The tourism bubble in Goa has burst
There is no adequate infrastructure of sewerage and waste disposal,
potable water and other essential services to attend the surge of
gambling and tourism in Goa. The natives are shunted aside for the
profit of foreigners.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
By Averthanus
SCARLETT STILL IN THE NEWS II
There was a time when scarlet was just another word for the colour red,
But these days it has become the symbol of things better left unsaid.
It evokes thoughts of drugs, rape and murder by drowning.
In truth for the levels that man will stoop to, there's no
Gabe Menezes initiated this thread in mid-March with an analysis of the US
Dollar:
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-March/070563.html
Mario Goveia responded with his typical defensive response vis-a-vis
business cycles:
To,
Shri Digambar Kamat,
The Hon' ble Chief Minister of Goa
Sub: Appointment of Badminton Coach by SAG at SCC, Panaji-Goa
Ref No: Badminton/ Goa/ March-08/ 01
Date: 24-03-08
Dear Sir,
Warm Greetings from Badminton Players of Panjim!
We are writing this letter to bring to your notice the gross
Hi Fr. Ivo,
Thank you for your response and taking my comments in a positive way. Let me
take this opportunity to thank you for your prior response to my post
(requesting your comments) on the social breakdown of US society as reflected
in the statistics of 40% babies in the USA being born to
Dear Goanetters,
Goa's gross domestic product has increased from approximately
10 million US dollars in 1980 to an estimated 3500 million US dollars
in 2007.
My source is more authoritative , but calculations on these wikipedia
figures should suffice for the present. And
The difference between these 2 is 10, so what's the catch?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_fishcurryrice/2363829587/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_fishcurryrice/2363829293/
And this is catch 22
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_fishcurryrice/2361979833/
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Dear Roland
I have just read your post regarding the desecration of of a temple by Agent
Casimero Monteiro. I had to stop for some time before continuing to read the
rest of the post. Forgive me but is there ANY more information with regard to
this Agent CASEMIRO MONTEIRO and his
That due to the negligent of the officials of BDO Quepem the record room of
Quepem mamaltdar submerged under water thereby affecting important document
including electronic voting machines stored in the room.
That yesterday night it seems that the officials of BDO Quepem negligent
kept
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DAILY HAIKU #54:
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ROAD MAP
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killing corruption
is a mirage,
is the solution
goa su-raj?
http://2008goanconvention.com/blog/index.php
http://2008goanconvention.com/registration.php
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It is with a terrible loss and sadness that I read the daily obituary
notices in Goa e-newspapers of people dying in the prime of their
lives, victims of road accidents and bad traffic enforcement. Young
men, women and in today's Herald a notice of a woman in her late 30s,
a mother of 2 very young
-by gasper crasto / www.goa-world.com Team
Kuwait's four of the topmost teams will fight for a place in the finals of
the 16th Edition of 9-aside soccer tournament being organized by CRC
Chinchinim at Salmiya Grounds. The semifinals will be played on Friday 28th
March 2008 followed by a grand
Dear Members,
Attached is an invitation to our Senior Goan Members -60yrs and over for a
Luncheon to be held on 13th April 2008.
Please let your friends and relatives know who may not be on email.
We kindly request you to confirm to us either by returm mail or telephone
committee members
Vidyadhar Gadgil wrote:
The 'whitewash Parrikar' campaign is clearly getting increasingly
desperate as is obvious from the note of hysteria that is creeping
in, and the increasing one-point obsession with that particular
politician. Come on guys, there's life beyond Manohar Parrikar...
Response:
Is the need for Goa to preserve her Identity, Anti-Indian? I surprisingly
notice some using the Indian card to oppose a genuine issue. (A) They
don't understand the real perspective of India or (B) Vested Interests
trying to intimidate like minded concerned Goans.
These Goans are not Anti-Indians
Dear Goanetters,
Have a look at the article published in Times of India, Internet Edition,
under title drug trade thriving in Goa?
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2866408.cms
For those who have no time to click the link above, this is what Times of
India has to say:
PANJIM: With
Anand Virgincar note the following:
1: Goa's gross domestic product has increased from approximately 10
million US dollars in 1980 to an estimated 3500 million US dollars in
2007And remember, we are only taking the white economy into
account here.
2: Has the living standard of the average
Hi Santosh,
I have no intention to participate in or start another Pissing Contest.
Sorry not to play the game.
Yet I write this to highlight what is wrong with some posts.
My post and the web link is in pretty much lay-language and both are in plain
English.
Do we need a scientist to
Dear Cajetan,
Excellent. This is sure way to stop corruption. Basically, unknowingly we
fuel the corruption by not asking for a receipt or a bill.
If you check-out our Road Map for Goa Chapter I [Law and Order] these
measures are listed at 4(a) Accountable Business Practices and 4(b) Illicit
Freedom of Speech also requires that the individual accepts
responsibility to respect the rights, and respect others. For example, one
cannot shout Fire in a crowded theater and expect to get away with it.
I think what Nicholas was saying was forbearance on the part of certain
posters
From: Paul Mascarenhas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
*Your criticism is always welcome, but it should be done in appropriate
fora.
Try to deepen your question and find out a solution. Then approach somebody
for an answer.
Regards.
Fr.Ivo
--- Fr. Ivo da C. Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
**It has to be investigated. I found an explanation
in
http://www.boloji.com/hinduism/064.htm and in
http://people.howstuffworks.com/reincarnation4.htm.
I am not discussing it here.
I do accept the teaching of the Bible on the
resurrection
Comment:
While it is laudable to see the singlemindedness with which Dr Anand and some
others are rooting for MP and the BJP, I wish to place some posers before them:
1. what guarantees or assurances can you offer that the Hindutva agenda of the
BJP will not be implemented in Goa?
2. What
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:47:20 -0400
From: Bosco D'Mello [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mario Goveia responded with his typical defensive response vis-a-vis business
cycles:
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-March/070642.html
Mario responds:
Hey, Bosco,
Pardon me for being
SCARLETTE, MANNION ME
By Adv. Jos. Peter D'Souza
When shall we three meet again,
In thunder, lightening or in rain;
When the hurly burlies done,
When the battle's lost and won,
Then shall we three meet again.
Yes, the opening portents of the three witches in King Lear.
Shakespeare was a genius
When Manohar Parrikar was the Chief Minister, a friend of mine asked a
Catholic Minister who was supporting Parrikar and the BJP the reasons
behind his steadfast support, despite the BJP's communal leanings.
The Ex Minister replied that he was supporting the bas***ds because on
the other side of
Recently one Roland Francis from Spadina Avenue, Toronto, Canada has invoked
the memory of Agente Monteiro and has left John Monteiro of Berkshire in a
quandary as to his parentage.
RF should spend more time in my opinion on the current Monteiro's that Goa has
produced and is producing since
The inclusion of genetic manipulation and morally
debatable experiments in the list of new sins is an
outrageous new example of a conflict between science
and religion. It amounts to the demonization of a vast
majority of biologists and medical scientists who are
involved in developing novel
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org
Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories.
*** Body of teen murdered in Goa to be sent home - AFP
[11 hours ago] PANAJI, India (AFP) #148; The body of a
British teenager raped and murdered last month in India's resort
state of Goa
At the market:
The Adv. Gen. charged Double Fees so...
...so he should be Charged and Discharged Double Quick!
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My Answer to Dr. Anand Virgincar (please don't take it to heart):
BJP is communal and communalism is worst than corruption for corruption is
reversible phenomenon while communalism is irreversible! Congress CMs may be
spineless, corrupt, non-administrators but you just cannot compare a secular
dollarBosco D'Mello wrote:
Yesterday I ran into:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1725094,00.html
This article purports to educate what Goans saddled with stacks of
greenbacks ought to do with their USDees!! 'Goans in pain' could possibly do
well by being astute 'Goans at
8 years to stop the sea level rise. With India doing nothing but lip
service to the cause of climate change, our coastal cities face imminent
danger.
Greenpeace on the 25th of March is launching a campaign to get the residents
of our coastal cities involved and to show how personal the problem
Plea to set up language centre for Konkani
Rajya Sabha MP Shantaram Naik has demanded a regional centre of the Central
Institute of Indian Languages in Goa in order to give Konkani language which
suffered during the Portuguese regime.
Naik, making a special mention in the Rajya
GOOD OLD DAYS
I wonder what the author of *Domnic's Goa* thinks of all this.
Surely he must now the good old days very sorely miss
He has returned to an Anjuna with sex and drugs,
And a land-grabbing mafia consisting of crooks and thugs.
He must wonder what happened to the good life and the
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