[Goanet] Easy listenining selection........Simon & Garfunkel..........Homeward Bound.

[Con Menezes]

  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z9wd9bS1FM

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[Goanet] Omar Mateen's wife speaks to the media.

[Con Menezes]

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/14/us/sitora-yusufiy-omar-mateen-orlando-shooting.html?emc=edit_ae_20160613=todaysheadlines-asia=69652215&_r=0

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[Goanet] Goa & Macao

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

Will Goa Go the Way of Macao?


Gaming. Gambling. Floating casinos on the Mandovi, and more. Will Goa go
the way of Macao, another Portuguese colony, a Sino-Portuguese cultural
blend unlike Goa which is Indo-Portuguese?


Macao is one of the richest cities in the world today. The money, big
money, flows from legal gambling dens which are safely ensconced in 5-star
hotels, one of which has three thousand rooms. Impressive, isn't it?


While 95% of the wealth comes from gambling, a paltry 5% from
entertainment. And, although Las Vegas is known for gambling worldwide and
Atlantic city has overtaken it, not enough people know Macao today is
numero uno in the world of gambling.


While the Chinese make big noises against corruption, it seems to me some
Chinese have worked miracles as there are millionaires and billionaires in
a former communist country which post-liberation claims to have a system of
State capitalism.  What's going on?


Global casino operators have traditionally maintained there are better ways
to launder money than gambling as the owners of the casinos make more on
the basis of probability; people in the gaming industry no doubt also know
it is not the only game in town, there are other ways within the gaming
industry to launder money. Prime Minister Modi has warned how terrorist are
living in our neighborhood, and with our porous borders another terror
attack from within can occur again. Are casinos a security risk? Another
terrorist attack in future cannot be ruled out in our country as we Indians
and Americans know only too well from recent history.


Macao is overflowing with money even though the economy in mainland China
has slowed down. Young people do not study as they can make a lot of money
working in the gaming and/or entertainment industry. A sad story which
unfortunately is repeated in Goa in another way; it is a well known fact
some of our youth, especially in the north of Goa, also do the same through
the sale of drugs and other undesirable activities. Educational hubs and
sale of illegal drugs and other nefarious activities do not make for a
harmonious coexistence as one demands years of dedicated study and the
other doesn't!


The children of Macao are growing up in a destructive environment in every
sense of the term which is not at all healthy for them or future
generations. Does this tiny Sino-Portuguese island have big lessons for Goa
and Goans?


Which way will we turn, right or wrong?

[Goanet] ALONGSIDE THE BRICKBATS GOA POLICE DESERVE OUR CONCERN TOO

[Aires Rodrigues]

The current pathetic and very appalling working conditions of the police
constabulary in particular is an issue that needs to be dealt on a priority
by Goa’s new Director General of Police Dr Muktesh Chander.

The policemen are made to work long hours which needless to say is taking a
toll on their personal lives. We have been witness to a spate of incidents
that has exposed the stress related fragility affecting the force. Some of
them get a break after many days. On account of the long hours of work
related stress a lot of the policemen are grappling with health problems
like hypertension, diabetes and depression. The working and living
conditions of the staff at some of the police stations and barracks
is inhuman to say the least. The uncaring treatment meted out to the police
force is a clear Human Rights violation.

Like all other government employees there is no reason why the police
should also not get eight hour shifts which will infact increase their
efficiency.  Goa could emulate the recent Mumbai move where from last month
the Kurla and Deonar Police Stations have implemented the eight hour shift
for its entire police force. It has been proposed to now extend the same to
all the 94 police stations in Mumbai.

Goa has enough policemen, but they are not being rightly deployed. Hundreds
of policemen are being assigned to protect and serve politicians and other
VIPs beyond their official entitlement. Today policemen have no time left
for proper investigation of crimes and street policing which infact are the
basic duties of the police force.

The authorities seem to have lost sight that a policeman has a personal
life too.  A human body can only do so much. One cannot be expected to work
over eight hours a day. Even an animal requires rest and, for that matter,
not even a machine will function unless it is rested adequately. The
Government cannot be a cause for ruining the health and lives of the
policemen.

These genuine grievances and pathetic working conditions confronting the
police force must be looked into in right earnest. Otherwise, instead of
focusing on building bridges and  roads, the Government may have to set up
on a priority more hospitals to take care of this over worked constabulary,
if not more crematoriums, cemeteries and khabrastans for perennial rest of
their spent bodies.

Aires Rodrigues

Advocate High Court

C/G-2, Shopping Complex

Ribandar Retreat,

Ribandar – Goa – 403006

Mobile No: 9822684372

Office Tel  No: (0832) 2444012

Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com

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Re: [Goanet] NIGHTMARISH DAYS AHEAD FOR GOANS

[Roland]

Actually, the High Court has had the carpet removed from under its feet by the 
Portuguese Consul General who has very clearly enunciated that registration in 
Lisbon means acquisition of Portuguese citizenship.

Do you expect the Bombay High Court At Goa to dance with the issue now that 
it's partner has left the floor.

Roland Francis
Toronto.

> On Jun 12, 2016, at 3:17 PM, Stephen Dias  wrote:
> 
> ELVIDIO MIRANDA
> 
> 18th June, 2016 and 23rd June, 2016 are going to be pivotal days for the
> people from Goa who are embroiled in the acquisition of Portuguese
> nationality in smaller measure or in greater measure.
> 
> On the 18th of June, 2016 the High Court of Bombay in Goa is taking up the
> hearing of the case filed by Valanka Alemao, the second placed in the
> Benaulim assembly polls against Caetano `Caitu’ D’Silva, who prevailed over
> Valanka in 2012. It is widely known and believed that justice delayed is
> justice denied and far more in this case which has not been decided by the
> High Court for such a long time and has cast aspersions on more than 4
> lakhs Goans who have registered their births in Portugal. However, as an
> example, the Alemao family is to be judged on 18th June, 2016 as it is
> known that his wife has registered her birth in Portugal and subsequently
> the marriage has also been registered and thus we are not only awaiting a
> long delayed verdict of not only whether inclusion of one's name in the
> Birth Registration (Assento de Nascimento) bars one from contesting
> elections but also whether the Marriage Registration (Assento de Casamento)
> has the same effect.
> 

[Goanet] Fwd: Song for the day....Perfidia en español - Linda Ronstadt

[Gabe Menezes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFFKpYn4DYw


G



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DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] Twelfth Sunday of the Year

[Jude Botelho]

13-Jun-2016
Dear Friend,
If we were asked who Jesus was, what would our answer be? But if Jesus himself 
were to demand a personal answer, what would be our response? It is easy to 
give ‘second hand’, handed-down answers. They are the responses of others but 
not our own. Faith has to be a personal response to Jesus. May each day help us 
to discover who Jesus is for me. Have a ‘Christ-affirming’ weekend! -Fr. Jude
Sun Ref. Twelfth Sun: “Who is Jesus?” “The Lamb of God, slain for us!” 
19-Jun-2016
Zac. 12: 10-11, 13-1;          Gal. 3: 26-29;          Luke 9: 18-24;

Today’s first reading from Zachariah speaks of the prophecy of the final 
restoration of Jerusalem. This Old Testament prophecy pictures God pouring out 
on the House of David a spirit of grace, but in a situation of suffering. This 
spirit will bring about a new understanding of Jesus and a greater personal 
intimacy with God. This prophecy was brought to its fulfillment on the day of 
Pentecost with the presence and activity of the Spirit in the Christian 
community of which the early Christians were so acutely aware.
Enlightened by the SpiritSuppose you walk into town looking for your friend 
Wantok’s house. You meet a fellow and ask him where it is. And he says 
something like, “Oh, yes, just go down the main street there until you come to 
a church, then turn right and go down two more streets, then turn left... Your 
Wantok’s house is the fifth one on the right side of that street.” If you heard 
all of that, you would probably forget it very easily, so this man sees that 
you are puzzled and he says to you, “Forget all about the directions. I’ll go 
along with you and show you the way. Follow me.” -That is what the Spirit does 
in our life. He shows us the way to Jesus.Frank Michalic in ‘1000 stories you 
can use’
In today’s gospel Jesus asks his disciples what people think about him. That 
question was easy and the disciples were quick to respond: “Some say you are 
John the Baptist, others Elijah and still others say you are one of the 
prophets.” Then Jesus asks the all-important question: “But you, who do you say 
that I am?” That question demands a personal answer. After Peter confesses: 
‘You are the Christ of God’, Jesus warns them about his forthcoming passion and 
death, as if to remind them and us that all those who confess and believe in 
him must know that they are called to follow him even to death. “To this 
question thirty, forty, even fifty years of life have not yet fitted me for the 
reply I should like to make: that He is my life. And if Jesus is someone for 
me, it is first because he was someone for others and so became incarnate in my 
life through the lives of believers, who showed forth more or less well the 
faith by which they lived. Our immense responsibility is to be mirrors, even if 
not good ones, reflecting the image of the Lord.”
No pain no gainSome time ago several movies reflected the connection that 
exists between suffering and success. The Rocky series about boxing, Chariots 
of Fire about track events, Vision Quest about wrestling, illustrate how pain 
is the price athletes have to pay for victory. We get the same message from 
television, too. Paper Chase about lawyers, St.Elsewhere about doctors, and 
Fame about theatre performers emphasize how long hours of study and training 
are necessary to become a true professional. In other words the common athlete 
locker room slogan of “No pain no gain” fits especially well in libraries, labs 
and dressing rooms. The message is the same –without discipline there can be no 
development; without denial, no dedication; without some suffering, no success. 
A similar message appears in today’s readings.Albert Cylwicki in ‘His Word 
Resounds’
Paying the price…Mr. Girard, an atheist millionaire of Philadelphia, one 
Saturday ordered all his clerks to come the next day to his wharf and help 
unload the newly arrived ship. One young man replied quietly: “Mr. Girard, I 
can’t work on Sundays.” “You know our rules?” “Yes, I know, but I can’t work on 
Sundays.” “Well, step up to the desk and the cashier will settle with you.” For 
three weeks the young man could find no work, but one day a banker came to 
Girard to ask if he could recommend a man for cashier in a new bank. The 
discharged young man was at once named as a suitable person. Although Girard 
had dismissed the man, he recognized his sterling character. Anyone who could 
sacrifice his own interests for what he believed to be right would make a loyal 
trustworthy cashier.Anthony Castle in ‘More Quotes and Anecdotes’
What do you know of Jesus?A poor illiterate man wanted to be baptized. The 
parish priest asked him many questions to see whether he was fit for baptism. 
“Where was Jesus born? How many apostles did he have? How many years did he 
live? Where did he die? The poor man knew nothing of all these questions. 
Irritated, the priest then said, “At least you know prayers like the Our Father 
and the 

[Goanet] Why Women Raped In The Gulf Are Imprisoned.

[Roland]

You have been reading in the news recently about Western women being raped in 
Dubai, Qatar and other places and then imprisoned for adultery as punishment.

The normal reaction would be: are these Gulf Governments out of their mind; are 
they living in the dark ages? And you would be right in asking such questions. 
But if you want to know the reality of what happens behind the scenes, this is 
it, from my experience.

Let's first go to the root cause. Most local women are well educated, more so 
then the men, but they have no say, let alone power, not only in crucial 
affairs of the country, but also of their own families. Therefore they have 
long been struggling to get a voice. Governments in the Gulf favour advancing 
the process of emancipation but there is a strong conservative, fundamentalist, 
religious core who oppose this and are a constant threat to the establishment 
which prizes stability and their own continuity above all else.

The pace of modernization has accelerated in the last two decades and foreign 
companies have poured in like never before. Previously the local authorities 
could regulate single women from entering. They were seen as a source of 
trouble. However with women going to the upper levels of the corporate ladder, 
companies getting short and long term contracts ask to bring in women staff and 
executives as they are an essential part of their operations and immigration 
can no longer refuse them.

With nothing much to do after work, partying and drinking both in hotels and 
homes becomes the recreation of choice and locals in the workplace are 
naturally invited to these parties where essentially everyone's guard is down.

Local men who are all Arab Muslims, are crazy for two things: soccer and women 
- not necessarily in that order. And what better than single women. Further 
still what better than single women wearing provocative dresses, drinking and 
flirting in nominally a modern, but essentially an Islamic world. The concept 
of the women needing to be sober enough to say yes or having the power to say 
no at any time has not reached that part of the world where women are seen as 
having no power to exercise at all. And Western women are also to blame. They 
forget that the polite, friendly Qatari or Emirati in the workplace can be 
someone elsewhere. They forget essentially, it's not the western world.

Once a sexual incident takes place and a complaint is made, the woman enters 
the world of Sharia. If the woman has little power outside this world, she has 
no power at all inside it. She is now in the Fifteenth Century with all its 
tribal, primitive culture designed by men for men. The local Govt too, in 
fairness, has no power inside this Sharia world. On a particular case in 
mitigating circumstances, the government may approach the Sharia Court or 
individual judges for clemency, but usually the latter are tough nuts, jealous 
of their domain and vengeful of every circumstance that the govt has refused 
their own requests, mostly unreasonable. 

So harsh Sharia sentences are given and it is now the time that the convict 
woman exits Sharia land. The prison and mercy petitions are now exclusively in 
the Govt domain and it is that interventions by powerful local men or the 
victim's embassy can play a part. If the embassy's country is a important 
player, more so.

The Gulf countries in question use these incidents as a subtle message to their 
own women "this can happen to you too, if you go too far". It is their way of 
trying to control the increasing number of divorce cases or complaints of rape 
by husbands or male relatives.

It's a funny world in the Gulf. Follow the rules and all will be well. Break 
them and nothing will turn out to be what it looks to be.

Roland Francis
416-453-3371

[Goanet] Heavy rain causes sludge floods in Bicholim

[samir umarye]

BICHOLIM: The arrival of monsoon gives respite to many. But many a time it
acts as a nightmare for some, especially for the people living in the areas
affected by mining since they are constantly under the danger of mining
silt flowing into their houses.

The mining sludge entering houses is not a new phenomenon, especially for
Bicholim. This is all because of the faulty planning by the mining
companies and the authorities concerned.

In 2009 a number of people were evacuated to safer areas as the sludge
entered into about 60 houses and a temple in Poira, Advalpal and Valshi in
Bicholim taluka. The incident happened when the sludge from the nearby
mines entered the houses after heavy rains and the people were unable to
salvage their belongings.

On July 16, 2011, the fields of the Mulgao villagers were damaged after a
mining pit gave way and the sludge entered the village.

A similar incident took place just last week. About eight houses were
affected at Pazwada, Bicholim when the mining sludge entered their houses.
Heavy rains that lashed Bicholim caused havoc at Pazwada when the sludge
along with boulders was washed on the roads. The sludge also flowed into
the residential houses.

The traffic on the road was disrupted for over hour and resumed only after
the boulders were cleared. The dirty water and the mining sludge also
damaged equipments in the houses. Electrical equipments belonging to Suresh
Verekar and Sushant Verekar were damaged in the incident.

Environmentalist Ramesh Gawas said that this was entirely because of the
carelessness of the mining company.

“ The company has no disaster management plan. After the incident the roads
had become death traps. I have filed a police complaint against the
nuisance created by the company,” said Gawas.

The Bicholim Municipal Council ( BMC) chairman, Satish Gaonkar, also blamed
the mining and asked the company for compensation.

“ The company should compensate the people and should also clean the
gutters which are filled by sludge,” Gaonkar demanded.

After the incident the authorities woke up from their slumber and the
Deputy Collector, Mahadev Arondekar, convened a meeting of the officials
and site inspection was also held. But inspite of all the precautions there
is still a danger of another such incident occurring in Bicholim in the
near future.

Faulty planning and carelessness by mining companies, failure of
authorities to take precautions have brought misery and suffering to
Pazwada villagers Bicholim locals try to cross an area filled with sludge
after the heavy rains.

The company has no disaster management plan. After the incident, the roads
had become death traps. I have filed a police complaint against the
nuisance created by the company — Ramesh Gawas, Environmentalist The
company should compensate the people and should also clean the gutters
which are filled by sludge — Satish Gaonkar, BMC chairman quote room SAMIr
uMArye bicholiM SAMIR UMARYE





-- 
Samir Umarye

[Goanet] Goacom Newsclips on 13 June 2016

[goacom newsclips]

Click here to read more...  http://bit.ly/25WNUZy.


NHAI to work on two NH expansion projects in Goa.

In a setback to the public works department, the Union ministry of road 
transport and highways
Click here to read more...  http://bit.ly/1tlCIax.


GCA meet adjourned amidst protests led by Phaldesai.

As expected, the Sanguem BJP legislator Subash Phaldesai flexed his muscle 
using government 
Click here to read more...  http://bit.ly/1trb4tf.


Taleigao garbage plant caught in political crossfire.

The state-of-the-art garbage treatment and disposal plant promised on a 26,000 
sq mt 
Click here to read more...  http://bit.ly/1OkLGPg.

Click below link to read more articles
goacom.com

[Goanet] Sant Antoni bocta, Firgueanchea cullichea, Tujea livrar khelta, Menin Jezu raza

[JoeGoaUk]

 
1 
 Sant Antoni bocta 
Firgueanchea cullichea 
Tujea livrar khelta 
Menin jezu raza 
2 
Menin jezu khelta munnu 
Nossa Senhorin gatli dimbi 
Orassaum mental cori 
Boctu Sant Antoni 
3 
Doria mum tea mazari 
Cosolo zalo dunvor 
Padri veta cunvor 
Boctu Sant Antoni 
4 
JeruzaleaXarantu 
Rogtacheo zaleo zori 
Ochorian cori 
Bocta Sant Antoni 
5 
Davidan_Sangilem 
Saloman sopon parkilem 
Ballok hatant kheltalem 
Boctu Sant Antonichea 
6 
Xastro porgotta astana 
Magli noman mori 
Morti livrar keli 
Aplea bapachi 
7 
Mezu armar korun 
Frutu mandilem 
Melolem bhurgem tuvem 
Ochoriam jivem kelem 
8 
Xiumteam mogureamcho 
Kelo ek poddu 
Milagrincho boctu 
Boctu Sant Antoni 
9 
Harpam violam vazun 
Muzgani kelo cantu 
Firguemgelo santo 
Bhoctu Sant Antoni 
10 
Sant Antoni Bocta 
Ochoriam tujea tera 
Choudavem cori bocta 
Amchea papiachea xara 


Happy feast

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