[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] G o a n e t - N e w s B y t e s MARCH 21, 2005 DATELINE: GOA
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ||g |||o |||a |||n |||e |||t || Issue compiled by ||__|||__|||__|||__|||__|||__|| Frederick Noronha |/__\|/__\|/__\|/__\|/__\|/__\| [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-news Goanet-News Archives http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet Goanet Archives http://www.goanet.org/mailman/listinfo/goanet-news To subscribe (c) Goanet 2005 Creative Commons -- http://www.creativecommons.org Feel free to reproduce this compilation in its entirety, with all credits retained. [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] IN TODAY'S NEWS: There's an election-fever slowly building up, with the Congress and BJP preparing for a duel over five assembly seats. Want to read the official gazette online? Read below. This issue also contains links to some alumni groups in Goa, and some of the best posts that came up on Goanet. Sitewatch goes to Toronto, and back to curries. Something about Jazz, chicken cafrael and the weather in Goa too. GOA COPS RESCUE kidnapped Chennai businessman from a hotel near the Karmali (Carambolim) railway station. (NT) CONGRESS, BJP START preparing for the by-polls in Goa. Five seats are vacant in Goa due to resignations of politicians from the BJP side. Barring the Margao seat, the remaining four were initially won by non-BJP parties, whose legislators subsequently joined the BJP. (NT) 3 GOA POLICEMEN suspended as diesel in 17 seized barrels goes missing. The diesel was found at a shop in Khandola-Marcela. (H) THERE'S SPECULATION IN THE media on who will contest the by-elections for five made-vacant-by-resignation seats. Herald suggests that former Town and Country Planning minister in the Parrikar government Atanasio 'Babush' Monserrate may find himself facing former Congress minister Somnath Zuwarkar, with the latter backed by "all the forces working for the defeat of the money-lender turned politician". It says the builder's lobby was an "aggrieved party" for the last two-and-half years, and is learnt to be in favour of a joint candidate against the former T&CP minister. Sunaparant has the headline: "Poat vechnukant konak ubo korop? Bhajpa mukhar vhod pench." FINALLY, after many promises, the Goa official gazette is being made available online. But there seems to be only a few issues available. That too, in PDF format (which means it is not easily searchable, unlike plain-text). Go to http://goagovt.nic.in/gazette.htm o Gomantak Times looks at the mid-day meals for schools at Goa Velha. (GT) o Contractor building a check-dam at Tudov in Sanguem allegedly took about 1500 trees that were felled during the construction. (H) o Assagao communidade to file writ seeking restraint against garbage dumping. (H) o Initiate criminal proceedings against guilty politicians, demands Nitol Jinn Trust led by former bureaucrat Arvind Bhatikar.(H) --------------------------------------------------------------------- WHAT'S NEW IN CYBERSPACE: Carmel College alumni network takes off --------------------------------------------------------------------- Nine ex-students from across the globe have already joined the Carmel College alumni network [1], set up by alumni. If you'd like to join, just go to the location below. In case these names ring a bell, the first to join were Ethel, Frances, Analisa, Balbina, Krita, Lucy, Merril and Reen. [1] http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carmelalumnigoa/ For those linked to other educational institutions, here are some other expat networks you might be interested in: o Government College, Khandola http://groups.yahoo.com/group/khandolacollege o Goa Engg College Farmaguddi, Year of 2000 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/engico2k/ o Lourdes Convent Alumni, Saligao http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LourdesConventAlumni o Pius X Pastoral Institute network http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pastoralites o St Mary's Convent, Mapusa http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stmarysgirlsmapusa o St Britto's Mapusa http://groups.yahoo.com/group/brittos o Schools and colleges from Panjim, Goa http://www.alumni.net/Asia/India/Goa/Panaji/ o Don Bosco's Bosconet; the work of EJS (Goanetter Eustaquio J Santimano) http://www.goacom.com/bosco_net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bosco_net [502 members!] o BITS-Pilani Goa chapter http://www.bitsaa.org/chapters/India/goa.html o Goa University alumni http://www.goauniversity.org/Alumni.php Other alumni associations active in Goa include networks of IIT-Bombay, VJTI-Bombay, St Xavier's College Mumbai, Sophia's College, etc. --------------------------------------------------------------------- SPORTS --------------------------------------------------------------------- INDO-PAK TEST: Anil Kumble rips through Pakistan's batting, allowing India a 195-run victory in the second test at Eden Gardens. Kumble claimed 7 for 63. (PTI) o No future without youth football, says GFA secretary. (H) o Mahindra takes on Fransa-Pax on Monday. (H) o San Miguel de Taleigao beats Nerul SC 1-0 to enter Rajasthan Marbles semis at Saligao grounds. (H) --------------------------------------------------------------------- OBITUARY COLUMNS: KEEPING TRACK OF THOSE WHO LEFT US -------------------------------------------------------------------- ANJUNA-PEQUENO CHUMVAR / SCF, ex-EAR&H MOMBASA, KENYA: b 1903. Husband of late Maria Arcangela (Candida), father of late Milly, Polly (Alex)/Angela, Faustina (Tina)/Hubert and Dona/Paul (all in the UK). Funeral from Candida Villa March 21 at 10.30 am. ASSOLNA-GANEAVADDO: Menino Xavier Coelho. Husband of late Hortencia, Father/in-law of Efifanio/Milagrina Coelho and grandchildren. Funeral March 21 at 4 pm to OL of Regina Martyrum, Asslona. SALIGAO-SALMONA: Sebastiao Caetano Saldanha (90). Formerly at the Mechanical Engineering Department, IIT Kharagpur, TISCO-Jamshedpur and Platemill Jamshedpur. Husband of late Luiza. Father of Ezilda Saldanha (Sharada Mandir). Died on March 20, funeral held to Saligao Church, March 21. TIVIM-COMPREM: Cyrilo (Cyril) Gregorio de Souza. Ex-teacher, headmaster of Our Lady of Grace HS Bicholim, Shri Shanta Durga HS Bicholim, New English Pernem and ex-President of Tivim Comunidade. Husband of Gracy (Fila), father/in-law of Sharmila/Xavier (Zambia), Wilbur/Carmin (Kuwait), grandfather of Clayton, brother/in-law of late Michael/late Eugenia, late Francis/Elsa, uncle of Allan/Crecy (Australia), Audrey (Australia). Funeral March 21 at 4.30 pm for St Christopher's Tivim. KUWAIT-MUMBAI: John Victor Mendes (OTIS Elevators, Kuwait) b. 1949. Son of late Peter John Mendes/late Gloria Mendes, beloved husband of Flora (Abdussalam Shuaibs & Sons Trading Ltd. Kuwait), father of Gloria (Kuwait Bahrain Intl Exchange Co.), Ralston (student), brother/brother in law of Rosy Mendonca/late Agnelo (Australia), Annie D'Souza (Delhi)/late Joaquim, Anthony/Rosy Mendes (Bombay), Victoria/Franco Lobo (Kuwait), Anthony Francis Fernandes (Bombay), Hillary/Rohidas Palav (Bombay) and Fabian Fernandes (Bombay) expired after brief illness in Kuwait on March 12, 2005. Funeral held on March 18 from Mahim (Mob: Fabian 0091-9820191281) to Victoria Church. May his soul rest in peace --------------------------------------------------------------------- SITEWATCH: http://www.goatoronto.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- * Home * Membership Form * Events * Gallery * Guestbookb * Contact Us Home * Easter Celebration * To guarantee entrance until 5pm, please pre-register by calling Merlyn at (416) 464-3798 or Hema at (905) 502-6103 or submitting your contact information on the RSVP form * Read more... 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Viva Goa Soccer Registration Form <http://www.goatoronto.com/downloads/VG_Soccer_Form.xls> (MS excel required) * GOA Education Scholarships * Interested in playing soccer this summer? * Message from Vincent Azavedo, chairman of the Nairobi Institute * Breaking Through Latest News * Viva Goa Soccer Registration * Obituary: Max (Maximo) Alfonso * Beach Blast '05 * GOA Education Scholarships * 35th in TO About Us * Committee * Events * Membership * News * Education * Photo Gallery * Links * Contact Us. --------------------------------------------------------------------- THE BEST OF GOANET -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Pinto on why just 'footballs for Goa' won't do http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/2005-March/025681.html Cuncolim Union plans football camps (Armstrong Vaz) http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/2005-March/025675.html Clams are the call of the season in Goa (via Gaspar Almeida) http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/2005-March/025674.html Some more recipes from Goa, available online (Goa-World.com) http://www.goa-world.com/goa/recipes/ Palm Sunday ('Rama Aitar') in yesterday's Goa >From Eddie Verdes Chinchinim/KSA http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/2005-March/025655.html Qatar's Goan Welfare ASsociation 5th anniversary ball (From Goa-World.com) http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/2005-March/025693.html Dr Pascal Pinto on Goa's garbage woes, and it's threat http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/2005-March/025685.html Garbage Going Goa Gone I am sure all of the Goanetters are siezed of the problem with the press full of stories of villages, housing boards refusing to accept garbage from municipalities and other panchayats. The earlier plan to set up garbage disposal plants in two villages catering to the two districts of Goa has fallen through and the latest one creating village clusters seems to be following the same path. The garbage dump and its attendant stink is now as ubiquitous as the freshly painted crosses, temples and chapels along the roadside. While the Mapusa municipal council is in a quandry because of lack of a landfill/dumping site. The Corporation of the City of Panaji and the adjoining villages of Merces, Taligao, St Cruz will soon be facing the same problem because Curca will soon be refusing to take anymore garbage as its landfill sites are full and its villagers are complaining of the stench over a radius of 2km and pollution of its groundwater. As against this bleak scenario of Goa slowly but irrevocably turning into a huge garbage dump with plastic not leaves lying across our fields there seems to be no public outcry as say the rave parties on our beaches or helmets. Part of the reason is that the average Goan percieves garbage to be someone elses problem with the average charlie chucking out his refuse packed in a .5 micron plastic bag into the field from his car on his way to work. The other part seems to be the buck passing local bodies pass it upwards and governments devise elaborate non workable legislation in reponse.While governments set up corporations for everything from infrastructure to education it has thought it wise to tag the responsibility of garbage to an owerworked and under motivated and under funded panchayat secretary and sarpanch.Perhaps the stink associated with garbage would deter aspiring MLAs from the job of chairman!! Roland Martins of GoaCan has wisely stated that the disposal and segration should be at the point of creation and awareness programmes on recycling, composting, vermiculture for the average householder should be part of school curiculums and DD programs. I and other members of Goanet would like to know how other villages are coping and would like to interact with NGOs/websites addressing this problem. MELVYN MISQUITA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, WITH MORE MARITIME FACTS: Did you know that many English East India Company captains chose to spend Christmas in Goa in the 18th century and that, as many as 61 British ships are known to have called at Goa between 1700 and 1784? "Apart for the availability of fresh water from Fort Aguada, Goa also provided urak/urrack or palm alcohol, firewood and meat in the form of live bullocks and 'hogs'," writes history researcher Cliff Pereira. Read more in Cliff's article 'British Ships at Goa 1700-1799', which is available in the "Clifford Pereira" FILES section of the unique Goa Maritime Museum mailing list at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-maritime-museum/ We regret inadvertently missing out, in yesterday's issue of Goanet News Bytes, the URL of Irene Castelino's Curry & Spice Co. It is online at http://www.curryandspiceco.com or http://www.casfoods.com You can contact Irene Castelino on Ph 434-978-4804 Cell 434-227-0816 ENCOURAGING PARTICIPATION AT THE FRUIT FEST: Goanetter Miguel Braganza of Mapusa <miguel12 at sancharnet.in> is encouraging small entrepreneurs in Goa to take part in the May 6-8 fruit festival. Miguel says small enterprises are welcome at the KFF3 (3rd Konkan Fruit Festival), and adds: "Please make a poster giving the details of the products so that the buyers know how and why your product is different. Please make sufficient quantities. Let us look at marketing options through the horticulture corporation at Panjim. Let us give Goa a green label for organic products." --------------------------------------------------------------------- FROM THE WORLD OF MUSIC -- JAZZ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Goa's Jazz Junction has been invited to perform at the 'Jazz for CRY' concert organised by Radio Indigo in Bangalore on March 26. The concert is being organised to raise funds for the child relief organisation CRY. Jazz Junction was formed in Goa in April 2004 by virtuosos bassplayer Colin D'Cruz. The band made it's debut at the fashion meets jazz show L'affaire Xtraordinaire in Panjim. Soon after that the band made a splash at the 'Down to Earth' jazz festival in Campal and has since performed at most of the major live music events hapenning around the country. The band was formed with a unique 'floating singers/soloists' concept where a different singer and soloist is featured at every show. Audiences get to hear the band in a different avatar each time the band is in concert. So far the band has featured some accomplished local as well as international jazz artistes like vocalists Helen Jones (UK), Najla Shami (Spain), Scot Andersen (Canada), Vivienne Pocha, Yvonne Gonsalves, Samantha Edwards, Sharon Rodrigues, Suzanne D'Mello, Ursulla Fernandes, saxophonists Neelamjit Singh Dhillon (Canada), Jayson Beaster Jones (USA), Maarten Gamwijcan (Germany), Joe Pereira, Saby Dias, Shyam Raj, trombonist Dennis Rollins (UK) and Blasco Monsorate, trumpet players Martin Dahanukar (Switzerland) Frank Dubier and Bosco Monsorate. The band has also been invited to perform at the Malaysian jazz festival that takes place in December this year for which the band will feature a couple of Indian classical musicians as singer/soloist. Jazz Junction's lineup for the 'Jazz for CRY' concert will include Yvonne Gonsalves (vocals), Jayson Jones (saxophone), Gerard Machado (guitar), Carlos Gonsalves (percussion), Lenny Heredia (keyboards), Colin D'Cruz (bass), Lester Godinho (drums). See http://www.jazzgoa.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- CYBERALERT MAKES ITS IMPACT --------------------------------------------------------------------- Messages sent out through Saligaonet alerted citizens to the fact that the local panchayat was allowing a construction to come up right in front of the scenic Salmona fountain. Many phone calls and e-mails later, alarm bells were rung and citizens stood up in protest. Journalists from Panjim also visited the scene, while the construction work went underway even as the protesters looked at the damage being done to the scenic spot. Let's hope sense prevails! --------------------------------------------------------------------- DOMNIC'S THOUGHT FOR THE DAY (KONKANI) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dev tuka vagoita tech porim tum dusreank vagoi. Treat others the way God treats you. -- Domnic Fernandes Anjuna/Dhahran, KSA --------------------------------------------------------------------- TODAY'S SPECIAL RECIPE: CHICKEN CAFREAL, Goan style --------------------------------------------------------------------- INGREDIENTS: 1 kg chicken. 3/4 cup water. 6 tablespoons oil. GRIND: 10 green chillies. 12 cloves garlic. 6 tablespoons coriander leaves. 1 lime juice. Salt to taste. METHOD: Cut chicken into large pieces and keep aside. Apply the ground paste to the chicken and let it stand for about an hour. In a frying pan, add the chicken pieces, oil and water and fry till brown. Serve with French fries. Courtesy: Savour the Flavour of India, 2005 recipes by Edna Fernandes. Mississauga. Ontario-based Edna is author of 'Saviour the Flavour of India', pp 132, January 2005, Rs 250 printed at Pilar, from where the above excerpt is reproduced with permission. Details from ednaferns at hotmail.com or mobile 9822 588 823 (Goa) till the end of March. --------------------------------------------------------------------- THE WEATHER IN GOA --------------------------------------------------------------------- Max 32.5C, min 24.9C. Humidity day 90% and night 75%. Forecast mainly cloudy skies. Length Of Visible Light: 12h 51m Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous, 85% of moon illuminated. 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