date:20060323

On 23/03/06, JoeGoaUk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Goa Budget: Some Highlights- just for you (hope there is some thing for every one). I wonder if there is law in Goa/India selling alcoholic drinks to under aged. In UK it is not sold to under 16..

[Goanet] Sonia resigns as MP, NAC Chairperson

2006-03-23 Thread Gabe Menezes

http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20060323/286121.html Sonia resigns as MP, NAC Chairperson New Delhi | March 23, 2006 4:47:57 PM IST In a swift move to take the wind out of the Opposition''s campaign against her over the Office of Profit controversy, Congress President Sonia

Re: [Goanet] RE: Welcome to Goanet

2006-03-23 Thread Gabe Menezes

On 21/03/06, Agnelo Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [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

[Goanet] Key discovery made in defeating rice crop's biggest threat

2006-03-23 Thread Gabe Menezes

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/article353021.ece Key discovery made in defeating rice crop's biggest threat By Steve Connor, Science Editor Published: 23 March 2006 British scientists have made a breakthrough in the fight against a major agricultural pest which each year

Re: [Goanet] The Priest, the Cook , the Guests the Alcohol -what rubbish!

2006-03-23 Thread Elisabeth Carvalho

Dear Joe, The priest in question is a family friend of my in-laws and they can vouch that he has never visited any of them in their rooms even though he's spent several nights in their ancestral house and there are boys aplenty in my husband's family - all of who are a lot more handsome than some

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

2006-03-23 Thread Elisabeth Carvalho

However, I don't think an AIDS test is a deterrent to post-marital sex. These men will visit prostitutes after they get married and will infect their wives. That much we can be sure off. AIDS is more a lifestyle disease and unless we inform people to change lifestyles, use condoms and practice

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

2006-03-23 Thread Elisabeth Carvalho

Hehehe, Marlon that was hilarious!! They say nature abhors a vacuum. Obviously not, if we take into account the vacuum between people's ears. Carvalho ;) --- Marlon Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to pay tribute to the exempleary courage exhibited by Heman and Como in pushing

Re: [Goanet] Portuguese Passport

2006-03-23 Thread cornel

Domnic and Bernardo Indians definitely do not refer to the UK as the motherland and have never done so. Indeed, most are embarrassed and cringe that the West Indians from the Carribean used such terminology when they arrived in the UK. Cornel DaCosta, London, UK. - Original Message -

[Goanet] RE: The Smearing of one who is unable to respond et HIV testing.

2006-03-23 Thread jose colaco

Dear Basilio and Jose Oscar, I second your posts, and the sentiments contained therein. Fr. Eusebio is not around anymore to clear his name; He was brutally murdered. The Police Chief has released bits and pieces of the confession from the alleged murderers. That may or may not be the whole

[Goanet] Goa Budget: Some Highlights, just for you.

2006-03-23 Thread JoeGoaUk

Goa Budget: Some Highlights- just for you (hope there is some thing for every one) NRI ? or Foreign Touristcoming to GOA by charter flights or through hotel booking? You will pay Rs.100 per head (as cess). That's about 1.3 British pounds. Last year, there were about 3.5 lacks foreign tourist,

Re: [Goanet] NRI Association in Goa

2006-03-23 Thread floriano

Vivian D'Souza needs to be commended for putting the work profile and/or the job of seeking some valid and useful answers to the NRI/NRG problems in Goa/India. Haven't I said before that Vivian has a head on his shoulders? At the last NRI convention held at the Kala Academy, I had taken a

[Goanet] Auroville

2006-03-23 Thread cornel

Hi Radhakrishnan You raise an interesting question about Auroville. I may have heard of such a place but definitely of other similar 'communes' in Britain and elsewhere. Such communes tend to come and go and the people there are inclined to say they have renounced their nationality and

Fw: [Goanet] The Murderers of Fr. Eusebio Ferrao Should be CrucifiedUpside Down in Goa

2006-03-23 Thread cornel

Colleagues I think my post below got missed out or got lost. Cornel - Original Message - From: cornel [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 11:37 AM Subject: Re: [Goanet] The Murderers of Fr. Eusebio Ferrao Should be CrucifiedUpside Down in Goa

[Goanet] NRI Association in Goa

2006-03-23 Thread Miguel Braganza

Dear Vivian, The best place to find a helping handis the end of one's own arm. If the NRIs, and NRI returnees, do not help themselves, nobody will. Native Goans elbow their way into Government-funded NRI organisiations for 1.Position, 2. a platform to make pious speeches with a captive

[Goanet] Priests Murder

2006-03-23 Thread Dominic Fernandes

Hi Joe , You have raised very important and pertinent questions . Lets hope they are all answered ! Another nagging question that comes to light , again is the question of celibacy for priests and nuns , i feel it should be done away with . regards Dominic

[Goanet] Portuguese Passport

2006-03-23 Thread Dominic Fernandes

Bernardo wrote: Those in the UK (hindustanis) did not want to come to India after Idi booted them out. So they opted for their motherland the UK. Dominic Says : Sorry ! Bernardo , just a slight correction here . These Indians in Uganda , were holders of British passports and British

[Goanet] The Priest, the Cook , the Guests the Alcohol

2006-03-23 Thread Jude S. Fernandes

Stop this gossip and get back to work Jude Fernandes Credit Controller FREIGHTWORKS Tel: 009714 2044507 Fax: 009714 2044561 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Winner of Dubai Quality Award Appreciation Programme - Services -Original Message- From: JoeGoaUk The Priest, the Cook, the Guests the

[Goanet] Re - Damage to Places of Worship.

2006-03-23 Thread Dominic Fernandes

Hi Tom , You have indeed raised a very important issue . Part of the problem is that the present minority community in Goa is generally percieved as an extremely peace loving laid back community which shuns confrontation , and is weak . Some years ago , when there was a spate of attacks on

Re: [Goanet] NRI Association in Goa

2006-03-23 Thread Gabe Menezes

On 22/03/06, Vivian D'Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can someone let me/all of us know the status of the planned NRI Association in Goa ? I attended a meeting of NRIs in February at the Kala Academy, but had to leave early. Later I heard that as an outcome of that meeting, an Association

[Goanet] 25th March LPG Consumers Safety Camp at St.Estevam.

2006-03-23 Thread Goa Desc

- Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help others be BETTER INFORMED, The time is come for the people of Goa to ORGANISE not AGONISE !!

Re: [Goanet] The Priest, the Cook , the Guests the Alcohol

2006-03-23 Thread Gabe Menezes

On 22/03/06, JoeGoaUk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Priest, the Cook, the Guests the Alcohol RESPONSE: - Dear Joe, This goes for Godfrey Gonsalves as well: - The story told by the alleged miscreants is being taken a the gospel truth! We do not know if they were in fact served Alcohol? We

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

2006-03-23 Thread Bernado Colaco

EF, I am afraid the link to SA did not work. BC --- Eddie Fernandes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, BC, he ran metres and miles, yards and inches with his feet! ___ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've

Re: [Goanet] Priest Murdered

2006-03-23 Thread Gabe Menezes

On 22/03/06, afra dias [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Goanetters, - My question is why was he having dinner with hindu boys late at night. Why did he go to the Passport office with Hindu boys who are not of Goan origin. WAS HE A HOMOSEXUAL? and if he was - who should be hanged? Wait for

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

2006-03-23 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo

Gilbert, Australia demands an HIV test for those that come to Australia for a long term visit or immigration. I wonder, given the explosion in the spread of HIV, if India could request an HIV certificate from reputed local hospitals from where visas are issued? Though impractical for

[Goanet] Offtopic - A discussion on Hyderabad

2006-03-23 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo

I was surfing to get to know more about Hyderabad (India). And it appears that Goans are not the only ones hurting or smarting over Nehru's military takeovers. = http://www.talkaboutinvestments.com/group/sci.econ/messages/201532.html discusses about how the takeover of

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

2006-03-23 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo

--- Jorge/Livia de Abreu Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Gabriel de Figueiredo [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Tuesday, March 21, 2006 Subject: Re: [Goanet] Goanet Reader: Memories of another Panjim... Ah Esquimó! A delighful place for us kids with the aroma of vanilla floating

Re: [Goanet] Atheism

2006-03-23 Thread Santosh Helekar

Hi Jerry, Thanks for your politeness. Your post is a refreshing reminder of Goanet of yesteryears when disagreements were confined to the matter being discussed. My brief responses to your questions and points are interspersed below. --- Jerry Fernandes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As you mentioned

Re: [Goanet] Development Plans - Our own fault

2006-03-23 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo

--- Elisabeth Carvalho [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a very interesting post because Goa's inability to leverage a piece of the Central Budget pie is entirely our fault. If we chose to send Churchill to Delhi to represent us, than all that we can truly hope for is a bounty in smuggled

[Goanet] CA/PS VII: THE VALUE OF ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION

2006-03-23 Thread Philip Thomas

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20060322--7m22airport.html New airport talks cover old ground By Jeff Ristine UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER March 22, 2006 A Florida congressman dropped into San Diego, assembled all the major viewpoints in the airport search, heard a two-hour capsule

[Goanet] *** GOA NEWS: Mar 23/06 - Goa budget, Free education loan, Paedophiles, Israeli held, Sports...

2006-03-23 Thread Goanet News Service

*** GOA NEWS: Mar 23/06 - Goa budget, Free education loan, Paedophiles, Israeli held, Sports... *** Thrust to agriculture, infrastructure in Goa budget Buoyed by the 33 per cent growth in the collection of commercial taxes triggered by the implementation of the value added tax (VAT) regime.

55 matches

Mail list logo