GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS 16 Oct 2003 SKYBUS PROTOTYPE UNVEILED: The prototype of the state-of-the-art Sky Bus Metro was launched with much fanfare by the Union Minister for Railways, Nitish Kumar, at a function at the Margao Railway Station on October 15 but there appeared reluctance on the part of the Central government in making a firm financial commitment even on the 1-2 km test project. Reminding the four Central ministers present for the function about the New Year's "gift" announced by the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee on January 1 this year, the Chief Minister, Manohar Parrikar said, "Rs.350 crore is peanuts for the Central government" urging the centre to "take the risk". (H)
CADBURY BARS SEIZED IN MAPUSA, PANJIM: Inspector of the Food and Drugs Administration seized packets of Cadbury chocolates from a couple of shops in Mapusa and Panjim following a complaint that chocolate bars were infested with works. (H) WORMS IN CAPSULES: The Maharashtra Food and Drugs Administration has initiated investigations into alleged presence of worms in some capsules in Nagpur, manufacture by a Goan pharmaceutical company, and withdrawn the entire stock from the State. (PTI report in NT) LONDON-BASED COMPANY TO INVADE 'TURTLE-LAND': Morjim and Galgibaga hit headlines a few years back when the Olive Ridley turtles decided to come home to roost here. While Morjim is almost as good as gone, the double-edged sword of development has now been turned on the virgin beach of Galgibaga. The construction of huts for the charter tourists by an NRI from London, close to the beach and just 100 metres from the High Tide Line, has stunned conservationists. The parish priest of St Anthony's Church at Galgibaga, Fr Mariano Goes Proenca, who had turned saviour of the flippered visitors, says that the along the beach belonged to the family of King Sondhe and has been sold to a London-based company. close to the beach and just 100 metres from the High Tide Line. (GT) GUJ TO INTENSIFY PROTEST: The Goa Union of Journalists has decided to intensify its agitation against the legal notices issued to the press in Goa by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, by launching the second phase of the agitations from October 20. The GUJ along with journalists from various newspapers will organise sit in 'dharna' at different places in Panjim city, from 10 am to 11.30 am, demanding the withdrawal of the legal notices issued to the four leading newspapers of Goa. (H) THREE BOOKED IN DOWRY DEATH CASE: Acting on the orders of the Bombay High Court at Goa, city police recently registered a case against three persons in connection with the death of Ranjeeta Chodankar. Ranjeeta's body was found floating in the Mandovi river and the police suspected it to be a dowry case. Subsequently, her husband Ajay, and his relatives, Vijay and Digambar, were arrested on charges of instigating Ranjeeta to commit suicide. They were later released on bail. (GT) ABOUT DEMOLITION OF BETIM PROJECT: The Supreme Court of India has set aside an order of the Panjim bench of the Bombay High Court which had ordered demolition of the Tata Housing Development Corporation Limited project at Betim. The multi-crore luxury housing project overlooking the Mandovi river at Betim was in the news way back in October 1998 when a Public Interest Litigation had been filed by an NGO alleging that the project was causing environmental degradation and destruction of forest cover. (H) MINOR RAPED: Rajendra Zarekar, 22-year-old youth from Khandepar, Ponda, allegedly raped a minor girl on October 14 late evening in his rented room. (NT) 'PAEDOPHILE' BOOKED: The CID Crime Branch of the State Police registered another case against alleged 'paedophile' Avelinio Pinto yesterday. Police officials informed GT that the 12-year-old daughter of a migrant workers from Mapusa complained that she had been raped by Pinto. Officers investigating the case have praised the role of women's rights NGO, Bailancho Saad, who brought the case to the notice of the police. (GT) HOUSE BURGLED: A thief entered the house of one Abdul Hazim Beig, at Khorlim in Mapusa, and stole gold ornaments worth Rs.85,000 besides Rs.5,000 in cash. (GT) CHINCHINIM WOMAN DIES IN MISHAP: Gilbertine Goes of Dandeavaddo, Chinchinim, died in a scooter accident yesterday. The deceased, who had come to visit a doctor, was hit by a two-wheeler while she was in the process of crossing the road after meeting the doctor. She was declared dead on being taken to Hospicio Hospital, Margao. The two-wheeler rider, Carlos Martins, has been admitted to Hospicio Hospital. (NT) A TALE OF 'TWO' CITIES: Panaji consists of two cities, one extending from Helena's Hair Dressing Saloon onwards towards the Secretariat, through the inner 18th June Road to Campal, this is the best of the scenes, while the worst one extends after Helena Hair Dressing Saloon towards the bus stand, traversing in front of the head post office (a landmark), the old Patto bridge (a heritage site) and across via Tarkar petrol pump and then to the bus stand, which is the area totally neglected. This is the route the majority of tourists, citizens of Goa, etc traverse. (J Menezes in NT) TIBETAN WOMEN HELD FOR STEALING JEWELLERY: Alertness on the part of Mapusa SDPO Dy SP Allen D'Sa on Wednesday helped in nabbing five Tibetan women who were on the run after allegedly stealing jewelry items worth about Rs.80,000 from a jewellery shop at Candolim. (H) BORDA CITIZENS' CABLE TV SYSTEM: Annoyed over the attitude of the cable operator, the Borda Citizens Welfare Committee has decided to have its own cable TV system. (GT) HALT AT TIVIM: The North Goa Konkan Railway Action Committee has appealed to the Union Ministers of State for Railways, Mr AK Murthy and Mr Basangauda Patil, to allot a halt to the Matsyagandha Express No.2619-20, at the Tivim station, at the earliest, keeping in view the number of passengers who desire to board and alight at this station. (NT) PETROL, DIESEL PRICES REDUCED: State-run oil companies yesterday reduced petrol and diesel prices by up to 76 paise in the four metros. Petrol would not cost Rs.31.70 a litre, down from Rs.32.40 in Delhi, and diesel would cost Rs.19.73 per litre, down from Rs.20.33. (PTI report in GT) PANCHAYATI "GOLMAAL": The work of repairing the Government Primary School at Parabwada in Torxem was tendered to contractor Sandeep Morazkar at the estimated cost of Rs.60,000. Even though only paint work worth Rs.92 was done by the contractor, it was certified as completed by North Goa Zilla Panchayat member Suryakant Toraskar, according to a BDO report. (GT) KEITH'S MOTHER'S DEMISE: Merlyn Vaz, mother of Keith Vaz and Leicester's first Asian woman councillor and champion for pensioners' rights, breathed her last after a four-year battle with cancer, on October 15, in Leicester, London. Wife of late Xavier, she leaves behind her daughters Penny and Valerie, son Keith and grandchildren Dominie, Finn, Neil, Liberty, Luke and Anjali. Condolences to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ANITA MURDER CASE: The Colva police has solved the murder of Anita Mandal (24) with the arrest of Asish Mandal at Sidnoor, Raichur district of Karnataka. (GT) HERBAL AWARENESS SEMINAR: An awareness programme "Herbal Cure for Jaundice" will be organised on 18 October at 4.30 pm by the Ayurvedic Natural Health Centre, Saligao, in collaboration with Menezes Braganza Institute, Panaji, at the IMB Hall. 'CHAMPION DOG' SHOW: A "Champion Dog" show will be held on 2nd November at Panaji Gymkhana, Campal, for the ninth consecutive year. (GT) CAMP FOR KONKANI WRITERS: The Goa Konkani Akademi and "Vavraddeancho Ixtt" weekly will hold a one-day camp for Konkani writers in the Roman script at the Pilar Seminary. Anthony Vaz is the convenor of the camp. Contact: 2333491. MOTHER'S TERESA'S BODY NOT TO BE EXHUMED: Deviating from another tradition of the Roman Catholic church, the Vatican has decided to do away with the process of exhumation of the body of Mother Teresa which it normally does with candidates for beatification and subsequent sainthood. (PTI report in GT) S P O R T S GOA IN COMMAND: An unbeaten century by Abhay Sonawane (105) and his 110-run partnership with Anup S Kalambla (43) enabled Goa to reach 204 for four against Tamil Nadu in their first innings on the opening day of the South Zone Under-19 cricket tournament for the Ghulam Ahmed Trophy in Bangalore yesterday. (UNI report in GT) VASCO IN SEMIS: Arlem Breweries sponsored Vasco SC defeated Fransa Football Club 6-5 via tie-breaker to move into the semi-finals of the Servo Goa Governor's Cup football tournament at Tilak Maidan in Vasco yesterday. At the Duler grounds in Mapusa, defending champions Churchill Bros scored an emphatic 5-1 win over Raitura SC, Rachol, to sail into the semi-finals. (GT) D E A T H S 15 Oct: London/Leicester: MERLYN VAZ: Wife of late Xavier, Mother of Penny, Valerie and Keith Vaz. Grandmother of Dominie, Finn, Neil, Liberty, Luke and Anjali. Condolences to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 14 Oct: Anjuna-Sorantto: SOCRATES (LAZARUS) FERNANDES: husband of Lucy, father of John/Jennifer, Joanita/Santan, Perpetua/Vincy, Agnelo/Luiza, Irene/Bosco, Quiteria/Denzil and Rosy/Philip. 15 Oct: Utorda: FRANCISCO XAVIER PACHECO: husband of late Antoneta, father of Joseph/Zinnia (Uganda), Jovita/Victor, Gilbert/Regina (UK), brother/brother-in-law of Fr Johnny Pacheco (USA), late Cosme Damiao/Procia (Australia), late Antonio Rosario, late Jose Francis/late Mary, Snatano/Maria S, Damaciano/Virginia, late Joao Menino/Lucy. 15 Oct: Nerul: HERCULANO VALENTE ALMEIDA: husband of Erminia and late Luiza, father of Cynthia and Zeenet. G O A W E A T H E R Temp: 27.6 degC (81.7 degF) at 7.30 am in Assagao-Goa. Max Temp: 33.3 deg C; Min Temp: 24.7 deg C; Humidity: 69% (Official figures for yesterday) Rainfall so far: 2699.6 mm Weather: A bright morning in Goa today. 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 # ##########################################################################
