GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS
August 15, 2002
INDEPENDENCE DAY GREETINGS
to all Goanetters
A WELFARE STATE: Delivering his message to the people of Goa on the eve of
the Independence Day on DD and AIR, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar
yesterday reiterated his commitment to transform Goa into an intelligent
and welfare State with the sustained efforts to provide a dignified living
to the people. (H)
IRON-ORE INDUSTRY FACES TOUGH CHALLENGE: Goa's Rs.1,000-crore iron ore
export industry, hitherto the backbone of the State economy, would soon
face the toughest challenge for its very existence because of the failure
of the Parrikar government to safeguard the interest of this
capital-cum-labour intensive activity, unlike Andhra Pradesh where his
counterpart Chandrababu Naidu is busy mopping up advantages. (Pramod
Khandeparker in GT)
PANCHAYATS MAY BE PENALISED: All panchayats failing to recover pending
house tax dues from domestic units, hotels and 'rent backs' are in for
trouble as the government is contemplating on taking stringent steps of
dismissing the concerned sarpanchas if required. Minister for Panchayat,
Manohar Azgaonkar, said that Calangute panchayat was already penalized for
the same. (H)
CURRICULUM IN TUNE WITH APTITUDE: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar advocated
the need for introducing flexibility in the curriculum to create scope for
students to pursue the subjects they have an aptitude for, even at the high
school level. (H)
SIMPLIFIED AID PATTERN FOR SCHOOLS: The State government plans to simplify
the grant-in-aid pattern to the aided high schools, besides also to change
the curriculum of higher classes from Standard VII onwards by linking them
with technical subjects as a part of upgradation and improving the quality
education in the State. (NT)
NO QUESTION OF QUITTING: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said there was no
question of him resigning in connection with the court order to frame
charges against Town and Country Planning Minister Atanasio Monserrate in a
case of alleged extortion, cheating and threatening to kill a Mapusa-based
builder. (GT)
PROGRAMME TO PROTECT REPTILES: "We want to sensitize the people as to why
snakes are important in the environment, and have focused on Goa for two
days beginning with the Nagpanchami festival. We have a target of
sensitizing 2000 students and public in the State through the snake talks,"
said Nirmal Kulkarni, chairman of Mapusa-based volunteer organisation Green
Cross. Green Cross organised the programme in co-ordination with the Indian
Herpetological Society, Pune, and Pune Snake Park, at the LD Samant
Memorial High School in Porvorim, for the school students in the morning
and the general public in the evening. Nilimkumar Khaire, the Director of
the Pune Snake Park and President of the Indian Herpelogical Society,
participated in the two-day programme, along with Shriram Shinde, the
Curator of the Park." (GoaNOW)
MARDOL WOMAN RESCUED: The Goa State Commission for Women rescued Sujal
Matkar, a 30-year-old woman, alleged to have been brutally treated by her
family in Mardol, and has rehabilitated her at Asha Mahal, Taleigao. (H)
POLICE CAUTIONS PUBLIC: The Goa police is in frantic search for Akash alias
Shamalrao, the alleged murder of a hotel owner in Simla. Police suspect
that he has taken refuge in the State. (NT)
MTECH SEATS FOR GOANS: Chief Minister Parrikar yesterday said that
negotiations were on to secure eight seats for Goan students passing out
from the Goa Engineering College to pursue MTech qualifications in IITs. (H)
"NAKLI" PARRIKAR: After the much-publicised forged signature episode, a
prankster tried to imitate the voice of Chief Minister Parrikar by calling
up the Aquem-Baixo village panchayat on Friday evening. (H)
SPACE FOR MARGAO'S DEAD: Close on the heels of the Muslim community's
long-pending plea to the government for a new burial ground, the Catholic
community from the heart of Margao city has renewed their plea for a
cemetery. Writing on behalf of the Fabrica, Fr Joao Pedro Fernandes, the
Parish Priest of Grace church, has drawn the municipality's attention to
the urgent need to construct a cemetery for the parishioners. (H)
APPREHENSIVE FARMERS: Apprehensive farmers in Sattari taluka are hoping
that the BJP government in Goa will prevail over the BJP-led NDA government
at the Centre and remove the perils on their lives brought on by the
proposed diversion of river Mhadei water by Karnataka. (Joaquim Fernandes
in NT)
VASCO SAPTAH: Thousands of people visited the temple of Lord Damodar and
offered their prayers on the occasion of the "Saptah", which began after
the religious shreephal was placed before the deity by Vasant Joshi at 12
Noon. Yesterday. (GT)
JPEG VIRUS: Called Perrun, the virus appends itself to JPG files and
requires an extractor to extract and execute the virus code. It arrives in
the form of an 11,780 byte portable executable or EXE file. When executed,
the 5,636 byte extractor component (EXTRK.EXE) is dropped to the current
directory and a system Registry key is modified. Perrun is relatively
harmless. (Digit, Aug 2002)
GOA'S IDENTITY? "The issue of Goa's identity recently raised by some Goans
in Mumbai and abroad, its so called dilution or degradation also been
decried by a few Goans in Goa, fortunately is a non-issue to the Goan
population at large which is more interested in good governance and
economic temper of the territory." (Lambert Mascarenhas in Goa Skyline-GT)
OCCASION FOR REDIDICATION: "As we relaunch ourselves on the auspicious
occasion of Independence anniversary today, we rededicate ourselves to Goa,
Goans, country and countrymen. Your Gomantak Times has become lean and slim
from today." (Edit in GT)
GOAN SMALL INDUSTRIES FOR KAMPALA TRADE FAIR: M/s Colfax Laboratories,
Nirankal Ponda, M/S Blue Cross Remedies, Verna, M/s Eleconic Condensors,
Kundaim and M/s Power Engineering, Tuem are the four small scale units from
Goa that will participate in the Kampala International Trade Fair,
scheduled to be held between October 3 to 12, 2002 in Uganda. The Uganda
International Trade Fair is an annual event being organised by the Uganda
Manufacturers Association at its permanent fair grounds at Kampala. It is
one of the most prestigious and popular public programmes being held in
Uganda. (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
PRESIDENT'S MEDAL FOR TOP OFFICIALS: Three top State government officials
have bagged President's medal for their meritorious service. They are DIG
from Goa Police, Mr Karnal Singh, the SDPO of Ponda, Mr DK Sawant and the
assistant director, IB, Mr TY Khare. (NT)
S P O R T S
GCA BANNED: The Goa Cricket Association, which has found itself dragged to
court following the April 6, 2001, ticketgate scam is now facing the wrath
of the Sports Authority of Goa, which has enforced a blanket ban on the GCA
from using SAG grounds throughout the State. (H)
CABRAL EDGE OUR RAIA: Cabral Sports Club downed a fighting Raia Sporting
Club 5-3 via the tie-breaker to enter the quarter-finals of Servo
Governor's Cup at Duler grounds.
D E A T H S
13 Aug: Curtorim-Maina: ROSADA (SANTANA) FERNANDES.
14 Aug: Navelim-Nagmodem: XAVERINA MARTINS, wife of Moises, mother of
Kasia.
14 Aug: Shiroda: CONSTANCIO RODRIGUES, husband of Salvocao, father of
Abby, Carmina, Edvizes/Hillary, Sr Kevina, Lima.
14 Aug: Chinchinim-Sucaldem: ESCOCIANA MENEZES, wife of Dr Thomas,
mother of Frida/Vinoo and Felroy.
14 Aug: Navelim-dialgona: MARIA JOSEFA JOAQUINA PIRES, wife of late
Piedade, mother of Vitorina/late Jose Santana, Manuel/Vijayalaxmi, Sr
Mafaldina, Caridade/Zemira.
14 Aug: Assolna: ASSIS RODRIGUES, husband of Romula, father of Julius,
Johan and Jessiah.
12 Aug: Siolim-Marna: MARSHAL BRAGANZA, husband of late Herminia, father
of Yvette, Yvonne, Yasmin, Yves, father-in-law of Tom, Lily.
14 Aug: Loutulim: MARIA JOAQUINA D'MELLO E FERNANDES, wife of late
Manuel Joaquim, mother of Albert/Philomena, Ana Maria/Michael, John (Abu
Dhabi)/Mary, Caetano/Angela, Fr Nazareth (Pilar).
G O A W E A T H E R
Temp: 26.2 deg C (79.2 deg F) at Assagao at 7.30 am today.
Max temp: 28.9 deg C, Humidity: 89%, Rainfall 1830.9 mm (Yesterday)
Weather: The morning is sufficiently dry today.
Courtesy: H=Herald, NT=The Navhind Times, GT=Gomantak Times
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