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GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS March 02, 2003
COLOURFUL CARNIVAL BEGINS: The lively four-day Carnival celebrations took off formally with King Momo's retinue leading a colourful float parade yesterday evening, with 79 groups participating. There was a lot of dancing and throbbing music�clowns, folk depicting rural Goan occupations and its spectrum of traditional occupations, there were company-sponsored groups with top bands playing. There were foreigners telling people about Ingo's Saturday Nite Bazaar in Arpora. Yes, there was lots to see and thousands of people crowding along the riverside road from the Patto Bridge to Campal. There were quite a few foreign tourists enjoying the scene. Of course, there were occasional yawns when the float took longer than usual to make the scene. One also wonders why the dancers and handsomely attired performers have to hide behind the vehicles (the commercial ones conveniently overshadowing the performers behind it and those above perched too high atop or in between the huge, black speaker systems) carrying the floats. The hot sun and the long route probably proves a bit too much for some of the young dancers, to retain a cheerful look while going through the motions of the dance/drill. The parade moves to Margao today where it will be flagged off at 3.30 pm from the Holy Spirit School square. By the time the revelry rounds up on the eve of Ash Wednesday people in the main cities will have witnessed the float parades, besides the locally organised dances and other cultural programmes at each of the main celebration centres. Viva Carnival, Viva Carnaval!...and not just from Sunday to Tuesday as it used to be in the good ole days�but beginning on Saturday. (GoaNOW)
CRICKET CELEBRATIONS TOO: Sachin Tendulkar demolishing the pretensions of the opponents in the World Cup Group A to help India score a stunning six-wicket cricket victory over Pakistan, was celebrated last night all over the country. In Goa too, the bursting of crackers began much before the final score was declared, and cricket enthusiasts, who had been glued to the television throughout the thrilling encounter, giving a deserted look to even bars and restaurants, except which had television sets, were overjoyed. (GoaNOW)
LOAN SCHEME FOR STUDENTS: The government has cleared decks for disbursement of loan amounting to Rs.1.30 crore to nearly 300 students, who had applied for it under the interest-free loan scheme floated by the government. The beneficiaries under the scheme will receive the loan amount in two installments with the first installment being released in the next few days, while the second installment would be released after the government identifies an agency to undertake recover of the loan amount. (NT)
ROLE IN GOAN CULTURAL ARENA: Four-in-one (acting, singing, dancing and writing plays) is an unique combination one finds in Cezar D'Mello, the name associated with the Goan cultural arena during the last three decades. Widely travelled inside and outside India, Cezar is continuously carrying forward his mission of promoting folk art culture in Goa. (NT)
ARRESTED FOR MOLESTATION: One Ramchandra Halwai, who is the owner of Kashi Dairy, Vasco, was arrested by the Vasco police on the charge of outraging the modesty of woman employee working for him. (WE-GT)
GOA'S POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT: The ambassador of Belgium, Mr Guy Trouveroy, said that Goa, just like Belgium, is a small state and hence with its small population can achieve a lot more in a relatively short period, as compared to other Indian states. Mr Trouveroy inaugurated a two-day seminar on "Clean and Green Goa" conducted by the Goa Council of CII. The seminar was devoted to energy savings and discussed environmental problems and management of solid waste, harnessing the rainwater, menace of plastics, besides making Goa an eco-friendly state. (NT)
METALLIC DUSTBINS IN MARGAO: The Margao Municipal Council has a proposal to introduce metallic garbage dustbins in the city for speedy clearance of garbage. The Council has 16 wards and its sanitary inspector has been asked to study the viability of the above proposal and submit his report. (NT)
YOUTH SUCCUMBS TO INJURIES: A Jadhav, A 22-year-old youth, who was injured in a road mishap at Korali, Quepem, succumbed to his injuries at the Goa Medical College. (NT)
TO CHECK STINKING FISH WATER: The Cuncolim police have begun a drive against vehicles carrying stale fish from Betul area. The police seized two pickups transporting stale fish without adhering to the prescribed norms. (NT)
EX-CONVICT ARRESTED: The Verna police arrested two ex-convictsMahadev Patil and Movin Rebellowanted in connection with the theft of motorcycles reported in Verna. (NT)
VIDEO PARLOURS RAIDED: The CID/Crime branch on Saturday raided two video parlours in Panaji and seized about 30 obscene CD cassettes. (WE-GT)
SANDALWOOD SMUGGLING: Investigation conducted by the Cuncolim police in sandalwood smuggling has revealed that the arrested accused Lingappa Naik, in the past, had brought the product from Mahamednagar in Karnataka to Margao on several occasions. (NT)
BJP'S LOUTULIM MEET FAILS: The Bharatiya Janata Party, despite organizing a "khell tiatr" on Friday evening for the second time, could not hold the Loutulim meeting of "Gaon Chalo Abhiyan", as no BJP party leader or minister turned up to address the gathering. (WE-GT)
JUDICIOUS USE OF WATER: The Speaker, Mr Vishwas Satarkar, has stressed the need for conservation and judicious use of water. He was speaking at a function organised to disburse assistance under price control scheme to areca-nut growers of Ponda taluka. (NT)
ANCIENT LAMGAO CAVES: "Mr Malba Desai, the owner of the medieval Lamgao-Desai Mansion at Lamgao-Bicholim, guided me to this spot (Lamgao caves). Popularly known as Pandav Caves the etymology of the hamlet called Lamgao itself betrays the legendary belief as Lamgao stands for the village of Buddhist Lamas. The Lamas being the spiritual leaders of the Buddhists." (Prajal Sakhardande in Panorama-NT)
EXHIBITION AT ARPORA'S ST JOSEPH HS: The students of St Joseph's High School in Arpora have put a wonderful three-day exhibition, which was inaugurated by Prof Newman Fernandes, principal of St Xavier's College, Mapusa, on February 28. The exhibition welcomes the visitor with a brief history of the pioneering institution, which excelled not only in education by sports as well and which was established by Fr William Robert Lyons in 1887. The creative talent of the students is seen in the various sectors like social science, health, ecology, laws of physics, language, plant nursery, etc. Headmaster Tomazinho Cardozo, appears to have taken upon himself the tough task of revitalizing the once famed school, whose building is an admirable heritage institution. Cardozo also plans to document the history and the list of the illustrious persons, who passed out through the portals of the institution right from its inception. For this purpose, he has requested former students, spread all over the world, and those associated with their alma mater, to send any relevant information or photographs they may possess. (GoaNOW)
CREATING WEALTH OUT OF MINES (2): "Environmentally well managed mines would continue to bring prosperity to Goa with adoption of better technologies and management practices. The environmental certification ISO-14001 obtained by several leading mining companies in Goa proves that things are changing rapidly. The Goa Mineral Foundation is the new and active player for undertaking people oriented projects. Such efforts would definitely lead to a better and improved environmental quality in the mining belt. There is no need to paint this 60-year-old industry as devil. On the contrary, efforts have to be made at all levels to work closely with all the stakeholders depending on this industry so that Goa's economy grows stronger and the ecological concerns are taken care of." (Nandkumar Kamat in Zest-NT)
S P O R T S
VASCO PIP DEMPO: Two goals in the final ten minutes gave Vasco a 2-0 win over Dempo in their National Football League encounter at Fatorda on March 1. Vasco drew first blood through Brazilian Marcos Pereira while Riston Rodrigues increased the lead. (NT)
D E A T H S
22 Feb: Mumbai: DR MAX SALDANHA (83), husband of Evelyn, father of Trevor/Dr Maria Joao, Maria Linda/Allwyn.
28 Feb: Assolna: ANTONIO MANUEL SILVA, husband of Requetina, father of Seby/Socorina, Ivo/Elva and Bonny.
01 Mar: Cuncolim-Sanvorcotto: LOUIS M FERNANDES, husband of Clara, father of Dr Merwyn/Sandra, Lester/Anita, Neela, Sharon/Zito.
G O A W E A T H E R
Temp: 29.4 deg C (84.9 deg F) at 10.30 am in Assagao.
Max Temp: 30.0 deg C, Humidity: 59% (Official figures for yesterday)
Weather: The morning took off on a cloudy note. But there is sunshine already, plus a light breeze.
Courtesy: H=Herald, NT=The Navhind Times, GT= Gomantak Times
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