Dear Pandu, Plenty of people in Goa read the GT and its editorials. IMHO, this is a rare one that unfortunately went off the tangent. One only had a bland first autopsy report [shorn of anything remotely suggesting rape or murder] to go by then. Drowning on the seafront is not so rare in Goa that one gets all excited about.
I dare say the former bar owner makes a better Home Minister [and even CM] than any other in Goa so far. He was able to reduce Matka, curb goondas and even put a former CM behind bars ...without really creating enemies. His greed for CONVERTING land did him in ....as it did Prakash Phadte [anyone remember this TCP Minister in the BJP Govt. in Goa at the turn of the Millenium?] and his successor in the same failure, Babush. Conversion is a big "NO!" The GT is no longer owned by a nominal Goan ...it is owned by a fulfledged Maharashtrian! "Investigative journalism" more or less died with Norman Dantas in Goa. In fact, journalism is largely replaced by creative writing [forget the grammar] and advertorials. Even cops have given up investigations in favour of extracting confessions. Mog asundi. Miguel > Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2008 20:08:08 -0400 > From: "Pandu Lampiao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Goanet] Mystery or farce ...(Editorial, Gomantak Times) > > On the story of Scarlette Keeling: wonder who writes the editorials at the > Gomantak. And wonder if anyone reads the Gomantak at all?! . And the home minister...I mean, he is > a bar owner who moved up rather quickly defying the logic of wind-fall gains! > And this paper is used (its owned by Goas richest ghaati family btw) for > 'other' means is my best guess......which newspapers in Goa ever does even > the minutest exposes? Apologies to Lionel. > >>>>>>>>>> > "What the mother of the girl and her lawyer want is a story that she was > murdered. The evidence at this point of time does not lend itself to this > theory. Even if they do, will the family accept the verdict?" -- -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. Miguel Braganza, S1 Gracinda Apts, Rajvaddo, Mhapsa 403507 Goa Ph 9822982676 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
