Re: [Goanet] Claude Alvares..Goa's finest jewel being targetted by Government and Mining Mafia

[Eugene Correia]

It isn't shocking to me that Claude has been targeted. :Long time ago, when
I was in Goa and was invited to the St. Xavier's picnic in Calangute or
Baga, I asked him if he was ever threatened or if he feared for his life
because of his fight against the hotels along the coastal belt.
He said that he goes to the hotels without any problem and that he iis
perhaps not physically intimidated  because of the global recognition for
Goa Foundation.  The ministers need to make as much  money as possible
before the next elections. Some of them may not be elected, if the Congress
revives itself. One must await what befalls Goa.
Times have changed, and they are a-changing.
One minister told me that the NGOs are blocking Goa's progress. He seemed
to be against the NGOs, and this minister is in the news for wrong reasons.
Claude and Norma have been thrones in the govertment's flesh. The BJP sort
of supported the stand of Goa Foundation when in Opposition. To me both the
Congress and BJP are sides of the same coin.
I think the situation, particularly the land-garb and enviromental
degradation, will become worse before it can get better.
Claude was one of the few Xavierties who came to Goa from Mumbai to settle
down and do something worthwhile for the land. Among them was Alexyz, the
cartoonist, Valentino Fernandes, who was assistant editor of Gomantak
Times, and Peter Jos Fernandes, who became an advocate.
It is mistakenly known that Claude is a Goan. He's, He lived in
Kotachiwadi, a East Indian village in old times, on the Girgaum Road, which
was renamed Shankar Seth Road.
People must support Goa Foundatio, and fight for Claude.

Eugene

On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 7:52 AM, Robin Viegas 
wrote:

>
> From: b sabha 
>
> From: Roger D'Souza >
>
>
>
> http://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/Mining-MLAs-fielded-by-mining-daddies-to-target-Claude-Alvares/96441.html
>
>
> Mining MLAs fielded by mining daddies to target Claude Alvares
> A similar probe should be ordered on how mining MLAs got funds and
> manpower to fight their assembly elections
>
> 04 Dec, 2015, (Herald)
>
> So the brutal might of the state has been unleashed on one man, whose
> organisation has single-handedly fought against the destruction of Goa and
> its resources and stood in the way of its abject loot and plunder, under
> the tutelage and duly abetted by the ruling party in government.
>
> The orchestrated, and cowardly move, by the mining MLAs to contemplate an
> inquiry against Goa Foundation, (specifically targeting its icon Claude
> Alvares), stating that it could be done by the Crime Branch, the CBI or
> SIT, is borne out of frustration and also fear that Goa Foundation’s
> interventions in court, may well put a stop to all anti people projects
> backed by this government.
>
> If the government decides to probe the Goa Foundation, for being “anti
> national” and to wants to trace its source of funds, a similar probe must
> be made of the growth of assets and wealth of the mining MLAs. The probe
> should also cover the source of funds received by these MLAs to contest
> their elections and check if mining companies, who these MLAs are batting
> for, funded their elections with money and manpower. Nilesh Cabral, Ganesh
> Gaonkar, Subhash Phaldesai and Pramod Sawant, are you prepared for a probe
> into who funded your assembly elections? Claude Alvares is prepared for a
> probe into his source of funding, the results of which will embarrass you.
> Goa waits for your replies.
>
> These MLAs have no interest in the resumption of mining for the sake of
> the mining affected. They want resumption of mining (illegal or otherwise)
> to further their personal business interests in mining and for the sake of
> their big mining daddies. They want mining which was stopped by their Chief
> Minister in September 2012 to start because their businesses have stopped.
> It was the petition of the same Goa Foundation which led to the Supreme
> Court ordering the start of mining but through a controlled process, under
> the MMDR Act so that the State gets full value of its minerals and not
> mining sharks.
>
> Goa Foundation has challenged the manner in which the State undertook
> renewals trying to beat the MMDR ordinance which cancelled all renewals.
> The renewals were done under a mining policy which was notified (on January
> 20) after the last of the renewals were done on January 12, the day the
> MMDR ordinance came into effect. Goa Foundation went to court against this
> fraud, and not to prevent mining resumption.
>
> The mining MLAs consider this act as anti-national. If national interest
> is ‘self interest’ of mining companies, then Goa Foundation has surely gone
> against this kind of ‘national interest’. May God give them strength to
> commit more such acts.
>
> As an aside consider this. When Goa’s warrior priest, Father Bismarque
> suddenly died and there were enough 

Re: [Goanet] Claude Alvares..Goa's finest jewel being targetted by Government and Mining Mafia

[Vivian A. DSouza]

Is this typical of the ruling party to intimidate people who get in their way ? 
Shades of fascism !
  From: Robin Viegas <robinvie...@hotmail.com>
 To: 
 Sent: Monday, December 7, 2015 6:22 PM
 Subject: [Goanet] Claude Alvares..Goa's finest jewel being targetted by 
Government and Mining Mafia
   

From: b sabha <bcsabha.kal...@gmail.com>

From: Roger D'Souza <rdsg2...@gmail.com<mailto:rdsg2...@gmail.com>>


http://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/Mining-MLAs-fielded-by-mining-daddies-to-target-Claude-Alvares/96441.html


Mining MLAs fielded by mining daddies to target Claude Alvares
A similar probe should be ordered on how mining MLAs got funds and manpower to 
fight their assembly elections

04 Dec, 2015, (Herald)

So the brutal might of the state has been unleashed on one man, whose 
organisation has single-handedly fought against the destruction of Goa and its 
resources and stood in the way of its abject loot and plunder, under the 
tutelage and duly abetted by the ruling party in government.

The orchestrated, and cowardly move, by the mining MLAs to contemplate an 
inquiry against Goa Foundation, (specifically targeting its icon Claude 
Alvares), stating that it could be done by the Crime Branch, the CBI or SIT, is 
borne out of frustration and also fear that Goa Foundation’s interventions in 
court, may well put a stop to all anti people projects backed by this 
government.

If the government decides to probe the Goa Foundation, for being “anti 
national” and to wants to trace its source of funds, a similar probe must be 
made of the growth of assets and wealth of the mining MLAs. The probe should 
also cover the source of funds received by these MLAs to contest their 
elections and check if mining companies, who these MLAs are batting for, funded 
their elections with money and manpower. Nilesh Cabral, Ganesh Gaonkar, Subhash 
Phaldesai and Pramod Sawant, are you prepared for a probe into who funded your 
assembly elections? Claude Alvares is prepared for a probe into his source of 
funding, the results of which will embarrass you. Goa waits for your replies.

These MLAs have no interest in the resumption of mining for the sake of the 
mining affected. They want resumption of mining (illegal or otherwise) to 
further their personal business interests in mining and for the sake of their 
big mining daddies. They want mining which was stopped by their Chief Minister 
in September 2012 to start because their businesses have stopped. It was the 
petition of the same Goa Foundation which led to the Supreme Court ordering the 
start of mining but through a controlled process, under the MMDR Act so that 
the State gets full value of its minerals and not mining sharks.

Goa Foundation has challenged the manner in which the State undertook renewals 
trying to beat the MMDR ordinance which cancelled all renewals. The renewals 
were done under a mining policy which was notified (on January 20) after the 
last of the renewals were done on January 12, the day the MMDR ordinance came 
into effect. Goa Foundation went to court against this fraud, and not to 
prevent mining resumption.

The mining MLAs consider this act as anti-national. If national interest is 
‘self interest’ of mining companies, then Goa Foundation has surely gone 
against this kind of ‘national interest’. May God give them strength to commit 
more such acts.

As an aside consider this. When Goa’s warrior priest, Father Bismarque suddenly 
died and there were enough unanswered questions and indications, which 
indicated that he was killed, it took a citizens’ campaign with a demand from 
the family to transfer the case to the Crime Branch after allowing the 
supremely inefficient Old Goa Police to botch up the case in the first ten 
days. In this case, all it  took a mere request by one mining belt MLA Nilesh 
Cabral, perfectly timed to coincide with the decisive  hearing in the Supreme 
Court challenging the legality of the mining lease renewals, for the Chief 
Minister to say he would consider initiating an inquiry against Goa Foundation.

The government is only lowering itself to the last possible point of even 
contemplating equating the Goa Foundation and its founders to the likes of 
those facing criminal charges of grabbing land in the Serula Comunidade (Dilip 
Parulekar), taking bribes from Louis Berger to facilitate a consultancy 
contract for a sewerage and pipeline project (Digambar Kamat & Churchill 
Alemao) or grabbing land in the GIDC and buying huge amounts of land in Kerala 
from ill gotten wealth (Babu Kavlekar). Across political lines, corruption is a 
disease and the targets are those who are fighting this.

At the same time there is an absolutely fit case for a probe against this very 
government for the manner in which the State Environment Impact Assessment 
Authority, issued a prior Environment Clearance to Leading Hotels for their 
Tiracol project. This manipulation has been exposed by Herald many

[Goanet] Claude Alvares..Goa's finest jewel being targetted by Government and Mining Mafia

[Dr . Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão]

Eugene Correia;  eugene.correia at gmail.com ;  on Wed Dec 9 06:16:18 PST 2015 
wrote:




Claude was one of the few Xavierties who came to Goa from
Mumbai to settle

down and do something worthwhile for the land. Among them
was Alexyz, the

cartoonist, Valentino Fernandes, who was assistant editor of
Gomantak

Times, and Peter Jos Fernandes, who became an advocate.

It is mistakenly known that Claude is a Goan. He's, He lived
in

Kotachiwadi, a East Indian village in old times, on the
Girgaum Road, which

was renamed Shankar Seth Road…..

 

RESPONSE

Being a true son is known by the love and unconditional
support and assistance given to the parents.

Goans know to identify their true sons!



Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão. 


  

[Goanet] Claude Alvares..Goa's finest jewel being targetted by Government and Mining Mafia

[Robin Viegas]

From: b sabha 

From: Roger D'Souza >


http://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/Mining-MLAs-fielded-by-mining-daddies-to-target-Claude-Alvares/96441.html


Mining MLAs fielded by mining daddies to target Claude Alvares
A similar probe should be ordered on how mining MLAs got funds and manpower to 
fight their assembly elections

04 Dec, 2015, (Herald)

So the brutal might of the state has been unleashed on one man, whose 
organisation has single-handedly fought against the destruction of Goa and its 
resources and stood in the way of its abject loot and plunder, under the 
tutelage and duly abetted by the ruling party in government.

The orchestrated, and cowardly move, by the mining MLAs to contemplate an 
inquiry against Goa Foundation, (specifically targeting its icon Claude 
Alvares), stating that it could be done by the Crime Branch, the CBI or SIT, is 
borne out of frustration and also fear that Goa Foundation’s interventions in 
court, may well put a stop to all anti people projects backed by this 
government.

If the government decides to probe the Goa Foundation, for being “anti 
national” and to wants to trace its source of funds, a similar probe must be 
made of the growth of assets and wealth of the mining MLAs. The probe should 
also cover the source of funds received by these MLAs to contest their 
elections and check if mining companies, who these MLAs are batting for, funded 
their elections with money and manpower. Nilesh Cabral, Ganesh Gaonkar, Subhash 
Phaldesai and Pramod Sawant, are you prepared for a probe into who funded your 
assembly elections? Claude Alvares is prepared for a probe into his source of 
funding, the results of which will embarrass you. Goa waits for your replies.

These MLAs have no interest in the resumption of mining for the sake of the 
mining affected. They want resumption of mining (illegal or otherwise) to 
further their personal business interests in mining and for the sake of their 
big mining daddies. They want mining which was stopped by their Chief Minister 
in September 2012 to start because their businesses have stopped. It was the 
petition of the same Goa Foundation which led to the Supreme Court ordering the 
start of mining but through a controlled process, under the MMDR Act so that 
the State gets full value of its minerals and not mining sharks.

Goa Foundation has challenged the manner in which the State undertook renewals 
trying to beat the MMDR ordinance which cancelled all renewals. The renewals 
were done under a mining policy which was notified (on January 20) after the 
last of the renewals were done on January 12, the day the MMDR ordinance came 
into effect. Goa Foundation went to court against this fraud, and not to 
prevent mining resumption.

The mining MLAs consider this act as anti-national. If national interest is 
‘self interest’ of mining companies, then Goa Foundation has surely gone 
against this kind of ‘national interest’. May God give them strength to commit 
more such acts.

As an aside consider this. When Goa’s warrior priest, Father Bismarque suddenly 
died and there were enough unanswered questions and indications, which 
indicated that he was killed, it took a citizens’ campaign with a demand from 
the family to transfer the case to the Crime Branch after allowing the 
supremely inefficient Old Goa Police to botch up the case in the first ten 
days. In this case, all it  took a mere request by one mining belt MLA Nilesh 
Cabral, perfectly timed to coincide with the decisive  hearing in the Supreme 
Court challenging the legality of the mining lease renewals, for the Chief 
Minister to say he would consider initiating an inquiry against Goa Foundation.

The government is only lowering itself to the last possible point of even 
contemplating equating the Goa Foundation and its founders to the likes of 
those facing criminal charges of grabbing land in the Serula Comunidade (Dilip 
Parulekar), taking bribes from Louis Berger to facilitate a consultancy 
contract for a sewerage and pipeline project (Digambar Kamat & Churchill 
Alemao) or grabbing land in the GIDC and buying huge amounts of land in Kerala 
from ill gotten wealth (Babu Kavlekar). Across political lines, corruption is a 
disease and the targets are those who are fighting this.

At the same time there is an absolutely fit case for a probe against this very 
government for the manner in which the State Environment Impact Assessment 
Authority, issued a prior Environment Clearance to Leading Hotels for their 
Tiracol project. This manipulation has been exposed by Herald many months ago 
and we shall do so again to remind the people of Goa. The way the land has been 
seized from the Tiracol farmers, via negative declarations extracted from them, 
violates the basics of the Tenancy Act. The State is a partner in this 
violation and the matter is in the National Green Tribunal. Yet the State 
Government