GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS 05 Nov 2003 CAPTAIN OF PORTS SUSPENDED: Captain of Ports AP Mascarenhas has been placed under suspension by the government for lapse of duty and irregularities in service. The government has also sought prosecution sanction and a chargesheet will be filed against Mascarenhas soon. The order expected to be served by the Vigilance Department late yesterday evening pertains to irregularities in connection with a winch machine costing Rs.22 lakh purchased three years ago. (GT)
HOTELIER GOES BERSERK: In a bizarre incident, a policeman and a civilian were shot at and injured by an inebriated Panjim-based hotelier, at a popular Baga-Calangute restaurant in the wee hours of Tuesday. (H) GRAND BOAT FESTIVAL AWAITS TOURISTS: This year, tourists visiting Goa will be able to participate in "Tripurari Poornima" (full moon night celebration on conclusion of Diwali celebration), a unique boat festival celebrated at Vithalapur, Sanquelim on full moon night, on November 8. On this occasion thousands of people, young and old will set afloat their colourful paper boats in the holy water of River Valvanti. (H) ROSY PICTURE OF TOURIST SEASON: Mr Ashwini Kakkar, chief executive officer and managing director of Thomas Cook India Ltd, has said that tourism has got a big boost in the State and that the present tourist season was going to be fantastic for the tourism industry. He said that number of tourists arriving in the state were expected to rise by 25 to 30 per cent this year. He also said that Thomas Cook has invested $1 million in promotion of Goa as a tourist destination. He said that Thomas Cook brings about 25,000 foreign tourists through charters. (NT) SPECIAL AWARD FOR GOA: Goa has bagged a special award at the 19th World Mining Congress underway at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, amongst 300 exhibitors from India and abroad. The Department of Mines has set up a pavilion at the Pragati Maidan on 100 square metres of area depicting an actual model of a mine and a rehabilitated version of it. (GT) DENGUE SCARE: There's a dengue fever scare among the residents of Borda, staying in the vicinity of the PWD office quarters. The locals suspect that the dreaded disease has claimed the life of a young boy, while another youngster is presently battling for his life at a private hospital at Guddi-Paroda. (H) FOUR-LANING COST: New bridges across Zuari, Mandovi and some other rivers, fly-overs, subways and bypasses to avoid congested areas, are key features of the proposed four-lane highway from Patradevi to Polem. It is also proposed to link the four-lane highway to the Golden Quadrilateral from Kashmir to Kanyakumari. The whole project may take about five years to be completed but the cost overruns due to delay may raise the estimates to Rs.1,000 crore. (GT) FLOATING THEATRE IN GOA? Is Goa going to have a "floating theatre" for hosting the proposed International Film Festival of India in Panjim in December 2004? This is what the Chief Minister, Manohar Parrikar, seems to have informed the Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Ravi Shankar Prasad, during the former's visit to Delhi, according to reports appearing in two national newspapers. (H) INSTABILITY BUG HITS TELAULIM P'YAT: After Ambelim, clouds of instability are hovering over Telaulim panchayat in Salcete following a no confidence motion tabled against the Sarpanch, Jose Edward Coutinho. (H) VARCA, FIRST VILLAGE TO BE TAKEN UP FOR BEAUTIFICATION: The Salcete Block Development Officer, Mr Johnson Fernandes, yesterday revealed that Varca village will be taken up first for beautification, among other villages from the Salcete taluka. The beautification is viable with the hoteliers in Varca showing positive response," Mr Fernandes said. (NT) MATHANY CRITICAL OF BRO PLANS: Matanhy Saldanha, MLA of Cortalim, has said the Border Road Organisation has failed to keep up its promise to complete the road up to the airport before 2 October. Worse still it does not appear there is any planning to link the existing village roads to the 4-lane National Highway 17B. People using the existing highway are put to great hardship for the last three years. Saldanha said that the road from Sancoale to St Jacinto, linking to NH 17b, is presently in disarray due to increased height of the NH17B. (GT) KTC TO GIVE MUMBAI BUS OPERATORS RUN FOR MONEY: The Goa-Mumbai bus operators are expected to face tough competition in the days to come as the Kadamba Transport Corporation Limited is all set to restart its service on this route within a fortnight. KTC is launching its Volvo service from November 5 to Shirdi via Pune and will be followed by the launch of its Volvo service to Mumbai within a week. (H) MOTORCYCLIST DIES IN ACCIDENT: Rosario S Quadros, 38-year-old motorcyclist, died in a road accident at Nuvem. While trying to avoid an oncoming truck, he lost control over the two-wheeler and hit an electrical pole. (GT) WOMAN KILLED UNDER TRAIN WHEELS: A 70-year-old woman was crushed to death at New Vaddem on Tuesday morning, after a goods train ran over her. Railway police said the woman, identified as Calaot Fernandes, was mentally unsound and was attempting to cross the railway tracks. (H) FORGERY COMPLAINT: A complaint of alleged forging of a property owner's signature on a no objection certificate for construction of toilets at Curca has been registered by Agassaim police. Xavier D'Souza alleged that Subha Dattu Pednekar and his family hatched a criminal conspiracy and forged his signature purportedly allowing construction of sulabh toilets in collusion with the then sarpanch. (GT) POWERADS: Goa's First Classified Paper, "Powerads" is out with its third issue for 1-14 November. Edited by Sanket Kakodkar, it offers free space for classified ads. The 12-page publication contains ads of all sorts, and is printed at the Gomantak Printing Press at Corlim. MOVE TO HONOUR ALFRED ROSE HAILED: Eminent stage artiste and State award winner Srirang Narvekar has welcomed the reported move of the government to posthumously honour Alfred Rose with the State Award on 19 December, Goa's Liberation Day. He also appealed to the government to also consider the name of famous tiatrist, film artiste, singer and director C Alvares for the State award. (GT) S P O R T S RAIA OUTPLAY GOA POLICE: Raia Sporting Club sailed into the semi-finals getting past a lackluster Goa Police 2-0 in the Football Club of Siolim Cup, organised by FCX Siolim, at Siolim rounds. (H) ARPORA IN LAST FOUR: Hosts Holiday Club, Arpora, made their way into the semi-finals of the Arpora-Nagoa Panchayat Cup with a hard fought 4-3 tie-breaker victory over SAI Avtar, Anjuna, at St Joseph grounds, in Arpora. (H) COKE TO BACK CHURCHILL BROS: Soft drinks giant, Coca Cola India, has come to the rescue of Churchill Bros Sports Club. Coca Cola will support the country 's only family-owned club-Churchill Bros Sports Club-in the National Football league, it was announced yesterday. (H) D E A T H S 04 Nov: Merces: FLORENCIO JULIO FERNANDES: son of late Alexandre/Ana Maria, brother of Luis Tiofilo/Benedia, Andrew/Fatima, Maria Escolastica, Anthony. 04 Nov: Guirim: AVILA DOMINICA FLORINDA FERNANDES E SIMOES: relict of Piedade Baptista, mother of Philomena/Robert Alphonso, Suzana/late Alipio Mascarenhas, late Leandra, Theotonia/Cipriano Fernandes, Bibiana/Joseph Crasto, Antonio/Marina, Agnelo/Marina. 04 Nov: Betalbatim: ROSARIO FERNANDES: husband of Netty, father of Welington (Sesa Goa), Sandra and Mezita. Loliem: LUCY CORTE: wife of late Caitano, mother of John/Clementina, Michael, Joseph/Lorna, Prisco/Rosy and Judy/Franklin. 04 Nov: Santa Cruz: SIMON JESUS REGO: Husband of Fanny, father of Samuel. 03 Nov: Calangute: JOSE BATISTA D'SOUZA: Husband of Arcanj, father of John, Jason and Ricardina. 04 Nov: Taleigao: JOSE F D'SOUZA: husband of Teresa, father of William. 04 Nov: Margao-Aquem: MANIKBAI MORTOBA KANTAK: mother of Shaila, Suchita, Jyoti, Rajlaxmi and Sushma. G O A W E A T H E R Temp: 26.8 degC (80.2 degF) at 8.00 am in Assagao-Goa. Max Temp: 32.0 deg C; Min Temp: 24.0 deg C; Humidity: 71% (Official figures for yesterday) Rainfall so far: 2705.0 mm Weather: The weather is a bit cloudy this morning in Goa. Courtesy: H=Herald, NT=The Navhind Times, GT=Gomantak Times JOEL D'SOUZA, Assagao-Goa-India. 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