GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS 17 March 2004 GOACOM VIDEO NEWSCAST At http://www.goacom.com/news goacomNews15 Mar H I G H L I G H T S -Taleigao Election: Babush Monseratte's panel sweeps pool. CM on IFFI charges. PMCA for transparency on IFFI. Shigmo celebration in Panjim Website: http://www.goacom.com Webzine "GoaNOW": http://www.goacom.com/goanow Daily Clippings: http://www.goacom.com/news
ACCUSED SPILLS BEANS: The attempted robbery at "Shobha Jewellers" on Monday was an operation gone awry. One of the arrested accused, Santosh Gunaji Khandagale, a native of Pune has spilled the beans yesterday. The police are confident of arresting the absconding accused Gajanan Desai also from Pune but a Goan by birth having relatives in Pernem. (GT) HUGE HAUL OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AT CALANGUTE: In a major raid on March 16, the Food and Drugs Administration seized a stock of prescription drugs worth about Rs.1.5 lakh, besides freezing about Rs.75,000 worth of similar drugs, from an alleged unlicenced chemist based at Calangute. A huge stock of drugs like Sidenafil, Mephentermine tablets, Ketamine injections and Nitrezepam tablets, were seized in the raid.The foreign connection to this demand along the coastal belt is the major market. (H) MAKE BJP CANDIDATES VICTORIOUS: PARRIKAR: "Don't underestimate yourself but unleash your potential. Don't be in a confused state of mind but work systematically according to the plan given to you and make the BJP Lok Sabha candidates victorious by a thumping margin," advised Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, while addressing a 800-strong gathering of BJP activists at the youth rally in Panjim yesterday. (GT) ARCH DEAN D'CRUZ CLARIFIES: Dean D'Cruz, one of the architects involved with the Corporation of the City of Panaji, has clarified that "after their designs were submitted in December 2003 to the CCP and to Atul Bhobe of M/s SN Bhobe, one of the GSIDC consultants, I have not had any written or verbal communication from GSIDC on the project and do not even know whether my design has been changed or modified". (GT) GOVT INFO ON WEBSITE: The Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Parrikar, said that all information related to the history, ongoing development works, required infrastructure and upgradation of existing facilities would be made available to the public on the website by the end of this month. He made this statement at the 9th meeting of the Core Committee, IFFI-Goa, at the old GMC complex on March 13. (NT) TWO YOUTH DIE IN MISHAP: Siddhesh Satish Naik and Ravi Hirappa Ravanki from Guirim, both aged 15 years died on the spot when the Vespa scooter they were riding rammed into a cross near Mascarenhas Bar at Xelpem-Duler on March 15. (GT) PEDESTRIAN KILLED: Sakina Bi (85) of Guirim, was knocked down by an unidentified youth traveling on a motorcycle at Khorlim on Mach 15 afternoon. (H) OFFERS TO START DIPLOMA COURSES: A number of colleges in Goa as well as the Belgaum-based KLES have applied to the State government for permission to commence new diploma courses in engineering, hotel management and pharmacy. (H) HOLLYWOOD FILM SHOOT AT PALOLEM: The men portraying on and off the scene for the shooting of the Hollywood film "The Bourne Supremacy", brought life at the Palolem beach to a virtual halt. Barricades and a huge police force blocked the access to the beach on March 15. It is learnt that the only intimation the hundreds of business establishments on this coastline was from a lady who spoke in Konkani and asked the shack owners and other business establishments to kindly open their establishments early as the shooting for the film was to take place. Thereafter, it was a virtual siege, so say the shack owners, who lost considerable amount of business on account of the shooting. (H) FILMS, DOCUMENTARIES FROM MARCH 19: If you enjoy cinema just for itself or if you are one of those who are hooked on films and love to make new friends and discuss films for hours on end then consider joining Moving Images Film Club. Starting March 19, the Moving Images Film Club, in collaboration with the International Centre, Goa, will bring to you films and documentaries, popular and the classics, Indian as well as foreign. The screenings are open to all and there is no charge. The venue for the screenings will be the International Centre at Dona Paula and will start at 6.30 pm. Tel 2464376 between 8 am and 10 am. E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H) TEENAGER ARRESTED: A 16-year-old boy was arrested by Margao police for allegedly kidnapping a 12-year-old girl student in Margao. (H) MOTORCYCLE STOLEN: One Diego Anthony D'Silva, resident of Loutulim, has complained to the Verna police that his motorcycle valued around Rs.30,000 which was parked near a firm at Verna was stolen. (H) TRAINING WORKSHOP: The centre for Panchayati Raj-Peaceful Society, Kundaim, in association with the Goa Desc Resource Centre, Mapusa, will organize a training workshop on 'Planning and Budgeting for Village Panchayat' from 9.30 am to 1 pm at BPS Club, Margao, on 27 March. CONSUMER RIGHTS AWARENESS FORTNIGHT: Goa Civic and Consumer Action Network (GOACOAN) will observe a Consumer Rights Awareness Fortnight from 14th to 28th March to promote the slogan "Water is a Consumer Right, Protest Water, Protect Life" incorporating the theme of the International Consumer Rights Day. GOACAN will mobilize consumers to assert that water is a consumer right and that the supply of water must be safe, sufficient, regular, convenient and at an affordable price. (GT) BOOK RELEASE: 'Seema Resha', a book by Madhavi Dessai, will be released at the Black Box of the Kala Academy, Panjim, at 5 pm on March 16. 4 GOANS IN INDIA FOOTBALL CAMP: Four Goans find themselves in the camp to pick the Indian team for preliminary round of 2006 FIFA World Cup against Oman on 31 March to be played at Kochi. Vasco's defender Selwyn Fernandes, midfielder K Ajayan and Salgaocar's skipper and midfielder Climax Lawrence and Jatin Bhist from Salgaocar have been picked of 24 players for the camp held in Kochi. (GT) FASCINATING ECOLOGICAL HISTORY OF GOA: The first real urban settlement of Goa, the Chandrapur port city, was established near the second most geologically ancient rock formation. That makes Paroda-Chandor belt really culturally antique. I suspect that there is a huge fossil bed in the parvad sedimentary ridges which one sees from the Surla plateau on the border of Sattari.All the five mass extinctions of species must have impacted Goa-the Ordovician (440 MYA), Devonian (365 MYA), Permian (225 MYA), Triassic (225 MYA) and Cretaceous (65 MYA).The dot called Goa was part of Gondwanaland on the Indian plate. (Nandkumar Kamat, Fascinating Ecological History of Goa, in NT) A TALENTED KONKANI WRITER: Jess Fernandes from Quepem is a Konkani poet, lyricist, writer and a novelist During the Portuguese rule, his late father, Joao Filipe Fernandes was a ferocious reader and would gather all the possible books in Konkani, Portuguese and English available in the book stores. Today Jess has preserved about 8,000 odd books collected and read by his late father. (Pio Esteves in NT) S P O R T S CHURCHILL RALLY TO HOLD HAYWARDS: Churchill Bros hopes to moving to the top of the league table received a set back as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Haywards 2000 SC in the 8th National Football league at Fatorda on march 16. (GT) D E A T H S 16 Mar: Chicalim-Vasco: JULIETA THELMA FERNANDES (JULIE): sister/sister-in-law of late Willy/late Mary, late Dolly/late Bruno, late Piety/Zulema, Delfina, Henry (UK); Aunt of Dennis, Lambert and late Richard. Funeral cortege will leave residence for SFX church at 3.30 pm on 17 Mar. 16 Mar: Carmona: LUIZA PEREIRA: relict of Clement Vincent, mother of Constantine/Lucy, Remetina/Custodio, Maria Agusta/Francis, Catharina/Custodio. G O A W E A T H E R Temp: 29.0 degC (84.2 degF) at 08.30 am today in Assagao. Max Temp: 33.2 deg C; Min Temp: 24.5 deg C; Humidity: 90% (Official figures for yesterday) Weather: A dull, cloudy, warm morning in Goa today. Courtesy: H=Herald; NT=The Navhind Times; GT=Gomantak Times; WE=WeekEnder JOEL D'SOUZA, Assagao-Goa-India. ########################################################################## # 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 # ##########################################################################
