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******************************************************** ** From The Small Press ******************************** ******************************************************** [] SHE'S DONE IT, LORNA VISITS LISBOA: Speaking to writer Zinia Costa, the Goan nightingale says: "I always wanted to visit Lisbon, and now my dreams have finally come true." Lorna's tryst with the city began when she sang Chris Perry's song 'Lisboa'. (Goan Messenger, issue dated Jan 16-31). [] Minister Atanasio 'Babush' Monserrate has extracted more than his pound of flesh from a shaken Manohar Parrikar, who is painfully aware that he (Babush) has the capacity to unleash tsunami waves which could sweep (the CM) off his chair. (Goan Observer) www.goanobserver.com [] POLITICIANS draining Goa Industrial Development Corporation? (Goan Observer) [] FRANCISCO MARTINS, Goa's grand showman (Melba Mergulhao-Carvalho Antao in Goan Observer) [] GOEMCHEM PRIZE 2004 goes to Yadneshwar Nigale for untiringly combatting eradication of superstitions and social dogmas. Nigale won by a narrow margin over human rights activist advocate Albertina Almeida (GM) [] GOA'S FIRST FEMALE editor no more. Leonor de Loyola Furtado e Fernandes was editor of India-Portuguese. (GM) [] POLITICAL STORM: BJP dismissed speculation as baseless, but Parrikar detractors maintained this could be just the lull before the storm. (GM) [] GOA'S CONTROVERSIAL VCD: If a historical movie is to be produced by the State government, then it is necessary that historians are taken into confidence, and not just a handful of freedom fighters. (Soter D'Souza in GM) [] GOA HAS GOT a new restaurant offering fajitas to steaks and pastas. It claims to have Goa's largest indoor dance floors, and is called Trafalgar Chowk (Nova Cidade, Porvorim) GM [] PROFILE-FOOTBALL: 27-year-old Ghananian Yusif Yakubu Jr is the mainstay for the Churchill Brothers, and also leading striker of the National Football League three years running. He comes from Saliga in North Ghana. [GM} -------------------------------------------------------- [] FUNDACAO ORIENTE is offering long-term scholarships for doctorate and master's research, artistic improvement, annual courses in the Portuguese language and culture for Asian nationals [EMAIL PROTECTED] Last date Jan 31, 2005 [] 'GOA TO LISBOA', an album releasing the "very best of Lorna, is out from Rock and Raaga. director@ rockandraaga.com Rs 190 in CD version. Project director Lawrence de Tiracol, music Hycinth D'Souza, brass arrangement Neville Franco, sax Shyamraj, etc (GM) [] ANGEL CRASTO'S Institute of Personality Development opposite Panjim's Dena Bank offers public speaking, personality development, mind-control, conversational English coaching. Tel 243 5838. (GM) [] INGO's Saturday Night Bazaar calls itself the 'mother of all Goa nite markets' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Saturdays Artisans, hippie market, beer garden, int'l food stalls. [] FIPLEE'S at Benaulim is run by Salazar Pereira, and is an all-rounder hot spot. -------------------------------------------------------- [] COMMENTS: The much-hyped 'renovated' Panjim Kadamba Transport Corporation Terminus is nothing but new dirt, debris, stench and chaos. -- Aires Rodrigues in GM [] ALL WE actually receive is a grant from the Central Government for the sterilization of dogs. The amount is not sufficient even for sterilizations. -- Dr T T Rathod vet surgeon at GSPCA and Socrates Oliver Vet Hospital telephoen 241 6180. [] We appeal to the Governor to visit Orlim, a segment of Navelim constituency, so that he has a glance at the bridge over River Sal, which has not been maintained, whitewashed or cleaned from the day it was inaugurated by the then CM Dr Wilfred de Souza, about 15 years back. Orlim also does not have a balwadi (nursery). -- Ramakant Naik and Armando Dias. (Goan Observer) [] What Parrikar does not realise is that by going out of the way to appease the rebels and the mercenaries in his government, he is digging his own grave. Sooner or later, the BJP loyalists are bound to demand his resignation. -- Rajan Narayan in Goan Observer [] Pratapsing Rane who ruled for over a decade is a Harvard graduate in agriculture, I am told. In spite of this, our agricultural fields are full of stones and cement products rather than agriculture. Now we have a highly efficient IITian metallurgist occupying that chair who has been promoting steel rolling mills through massive EDC waivers that bounce back to the BJP coffers. -- Floriano Lobo in GO. [] DO YOU THINK pubs, discos and rave parties are detrimental to the health of Goan society? Email by Jan 25 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------- TODAY'S URLs [] www.villabomfin.com along the Baga road [] www.seaviewcottagesgoa.com Baga, Calangute [] www.annhmctgoa.com a catering training institute [] www.kentuckeegoa.com seafood at Colva beach [] www.fiplees.com multicuisine at Benaulim [] www.lilacafegoa.com Pumpernickel health foods lila cafe -------------------------------------------------------- FACTOID: A full-fledged TV broadcasting studio, earth station and downlink equipment at 25 colleges (under Goa University) set up at a cost of Rs 20.3 million (Rs 2.03 crore) could not be utilised for over 18 months for want of editing equipment. Source, Comptroller and Auditor General of India Report, 2003 http://cagindia.org/states/goa/2003 Compiled by: Frederick Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED]