GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS
January 13, 2003
OFFICIAL STATUS TO MARATHI RESOLUTION: Resolutions demanding official
status to Marathi in Goa and to grant more time to Panaji Doordarshan to
telecast Marathi programmes were passed unanimously on the concluding day
of the 76 th All India Marathi Literary Conference held at Karad,
Maharashtra, on January 13. (GT)
LINEMAN ELECTROCUTED: A lineman, Holibasppa (42), from the Electricity
department was electrocuted and another injured as they were working on
electric poles near MPT Guest House at Sada, Mormugao, yesterday. (GT)
CLEARED AT POLEM, SEIZED AT MAJALI: Three lorries carrying crates of liquor
bottles and coming from Goa were intercepted by sleuths at the Majali
checkpost in Karnataka and barely 50 metres from the Polem check-post in
Goa. All the vehicles having Tamil Nadu registration had passed through the
Polem check-post manned by Goa Excise personnel and police. (H)
AGITATION FOR RIBANDAR PANCHAYAT: The Ribandar Citizens Committee on
January 12 launched an agitation for a Ribandar panchayat with a public
meeting held at Ribandar Patto. Speakers expressed great concern that
Ribandar has been neglected and that the residents were only being burdened
with high taxes but no civic amenities. (H)
GRADING PATTERN LIKELY: The Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary
Education, with its main aim to improve the quality of learners, has put
forward a proposal to introduce grading pattern for students. (Shyam
Zambauliker in NT)
DESIGNER'S "PACT" MISUNDERSTOOD: It made it to the headlines across the
country, but prominent Goa-based fashion designer Wendell Rodricks is
thankful that the Goa press showed restraint while reporting over this
contentious event. Rodricks, who formalized his gay relationship with
French national Jerome Marrel on December 26, said some journalists had
reported on the event "without talking" to him and had even called it a
"marriage". Under the French legal system, the law allows for two persons
staying together to enter into a 'pact of solidarity'. "This can be entered
by any two people, who opt to live together. It could be an elderly lady
and a young man who may not prefer to marry or adopt. It applies to
heterosexuals or homosexuals," said Rodricks. (H)
RS.200 CR FOR POWER: While commissioning the 220 KV Colvale-Tivim line and
220/110 KV Sub-station at Tivim on January 13, Chief Minister Manohar
Parrikar said Goa will be an ideal state in power within two to three years
time. He said, an amount of Rs.200 crore will be spent in the power sector
within a year. (GT)
GOA YUVA MAHOTSAV: Chetan Acharya, a young cultural activist from Canacona,
has been chosen the working president of the eighth Goa Yuva Mahotsav
scheduled at Curchorem on 25 and 26 January this year. (GT)
PHONE DIRECTORIES: It is one centimeter thicker than the last time round,
some 240 pages fatter, but many months too late. The Goa Telephone
directory of 2002 has recently been released, but is still to reach the
hands of the average subscriber in this small State of high teledensity.
(Frederick Noronha in Herald)
MISSING MAN FOUND DEAD: Caitan Peixote (45), a resident of Xeldem-Quepem,
who was reported missing, was found dead floating in the Xeldem lake. (GT)
4-YEAR-OLD DROWNS: Tragedy struck the Ghelot family at Sukhoband-Seraulim
when four-year-old Abishek Ghelot, who was playing outside his house, met a
watery rave in a nearby pond on January 12. (H)
CARRASCO'S WAY OUT: The party is over. Mapusa Municipal Council Chairperson
Michael Carrasco has very few options and the most honourable one, may be,
is to resign. It is now crystal clear that Prakash Bhivshet has either been
"lifted" or voluntary changed sides, leaving Carrasco in the lurch…Carrasco
may have embarrassed his mentor first, but the Law Minister Francisco
D'Souza seems to have the last laugh. (H)
FEAST OF BL JOSEPH VAZ: The feast of Blessed Joseph Vaz will be celebrated
at Sancoale on January 16. Fr Dennis Pereira, author of the book "Blessed
Joseph Vaz, The Man His Mission, His Message" will be the main celebrant at
the high mass at 10 am. (GT)
AWARD FOR HERITAGE CLUB: The Heritage Village Club bags the award for the
best Thomson faraway shores accommodation for 2002. The Thomson Gold Medal
awards are given to the very best suppliers for hard work and dedication in
providing exceptional customer service, competition for which is fierce,
and only the best are chosen. (GT)
SHIRODA MLA BEREAVED: Ankush S Shirodkar, father of Shiroda MLA Subhash
Shirodkar, passed away following a brief illness at his residence t
Bhatwada, Shiroda on January 13. He was 82. (GT)
THE CM'S WATERMELON DAYS: "Goa's markets are flooded every year with
truckloads of hybrid watermelons from the neighbouring states…Gone are the
days of the local watermelon crops. Places like Cansaulim, Majorda,
Saligao, Parra and Taleigao were once famous for some of the sweetest,
juiciest, olive-green watermelons with reddish pump. The beauty of these
crops was in their genetic antiquity." (Nandkumar Kamat in Glimpses-NT)
WENDY GETS AWARD: Dr Wendy D'Mello of Goa Dental College and Hospital,
Bambolim, has been awarded the Dr GC Das Memorial Award, being adjudged the
best speaker for her paper presentation at the 30th Indian prosthodentic
society conference held at Patna from 30 Nov to 2nd Dec. She presented a
paper entitled Gingival retraction cards, their role in tissue
displacement. (GT)
BRUNO AMONG "YOUTH AWARD" WINNERS: On the occasion of the National Youth
Day, on the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekanand, the Goa Pradesh Youth
Congress Committee announced their maiden youth award for 2002. The Youth
Award 2002 will be awarded to Bruno Coutinho (international footballer),
Chandrakant Kavlekar (youngest MLA, Samir Salgaokar (young industrialist,
Devanand Malvankar (TV actor and singer). (H)
S P O R T S
SALCETE FC SURPRISE VASCO: Salcete FC staged a grand rally in the second
half to defeat Vasco SC 3-2 in the GFA's U-17 football tournament at Nehru
Stadium, Fatorda, on January 13. (GT)
D E A T H S
Jan 12: Shiroda: ANKUSH S SHIRODKAR, husband of Prabhavati, father of
Subhash Shirodkar (MLA), Uday, Amit,Umesh, Meghnath and Satyesh.
11 Jan: Halifax, Canada: ALITA DO ROSARIO E CORREIA, wife of Dr Lino,
daughter of Palmira and late Abel do Rosario, daughter-in-law of
Louis/Emily Correia, sister/sister-in-law of Allen and Judy, Abel and
Noreen, Anabela and Joaquim Sardinha, Averella, Arlette, Arleen, Arley and
Roshan, Ashley and Olivia, Oscar and Iona, Donald and Catherine.
G O A W E A T H E R
Temp: 26.6 deg C (79.9 deg F) at Assagao at 9.30 am today.
Max Temp: 35.2 deg C, Humidity: 60.0% (Official figures for yesterday)
Weather: Judging by the dull outdoors and cloud-clad sky, one can
hardly tell whether it is early morning or late evening today…without
looking at the clock.
Courtesy: H=Herald, NT=The Navhind Times, GT=Gomantak Times
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