http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=01238
Cabinet reshuffle in two days: CM
NT News Service
Vasco/Margao, Jan 22 The Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat today said
that a coordination committee headed by the Congress high command will
decide on allotting ministerial berths in the
Very unfortunate to see racism and casteism still practiced today. George
--- Jim Fernandes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't think many US based Goans (and Indians) understand the impact MLK
made in the United
States.
I hear all the time, my fellow Indians referring to African Americans
Hi George,
Your posting raises a very interesting point about immigrants
(not Goans alone) who become US citizens. According to one
study, almost 85% of new immigrants never participate in any
political activities in the states in which they reside. This is true
Hi Hansel,
Maria de Lourdes Bravo da Costa Rodrigues e-mail address is:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
cheers
Ana Maria de Souza-Goswami
On January 21, 2008, in a major breakthrough to the movement of Colamb
villagers seeking to defend their land and agricultural livelihood, group of
over 200 villagers stormed into the Fomento mines TC No. 06/1949 and forced to
shut down two of its operating units in Colamb village.
Most
Dear All:
Following he action of the colomb villagers, the
following questions arise, which i fel are very
important
1. was the fomentos mine operating legally as per the
existing laws ? whether the existing law is fair or
not is not the issue.
2. was the intimidatory action of the villagers
For the sake of clarity - the Goa card is not a hand out. One has to pay
Rs. 250/- for the card which I assume is the cost of processing/making the
card. Part of the cost was covered through sponsorship by the State Bank of
India. You do not get a hand out. Shrewd businessman, eyeing the
Check this group blog... from Siolim. Nice idea for a village.
http://siolimdiaries.blogspot.com/
FN
--
Frederick Noronha http://fn.goa-india.org Ph +91-832-2409490
Links from Goa: http://goalinks.livejournal.com/
Campaign for real beauty : watch this film. Talk to your daughter
before the beauty
Late evening of January 21 2008 around 7.00 pm two policemen from Quepem Police
Station came over to the house of Rama Velip in Colamb village in Sanguem
taluka and asked him to call up PI Mhahmal in Quepem Police Station. When Rama
Velip did so from his resident landline someone who
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TRICKERY OR TREACHERY ?
Averthanus L. D'Souza.
The recent conspiracy to bring down the coalition government
headed by Digambar Kamat bodes ill for the stability of Goa, not just
politically, but also for its overall economic and cultural development.
The
Ivana Furtado gets international rating
Panaji, Jan 21 Double U-8 world champ and triple Asian school U-8 gold
medalist, Ivana Maria Furtado achieved yet another milestone as she got her
international rating from the world body - FIDE.
With ELO 1834 points, Ivana became the youngest Goan
Morjim: Nature's gift to Goa
Rohit R Phalgaonkar
The taluka of Pernem in Goa has many virgin beaches and large number of
heritage sites to explore. The Korgao copperplates of King Bhimbhupal
mention the ancient name of this taluka as 'Pendin'. The village Morjim in
this taluka is nature's
Please click below link to see the pictures of the Colamb Peoples' March on the
Fomento mines on January 21 2008:
Link:
http://mandgoa.blogspot.com/2008/01/pictures-from-colamb-peoples-march-on.html
Warmly,
Seby
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Post free
Goan Tiatr - Not a Folk Drama
By Tomazinho Cardozo
The other day Mr Paul Moras, a Konkani writer from Mangalore, came to meet
me to get some more information on the Goan tiatr. Mr Moras is writing a
book on Goan culture and the study of tiatr is a part of his book. When I
told him that the
To Goanet -
Yesterday the Utt Goemkara activists stormed into Curca
and put a stop to the hill cutting clearing. It was reported
in the papers that the man responsible for this activity was
a bhailo named Bhagatsingh Sonaye who is an employee at
the Goa Medical College.
This photo shows the
Colonial central agencies?
S Kamat, Alto Betim
With the Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) declaring that they have jurisdiction over
all territorial waters of Goa and the Indian Navy declaring their right to hold
onto Dabolim, one would think that it is best that the entire area to the right
of the
Re: Mr, Bhandare's following post on the subject (quote):
Dear All:
Following he action of the colomb villagers, the
following questions arise, which i fel are very
important
1. was the fomentos mine operating legally as per the
existing laws ? whether the existing law is fair or
not is not the
Goa Konkani Akademi to felicitate Konkani writers
Panaji, Jan 21 The Goa Konkani Akademi today announced a scheme for awarding
cash prizes to the Konkani writers and poets, besides lifetime achievement
awards for those who had contributed substantially towards promotion and
preservation of
Brethren of America, you erect churches all through
India, but the crying evil in the East is not
religion. They have religion enough, but it is bread
that the suffering millions of burning India cry out
for with parched throats. What they want is bread, but
they are given a stone. It is an insult
Answering to a contempt of court petition, Wendell Rodricks offered an
unconditional apology.
Wendell had stated in a magazine Why are the High Court judges so
blatantly bought over for the Aldeia de Goa case I was in the
courtroom when I saw Norma Alvares stand (sic) her case. It was
obvious
Goa SEZ issue referred to law min; RIL's Jhajjar among 12 gets nod
New Delhi, Jan 21 The commerce ministry has sought the law ministry's
opinion on the Goa government's controversial decision to scrap all SEZs
in the state, especially those that have already been notified.
Earlier, the Centre
http://siolimdiaries.blogspot.com/
Thursday, January 10, 2008
The Siolim 'Zagor'
by Reyna Sequeira
Salil, Milan and I attended the traditional zagor festival at Siolim.
The zagor was held this year on 31st December 2007 at Gude–Vaddo in
Siolim. The zagor is jointly organized by the Christians
Kerkar Art Complex organizes concerts of Indian Classical Dance and Music
every Tuesday from 6:45 to 8:30 p.m. during the tourist season.
This is the only place in Goa where concerts of Indian Classical Dance and
Music are organized on a regular basis.
On Tuesday, 22nd January 2008 there will
-
Welcome to the FRIDAY BALCAO
Dear Cybergaonkars on Goanet,
We continue with FRIDAY BALCAO
on 25th January from 4pm. to 6pm.
at Goa Desc Resource Centre
No.11, Liberty Apartments,
Feira
Gather round all ye atheists, non-conformists,
unbelievers, aliens and all manner of disbelief!!
Time to fete one of your cherished own, the
Director of the 2008 Toronto International Goan
Convention himself - incidentally a confirmed vegan!
To Kevin Saldanha - on 23 Jan - from all on Goanet:
It was a cold windy morning, as this writer boarded the Karnataka State
Transport bus at 0650 hrs from Margao heading for Kodibag in Karwar the
Southern end of the Bridge over the Kali river in the State of Karnataka. At
0840 hrs we descended down the bridge end and joined the devotees men
_
GOAN CONVENTION HUMOR BLOG - LAST WEEK:
here's part of the humor blog - click on the link below
for the rest - incl. the OPRAH WINFREY INTERVIEW!
http://2008goanconvention.com/blog/index.php
DEAR
Friends -Fr. Jude is getting much better. Praise God! Colly has more to share
with us. -Warmly, Brenda
Hello Friends,
Fr. Jude looks so much better today. They opened up the
bandage and dressed the wound on his left hand (a vein was removed for the
by-pass from his left hand, right leg
--
Samir Umarye
BICHOLIM JAN 22: The 16th Konkani Drama festival of the Kala Academy
will be held on January 22 at Kudchirem
Bicholim.
According to the available information the five day festival would be
inaugurated by Mayem MLA, Anant Shet. The
following konkani dramas would be staged every
A recent wedding I attended followed a uniquely different sequence
than the normal Goan Catholic wedding. The first set was a normal
dancing set and it was the third set that was the Wedding Special with
the Wedding March, Toast Raising, Cake Cutting, First Waltz etc. The
advantage of moving it
I think Philip you need to take some time out to also wonder why a female /
male tourist who may well be able to claim various sums from insurance
companies, much easier and quicker by other means, certainly less painfully
not so publicly would WANT to claim she was raped or molested (by
18th Edition of NYC Trophy
Kuwait Goans to clash with AVC
:::by Gasper Crasto:::
Kuwait: Kuwait Goans Association (KGA) scored a convincing 2-0 victory over
Fahaheel Brothers while AVC Overseas Association hammered Don Bosco Oratory
4-1 in the semifinals of the 18th NYC Trophy played at Salmiya
More power to the Colamb villagers !
When a Government is no longer of the people, for the people and by the
people, the people or aam admi have no other option but to demonstrate and
protest and put an end
to the harm being imflicted upon them. Depending on whose side one is on,
one can
Quite predictably, my post elicited another bout of
religious chauvinism on Goanet. It is unfortunate that
this form of prejudice is still so rampant among
educated people in secular countries.
Swami Vivekananda was not a chauvinist. He taught that
all religions and belief systems were of equal
Dear Sir/Ma'am
This is to invite you to the release function of the CSE's 6th State
of India's Environment report on mining and environment. Please
find the invitation below and the PDF of the invitation card as mail
attachment.
Looking forward to your presence.
Best Regards
Gayathri
Research
--- Eugene Correia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Bosco is right. I am mentioned the match many a
times
on this forum.
...
fine player from Dempo Francis D'Souza (nicknamed
matari).
Some may be curious to the nickname. Well, the year
was somewhere around 1968 or thereabouts. I was in
the VII
The hill overlooking the Kadamba road is already taken. 200 crores or
something to that effect. Its gone to a person from Delhi. From what I
heard, Babush helped some Secratary buy a place in Moula on top of
ther hill. The price was ridiculous something like 10 lakhs for 3,000
sq metres. Nature is
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From: Bhandare [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Goanet] Colomb villagers stop Fomentos mining operations
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Dear All:
Following he action of the colomb villagers, the
following questions arise, which i fel are very
Who is to blame for the latest toppling imbroglio in Goa?
The options give for answer :
[ ] Greed and lack of principles within the Congress
[ ] Parrikar's over-ambitions and skullduggery
[ ] Lobbies that go beyond just politicians
[ ] We the people for tolerating such a joke
In the interest of Goa (I believe so) Sonia's feel good touch opened the
lock (which lock no one knows till date) which was closed for almost Six
days creating panic environment in Goa. Going by the methods employed to
open the lock it appears that the attempt is just temporary and that deadly
--- j.birkmeyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thank you, Lewis and George, for your posts which, today, I hope, will make
many of us on this
forum stop and ponder where we would have been had not Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr. and those that
preceded and succeeded him in the struggle for civil rights
Dear Tony-bab:
Medieval era france was not a democracy. We are a
democracy ( at least on paper ).
Are you suggesting that if a critical mass of people
believe that a particular law is unfair or unjust, it
is ok for them to break it and get away with it?
let me digress...not too long ago a
http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=01238
Cabinet reshuffle in two days: CM
NT News Service
Vasco/Margao, Jan 22 The Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat today said
that a coordination committee headed by the Congress high command will
decide on allotting ministerial berths in the
Dear Goanetters,
Following his statement ( only God can save my Government ) during the
recent Manohar Parrikar led rebellion against the perfectly functioning Goa
Government , the divine Goa CM has said today that I will continue to be the
Chief Minister till God wants me to be
http://www.timesnow.tv/NewsDtls.aspx?NewsID=5517
BJP: Why blame us for Goa?
1/18/2008 11:28:44 AM
BJP leader L K Advani says his party will stay out of the political
mess in Goa which he says is the Congress party's problem
In Goa power hungry politicians have incurred the wrath of the nation
Dear Goanetters,
Thanks to the recent shinanigans in Goan politics ( all,of course,engineered
solely by Manohar Parrikar ), two extremely important results have ensued :
1) One highly respected individual ( Churchill Alemao ) has already joined the
Congress and another even more divine
In the name of Saving..
It seems, everything I do, I do it in the name of SAVING, be it to Save Goa,
Save my family, Save Govt, Save the Lila boat etc etc
Congress was not good enough to SAVE Goa so I came out of it and formed my own
SGF -Save Goan Fools in the name of Saving Goa.
I didn't
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org
Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories.
*** GOAS SEZ RUMPUS - Calcutta Telegraph
[3 hours ago] Buffeted by protests against special economic
zones (SEZ) in the state, the Goa government decided on December
31 to cancel all SEZs in
[1]
When asked to provide proof that Fr. Ivo (or the Church) is 'keen on
promoting casteism WITHIN the Church'?
Kevin Saldanha wrote: What would you call fighting for the rights of
Christian Dalits who knew full well that they were giving up their
rights to reserved status when they converted
In a functioning democracy, the questions below would be fair questions.
However, given the
anti-people governments of the past 15 years in Goa, powerful special interests
destroying Goa and
the common person, and the inability of institutions or the bureaucracy to
assist the average
working
ROMI LIPI ACTION FRONT
c/o Rhythm House,
Below City Hospital,
Opp. Meenaxi Hotel,
Margao, Goa. 403 601.
Mob. 9822386579
Ref:- RLAF/ M.S/ GBOWR
Date:- 23.1.2008
Romi Lipi Action Front (Goa), sends best wishes to Mandd Sobhann
(Mangalore)
The Romi Lipi Action Front' , a people's movement,
Dear Bhandare-bab,
Your remark in brackets i.e. AT LEAST ON PAPER, says it all! If ours had
been a functioning democracy, would it have been necessary for the people to
come out on the streets time and again to protest against the governments
anti-people policies and in order to protect the
In the late 60's Bernardo played for Vasco da Gama and was their top player. In
a match against a bharat team - I think the occupying military force of Goa STC
(Signal Training Centre)- he curled a fantastic free kick (outside the box)
after being violently fouled by the opposing defender. The
To Goanet -
The utter collapse of governance in the state of Goa is
seen in the resulting lawlessness all around. It is now
a free-for-all. Yesterday I noticed a bhelpuri stall on
the pavement right in front of Reliance World in Campal.
Today I asked the encroacher if he had any license to
Dears,
The preamble to the Constitution of India begins, We the people As we
near the Republic Day, let us look beyond the parades and the charades, to
real power to the people. We need to preserve our land and its environment,
if we hope to LIVE. Anyone can exist. Living is an art that
To Goanet -
These photographs were taken this morning from the
lobby of Goa Marriott. I had alluded to this atrocity in
my earlier posting entitled Who? Where? here on Goanet.
The area is known as Kegdevelim, and lies between Reis
Magos and Nerul.
Is this hill cutting legal? What about
Ago Moga-chea Aunty Ponty,
May an Uncle help you convent Goans...?
Now, don't you go be shy re Ti...man
Alfred, quite good in'it
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; goanet@lists.goanet.org;
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:15:54 + Subject: [Goanet]
Goan
The local Catholics may be dwindling in Macau but there is a meteoric rise to
the Pino expats that fill many an English mass. The church in the island
dedicated to our own Carmo Cruz is always full.
BC
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Sent from Yahoo! Mail - a
TFA keen on opening a branch in Goa
MAPUSA, January 22: After establishing its credentials as one of the
pioneer football academies in the country, Tata Football Academy is now
planning to spread its wings outside its permanent base in Jamshedpur.
And Goa's 'serene atmosphere' seems to have
60 matches
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