GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS 25-26 Oct 2003 ARCHBISHOP LAYS STRESS ON ROLE OF LAITY IN EDUCATION: The Archbishop Patriarch, Rev Raul Gonsalves inaugurated the 5-day 37th National Convention of the All India Association of Catholic Schools, at Don Bosco's High School, Panaji, on October 25. In his inaugural address to the over 500-strong audience, Archbishop Gonsalves laid importance on the participation of the laity. He encouraged both the lay and consecrated people in their mission of education saying that it requires the courage of testimony and the patience of dialogue as the teachers work to bring about a communion of communities. (NT)
'LAITY CAN COMPENSATE': An increasingly smaller number of consecrated persons are getting involved in the educational field each year, dropping from around 50 per cent four decades ago to around 10 per cent in the year 2000. While talking at the XXXVII national convention of the All India Association of Catholic Schools, Dr PS Zacharias, Vice Chancellor of the Goa University, said, "The decreasing number of consecrated persons in education can be compensated only by the 'laity' ". (H) COPS POUR COLD WATER ON FIREWORKS: An array of fireworks display was stopped by the Panaji police when two persons including a minor girl were injured at Taleigao grounds on Friday late evening. The fireworks display was organised by Town and Country Planning Minister Babush Monserrate, on the occasion of Diwali celebrations. (WE-GT) EMPLOYMENT SCHEME: The Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Parrikar, said that around 2,000 unemployed persons in the state would be employed under the Chief Minister's Employment Scheme, during the present year. Mr Parrikar was speaking a special function in Mapusa. (NT) FIREWORKS SET TELECOMMUNICATION TOWER ON FIRE: Fireworks may have added sparkle to Diwali festivities but sparked off a fire at the microwave telecommunication tower at the Vasco jetty on Saturday evening, when it was hit accidentally by a 'sky rocket'. (H) 70-YEAR-OLD WOMAN ROBBED: A gang of four robbers caught hold of Inacinha Fernandes, a 70-year-old woman from Sheller-Canacona, on Friday and snatched gold ornaments worth Rs.52,000 from her. The group had approached her for a rented room. Presuming them to be in genuine need, Inacinha had allotted a room to them. (H) POROBO RE-APPOINTED AS G A T PRESIDENT: Zoivonta Esvonta Porobo has been re-appointed by the state Government to the post of the president of Goa Administrative Tribunal. Porobo had resigned as president of GAT after the Panjim Bench of the Bombay High Court on September 19, 2002, quashed and set aside his appointment on a Public Interest Litigation filed by Adv Aires Rodrigues. Adv Rodrigues has decided to challenge the re-appointment "in the interests of independence of the Judiciary". (H) GOVT TO HONOUR ALFRED ROSE: The Goa government will posthumously honour Alfred Rose, who passed away on Tuesday, for his contribution to the Konkani stage, on December 19 this year. This was announced by Konkani Sangeet and Natak Academy's managing trustee, Tomazinho Cardozo, at a meeting held at TB Cunha, Panjim, on October 25, to condole the death of Alfred Rose. (H) BEAUTIFICATION OF GARDEN RUNS INTO ROUGH WEATHER: Five years after an agreement was entered into with a private party for the beautification of the Margao Municipal garden, the Margao Municipal Council has served a notice asking the contractor to show cause why the agreement should not be terminated for alleged "multiple and several breaches" of the contract. (H) PENDSE AGREES TO HEAD EDC PROBE: Retired Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court, Justice ML Pendse, has agreed to probe into the functioning of the Economic Development Corporation. (WE-GT) SAHANI WISHES PARRIKAR: Governor Kidar Nath Sahani has extended his best wishes to Manohar Parrikar, who has completed three years as the chief minister of Goa. (H) FOR MAKING GOA IDEAL STATE: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has called upon the people, to rally behind his government in realising the vision of making Goa a total welfare state, free from economic and social ills. Parrikar was speaking at a function organised to hand over the keys of new yellow and black taxis to nine beneficiaries under the Chief Minister's Rojgar Yojana on the occasion of Diwali celebrations at Mapusa. (H) PETROL STINK AT LOUTOLIM SPRING: Strong petrol odour from a spring at Loutulim has nudged the Primary Health Centre into taking samples for a test. The results will be known in 15 day, Mangaldas Naik, co-owner of the property where the spring is located, said. (WE-GT) BORIM RESIDENT ELECTROCUTED: Vasant Satarkar, 37, of Tamsire-Borim, died due to electrocution at his residence on Thursday night. The tragedy took place when Satarkar was busy in installing lights at his residence for the Diwali celebrations. (WE-GT) BODY FOUND: The body of a PWD driver, Vishwanath Kavelkar, who had committed suicide near the Borim bridge, was found yesterday at Durbhat in Borim. (WE-GT) GOAN TROUPE FOR MOHALI: A group of 20 students from the New Educational Institute and the Smt Chandrabhaga Tukoba Naik High School, Curchorem, along with their teachers will take part in the third Antarbharati Bal Anand Mahotsav to be organised by the National Youth Project, New Delhi, in Mohali from 6 to 9 November. Around 1000 children of the age group between 8 to 12 years are expected to participate in the event. (WE-GT) QUEPEM FEAST: The annual feast of Our Lady of Piety will be celebrated on October 26, at the Holy Cross Church in Quepem. To mark the festivities, a Konkani drama "Tench Tem", written by Junior Rod will be stated. (H) MADAME ROSA'S FENNY FOR INTERNATIONAL CONTEST: Madame Rosa Distillery, the leading bottlers of the Goa spirit, is to represent India with Goa's fenny with their leading brand "Big Boss" as a spirit of India, at the Drinks International Wines and Spirits competition, which is an annual event held in London. The International Drinks Award competition and fair is a meeting place for bottlers, buyers, producers, press and design consultants from around the world. "Big Boss" fenny is very distinct and also very harmonious with other mixes, to experience this product's unique taste it may be enjoyed neat or topped with soda and lime. (H) RAVE PARTIES: Anjuna, Vagator, Chapora and Badem are the four main villages where parties are normally held.Things have changed slightly after the new policy on the use of loud music after 10 pm.But, the consumption of drugs continues.Some of the best DJs in the world have been performing for parties in Goa. Logic Boom, Salakaval, The Osborne Freak Factory DJ's from the Glastonby and Antaris festivals are some who control the mixing. (Augusto Rodrigues in Panorama-NT) CASHEW EXPORTS REGISTER ALL-TIME RECORD: Having exceeded the target, cashew exports from India have registered an all-time record during 2002-03 while in value terms there was a decline. Cashew exports were to the tune of 1,27,227 tonnes valued at Rs.2,014.77 crore against the target of one lakh tones. The major chunk of cashew exports was to the United States. Brazil and Vietnam have merged as strong competitors in the global cashew market. (UNI report in Herald) YUSUF ADILSHAH'S CONQUEST OF GOA: The island of Tiswadi encircled by the waters of the Gomati (Mhadei or Mandovi) and Aghanashini (Zuari) was famous the world over for her two lucrative ports, viz Gopakapattana and Ela or Elagram in the ancient and medieval times. Heavy siltation at the Gopakapattana (Pilar-Goa Velha) port made the Vijayanagara rulers to shift their headquarters to the opposite side at Ela (old Goa). The major attraction that lured the early medieval Deccani rulers to Goa was its very lucrative, flourishing Ormuzian, Arabian and Persian horse trade, the economics of which watered the mouths of the Bahmani, Vijayanagra and late Yusuf Adilshah of Bijapur. (Prajal Sakhardande in Panorama-NT) S P O R T S CURTORIM GYM ENTER SEMIS: Curtorim Gymkhana struggled before getting past Parish Youth Morjim 4-1 via tiebreaker to enter the semi-finals of the Siolim Parish Youth Cup at St Anthony's church grounds, Siolim. (WE-GT) SANGOLDA PREVAIL OVER BENNY XI: Sangolda Lightning moved into the quarter-finals of Arpora-Nagoa Panchayat Cup organised by Holiday Sports Club, Arpora, registering a 2-1 victory over Benny XI, Mapusa, at Arpora grounds yesterday. (WE-GT) D E A T H S 25 Oct: Cansaulim: FILIPE FERNANDES: husband of Ana Filipa, father of Anthony and Ubaldina/Joaquim Mascarenhas. 25 Oct: Benaulim: BRAZINHO RODRIGUES: husband of Benedita, brother of Joaquim/Luiza, Jose/Rita, Joaquim Domingos/Rosalina, Santano/Jackline. 24 Oct: Mapusa: JOHN JA MATHEWS: son of late TJ Mathews/Laly Mathews, brother of Lata Roy and Geeta. G O A W E A T H E R Temp: 28.8 degC (83.8 degF) at 9.30 am in Assagao-Goa. Max Temp: 32.2 deg C; Min Temp: 25.5 deg C; Humidity: 62% (Official figures for yesterday) Rainfall so far: 2700.8 mm Weather: A bright Sunday 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 # ##########################################################################
