GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS 30 June 2003 RIGHTS OF WOMEN: Crimes against women are not a fallout of law and order crises but an outcome of declining social and moral values. Effective policing can act only as a deterrent, but cannot prevent the offence of rape or murder. Saying so, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar assured all support to women's Commission and NGOs in furtherance of their cause of protecting the honour and rights of women in Goa. (GT)
JUDGES TOO CAN BE CORRUPT: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has refused to order a judicial inquiry into the allegation that some men in Taleigao were beaten up and paraded half-naked at the instance of Minister for Urban Development, Babush Monserrate. The Chief Minister not only rejected the demand for inquiry but insisted that judges are liable to be corrupt and unfair and claimed that he has evidence of corruption against judges. (H) WOMEN PUT CM IN TIGHT CORNER: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar was vociferously confronted by a group of aggrieved women at a public function held at St Inez yesterday over parading of two accused in semi-nude condition by the Panaji Town Police on Saturday evening at Taleigao. (GT) NAPHTHA LEAK AGAIN: The naphtha leakage seems to haunt the Vasco town as another leakage was reported inside the compound of the Indian Oil Company. (GT) SERULA GAONKARS PROTEST: The gaonkars of Comunidade of Serula are annoyed at being deprived of their rightful jonos (dividend) normally paid during the month of May due to sheer infighting between two groups within the managing committee. (H) KRC TRAINS TO RUN LATE: The Konkan Railway Corporation, in a press note, stated that due to suspected mild tremors in the South Canara region of Karnataka and heavy rainfall in the Konkan region, KRC has imposed speed restrictions on its route to ensure safety of passengers. As a result the trains are expected to run late by 2 to 3 hours on the Konkan Railway route. (NT) HOARDING OWNER SUES CITY CORPORATION: One of the hoarding owners (Gurudas Natekar of Rachana Advertising, Mapusa) on Friday served a notice to the City of Panaji Corporation seeking compensation of Rs.25 lakh for demolishing 20 hoardings without issuing show cause notice to him as required under the Act. (GT) MINOR HELD FOR STEALING TWO-WHEELERS: Police informed that Simon Rodrigues (16) from Santa Cruz and Yogesh Tide (17) from Merces were spotted at Santa Cruz on a Vespa scooter. They were intercepted by the police patrol and interrogated following which they confessed having stolen six motorcycles from different places. (H) INDUSTRIAL ESTATE FOR DHARGAL: Minister for Panchayati Raj Manohar Azgaonkar, said that the Government proposes to set-up an Industrial Estate at Dhargal near the national highway which will benefit the youths of entire Pernem taluka with job opportunities. (GT) TRAFFIC DISRUPTED AT AGASSAIM: The vehicular traffic on the National Highway 17 came to a grinding halt for nearly two hours when a huge tree came crashing down on it at Agassaim on June 29. (NT) TO CUT DOWN POLLUTION: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has said that natural balance is the most important factor to reduce pollution and therefore he called upon the people to work for reducing the use of pollutants. Parrikar was speaking after he inaugurated the Goa Chapter of Indian Environmental Association. (GT) CONSCIENCE KEEPERS: Governor Kidar Natha Sahani has urged students of Chartered Accountancy course to be the conscience keepers and keep away from washing dirty linen of the corporate world. He was speaking at an inaugural function of the CA students conference in Margao. (H) HELD FOR TRESSPASS: According to the police, Waman Moraskar, resident of Canacona, was staying at Betalbatim on rental basis in a room provided by Cosme Miranda, a Canadian national of Indian origin. That for the last one month he (Moraskar) started staying in Seraulim but did not give up his room at Betalbatim. It is alleged that Miranda trespassed into the room, threw the belongings of the complaint out and made a bonfire of it. Police arrested the accused. (GT) MONSOON TOURISM: In the monsoons, Goa is a lush, vibrant green. If you are lucky and you travel through the countryside, you will still see women in colourful raincoats tilling the fields and sowing the seeds. Last week we actually even saw bullocks attached to a plough, disproving our conviction that cattle were employed exclusively by the traffic department too as speed breakers. (Edit in Herald) MILK TO COST MORE: The milk consumers of Goa will have to pay an extra 25 paise on small standardized milk sachets containing 500 ml while Re1 on high fat milk (1000 ml) with effect from July 1. (NT) SARA CHIEF OF MAPUSA LIONS: Sara Maria Braganza was unanimously elected as the new president of the Lions Club of Mapusa City at an annual general body meeting of the club held at Villa Sara, Mapusa, recently. (H) THE EARLY DAYS OF GOA UNIVERSITY: The Goa University completes 18 years today (June 30, 2003).The 'sculptural wet dreams' of architect, Ms Satish Gujral, constantly remind us that this is not Goa University but an university built in Goa.Times have changed. People have changed. Their attitudes have changed. The Academic environment and the administrative culture has changed. (Nandkumar Kamat in Glimpses-NT) SANGODD CELEBRATED: A large number of people gathered on the northern bank of the picturesque Sinquerim river at Orda in Candolim yesterday evening for the entertaining cultural programme staged on the traditional "Sangodd", a platform of three boats tied together. The performing tiatrists, including jet-speed singer William de Curtorim, sang to the music of maestro Agnel Dias. The appreciative audience even included some foreign visitors. The colourful event marks the feast of Saints Peter and Paul, which is celebrated there every year. (GoaNOW) ADAM AND EVE, the new multi-cuisine restaurant in Raia specializing in Goan, Tandoori, Seafood and Chinese cuisine has extended its special introductory offer of 20 per cent discount on all beverages during happy hours between 7 pm to 9 pm everyday for the whole of the monsoon season. (H) S P O R T S YOUNG BOYS STUN FC SIOLIM: Spirited Young Boys of Tonca, Panaji, stunned fancied Football Club, Siolim, 5-4 via tie-breaker to enter the quarter finals of the 30th Bandodkar Memorial Football tournament t MPT Grounds, Vasco, yesterday. (GT) SIRLIM DOWN DURGA: Sirlim blanked Durga 2-0 in the CRC Cup football league organised by CRC, Chinchinim. (H) D E A T H S 29 June: Nuvem: ROSALIA LBUQUERQUE, wife of Albino, mother of late Josinho, Matha, Marianella, Inacinho, Idaline, Hilarina and Piedade. G O A W E A T H E R Temp: 26.3 deg C (79.3 deg F) at 08.30 am in Assagao. Max Temp: 31.4 deg C, Min Temp: 26.2 deg C; Humidity: 85% (Official figures for yesterday) Rainfall so far: 864.2 mm Weather: The downpour which began last night is still on. Courtesy: H=Herald, NT=The Navhind Times, WE-GT= Weekender-Gomantak Times JOEL D'SOUZA, Assagao-Goa-India. Website: www.goacom.com Goacom News Clippings at: http://www.goacom.com/news Webzine "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 # ##########################################################################
