Goanet next meets in Goa on Jan 7 at 4 pm. Meeting point: Kala Academy Canteen, Panjim. Goanet founder Herman Carneiro will be there. See you too! ------------------------------ GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS 02 January 2004
STERILISERS FOR HAIR-CUTTING SALOONS: The use of sterilizers will be made mandatory from this year in all hair-cutting saloons and beauty parlours in the State on account of the rise of AIDS cases in the State. As per the figures available from the Goa State AIDS Control Society, in all 331 persons tested positive for AIDS till September 2003 while 6212 persons have been already affected by HIV. (GT) MEDIA SHOULD KEEP A LEASH ON POLITICIANS: Seduction was a technique adopted by those in power to keep journalists on leash, according to Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal. Tejpal delivered a talk on 'Media, Democracy and Citizenship: Challenges before India' at the Caritas Hall in Panaji yesterday. He said that when seduction technique involving offering of junkets, houses, cars and other lucrative things fails, terror was used to intimidate media. He predicted that the role of the media in future will be to keep a leash on power since the rule of law and individual rights were being eroded in the country. (GT) PAY PARKING FLOPS IN MARGAO: Margao Municipal Council created chaos on the first day of the year when they intended to introduce pay parking in its jurisdiction. No sign boards, chits have not been stamped, no identity cards have been provided to those appointed to collect the fees, areas benefiting the businessmen have not been identified as pay parking areas. MMC plans to earn a revenue of Rs.5.25 lakh for allotting the pay parking. The charge for two-wheeler for every two hours is Rs.2 and for four-wheeler Rs.5. (GT) PRISON MINISTRY BRINGS SMILES: All prisoners in the State--in Aguada, lock-up in Mapusa, Panaji, Margao and Vasco--received cards wishing them on the occasion of Christmas and New Year. Thanks to the efforts and initiative of the Prison Ministry under the Goa Archdiocese, the prisoners in Goa and the staff as well received gifts and sweets, and the message of love on the occasion of Christmas. (GT) KTC BUMPER PRIZE DRAW: The draw for the bumper prize for 2120 passengers, who traveled by KTC Volvo buses, was held at the KTC office. The winner for the first draw is Rajesh B Tekchandani of Thane-Maharashtra. The prize carries a free return ticket for two on either Goa to Mumbai or Panaji to Shirdi routes, plus a two-day stay in GTDC hotels anywhere in Goa. The KTC will announce one bumper prize every month. (GT) DRUNK TOURIST RUNS OVER COP: A drunken tourist (Shailesh Raikar of Hubli) ran over a traffic police-man (head constable Ramakant Shetye), who was discharging his duties at the tourist boat jetty o New Year's Eve. (GT) MINING THREATENS SELAULIM PROJECT: An old mining concession being worked at Curdi in the catchment area of Selaulim dam continues to be a threat to the future of Rs.160-crore irrigation project. Though a major chunk of the work was completed and water started flowing as far back as the late eighties, the lease is still being operated on the southern end of the vast catchment area in the foothills below the verdant and scenic Sahyadri range. (GT) NGO FOR CAP ON BARS: South Goa Public Interest Action Group has urged the State government to order a ban on opening of new bars which take licences as bar and restaurants but sell only liquor. The Margao-based NGO has also urged for strict implementation of the Goa Excise Duty Act & Rules, 1964, to curb the spread of the malaise of alcoholism among the youth. (GT) CITY PARKS COME ALIVE: Parks in the city have been reformed. From hubs of anti-social activities to being citizen-oriented. City parks, which were until recently neglected, have been redone by the same Corporation of City of Panaji, which is often referred to as 'all money and no work'. Panaji can now rightly boast of being the only 'City of parks' in the State with at least six of them stretching legs within three kilometers. (GT) TALEIGAO PANCHAYAT POLLS: The elections to the newly created Taleigao panchayat will be held on 14 March this year. The panchayat comprises of 11 wards. The panchayat came into existence from 1 April 2003. (GT) UNKNOWN CALLER THREATENS MICKKY: Colva police registered and offence against an unknown person for threatening to kill Tourism Minister Mickky Pacheco. Liliya Rodrigues, personal assistant to Pacheco, has lodged a complaint with the police stating that an unknown person called the minister on his mobile and using filthy language threatened to kill him. (GT) BOLLYWOOD STARS THRONG GOA: Lime many other tourists, filmstars Vivek Oberoi, Amitabh Bachchan, Raveena Tandon, Urmila Matondkar, Sohail Khan, Salman Khan, Aishwarya Rai, Kareena Kapoor, Sunil Shetye and others were in Goa to make merry on the eve of New Year 2004. (GT) S P O R T S GOAN SAILORS STEER INDIA-B PAST PAK: Both the India teams qualified for the quarterfinals at Dockendale Optimist 2003 Asian Sailing Championships yesterday. While India-A beat Korea and Indonesia, India-B lost to Malaysia but handsomely routed Pakistan to go through. India B, comprising Chaintanya Chowgule and Kabir Tombat of Goa Yachting Association, and Krish Makhija of the Royal Bombay Yacht Club, crushed Pakistan (15-27). (GT) ALLAN WINS TELAULIM MOTOCROSS: Allan Sequeira reigned supreme at the State Motocross Championship organised by the Youth of Mount Carmel Chapel, Telaulim. The event was organised as part of the Christmas week celebrations of Mount Carmel Chapel Telaulim. It was witnessed by a holiday crowd of around 20,000. (GT) ARDENT STAMP COLLECTOR: Seby Michael de Souza (Sebastiao) from Panaji, an ardent philatelist, began collecting stamps during his fifties. Today, the septuagenarian not only has a wide collection of rare stamps, but he is also the longtime president of the Goa Stamp Club, the Philatelic Congress of India, the British Philatelic Federation, London, and the American Philatelic Society, USA. "A stamp is a miniature book, unfolding chapters of history of the country of issue for universal knowledge, unity and brotherhood," he says. (Joaquim Fernandes in NT) D E A T H S 01 Jan: Velim: MARIA CACILDA BARROS: relict of Joao Bernardo, mother of Eufemio/Viola, late Acacio/Aurea, Beliza/Mirabeau, Felix (Menino)/Flavia, Carmelina/Agostinho. No condolence visits. G O A W E A T H E R Temp: 24.7 degC (76.5 degF) at 9.30 am today in Assagao. Max Temp: 32.5 deg C; Min Temp: 20.8 deg C; Humidity: 86% (Official figures for yesterday) Weather: Sunny morning in Goa today. Courtesy: 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 # ##########################################################################