Re: [Goanet] Goa... weather and tides
Hi Fred: Do you have any contacts with high Indian Government officials? A friend of mine and I were born in Karachi but no longer have any connections there, are Roman Catholics (not Muslims), I have been away from Karachi for 51 years and my friend some 20 years but, despite this, supposedly, our applications for Indian visas were sent to India for processing. We have travelled to Goa a number of times, starting in 2003 for the exposition of St. Francis Xavier's body. Since we were born in Pakistan, we were being given just 3 months visas and the effective date of the visa was from the date it was stamped on our passports (we both have Canadian passports). Hence, we tried to send the passports as close to departure date as possible. We also booked our flights in October for departure Jan.4 to take advantage of cheaper fares. Although our money was taken for the visas, our passports were returned with the comment "visas not issued" and have heard nothing further since. God Bless. Philip.
[Goanet] Re{GOANET} Lack of funding for Panchayats..........
H-m-m-m-m-m.is the writer implying that Panchayats float tenders willy nilly so that the Sarpanchas and Panchas can reap the kickbacks that make them so rich almost overnight ? I wondered why there were so many no-confidence motions amongst the Panchayats in Goa, until someone suggested that this was a way for each of the Panchas to be Sarpanch in turn, so that they could rake in the most moola. Any truth to this ? Or are we Goans so cynical about our Political masters (unlike in other democracies they are our masters not our servants).
[Goanet] death of Francis Marshal Coutinho brother of Basil Coutinho, ex qatar
Former Executive committee members of Doha Goans Sports Club , Doha Qatar have condoled the death of Francis Marshal Coutinho, (Camurlim Bardez) elder brother of Basil Coutinho (ex-president of Doha Goans Club Doha Qatar), who died in Mumbai . Basil, a former teacher turned Banker served in Qatar for 28 years for different banks and the charismatic leader was instrumental in starting Cricket, football and volleyball teams of Goans in Qatar, besides starting the MayQueen Ball in 1991. Basil retired from his bank job three years back. Mathew Estrocio ex-president Doha Goans Sports Club Anton Joao Vaz ex-treasurer Doha Goans Sports Club
[Goanet] 500 years of the Portuguese in Goa
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/66330/xavier-aware-brutality-inquisition.html One of the darkest chapters in Indo-Portuguese history, ‘the Inquisition’ deserves far more comprehensive research to bring out the truth from an Indian perspective, says historian Teotonio R de Souza.
[Goanet] IFFK Grand Closing Ceremony at KTV stadium
IFFK Grand Closing Ceremony at KTV stadium Indian Football Federation Kuwait is pleased to announce that the closing ceremony of the IFFK season will be held on the KTV stadium on 30th April 2010. The Chief Guest for the closing ceremony will be the Hon. Minister of Tourism of Goa Mr. Micky Pacheco who is being specially flown directly from Goa to grace the occasion. Mr. Pacheco will arrive in Kuwait on 28th April 2010. The proceedings will start at 7.30 am in the morning with an exhibition match between 2 Indian Schools and then the final of the IFFK knockout tournament between AVC-Kuwait and Fahaheel Bros. The prize distribution for the IFFK league and the knockout tournament will be the main attraction as the prizes have been specially customised and ordered from United States of America which is a rare feat amongst the Indian expatriate held tournaments in Kuwait. The management of the Indian Football Federation Kuwait invites all soccer loving fans to throng in large numbers to witness the glittering closing ceremony on the KTV stadium on 30th April 2010. The organisers have specially decided to have the closing ceremony on the KTV stadium as it brings the nostalgic memories of the famous Soor Grounds which is in the close proximity of the KTV stadium. Watch out for more news in this column as new events unfold __._,_.___ . __,_._,___ _ Climate, controversies and the changing signatures of nature http://green.in.msn.com/
Re: [Goanet] LACK OF FUNDING TO PANCHAYATS IN GOA?
Was I wrong then, in suggesting that the Panchayati Raj Act as it stands is nothing but hog-wash?? That it requires total and complete amendment to hold the Sarpanch accountable for any and every illegality in the village? The next best thing to do to eliminate the panchayat body/MLA-Politician-Builder nexus is to have Gram Sabha floated 'panel' based Panchayat elections complete with a Gram Sabha manifesto where all the panel member candidates can contest elections on a single 'symbol' with the entire village read Gram Sabha campaigning for the panel. This should be the trend in the future panchayat/ municipal and including assembly elections to eliminate the disastrous after effects of corrupt political parties and their corrupt political intensions. Cheers floriano from PPS to PPS 9890470896 www.goasu-raj.org - Original Message - From: "soter" To: Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 8:00 AM Subject: [Goanet] LACK OF FUNDING TO PANCHAYATS IN GOA? LETTER NO. 3 below which was sent to Herald on 26/4/2010 and has not been published for reasons best known to the Editor. Muzzling of Truth? "The Panchayat Minister's case about insufficient funds to Panchayats in Goa (Herald, 25/4/2010) seems unreasonable considering extravagence in expenditures by these local bodies that have no proper annual development plans in place. Today, we have nothing but brokers and agents in Village Panchayats who look for every opportunity to float tenders for construction. The benefits of this is well known to the public. The Village Panchayats in Goa must be rechristened as 'Contractor Panchayats'. The Minister for Panchayati Raj is another added disaster to the already degraded Panchayati Raj system in the State." -Soter D'Souza Socorro
[Goanet] Tell me oh lord ?
Tell me oh lord ? No. it’s ‘Tell me oh Khuda’ A film shooting at Panjim, opp Market Video clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKF4LxuT1rg Pics http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk25/4563257745/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk25/4563893286/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk25/4563260341/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk25/4563891290/sizes/l/ However, it was said in today’s TOI that it is the film shoot for ‘Golmaal 3' Golmaal 3 shooting also going on though but at Margao College side where Arshad and Tushar caught smoking at the college premises and some people made a big issue out of it. Smokers often seen is Bar and restaurants but who cares? joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa & NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc
Re: [Goanet] Subject: Re: For Goa?s sake, pl help achieving this target
Carmen, While your quest is noble, the online effort as structured may not be very effective. Almost 15 years ago, we had an online effort to set up an internet node in Goa - which was one of the first few nodes in India. There was an online petition component, which at that time got a lot of attention from the powers that be because it was novel. However, the key factor was getting many people and organizations on board. The current online petition has the following weaknesses: 1) As mentioned below, a online petition is not viewed as seriously as a hard copy petition. In fact in many multi-channel campaigns, an online signature is given a fraction of the weight as a signed signature. The reason of course is that the effort involved in garnering signatures online is trivial compared to a paper effort. 2) There is of course the issue of lack of verification of individual's identities which again reduces the legitimacy of the effort. 3) I may be wrong, but the effort seems to have been done in isolation and does not give the reader a close connection to the issues being faced. My suggestions are as follows: 1) There are many NGO and environmental groups and individuals who I would think would support this effort. Why not join up with them and form an integrated marketing effort with pictures, video and data to highlight this issue. Much of the content is already out there. Once this is done, an effort needs to be made to advertise it on as many online forums and websites as possible. 2) When you are online, it is very difficult to surmount the issue of identity verification. Still, interfacing it with social networking sites such as facebook would give a lot more weight to each signature as it would tend to give more credence to the signer being real. Marlon Menezes Austin, Tx. - Original Message From: Carmen Miranda To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Thu, April 29, 2010 4:47:38 AM Subject: [Goanet] Subject: Re: For Goa?s sake, pl help achieving this target Dear Mr Tony de Sa Regarding your reply to Venantius questions: Re[1] This is a very moot point. IMHO A physical i.e. paper petition is worth much more than an electronic one. When a physical petition is sent, there is acknowledgment by the receiver/ receiver's office. This gives the petition a reasonable chance of being seen by the addressee. As a rule I do not generally sign an email petition because the collection of email ids generated by the petition would make a spammer's day. Re: [2] In Goa at least this was not done. Like everyone else Mr de Sa, you are entitled to your opinion about this petition. However, I would like to point out that we are now living in a Global Village, and this is the era of internet technology and communication. The electronic petition is a modern way to tackle petitions and in our case was the only way to also give an opportunity to goans all over the world who are very concerned and distressed about what is going on in Goa to express their feelings and get involved. As it happens the Minister of Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh is a modern minister using the modern technology of communications all the time, and is someone who we happen to know reads e-mails and responds to people who try to communicate with him. If at all necessary we can also send him a print out of the petition, but that would be a waste of paper. I myself participate in many such international petitions which have proved to be very efective. I don't get any spam as a result of participating in such international efforts. Finally, when was the last time you tried to get a goan in Goa to go from door to door, or stand in places of worship and public places trying to get signatures for a petition? You can't even get them to sign this petition which does not require any physical effort and time! We did actually try to get paper signatures in Goa for your information and failed. Carmen Miranda
[Goanet] Goa news for April 30, 2010
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** 12 hurt as Emirates flight hit air-pocket over Goa - Oneindia ound Emirates flight from Dubai, hit an air-pocket above Goa on Sunday, Apr 25, morning, ... http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http://news.oneindia.in/2010/04/25/12-hurt-as-emirates-fligth-hit-air-pocket-over-goa.html&usg=AFQjCNE_AZIWl1AXsA__t0kSueTUZNNlmQ *** People know the Goa politician linked to drug trade: BJP - Daily News & Analysis iding-facts-in-drug-case-Parrikar/articleshow/5870687.cms&usg=AFQjCNG3ExmXqbINjLzwF--l7vBuT1-iKA">Cops hiding facts in drug case: Parrikar http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_people-know-the-goa-politician-linked-to-drug-trade-bjp_1376661&usg=AFQjCNHfXX1DjUo-xpwQJlBRAs6Kkqvehw *** An assault on tourism - GulfNews rofile sexual assaults on women, including the rape of a 9-year-old Russian girl in January in Goa, have earned India the ... http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http://gulfnews.com/news/world/india/an-assault-on-tourism-1.618740&usg=AFQjCNHS7YlkDgTG9ttxL3DGsJTeG5eemw *** I-League Preview: East Bengal - Sporting Clube De Goa - Goal.com drubbing at the hands of Al Nejmeh of Lebanon, and even though they will next be up against bottom-ranked SC Goa, ... http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/1064/i-league/2010/04/29/1901105/i-league-preview-east-bengal-sporting-clube-de-goa&usg=AFQjCNHLyHXTYE5XQ36ki2TEPgyZqhvGgQ *** Arshad, Tusshar smoke in Goa college campus - Times of India usshar-caught-smoking-290410.html&usg=AFQjCNFt-Pxo43bNgyLNv0lS1pVI84WteA">Arshad and Tusshar caught for smoking http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Arshad-Tusshar-smoke-in-Goa-college-campus/articleshow/5867656.cms&usg=AFQjCNF7EPtR6RwA-Pn90KdHGHFcDE6Xmw *** Sesa Goa not a bad pick to accumulate: : Sandeep Wagle - Economic Times s-still-the-strongest-of-the-pack-Sandeep-Wagle/articleshow/5868467.cms&usg=AFQjCNEPCojxVWRiVS9avwxjAeoVhNu8ew">IT is still the strongest of the pack: Sandeep Wagle http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/views/recommendations/Sesa-Goa-not-a-bad-pick-to-accumulate--Sandeep-Wagle/articleshow/5868535.cms&usg=AFQjCNEmUmH5vm88eSLT9e4iyd9I5f1EWw *** Lost in Goa - Tablet Magazine art report filed from Goa, India. Read part 1 here, and part 2 here. Liav and Ofra, an Israeli couple in their late 30s, ...http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http://www.tabletmag.com/news-and-politics/32141/lost-in-goa-3/&usg=AFQjCNEz74f2tRbKZ1x6i5KMH4KU70A4WQ *** Hindu Marriage Act applies to Goa too: Supreme Court - Daily News & Analysis mM"> http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_hindu-marriage-act-applies-to-goa-too-supreme-court_1377171&usg=AFQjCNHowxV_STfjRLUAiRKufX-v47WOPQ *** Turtle nesting sites in Goa will be conserved - digITal Goa Goa government may send a plan for conserving three marine beach turtle nesting sites in the state to the World widelife institute of ...http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http://digitalgoa.com/ca_disp.php?id=1117&usg=AFQjCNEIrekx_dI-83I__tFq7loMomYofA *** Rain lashed several parts of Goa - digITal Goa Many parts of Goa has suffered loss of lakhs of rupees on account of unseasonal Rain which slashed the state on Wednesday night. ...http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http://digitalgoa.com/ca_disp.php?id=1116&usg=AFQjCNEhzDWNclBbkI-mCTE7ZAbL14CtlQ Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
[Goanet] The Mining Petition
LAST DAY! The target was 1000. Guess what the current tally is! Go to http://goanvoice.org.uk/miningpetition.php to find out. It is your final chance to sign if you have not already done so. The Petition closes on 30 April 2010. Thank you, Eddie Fernandes
[Goanet] Vitamin K may reduce cancer risk: EPIC study
European study findings about Vitamin K cancer reduction? "NutraIngredients.com" C http://www.nutraingredients.com/Health-condition-categories/Cancer-risk-reduction/Vitamin-K-may-reduce-cancer-risk-EPIC-study
[Goanet] Goanet highlights... Tracking Goans down the Nile.. (by Selma Carvalho)
Goanet highlights by Selma Carvalho se...@goanet.org When the British explorer Sir Richard Francis Burton undertook his famous expedition into the interior of Africa to find the source of the Nile, he had with him two Goans servants. Selma Carvalho follows in their tracks in this two part weekly column. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/192218.html http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/192411.html A Gram Sabha is a representation of the people at the village level. At the moment, this tends to be a consultative representation but panchayat bodies in Goa are lobbying to give more power and leverage to gram sabhas. Freddy Fernandes says Goans can only celebrate when power is restored to Gram Sabhas in Goa. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/192445.html Toronto Goans have embarked on an ambitious project to archive online as much as possible the history of Goans. Mervyn Lobo gives us an account of the progress made on this project. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/192432.html You don't really care, do you? Asks activist Carmen Miranda in her bid to get 1,000 signatures on the mining petition. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/192326.html Pandu Lampiao gives his own twist on the woes besieging Goa. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/192368.html Lionel Messias looks into shady land deals in Goa. Land is the most effective currency for corruption in Goa at the moment. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/192321.html Freddy Fernandes examines why even good politicians like Shashi Tharoor become suspect in India, in an essay titled Tweeting gone sour http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/192319.html Lino Dourado gives us his Aitaracheo Katkutleo: Gharwali Sovai Baharwali Marog http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/192406.html Valmiki Faleiro pays homage to brave Goans in the sky in a three part series. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/192208.html http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/192403.html Are Goans rent with political in-fighting. Goan organizations in Qatar seek to patch up their differences. Armstrong Vaz sends us a report. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/192369.html When The Curtain Rises, is the name of a much awaited book on Goan tiatre, tracing its history and evolution as a Goan art form. This link gives details about the book. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/192143.html Arwin Mesquita makes an impassioned speech to cut evil at its roots by ousting out corrupt politicians. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/192305.html Venantius Pinto forwards an article on the life and times of poet Bakibab Borkar. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/192375.html Dominic Fernandes that wonderful orator of all things Goan, writes about ballkaponn and matharponn (infancy and old age). http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/192448.html JoeGoaUK continues on his photo documentation of Goa. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/192409.html Enjoy some delicious photographs from the camera of Frederick Noronha, titled Fruits of Goa. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/192380.html And on a lighter note, enjoy some Konkani songs sent in by Jane Alphonso. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/191844.html Subscribe to Goanet at:http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
[Goanet] Subject: Re: For Goa?s sake, pl help achieving this target
Dear Mr Tony de Sa Regarding your reply to Venantius questions: Re[1] This is a very moot point. IMHO A physical i.e. paper petition is worth much more than an electronic one. When a physical petition is sent, there is acknowledgment by the receiver/ receiver's office. This gives the petition a reasonable chance of being seen by the addressee. As a rule I do not generally sign an email petition because the collection of email ids generated by the petition would make a spammer's day. Re: [2] In Goa at least this was not done. Like everyone else Mr de Sa, you are entitled to your opinion about this petition. However, I would like to point out that we are now living in a Global Village, and this is the era of internet technology and communication. The electronic petition is a modern way to tackle petitions and in our case was the only way to also give an opportunity to goans all over the world who are very concerned and distressed about what is going on in Goa to express their feelings and get involved. As it happens the Minister of Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh is a modern minister using the modern technology of communications all the time, and is someone who we happen to know reads e-mails and responds to people who try to communicate with him. If at all necessary we can also send him a print out of the petition, but that would be a waste of paper. I myself participate in many such international petitions which have proved to be very efective. I don't get any spam as a result of participating in such international efforts. Finally, when was the last time you tried to get a goan in Goa to go from door to door, or stand in places of worship and public places trying to get signatures for a petition? You can't even get them to sign this petition which does not require any physical effort and time! We did actually try to get paper signatures in Goa for your information and failed. Carmen Miranda
[Goanet] Directory of Tiatr Artistes - Email IDs
Directory of Tiatr Artistes - Email IDs I just tried to sending a test message to all 48 tiatrists on their printed email Ids. About 15 came back undelivered, looks like their IDs too have some errors Popular amongst them are Cosma, Com. Domnic, Com.64, Cajetan, Victor etc Others like joycelyn, Steve Rod, Seriton etc joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa & NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc
[Goanet] 24 handy lemon tips
Handy Lemon tips for the home. C http://www.greenlivingtips.com/articles/136/1/24-handy-lemon-tips.html
