[Goanet-news]30 JULY 2003: GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS
GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS 30 July 2003 MOB ON RAMPAGE IN PONDA: An irate mob blocked the road at Dharbandora for over seven hours after a mining truck skidded off the road and struck three students, two of whom are reported to be in a critical condition. The truck went off the road around 7.30 am after the driver applied brakes while attempting to overtake another truck. (GT) IMPACT OF POWER ACT: Unable to go ahead with the new Electricity Act 2003 without a clear-cut framework, the State government has engaged a Mumbai-based law firm to study the impact of the Act on Goa. (H) FOR NOT PAYING DOLE: The Congress Legislative Party deplored the government' s failure to pay the monthly dole to the senior citizens under the Dayanand Social Security Scheme and for its attempt to privatize a block at the Goa Medical College Hospital, Bambolim. (GT) TRANSLATION OF PORTUGUESE LAWS ALMOST COMPLETE: Law Minister Francis D'Souza yesterday stated that the work of translating and improving the part of Portuguese family laws was nearing completion and a draft bill would be introduced in the ensuing monsoon session of the Goa Assembly. A committee comprising legal luminaries, such as retired Sessions Court Judge Alvaro Noronha Ferreira, advocates MS Usgaonkar and Bruto da Costa and Secretary (Law) Shetye have been engaged in the work of translating and improving the Portuguese Civil Code, existing in the State. (GT) ADMINISTRATOR FOR RIBANDAR HOUSING SOCIETY: The registrar of cooperative societies, Goa, has removed the powers of chairman, Mr Nandan Vasant Pilgaonkar, and members of the managing committee of the Ribandar Residency Cooperative Housing Society Ltd, Ribandar, and appointed Mr SA Samant as an administrator to manage the affairs and update the records of the society in place of existing managing committee with immediate effect, for a period or 6 months. (NT) NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR YOUTH: The Government of India has constituted the National Commission for Youth under the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, in order to look into the various issues and problems faced by the youth, and come out with concrete suggestions and recommendations for the development of youth. (GT) PHARMACIES CHANGING: Pharmacies in today's Goa are not working to full potential, or fulfilling the role they can really play, says a professional from the field. Goa has approximately 300 pharmacies. (H) LONDON COLLEGE SEMINAR: Prof Mike Harvey from the City of London College gave details about various degrees offered by the college at a seminar organised in association with Queeny Overseas Educational Services at Hotel Goa Woodland, Colva, yesterday. (GT) STUDENTS SUFFER: It's all fine talk about streamlining and revamping the educational system in the state. Almost two months have passed since the reopening of schools. The students of Our Lady of Lourdes High School, Valpoi, are yet to see the face of their science and mathematics teacher. (H) KONKANI STAGE PRODUCTIONS: Noted stage artist, Dharmanand Golatkar, said that the Goan audiences have accepted the Konkani stage productions and hence there is an added responsibility on the artists to fulfill their aspirations. Golatkar, who earlier launched the Konkani drama written by the well-known playwright, Pundalik Naik, titled Dhanya Devchara, further said that as such the artists should not compromise on any level while performing in the Konkani drama. (NT) SARDINE-SKID: Tonnes of sardines lay scattered on the National Highway No.17 at Godeavoli near Bendulem as a truck laden with the fish skidded and fell right on the road on Monday morning.Sardines and other variety of fish is imported into Goa from places like Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh during this season given the ban on fishing here. (H) PURSE LEFT BEHIND: CISF officials attached to the Dabolim airport have launched a search, as they are trying to track a woman who has apparently left behind her purse carrying a huge amount. (H) SALDANHA TO BE FETED: On the occasion of its 22nd anniversary celebrations, the Ponda Journalist Association will felicitate Ludgero Saldanha, Assistant Information Officer of the Department of Information and Publicity. (GT) BHARATI SECURES SECOND PLACE: Bharati Subhash Chowgule, of Ponda, stood second in the Bachelor in Journalism examination conducted by Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapith, Pune, in June this year. Bharati scored 62.70 per cent, appearing through the Goa centre. (H) PANCH KIDNAPPED: In a bid to foil moves to dislocate Curdi Sarpanch Deepak Narvekar, against whom a no-confidence motion was filed recently by four of the seven members of the panchayat, a group of panchas have reportedly 'taken' one of the signatories to the motion and his whereabouts are not known. (H) DEAD BODY RECOVERED: Bicholim police recovered a dead body from the banks of Tikhajan river, Mayem, yesterday. (GT) SEVEN YEARS FOR RAPING MINOR: The Additional Sessions Court has convicted Manuel
[Goanet]One in five judges has kin practising in same High Court:BCI
- Documented by Goa Desc Documentation Service circulated by Goa Civic Consumer Action Network (GOA CAN)[EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph:2252660 - One in five judges has kin practising in same High Court:BCI Nearly a fifth of India's senior judges have relatives practising in courts over which they preside, a practice frowned upon by the Bar Council of India (BCI) as a possible source of corruption.Data received at the council, a statutory body of nearly a million lawyers enrolled nationwide, indicate that the practice is wider spread than might have been suspected. As the BCI vice chairman, Mr Adish Aggarwala put it: It's not a case or two here and there. It's almost rampant. India's 21 High Courts have about 500 judges in position, the rest of the sanctioned 647 posts being vacant. Reports from Bar groups and members show that more than 100 judges in 16 High Courts have relatives some as many as four or five enrolled or practising in the same court. They include judges' sons, daughters, parents, siblings, nephews, nieces, uncles, cousins, in-laws and so on. Bar groups in Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Orissa and parts of Madhya Pradesh have yet to reply, Mr Aggarwala said. The practice is a definite 'don't' under the BCI rules of standards of professional conduct and etiquette. The BCI rule: An advocate shall not enter appearance, act, plead or practise in any way before a court, tribunal or authority mentioned in Section 30 of the Act, if the sole or any member thereof is related to the advocate as father, grandfather, son, grand-son, uncle, brother, nephew, first cousin, husband, wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt, niece, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, brother-in-law, daughter-in-law, sister-in-law. The ball was set rolling a few months ago with the BCI asking Bar associations and state Bar councils to send particulars on members practising in High Courts presided over by relatives. A few weeks ago, Bar leaders held a news conference and disclosed names of 32 judges of Delhi, Mumbai and Rajasthan High Courts who between them have 44 relatives practising law in their courts.They explained that such bench-bar kinships were viewed as a possible source of corruption. The law fraternity is anguished and disturbed at corruption in the indian judiciary and allegations of unfair means adopted by some of the near relations of the judges practising in the same court, they said in a statement. They sought the Chief Justice of India, Mr Justice V N Khare's intervention to transfer all those judges whose relations are practising in the same courts to check such unfair practice. Alternatively, the Bar leaders said the state Bar councils have to initiate disciplinary proceedings against the relations of the judges who are practising in the same courts.They made it clear that lawyers in such a situation were forbidden to practise in the entire court not just before a specific bench. Asked what the BCI will do with the information, Mr Aggarwala said it was forwarded to the government which had received inquiries from MPs and was also being transmitted to Mr Justice Khare for action.The Bar spokesman recalled similar efforts made in 1993-94 during the tenure of former chief justice, Mr Justice M N Venkatachaliah. At a BCI workshop at Kollam, Kerala a year and a half ago, India's then chief justice, Mr Justice Sam Piroj Bharucha indicated that as many as twenty per cent of judges were corrupt. More than 80 per cent of the judges in this country, across the board, are honest and incorruptible, he said. It is that smaller percentage that brings the entire judiciary into disrepute. To make it known that the judiciary does not tolerate corruption in its ranks, it is requisite that corrupt judges should be investigated and dismissed from service. -- The Navhind Times 23/7/03 page 7 -- === GOA DESC RESOURCE CENTRE Documentation + Education + Solidarity 11 Liberty Apts., Feira Alta, Mapusa, Goa 403 507 Tel: 2252660 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] website: www.goadesc.org -- Working On Issues Of Development Democracy === ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone
Re: [Goanet]Interpretation of Indian Tricolour
Pois Miguel, Naqueles tempos todos pensava que o Nehru (o gajo adorava as mulheres brancas) ia salvar a Goa. Hoje já conhecemos a açafranização da Goa. O branco, será que os Goeses tem paz? E o verde? A total destruição do ambiente e a prosperidade obtido no médio oriente, e agora com os passaportes Portugueses! Melhores Miguel!:=) Xac --- Miguel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: By George! Some of the Goans on this net group who can read and understand your verse reproduced below are not going to like it ,either. Imagine praising the Indian/Bharati flag in a language they understand and feel. I loved every bit of it. Miguel - Original Message - From: Jorge/Livia de Abreu Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED] There has lately been some correspondence on this list about the interpretation of the Indian Tricolour A cor do açafrão Mostra abnegação, O médio branco traz Pureza e também paz, O verde representa Fé e imortalidade E a roda encerra a prosperidade. Needless to say, the authorities in Goa didn't like it a bit. Cheers. - Jorge --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.502 / Virus Database: 300 - Release Date: 7/18/2003 ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## __ Yahoo! Plus - For a better Internet experience http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/yplus/yoffer.html ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
Re: [Goanet]Re: BBC: Reviving Goa's Portuguese past.
Mein Freund Fred, Your poksy poll means nothing. If Nehru had the courage he would have called for a referendum on Goa immediately after the invasion. The bharati was worried of failure since there was Goan apathy (you report somewhere on the web) even though he applied terrorist tactics on the Portuguese Government in Goa. The duff opinion poll was a right slap on the face of bharat, in that Goans would have nothing with the interference of Goa. Kindly note that I am from the post invasion generation and the name ole xac was coined by Hosay Lorenko on one famous Goan web site. The bharati brain washing of Goans is so intense that young Goans are lead to believe that any body writing a bit of Portuguese should be in their 60s. As you can now understand that I am not nostalgia, but what I write here is based on observation and experience I have had due to globalization. Stop playing your futlolem records like posting trivial Phd articles which can be rubbished. Get down to serious business like checking into the displacement of people and unwarranted destruction of Goas environment at Mopa. Bring back the quarta classe and save Goa. Ole Xac Hi Ole Xac: Anyone not stricken by Lusostalgia would concede that there were things wrong with the colonial administration. Likewise, someone without blinkers on would also admit that there were some positive things about Portuguese rule. This does not mean that colonialism, as a package, was a preferable option. Rightly or wrongly, a large section of Goans today feel they are better off after 1961 than before. Contrary to what the William Dalrymples suggest, the views of the Donna Georginas in Loutolim remain a perspective shared by a limited number of Goans who had it good pre-1961. My guess is that for a large section, including those in the diaspora (who have some perception of Goa but often may not have much contact), it just didn't make a significant difference. In 1991, when one did a story on the people's responses three decades after the demise of the Portuguese regime, I asked around for the three best and three worst things that happened to Goa after the 1961. It would seem that those who were more priviledged (and there weren't many of them, statistically speaking) felt nostalgic about the past. It cut across religious lines. One can't say it also cut as readily across class / caste lines. The barriers are there for anyone to see or study. This happens, on a lesser scale though, in former 'British India' too. But, at the end of the day, should we be just obsessed with this one issue -- what would Goa have been, had it continued as a Portuguese colony? __ Yahoo! Plus - For a better Internet experience http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/yplus/yoffer.html ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
[Goanet]message translated
Translated the message is as follows: My good wishes and may God guard the Goans not only in Canada but also all over the world. --Helga - Original Message - From: Diana [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 3:23 AM Subject: [Goanet](no subject) Hello, Except for 'Obrigado' dint follow anything!! Diana On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 vivek araujo wrote : Muitos Felicidades e deus guarda os goeses nao so na terra de Canada mais tambem os goeses neste mundo. Obrigado VIvek araujo --- George Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Congratulations to the Toronto Goan community and the GOA DAY celebration at the VIVA GOA festival this weekend. All reports point to very successful event. Their enthusiastic, young, energetic President, Oscar Furtado, and his committee have done a great job of bringing so many Goans together. Keep it up. Best wishes, George Pinto P.S. Goa Day is only 2 weeks away, don't miss the global celebrations and excitement. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## Send free SMS using the Yahoo! Messenger. Go to http://in.mobile.yahoo.com/new/pc/ ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## ___ Download the hottest happening ringtones here! OR SMS: Top tone to 7333 Click here now: http://sms.rediff.com/cgi-bin/ringtone/ringhome.pl ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
Re: Fwd: [Goanet]Olivia's Puzzle...
Hi Venantius, I'm really impressed by you work- is there a wa I can see some of it online? I'd also like to see some of the work you've done designing film sets. I sm currently swamped with non-fiction projects right now, but plan on changing this when I can! It's nice to know of a successful Goan artist in NYC! Take care, Jason -- Jason DaSilva In-Face Productions http://www.oliviaspuzzle.com http://www.lestweforgetmovie.com 1.917.414.0597 -- From: Venantius J Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fwd: [Goanet]Olivia's Puzzle... Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 16:11:36 EDT Jason, I got this email from Rene B. I visited your sites and was gald top know more about Olivia's Puzzle and also read your statement. I would like to take the liberting to introduce myself. I cannot point you to a site since its been worked on. I am an artist/designer/animator of Goan origin. My work essentially deals with issues of religion, social consciousness and sexuality. I did my graduate studies at Pratt Institute, and work in various media which may include theatre, dance and performamce. Last year among other projects, I was part of a production --Kafka's Metamorphosis that played at LaMama; for which, I designed the sets for the film and the stage aspect of the piece besides the makeup of the Gregor Samsa charcater. To make a long story short. I am interested in possible collaborations such as designing sets or installations. At the very least I could give you an idea of what my work is about since I work in many areas. I would be happy to meet if you have the time to do so. I may be reached at 212.237.7406(work, Mon-Wed) or at my home studio--212.928.3955. Regards and the very best, Venantius J Pinto Venantius ** Forwarded Message Follows *** To: goanet [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: rene barreto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 18:29:41 -0700 Goenkasr ! JUST thought i d share -I believe that we need to support Jason , please share your thoughts and or your suggestions. Please share this post with your friends . rene Hi Rene, I want to tell you about my documentary Olivia's Puzzle...it is about two Goan girls, one in the West and one in Aldona. Right now, it s being qualified for the Oscars. Pretty amazing for a film by a Goan about Goa, huh?! See the website below for more details: http://www.oliviaspuzzle.com I am also looking within the Goan communtiy for financing for a future film about Goa...it's an expersive project, but every little bit helps! Take care, JAson --- --- Jason DaSilva In-Face Productions http://www.oliviaspuzzle.com http://www.lestweforgetmovie.com 1.917.414.0597 --- --- posted rene www.goaday.com --- --- ### ### # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ### ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## _ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
[Goanet]30 JULY 2003: GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS
GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS 30 July 2003 MOB ON RAMPAGE IN PONDA: An irate mob blocked the road at Dharbandora for over seven hours after a mining truck skidded off the road and struck three students, two of whom are reported to be in a critical condition. The truck went off the road around 7.30 am after the driver applied brakes while attempting to overtake another truck. (GT) IMPACT OF POWER ACT: Unable to go ahead with the new Electricity Act 2003 without a clear-cut framework, the State government has engaged a Mumbai-based law firm to study the impact of the Act on Goa. (H) FOR NOT PAYING DOLE: The Congress Legislative Party deplored the government' s failure to pay the monthly dole to the senior citizens under the Dayanand Social Security Scheme and for its attempt to privatize a block at the Goa Medical College Hospital, Bambolim. (GT) TRANSLATION OF PORTUGUESE LAWS ALMOST COMPLETE: Law Minister Francis D'Souza yesterday stated that the work of translating and improving the part of Portuguese family laws was nearing completion and a draft bill would be introduced in the ensuing monsoon session of the Goa Assembly. A committee comprising legal luminaries, such as retired Sessions Court Judge Alvaro Noronha Ferreira, advocates MS Usgaonkar and Bruto da Costa and Secretary (Law) Shetye have been engaged in the work of translating and improving the Portuguese Civil Code, existing in the State. (GT) ADMINISTRATOR FOR RIBANDAR HOUSING SOCIETY: The registrar of cooperative societies, Goa, has removed the powers of chairman, Mr Nandan Vasant Pilgaonkar, and members of the managing committee of the Ribandar Residency Cooperative Housing Society Ltd, Ribandar, and appointed Mr SA Samant as an administrator to manage the affairs and update the records of the society in place of existing managing committee with immediate effect, for a period or 6 months. (NT) NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR YOUTH: The Government of India has constituted the National Commission for Youth under the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, in order to look into the various issues and problems faced by the youth, and come out with concrete suggestions and recommendations for the development of youth. (GT) PHARMACIES CHANGING: Pharmacies in today's Goa are not working to full potential, or fulfilling the role they can really play, says a professional from the field. Goa has approximately 300 pharmacies. (H) LONDON COLLEGE SEMINAR: Prof Mike Harvey from the City of London College gave details about various degrees offered by the college at a seminar organised in association with Queeny Overseas Educational Services at Hotel Goa Woodland, Colva, yesterday. (GT) STUDENTS SUFFER: It's all fine talk about streamlining and revamping the educational system in the state. Almost two months have passed since the reopening of schools. The students of Our Lady of Lourdes High School, Valpoi, are yet to see the face of their science and mathematics teacher. (H) KONKANI STAGE PRODUCTIONS: Noted stage artist, Dharmanand Golatkar, said that the Goan audiences have accepted the Konkani stage productions and hence there is an added responsibility on the artists to fulfill their aspirations. Golatkar, who earlier launched the Konkani drama written by the well-known playwright, Pundalik Naik, titled Dhanya Devchara, further said that as such the artists should not compromise on any level while performing in the Konkani drama. (NT) SARDINE-SKID: Tonnes of sardines lay scattered on the National Highway No.17 at Godeavoli near Bendulem as a truck laden with the fish skidded and fell right on the road on Monday morning.Sardines and other variety of fish is imported into Goa from places like Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh during this season given the ban on fishing here. (H) PURSE LEFT BEHIND: CISF officials attached to the Dabolim airport have launched a search, as they are trying to track a woman who has apparently left behind her purse carrying a huge amount. (H) SALDANHA TO BE FETED: On the occasion of its 22nd anniversary celebrations, the Ponda Journalist Association will felicitate Ludgero Saldanha, Assistant Information Officer of the Department of Information and Publicity. (GT) BHARATI SECURES SECOND PLACE: Bharati Subhash Chowgule, of Ponda, stood second in the Bachelor in Journalism examination conducted by Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapith, Pune, in June this year. Bharati scored 62.70 per cent, appearing through the Goa centre. (H) PANCH KIDNAPPED: In a bid to foil moves to dislocate Curdi Sarpanch Deepak Narvekar, against whom a no-confidence motion was filed recently by four of the seven members of the panchayat, a group of panchas have reportedly 'taken' one of the signatories to the motion and his whereabouts are not known. (H) DEAD BODY RECOVERED: Bicholim police recovered a dead body from the banks of Tikhajan river, Mayem, yesterday. (GT) SEVEN YEARS FOR RAPING MINOR: The Additional Sessions Court has convicted Manuel
[Goanet]Re: Finally Divar islanders to get home delivery of LPG gas
On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 16:48:08 +0300, Cynthia Pereira [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Great news to hear, I am from Divar ,But I am in Canada, My name is Cynthia Cabral Pereira, I wish all the best for to my Native place which I admire the most than any part of the world. ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
[Goanet]Goan Folklore
Dr. Susan Rodrigues writes that, about a year aog, she was telling a friend about her childhood within thge Goan Community. Her friend suggested that she should collatge such stories as they would provide a hostory of the rich Goan culture and traditions. Dr. Rodrigues is now drawing on the wewalth of experiences that exist within the Goan Community. She is calling for stories/anecdotes which can be about anything concerning Goa and Goans. These may take the form of a simple rec0ollection of a family or of a cultural event, thjey may be a humourous accoutn of an escapade or an occurence or simply something which you would like recounted for posterity. The stories can be in the first person, as this often makes them more interesting and easier to read. She hopes to edit the collection and to submit it for publication at some stage. Dr. Rodrigues has already received a good response. If you are able to contribute to this collection, you can either send Dr. Rodrigues a written account of the story/anecdote (there is no limit to the number of stories you want to tell) or, if possible, contact her to arrange for an audio recording of you telling the story. Dr. Rodrigues can be contacted via eon [EMAIL PROTECTED] orvia the telephone after Juluy on UK 01754 664824. Dr. Rodrigues is the Director, Institute of Science Education in Scotland. Previous to that she was the Director, Initial Teacher Education at the University of Stirling in Scotland. She has been an academic at the University of Durham and the University of Melbourne, she has alwo worked as a sernior research oficer at the National Foundation for Edu8cation Research (England) and prior to that has taught in England and New Zealand. Her research intrerests lie in the area of context and the role of ICT in learning science. She is the author of several reference punblications and has presented papers at several conferences worldwide. At present she is in Australia until the end of July. _ Get Hotmail on your mobile phone http://www.msn.co.uk/msnmobile ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
Fwd: [Goanet]Olivia's Puzzle...
Jason, I got this email from Rene B. I visited your sites and was gald top know more about Olivia's Puzzle and also read your statement. I would like to take the liberting to introduce myself. I cannot point you to a site since its been worked on. I am an artist/designer/animator of Goan origin. My work essentially deals with issues of religion, social consciousness and sexuality. I did my graduate studies at Pratt Institute, and work in various media which may include theatre, dance and performamce. Last year among other projects, I was part of a production --Kafka's Metamorphosis that played at LaMama; for which, I designed the sets for the film and the stage aspect of the piece besides the makeup of the Gregor Samsa charcater. To make a long story short. I am interested in possible collaborations such as designing sets or installations. At the very least I could give you an idea of what my work is about since I work in many areas. I would be happy to meet if you have the time to do so. I may be reached at 212.237.7406(work, Mon-Wed) or at my home studio--212.928.3955. Regards and the very best, Venantius J Pinto Venantius ** Forwarded Message Follows *** To: goanet [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: rene barreto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 18:29:41 -0700 Goenkasr ! JUST thought i d share -I believe that we need to support Jason , please share your thoughts and or your suggestions. Please share this post with your friends . rene Hi Rene, I want to tell you about my documentary Olivia's Puzzle...it is about two Goan girls, one in the West and one in Aldona. Right now, it s being qualified for the Oscars. Pretty amazing for a film by a Goan about Goa, huh?! See the website below for more details: http://www.oliviaspuzzle.com I am also looking within the Goan communtiy for financing for a future film about Goa...it's an expersive project, but every little bit helps! Take care, JAson --- --- Jason DaSilva In-Face Productions http://www.oliviaspuzzle.com http://www.lestweforgetmovie.com 1.917.414.0597 --- --- posted rene www.goaday.com --- --- ### ### # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ### ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
[Goanet]Fw: Book release
A book entitled RECENT ADVANCES IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE dealing in detail about the various facets of the environment edited by BSG member and Head of Botany Dept in Dhempe College,Dr.K.G.Hiremath was released on July2,2003 in Panaji City. Chapters in this book have been written by eminent persons in the subject. The book is priced at Rs.1500/- a copy and is recommended for libraries of colleges/institutions dealing with botany,zoology,,microbiology and environment.This book is a 'must' for environmentalists,specially the self-taught version,in the West Coast of India. For detailed book review please read Navhind Times dated 27 July,2003. Miguel --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.502 / Virus Database: 300 - Release Date: 7/18/2003 ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
[Goanet]29 JULY 2003 DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS
At this rate of sterilisation will the stray dogs problem ever be tackled? May be it is time for the various villages to organize themselves and do what is required to rid themselves of the menace of the stray dogs. The Govt. seem incapable and the Animal welfare groups are just doing a cosmetic make over. Cheers Gabe Menezes DOGS STERILISED: Four animal welfare groups in the state have sterilized 2,170 dogs, vaccinated 2,671 and euthanised 339, between January and June 2003. (GT) S P O R T S ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
Re: [Goanet]MAKING it HAPPEN !
DO NOT ASK FOR CHANGE, BE THE CHANGE. These are not my words.I am just borrowing them to practice and preach likewise. Miguel - Original Message - From: Gilbert Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet]MAKING it HAPPEN ! * We can keep complaining, but for positive change to come, we need to contribute something ourselves* ...wrote - Fed Noronha. So very TRUE ! rene barreto Response: Every Goenkar who is regular or a non-regular provider and commentator on the Goanet postings should take a deep breath. Depending on their own professional or deep-seated interest contemplate and assume a niche role to positively and in actions contribute to Goa and Goans in Goa and in the Diaspora. Regards, GL --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.502 / Virus Database: 300 - Release Date: 7/18/2003 ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
Re: [Goanet]Re: Goencho or Goenchem
Dear Santosh, No dispute with you my friend,carry on. To me it is more important that the prize should be awarded than its nomenclature be discussed. I had made my suggestion. Goenchem Prize.So be it. Amen(i.e. I accept). And the winner is. Yup,that's the important person who has done an important thing. Cheers,Miguel - Original Message - From: Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Re:Goencho or Goenchem In a message dated 7/22/03 11:19:08 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dear Santosh, On this point I could not agree with you. If you are interested in the correct usage the prize should be called 'Goemcho inaam'. A prize is masculine in Konkani...just like our Chimbelcho cheddo. Dear Miguel: I thought the word prize would be better, compared to puroskar, inaam, bokxish or prem because: a) non-Konkani speaking Goans are eligible to receive this prize, and b) this word has already become part of the conversational Konknni lexicon in Goa. They insist that prize is feminine. Mind you, these people are not . Santosh --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.502 / Virus Database: 300 - Release Date: 7/18/2003 ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
[Goanet]EXPATS: Panel to study low-cost Kerala-Gulf flights
Panel to study low-cost Kerala-Gulf flights From Indo-Asian News Service New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) The civil aviation ministry has set up a panel to study a proposal for low cost charter flights to the Gulf region from Kerala. People from Kerala currently have to pay steep airfares for flying to and from destinations in the Gulf. Keralites constitute a major chunk of Indians working in the Gulf. A committee has been constituted to study the modalities of low cost operations from Kerala to the Gulf under the aegis of Air-India Charters Ltd, Civil Aviation Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy said in a written reply in Rajya Sabha Tuesday. This committee is yet to finalise its report. The final decision will be taken after ascertaining the financial and economic viability of the project, said Rudy. While the operation of low cost charter flights would be a boon for Keralites, it is expected to affect operations of India's flag carrier Air-India, which charges steep fares during peak holiday seasons. --Indo-Asian News Service ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
Re: [Goanet]Olivia's Puzzle...
Thanks, Rene! Can I send you a more detailed anf formal letter that can be posted to the Goa listserves? I've been so busy lately I haven't ben able to do the outreach i've wanted to do! That would be really great...I think that it's very important for the Goan world communtiy to be involved in a film about Goa! Take care, Jason --- rene barreto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Goenkasr ! JUST thought i d share -I believe that we need to support Jason , please share your thoughts and or your suggestions. Please share this post with your friends . rene Hi Rene, I want to tell you about my documentary Olivia's Puzzle...it is about two Goan girls, one in the West and one in Aldona. Right now, it s being qualified for the Oscars. Pretty amazing for a film by a Goan about Goa, huh?! See the website below for more details: http://www.oliviaspuzzle.com I am also looking within the Goan communtiy for financing for a future film about Goa...it's an expersive project, but every little bit helps! Take care, JAson -- Jason DaSilva In-Face Productions http://www.oliviaspuzzle.com http://www.lestweforgetmovie.com 1.917.414.0597 -- posted rene www.goaday.com -- ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
[Goanet]29 JULY NEWS CLIPPINGS Gang rape case.
We were informed almost three weeks ago that the Police would be filing and were ready within 8 - 10 days. It is a joke and a farce, what is happening in regard to this case. As time drags on, nobody, it seems is concerned with the plight of the two accused who are languishing in jail. The C.M who was ever ready to jump on the band wagon, seems to have forgotten about this case or has put it on the back burner as he has more important things to attend to, like answering to the charge of the crooked Judges, that he had mentioned. Cheers Gabe Menezes GANG RAPE CASE: Vishal Mehta and Roy Fernandes, arrested on charges of raping a student of the Fine Arts College in Altinho, in May this year, have again applied for bail before the North Goa District and Sessions Court. (GT) ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
[Goanet]Re: Peace - the real discussion ...
Santosh Helekar writes in Goanet: If what you just posted twice helps you in any way to achieve the peace of mind that you seek then I am honestly happy for you. Dear Santosh: Thanks, I dont post messages just to achieve peace of mind, but more to impart piece of mind. FYI lately, some of my messages have NOT appeared on GNet, and as a result, I had to post twice. But I don't know what you are trying to prove by citing fragmented excerpts of my prior posts, out of context and in a jumbled up order. Santosh, like I said the excerpts were just *glimpses* of your nonsensical posts, --ridden full of delusion worth no more than the delete key you suggested. People usually regard such a thing in even poorer taste than what you seem to be accusing me of doing. People are already seeing your provocative posts as nothing but in poorer taste. Many are flabbergasted that you have resorted to ridiculing people who rightly stand up for their faith. Most of the people you are trying to appeal to have already read those excerpts in their proper context when I first posted them. They have already formed an opinion, good or bad, about me. And yes, people have already voiced their views and asked you to desist your abusing their spiritual beliefs. But no, you will doggedly pursue your tirade against them. Thats when I intervened to ask you to stop your unwarranted provocative attacks. This can be readily verified from my past posts. Furthermore, I am not running for a political position. You need not do a hatchet job on me. Perhaps you should run for a political position, as your present self-proclaimed profession of ridiculing people (as you can see) is getting you nowhere. Actually, for your benefit I would gladly admit that I have indeed ridiculed miraculous explanations of natural phenomena, various kinds of superstitions and supernatural events described in the religious literature. [???] Santosh, do you consider Jesus raising the dead man Lazarus to Life, as stated in the Bible/Scriptures ( religious literature ) as superstitions and games? Are you saying that these verses from the Bible, are nothing but games and jokes? Would you be saying the same about the Koran or Bhagwat Gita too? Joe Vaz wrote: I had cited just two examples of a miracle by definition: Red Sea parting as depicted in the movie The Ten Commandments (i.e., not simply a low tide); JESUS RAISING THE DEAD MAN LAZARUS TO LIFE (John, xi). Santosh Helekar wrote: As I alluded to before, NOBODY SAW THESE GAMES. Joe Vaz, Have you seen them? THE ABOVE MIRACLES ARE AN APPEAL TO IGNORANCE... Now, Santosh Helekar writes: I am not ashamed of having done such a thing. You are not ashamed of your above mockery? Well, you dont cease to amaze me. There is a rich and dignified tradition established by great people such as Charvaka, Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Swami Vivekananda, Mahatma Gandhi, Gora, etc in India, and Benedict Spinoza, Thomas Jefferson, Friedrich Nietzsche, Mark Twain, Albert Einstein, H. L. Mencken, Bertrand Russell and Richard Dawkins, among others, in the West, who have done exactly that in a much more provocative, poignant and significant manner than I can ever imagine doing. Santosh, are you comparing yourself to the above individuals? You think making mockery of people and their religious beliefs will put you on a high pedestal? I wonder how much Mahatma Gandhi and others (you mentioned) would agree with you, -- whose names you take in vain. You should be truly ashamed of saying that you are following a rich and dignified tradition by provoking people and mocking their religious beliefs. So your quixotic efforts at indicting me in this forum would not do anything to deter me from posting any such comments or arguments in the future. I dont really care whether it deters you or not, but every time you make such inflammatory comments, you will be prone to be corrected. As for the rest of the stuff you have posted, let me just say, I don't want to do a hatchet job on you. If you want to refresh your memory regarding your recycled chicken-crossing joke on the Buddha, please look it up in the Goanet archives. Santosh, if I did say anything AT ALL on Buddha or Buddhism, you show me where I did so, -- if not HOLD your PEACE -- stop making specious inferences. I am positive I wrote nothing against ANY religion. I can live well in the company of Hindus, Muslims or Christians, and equally well with different nationals I have come across - Americans, Canadians, British, Australians, Pakistanis and Indians alike. I personally never encountered any problems with any one of these people and their diverse religious beliefs; -- each is respectful toward other fellow beings spiritual beliefs. Regarding your suggestions on what type of scientific research I should do, thanks, but no thanks. I have already chosen my line of research, and made my own modest
[Goanet]EXPATS: Publication for expatriate Keralites on the anvil
Publication for expatriate Keralites on the anvil By Sanu George, Indo-Asian News Service Thiruvananthapuram, July 29 (IANS) Kerala legislators were informed Tuesday that the government is planning to bring out a journal that would focus on the needs and problems of the state's large expatriate community. Non-resident Keralites (NRK) Minister M.M. Hassan mentioned the publication plans while speaking in the assembly on various proposals before his department to help the 1.6 million Keralites settled abroad, mostly in the Gulf region. Among other things on the agenda of Roots-Norka -- a state-run agency that looks after the welfare of NRKs -- is the teaming up of various Malayali organisations both within India and abroad, he said. Also planned is an identity card for Keralites living in India. The government is even planning a legal cell to help Keralites within the country embroiled in cases. A major demand before Hassan's department is for reservation of seats in Kerala's higher education institutions for NRK children and setting up of examination centres abroad so they do not have to come to their home state to appear for entrance tests. Satish Nampoothiripad, the CEO of Roots-Norka, said the plan for the publication for NRKs is in the early stages, but we are committed to come out with the journal. Nampoothiripad told IANS: Right now we have a website for NRKs and on that we bring out a bimonthly newsletter. We are thinking of bringing out a hard copy of that and we plan to get articles from NRKs interested in writing. On the new insurance-cum-pension plan for NRKs brought out along with the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), he said it is picking up but there are a few bottlenecks with regard to medical check-ups for the policyholder. We are having a discussion with top LIC officials early next month to sort out the few bottlenecks and once that is cleared, we expect a good demand for this product, said the Roots-Norka CEO. --Indo-Asian News Service ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
Re: [Goanet]MARG seeks white paper on traffic situation in Goa.
MARG is doing a good job as is IRTE (I do not know whether its contract has been extended beyond 31 July,2003) to promote safe roads. My comments are interspersed. Miguel - Original Message - From: Goa Desc [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 MARG seeks white paper on traffic situation in state -- --- The Movement for Amity towards Roads in Goa (MARG) has asked the state government to publish a 'white paper' on traffic and transport situation in the state during the last ten years.The MARG activists demanded that the 'white paper' should include the number of accidents and deaths occurred on the roads during this period. Miguel: Data on accidents is more often manipulated than correctly used. I am sure that data for fatal accidents will show that reckless/drunken driving is reponsible for more deaths than want of helmets on two wheeler drivers. For this the data has to be seggregated into groups such as:A. Accidents involving 6 to 16 wheeler trucks/trailers with any other vehicle/object. B. Accidents involving 4 wheeler tempos/cars with other vehcles/objects. C.Accidents involving three wheelers and D.Accidents involving two wheelers with two wheelers/pedestrians/objects. The tabulation of number of drivers,riders,passengers,pillion riders and pedestrians killed should be seggregated. The data should then be presented as Death per vehicle registered in Goa for each type of vehicle. The results will be interesting to say the least. They have also asked the state government to publish policies to be adopted during the next ten years with respect to traffic and transport in state. Miguel: The design of road,specially the 'banking'on the turns,has to be part of the policy.The road to Mussourie is a pleasure to drive on.Hopefully,the BRDO will do a similar job of the Verna to Vasco road. Our PWD(Roads div.) engineers could get hands on training with the Army Unit now in Goa. Policies of the Town Country Planning Dept.,PDAs,Corporations,Zilla Panchayats and Panchayats on set-back,road access,etc affect the traffic flow as much as Parking,One-Way and other measures notified by the District Collectors from time to time. Policies must be based on data.Data must be collected---not manipulated. Therein lies the hitch as everyone wants a quick fix! The MARG has also urged upon the government to revert substantial part of the revenue collected as a road fine by the police to the police traffic cell to satisfy their genuine needs. Miguel: There is no need for this.All departments will want their revenues next.Education is free and hence there is no revenue. Who will fund such departments and from where? Ideally, the traffic police should be separated from the police force and made into a separate directorate in the same department( Just as the Directorate of Fisheries,Animal Husbandry and Agriculture can function as one Department,so can traffic,CID,ANC and regular police function as separate directorates in one Department) The technical staff ,e.g. the traffic cop or the CID investigator,should be non -transferable between the Directorates. It is not funny to see a CID inspector of yesterday issuing a challan for overspeeding today. It is a waste of trained manpower. It has also said that driver training institute which issues approval certificates to apprentices should be established in Goa. Miguel: This is specially important for heavy vehicle drivers who are illiterate and do not know the hazards(including to themselves) of the materials they carry. It is not funny that there is no two-wheeler driving school given the fact that there are more motorized two-wheelers(scooters/mopeds/mobikes) on the road in Goa than all the other vehicles (including cycles) put together !!! The craze of travelling to school on motorcycles ridden by underaged schoolboys and girls must be curbed by penalizing the person who has paid for the vehicle/given it to the minor rider. Treat it like mandatory rape.The minor is below the age of consent to mount a bike. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.502 / Virus Database: 300 - Release Date: 7/18/2003 ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
Re: [Goanet]Interpretation of Indian Tricolour
By George! Some of the Goans on this net group who can read and understand your verse reproduced below are not going to like it ,either. Imagine praising the Indian/Bharati flag in a language they understand and feel. I loved every bit of it. Miguel - Original Message - From: Jorge/Livia de Abreu Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED] There has lately been some correspondence on this list about the interpretation of the Indian Tricolour A cor do açafrão Mostra abnegação, O médio branco traz Pureza e também paz, O verde representa Fé e imortalidade E a roda encerra a prosperidade. Needless to say, the authorities in Goa didn't like it a bit. Cheers. - Jorge --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.502 / Virus Database: 300 - Release Date: 7/18/2003 ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
[Goanet]Finally Divar islanders to get home delivery of LPG gas
--- Documented by Goa Desc Documentation Service circulated by Goa Civic Consumer Action Network (GOA CAN)[EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph:2252660 --- --- Finally Divar islanders to get home delivery of LPG gas --- A long standing demand of the consumers of Divar island to get home delivery of their gas cylinders was finally resolved at the instance of the newly formed Divar Civic and Consumer Forum. Women and senior citizens who used to wait for hours with the empty LPG cylinders on the roads for the refill to arrive will now get it in their kitchens at no extra cost as agreed to by the Petroleum Companies and approved by the Department for Civil Supplies Consumer Affairs. At a meeting convened by the Department in Panjim other issues discussed were, non-issuance of bills, provision of second cylinders, transfer of connections from other LPG dealers, mandatory mechanical checkup of the equipment in every household, emergency service in case of leaking LPG cylinders, conducting of safety workshop on the island and regular meetings with the Customer Service Officers for redressal of complaints. The meeting was chaired by Director Civil Supplies N.B. Narvekar and attended by Asst. Director Consumer Affairs Ashutosh Apte, member State Consumer Protection Council Roland Martins, Hindustan Petroleum Senior Sales Officer LPG Rakesh Maheshwari, and Bharat Petroleum Senior Sales Officer LPG Jitendra Jiandani. The Divar Civic and Consumer Forum was represented by Convenor Justin Coutinho Secretary Anthony Menezes, volunteers Rama Bhomkar, Mario Fernandes and Casmiro Sequeira. The LPG dealers were represented by Shreeram V. Volvoicar of Janhavi Gas Service (BP) and Mohan Raikar of Rajani Trading Company (HP). The meeting also discussed the delivery route and the procedures for booking by telephone for home delivery, the weekly delivery schedule and publicity through banners and leaflets for LPG consumer awareness. Meanwhile the first meeting of the Consumer Forum reviewed the problems faced by consumers of PWD water supply, Electricity, BSNL telephones and the RND Ferry service. The Forum volunteers also resolved to regularly attend the Gram Sabhas of both the Village Panchayats of the island and work to promote and protect the civic and consumer rights of the villagers. -- Source:Divar Civic and Consumer Forum -- === GOA DESC RESOURCE CENTRE Documentation + Education + Solidarity 11 Liberty Apts., Feira Alta, Mapusa, Goa 403 507 Tel: 2252660 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] website: www.goadesc.org -- Working On Issues Of Development Democracy === ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
[Goanet]Milk traders complain against Goa Dairy, form Association.
--- Documented by Goa Desc Documentation Service circulated by Goa Civic Consumer Action Network (GOA CAN)[EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph:2252660 --- Govt. urged to help unemployed youth to take up milk trade Milk Distributors and retailers, who met on Sunday last have made a strong plea to the State Government to help unemployed youths by making them partners in the milk trade. The distributors and retailers stated that to curb unemployment and promote self employment the government should offer soft loans with subsidy for purchase of fridge, rickshaw, etc. in order to promote youth to venturing into business of milk. Over 150 distributors and retailers from all over Goa gathered at the meeting and aired their grievances. Majority of those present were agents of Goa Dairy who complained that dumping of milk from outside the state was due to cut-throat-competition between the sellers in Goa. They alleged that low commission by Goa Dairy, stopping of petrol allowance and the recent MRP controversy were the major problems faced. Further, they alleged that there was a delay in paying commission by Goa Dairy to the agents. The members, who had gathered, formed an All Goa Milk Traders Association (AGMTA) of which Jayant Katkar was elected President. The other members on the committee are: Vice President - Manoj Walke; secretary -Viraj Wadker; treasurer - Rajesh Keuleskar and Anil Arobekar; members - Hanumant Warang, Prashant Dessai, Ramchandra Halwai and Santosh Naik. -- Gomantak Times 29/7/03 page 2 -- === GOA DESC RESOURCE CENTRE Documentation + Education + Solidarity 11 Liberty Apts., Feira Alta, Mapusa, Goa 403 507 Tel: 2252660 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] website: www.goadesc.org -- Working On Issues Of Development Democracy === ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
[Goanet]Co-operative BANK SCAMS in Goa:Third misappropriation case registered.
--- Documented by Goa Desc Documentation Service circulated by Goa Civic Consumer Action Network (GOA CAN)[EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph:2252660 --- - Third misappropriation case registered against Khalap, 13 others --- The Crime Branch of the state police has registered third misappropriation and cheating case against the former chairman of Mapusa Urban Co-operative Bank (Bank of Goa), Mr Ramakant Khalap and 13 others in connection with the release of Rs 3.5-crore loan to City Men's Estate Pvt Ltd, a partnership firm, without allegedly following proper procedure for its project Vasanta Farms. The complaint has been lodged with the police by the Managing Director of the bank, alleging that the loans were released by the earlier board of directors without verifying the documents and thereby led the bank into financial crunch. The case has been registered under section 420 and 408 of the IPC. The partners of Vasanta Farms Anna, Joseph, Shoba, Sajjan, Satish J, Karimotton of the City Men's Estate Pvt Ltd have been made alleged accused in the case. The police sources indicated that all these partners would be brought to Goa for recording their statements. Senior police officials said that complainant had said that the loan was sanctioned for the building project 'Vasanta Farms' in Bangalore but till date the building project had not come. The police are in process of collecting more details about the case. The loans were sanctioned during the tenure of board of directors between 1998 to April 1, 1999. The names of the former board of directors listed in the FIR are: chairman, R D Khalap, directors: Prabhakar Narulkar, Dharma Chodankar, Milind Kerkar, Motilal Bandekar, Manohar Sawant, assistant general manager, A P Punege and others. A senior official said that the inquiries were being made as to how the bank had extended credit facilities to the people residing outside Goa, when the clearance from the RBI for extending loans under the Multi-State Co-operative Act was not obtained. The police has recovered a letter written by the bank to the RBI, seeking permission to sanction loans outside Goa in view the bank getting a status of the multi-state co-operative institutions. The police inspector (crime), Mr Lavu Mamledar is investigating into the case under the supervision of the deputy superintendent of police, Mr Omprakash Kudchadkar. --- The Navhind Times 23/7/03 page 3 --- === GOA DESC RESOURCE CENTRE Documentation + Education + Solidarity 11 Liberty Apts., Feira Alta, Mapusa, Goa 403 507 Tel: 2252660 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] website: www.goadesc.org -- Working On Issues Of Development Democracy === ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
[Goanet]GOA:High Court admits plea on CM Parrikarsinsinuations against judges
Documented by Goa Desc Documentation Service circulated by Goa Civic Consumer Action Network (GOA CAN)[EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph:2252660 --- --- HC admits plea on Parrikar's insinuations against judges -- Congress spokesperson, Jeetendra Deshprabhu has approached the High Court praying that it institute suo moto contempt proceedings against the Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar for allegedly making a statement that judges were corrupt, and that it should direct Parrikar to disclose the name of the corrupt judge. When the matter came up before the double Bench comprising Justice F I Rebello and Justice P V Hardas, the Bench heard the petitioner and then fixed the matter for Wednesday to hear the Advocate General on the matter. The Bench also questioned why the newspapers had not been joined as parties as the remark was published in the newspapers.Mr Deshprabhu who is the Pernem MLA, has taken note of a newspaper report in the Herald dated June 30, 2003 which carried the headline Judges too can be corrupt: CM referring to a statement made by the Chief Minister at a public forum where the Taleigao parade issue was raised. The petitioner has also made a reference to a newspaper report of a press conference held on July 3, 2003 by Parrikar, where he has stated that he had a complaint against a judge that he had taken a bribe of Rs 5000 from a multi-national company to pass a favourable bail order. He however did not disclose the name of the judge concerned at the press conference, nor the nature of the evidence in his possession. Deshprabhu has submitted that the general allegation made that judges are liable to be corrupt has the effect of lowering the authority of the courts, and that the faith of the people in the judiciary would be undermined. He has also submitted that this statement constitutes criminal contempt as defined under the Contempt of Court Act. In this regard, he has urged the court to initiate suo moto contempt proceedings against Parrikar. Deshprabhu has also stated in his petition that if Parrikar indeed has evidence against the said judge, then he should have followed the procedure for reporting the matter and taken appropriate measures in that regard instead of issuing a public statement, especially in the light of his being the Chief Minister. The effect of an allegation of corruption against a judge, without naming him is likely to result in casting a cloud over practically every judge of the judiciary of the State, claimed the petitioner. He has therefore approached the Court praying that the court take notice of the petition and institute suo moto contempt proceedings against Parrikar for committing criminal contempt as defined under the Contempt of Court Act. He has also prayed that the court direct Parrikar to disclose the name of the judge against whom the allegation of corruption is made. HERALD 29/7/03 page 1 --- === GOA DESC RESOURCE CENTRE Documentation + Education + Solidarity 11 Liberty Apts., Feira Alta, Mapusa, Goa 403 507 Tel: 2252660 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] website: www.goadesc.org -- Working On Issues Of Development Democracy === ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
[Goanet-news]29 JULY 2003: GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS
GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS 29 July 2003 MODEL STATE FOR LAND RECORDS: Goa will lead the nation in providing a model of Integrated Land Records System (ILRS) once its prestigious 'Dharni Project' comprising computerization and digitalization of land records is completed by the year end. The unique project in the country will have for the first time all text and graphic land data on Goa ready to be issued to people on demand. While the State government will spend Rs one crore, the Central assistance will be to the tune of Rs.3 crore. (GT) NHRC NOTICES TO CS, DGP: The National Human Rights Commission has issued notices to the State's chief secretary and the Director General of Police vis-a-vis the Fine Arts college gang-rape. The notice, which comes in response to a petition filed by a city lawyer, Ajoy Tyagi, has asked the two respondents to file their replies within four weeks of receipt of the notice. (H) HC ADMITS PLEA: HELMET RULE: The Panaji bench of the Bombay High Court comprising of Mr Justice FI Rebello and Mr Justice PV Hardas yesterday admitted a writ petition filed by three students of the VM Salgaocar Law College praying for declaration of the rule 273 A of the Goa Motor Vehicles Rules, 1991, as unconstitutional or illegal. The government notification exempting person driving/riding motorcycles of 150 cc or less and at a speed not exceeding 40km/hr is directly in conflict with Section 129 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. (NT) GANG RAPE CASE: Vishal Mehta and Roy Fernandes, arrested on charges of raping a student of the Fine Arts College in Altinho, in May this year, have again applied for bail before the North Goa District and Sessions Court. (GT) 4-LANE POLEM HIGHWAY: Union Minister of State for Surface transport, Shripad Naik, yesterday stated that the consultants for the proposed four-lane 103-km long highway from Patradevi to Polem would be appointed soon and the work would begin in another 5-6 months. (H) SUB-STANDARD ROAD WORKS: The Margao Seva Association has demanded that the potholes on roads in the city should be filled immediately by the concerned authorities on day-to-day bias without waiting for floating of tenders after the monsoons. The Association has demanded that the contractors should be held responsible for sub-standard work of roads and held liable under the law of the land. (NT) GANG RAPE CASE: Vishal Mehta and Roy Fernandes, arrested on charges of raping a student of the Fine Arts College in Altinho, in May this year, have again applied for bail before the North Goa District and Sessions Court. (GT) DOOR-TO-DOOR COLLECTION OF GARBAGE: Segregation of garbage at home into compostable and non-compostable, emerged as a key factor in the easy disposal of garbage, at a meeting held at the Mapusa municipal hall recently. The co-operation of citizens was also sought to reduce the plastic menace by re-using the same plastic carry bag over a period of time. Mr Sudhir Kandolkar, chairperson of the Mapusa Municipal Council said that the Council is considering the door-to-door collection of garbage in Mapusa if citizens co-operate and segregate their garbage in their homes. (NT) STRONGER RELATIONS BETWEEN UK AND GOA: The British Council in India is scheduled to inaugurate the Goa Chapter of the Association of British Scholars (ABS) on 29 August, according to Paul Smith. Smith said that Goans, who studied in the UK for more than three months, were eligible to join the ABS, which is a friendly, formal and productive society. Apparently, Goa is high on the list of the British Council's priorities with plans afoot for greater interaction between Goa University, the National Institute of Oceanography and Kala Academy and peer institutions in the UK. (GT) HOUSES ON COMUNIDADE LAND: The State government has convened a meeting of all the revenue officials next week in order to resolve the issue of regularizing the houses built on the Comunidade land at different places prior to June 2000. (GT) WRONG DIAGNOSIS BY GMC: The Panjim Bench of the Bombay High Court has directed the government to reimburse an amount of Rs.71,000 to a breast cancer patient, who was diagnosed by GMC to have Grade III cancer and recommended mastectomy, while a second opinion at the Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, found that the cancer was of Grade II and chemotherapy was sufficient. (H) NOTICE TO AG: The Bombay High Court at Goa yesterday issued notice to the Advocate General ANR Nadkarni, to assist the court, in connection with a petition filed Pernem MLA Jeetendra Deshprabhu seeking suo moto contempt against the Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar for committing contempt of the court. CM had reportedly commented on the judiciary. (GT) AITUC TO OPPOSE BUS FARE HIKE: The Goa state committee of the All India trade Union Congress has decided to oppose the government decision to increase the bus fares under pressure from the private bus operators lobby. (GT) HC JUDGES TO VISIT CARAMBOLIM LAKE: The judges of the
Re: [Goanet]Gasohol...
It is interesting to note that the use of ethanol for fuel has a similar political twist in the US as well. Some in the corn producing states of the US successfully pushed for increased use of ethanol in fuels in the US. Ethanol in its pure denatured form is safe to consume - it is basically pure alcohol that some on goanet seem to sip large gulps off, prior to posting on the net. The world leader in ethanol use used to be Brazil. In the 1970s, it attempted to have ethanol completly replace petroleum as its fuel of choice. Besides seemingly having a detrimental impact on Brazil's soccer performance for much of the 70s and 80s (and from which it has never fully recovered), it was also too expensive. As a result, they too have for the most part returned to using alcohol blends. While most agree that oxygenated fuels improve combustion (decrease ozone and carbon mono oxide), one still needs to wonder if this is really as good as it is cut out to be. For example, a lot of energy is used into growing the corn, while very little energy is needed to tap oil that literally gushes out from the oil fields of Saudi Arabia. Stated in other words, it takes more energy to produce less energy - otherwise, we would have had perpetual motion machines. Also, land that could potentially have been used for purely agricutural purposes is now being devoted to produce a rather expensive fuel, which to some, is a subsidy to the rich automobile driver. Another big issue, specially in India is the functionality of the emissions controls on old cars. Many countries require that their car owners re-certify their car emissions every couple of years. I am not too sure if this is the case in India as well. Cheers everyone! Marlon --- Frederick Noronha (FN) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gasohol? What's that? The Indian ministry of petroleum has decided that fuel companies would sell gasohol, or petrol mixed with five per cent ethanol, in nine states -- including Goa from September 30, 2003. Ethanol, a byproduct of sugar, is an oxygenate used to burn fossil fuels. The government has been debating about mixing ethanol, or anhydrous alcohol, which is mainly produced from molasses, with auto-fuels, since 1977. Ethanol has a strong case: it is a renewable source of energy, is non-polluting, burns better because of its higher octane content, and saves foreign exchange, reports The Week (July 20, 2003). ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
[Goanet]Re: Peace - Indictment handed down by Vaz
In a message dated 7/28/03 4:20:10 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dear Santosh: You know what? Dear Mr. Vaz: If what you just posted twice helps you in any way to achieve the peace of mind that you seek then I am honestly happy for you. But I don't know what you are trying to prove by citing fragmented excerpts of my prior posts, out of context and in a jumbled up order. People usually regard such a thing in even poorer taste than what you seem to be accusing me of doing. Most of the people you are trying to appeal to have already read those excerpts in their proper context when I first posted them. They have already formed an opinion, good or bad, about me. Furthermore, I am not running for a political position. You need not do a hatchet job on me. Actually, for your benefit I would gladly admit that I have indeed ridiculed miraculous explanations of natural phenomena, various kinds of superstitions and supernatural events described in the religious literature. I am not ashamed of having done such a thing. There is a rich and dignified tradition established by great people such as Charvaka, Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Swami Vivekananda, Mahatma Gandhi, Gora, etc in India, and Benedict Spinoza, Thomas Jefferson, Friedrich Nietzsche, Mark Twain, Albert Einstein, H. L. Mencken, Bertrand Russell and Richard Dawkins, among others, in the West, who have done exactly that in a much more provocative, poignant and significant manner than I can ever imagine doing. So your quixotic efforts at indicting me in this forum would not do anything to deter me from posting any such comments or arguments in the future. I have every right to ridicule any such proposals and beliefs, especially as they apply to explanations of natural events and phenomena. Having said that, I stand by my assertion that I have never ridiculed people's belief in God (as a purely spiritual affirmation). I also stand by my assertion that I have never tried to scientifically disprove the existence of God, because it is a generally accepted understanding that God is an abstract concept that does not have a physical existence. As for the rest of the stuff you have posted, let me just say, I don't want to do a hatchet job on you. If you want to refresh your memory regarding your recycled chicken-crossing joke on the Buddha, please look it up in the Goanet archives. Regarding your suggestions on what type of scientific research I should do, thanks, but no thanks. I have already chosen my line of research, and made my own modest contributions. If I tell you what they are, you will accuse me of ridiculing people's religious belief in the human soul, and ask me what right I have to do such research. I am amused at your implication that conducting scientific research and posting skeptical arguments on Goanet are somehow mutually exclusive. Let me assure you that it is similar to working for an oil company and singing in the church choir at the same time. I am also amused by your strained comparison of spontaneously articulated scientific and rational arguments with recycled jokes and sayings delivered through chain letter emails. Finally, your citation of my Pandurang Fernandes response to an internet troll message is indeed very revealing of the general attitude with which you have received my posts. No wonder my posts disturb your peace of mind. Nonetheless, I thank you for speaking your mind, and look forward to commenting on your posts in the future. However, henceforth if you want peace from me, please delete my posts without reading them. Cheers, Santosh ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
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Hello, Except for 'Obrigado' dint follow anything!! Diana On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 vivek araujo wrote : Muitos Felicidades e deus guarda os goeses nao so na terra de Canada mais tambem os goeses neste mundo. Obrigado VIvek araujo --- George Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Congratulations to the Toronto Goan community and the GOA DAY celebration at the VIVA GOA festival this weekend. All reports point to very successful event. Their enthusiastic, young, energetic President, Oscar Furtado, and his committee have done a great job of bringing so many Goans together. Keep it up. Best wishes, George Pinto P.S. Goa Day is only 2 weeks away, don't miss the global celebrations and excitement. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## Send free SMS using the Yahoo! Messenger. Go to http://in.mobile.yahoo.com/new/pc/ ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## ___ Download the hottest happening ringtones here! OR SMS: Top tone to 7333 Click here now: http://sms.rediff.com/cgi-bin/ringtone/ringhome.pl ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
