GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS 29 Aug 2003 WHAT DO BRITISH TOURISTS WANT FROM GOA? "British tourists are looking for a local experience, where they can get a feel of local culture, first hand," Prem Subramaniam, country manager for Visit Britain, told Gomantak Times. Describing Goans as "wonderful" people, he said that British tourists would probably enjoy living and eating with a Goan family rather than staying in the relative comfort of a five-star resort. Emphasising that this State needs to take up "alternative" tourism, Subramaniam said that when tourism benefits the local populace then it becomes truly sustainable. "It is not at all about 'International standards', they get enough of that back home and in Pataya (Thailand), why should they come to Goa?" he asked. (GT)
INDO-BRITISH PARTNERSHIP PROG: The Indo-British Partnership outreach programme in Goa was inaugurated by Industries Minister Ramrao Desai at a city resort yesterday. A team of 10 representative of Mumbai-based British companies and four members of the British Deputy High Commission's commercial section are participating in the two-day event. The team is led by the British Deputy High Commissioner to Mumbai, Howard Parkinson. (GT) TELECOM OFFICER GETS ONE YEAR RI: The Junior Telecom Officer, Mahesh Sindagi, was convicted and sentenced to one year rigorous imprisonment by a Special Court on charges of accepting a bribe of Rs.2000 to shift a telephone of a subscriber (Francis D'Souza) at Calangute. (NT) DAMAN BRIDGE COLLAPSES: 24 DEAD: Twenty-four persons, including 21 school children were yesterday killed and at least eight others were missing and 'feared dead' when nearly 10 vehicles and pedestrians plunged into Damanganga river after a dilapidated bridge collapsed due to heavy rains in Daman and Diu. (PTI report in GT) MICKKY'S BID FALLS FLAT: Plans by the Mickky-backed opposition group in the 11-member Benaulim village to gain control of the panchayat fell flat on Thursday, a day after the group served notice of no trust motion against Sarpanch Carmelina Fernandes and her deputy Trevor Pinto, following panch Maria Mendes withdrawing her signature from the notice of no trust motion. She was accompanied to the BDO's office Churchill Alemao and deputy Sarpanch Pinto. (H) HANDCARTS SERVING FOOD IN MAPUSA, PERNEM CLOSED: In a bid to curb jaundice, all mobile handcarts selling cooked food and operating within municipal limits have been ordered closed till September 8 by the municipal councils of both Pernem and Mapusa since August 27. (NT) 300 AFFECTED SO FAR: Contrary to claims of the State government that the viral Hepatitis E is under control, 18 more cases were admitted in private and public hospitals on August 28, taking the total number of persons affected to 300..Unlike Panjim, Margao has no outbreak of viral Hepatitis E but patients who apparently contracted jaundice at Panjim have started trickling in Hospicio hospital since the last few days. (H) HELMETS MUST FOR 'SPORTING' PLAYERS: Haywards 2000 Sporting Clube president Peter Vaz said following the August 16 freak accident involving two of his players-Alex Colaco and Antonio Borges-he had made it compulsory for Sporting players to wear helmets while traveling for training sessions.Antonio Borges succumbed to head injuries at the Goa Medical College's Intensive Care Unit on August 28. (H) CORRESPONDENT ATTACKED: Irked by a report filed by a moffusil correspondent against him, the vice chairperson of Bicholim Municipal Council, Manohar Shirodkar, allegedly threatened Gomantak's Bicholim correspondent Ramnath Desai. (GT) DOCTOR CAUGHT DRUNK ON DUTY: With jaundice and malaria putting the Health department in the spot light, a government doctor in Curtorim has caused further embarrassment to the department. Dr Rajendra Sanvordekar, attached to the Curtorim Primary Health Centre, was found in a drunken state, when the premise was raised by the State Vigilance Department on Friday. (H) ADIL SHAH PALACE FOR CONVENTION CENTRE? The key advisory group led by the Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Mr Ravi Shankar Prasad, at the crucial meeting where the site was finalised on Sunday (August 24) was informed by the Goa government that in case, a convention centre is not ready by then, the Adil Shah Palace-where the State Secretariat is presently housed-could be used as a back-up, highly placed sources informed Herald. (H) SACK HOBLE: Goa Pradesh Congress Committee president and MLA Luizinho Faleiro yesterday demanded that North Goa Adhyksha Anil Hoble be sacked from office or else Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar should resign following alleged misappropriation of ZP funds. (GT) ISSUE-BASED SUPPORT: Firebrand activist and Cortalim MLA Matanhy Saldanha's entry in the Goa Assembly was viewed with much interest. But during the last 15 months, Matanhy has been found wanting, barring some rare occasions when he has made his 'suggestions'.He claims that he had not changed his position and still favours issue-based support to the Parrikar government. (GT) BOOST FOR CLAY GANESH IDOLS: "I lost 50 regular orders because of newspapers reports stating that Plaster of Paris causes pollution of water and the High Court advice to the State to put ban on sale and immersion of plaster of parish Ganesh idols," blurted out Shailesh Vengurlekar, who is into plaster of paris idols for the last 12 years in Mapusa. (H) CONGRESS OPPOSES MOVE TO CANCEL HOLIDAYS: The Congress party has taken strong exception to the move of the government to cancel public holidays on the days of religious importance and said that his move only indicated the underlying intentions of the BJP government and its hidden agenda. (NT) RIVAL LABELS: The Excise team, which swooped down on a liquor distillery in Curtorim on Wednesday and yesterday, have recovered a large stock of liquor labels of a rival company stocked in the premises of the raided factory. (GT) ALBUM RELEASED: "Shirya Laira", an English album of songs and praise by Pilar priest, Fr Nixon D'Silva, was released by Bishop Cyprian Moniz, the ch airman Bishop of CBCI Youth Commission, at the 3rd Asian Youth Convention held at Bangalore on August 11. (NT) FESTIVAL OF KANNNADA PLAYS: For Kannadigas from allover, there were two days of joy as they watched fine plays in their mother tongue, in Ponda, far away from the land of their ancestors. (GT) BUNGALOW ATTACHED: The Goa State Co-operative Housing Finance and Federation limited attached the plot and bungalow of former ADEI of Education Department, towards recovery of his housing loan dues amounting to Rs.11 lakh approximately. (GT) MARGAO'S 'MINI CHOR BAZAAR': Every Sunday, at the crack of dawn, in a corner of Margao city, a market is set up. The vendors displaying their wares set shop as early as 6 am in the corridors of buildings, at the roadside and in a gully along the old Station Road, selling second-hand cassette players, walkman, transistors, watches, mixers, fans, clothes, etc, with price ranging from Rs.20 to Rs.200. The entire activity comes to a halt by 8.30 am. (GT) PROMOTION SCHEMES FOR BSNL: Anybody booking a new basic phone will be given 50 hours Sancharnet connection free, which is valid for 60 days. The Sancharnet card will be given at the time of provision. The scheme closes on 3 September 2003. (GT) CHILDREN'S FILM FESTIVAL: Hectic preparations are on to host a week-long Children's Film Festival in Goa in September 2003. (GT) MONSOON SESSION: The monsoon session of the Goa Assembly will commence on 29 September. In a notification issued by the Governor, it is learnt that the session will be for three to four days. (GT) 'KALA MOGI' WORKSHOP: As part of its silver jubilee celebration, Kala Mogi, Candolim, in collaboration with the Kala Academy recently organised a day-long workshop on "Composition of Lyrics of Tiatr Songs". Inaugurating the workshop, President of Goa Konkani Akademi Pundalik Naik lauded the efforts of Kala Mogi for improving the standard of the traditional tiatr in all respects. The workshop attracted 26 'kantaram' composes, including C D' Silva, Prince Jacob and Cezar D'Mello. Dr Manoharrai Sardessai guided the participants. Tomazinho Cardozo discussed the lyrics of old compositions of Miguel Rod, Kid Boxer, Chris Perry, Aristides Dias, etc. (GT) S P O R T S DIOCESAN PRIESTS, CALANGUTE XI GOALLESS: In a 'historic' match played at Calangute grounds, Diocesan priests from all over Goa were held by Calangute XI to a goalless draw. The match, which was organised by Calangute Parish Youth with Animator Fr Jose Gomes and Deacon George Rato, was witnessed by a large crowd. (GT) CHINCHINIM IN LAST EIGHT: Union of Chinchinim Villagers stormed into the quarter finals of Hustler Cup football tournament defeating SCC Seraulim 5-4 via tie-breaker at Curtorim Grounds. (GT) D E A T H S 28 Aug: Majorda: ARGENTINA CRUZ E D'COSTA (Ex-Principal, Dar-es-Salaam): relict of Paul Gaspar, mother of adv Tarzan/Adv Louella, Capt King/Adv Begum, Prof Chayne/Eng Cyril Rebello, Prof Serena/Alexis and late Raul, grandmother of Dr Aaron, Sharon, Demelza, Nicholas, Charmaine, Clinton, Plinius and Ernesto. 27 Aug: Chinchinim: CONSTANCE J D'COSTA: brother of Baltazar, Bernard, Diego and Clemente,, husband of Sherolina Clara, father of Lorence/Maria Helena, Betty/Seby, Felix/Jessy and George. 28 Aug: Chinchinim-Deussua: SALUZINHO PEDRO FERRAO: husband of Geraldina, father of Manuel/Felicia. 28 Aug: Ponda: MARIA LUIZA FERNANDES: wife of late Custodio, mother of Avelino, Raul, Joanita and Hugo. 28 Aug: Nuvem: ANTONIO BORGES: son of Roque/Vitorina, brother of Remetina/Inacio and Filomena. 28 Aug: Chandor: ALEXANDRE RODRIGUES: husband of Angela; father of Allan. 28 Aug: Piedade: FRANCISCO ROMANO DOMINGO AZAVEDO: husband of Bebinda, father of Ambrozio, Caitan filipe/Silvia and Rosy. 28 Aug: Camorlim-Ambora: VERONICA DIAS: wife of Camilo (Muscat), mother of Cleon, Clive (Muscat) and Vanessa. 28 Aug: Mapusa-Morod: GEORGE FERNANDES: husband of Rita, father of Yvonne/Perpetuo, Shirley/Matias, Christine and Saby/Vanessa. G O A W E A T H E R Temp: 27.6 deg C (81.7 deg F) at 09.00 am in Assagao. Max Temp: 30.6 deg C; Min Temp: 25.5 deg C; Humidity: 82% (Official figures for yesterday) Rainfall so far: 2392.5 mm Weather: Cloudy weather after a heavy downpour this morning. 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 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 # ##########################################################################