[GOANET] 14 NOV: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS

[Joel D'Souza]

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GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS
November 14, 2002

WATER SUPPLY: The below average rainfall received by Goa this year will not result in acute shortage of water of the kind invariably faced by the State's populace in the summer months, claims the Public Works Department. The reason says the PWD chief, PP Borkar, is that remedial civil works taken up to offset such shortages last year, will have fructified in the troublesome March-April-May months next year. (H)

"FIT FOR CHILDREN": Children's Day is being celebrated in Goa today. The Chief Minister, in his message to the children on the occasion, has extended to them warm greetings and assured that his government would strive to make Goa a state "fit for children", placing their interests on priority. Parrikar further said that the year 2003 is declared as "Year of the Child" in Goa and also his government has set up a Goa Children's Fund to make the dreams of children a reality. (H)

SARPANCH ASSAULTED: A row over the allotment of space for stalls for the upcoming St Francis Xavier's feast at Old Goa resulted in an assault on Sarpanch Nilkanth Bhomkar by two youths on Tuesday, at the panchayat office. (GT)

POWER CUTS IN SALCETE: For the last couple of months villages of Cavelossim, Carmona, Orlim, Varca and part of Benaulim are literally at the mercy of the electricity department. The current is inevitably shut off for at least 6 to 7 hours a day. (GT)

CURTI RESIDENTS BLOCK GARBAGE DUMPING: Unhappy with the Ponda Municipal Council's decision to dump garbage in their village, the Curti-Khandepar Sarpanch along with residents prevented the PMC garbage trucks from transporting garbage to the site in Curti on Wednesday morning. (H)

OLD GMC BUILDING: The Old GMC building in Panaji is under demolition. The area of around 12,000 sq mts will be utilized for a new market complex. (GT)

"LEAVE NO ROOM FOR COMPLAINTS": Sanjith Rodrigues, OSD (Elections) has explained to all the officers to take the programme seriously and help in updating the electoral rolls leaving no room for any complaints. (H)

CULTURAL POLICY: Minister for Art and Culture Ramrao Desai has said that Goa will soon have a cultural policy and that a task force has been appointed for the purpose. (GT)

AIDS CASES IN GOA: More than 33 per cent of the total HIV/AIDS cases in Goa are in the age-group of 15-29 even as four coastal talukas, namely Mormugao, Salcete, Tiswadi and Bardez, top the list of having the highest number of cases, according to the data gathered by the Goa State AIDS Control Society. (H)

EXTORTION CASE: The Old Goa police have registered a case of extortion against Felix Fernandes alias Bobbit from Merces. (NT)

MISHAP IN BETUL: Tempers ran high in Baradi-Velim on Wednesday morning when a car turned turtle after it skidded off on the main Betul road due to spillage of fish water. Irate citizens from the area met late in the evening at Baradi and formed a Velim-Betul Citizens Committee to work towards stopping fish transporting pick-up vans from plying without observing conditions. (H)

PRAYER HALL FOR WOMEN: The newly inaugurated mosque, Masjid-e-Noor, a Muslim prayer house, has a unique feature of a prayer hall exclusively for the ladies. (NT)

BREACHED SLUICE GATE AT MERCES: A sluice gate at Morombi-o-Grande and Renawadi, Merces, has been destroyed and heavy flow of water has entered the fields causing huge losses to the farmers. (H)

FAMILIES TO BE REHABILITATED: Over 606 families, who will be displaced due to the four-lane highway project from Verna to Vasco Harbour, are to be rehabilitated by March 31, 2003. This was decided at the meeting of the Rehabilitation Board, headed by CM Manohar Parrikar, which was convened at the MPT on Wednesday. (H)

PALACIO DE DEAO CONTROVERSY: About 50 agitating residents staged a morcha at the Palacio de Deao at Quepem on Wednesday morning, in a bid to force a family to vacate the premises of the age-old structure. Led by Ivor Tito of Bhatt-Quepem, the protestors went to the house at 9 am. (H)

THE RHYTHM IN PAINTING: "Rang-Kavya", a unique exhibition of paintings of Sadguru Chendvankar, supported by short creatively potent and apt poems penned by Vishnu Surya Wagh complimenting the paintings, is showing at the Kala Academy Art Gallery. (Naguesh R Sardessai in NT)

TRIP TO ARPORA: Southern Birdwing will conduct its next "Wild Goa" bird-watching trip to the Arpora hill on November 17. The meeting points is the entrance of St Alex Church, Calangute, at 7 am. (NT)

PADGAONKAR TO ADDRESS: The editor of "The Times of India", Mr Dileep Padgaonkar, will deliver the key note address on the occasion of the National Press Day on November 16, 2002 at a function organised by the Department of Information and Publicity in association with Goa Editors Guild and Goa Union of Journalists at Hotel Nova Goa, Panaji, at 9.30 am. (NT)

S P O R T S

ANTHONY STARS FOR SALCETE: Anthony Pereira scored a fine hattrick to steer Salcete Football Club to a resounding 5-2 victory over Napoli Sports Club at Chinchinim grounds. At Tilak Maidan, MPT Sports Council let a two-goal lead slip away, to share spoils with Raia Sporting Club, in the GFA First Division Football League. (H)

UBZEK STRIKER FOR DEMPO: Former Uzbekistan International striker Andreev Sergey has joined Dempo Sports Club and in all certainty will take the field in Dempo's inaugural duel against Vasco Sports Club on November 16 at Fatorda. (H)

MAINA-CURTORIM INTO FINALS: Title aspirants Maina-Curtorim huffed and puffed their way to the finals of the Shiva Power football through a hard fought solitary goal victory over gallant fighters UC Fatorda at Chapora yesterday. (GT)

D E A T H S
13 Nov: Margao: CECILIA A RODRIGUES, wife of late Filiphino, mother of Minguel/Angela, Francis (Kuwait)/Succorin, Salu (Greece)/Paulin, Rafael, Benny (Kuwait), Manuel (Kuwait), Joanita/John.
13 Nov: Loutulim: MARIA QUITERIA FELICIDADE ARAUJO, daughter of late Joao Caetano/late Cacilda, sister of late Carlos Antonio, late Fr Alfredo, late Luzia, late Exaltacao, late Pedro, Alice, Filomena, Fr Luis (Canada) and Emilia.
13 Nov: Nerul: MAHARUDRA G WAGLE, husband of Milan, father of Sonia Nitin Rao and Gaurish, brother of Ramakant, Dr Balchandra, Smt Sindhu Dhume, Manikbai Bhobe, Smt Indira Bandkar and late Shobha Malkarnekar. No Condolence visits.
07 Nov: Mapusa-Peddem: EDWIN A D'CUNHA, husband of late Agnela.

G O A W E A T H E R
Temp: 26.5 deg C (79.7 deg F) at Assagao at 10.30 am today.
Max temp: 34.7 deg C, Humidity: 69% (Official figures for yesterday)
Weather: A cloudy morning�rather dull looking.

Courtesy: H=Herald, NT=The Navhind Times, GT=Gomantak Times

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What's On In Goa (WOIG): Nov 06 Children's book exhibn opens, Walkabout, Anjuna... (all weekdays)
Nov 06 ArtHouse, Calangute: Chaitali's acrylics on canvas till 19.11
Nov 07 Revision of electoral rolls (till Nov 30) See schedule.
Nov 07 Creative science, for children, Goa Sc Centre (till 16.11)
Nov 10 Corporate summit on IT and biotechnology, Intl Centre (till 11.11)
Nov 17 Goan Engineers and Assoc meet, at Pickering, Canada.
Nov 20 Fr Agnelo's 75th death anniversary, Pilar
Dec 01 Two day conference, Goa Agenda. IT For Society. (Ends 2.12) Every Sunday: Music therapy sessions at Moira, 5 pm. 278, N.Portugal

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