Goanet meets in Goa: December 27, 12 noon and January 7, 4 pm (meeting point: Kala Academy canteen). See you there! ------------------------------
GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS 22 Dec 2003 ANJUNA SHACK OWNERS MEET: The Association of Anjuna-Vagator-Chapora Bar and Restaurant and Shack Owners at its meeting held on December 21 resolved that no foreigners be allowed to run any shacks or restaurants in this locality. (GT) SEX-PILLS ON A NEW CLIMAX: With the tourist season reaching its peak, local chemists along the coastal area are piling up stocks of sex pills. "We are seeing more demand for these pills as the season is progressing," said a pharmacist, who did not want to be identified. He further says, "The reasons are purely because a lot of young domestic tourists come to Goa and use these pills while they are enjoying their holidays, and the foreign tourists finds these drugs cheap compared to the rates in their country." (H) 'PRODUCE QUALITY FILMS': Film producers in Goa should not restrict themselves only to Konkani or Marathi movies, but should produce better quality Hindi-English movies and reach out the wider section of cine-goers, said Governor Kidar Nath Sahani during a meeting with the office-bearers of the Film Producers Association of Goa. (GT) SUICIDE AT CHORAO: Francis Milagrio Domnic Cardozo (22), a resident of Chodan-Madel, committed suicide on December 21 by hanging himself with a rope tied to the ceiling of his house. (GT) NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY PARK FOR MARGAO: The Urban Development Minister, Mr Digamber Kamat, said that non-conventional energy park project estimated at Rs.60 lakh has been proposed for Margao city, to cater to the needs of people and the land acquisition proceedings for the project have been initiated by the deputy collector. (NT) DAIRY AIMS TO BE MILCH COW: Goa still depends for half its milk supply on the states of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka. Though the Curti-based Goa Dairy procures some 90,000 litres of milk every day, its local production is only 45,000 litres per day. Officials say they intend to increase this figure to 60,000 litres per day over the next two years.Official figures say there are over 180 dairy co-operatives spread across Goa serving as a link between Goa Diary and the farmers. (H) BUNGALOW CATCHES FIRE AT PORVORIM: An old bungalow at Porvorim caught fire on December 21 afternoon and all the furniture and other stored scrap articles were gutted. According to the police, the bungalow belonging to Kamlesh Shirodkar was being kept closed for nearly 40 years. (NT) GRAFT CHARGES AT CORTALIM: Cortalim gram Sabha witnessed acrimonious scenes as villagers leveled corruption charges against Sarpanch Conceicao Fernandes, which grew vociferous, disrupting the proceedings and forcing the village administration adjourn the meeting. (H) ANJUNA CELEBRATES 400 YEARS OF ST MICHAEL CHURCH: Folk dancers from Dadra-Nagar Haveli; a fashion parade of nappy-clad toddlers and other cherubs; a day for widows and widowers; a live Christmas crib; a Prakash Yatra in which the light of spirituality will joint community to community; a spiritual meet of priests and religious; the celebration of the Incarnation, with non-Christians.these are only some of the many events that will form part of the program that the parish of St Michael's, Anjuna, has planned to mark the end of its quadrennial celebrations.The parish is bringing out a full-colour, coffee-table presentation of the history of St Michael's parish. Written by Anjuna's own well-known historian, Dr Teresa Albuquerque with photographs by her husband, Mathew, the book will mark a landmark just not for the parish, but all of Goa can be proud of. (Fr Ubaldo Fernandes, sfx, in GT) CHURCH MUSEUM: The church of St Michael, Anjuna, is in the process of designing a little museum to display the many historical and religious artifacts that the Church and parish of St Michael has accumulated over the years. Many of these were gathering dust in many little corners of the church. In their attempt to dig out the historical nuggets of the parish, Teresa and Mathew Albuquerque unearthed a number of these priceless pieces. (GT) 'COME CLEAR ON HELMET RULE': The Motorcycle Action Group has urged the State government to clarify whether the proposed implementation of helmet rule from January 1, 2004, will include the pillion rider and the children traveling on two-wheelers. MAG convenor Premanand A Lotlikar has stated that the government has failed to provide a decent public transport system, prompting the people to depend on two-wheelers to travel with their families. (H) PHONE-IN ON LAW: There will be a phone-in programme on Goa Doordarshan on December 22 from 6 to 7 pm. Indian Express correspondent Raju Nayak will interview Adv Mahesh Sonak on law and justice issues related to Goa. Viewers can ask queries on 2220028/29. (H) LAND-REFORM IN THE NEWS: In the past week, a Panjim ruling from the high court bench has thrown open once again the debate over Goa's far-from-efficient land reforms. The bench struck down amendments of 1993 and 1995 made to the mundkar act. It noted that these were "unjust laws" and amounted to "freezing or pegging down of the market price" of the mundkar's dwelling house, which has "absurd consequences"..For far too long, land-reforms in Goa have been a way of ensuring that Peter is robbed to pay Paul. What's worse is that while the big landowner is capable of taking care of his own interest, or carrying on in court for years, it is the medium-sized owner, or the expat Goan, who is likely to lose a home or property due to the opportunistic manner in which laws have been enacted in the State. (Edit in Herald) WHAT DO NRI GOANS WANT? The overseas Goans are not satisfied with what they see in Goa. They are repelled by the culture of corruption that pervades Goan society and cannot relate to the acceptance of these standards. The bureaucratic processes endemic in Indian methodology puts off many NRIs from investing locally. Many NRIs after years of service abroad long to settle in the land of their origin. But for many reasons, they get disheartened and give up.If Goa's infrastructure is improved, it will motivate many NRIs to come back. But like other States of India, politicians have their fingers in every pie and nothing runs professionally or free of political interference. (Aires Rodrigues in Herald) POWER ADDICTION: BANE OF DEMOCRACY: Goa has become a model for studying the sociology and psychology of power. I am trying to identify a pattern which is emerging from our socio-political and cultural fabric. For obvious reasons it is difficult to name any individual or institution. Names and designations are not important. What is important is the new power culture. The struggle for non-political or quasi-political power in Goa is intense. It is not limited only to the co-operative banking sector, unions or NGOs. The struggle shows a rising number of power-hungry individuals who could be called 'power addicts'. (Nandkumar Kamat in Glimpses-NT) FEAST TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS MUSIC: Music may be claimed by many as Goa's way of life, but for its desirable development it needs study, research and scholarship.Yes, song is also forever in Goa, even though politics and governments during the erstwhile Portuguese rule and post-Liberation, did cast a pall of darkness over the territory, but music and song lifted its soul by composers of Mandos, Deknies, Fugides, Indian Film music, sung for example by Lata Mangeshkar and her sister Asha Bonsle, and tiatr cantaram (songs) by Minguel Rod, Remmie Colaco, C Alvares, Sharon, Alfred Rose, Kamat de Assolna, Cecilia Machado, Anthony San, Young Chico and others, and by the ever-haunting of music of Chris Perry and Frank Fernand. (Lambert Mascarenhas in NT) NETWORKING DON BOSCO ALUMNI: Eustaquio J Santimano [EMAIL PROTECTED] calls himself "an Indian from Goa", who studied at one of Panjim's prominent schools from 1975 to 1982. When he reached Northern Europe, he decided to pay-back his alma mater and build links among others like him. He did so by launching an ambitious fora a for all Don Bosco alumni www.goacom.com/bosco-net (H) GOA TOURISM DEPT WINS AWARD: The Directorate of Tourism, Panaji, won the most innovative marketing campaign award for its theme 'Goa Tourism and its campaign Go Goa' at the Galileo-Express Travel and Tourism Awards 2003 held in New Delhi on 16 December. (GT) 'KARM MITRA' LAUNCHED: ActionAid India Society working aggressively for the betterment of the poor in the country, launched its innovative concept 'Karm Mitra' on 21 December at a function held at the Caritas Complex, Panaji. Two donor members-former international footballer Brahmanand Sankhawalkar and percussion maestro Bondo Fernandes-were given Karm Mitra Membership cards. (GT) MOHAN NAIK HONOURED: The police inspector of Verna police Station, Mr Mohan Naik, who was instrumental in detecting 35 murder cases in his 22 years of dedicated service to the police department, has been awarded with the Chief Minister Police Gold Medal for his meritorious service, on the Goa Liberation Day, at the hands of Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Parrikar. (NT) S P O R T S MAHINDRA RUNS OVER SALGAOCAR: Mumbai champions Mahindra United held on to a first half goal to beat Salgaocar, Goa, 1-0 in the fifth round of the 8th National Football League at the Cooperage Grounds, Mumbai, on December 21. MPT JOLT VELSAO PALE: MPT SC got the better of fighting Velsao Pale SC 2-0 to clinch full points in the GFA First Division Football League at Vasco yesterday. At the Duler grounds in Mapusa, Goa Police defeated Raia Sporting Club 2-1 to gain full points. (GT) D E A T H S 21 Dec: Aldona-Panarim: BERNARD s RODRIGUES (PAULO): husband of Preciosa, father of Jose (Maxy)/Marcilia (Miami), Remy/Paul (Dubai), Francis/Roma (Calcutta), Felix/Millie (Muscat), Oliver/Gloria. 21 Dec: Batim: ROMALDINA LOPES: wife of late Sebastiao, mother of Paulo/Dianora, Jose/Angela, Milagrina/Alex, Socorrina/Joao. 19 Dec: Navelim-Calvaddo: ROSARIO GONSALVES: son of late Santiago/Gilermina, brother of Thomas. 21 Dec: Chandor-Guirdolim: LOURDES PEREIRA: husband of Etelvina, father of Ermelinda/Peter, Carmo/Maria and Savio. 21 Dec: Chorao-Madel: FRANCIS CARDOZO: son of Olga/late Domnic, brother of Valerie and Anthony. 21 Dec: Vasco: MOTIBAI VASSUDEV SALKAR: mother of late Mohan/Maya, Suresh/Seema, Suhas/Shashikant Sardessai, Nitin/Sanjivini, Dr Bipin/Gauri, Nita/Prabhakar Kunde. G O A W E A T H E R Temp: 23.1 degC (73.6 degF) at 08.30 am today in Assagao. Max Temp: 33.3 deg C; Min Temp: 19.2 deg C; Humidity: 74% (Official figures for yesterday) Weather: Lovely, holiday weather. 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 # ##########################################################################
