Goanet meets in Goa: December 27, 12 noon and January 7, 4 pm (meeting point: Kala Academy canteen). See you there! ------------------------------
GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS 27 Dec 2003 FOREIGNER STABBED ON CHRISTMAS DAY: In a shocking incident reported on Christmas Day, a British tourist, Hazel Campbell, was brutally stabbed to death with a scissor by her male companion, Adrian Duggan, at a guest house in Vagator. According to the landlady, the couple had gone to attend a Christmas Eve party and returned at about 4 am on 25 December. Thereafter the couple were heard quarreling and soon Campbell was heard screaming. Police, who rushed to the scene, had to break open the door to the room where they found Cambell dead, in a pool of blood, while Duggan was bleeding profusely. The couple had assaulted each other with the broken blades of a pair of scissors. (GT) CALANGUTE POLICE CRACK BEACH MURDER CASE: Quick thinking detective work by the Calangute police resulted in the Anthony Gonsalves murder mystery at Candolim being solved. Investigators say that the murder was a crime of passion and committed by Gonsalves' wife Shrada Naik, of Ponda, and her alleged lover, Subash Samal of Orissa. (GT) GOVT TO START TWO FAST TRACK COURTS: The State government will start two fast track courts in the city (Panaji), early next year, one at the Junta House building and the other in the Velhos & Filhos building, to clear the cases before the trial court as well as before both the district courts. Presently, there are around 30,000 cases pending before these courts. (NT) IFFI, LANGUAGE ROW HOGGED LIMELIGHT: The year 2003 was quite a happening one in the field of art and culture. With Goa being zeroed-in as the permanent venue for the annual International Film Festival of India, a flurry of activities followed.The language controversy was given fresh impetus in January 2003 when the All India Marathi Sammelan president Dr Subhash Bhende stated in Karad, Maharashtra, that Konkani is a dialect of Marathi. Language issues resurfaced yet again during the Konkan Marathi Sahitya Sammelan held at the Kala Academy premises in February. The Parrikar government came under fire from Konkaniwadis for granting Rs.10 lakh for the sammelan. (H) WATER POLLUTION RULED ENVIRONMENT SCENE: Contamination of tap water with sewage in parts of the city (Panaji) in July-August and three Ms-Mhadei, mining and Mala (lake)-were among the issues which dominated the environment scene this year. The seepage of sewage in drinking water was considered as 'a blessing in disguise''-though viral hepatitis laid low many a person later-as it changed radically for the better the way hundreds of restaurateurs and others in Goa thought of food and hygiene. (Looking Back 2003-GT) AWESOME CHRISTMAS CRIB AT RACHOL: Drive down to Ilhas de Rachol to see the giant crib built over an area of nearly 500 sq mt, with mountains, rivers, fields, villages, city, desert and palaces to depict various stage in the birth of Christ. One has to cross two bridges built by the villagers to cover the area. It took 300 pairs of hands, one from each of the 300 homes that dot this village, to construct the crib, dubbed as the largest in the State. (GT) BODY OF MISSING YOUTH FOUND: The Bicholim police found on Thursday (Dec 25) morning the body of a missing youth, Ulhas Chodankar (36), from Mulgaon-Bicholim, at the Assonora river bank. (NT) AT DIVAR FERRY RAMP: An unidentified and decomposed body of a male person that was recovered by the Old Goa police yesterday near the Divar ferry ramp-, has been identified as that of Rajendra Mulgaonkar, a resident of Pernem taluka. (NT) FORGERY CASE REGISTERED: Police in Margao have registered an offence of cheating against unknown persons for forging the signature of the assistant sub-registrar for the purpose of securing a passport. (GT) MORMUGAO CIVIC CHIEF RESIGNS: The Mormugao Municipal Council Chairperson Ramakant Revankar submitted his resignation to the Director of Municipal Administration yesterday. Revankar was largely perceived to be a councilor with a clean image. (GT) "GOENCHO AVAZ": Noted Konkani writer Fr Antonio Pereira released the latest issue of "Goencho Avaz" on the occasion of Goa's Liberation Day at function held at Siridao. The issue takes a balanced look at Goa since liberation, through articles by activists of the major movements that took place in the State. (NT) KUWAIT TASTES GOAN FOLK DANCE: A Goan cultural programme, Goan heritage Nite, was organised in Kuwait, recently, by Club 9, in aid of Daddy's Home, a school for the mentally challenged children in Margao, founded and headed by Fr Valmiki. (H) FONTAINHAS FESTIVAL IN JAN: The Fontainhas Festival of the Arts is a unique festival that has no parallel anywhere else in India. This festival turns private houses into art galleries for eight days early next year. The Goa Heritage Action Group, an NGO based in Goa, has plans to organise this art festival with a difference between 10-17 January 2004 in the heritage precinct of Fontainhas-Mala, Panaji. The precinct will showcase artists from all over Goa and the rest of the country in a festival the likes of which have never been seen before. (GT) DADRA-NAGAR HAVELI TRIBAL DANCERS TO PERFORM: Groups of tribal folk dancers of Dadra-Nagar Haveli will display their colourful folk dances from December 27 to 31 at different places across Goa. On December 27, they will perform at the Holy Family Chapel campus, Porvorim, at 6.30 pm, and at St Michael Church campus, Anjuna, from 8.30 pm onwards. (H) TIATR CONTEST AT CHINCHINIM: Vandana Production, Borim, and Fundacao Oriente, will organise a tiatr contest, near Our Lady of Hope Church, Chinchinim from January 5. (H) ISO 9001:2000 FOR NIO: The National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, a constituent laboratory of the Council of Scientific & Industrial research, which had received ISO 9001 accreditation in 2001 for a quality system for research and contract services in oceanography, has one more feather to its cap with the achievement of ISO 9001:2000 from TUV, CERT-a certification body of RWTUV Anlagentechnik, Germany. (GT) LACK OF DYNAMISM AMONG GOAN YOUTH: It must be noted that Goan students who are as talented as any of their counterparts in other parts of India, when they go outside their state to other parts in India or abroad, do very well and outshine many others. Therefore, when I try to analyse the reasons for such complacent attitude and lack of competitive spirit among Goan youth in general and Goan students in particular, two possible reasons come to the fore. First, it is the general environment prevailing in Goa coupled with its historical background and second, it is lack of opportunities for personality development. (Nandkumar Kamat in Zest-NT) S P O R T S GOA IN COMMAND: propelled by unbeaten centuries by opener Vivek Kolambkar (109) and Mandar Phadke (108) and their fourth wicket stand of 171 runs, guides hosts Goa to amass 290 for three against Saurashtra on the second day of the four-day Ranji plate 'B' cricket tournament in Margao. (GT) D E A T H S 16 Dec: Agassaim/Paris: FLAVIANA VAS E FERNANDES: wife of Jacinto, mother of Domingo, Alcantro and Daniel. Funeral cortege will leave her residence at Padribhat on 27th Dec at 4 pm to Agassaim church. 26 Dec: SHRIKANT S GAWADE: husband of Sampurna, father of Pratik and Nandkishor, brother of Ashok and Panduram. 25 Dec: Mandur: ANTONIO SOARES (ANTUSH): husband of Celina, father of Carlos/Lalita, Conceicao/Alirio Costa, Luiza/Saby Quadros, Yvone/Everard Carvalho, Frederico/Fatima, Fernanda/Dick Van Der Linde, Ines, Shakuntala/Bonny Silva, Jesito/Cheryl and Shalini. 26 Dec: Cansaulim-Arossim: MARTINHA CATARINA D'SOUZA: relict of late Isidorio, mother of Andrew Cosntancio/Eliza, Joana/Andre. 26 Dec: Caranzalem: ALIVE VINCENCIA DA PIEDADE DIAS E RODRIGUES: relict of late Prof Antonio, Mother of Dr Zacarias/Gloria, Maria Helena/Aruo, Maria Fatima/Sune, Alba/Fernand, Maria Gloria/Olav and Alban/late Gina, sister of late Maria/late Adv Laurente. G O A W E A T H E R Temp: 27.2 degC (81.0 degF) at 09.30 am today in Assagao. Max Temp: 34.1 deg C; Min Temp: 19.1 deg C; Humidity: 75% (Official figures for yesterday) Weather: The early part of the morning is cloudy in Goa today. Courtesy: H=Herald; NT=The Navhind Times; GT= Gomantak Times JOEL D'SOUZA, Assagao-Goa-India. Website: www.goacom.com Goacom News Clippings at: http://www.goacom.com/news Webzine "GoaNOW": http://www.goacom.com/goanow ########################################################################## # 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 # ##########################################################################