ANALYSIS /// RAVI'S FLOORCROSSING: WHAT'S IDEOLOGY GOT TO DO WITH IT?
May 10's resignation of Goa Deputy Chief Minister Ravi Naik from the BJP
may have caused a loss to the ruling party. But at the same time, it cannot
be dubbed as very good news for the Congress particularly in the long run,
* Coping with trouble: Soccoro's prayer-hall arson (followup)
How did the authorities cope with the fire at a prayer-hall in Goa?
Mayabhushan Nagvenkar of the Herald comes out with another side of the
story, after a shocking investigation.
* Cops and robbers... tales from the law and order
IN RAIN-SOAKED GOA, WATER SHORTAGES BECOME A POLITICAL ISSUE
PANAJI, May 10: Some two dozen people sat before the man who has been
Goa's chief minister on three different occasions, and water surfaced as one
of the issues in this part of Saligao constitutency.
Saligao, the North Goa
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CANDIDATES LIST, GOA 2002 ASSEMBLY MAY 30 ELECTIONS:
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1. MANDREM CONSTITUENCY / PERNEM TALUKA
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Goa watched by nation as small state's polls near, voters seem disinterested
By Frederick Noronha
PANAJI (Goa), May 22: For a change, the small state of Goa is in the focus
of political watchers across India. But interest in the home state is itself
at a low-ebb among the 913,000 odd voters
TEN QUESTIONS: MINORITIES TOTALLY EXPLOITED BY GOA'S POLITICAL
PARTIES-Soter D'Souza
TILL A FEW days back, Porvorim-based Soter D'Souza (42) was the general
secretary of the BJP's Minority Morcha, the 'minority' front of Goa's
ruling party. In a chat with FREDERICK
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'Unconventional' candidates liven Goa polls
By Shiv Kumar, Indo-Asian News Service
Panaji (Goa), May 26 (IANS) After years of funding politicians, Goan mining
magnate Anil Salgaoncar decided to plunge into the election battle himself.
Over the years, I have spent enormous amounts of money on
PAST THE PULPIT; CHURCH LOOKS TO SOUND-AND-LIGHT AT OLD GOA
From Frederick Noronha
For a change, the pulpit is passe. Goa's Catholic Church is showing signs
of embracing the new information and communication technologies (ICTs) as
it attempts to spread its message by means of a slick multi
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Catholic Church's stress on 'natural family planning' finds
takers in Goa
By Frederick Noronha
PANJIM: Little-noticed by most, Goa's Catholic
Pimples and stress: Goa's adolescents grapple with growing up
By Frederick Noronha
PANJIM, July 12: Why is a girl attracted to a boy only after 15 years and
not before? Shouldn't parents be like friends and understand teenagers'
problems? I have many pimples on my face. My parents are partial
BRIEfnCOUNTERS: IVO COELHO, SALESIAN PROVINCIAL
'FOOTBALL, EMPLOYMENT... THIS COULD BE THE LANGUAGE OF OUR YOUTH TODAY'
His colleagues describe the new Salesian provincial for Goa as young and
dynamic. Fr Ivo Coelho, SDB, would obviously have his work cut out for him
as this religious order
ap,
at some point if hyginus is interested he should talk very
cogently with either fr. adolph vice-provincial or fr. ivo
provincial reagrding what he feels about the technical training
and his ideas.
venantius
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Mumbai's advertising fraternity remembers Frank Simoes
By Shiv Kumar, Indo-Asian News Service
Mumbai, Aug 27 (IANS) Mumbai's advertising fraternity Tuesday fondly
remembered their guru Frank Simoes and mourned his passing as the end of an
era.
He had a knack of turning advertisement copy for
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New governors for Maharashtra, Goa, Sikkim
From Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Monday appointed new
governors for the Indian states of Maharashtra, Goa and Sikkim.
Goa Governor Mohammed Fazal Mohammad was appointed governor of Maharashtra.
Sikkim
'WE WERE LOOKING AT IT... THEN IT WAS HURTLING DOWN AT US'
By Frederick Noronha, Indo-Asian News Service
VASCO DA GAMA (Goa), Oct 1: At least 15 persons, including 12 naval
personnel and officers, were killed in an aircrash here, after two Ilyushin
planes accidentally collided into each other
ILYUSHIN CRASH: ANOTHER CALAMITY, FOR BELEAGURED TALUKA OF MORMUGAO
BY GERRAD FERNANDES
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ON SITE, DABOLIM: In the worst-ever calamity the beleagured taluka of
Mormugao has faced, two Russian-made Ilyushin IL-38 naval aircraft of the
`winged stallions squadron' crashed into
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Customs commissioner held for bribing police officer
From Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) A top customs officer and his colleague have been
arrested for trying to bribe a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
officer.
P. Subramani, who
Doctor alleges pressure not to contradict miracle claim
By Krittivas Mukherjee, Indo-Asian News Service
Kolkata, Oct 10 (IANS) The controversy surrounding a medical miracle
attributed to Mother Teresa is turning ugly with a doctor alleging he is
being pressed by Christian missionaries not to
GARBAGE: GROWING PROBLEM
By Ian da Costa
The garbage problem seems to have affected every nook and corner of
Goa. Garbage will be created as long as there are people and animals. And
people and animals will only increase as the years go by. So there will
soon be mountains where there used to be
Striking a chord: classical Western could find space in Goa
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PANAJI, Oct 10: Nigel Dixon must be a bold man. He took up the challenge
of building a strings orchestra for India's tiniest state, and is
confident that it will do well
THE MONTE MUSIC FESTIVAL has been conceived to bring together two great
musical traditions that met for the first time in Goa -- Indian and
Western.
It is being held for the first time in Goa at the Capela da Nossa Senhora
do Monte (Chapel of Our Lady of the Mount) Old Goa, the complete
Top IT guru Stallman's visit to Goa enthuses young techie circuit
PANJIM: To hundreds of thousands of coders across the globe, Richard
M. Stallman is a real big name. His plan to visit Goa this week has sparked
off excitement, including among young enthusiastic students at Farmaguddi's
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FONSECA'S TRAIL OF NATIONALISM AND DEVOTION GOES OUT ON DISPLAY AT PILAR
By Frederick Noronha
PANAJI (Goa), Nov 9: In colonial times, his colours were obviously out of
tune with themes prevailing then. But after that too, Indian Christian
artist Agnelo da Fonseca faded away into oblivion
GOA'S VILLAGES SEE CONFLICTS, CORRUPTION OVER CONSTRUCTION RULES
From Frederick Noronha
PANJIM, Nov 12: Goa's small and scenic villages are increasingly becoming
conflict-zones over construction coming up in these areas, a new publication
on the maze of local construction rules says
GOA'S VILLAGES SEE CONFLICTS, CORRUPTION OVER CONSTRUCTION RULES
From Frederick Noronha
PANJIM, Nov 13: Goa's small and scenic villages are increasingly becoming
conflict-zones over construction coming up in these areas, a new publication
on the maze of local construction rules says
A doctor lives on... in her writing to get published as a book shortly
By Frederick Noronha
PANJIM, Nov 14: She was known as a doctor, the wife of a soft-spoken
businessman and the daughter-in-law of one of Goa's most popular radio
announcers of yesteryears. But few new Tithi Tavora as a poet
, he pointed out.
Maciel spoke to FREDERICK NORONHA, outlining this issue. Excerpts:
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FN: What do you see as the Goan role in colonial East Africa?
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I have
World to beat a path to Delhi and Beijing's doors: Keith Vaz (INTERVIEW)
By Lola Nayar, Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) Keith Vaz, former British minister and MP of Indian
origin, feels India and China will be the future engine of growth of the
global economy and the rest of
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Xavier's says it needs space to grow
By Frederick Noronha
PANJIM, Dec 9: One of Goa's most prominent college, Xavier's of Mapusa, has
voiced its anguish over constraints being placed on its growth potential,
saying this was blocking its chances to offer relevant education.
College principal
From Sunday Indian Express/ December 8, 2002
Everyone loves a good fight
Conservation of Goa's rich colonial heritage has now become a favourite
pastime with its haute bourgeois but it has also made enemies of sworn
friends. Sonu Chinna tries to call a truce between celebrated cartoonist
Mario
The NRI Goa Facilitation Centre is to organise a Convention of Overseas
Goans on Sunday, December 29, 2002 at the Kala Academy, Campal to discuss
issues pertaining to Goan NRIs spread all over the world. Chief Minister
Parrikar will inaugurate.
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Vajpayee to ring in New Year in balmy Goa
By P. Jayaram, Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has chosen the
coastal paradise of Goa for a New Year holiday that officials said would be
strictly a family affair.
The prime minister will leave for an
Goa still groping to find out size and spread of its diaspora
By Frederick Noronha
PANAJI (Goa), Dec 28 -- Goans have been migrating overseas for
generations now, but India's smallest state still lacks statistics on how
many people of Goan origin are scattered across the globe.
We don't even
GOANS ACROSS THE GLOBE HAVE DIVERSE PROBLEMS, IN VARYING SHAPE
From Frederick Noronha
PANJIM, Dec 29: Like the blind men of Hindoostan, the authorities trying to
map out the problems and needs of Goa's expat communities are facing a tough
time in defining the problem.
So, a voluntary group
GOA'S 'KASHTI' LEAVES A TRAIL OVER TIME, RESEARCH ON GARMENTS FIND
By Frederick Noronha
PANJIM, Jan 11: The humble 'kashti' (loin-cloth), that survived drastic
saratorial changes in Goa till much into the twentieth century, could be the
single most-lasting thread that links generations
RING, RING: CAN GOA GET ITS PHONE DIRECTORIES MORE SPEEDILY AND IN TIME?
From Frederick Noronha
PANJIM, Jan 13: It is one centimeter thicker than the last time round,
some 240 pages fatter, but many months too late. The Goa Telephone
directory of 2002 has recently been released, but is still
DESIGNER'S 'PACT', MISUNDERSTOOD, MAKES IT TO HEADLINES NATIONWIDE
PANJIM: It made it to the headlines across the country, but prominent
Goa-based fashion designer Wendell Rodricks is thankful that the Goa press
showed restraint while reporting over this contentious event.
Rodricks, who
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