GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS June 11, 2003
GOA TO BE PERMANENT IFFI VENUE: Promising world-class infrastructure , the government yesterday formally announced Goa as the permanent venue of the International Film Festival of India, a move which drew instant support of the film industry. World over festivals are known by the city and not the nation, like Cannes and Toronto. We decided on Goa, the Information and Broadcasting Minister, Mr Ravi Shankar Prasad said at a press conference along with the Goa Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Parrikar and leading film personalities. Though Mr Parrikar is keen on holding next year's festival in Goa and has assured that it would be ready within 12-14 months, the central government is of the view that there should be some flexibility in time to ensure world-class infrastructure for the fortnight-long event. (NT)
ADVISOR TO MOPA AIRPORT: The State government has appointed a retired IAS officer, RC Singh, as advisor for Mopa Airport Project. Sinha, who is the advisor to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandra Babu Naidu, is known to be an expert on infrastructure development. Presently though the process of land acquisition for about one lakh sq mts of land for the proposed airport is in progress, in the absence of any urgency clause it is evident that things will move at snails space. (GT)
PORTUGAL AMBASSADOR FOUR TOURISM TREATY: The Portugal ambassador to India, Dr Joaquim Ferreira Marques, said that Portugal could become a link for India connecting it to the rest of the Europe and Brazil as well, and said a tripartite treaty between India, Portugal and Brazil could be inked in. Speaking to The Navhind Times, Dr Marques said: 'A possible tripartite treaty between India, Portugal and Brazil in this respect could also help all these countries in making optimum use of their tourism potential." (NT)
KIN OF ANJUNA BOAT TRAGEDY FILE WRIT: Nine family members of the victims of the Anjuna boat tragedy have filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court at Goa seeking compensation from the State government. The petition stated that it was due to the negligence of the government and its agencies that their family members lost their lives in a canoe capsized at Anjuna on 15 April this year. (GT)
PROBE EDC'S ONE-TIME SETTLEMENT: The Goa Pradesh Congress Committee president, Mr Luizinho Faleiro, yesterday demanded that government should conduct a thorough probe into all the one-time settlementsamounting to Rs 30 crore given by the Economic Development Corporation during the three year rule of the Bharatiya Janata Party government, led by Mr Manohar Parrikar. Addressing a press conference at the Congress House, Mr Faleiro told reporters that Mr Parrikar should first probe the "scandals" in the EDC that have taken place during the BJP rule, even as he said that he would welcome the investigation into the sanctioning of loans by the EDC during his tenure as industries minister and thereafter as chief minister. (NT)
LADY DIES AFTER BEING FLUNG OUT OF BUS: A 45-year old lady from Porvorim, Ms Piedade Rodrigues, died in hospital after she was flung out of a Kadamba bus which crashed against another bus on the Porvorim slope on National Highway 17 around 9.15 a.m. yesterday. The bus reportedly skidded on the slope near a prominent maternity hospital in Porvorim and dashed against an oncoming private bus heading towards Panaji. So great was the impact that police said the bus spun around to face the opposite side. Ms Rodrigues was flung out of the exit and sustained severe injuries. (NT)
SUCCUMBS TO INJURIES: Rahemutullah Safirullah Peerazade (22), a resident of Zorint, Birla died after being injured in a road accident recently. The Vasco police stated that the deceased sustained head injuries when a Tata Sumo bearing registration number MH-06-F-5818 dashed against him while he was riding a cycle. The accident occurred near the Dabolim railway station. (NT)
ELOPED GIRL COMMITS SUICIDE: Young love ended in tragic death when a 24-year old girl committed suicide by jumping into the Mandovi river near Betim yesterday. The Porvorim police said the girl, Jayashree Patil, from Islampur, Maharashtra, had eloped with her boyfriend and another young couple to Goa and all were staying in a rented premises at Ramnagar, Porvorim. The couples ran away from home about 25 days back and Jayashree Patil even managed to get a job in Panaji. Luck ran out on her yesterday, when having traced them to Goa, the parents of both boys turned up at their residence to take them home. Police said Ms Patil refused to go with them telling them she was going to work in Panaji. Later her body was found floating in the Mandovi river at Betim at 8.30 p.m. (NT)
DELIMITATION PROCESS: The process of delimitation of Assembly constituencies in Goa will commence from next month. The Delimitation Commission headed by Justice Kuldip Singh will visit Goa around July 23-24 to prepare work on the delimitation of the constituencies. The process towards delimitation of constituencies had kicked up a row in the State early this year with the Congress blaming the ruling BJP of manipulating the proposals so also in the appointment of Associate Members. (H)
MANMADE SAND DUNES THREATEN TO BURY HOUSES: The people of Talpona living on the coastal belt at Canacona and hailing mostly from the fishing community had over the years seen the Arabian sea gaining inroads into the mainland and during the stormy weather, the gusty waves threatened to have a plunge at their houses. There was much jubilation when the contractor announced that he would complete the work by February 2003 and much before the deadline. Today, the work stands incomplete and the people of Talpona are a worried lot not because the work has not been completed but because of the excavated sand that has been stockpiled in the form of a mountain is lying undisturbed and awaiting the gusty waves to wash the same into their dwelling places. (H)
CITY KABRASTAN CRIES OUT FOR MORE SPACE: The Muslim community in Goa faces problems with regard to burial of the dead due to lack of sufficient space. Even Panaji is not free from this problem. This space problem, which forces them to dig the old graves to make room for the new ones as happens in Mumbai and elsewhere, crept in a few years ago. The Panaji city kabrastan is one of the oldest burial grounds for Muslims in Goa. It is wholly owned and maintained by the Panaji municipal council, (now the Corporation of City of Panaji) since the Portuguese regime. (Sheikh Jamaluddin in NT)
WILLY RE-ELECTED TO NCP WORKING PANEL: Saligao MLA, Dr Wilfred de Souza, has been re-elected to the working committee of the Nationalist Congress Party at the national convention held at Delhis Talkatora stadium last week. A press release issued here said the working committee was announced by party president, Sharad Pawar, who was also unanimously re-elected at the convention. The NCP working committee which is headed by Pawar, consists of seventeen members besides Dr de Souza. (H)
NIRMALA INSTITUTE'S NEW VENTURES: Nirmala Institute of Education (NIE) which completes 40 years of its existence in June 2003, has launched two new ventures Nirmala English Language Centre (NELC) and a post graduate diploma course in guidance and counselling. Both the ventures were inaugurated on May 31. For application forms for the post graduate Course in guidance and counselling contact the Principal Dr Rita Paes on phone2225633. The course commences on July 15. (H)
SCRAP-YARDS IN TOWNS: Much has been done in various Goan towns to shift or close down scrapyards in areas which they existed for a long time. Unfortunately, in spite of such an eyesore noticed in Mapusa city, nothing has been done by the concerned authorities. As one enters Mapusa through the Mumbai highway, huge scrapyards are noticed at Caraswada, behind Bandekar petrol pump and extending upto the junction. Various areas in and around Mapusa - near Carvalho petrol pump, Cunchelim, Duler, Corlim, near Asilo hospital also have scrapyards. (Joel D'Costa & Others, Mapusa, in Listening Post-NT)
CYBERMATRIMONIALS, the online matchmaking service, comes out with its next issue in mid-June. To get a free mention for yourself or a relation looking out for a suitable match, send in your details, within a 100-word limit, to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use Cybermatrimonials are the subject-line please. Deadline: June 14.
E-MAIL AND WEBSITE DIRECTORY: Aparant Infomedia, publishers of Goas popular IT magazine, digital Goa, will publish Goas first E-mail and website directory. The directory will be classified into commercial, non-commercial/utility and personal sections. More details at 2446609. (GT)
S P O R T S
ELWINA'S GOAL PUTS GOA IN QUARTERS: Chennai, June 10: Goa entered the quarter-final league with a hard fought solitary goal win over Karnataka while Punjab scripted a memorable 3-2 victory over Kerala at the 11th senior national womens football championship at Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, in Chennai yesterday. In other matches, Tripura and Haryana went hammer and tongs against their lowly-placed rivals and notched up big wins. Goas second successive win in the competition, against a fighting Karnataka helped them enter the last-eight stage. A third-minute strike by Elwina Miranda saved the blushes for Goa, who had to face a stiff resistance from a young Karnataka side. (NT)
D E A T H S
11 June: Parra: GUSMAO DA SILVA MONTEIRO, husband of Clara, loving father of Luella/Dr. Vasco, Sarina/Dionisio, brother/brother-in-law of late Bento/Julia, brother-in-law of Lourdes/late Rosendo, Queta/Agustinho, Dr. Aleixo/Dr. Ema, Jac /Zelia, Fernando/Ninette, Maria do Carmo/Sidonio, grandfather of Zenia Maria, Ashwin, Larissa and Charlene.
Nagpur-Sangolda: FLORY RAMONA D'COSTA, wife of Francis, Mother of Rayburne/Maria, Lester, Joseph/Manel, Mario and Rowena/Anothony (all USA), grandmother of Angelica, Hyacinth and Andrea (all USA).
07 June: Carmona-Xirro: LUIZIN CARVALHO, wife of John, mother of Jasmine.
G O A W E A T H E R
Temp: 28.8 deg C (85.6 deg F) at 08.00 am in Assagao.
Max Temp: 29.0 deg C, Min Temp: 23.0 deg C; Humidity: 90% (Official figures for yesterday)
Weather: There is an continuous rumble of thunder since morning. The rain clouds have spread evenly across the Goan skies. A heavy downpour may occur soon.
Courtesy: H=Herald, NT=The Navhind Times, GT= Gomantak Times
JOEL D'SOUZA, Assagao-Goa-India. Website: www.goacom.com Goacom News Clippings at: http://www.goacom.com/news Monthly Webzine: http://www.goacom.com/goanow
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