Congratulations to Joel D"Souza I read your email everyday and am glad to keep abreast of all that is happening in Goa. Thank you Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joel D'Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2003 10:48 PM Subject: [Goanet-news]14 JUNE 2003: GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS
> GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS > 14 June 2003 > > RAINS LASH STATE: Heavy rains lashed various parts of the State as the > monsoon became more active yesterday. Moderate to heavy rains are expected > during the next 24 hours in isolated places. Metereologist at the Weather > Observatory, Altinho, KV Singh, said that the 6.39 mm of rain had been > recorded during the past 36 hours.The seasonal rainfall is 141.2 mm, a > shortfall of 12 cms. (WE-GT) > > DOGS GIVE MARGAO RESIDENTS SLEEPLESS NIGHTS: The ever-increasing and > uncontrolled population of stray dogs in Margao has finally begun to take > its toll. Not a single day passes without a dog bite being reported from > the city. And, if the claims made by the Margao Urban Health Centre is any > indication, than dog bites cases have definitely become a regular feature. > No doubt, it is true all bites would not be by rabid dogs, but the trend > suggest that the menace by strays has reached high proportions. (H) > > CHURCHILL TO JOIN NCP? Former Benaulim strongman Churchill Alemao is all > set to join the Nationalist Congress Party shortly, according to his close > workers. Alemao is nursing ambitions of contesting the South Goa (Mormugao) > Parliamentary seta in the next Lok Sobha polls as the NCP candidate. (WE-GT) > > FUNDS FOR ANTI-AIDS WORK: Efforts by Goa State AIDS Control Society (GSACS) > to monitor HIV/AIDS cases in the Baina red-light area and Vasco seem to > have gone in the red, with some local NGOs crying hoarse over the > distribution of funds which have deprived them of carrying out projects in > the interest of society.Three NGOs--vasco Anti AIDS Association (VAAA), > Mormugao Medical Foundation (MMF) and Desterro Eves Mahila Mandal > (DEMM)--have come out against the GSACS and its mode of operation. > > LAND ACQUISITION FOR ACCESS ROAD TO CORJUEM BRIDGE: The Comunidade > Fraternal de Aldona (CFA) has alleged that the process of acquisition of > land for the access road to the proposed Aldona-Corjuem bridge has been > flawed. Speaking to Herald, CFA Attorney Gulherime Conceicao claimed that > the village of Aldona is a private village and hence, it be could not be > constituted as a revenue village. He stated that the land, which belongs to > the Comunidade of Aldona, was auctioned out to villagers for cultivation > purpose, and the Comunidade remains the sole owner of the land. Aldona > Sarpanch Premanand Prabhu, who spoke to Herald a day after the foundation > stone was laid for the Aldona-Corjuem bridge, admitted that the builders > did not approach the panchayat for any permission to construct any > structures. (H) > > SADA RESIDENT FALLS FROM TREE, DIES: Manohar Vithal Gawde (46) lost his > life after he fell from a banyan tree while attempting to remove leaves for > vatasavitri yesterday. Gawde, a resident of Headland-Sada was stated to > have fallen after he slipped due to the rains. (NT) > > ANOTHER ACCUSED IN TIVIM MURDER CASE ARRESTED: The third accused Mr Jerome > D'Sousa wanted in connection with the June 10 murder at Bodiem-Tivim of > 60-year old, Fidelis Lobo, was arrested yesterday morning by Mapusa police. > With his arrest, three of the accused are now in police custody. The Mapusa > police expressed hope of nabbing the fourth accused, Mr Lloyd Sequeira > shortly. (NT) > > ANXIOUS MOMENTS: The appearance of the fire brigade helped end a > dawn-to-afternoon drama, in which a family member, the police and the house > owner tried in vain to get a couple to open the door of their room in > Assonora yesterday. When the fire-fighting personnel climbed the roof of > the building's first floor and began removing the tiles, the couple opened > the door. A person, who had married a divorcee was residing in the rented > room. It appears that his family was unaware about his whereabouts and was > trying to trace him. (WE-GT) > > NCP FOR THIRD FRONT TO COUNTER CONG, BJP: The Nationalist Congress party > yesterday stressed the need for a third front to fight the corrupt Congress > party and communal Bharatiya Janata Party. The state unit president, Dr > Wilfred de Souza, addressing the party workers, asserted that a third force > is the need of the hour not only for Goa but for the entire nation. (NT) > > MID-TERM POLLS LIKELY: NCP state president Dr Wilfred de Souza said there > was every possibility of a mid-term poll being held with the Lok Sabha > elections next year. He was speaking at the inauguration of NCP's South Goa > District in Margao. (WE-GT) > > CHARGED FOR 'OVERTAKING' MICKKY'S CAR: Cruising along the > Calangute-Candolim road last week, the muscular hunk in chief minister > Manohar Parrikar's cabinet, found it rather unsporting after one Joe > overtook his black luxury car, which serves as Mr Pacheco's official > carriage. It may be recalled that Mr Pacheco had made a splash last year, > after he allegedly assaulted a KTC driver near the Panjim bus stand after > the bus slightly rammed his car. (H) > > RS.8.64 CRORE FOR MAPUSA'S DEVELOPMENT: A total of around Rs 8.64 crore > would be utilised towards development works of roads, water supply and > improvement of buildings in Mapusa. This was announced yesterday by the > Minister for Law and Mapusa MLA, Mr Francis D'Souza, in a development > stock-taking exercise of his constituency. Work of the new Khorlim-bypass > road should start by October. The estimated cost of the road is Rs 119 > lakh, said Mr D'Souza. (NT) > > DOCU-DRAMA ON SHENOI GOEMBAB: Projects like documentation on the life of > Konkani stalwarts if seriously taken up will help popularising Konkani > language among the masses, stated the Information and Technology Minister, > Mr Francisco D'Souza. He appreciated Goa Konkani Akademi (GKA) for taking > up various projects in hand seriously and added that it would help in the > long run for the upliftment of Konkani language. Mr D'Souza was speaking as > a chief guest at the release of docudrama on the life on Shenoi Goembab and > at the presentation of Clarissa Vaz e Morenas Konkani Research Fellowship, > organised by Goa Konkani Akademi in the city. (NT) > > THEATRE PERSONALITY PASSES AWAY: Well-known theatre personality, Pandurang > Marathe passed away after a brief illness at the Goa Medical College (GMC), > Bambolim late last night (June 12). He is survived by his wife, two sons > and a daughter. Marathe was very active in Marathi theatre in Goa for the > last 20 years and had won several awards for direction at Kala Academy's > theatre festival. The former secretary of Gomantak Marathi Academy, Mr > Marathe has also acted in the Marathi tele-film Vadhacharka and Bhumika. (NT) > > REVOLUTION DAY PROGRAMME: The Power Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat, will > unfurl the national tri-colour, take the salute and inspect the guard of > honour at the Goa Revolution Day parade to be held at Lohia Maidan, Margao, > on June 18. A meeting to chalk out and finalise the programme for the > district level celebration was held under the chairmanship of Mr J B Singh, > collector and district magistrate, South Goa at Margao recently. It was > stated that as many as 500 children from various high schools of Margao > will participate in prabhat pheri, which will start from Margao municipal > building and after wending its way through the city will converge at Lohia > Maidan. (NT) > > BRITISHER HELD FOR 'BURGLARY': A Britisher has been arrested by the > Calangute police for burglary. The police have attached 15 odd pairs of > shorts from his possession, which they claim is stolen property and seized > also a paltry Rs.92 in loose change. Police claim that the foreigner Warren > Canary had burgled a shop onwed by Prabhakar Simepurushkar in Calangute. (H) > > ON INADEQUATE REMUNERATION: "I am living in Goa for the last couple of > years and am employed in a reputed public limited company. Indeed, every > Goan will agree that Goa is an expensive place to live in. In this > situation, our monthly salary is so paltry that I feel ashamed to express > it. It is absolutely ridiculous that the remuneration paid to an office > employee is somewhere around Rs 2000-2500 or so per month. With this paltry > sum how can one run a family with a school kid that too staying in a rented > house?" (P V LAXMAN, Porvorim, in Listening Post, NT) > > S P O R T S > > SAG'S GRANT TO FOOTBALL CLUBS: The sports minister, Mr Mickey Pacheco, > yesterday disclosed that he had obtained Chief Minister Mr Manohar > Parrikar's approval for distribution of over Rs 1.5 crore earmarked for > National Football League (NFL) clubs, amongst all the football clubs > without discrimination. He was addressing a meeting of all football clubs > registered with the GFA convened by him under the banner of SAG. Small > clubs, clubs at the grass root level will be given financial assistance > depending on their performance. Why should funds be given only to > commercial clubs, he questioned. (NT) > > CHAITANYA CHOWGULE SAILS INTO HISTORY: With two national titles in his > kitty within a span of a week, Chaitanya Chowgule has emerged as a bright > new prospect for the Goa Yachting Association. Chaitanya clinched double > crown in optimist class sailing, first winning the coastal nationals in > Mumbai and then going on to bag the inland title in Pune. This meant that > the baby-faced Goan sailed his way into history, becoming the first Goan > sailor to hold both titles in the optimist class in the same year. (NT) > > CHINCHINIM UP: CRC Chinchinim got the better of ICSC Paroda 2-1 to move > into the quarter-finals of 11th Alvernaz soccer at St John de Baptist > grounds, Benaulim. Chinchinim scored through Vollan DCosta (23rd minute) > and Domingo Rebello (25th minute). ICSC reduced the margin through Rosario > Carvalho. (NT) > > D E A T H S > 13 June: Saligao: NATALINA MARCELINA FERNANDES, Wife of Faust > Fernandes, Mother of Bernadina Fernandes & Elizabeth/Ismael. Funeral > cortege will leave her residence near Mater Dei School, Bai Alto Vaddo, > Saligao on 15th at 4.00 p.m. for Mai De Deus Church, Saligao. > 11 June: Divar/Panjim-Altinho: VALENTINE XAVIER PEREIRA, husband of > Lily. Father of Trevor/Joan, Dexter/Fazila, Darryl/Karen and Jovilyn; > grandfather of Keith, Nathan, Akash, Nikhil, Ari & Ian, Brother of > Julia/late Honorat, John/Late Beatriz, late Carmin/late Carie, late > Minguel/Gracy, Marianinha/Matias, Esmeralda/late Joe, Brother-in-law of > Francis/Connie, Gaspar/Joyce. > 14 June: Panjim: ALICE BARROS PEREIRA FERNANDES, relict of Joao > Francisco, Mother of Bento/Marcia, Victor/Breda, late Winston/Carmen, and > Newton/Meena. > 13 June: Candolim-Orda: FRANCIS XAVIER FERNANDES, husband of Anna > Clara, father of Louis Bonny, Roger and Maria Vailany. > 14 June: Cuncolim-Veroda: SANTANO BRIGIDIO NORONHA, husband of Wilma, > father of Mario, Maffield and Midna. > 13 June: Margao-Borda: CAJIE CAEIRO, husband of trudy, father of > Monisha and Karen. > 14 June: Chandor: DOMNIC PEREIRA, husband of Philomena, father of > Rosie/Redozino Pereira, Lulu/Maxim Andrade, Annie/Seby Cardozo, Mary/Peter > Pires, Jacqueline/Anthony Fernandes, Salu/Ana Maria. > 12 June: Cortalim: MOSES PEREIRA, husband of Placilda, father of > Turinius and Venzia, son of graciano/Piedade. > 12 June: Borda: ZACARIAS NORONHA, son of Antonio Miguel/Rosada, brother > of Flora/Piety, Succorina/Jose, Savio, Fiona and Loretta. > 13 June: Chicolna: CARLORINA ALMEIDA, sister of Esperanca, Maria Rosa, > Milagres, Francisco. > > G O A W E A T H E R > Temp: 28.3 deg C (82.9 deg F) at 08.00 am in Assagao. > Max Temp: 28.0 deg C, Min Temp: 23.0 deg C; Humidity: 94% (Official > figures for yesterday) > Weather: There were showers last evening and even today morning. The > sky is thick with rain clouds. > > Courtesy: H=Herald, NT=The Navhind Times, WE-GT= Weekender-Gomantak Times > > JOEL D'SOUZA, Assagao-Goa-India. > Website: <http://www.goacom.com/>www.goacom.com > Goacom News Clippings at: > <http://www.goacom.com/news>http://www.goacom.com/news > Monthly Webzine: <http://www.goacom.com/goanow>http://www.goacom.com/goanow > > > > ########################################################################## > # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # > # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # > # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # > # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # > ########################################################################## > > ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
