[Goanet] Re: GOA FOR GOANS! - final

2006-03-21 Thread Mario Goveia
Gabe Menezes wrote: You have said that Portugal is a third rate Country, a third rate European Country and so on in three different posts. To suddenly change and say it was a tongue in check, smacks of a schizophrenic attitude! Mario responds: Looks like you have been smacked once too often,

[Goanet] Re: Portuguese Passport the Bonefacio factor

2006-03-21 Thread Mario Goveia
On 19/03/06, Gabriel de Figueiredo wrote: That trickle ... depends which way you look at statistics. BTW, where did you get that number of non-interested people? Counting tea-leaves? I do take offence to your reference to brown Portuguese. Would such a description be legal in your

[Goanet] Re: BJP yatras are a cause for concern: PM

2006-03-21 Thread Elisabeth Carvalho
I have to wonder why we tolerate such a communal party as the BJP. Isn't it time that we took legal action against this partisan, communal virus that has taken a stronghold in India. In any sane society they would be shunned. Is there any difference between them and the KKK or the Al Qaeda. They

[Goanet] PORTUGUESE PASSPORT

2006-03-21 Thread Bonefacio Lopes
Why should there be an argument against portuguese? Why can't there be an argument against Britishers, How many applications are pending in the portuguese consulate in Goa , how many indians are seeking British Citizenship/Passport. Let's forget the past history , let's only keep it as a

[Goanet] Family Renewal Retreat - An Invitation to attend and Experience April 1st 2nd

2006-03-21 Thread Armande Condillac
An Invitation to attend and Experience Spiritual Renewal during Lent Family Renewal Retreat preached by Rev Dr. Augustine Vallooran, V.C, Ph.D., Director of Retreats, Divine Retreat Center, Muringoor, Potta India   Date:    Saturday April 1st and Sunday April 2nd, 2006   Time:  

[Goanet] RE: The Murderers of Fr. Eusebio Ferrao Should be Crucified

2006-03-21 Thread CARMO DCRUZ
George, Thanks for sharing your moderate views in this matter. Remember Goa is not in America or the EU for that matter. Sure, the wheels of justice may not move at the same speed as the public's anger and that may be good for civilized society. But these uncivilized, murderer Bhayyas from UP,

[Goanet] AICHEA DISSAK CHINTOP - Marsachi 22vi, 2006!

2006-03-21 Thread domnic fernandes
Jezu amkam punorjivit divnk zolmolo. (Jesus was born that we might be born again.) Moi-mogan, Domnic Fernandes Anjuna/Dhahran, KSA _ Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search!

[Goanet] Re : HIV Test to be made mandatary for marriage registration in Goa

2006-03-21 Thread Beverley de Sequeira
I do agree with Ms Carvalho that making the HIV Test mandatory is an invasion of one's privacy.. But however, one has seriously consider that in doing so , numerous innocent lives will be spared the anguish unfairly inficted upon them in unwittingly contracting the disease from a infected

[Goanet] 'Sonvsar Sudhorlo' Tiatr Kuwait-an

2006-03-21 Thread Sonvsar Sudhorlo
Padmashree M. Boyer hacho 1976 vorsa lovkik zalolo tiatr SONVSAR SUDHORLO Kuwait-chea xarant Konknni machier dakhovpant ietlo. Choddant chodd tiatr-pollenaramni ho tiatr adim pollela tori astana toch lok Goenchea mukhi ganva-xaranim upott ghalun porot pollevnk dhanvtalo hacho puravo gelea

[Goanet] POTATO STARCH COULD CAUSE CANCER

2006-03-21 Thread Nora D'Souza
According to the papers, Attorney General Bill Lockyer of California is suing nine large fast-food Corporations to require that they put a lable on every bag of FRENCH FRIE that states THIS PRODUCT CONTAINS A CHEMICAL KNOWN TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO CAUSE CANCER - This is because Potato

[Goanet] RE: Are Goan Police upto the task?

2006-03-21 Thread peu De
Yes  I firmly believe in what you said and the police are quizing that Varca Lady Clara Gonsalves instead of finiing and imrisoning  Ms.Zarina Shah the ex.Municipal Councillor for staying first in the same flat and making room for the terrorist and passing on the flat to the terrorist by

[Goanet] Re: *** Goanet Reader: Memories of another Panjim...

2006-03-21 Thread Marina W Lobo
Congratulations to the write, This was a beautiful piece written on the Bygone era in Goa . It takes the reader back down memory lane and for any Goan brings back fresh memories of Goa as it smelt, felt and was. A very home-sick feeling to those far from Goa, a feeling of belonging and a feeling

[Goanet] Re: Welcome to Goanet

2006-03-21 Thread Elisabeth Carvalho
Thank you everyone for welcoming me so warmly to this forum. I look forward to engaging in healthy debate about Goa and politics and Goan politics. I'm aware of how these forums operate. They do tend to get heated at times and no doubt I'll be adding to the fireworks. At the end the day however,

[Goanet] Re: ABBE FARIA STAMP

2006-03-21 Thread George Pinto
This is the best news on this forum in quite awhile. Action, not words. Congratulations to Dom and those who assisted him. Disappointing only 283 have signed the petition. In addition to Goan apathy, it may be the online petition process is something new to Goans? George --- [EMAIL

[Goanet] Indian govt concerned about NRI’s welfare, says minister

2006-03-21 Thread Goa's Pride www.goa-world.com
THE Government of India is deeply concerned about the welfare of the 4mn Indians working abroad and the country’s foreign policies are framed taking into account this factor, India’s Minister of State for External Affairs E Ahmed yesterday said. Addressing a community reception at the Indian

[Goanet] For Christ's sake

2006-03-21 Thread D'Souza, Avelino
For Christ's sake Mumbai Mirror MUMBAI, Wednesday, March 22, 2006 Souza's 'Last Howl from the Cross' is up for bid at Rs 2,32,74,090 crore at Bonhams auction Will the late F N Souza's macabre crucifixion be the next big thing at the auctions? Georgina Maddox Hot on the heels of the online

[Goanet] Re: The Murderers of Fr. Eusebio Ferrao Should be Crucified Upside Down in Goa

2006-03-21 Thread George Pinto
--- CARMO DCRUZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To avenge and prevent ghastly murders like that of Fr. Eusebio Ferrao in Macazana, Salcette, Goa, I hereby urge the Congress Government of Goa CM Pratapsingh Rane and the leader of the opposition Manohar Parrikar to declare that the perpetrators

Re: [Goanet] Sondekar Raja

2006-03-21 Thread Jorge/Livia de Abreu Noronha
Gabriel de Figueiredo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Miguel Braganza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The English newspaper readers in Goa and elsewhere in the world may never know that the Nagueshi-Bandora based last 'Raja' of Sonda passed away on 19 March, 2006 and was cremated today at

[Goanet] GOACAN holds protest action on World Forestry Day

2006-03-21 Thread goadesc
- Documented by Goa Desc Resource Centre (GDRC) Website: www.goadesc.org Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Press Clippings on the web: http://www.goadesc.org/mem/ -

Re: [Goanet] Atheism

2006-03-21 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Jerry Fernandes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any attempt to arrive at an idea of right and wrong independent of an outside or divine source is destined to collapse upon itself. Moral atheists do nothing but borrow wholesale from the codes of those they look down on and have not even the

Re: [Goanet] RE: Welcome to Goanet

2006-03-21 Thread Mario Goveia
--- Agnelo Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: These are not professors by any means. These are NRG-CF catholic fanatics who think they now it all, but they know ZILCH about Goa. They are the NRG OSAMA's. Thank Goa they are not in Goa. Mario observes: As an anti-OSAMA NRG, I have been

Re: [Goanet] Atheism

2006-03-21 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- Jerry Fernandes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any attempt to arrive at an idea of right and wrong independent of an outside or divine source is destined to collapse upon itself. Moral atheists do nothing but borrow wholesale from the codes of those they look down on and have not even the courtesy

[Goanet] Goa -Properties for Sale/Rent ( a selection just for you )

2006-03-21 Thread JoeGoaUk
Thanks for your interests ... and this is just for you to give some general ideas.. A selection from Goan Newspapers.. 4 bed bungalow near Margao (chogule college) Rs.39,00,000 Goan houses with plots: Aldona 900mtSq Plot/280mtSq house Rs.25,00,000 Ucassaim 748/330 Rs.85,00,000 Poutona 1000/362

Re: [Goanet] Re: Portuguese passports etc.

2006-03-21 Thread Mario Goveia
--- Radhakrishnan Nair [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm sure Kevin can defend his case ably and convincingly, but it's obvious to all that Dr JC looks at the concept of nationality as a two- dimensional affair: race and citizenship. His next argument would be that there's no such thing called

Re: [Goanet] The Murderers of Fr. Eusebio Ferrao Should be Crucified Upside Down in Goa

2006-03-21 Thread Herman D'Souza
I SUPPORT THAT. I THINK PEOPLE COME TO GOA AND ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE OPENDOOR, GOOD HEARTED AND PEACELOVING GOANS. THE GOVERNMENT OF GOA TOGETHER WITH THE RESIDENTS OF GOA HAVE TO LOOK MORE DEEPER IN THIS MATTER AND USE A FIRM IRON HAND IN DEALING WITH SUCH PROBLEMS I REGRET THE DEATH

[Goanet] Re: TAP DANCE!

2006-03-21 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
On Mon, 2006-03-20 at 22:02 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: domnic fernandes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] TAP DANCE! To: goanet@goanet.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Wonder when Domnic is going to compile all his pieces as a book.

[Goanet] Club de Goa activities

2006-03-21 Thread Bosco - Goanet Volunteer
From the Club de Goa newsletter: This year Club de Goa will be holding the annual camp (April 28 to May 1, 2006) at The Currimundi Outdoor Recreation Centre, located on 21.85 hectares of foreshore land just north of Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast. Available at the site are numerous outdoor

[Goanet] PRIEST KILLER SUSPECTS BROUGHT TO GOA

2006-03-21 Thread godfrey gonsalves
Suspected killers of late Fr Eusebio Ferrao 61 Parish priest of St Francis Xavier Macasana Salcette Goa were nabbed in outskirts of Nagpur in Maharashtra at dawn today 21/03/2006. The killers may have arrived there from Mumbai after they reached there on 18th March, 2006 and then intended to

[Goanet] [JudeSundayReflections] Sunday Reflections - Fourth Sunday of Lent

2006-03-21 Thread Jude Botelho
Sunday Reflections - An aid to Sunday Liturgy My Groups | JudeSundayReflections Main Page 20-Mar-2006Dear Friend,We like to believe that we are enlightened people; that we are seekers of the light of truth and proclaimers of an illumined faith. But

Re: [Goanet] Re: Portuguese passports etc.

2006-03-21 Thread cornel
Radhakrishnan Methinks you are confusing identity with nationality. When you refer to cultural affinity, which encompasses vast areas of tradition, emotional attachment etc you are surely referring to the attachments humans make which determine, to a large extent, the underpinnings of identity

[Goanet] Indian men win table tennis gold; Hope you read this VM De Malar!

2006-03-21 Thread Gabe Menezes
Indian men win table tennis gold PTI | March 20, 2006 | 19:03 IST Indian paddlers staged a sensational turnaround against higher-ranked Singapore to snatch the men's team event gold at the 18th Commonwealth Games in Melbourne on Monday. Achanta Sharath KamalShrugging off a 0-2 defecit, Subhajit

Re: [Goanet] Re: HIV test to be made mandatory for marriage registrationin Goa

2006-03-21 Thread Eddie Fernandes
- Original Message - From: Elisabeth Carvalho [EMAIL PROTECTED] At first thought, this feels like a logical step in the prevention of AIDS ... But no matter how you dice it, it is in the end an invasion of personal privacy. . Elisabeth, You

[Goanet] Re: *** Goanet Reader: 'Sanvordem-Curchorem riots shouldn't have

2006-03-21 Thread Shaikh Chandsab
Sheikh chandsab Hi good afternoon sir I just want to tell you very important think is that Goans people should not allow outsider to be settle in goa, since we are goans we don't have house also to stay and outsider from mostly from Bangalore and from kerala they got big business we should not

Re: [Goanet] Uma Tanga

2006-03-21 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 21/03/06, afra dias [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Goanetteres, 2. And, if a RODENT which moves on four legs is not a RAT what is. Afra. RESPONSE: Not all rodents are rats, although all rats are rodents Please click on the URL below which will give you more info on different kinds of rodents

[Goanet] Applying for a UK visa?

2006-03-21 Thread Gabe Menezes
Applying for a UK visa? Shobha Warrier | March 20, 2006 | 14:57 IST According to Mike Connor, British deputy high commissioner in southern India, the British Deputy High Commission in Chennai is the sixth largest UK visa issuing post in the world. This Commission processes visa applications from

[Goanet] BJP yatras are a cause for concern: PM

2006-03-21 Thread Gabe Menezes
BJP yatras are a cause for concern: PM Onkar Singh in New Delhi | March 20, 2006 | 23:41 IST Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said he had misgivings about the timing of the rath yatras of senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Lal Kishenchand Advani and party president Rajnath Singh. The

[Goanet] Goa police arrest two men in priest murder case

2006-03-21 Thread D'Souza, Avelino
Goa police arrest two men in priest murder case 21 Mar 2006 - PTI Panaji/Nagpur: Two persons were today arrested at Nagpur for their alleged involvement in the murder of a Catholic priest in south Goa, police said. The accused - Amit Shukla and Manish Dubey - were arrested by a team of Goa police

[Goanet] Goa police arrest two men in priest murder case

2006-03-21 Thread Gabe Menezes
http://www.newkerala.com/news2.php?action=fullnewsid=28893 Goa police arrest two men in priest murder case Goa police arrest two men in priest murder case Panaji/Nagpur: Two persons were today arrested at Nagpur for their alleged involvement in the murder of a Catholic priest in

[Goanet] Goa = The Lusitanian Impact

2006-03-21 Thread Antonio Menezes
As stated earlier, by 1760 the Portuguese stay i n India was already two and half centuries old. The territories they had occupied so far were the three talukas of Ilhas , Bardez and Salcete. Wih the annexation of seven more talukas in the late eighteen century two new terms appeared on the

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Reader: Memories of another Panjim...

2006-03-21 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
--- Goanet Reader [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: MEMORIES OF ANOTHER PANJIM: THE OLD TOWN HAD A CHARM OF HER OWN By Isabel de Santa Rita Vas Ah professora, those were the days ... The alvorada would be played by the Panjim Police Band Was it the Police band, or that of Mestre Santana Cota?

Re: [Goanet] *** Goanet News Bytes * March 16, 2006 * ... bid to stoke up communal conflict at Comba

2006-03-21 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 21/03/06, Ghodekar, Shivputra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: IIT engineer the EX-CM is the only solution to Goa , to save Goa . Don't challenge him RESPONSE: Too true, the minorities should go like meek lambs, to the slaughter house. Only solution for Goa, but at what cost to secularism and

[Goanet] Our Mental Kaleidoscopes

2006-03-21 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Considering the prodigious array of intellectual sophistry vented out each day at Goanet, Goans could have had a colossal mental-turbine generating global results instead of tribal insults. It’s not that our mental kaleidoscopes are as immovable as the pyramids, or cumbrously thunderous as

[Goanet] The Murderers of Fr. Eusebio Ferrao Should be Crucified Upside Down in Goa

2006-03-21 Thread CARMO DCRUZ
Hi Everyone, To avenge and prevent ghastly murders like that of Fr. Eusebio Ferrao in Macazana, Salcette, Goa, I hereby urge the Congress Government of Goa CM Pratapsingh Rane and the leader of the opposition Manohar Parrikar to declare that the perpetrators Amit Shukla and Manish Dhubey be

[Goanet] Medical Tourism: Goa: Back in Good Shape

2006-03-21 Thread Eddie Fernandes
15 March 2006: The Daily Mail (UK). From Christine Bennett (Excerpts). Like Alex Cooperwhite, who went to Goa for an operation, I've just returned from Goa where I had a back operation ... The care, which I received, was excellent ... The whole 21 days cost me £1,400. For that I received

[Goanet] Goa Police achieved a major breakthrough

2006-03-21 Thread Edward Verdes
Daijiworld Special Correspondent in Goa Panjim, Mar 21: The Goa police achieved a major breakthrough in Fr Eusebio Ferrao (60) murder case by arresting 2 assailants at Nagpur in Maharashtra on Tuesday March 21 morning. The arrested have been identified as Amit Shukla and Manish Dube, hailing

Re: [Goanet] The Athletics Drought (V M de Malar)

2006-03-21 Thread Eddie Fernandes
From: Goanet News Service [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] The Athletics Drought (V M de Malar) Goa has produced other champions, most notably Kenya's famous Gazelle, Seraphino Antao. In 1962, the Mombasa-born Goan dominated the Commonwealth Games at Perth, winning a

[Goanet] AICHEA DISSAK CHINTOP - Marsachi 21vi, 2006!

2006-03-21 Thread domnic fernandes
Dev diteleak tossoch denneank polleta; gormi tossoch hath. (God sees the giver as well as the gift; the heat as well as the hand.) Moi-mogan, Domnic Fernandes Anjuna/Dhahran, KSA _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger!

[Goanet] Bance Airline

2006-03-21 Thread jerome mendes
Yes the best destination for Bance Airline will be Goa. There are more Goans in the UK and also NRIs wanting to live in Goa for longer than four weeks which is the rule on Charter Airlines and a if Mr.Bance has got a full fledged Airline then there is no restriction of how long a person can

[Goanet] Divine Retreat Centre (Muringoor)

2006-03-21 Thread afra dias
Hi Goanetteres, I have been to this Retreat Centre and found it very eary in restrospect. Something is not right over there. It IS being observed by foreign spies but as long as it does not hurt their interests they will not take action. They are preaching to the converted, and the others who

[Goanet] *** GOA NEWS: Mar 21 /06 - Amit Shukla and Manish Dubey arrested, River princess, Sonsodo, Land grab, Ethanol-blended petrol...

2006-03-21 Thread Goanet News Service
*** GOA NEWS: Mar 21 /06 - Amit Shukla and Manish Dubey arrested, River princess, Sonsodo, Land grab, Ethanol-blended petrol... *** Goa police arrest two men in priest murder case Two persons were today arrested at Nagpur for their alleged involvement in the murder of a Catholic priest in

[Goanet] Re: Hideous price of a roof over their heads....

2006-03-21 Thread Beverley de Sequeira
It was absolutely shocking to read of the nefarious activities that occured in Duncan Grant's Anchorage Shelter as stated by Mr A. D'souza. Of all the crimes committed against children, , the sexual abuse of a child ranks number one as the most abhorrent...Unfortunatley its also ranks

[Goanet] G.O.A Rolling Trophy Kuwait

2006-03-21 Thread Julio Cardoso
XIIIth GOA Rolling Trophy Goa Maroons, Bombay Boys, KGA and Santos in semis Goa Maroons, Bombay Boys, Kuwait Goans Association (KGA) and Santos S.C made it to the last four in the XIII edition of Goan Overseas Association Rolling Trophy, sponsored by Bassem International Trading Company

[Goanet] Uma Tanga

2006-03-21 Thread afra dias
Hi Goanetteres, Jorge Wrote:  To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@goanet.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 25 tangas?! That would be equal to uma rupia e nove tangas (one rupee and nine annas), as each rupia had 16 tangas. And

[Goanet] RE: Welcome to Goanet

2006-03-21 Thread Agnelo Pinto
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Elizabeth There are several self-appointed professors on Goanet. A few of them believe they are the god-appointed authority on a specific issue. Cross the line on that subject, these ayatollahs will be awaken from their usual docile existence. A few of course

[Goanet] Atheism

2006-03-21 Thread Jerry Fernandes
Hi A few days back, there was an article sent by one goanetter claiming to be an Atheist. which claimed Gabes salutations to be against his ethics. Coincidently, there was another article by a person called Slavoj Zizek who wrote Atheism is a legacy worth fighting for on International Herald

[Goanet] Re: HIV test to be made mandatory for marriage

2006-03-21 Thread Peter D'Souza
Elisabeth, You raise some interesting points (and welcome to the list!). I believe that there are at least two distinct issues here: 1. Government intrusion--a slippery slope indeed, as you point out. 2. The rights of an uninfected partner in a case where one partner has HIV/AIDS. The second