------------------------------------------------------------------------ Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical references, some photographs and documents)
------------------------------------------------------------------------ Selma, please excuse my mispelling your name. vjp > Hi Selma, > Some years ago a young Goan woman took it upon herself to pop a couple of > pellets with a air-gun into the gluteus maximus of a "pioneering immigrant" > who was basically part of a gang (employed or otherwise) stealing mud/sand > from the banks of a river, which incidentally meandered adjacent to her > family property (plantations of some sort)--eroding the banks. She had taken > it upon herself to live in Goa to take care of the property. We are talking > here of a very young woman. I forget where exactly it was but she is related > to my wife Cecilia, and has the same last name. > > The police jumped up and down about this and basically created a lot of > fear and tension (someone must have been getting paid), when they in the > first place should have lauded her courage at attempting to clear > trespassers off her family land. This was not the first time she had tried > to thwart their attempts at daylight robbery. These guys were essentially > pricks who were systematically eroding her property. I have always felt that > in a place like Goa the police have to throw their books out and start > afresh in dealing with who were always a law abiding people. Seriously the > Goan police could have the best existence if they only cared to. > > venantius j pinto > > >> From: Carvalho <elisabeth_...@yahoo.com> >> Subject: Re: [Goanet] GOA: HJS targets Russian lady >> > A few months back, a bike was stolen from my father's yard. When he went to > report it to the police they told him lots of incidents like this happen > every day, we really don't have time to follow-up on this. (del) Obviously > our police (del), but don't have time to solve the real law and order > problems in the state. > > (del) > Selma > >