*** Goanet News Bytes * Oct 6, 2005 * Goa govt assumes sweeping powers over planning

2005-10-06 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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[Goanet] CCBI Commission Chalks Out Action Plan

2005-10-06 Thread Miguel Braganza
Thank you Fred for copying that illustrative piece of news from the South Asia Religious {SAR}News service. It is a pity that for meetings of nine commissions there were only seven out of the 122 Bishops of the Latin rite[ as opposed, often quite literally, to the Syrian rite] of the Catholic

[Goanet] Singles Night Out - Tonite!!!

2005-10-06 Thread Cecil Pinto
From Ethel Da Costa -- Calling all 'Singles Again' Make a date to 'Meet, Connect and Bond' in a celebration of singlehood at the `Singles Again' Club launch party on Oct 7. THINK GEEK Media and Productions introduces the niche 'SINGLES AGAIN CLUB ' at Club on the Rocks, Villa Sol, Dona

[Goanet] song to promote konkhanim

2005-10-06 Thread Maurice Clarina Coutinho
Here is another song composed by me { MAURICE COUTINHO] for the archives of Mr . Dom Fernandes. TEG GOINCAR AMIG                C=CHRISTIAN MOJEM NAUM INAS LEITAUM, M=MUSLIM GOINCHO FAMAD MUZGU AUM, H=HINDU GODDTAM

[Goanet] PROTECTIONISM IS DESTRUCTIONISM

2005-10-06 Thread Philip Thomas
HERALD has a brief report on the first day's proceedings of the symposium on low cost carriers. Quoting the executive chairman of CAPA (the Sydney Australia based Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation) it says: There is still a large overhang of protectionism (in India) which is inhibiting expansion.

[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * Oct 7, 2005 * Bus fare hike on cards, minimum fare may touch Rs 5

2005-10-06 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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[Goanet] Re: Please identify this Flower

2005-10-06 Thread Egas DeSousa
H-I-B-I-S-C-U-S JoeGoaUk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So far 5 came back but none was correct. Pl forward to your Goan friends and ask if they can indentify. You may give its konkani name (although there is no proper konkani or englsih name).

[Goanet] Re: MHAKA GUNVDDAI-I-I-I-LO

2005-10-06 Thread Miguel Braganza
The History Hour at the Xavier Centre for Historical Research [XCHR], Porvorim, next door to TSKK, at six on 06 Oct., 2005, was interesting if a bit subdued for an emotive issue like a script for a Mother Tongue. Perhaps, the fact that the discussion was in English and the topic was Konknni was a

[Goanet] Obituary Funeral Announcement - ANTHONY ORTA (Honawar - Karnataka)

2005-10-06 Thread Goa's Pride www.goa-world.com
OBITUARY FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENT ANTHONY ORTA (HONAWAR (MOLLKORD) - KARNATAKA) DIED ON 1/10/2005 FOLLOWING A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK AT HIS RESIDENCE IN KHEITAN. HIS FUNERAL MASS IS SCHEDULED ON 8/10/2005 (SATURDAY) AT 3.30 PM AT THE HOLY FAMILY

Re: [Goanet] Goan then and now!

2005-10-06 Thread floriano
Dear Eddie, I understand very well the context that you have said what you have said. But when you are talking to Bernard Colaco, it is a different matter. Bernard Colaco and his ilk has always found fault with democracy. I too am of the same opinion that democracy is full of crap without

[Goanet] Re: SYMPTOMS OF A MUCH WIDER PROBLEM

2005-10-06 Thread Aloysius D'Souza
Hi Philip, One additional example of our Military Higher-ups callous regard of any norms of propriety is the fact that hundreds of residential flats in Bombay were requisitioned in 1942-44 to accomodate the additional Army, Navy and Air Force officers posted to Bombay during World War II.

[Goanet] Aiz aum, falea tum

2005-10-06 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dear Ricco, I caught the following on the official Website of the Govt. of Goa which I thought might be interesting: CITIZENS' CHARTER A Citizens Charter represents the commitment of the Organisation towards standards, quality and time frame of service delivery,

Re: [Goanet] 2006 Goa Carnival

2005-10-06 Thread Jim Fernandes
Saturday Feb 25th - though the real deal begins on Sunday, Feb 26th. I will be there in Goa to celebrate 'Carnaval' next year. Jim F New York. -- Original message -- From: Cher Sty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, Do anyone know when the Goan carnival will take

Re: [Goanet] Re: Musings on crossing a hundred....

2005-10-06 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Viviana [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cornel - Your post is very interesting and informative, but I have to disagree on the subject of no segregation in Scandinavian countries. What about Malmo??? Do you see a difference between forced segregation, as in The South (USA) during the last century,

Re: [Goanet] The married priest

2005-10-06 Thread Mario Goveia
--- Lawrence Rodrigues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Catholic Church has a very specific and very high-minded reason for wanting their priests to be celibate, and this reason has so far superceded the arguments in favor of married priests.Mario G ...and the Church is *never* wrong?

Re: [Goanet] Re: Musings on crossing a hundred....

2005-10-06 Thread Mario Goveia
--- cornel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have serious doubts about the trickle-down theory. Indeed, there is much in the serious literature to indicate that the gap between the well to do and the poor in the USA has widened ever so detrimentally in recent years. The measure of this kind of

Re: [Goanet] The married priest

2005-10-06 Thread Lawrence Rodrigues
The Catholic Church has a very specific and very high-minded reason for wanting their priests to be celibate, and this reason has so far superceded the arguments in favor of married priests.Mario G ...and the Church is *never* wrong? Are not food, clothing, shelter, sex, the basic human

[Goanet] Re:Just to reassure you that these guys hadn't come etc

2005-10-06 Thread jose colaco
From: Viviana [EMAIL PROTECTED] As a non-Goan married to a Goan, I have to say that, IMHO, Goa is different from the rest of India in many ways. Sure, Gujurat is different from Srinigar and they're both different from Chennai, etc., but it is still true that Goa is different from the rest of

Re: [Goanet] Just to reassure you that these guys hadn't come with any military purpose in mind ; -)

2005-10-06 Thread Mario Goveia
--- Frederick Noronha (FN) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And surely the US Navy could lose friends in Goa among its supporters, who might get upset by this statement: Goan. Having been ruled as a Portuguese colony for more than 450 years, Goa has a culture distinctly different from most of

Re: [Goanet] Just to reassure you that these guys hadn't come with any military purpose in mind ;-)

2005-10-06 Thread Viviana
As a non-Goan married to a Goan, I have to say that, IMHO, Goa is different from the rest of India in many ways. Sure, Gujurat is different from Srinigar and they're both different from Chennai, etc., but it is still true that Goa is different from the rest of India in more pronounced ways

Re: [Goanet] Re: Musings on crossing a hundred....

2005-10-06 Thread Mario Goveia
In my opinion, Cornel has no idea what he is talking about when it comes to poverty and segregation in the US, where I have lived for 35 years and am a volunteer in a social service agency that helps people considered poor in this country. Many poor Americans have a better standard of living than

[Goanet] Just to reassure you that these guys hadn't come with any military purpose in mind ;-)

2005-10-06 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
And surely the US Navy could lose friends in Goa among its supporters, who might get upset by this statement: Goan. Having been ruled as a Portuguese colony for more than 450 years, Goa has a culture distinctly different from most of India. Anyway, what is the culture... (of) most of India? I

[Goanet] Goa: Antonio Pereira Konknni Puroskar for Jess Ferandes

2005-10-06 Thread Cip Fernandes
Goa: Antonio Pereira Konknni Puroskar for Jess Ferandes From Pratap Naik SJ Director, TSKK Alto Porvorim Goa Goa, Oct 5: Thomas Stephens Konknni Kendr (TSKK) has chosen veteran Konkani writer and poet in Devanagari and Roman scripts Jess Fernandes as the recipient of Antonio Pereira Konkani

Re: [Goanet] Re: Musings on crossing a hundred....

2005-10-06 Thread Viviana
Cornel - Your post is very interesting and informative, but I have to disagree on the subject of no segregation in Scandinavian countries. What about Malmo??? Do you see a difference between forced segregation, as in The South (USA) during the last century, and the natural desire of people

[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * Oct 6, 2005 * Goa govt assumes sweeping powers over planning

2005-10-06 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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Re: [Goanet] Re: Musings on crossing a hundred....

2005-10-06 Thread cornel
Mario, Again, thanks for your response. I well know the case for being against the tried out communist systems e.g in the former Soviet Union. I spent three weeks there in 1967, and although warmly welcomed as an Indian wherever I travelled, by car, I saw at first hand, how bureaucracy and

[Goanet] Glenmark gets US FDA approval for its Goa facility - Type II Diabetes

2005-10-06 Thread Cip Fernandes
Glenmark gets US FDA approval for its Goa facility Source: IRIS (03 October 2005) Glenmark (Q, N,C,F)* Pharmaceuticals Ltd has received US FDA approval for its solid dosage plant in Goa that manufactures formulations for the international regulated markets. In addition to that, the plant also

[Goanet] Goan then and now!

2005-10-06 Thread Edward Verdes
Florian Bab, In this case u mean to say that the gorment has to do everything...we as people do not have any responsibilities.such that we cant do even small things which help us in our daily life, ...the uncultivated lands..keeping our surroundings clean..etc. Edward Verdes Wed Oct 5

[Goanet] Goa Charter flight restrictions

2005-10-06 Thread Gabe Menezes
Please kindly be informed that there is an enforcement which allows people travelling by charter flight to Goa to remain for a maximum of 4 weeks. The doggy deals offered by some unscrupulous agents has been unearthed. I have come to know through a friend who complained about being charged (bribe

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Reader: Reverberations from Bali

2005-10-06 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
--- Goanet Reader [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Reverberations from Bali By V. M. de Malar [EMAIL PROTECTED] The videotape released yesterday by the Bali police shows an unassuming young local walking into the Raja nightspot in Kuta, Bali, last Saturday night. large patch of

[Goanet] Goa Sudharop fund for Terence Pereira family

2005-10-06 Thread George Pinto
Goa Sudharop would like to thank all the kind donors who have contributed generously to the late Terence Pereira family fund. Terence passed away suddenly recently leaving behind a young wife, Franskin, and a very young daughter, Crystal. Goa Sudharop has set-up a fund for this family in their

[Goanet] CONFERENCE ON LOW COST AVIATION TRENDS

2005-10-06 Thread Philip Thomas
The second annual symposium on low cost aviation trends in the Indian sub-continent is scheduled to be held in Mumbai on Oct 6 and 7 under the auspices of the international Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA). About 300 delegates are expected to attend and debate issues facing the industry in