o Maina-Curtorim police said that since the entire side of the hillock gave way, the deceased, all in their thirties, were buried within minutes, leaving no scope for them to escape. (NT) o This house-cum-carpentry workshop brought down by the landslide reportedly stood on comunidade land, and was illegal. (NT) Gomantak Times says: UP labourers pay for sins of Margao land sharks Real heroes work with torches, car headlights as official rescue gets botched. Parrikar blames it on record rainfall: Leader of the Oppn Manohar Parrikar on Monday said he had undertake (as CM) several measures to prevent flooding in the city and that it was a problem which cannot be resolved 100 per cent. Reacting to the flooding at Mala on Sunday, Parrikar said it was due to incessant rains for two days wherein a record 11 inches of rainfall was recorded. the flooding was not new and he showed old newspaper cuttings to prove his point.(GT) o Margao flood situation still grim: Flood waters have started receeding in Bicholim and Sattari. But the situation in Margao was grim, and Mala (in Panjim) also experienced some tense moments today. Goa's administration evacuated 31 families from Rawanfond and Khareband, following a rise in the water level of the Sal river. (NT) o Youth drowns in Bicholim flood, in Kudchirem. (NT) o In Panchawadi-Usgao, a 25-year-old drowned after falling into an overflowing nullah (stream). Herald. o Nehru stadium at Fatorda resembled a relief camp on Monday, as over 200 people were sheltered in the dormitories. (H) o Mala flooding is Parrikar-made disaster, say locals. (H) o No more dumping in Curca, say residents: The apathy of the government in dumping garbage on the Curca plateau without treating it seems to have caused havoc in the surrounding area. Water that was accumulated at the dumping site had seeped into the wells, in low lying areas, contaminating them. (NT) o Rane govt sabotaging graft cases against Congressmen:Parrikar NT o Garbage problem: Ponda citizens stage protest march. (NT) o Meet in Panjim demands a white paper on IFFI projects. (NT) o Rail track on Goa-Mumbai route washed out, train services disrupted.(NT) o Rotary Club of Vasco holds a picture-essay contest on The State of Goa or the state of Goa? Last date, July 30, 2005. o SKF India Ltd has launched innovative skating solutions for the Indian market. Inline skating is a rage worldwide, says SKF. (NT) o Laptops in Goa now being sold at Rs 33,990 onwards. IT'S RUBBISH! Corporation of the City of Panaji has invited quotations from reputed transport organisations owning at least 10 tipper trucks to load, transport and dispose the old unsegregated waste from the Curca waste dumping site to an alternate site to be identified by the tenderer with the due consent of the owners of the site. Preferably, it says, the site should be an
*** Goanet News Bytes (In Brief) * July 18, 2005 * Make football Goa's state sport, demands GFA
## # Don't just read the news...discuss it. Learn more about Goa via Goanet # # Goanet was setup in 1994 and has spent the last decade building a # # lasting Goan non-profit, volunteer-driven network in cyberspace. # # Visit the archives http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/ # # To join, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and ask to join Goanet. # ## --- G o a n e t * News Bytes In Brief * July 18, 2005 --- BREAKING NEWS: Politician Ramakant Khalap's panel sweeps the Mapusa Urban Co-op Bank elections for its new board of directors. All nine members of Khalap's panel won in elections held Sunday. Counting was on Monday. (Digitalgoa.com) First batch of charimanships distributed by the Rane government. Calangute MLA Agnelo Fernandes appointed parliamentary secretary, Ravi Naik is EDC chairman. Babu Kavlekar, the IDC chairman. (Digitalgoa.com) WEATHER IN GOA: Max 31.3 deg C. Min 24.7 deg C. Humidity 86%. Rainfall in last 24 hours 0.2 mm. Monday was a bright day, with spells of rain. Lovely panoramic evening skies and a late sunset. POLITICAL CLOUT DOMINATES POLICE TRANSFERS: Herald report quotes Superintendent of Police (HQ) AK Gawas saying in a circular issued during President's Rule: Some personnel of Goa police are bringing political pressure regarding their transfers and promotions, which is contrary to the provisions of the Central Civil Service (Conduct) Rule, 1964. This behaviour creates a lot of administrative difficulties, as it tends to erode the command and control structure. It adds that some of the police stations that have caught the eye of senior police officers are police stations at Sanguem (big amount from the mining lobby), Margao, Vasco Harbour (which house some of the big gambling dens, including matka), Anjuna and Calangute (high revenue areas during the tourist season) the Anti Narcotic Cell which keeps tabs on narcotic deals. (Franky Fernandes) o Suspense over distribution of 'round two' Cong portfolios. (H) o Solar-powered traffic lights to man Panjim roads soon. (Gary Azavedo, H) o St Andre MLA promises Curca villagers to shift garbage dump site.(GT) o NGO Goa Sudharop raises US$10,000 through an event to mark its fifth anniversary. (GT) Goanet congratulates George Pinto and team. o Panjim cops crack down on rag pickers for thefts. (H) o Herald's 'Focus' page looks at robberies happening at Goa's petrol pumps. o Policemen booked for abusing young saleswoman, passing indecent comments.(NT) o Four-day Asia Pacific Telecommunication and ICT Development Forum meet begins in Mariott today. (NT) o Eat more vegetables to stay healthy, Goans told by chief therapeutic endoscopist of the Apollo Victor hospital Dr Jose Filipe Alvares.(NT) o D-Link, the Verna-based firm, is offering ADSL modem/router for Rs 1990 with three years warranty. This is for the ADSL2+ technology. Taxes and installation extra. o Food park, the need of the hour in Goa (Nandkumar Kamat, NT) o Low airfares ticketing www.transorientholidays.com (deSouza Group). Rampaging elephants at the Sal village of Bicholim attacked villagers. Local MLA Rajesh Patnekar said he escaped when the jumbos were barely five feet away, according to reports in the Herald. Bicholim hawaldar (policeman) Ashok Phandrekar said, I ran for my life, but I slipped and fell and the baby elephant was right over me. I was injured on my head and right leg, after the elephant stepped on me. (Herald) o Water shortage at Chimbel. (H) o Lions Club of Navelim new board installed. (H) o BSNL -- www.bsnl.co.in -- says even students are now allowed to sell and install its Data1ne broadband connections. o Central Electricity Regulatory Commission of New Delhi has received an application for determining tariff of the Kawas Gas Power Station. Among the beneficiaries of the generating station are the Goa Electricity Department. It could affect your power bill. Details at http://www.ntpc.co.in/bidsnotices/tariffapplication.shtml o EDC to take over Halarnkar Hotels in Vasco da Gama for recovery of dues. o Dr Willy reviews work of four-lane road at Verna. (GT) o Zuari Lions to sponsor traffic light system at airport. (GT) o Sanitation issue rocks Nachinoila gram sabha. (GT) --- National news --- DAMAGED CESSNA: Photo shows a badly damaged Cessna 340 airplane lying in the Jakkur Lake in Bangalore on Sunday.
