GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS 19 March 2004 Check GOACOM VIDEO NEWSCAST at http://www.goacom.com/news goacomNews17 H I G H L I G H T S - New Secreteriat at Porvorim to be ready by 15th Aug. - Pandurang Raut not inclined to contest. - Margoa, Mapusa & Vasco to get same upliftment treatment as Panjim. - And more. . .
Website: http://www.goacom.com Webzine "GoaNOW": http://www.goacom.com/goanow Daily Clippings: http://www.goacom.com/news MONSERATTE QUITS? Speculation was rife yesterday (March 18) that Town and Country Planning Minister Atanasio Monserrate had submitted his resignation from the cabinet to Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar. Alleged differences, which cropped up during the recent Taleigao panchayat polls between Monserrate and some of the BJP functionaries, appears to be the reason for the resignation, the sources said. However, when contacted, the TCP minister denied that there was a rift between him and the Chief Minister, stating that he had good relations with him. (GT) CHURCH SETS STAGE TO INSTALL ARCHBISHOP NERI FERRAO: Goa's Catholic church authorities are setting the stage for the installation of its new head-Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao-on Sunday, March 21, at the Se Cathedral at Old Goa. Some 18 bishops and archbishops are expected to attend the approximately two-hour long ceremony where Archbishop Ferrao will be installed by the Apostolic Nuncio, Pedro Lopez Quintana. Announcing this, Fr Olavo Velho Pereira, who heads the Diocesan Centre for Social Communications Media, told journalists at a press conference in Panjim that the ceremony would be integrated with a Eucharistic celebration. It will be indoors in the Se Cathedral, but arrangements outside and telecast of the ceremony on a close circuit television network have been made, he added. (H) LABOUR CONTRACTOR DRUGGED, ROBBED: A labour contractor fell prey to laced biscuits between Karmalli railway station to Margao. Three unknown culprits decamped with Rs.55,000 he was carrying on his person to pay his workforce employed at Kaiga project at Karwar. Achintya Kumar Das from New Vashi woke up only at the hospital to tell his tale. (GT) IMPLANTATION OF PACE-MAKER AT APOLLO: Dr Uday Khanolkar, renowned interventional cardiologist with over 20 years experience and now a full-time consultant with Apollo Victor Hospital, Margao, is conducting implantations of permanent pace-maker for treatment of irreversible slow heart rates. On 4, 5 and 6 March three patients underwent dual chamber permanent pace-maker implantation without general anaesthesia, says a press note. (GT) CM ASSURES NOT TO STEP ON UGDP'S TOES: In a bid to assuage ruffled feathers, the Chief Minister, Manohar Parrikar, had a meeting with the top brass of the United Goans Democratic Party in Panjim, wherein the BJP has reportedly reassured that it has no intention to marginalize the regional outfit in the minority-dominated taluka. (H) FILM FIESTA FROM "MOVING IMAGES": The Moving Images Film Club, in collaboration with the International Centre, Goa, will screen films and documentaries, popular and the classics, from India and across the globe at the International Centre, Goa, Dona Paula from today at 6.30 pm. (GT) WHERE WOMEN POWER HOLDS SWAY: Though the voters' electoral list shows that females outnumber males in Salcete by just 1090 of the total, 193,434 electorate, past statistics reveal that it's the women-rather than their male counterparts-who normally come out and stand in huge queues outside the polling stations. (H) PARRIKAR CONFIDENT OF MINORITIES SUPPORT: The BJP continued to play the minority tune with the leaders on Thursday claiming that the BJP is the only party that could protect and safeguard the interest of Catholics and Muslims in Goa. Addressing the BJP minorities melawa at Tourist hostel in Mapusa, Parrikar asserted that with most of the Christians and Muslims backing the BJP, the party is all set to win both Lok Sabha seats with a thumping majority. (H) I REFUSED RS.2.5 CR OFFER: CHURCHILL: Claiming that the Janata Party had offered him Rs.2.5 crore to accept its party nomination, South Goa Congress candidate Churchill Alemao said he had 'vehemently rejected' the offer. "If money was everything for me, then by today I would have been richer. But I am always loyal to the Congress party and as such I have vehemently rejected the offer," said Alemao, while addressing a Congress party meeting at Quepem on March 17. (H) CANACONA MAY SPEND MORE THAN ITS INCOME! The Canacona Municipal Council budget estimates for the year 2004-05 have been pegged at Rs.1.31 crore in receipts and Rs.1.74 crore in expenditure. (H) 2 DIE IN SEPARATE MISHAPS: A laborer, Karimsab Hanagi (22), a native of Hubli but residing at Bhatlem-Panjim, fell to his death at Britona on Thursday afternoon, when the laterite wall he was repairing collapsed. In the second incident, a 52-year-old taxi driver from Cansaulim, Peter Antao, died when the car he was driving dashed against a wall near Sai Service in Porvorim. (H) 1 DIES IN ROAD MISHAP: Nirmala D Dalai, a 21-year-old woman, died at the GMC Hospital while undergoing treatment after she was seriously injured in a road mishap at Vaddem-Vasco. The deceased was traveling by a hired Hero Honda motorcycle when it was hit from behind by a Vespa scooter while taking aright turn near the Pai Nursing Home. (NT) RS.66 LAKH SPENT ON PSI RECRUITS: The Government has incurred an expenditure of Rs.66 lakh towards the training and wages of candidates selected to the posts of Police Sub-Inspectors in the Goa Police force, the selection of which was struck down by the High Court in a recent judgement. (H) COMPUTER AWARENESS PROG: Goa Science Centre will be conducting a Computer Awareness Programme for general public commencing from 24 March. The programme covers Computer fundamentals, Windows, Multimedia, MS Office 2000, Exposure to Educational multimedia software, Internet and E-mail. Contact Tel 2463426 between 10.30 am to 6.30 pm. (GT) REHABILITATING SEX WORKERS: They say it is the oldest profession. People who have even the slightest vision of human life will not agree with this description. It is not the oldest profession-no one ever wants to profess it-perhaps it is the oldest form of exploitation. (Dr Pramod Salgaocar in GT) ROCK AND RAAGA EMBRACES KONKANI MUSIC: Rock and Raaga Entertainment Pvt Ltd have seemingly embraced Konkani music with the release of their maiden Konkani production "Nidlolo Komo.Zago Zalo". The Malhotra brothers, Rajesh and Amit, who head Rock and Raga, have joined hands with lyricists Lawrence de Tiracol, riding on whose lyrics Lorna made her celebrated comeback after almost a quarter century of self-exile. Led by Lorna and Nephie Rod, "Nidlolo Komo" has a formidable lineup of singers comprising Jessie Dias, Young Chico, Rosy Alvares, Menino Mario, Prince Jacob, Jr Chico, Lawry Travasso and Ritchie Cash. (Alister Miranda in GT) GOAN PRIEST IN CANADA: Fr Alfredo Pereira was about 10 years old when he entered a minor seminary in Goa. Becoming a priest was a part of a deal the lonely young lad had made with God in exchange for his mother's return. Then in 1993, at the height of his priestly career, Pereira took off for Canada to raise some money to help his dying father build a house before he died. Now he is the chaplain of the charismatic renewal movement in Calgary-Canada and pastor of St Bernard's and Our Lady of Assumption parishes in the city. (Ramon Gonzalez in Herald) S P O R T S DEMPO GUN DOWN IB: Despite being reduced to ten players, Dempo eked out a fighting solitary goal win over local outfit Indian Bank in the National Football League in Chennai on March 18. Dempo got the all-important goal through medio Clifford Miranda. (H) D E A T H S 18 Mar: Bicholim: LAXMIBAI GAJANAN KHOLKAR (95): MOTHER OF Prakash, Prabhavati Kamat, Sumitra Varde, Srimati Bhobe, Pushpa Nayak and Usha Khauntankar. 17 Mar: Chinchinim: CHARLOTTE LOPES: wife of Benno, mother of Brandon, new born baby boy. 18 Mar: Chinchinim: AUGUSTA ROSALINA BARRETTO-PEREIRA: wife of late Jose Pedro, mother of Max/Noemia, Geraldina/late Jose Manuel, Fr Saude (Santa Cruz), Teodomira/Apociano. 18 Mar: Mungul: CONSTANCIO LUIS MASCARENHAS: husband of Ubaldinha, father of Conceicao/Milagrina, Espit/Sabina. 18 Mar: Arossim-Cansaulim: PETER XAVIER ANTAO: husband of Concecao, father of Oswald, Oswin and Cajetan, son of late Caetan/Florina; brothers/brother-in-law of Placida/Gabriel Cota, Juline/Antonio Pedro Almeida, Teodolina/Joe Rebello (Kuwait), Joaquim/Marie, Diego/Semea, Espy/Patrick A Fernandes (London). Funeral: 19 Mar at 9.00 am to St Thomas Church. G O A W E A T H E R Temp: 28.2 degC (82.8 degF) at 08.30 am today in Assagao. Max Temp: 32.9 deg C; Min Temp: 25.1 deg C; Humidity: 92% (Official figures for yesterday) Weather: Cloudy, humid 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 # ##########################################################################
