GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS 18 Oct 2003 CADBURY SAMPLE TESTS POSITIVE FOR WORMS: One of the six samples of chocolates taken from Panjim and Mapusa by the Directorate of Food and Drugs administration has been found to be infested with forms. As a precautionary measure, the FDA has frozen around Rs.1,70,000 worth of chocolates. "As an abundant precaution, the FDA has frozen all chocolates manufactured prior to June 2003," said FDA director Mr SN Tripathi. (H)
NOC FOR CATAMARAN SERVICE: The Goa government has granted a No Objection Certificate to a Mumbai-based shipping company for operating a catamaran service between Mumbai and Goa. The vessel "Arabian Sea King" will have a capacity to accommodate 2000 passenger, source sin the Secretariat said. (H) DEVELOPING GOA AS A WORLD CITY: A presentation by M/s Rahul Mehrotra Associates on Goa 2100 report was held at the Goa State Planning Board meeting held in the city on Wednesday. The presentation, which was recently given at the Sustainable Cities International Urban Design Competition at the World Gas Conference held at Tokyo, Japan, had won the special Jury Award. The report was about developing Goa as a world city in the next 30 to 50 years at a cost of around 1.5 billion dollars. (H) CONVICTED FOR DISHONOUR OF CHEQUE: The Judicial Magistrate First Class, Bicholim, Ms Sayonara Telles-Laad convicted Sureshchandra Ramchandra Kapadi, a resident of Bicholim, under Section 356 of the IPC for issuing a cheque of Rs.45 lakh which was dishonoured. The JMFC ordered the accused to under imprisonment for a period of 3 months and pay Rs.46 lakh to the Bicholim Urban Co-operative Bank. (NT) FOURTH CASE AGAINST PAEDOPHILE: Yet another case has been registered against alleged paedophile Avelino Pinto. Police officials informed Gomantak Times that another 12-year-old girl, daughter of a migrant worker, came forward to complain yesterday. (GT) MARGAO ESI HOSPITAL ACCUSED OF NEGLIGENCE: Exactly three-and-a-half months after 26-year-old Ganpati Keni died after being operated for hernia at the Margao-based ESI hospital, another death has been reported at the hospital on Friday afternoon. This time a 35-year-old woman, Cristabella Fernandes of Nagmodem Navelim, who had delivered a baby boy after an operation on October 1, died this afternoon in the hospital. (H) BOOK ON COASTAL ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT: The Chief Secretary, Mr Dev Singh Negi, speaking after release of research book titled "Coastal Tourism, Environment and Sustainable Local Development", at the International Centre on October 17, added that no one thought about preservation of ecology, sustainability of coastal areas, etc in the past and the disastrous consequences of the same are being felt today. (NT) VARCA STUDENTS HURT IN MISHAP: Three young students--Milinda Goes (13), Rohay Fernandes (12) and Sameel Rebello (13)-all students of St Mary's High School, Varca, had a miraculous escape when a car rammed into them while they were on their way to school yesterday morning. (GT) VASCO BROTHERS ROBBED OF RS.2.5 LAKH: Four unidentified persons assaulted two brothers and stabbed one of them with a knife in Dabolim. Cash amounting to Rs.2.5 lakh was also stolen from the victims. The complainant, Mr Ganandram Ponnu Nadir and his brother Veghese are businessman and were returning home to Green Valley Alto Dabolim. (NT) PERNEM LOCAL DRUGGED, ROBBED IN BUS: A 'biscuit' offered by a 'friendly' passenger on a Mumbai-bound bus to Rajesh Sadanand Shirodkar, proved costly for him. Shirodkar was robbed of his gold ornaments and cash by the 'friendly' passenger, as he fell unconscious after eating the biscuit. (H) 'WHITE COLLAR' CRIME ON THE RISE: A two-day awareness programme on Forensic Documents and Computer Crimes, organised by the State police, concluded yesterday. The topics covered were 'Recent trends in forensic document analysis', 'Introduction to cyber crimes', 'Digital evidence', 'Tampered documents', 'Forged documents' and 'Precautions to be taken while collecting and forwarding of forensic evidence for analysis'. (GT) SWISS NATIONAL'S RAPE CASE: Swiss Consul Bernard Bienz on Friday held discussions with senior police officials at the Margao police headquarters in the wake of a rape of a 24-year-old women at Sernabatim beach on Monday night. Bienz was accompanied by the local representative, Agnelo Godinho. (H) TOURISM DEPARTMENT FLAYED: The Boat/Dolphin Trip Organisers Association has come down heavily on the Tourism Department's decision to allot shacks to two persons involved in the Anjuna boat tragedy. A letter issued by the association to the State tourism authorities alleges that the department is "favouring select shack owners on Baga beach". (GT) ONE DROWN OFF ARAMBOL BEACH: One Kailash Malerao Kamavar, aged 32, a native of Rajasthan, drowned at the Arambol beach yesterday morning, when he ventured into the sea for a swim. (H) TREE CRASHES ON HOUSE: Anjelina D'Souza of Ourem, Palolem, had a providential escape when an old coconut tree collapsed on her house on Wednesday. (GT) RE-SURVEY OF WELLS IN SALCETE: Hit by criticism that the survey of drinking water wells was nothing but a half-hearted exercise, the office of the Salcete Mamlatdar has come out with a revised list of drinking water wells in the taluka, but the latest figures too appear to be not in consonance with the ground reality, at least in some pockets of the taluka. (H) ANTARCTIC GEOSCIENCE SEMINAR: The National Centre for Antarctica and Ocean Research, Vasco, will be hosting a national seminar on Antarctic Geoscience, Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction and Paleoclimatology between 3 to 5 November 2003. (GT) TIATR WORKSHOP: Kala Academy in collaboration with Kala Mogi, Candolim, will organise a 10-day tiatr theatre workshop from October 22, in the St Joseph High School Hall, Arpora. The workshop will be held under the guidance of eminent tiatr artiste Tomazinho Cardozo. The project is one of the activities being undertaken by Kala Mogi during its silver jubilee celebration year. Contact 2276390/2277019. (H) "ANTONIO PURASKAR' FOR TENDULKAR: "Antonio Pereira Konknni Puraskar" will be presented to Konknni writer Prabhakar Tendulkar at a function organised by Thomas Stephens Konknni Kendr at the Mapusa Municipal Council Hall on 23 October at 5 pm. Tomazinho Cardozo will be the chief guest. On the occasion, a new Konknni book "Nazaretkar Jezu" will be released. ERIKA MENEZES WINS ELOCUTION CONTEST: Erika Menezes of Sharda Mandir High School, Panaji, won the third All Goa Sheldon Memorial Elocution Competition organised by St Sebastian Parish Youth, Aquem Alto, recently. Avilon Dias of Loyola High School and Shreya Sawardekar of M&N High School, Margao, won the second and third places respectively. TIVIM NOVENAS: The annual novenas of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour will commence from October 20 at St Christopher's Church, Tivim. The feast will be celebrated on October 29. (H) S P O R T S HAYWARDS SPORTING PIPS DEMPO: A sudden death penalty kick by Haywards 2000 Sporting goalkeeper Luis Barretto enabled his team to book a place in the semi-finals edging out Dempo SC 6-5 in the quarter-finals of the Servo Governor's Cup football tournament at the Tilak Maidan in Vasco yesterday. (GT) D E A T H S 17 Oct: LUCIA PINTO: daughter of late Duarte/later Carmeline, sister/sister-in-law of Emille/Justine Castelino, Gilbert, Eusebio/Patricia (London), Patrick/Felicia (London) and Maria. 16 Oct: Colva: FLORA ALEMAO E SANTIMANO: relict of Jose da Dores Santimano. 17 Oct: Carmona: CLAUDINA RUFINA BORGES BARRETO: wife of late Jose Nicolau Barreto, mother of Erene/Sebastian Gracias. 17 Oct: Shiroda: BINOY KARTHA: son of NB Kartha. 15 Oct: Benaulim: VALENCIO D'SILVA: son of John Francis/Pedrinha, brother of Vianna & Vanessa. 17 Oct: Velim-Zaino: LUIS GONZAGO XAVIER: husband of Umbelina, father of Wiron/Celine, Donato George/Thecla, Alexandre/Angela, Freddy/Zilma, Willy/Selva, Sylvestre/Lorna. 17 Oct: Margao-Comba: VIJAYABAI VASSUDEV SARMALKAR: wife of late Vassudev, mother of late Jotendra/Vrishali, Ramesh/Rama, Sujata/Atmaram Angle, Suman/Madan Nevrekar. G O A W E A T H E R Temp: 28.1 degC (82.6 degF) at 8.80 am in Assagao-Goa. Max Temp: 33.7 deg C; Min Temp: 23.8 deg C; Humidity: 74% (Official figures for yesterday) Rainfall so far: 2699.6 mm Weather: Sunny weather 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 # ##########################################################################
