[Goanet]GOA CABINET EXPANDED

2005-02-03 Thread godfrey gonsalves
Following the post haste swearing in ceremony at night 11.05 p.m of Mr Pratapsing Raoji Rane as the new Chief Minister of the Indian National Congress led United Legislators Alliance with the dismissal of the Manohar Parrikar government just 28 minutes after winning the vote of confidence, Mr

[Goanet]Top 10 Attractions of Goa

2005-02-03 Thread Philip Thomas
A personal listing (in random order) 1. The wonderful monsoon season with hardly any water logging 2. The sight of rivers flowing from bank to bank all year round. 3. The sight of sunsets from beaches (except when there is the haze due to pollution in the port area) and hill tops. 4. The sight

Re: [Goanet]WORST COMMUNAL GONE - Failure of bharati democracy in Goa

2005-02-03 Thread A. Veronica Fernandes
Dear Bernardo, Thank you for your constructive reply with historically intellectual output. Knowing you in this forum for a long time writing with credibility and dignity I must respect your views and hence I feel pleased to reply you. From my past experience people like you are few on this

[Goanet]Top 10 Oddities of Panjim

2005-02-03 Thread Philip Thomas
My personal listing: 1. The CM of Goa functioning like the CM of Panjim for almost one year to beautify the city for IFFI 2004 including personally supervising road construction in the middle of the night. 2. Goa govenment spending tens of crores on making the city another Cannes practically

[Goanet]Goanet News Service - News Clippings - Feb 2-3, 2005

2005-02-03 Thread Goanet News Service
* * * * * * POLITICS * * * * * * Goa sails in rough political seas - NEW DELHI: Goa is reeling under a political strom with an ousted Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) determined to challenge the dramatic takeover by the Congress. Top BJP leaders led by

Re: [Goanet]WORST COMMUNAL GONE - Failure of bharati democracy in Goa

2005-02-03 Thread Bernado Colaco
For more than 40 decades Goans have been faced with sham democracy. First it was the fraud elections, then the thieves, goons, loan sharks and communalists joined the fray. Democracy is a joke in Goa. No checks and balances are provided. What is the future of Goans? To get Portuguese citzenship?

[Goanet]Contemporary Art Exhibition - Salvita Gomes Makhani

2005-02-03 Thread Bosco D'Mello
Contemporary Art Exhibition By Salvita Gomes Makhani January 30 - February 11, 2005 Private Viewing: January 30, 2005 - 1-4 pm Opening Reception: February 6, 2005 - 1-4 pm Gallery Hours: Mon-Wed 9-10pm Thu-Sun 10am-4pm ETCHINGS LITHOGRAPHSPAINTINGS CEDAR RIDGE STUDIO

[Goanet]Re: Censorship via abuse - 2

2005-02-03 Thread jose colaco
From: Mario Goveia 1: governments in a democracy, by definition, govern with the consent of the governed. Wrong! Election - once in four/five years. After that there is NO mechanism for real consent from the governed..until it is promise and kiss the baby time at the next election. If

Re: [Goanet]Re: A new form of Censorship - abuse - responding to Jose Colaco

2005-02-03 Thread Mario Goveia
Jose Colaco wrote: 2. 'Democracies' - the Government still decides on Licenses, Monopolies, Taxes, Violations, Contracts etc - Big Business buys entire chunks of the media. Media spouts official line . Media Owners often vie for multi-billion dollar contracts in other areas. Moneybags decide

[Goanet]THE BLUES --- 6th get-together (SUNDAY FEB 13, 2005)

2005-02-03 Thread Desmond Nazareth
THE BLUES --- 6th get-together (SUNDAY FEB 13, 2005) Announcing the SIXTH of the seven-part series titled THE BLUES - executive produced by Martin Scorsese... THE BLUES is a set of personal and impressionistic presentations by seven world-renowned directors who share a passion for the music.

[Goanet]The Case according to S C Jamir, Goa Governor

2005-02-03 Thread Gabe Menezes
Jamir justifies dismissal Sandesh Prabhudesai 3 February 2005 Goa governor S C Jamir has justified his action of dismissing the Manohar Parrikar government while blaming the speaker for converting the whole proceedings of confidence motion into a farce. A press communiqué released by Sebastian

[Goanet]WORS COMMUNAL GONE

2005-02-03 Thread A. Veronica Fernandes
WORST COMMUNAL GONE With the fall of BJP, the worst intellectual communal Parrikar has gone from the top position in Goa from where he was communalising Goan life. Now people should start his trial of all his misdoings such as VCD - employment in police force for all his communal people etc.

RE: [Goanet]Boycott Reliance.....

2005-02-03 Thread Nagesh Bhatcar
Samir, Can you tell me of any non-corrupt/clean corporation in India? And how is one to boycott Reliance alone? The Indian bureaucracy is built in a way that encourages corruption and kickbacks. It is the best way for political parties to make money. Of late there have been efforts to ease the

[Goanet]Re: Goanet digest, Vol 1 #1871 - 13 msgs

2005-02-03 Thread Fausto V. D'Costa
Any luck for the Ribandar molestation case with the new govt. Mr. Aires? Faust Aires wrote:- Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's government has been dismissed. Pratapsingh Rane to be sworn in as Goa's next Chief Minister later this evening. Stay tuned, the political tamasha has just begun. Aires

[Goanet]21st CENTURY LIFELESSNESS..!!

2005-02-03 Thread Cynthia Fernandes
21st CENTURY LIFELESSNESS..!! Our communication - Wireless Our business - Cashless Our telephone - Cordless Our cooking - Fireless Our youth - Jobless Our religion - Creedless Our food - Fatless Our faith - Godless Our labour - Effortless Our conduct - Worthless Our relation - Loveless Our

Re: [Goanet]Goa Governor deserves to be sacked: BJP

2005-02-03 Thread Gabe Menezes
On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 01:40:37 -0800 (PST), Goa's Pride www.goa-world.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Goa Governor deserves to be sacked: BJP Chennai, Feb 3: Describing the dismissal of Manohar Parrikar government in Goa as a midnight murder of democracy, former BJP president M Venkaiah Naidu

[Goanet]Yes, what about Dabolim?

2005-02-03 Thread Philip Thomas
Excerpt From http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?hpFlag=Ychklogin=Nau tono=179782leftnm=lmnu2leftindx=2lselect=0 Airports regulator Bill in Budget session Independent watchdog for airlines, aviation infrastructure Our Corporate Bureau / New Delhi

[Goanet]Elections

2005-02-03 Thread Eddie
Below is the copy of letter from my friend which was mailed to Navhind times.. am yet to see it on NT..Indeed Mumbai has gone to concrete pave all roads. Rgds Eddie Verdes Jeddah/KSA ELECTIONS, ELECTIONS and ELECTIONS I am appalled at the recent political developments in Goa and the musical

[Goanet]AVC DANCE RE-SCHEUDLED

2005-02-03 Thread Demin D'Cruz
On behalf of AVC President, management members, I sincerely apologize to all for the postponement of the Red Black Nite, which was to be held on 3rd February 2005 at the Fakr Din Palace in Kuwait city. As we were all set to present this unique concept to the fun loving people, a call came from

[Goanet]Goa Governor deserves to be sacked: BJP

2005-02-03 Thread Goa's Pride www.goa-world.com
Goa Governor deserves to be sacked: BJP Chennai, Feb 3: Describing the dismissal of Manohar Parrikar government in Goa as a midnight murder of democracy, former BJP president M Venkaiah Naidu today said Governor S C Jamir deserves to be sacked. The BJP would fight it out both legally and

[Goanet]Fwd: Parrikar wins trust vote amidst chaos

2005-02-03 Thread Gabe Menezes
From: Gabe Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 09:26:53 - Subject: Parrikar wins trust vote amidst chaos To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The statistics mentioned was that each party had 18 persons. If the Speaker had counted only 6 opposition, why did he count himself on the Government

[Goanet]GOOD OLD DAYS ONCE AGAIN

2005-02-03 Thread Cyril Pereira
A must read... According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 60's, 70's and early 80's probably shouldn't have survived, because our baby cots were covered with brightly coloured lead-based paint, which was promptly chewed and licked. We had no childproof

[Goanet]Governor right or wrong?

2005-02-03 Thread Gabe Menezes
Below are some views of legal experts. My own reading would be that the Speaker acted in blatantly in disregard for the Law. The BJP insist that the remedy was through the Courts. Many can also insist in the same breath that if the Governor is wrong then the remedy in this case too is through the

[Goanet]Ignatius ‘Eclipses Sun’ with Top Prizes

2005-02-03 Thread lino dourado
Fourth Konkani One Act Play Competition Ignatius ‘Eclipses Sun’ with Top Prizes. United Club of Utorda, in association with the Goan Welfare Society organized the fourth One Act Play competition for Konkani protagonists at the Gulf English School, Rumethiya on Friday, January 28, 2005.

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2005-02-03 Thread Philip Thomas
Excerpt From http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?hpFlag=Ychklogin=Nau tono=179782leftnm=lmnu2leftindx=2lselect=0 Airports regulator Bill in Budget session Independent watchdog for airlines, aviation infrastructure Our Corporate Bureau / New Delhi