[Goanet-News] Goa cabinet cancels appointment of SICs

2013-08-15 Thread Goanet News
Goa cabinet cancels appointment of SICs TNN | Aug 15, 2013, 07.20 AM IST PANAJI: After the selection process of the state information commissioners (SIC) was challenged in court, the cabinet on Wednesday cancelled the selection of journalist Sandesh Prabhudesai and former senior administrative

[Goanet] Plastic water bottles and bleach to creat LIGHT - dailymail.co.uk

2013-08-15 Thread Camillo Fernandes
What a bright idea! Brazilian mechanic uses plastic water bottles and bleach to create LIGHT - illuminating 1million homes Alfredo Moser says his bottle lights - which work using refraction of sunlight - illuminate a dark room like 40 and 60 watt lightbulbs. Full Story:

[Goanet] APPOINTING LEENA MEHENDALE AS CIC WOULD BE ILLEGAL

2013-08-15 Thread Aires Rodrigues
While the Goa Government has rightly decided to reinitiate the process of selecting the State Information Commissioner, the Goa Governor Mr. B.V.Wanchoo should also not consent to the proposed illegal appointment of Mrs. Leena Mehendale as Goa’s Chief Information Commissioner (CIC). The move to

Re: [Goanet] Subscription required now to read Herald epaper

2013-08-15 Thread Gabe Menezes
What does the daily print version cost? Is it still Rs 3 a day? If so why is the online more expensive? Most online in the West cost less than the print version. Please kindly clarify. On 14 August 2013 21:43, Eugene Correia eugene.corr...@gmail.com wrote: Kind Attention Readers of Epaper

[Goanet] Piece in OHeraldo

2013-08-15 Thread Eugene Correia
OHeraldo Aug, 15, 2013 Re-imagining Goa Eugene Correia Ever since Benedict Anderson's book, Imagined Communities, came out in 1983, there has been mixed debate on how elites shape nationalism in multi-ethnic societies. Goan nationalism followed the pattern, with some elites, particularly

[Goanet] No to Dance Bars, Prostitution... Says Parrikar

2013-08-15 Thread JoeGoaUk
No to Dance Bars, Prostitution Tumi Amcher Visvas Dorat - Says Goa's Chief Minister Independence Day Ceremony Old Secretariat, Panaji - Goa. Video - CM speaking http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3JIyIbQdww  Pics http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/9515387812/in/photostream CCP Mayor etc

[Goanet] Goa news for August 15, 2013

2013-08-15 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** All clear for Sesa Goa-Sterlite merger with Bombay HC nod - Moneycontrol.com elayed merger between Vedanta group companies Sesa Goa and Sterlite Industries, with final regulatory clearance

[Goanet] Old Goa - St. Francis used to have bath at this well..

2013-08-15 Thread JoeGoaUk
Chapel of St. Francis Xavier and the Well (Fr. Francis Xavier resided here when in Goa) It is believed that St. Francis Xavier  when in Goa resided at this place and said prayers / Mass at the Chapel that was existed in its place here. It is also said that St. Francis used to take bath or

Re: [Goanet] Maan: Translation of Ch.1 of Goencho Mull Avaz

2013-08-15 Thread J. Colaco jc
This evening, I had planned to script a few lines on the so-called Dance Bars brouhaha. But then, my attention was drawn to this rather intriguing post from Prof Augusto Pinto. Augusto Pinto wrote: I feel sad for people like Frederick Noronha, George Menezes, Pamela D'Mello, VM, Santosh Helekar,

[Goanet] PANJIM IN SHAMBLES!

2013-08-15 Thread Stephen Dias
Dear Wendel Rodrigues, I agree with you that all politicians those who do not obey our artist, or say not curbing ANY artistic expression must stay home and wind up their work. It is not only a crime but a total foolishness. You see what is the fate of Panjim, since you are also staying in

[Goanet] Goa: A Postcolonial Society between Cultures - YouTube

2013-08-15 Thread Con Menezes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb56-Owrde8

[Goanet] After the tenure of this present CM, Mr Manohar Parrikar, what the new CM will say. Goans have to digest whatever the CM's tell us?

2013-08-15 Thread Stephen Dias
Rane issued first offshore casino license' PANAJI: Therefore the cabinet decided that licenses of offshore casinos that expire on or before March 31, 2014, may be considered for a two-year extension to enable them to make alternative arrangements to move out of river Mandovi, while licenses of

[Goanet] Russell Foster: Why do we sleep? | Video on TED.com

2013-08-15 Thread Con Menezes
http://www.ted.com/talks/russell_foster_why_do_we_sleep.html?utm_source=newsletter_dailyutm_campaign=dailyutm_medium=emailutm_content=button__2013-08-14

[Goanet] British MPs invite Narendra Modi to speak at Westminster - Telegraph

2013-08-15 Thread Con Menezes
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/10242675/British-MPs-invite-Narendra-Modi-to-speak-at-Westminster.html

[Goanet] Unauthorized religious structures policy needs to be streamlined.

2013-08-15 Thread Stephen Dias
Dear Chief Minister of Goa Manohar Parrikar. Hon Sir, Well done decision taken by your cabinet on approval policy on unauthorized religious structures based on Supreme Court directives. Thank You. Sir. I have the following questions to be taken into consideration:- 1) How will the committee

[Goanet] Other Mobile towers radiations needs to be assessed as the cancer cases are rising in Goa.Govt is still being silent!

2013-08-15 Thread Stephen Dias
'Illegal' mobile tower demolished in Fatorda READ MORE SGPDA|Mobile Tower|GSPCB MARGAO: The south Goa planning and development authority (SGPDA) on Wednesday began demolishing the mobile tower and its accompanying apparatus at Agalli - Murida, Fatorda, after the chief town planner of the town

[Goanet] SMILE....................... IT'S WEEKEND (15/08/2013)

2013-08-15 Thread CAJETAN DE
RIGHT ON.   A man (Hercu) feared his wife (Benu) wasn’t hearing as well as she used to and he thought she might need hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, Hercu goes to his family Doctor (Dr. Tibrusio) to discuss the problem. Dr. Tibrusio told Hercu that there is a simple informal

Re: [Goanet] Maan: Translation of Ch.1 of Goencho Mull Avaz

2013-08-15 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Thanks, but no thanks! My silence on this issue has little or nothing to do with what I supposedly do with the rest of my time. Augusto has every right to feel sad for whomever he wants (including me); that is his prerogative. Mine is to prioritise the issues I wish to comment on, and discuss in

Re: [Goanet] APPOINTING LEENA MEHENDALE AS CIC WOULD BE ILLEGAL

2013-08-15 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 15 August 2013 05:41, Aires Rodrigues airesrodrigu...@gmail.com wrote: While the Goa Government has rightly decided to reinitiate the process of selecting the State Information Commissioner, the Goa Governor Mr. B.V.Wanchoo should also not consent to the proposed illegal appointment of

[Goanet] What Your Doctor Might Not Know About Depression - Video - iHealthTube.com

2013-08-15 Thread Con Menezes
http://www.ihealthtube.com/aspx/viewvideo.aspx?v=d40907c64f3c50ac

[Goanet] Eye tests could detect likelihood of stroke - Telegraph

2013-08-15 Thread Con Menezes
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10237834/Eye-tests-could-detect-likelihood-of-stroke.html

[Goanet] Fwd: Song for the day....

2013-08-15 Thread Gabe Menezes
Happy Feast to one and all! Norah Jones - Help Me Make it Through the Night (Live)(Kris Kritoffers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0Fb0cuQyMg g -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] Pakistani prime minister calls for better ties with India - Telegraph

2013-08-15 Thread Con Menezes
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/10239396/Pakistani-prime-minister-calls-for-better-ties-with-India.html

[Goanet] Tiarists too are not paragon of virtues -- By Nisser Dias

2013-08-15 Thread Nisser Dias
*By Nisser Dias 15th August 2013* * * *Tiarists too are not paragon of virtues* Last week Nuvem MLA Mickky Pacheco was back in the eye of the storm because of the arrest of a famous tiarists Francis de Tuem upon the former’s complaint of defamation and extortion. The episode that

[Goanet] Goa cabinet cancels appointment of SICs

2013-08-15 Thread Goanet News
Goa cabinet cancels appointment of SICs TNN | Aug 15, 2013, 07.20 AM IST PANAJI: After the selection process of the state information commissioners (SIC) was challenged in court, the cabinet on Wednesday cancelled the selection of journalist Sandesh Prabhudesai and former senior administrative

Re: [Goanet] Maan: Translation of Ch.1 of Goencho Mull Avaz

2013-08-15 Thread Jose Colaco
The quite transparent disjunction between the FN response and the post he quoted 'infra' (:-) reminds me of a Psychiatry Prof we had at GMC; we called him Psych Sharma. Sitting in with him while he interviewed patients was a treat for intern me. Patient (P) walks in. S motions her to take a

[Goanet] Missed date 4th Time: Aldona-Calvim bridge update 15.8.13

2013-08-15 Thread JoeGoaUk
 Missed date 4th Time: Aldona-Calvim bridge update 15.8.13   Video: 15.8.13   .. 4pm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx_8uX5hNA4 Foundation stone laid 27.10.12. Expected date of Completion July 2013. But Parrikar planned to inaugurate on 30th May 2013, then on 30th June, then again around 15th

[Goanet] Piss in the O Heraldo

2013-08-15 Thread Bernado Colaco
There is only one motherland for Goans to embrace called Goa. BC It was a shot-in-the-arm for the freedom movement. Heeding popular sentiments, Nehru shed his pacifism for armed action. If it was tryst with destiny for India on August 15, 1947, it was embrace for Goa with the motherland on

[Goanet] NO TO ORGAN DONATION -- BY DR. LEO REBLLO

2013-08-15 Thread Dr. Leo Rebello
NO TO ORGAN DONATION -- DR. LEO REBELLO Dr. Leo Rebello from Bombay-India, in 1985, was the first person in India to pledge his body. But now he is vehemently against Organs Donation and Transplants. Read his poem LAST WILL and his incisive article below and send your comments. LAST

[Goanet] CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE WE CAN GET GOA SAUSAGES IN SAN FRANCISCO/USA??? TKS

2013-08-15 Thread AMeneze1/Arunlal Menezes (CA/CCLA/TOR)

[Goanet] Sangodd 2013 - Camoti wado, Candolim

2013-08-15 Thread JoeGoaUk
Sangodd 2013 - Camoti wado, Candolim Traditional Sangodd Festival celebrated at Camoti wado, Candolim on 15th August 2013. This year it was dedicated to the son of the soil Late Aleixinho de Candolim as part of his birth centenary celebrations. Many local as well as professional artistes

[Goanet] CCP IS NOT COMPETENT TO EXECUTE COMPREHENSIVE MOBILITY MASTER PLAN FOR PANJIM.

2013-08-15 Thread Stephen Dias
Dear Surenndra Furtado, Mayor of CCP Panjim Let me tell you that Master plan which is called Holistic Plan presented by LKS Consultants,Spain recently at Marquinez Alva hall, was not in tune with our Goa system. That plan will never work in Goa. Now coming to the point which the Mayor says that

Re: [Goanet] Sangodd 2013 - Camoti wado, Candolim

2013-08-15 Thread Agnelo Fernandes
Hello Joe The video link is wrong and points to the bridge. The correct link I think is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTniBj0RTV4 Agnelo -Original Message- From: goanet-boun...@lists.goanet.org [mailto:goanet-boun...@lists.goanet.org] On Behalf Of JoeGoaUk Sent: Thursday, August 15,

[Goanet] Who is the finnancer ?

2013-08-15 Thread Ana Maria Fernandes
I have noticed that every year certain priests take a trip to Europe. I am very well aware that the to and fro ticket visa runs into lakhs of rupees. From where do these priest get money every year ? From sunday collection ? I was told from my childhood that collection on good friday goes to

Re: [Goanet] CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE WE CAN GET GOA SAUSAGES IN SAN FRANCISCO/USA

2013-08-15 Thread Albert Peres
Vendor in San Francisco, California: Viva Goa Indian Cuisine, Nicholas Fernandes 415-440-2600 fernan...@gmail.com ndvolke...@hotmail.com Or, order online from this fine Canadian Company. SOUZA GOAN FOOD PRODUCTS http://souzagoanfoodproducts.wordpress.com/contact-us/ This is a family owned

[Goanet] Church object Holistic Plan for Panaji. Other bodies should be involved under democratic rights.

2013-08-15 Thread Stephen Dias
Goa church objects to development plan of Panaji August 14, 2013 by admin Filed under newsletter-india Leave a Comment Goa, August 13, 2013: It claimed that it is an infringement of the democratic rights of the corporation of the city of Panaji (CCP). The social arm of the Goa church has

Re: [Goanet] NO TO ORGAN DONATION -- BY DR. LEO REBLLO

2013-08-15 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Dr. Leo Rebello wrote:   7.. If you are a famous person, chip can be implanted into you during surgery and you can be controlled    or killed.   666 -- the Devil at work.   8.. When you get some one else's blood or organ, not only you get that person's diseases, but the   karma, personality

[Goanet] Helping the young with special needs in Goa

2013-08-15 Thread Santosh Helekar
Posting this invitation of behalf of a fellow Goan. Invitation to join an enterprise for the advancement of young people with Special Needs.   We at Atmavishwas invite you to join us for a morning where we shall explore together the problems and challenges that confront literally hundreds and

[Goanet] Patoienchem Fest at Socorro Church Square 15.8.2013

2013-08-15 Thread JoeGoaUk
Patoienchem Fest at Socorro Church Square 15.8.2013 Patoienchem Fest at Socorro Church Square 15.8.13 Organised by Socorro Socio-Art and Cultural Association, Porvorim Bardez, Goa http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk72/9520670498/in/photostream/ OMG, the food was so authentic that it's

Re: [Goanet] NO TO ORGAN DONATION -- BY DR. LEO REBLLO

2013-08-15 Thread Santosh Helekar
- Original Message - From: President Leo Rebello   Here goes why I am now vehemently against Organ Donation or Cadaver Donation:   President Leo, Why are you against donating your cadaver? Cheers, Santosh