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GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS Oct 14, 2004 THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: "Jivitan tin vostu assat jeo kednanch portun sodhun kaddunk zainant - uloilelim utram, bolandlolo vell ani kikont keleleo sondheo. Aiz teo chukoinaka. Jivit khoxen sar!" (In life there are three things that can never be retrieved - words spoken, time spent and opportunities neglected. Don't miss them today. Enjoy life!) "domnic fernandes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GOACOM VIDEO NEWS: Video Clip from Goa on the first Session of HERITAGE JAZZ YATRA organised by Armando Gonsalves of Trancemedia at Rebelo Mansion at Betalbatim on October 10, 2004, at http://www.goacom.com/news Clips_Heritage_Jazz Yatra_1: POLLING IN POINGUINIM PEACEFUL: An estimated 77.80 per cent voting of the total 14,690 electorate on Wednesday (13 October) exercised their franchise in the by-elections to Poinguinim constituency when polling ended at 5 pm. A total of 11,425 voters cast their votes of which 5625 were men and 5800 were women, who sealed the fate of BJP candidate Isidore Fernandes and Congress nominee Jagdish Acharya in the crucial by-election. A total of 21 Electronic Voting Machines were installed. (GT) VILLAGERS WALK 24 KMS TO CAST VOTE: While many voters were forcefully transported to cast their votes in several wards of Poinguinim, the people of Keri willingly walked through the hilly terrain for nearly two hours (a distance of 24 km) to cast their vote at the government primary school at Yedda in Cotigao village. (NT) COUNTING ON OCT 16: Counting of votes cast in Wednesday's bye-election will be taken up on October 16 at 8 am. The seal of the strongroom of Multipurpose School Complex, Borda, Margao, where the electronic voting machines will be housed from Wednesday night will be opened at 7.30 am. (H) MAN COMMITS SUICIDE AT CAMPAL: Fifty-year-old Ignatius Fernandes, committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree near the swimming pool at Campal in the wee hours of October 13. (NT) MOTORCYCLE BURNT: A motorcycle, belonging to Mr Godwin Jose Valerio D'Silva, was badly burnt on October 11 night at Alto Guimaraes, Panaji, near Goa Bench of Bombay High Court. (NT) AIRFARE TO LONDON HALVED: You could now fly to England at an unbelievable rate of about Rs.15,000. Thanks to the Central government's Open Sky Policy, about 300 passengers will fly from Goa to London on December 22 for a 15-day trip on this jaw-dropping return fare. At present, a regular India-London return tickets costs about Rs.29,000. "This winter Goa and Kerala will be the best places to take a flight to the UK and Europe. Around a thousand tickets will be available every week for as low as Rs.15,000", a source from the tourism industry was quoted as saying in the national press. (H) NO PLANS, NO PUNCH, NO PUNCH LINE: On October 15, the Tourism department will sit back and say, "The first chartered flight has landed." But they would do well to add, "But Goa Tourism has been grounded." In a perfect example of how not to manage tourism in a State, which gets its bounty from it, Goa Tourism has reached the height of under preparedness. There is no full-fledged director, shack licenses have not been issued, compulsory training for beach guards has not even started, there is no marketing agency and needless to add, there is nobody in visible control. While Tourism Minister Matanhy Saldanha recently promised sweeping changes in the way his department approaches the season, there is little indication that his promises will materialize in time. (GT) NABBED FOR HARASSING TOURISTS: Colva police arrested seven Lamani women on Wednesday for allegedly harassing tourists at Cavelossim beach. Lamanis pestering tourists into buying their wares is not so uncommon on Goan beaches. (H) MERCEDES TAXI: For the up market tourists, who wish to spice up their sizzling Goa holiday, a hot set of wheels is the latest on offer. For those who are more than happy to shell out about Rs.10,000 per day, a Mercedes luxury taxi could now see them through the national highways, besides the city and village roads in the State. Mercedez-Benz dealer Millennium Motors Pvt Ltd will launch the Mercedes Taxi in Goa on October 23. (H) EXIT(Z) CLOCKWORK ORANGE: The dark, hard eyes that once stared back at you from "A Clockwork Orange" are gone. Malcolm McDowell's blue eyes are softer now and even show fatherly affection when co-star Perizaad Zorbain is in the room. McDowell is presently in Goa filming for the movie "Exitz", a futuristic movie with a script written by Farooq Dhondy. He plays the role of a gaming magnate who falls in love with an Indian beauty queen and manipulates a young illegal immigrant to do his biding. "It is my first time here and it is very beautiful," McDowell told GT reporters at the Radisson White Sand Resort. (Reuven Proenca) ROBBER PAYS FOR RS.1.20-LAKH BANK ROBBERY: A man - Shrikant Jadav of Uttar Pradesh - was beaten on October 13 by people while running away with booty of Rs.1.20 lakh which he robbed from the Punjab National in Margao by toting a toy bomb. (NT) SMART CARDS WILL REPLACE RATION CARDS: The Civil Supplies department will shortly be IT savvy with a plan under consideration to replace the paper ration-card with electronic smart cards. The pilot project, which is under consideration, will be experimented in one rural and one urban fair price shop. (H) THINK GEEK'S "DANIEL PEARL PEACE CONCERT": October 10, 2002, is the day forces of violence and terror took the life of a young journalist Daniel Pearl. Journalist Ethel da Costa of Think Geek in collaboration with the Daniel Pearl Foundation, USA, will celebrate the death anniversary of Daniel Pearl, as a day for celebrating the pursuit of peace with her annual Daniel Pearl Peace Concert. The concert is scheduled on October 16, at Jogger's Park, Altinho, Panjim, beginning 6.00 pm onwards to 10.00 pm. Making music at the peace concert will be fusion and acoustic bands `Sunset Boulevard,' `Status Quo' and `Hammerhead.' Interested musicians are also invited to jam up at the event. (Ethel Dacosta [EMAIL PROTECTED]) GRAND FEST TO MARK 50-YR DEVOTION OT MARY IN TIVIM: Every Wednesday, people from all walks of life from all over Goa throng to St Christopher's Church in Tivim, to participate in the novenas of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour. The devotion to OL Perpetual Succour at Tivim church dates back to 50 years. It was Fr Joseph Innocencia Correia who started this devotion in 1955. The Tivim parishioners alongwith devotees have decided to celebrate the golden jubilee of the devotion to Our Lady of Perpetual Succour. The year-long celebrations will commence on October 27. (H) NINE NIGHTS OF PUJA, FINERY AND DANCE: It is Navratri. And once again, the silent evenings in Panjim turn into day and the city reverberates to the countless beats of drums, as the 4000-odd Gujaratis in Goa are at their peak during this festive season.Panjim Gujarati Yuvak Mandal is organizing Dandiya and Garba at Mathias Plaza Hall, Panaji, for nine days starting 14 October. A live Gujarati orchestra from Surendranagar will be playing traditional and modern music for the enthusiastic crowd dressed in their traditional best. (Preetu Nair in GT) BODY OF MISSING PERSON RECOVERED: Verna police recovered the body of one Kistodio Domingo Alvis (28) floating in the Zuari river. It is understood that Kistodio, a resident of Loutulim, had committed suicide on 11 October by jumping from the Zuari bridge. (GT) GOANS STRANGERS IN THEIR OWN LAND: "The government machinery has seemingly come to a grinding halt: very little or no justifiable efforts are being made to control the ever increasing rate of crime of all sorts specially murders, rapes including pedophilia. The authorities, of course, are ready with their pre-fabricated excuses or explanations. Since liberation, Goans and Goa are being used as tools of experiments by every government in power, and the trend continues unimpeded. No government may be said to have carried out people-oriented administration, except perhaps during the short term of Central rule under Governor JFR Jacobs." (Mathew BA Braganza, Tivim, in Letters to the Editor-GT) SOME SPINE FINALLY: "It finally looks like Goans are getting some teeth.Barely a day goes without some village erupting in anger over a particular decision by the government, which could have long-term impact on their lives. Cuncolinkars protesting against the proposed Housing Board Colony at Panzorcone. Resident of Maddel protesting against the erection of Mobile towers in that region. At Naquerim, villagers resorted to a rasta roko because of the government apathy in not diverting trucks carrying bauxite ore through t heir village. Even village panchayats have begun to raise their voice against the government highhandedness with the village panchayat of Raia raising its voice on concern over the government decision to grant housing plots to non-Goans." (Edit in Heald) HELP TO DESTITUTE: Ricardo D'Mello, a retired Press Trust of India employee from Panjim, was moved when he read a Herald report on October 8, highlighting the plight of Gouru Paik Gaonkar, a 65-year-old widow residing at Adnem-Balli. Goru lives a lonely life in a dilapidated two-room dwelling. Her very existence depends on the goodwill of her neighbours. Mr D'Mello met this correspondent and the two went to meet Gouru at her residence. A visibly touched Ricardo then handed Gouru cash of Rs.2,000 and some clothes. (John Fernandes in Herald) S P O R T S GFA FIRST DIVISION LEAGUE: A brilliant brace by striker Joaquim Robert D' Silva helped Napoli SC, Benaulim, to down Goa Police SC 2-0 at Duler grounds, Mapusa. At Tilak Maidan in Vasco, Young Boys of Tonca, Panaji, came from behind to hold spirited Velsao Pale Sports Club to a 1-1 draw. (GT) MUMBAI OUTCLASS GOA: Openers Amita Patil and Manali Patil got involved in a stand of 115 runs to guide Mumbai to a convincing 115-run win over hosts Goa in their opening match of the Senior West Zone Women's Cricket Championship, played at Fatorda, Margao on October 13. (GT) AKSHADA MAKES CLEAN SWEEP: Akshada A Godinho, a Vth Std student of Mary Immaculate Girls High School, Panaji, made a clean sweep in the just concluded U-10 girls state level mini/secondary and higher secondary schools swimming championships organised by the Directorate of Sports at Campal Swimming Pool recently. (GT) D E A T H S 08 Oct: Tolecantto: PRECOPIO FERNANDES: Born 26-01-1941): husband of Agnes, father of Louis & Lazarus; brother/brother-in-law of Broneta/Balduwin Dias (USA), Norma/Antonio (Portugal; Brother-in-law of late Gladys/Emilio Andrade (Velim); uncle of Marietta, Leslie, Licinha,Nelinho. Funeral cortege will leave residence (Telmorod) on 14th Oct at 4 pm for St Rock's Church, Tolecanto. 13 Oct: Navelim: ANTHONY ALVARES D'COSTA: husband of late Juliana, father of Savio, Tambo, Joy, Cynthia, Joenu, Renita, Angela and Joyce. Passed away in Mumbai. Funeral at St Blaise Church, Andheri, on 15 Oct at 10 am. 13 Oct: Margao-Aquem: KAMAL RAYA BANDODKAR (JAISHREE): wife of Raya, mother of Harish/Kavita, Priscilla/Kumar. 13 Oct: Nachinola: PRAZILIA LIRA DA SILVA FERNANDES (LALUSH): daughter of late Cipriano/Palmira, wife of Newman, mother of Elaine, Luisito and Bernardo; sister/sister-in-law of Yvone/Libano, Lisette/Oswald, Avita/Roberto and Violeta. Funeral: Nachinola: 16th October at 4 pm to Bom Jesus Church. 12 Oct: Shiroda: PATRICIO JOSE ANTONIO GODINHO: husband of Piedade, father of Succorina, Vieana, Joyce, Felician, Sharmila, Agnelo. 13 Oct: Cabo-de-Rama: JOSE CRISTOVAO FERNANDES: husband of late Artimizia, father of Blaise/Anita, Tony/Priscilla, Molly/Carlos George. 11 Oct: Loutulim: CUSTODIO DOMINGO ALVES: son of Jose/Ermilinda; brother of Nazarenth/Milagrina, Antonio/Rita, Rosario, Sebastiao, Antonetta/Albert. G O A W E A T H E R Max temp: 32.2 degC; Min temp: 23.2 degC; Humidity: 82% (Yesterday) Rainfall so far: 1984.7 mm Weather: Partly cloudy skies in Goa this morning. Courtesy: GT=Gomantak Times; NT=The Navhind Times; H=Herald; WE=Weekender; TOI=Times of India JOEL D'SOUZA Assagao-Goa-India. ########################################################################## Goa's premier mailing list Goanet - http://www.goanet.org is 10 years old today