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It is shocking to learn from the Honorable Minister
for Education, Mr Luizinho Faleiro M.Com, LL.B that
the reason for introducing English at the primary
level from this academic year 2006-2007 is owing to
the fact that there was a 40% rate of drop outs at the
Primary school level as the students
If a youth at the age of 12 years took part in the
freedom movement announced by Dr Ram Manohar Lohia on
June 18 in 1946, against the Portuguese rule 60 years
ago, he would have been born in the year 1934 and
would be 72 years today.
It is unbelieveable though that an youth of 12 years
would have
The vital link on the NH 17 the Zuari Bridge linking
Agacaim in Tiswadi (Ilhas) Taluka on the Northern end
with Cortalim in Mormugao Taluka at the Southern end
opened since 1983 is being declared unsafe for motor
vehicles of above six tons come Friday the 16th June
2006.
An ex official (whose
Dear Netizen,
May I suggest you buy a copy of the book on
Comunidades or Gaunkaries written by Dr Olivinho
Gomes ex Vice Chancellor Goa University who resides at
411 La Oceana Near the Park Dona Paula Panaji Tel No
+91 0832 2453666.
Email id uncertain as many have one but do not use it
What use is development (referring to tremendous
speedy development during the BJP coalition rule from
24.10.2000 to 2nd February, 2005 ) if a Hindu Catholic
and Muslim cannot walk hand in? --- this was the
view of Mr. Adolf Fernandes, a 65 year old toddy
tapper originally from Betul in Salcete
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At a seminar on WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT HAS POWERS TO
AMEND THE LAW OF THE COMMUNIDADES organised by the
Association of Componentes of Comunidades (founded in
1995) office at c/o G-5 1st Floor Madhuban Hillview
Housing Society Tambdi Matti St Inez Panaji,
When the 75 year old internationally acclaimed
Hyderabad born architect Charles Correa, completed his
38 minutes power point presentation to a select
elitist audience comprising architects, students of
architecture and the socialites of Goa, at the Hotel
Mandovi auditorium, this evening, little
. Naik; Roman script the soul of Konknni
Nelson Lopes; Socio-economic growth of the Goan
community through the Konknni language Tomazinho
Cardoz; Roman script for Konknni a must : now or never
Godfrey Gonsalves; Script Controversy Eduardo
Faleiro; A response to Konknni Myths Alito
Siqueira
The St Mary's High School Grounds, bang opposite
M/s Varona Hardware, owned by Mr Tommy Cruz , in
Church View Apartments, the suspected killer (now
behind bars)of SBI Malbhat Margao Dy GM late Ms
Philomena Lopez,(who also resided in the same
Apartments in her sisters flat above prior to her
The Archdiocese has stated that come June 2006 the
18 million rupee project of the Archdiocese of Goa and
Daman --- BIBLE in KONKNNI (Roman script) the
official language of Goa will be available on sale.
Advance print order for the 2300 page hardbound cover
will cost just Rs.150/- instead of Rs
The Mormugao Parliamentary Constitutency ,Member of
Parliament Lok Sabha (House of People or Commons)
Shri. Churchill Braz Alemao, celebrates his 57th
birthday today. 16.5.1949) It is also the day his
beloved brother late Alvernaz was killed in an
encounter at Fatrade Varca over an alleged
The Goa Police at Headquarters Panaji, have now
spread a dragnet to nab one CIVIL ENGINEER Mr.
Mario do Socorro Trinidade Achilles, 48 now believed
to be untraceable from Pulwado Benaulim Salcete Goa
, following a First Information Report (FIR)
registered against him by the Engineering Officer
Apropos the above a report 6/5/2006 - a reference was
made to Dr Savia Veigas, QUOTE .stating SHE
herself had risen from humble beginnings having been a
child of a sea-farer and learnt under the candle
light -- UNQUOTE
Dr Veigas in a teletalk with this writer today
11/5/2006 afternoon
While Mr Luisinho Faleiro the MLA Navelim (the biggest
parish in Asia)ex CM ex President Goa Pradesh Congress
Committee and present Minister for Industries and
Education, is in Doha Qatar to attend the May Queen
Ball and also address the NRI Goans thereafter yet
another set of questions NRI Goans
Two times MLA Panaji Assembly Constituency, and ex
Minister for Urban Development in the PDF Government
of Mr Churchill Alemao in 1990, Mr Joao Baptist
Gonsalves, a native of Colva settled in St Inez
Panaji, expired today morning at 0440 a.m. after a
brief illness. The funeral rites will be held
Two times MLA Panaji Assembly Constituency, and ex
Minister for Urban Development in the PDF Government
of Mr Churchill Alemao in 1990, Mr Joao Baptist
Gonsalves, a native of Colva settled in St Inez
Panaji, expired today morning at 0440 a.m. after a
brief illness. The funeral rites will be held
The threat to Goan Identity was never felt to the
extent that it is being felt today. At last count an
alarming 33% of the population of Goa constitutes the
migrants or better known as bhaile threatening the
demographic composition of this beautiful State. To
add to this cancerous malaise Goan
Goans were shocked in disbelief to learn of the
brutal murder of Ms Philomena Lopes Asst General
Manager, of SBI Personal Banking Division Malbhat
Margao Goa, at her newly built Bungalow at Chaddvaddo
Novangully Varca Salcete South Goa District.
According to locals that this writer contacted
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I care for Margao Initiative may sound absurd --
for given the state of civic sense and its affairs --
filth, squalor, garbage, traffic chaos, there
could'nt be any Margaoite in Margao (which by the way
includes Fatorda region as well of BJP MLA Damodar
(Damu) Naik) who would not care for
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Domnic Fernandes continues (Part III) his reminiscence of
Mapusa of the 1950s
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Domnic Fernandes continues (Part II) his reminiscence of
Mapusa of the 1950s
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Domnic Fernandes continues (Part II) his reminiscence of
Mapusa of the 1950s
Strange but true. With Goa turning into a concrete
jungle, needless to say wild animals could as well be
the pedestrians of the future. An indication of
things to come was this incident that alarmed the
inhabitants of the high profile locale of Miramar
Panaji Goa within the precincts of
With temperatures at 32 degrees C and the threat of
unseasonal showers in the past few days ago, the
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Fatorda, South Goa,
India, built in a record time of six months by the
then Indian National Congress Minister for Sports
Government of Goa, Mr Francisco Monte Cruz
Lawyers are liars believe many and apparently
addressing this valid concern of the numerous
litigants especially those who are unable to attend
the regular hearings either owing to exigencies of
work or being outstation or abroad, The Panaji Bench
of the Bombay High Court has since introduced
To undertake Government related civil works
registration with the Government authorities is a
pre-requisite.
However it is now clear that the Government of Goa
seldom verifies the credentials of the applicants and
genuineness of the testimonials before according such
registration. Even at the
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Given the fact that there is an immediate need for
introducing the Roman script in the official language
act merely by a small amendment, this writer has made
available a draft Bill which has since been circulated
to the ruling and opposition members of the Goa
Legislative Assembly, so that the
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
Following the write up by this writer NRI FC officials
-unwanted guests in GULF? Mr Herculano Dourado of NRI
FC in a teletalk with this writer today 20th
March.2006 at 2120 hrs informed this writer apparently
in reference to the first para -- that the NRI FC
was NOT defunct. In his opinion this
The gruesome murder of the Parish Priest of St Francis
Xavier Church Macasana Salcete Goa about 18 kms from
Margao has sent confusing signals, as both the
villagers and police are still unclear of the motive
of the crime.
According to information collated by this writer in
situ, this evening at
In a gruesome act of murder some natives from UP or
Hyderabad residing at the Church residential premises
are suspected to have murdered the Parish
Priest of St Francis Church, Macazana Salcete Goa Fr
Eusebio Serrao a native of Chinchinim Salcete Goa
last night on 17/03/2006 .
This morning
Has the Non Resident Indians --Facilitation Centre,of
Government of Goa at EDC, House Panaji been disbanded
following the appointment of Mr Eduardo Faleiro, ex
Union Minister and Rajya Sabha member, as the
Commissioner for NRI's, under the Department of Home
Government of Goa? Well one would
Comba in Margao Goa is a know bastion of Hindu
Brahmins Catholics and other non Brahmin Hindus --
mainly tenants. Most of the traders of yesteryears
and who have their trading outlets in the New Market
area hail from Comba. Many of them have however
shifted to far off Vidyanagar or Aquem and now
In the final tally the
Mr Antanasio (Babush) Monserrate (INC) panel 19 seats
Dr Wilfred A De Souza(NCP) panel 02 seats
Mr Manohar Parrikar(BJP) Ms Victoria Fernandes (INC)
Mr Somnath Zuarkar (ex INC )panel 09 seats
However it may be noted that political parties
Hurricane Babush (Antanasio Monserrate) struck the
Corporation of City of Panaji when his panel won
nearly 19 of the 30 seats establishing a resounding
victory over the Parrikar Zuarkar Victoria Fernandes
panel as official results just poured in.
With this the political earthquake albeit of a
Billed as the most crucial election, the voters that
went to the polls today 12th March, 2006 to elect the
first set of 30 corporators to deal with the future of
the Corporation of City of Panaji for the next five
years until March 2011 turned out in large numbers.
According to a
A suspected terrorist allegedly carrying a bomb aged
35 - 45 years lean was detained by the Railway Police
at the Madgaon Railway Station. According to one
Railway official as the Mangala Express Nizamuddin
Ernakalum reached Madgaon at 2115hrs IST the man
alighted and was nabbed on suspicion.
He
In the forthcoming session of the Goa Legislative
Assembly beginning on 20th March 2006 the enclosed
draft Bill prepared by this writer to amend The Goa
Daman Diu Official Language Act 1987 for the grant
of official recognition to Konkani in Roman script as
well has been circulated to MLA's and
At a largely attended meeting held in the Curtorim
Market which started at 6.12 p.m i.e late by over
an hour apparently to await the locals returning from
work Adv Mike Mehta, Dr Wilfred De Souza, Adv Radharao
Gracias, Mr Churchill Alemao, Mr Alberto Leitao from
Varca Dr Earnest Mr Menino of
Margao's first Scheduled Tribe Chairperson Ms Piedade
Noronha of Ward # Fatorda was ousted after a four
months. Notwithstanding the fact that in a surprise
move a few days ago at the height of the communal
tensions at Curchorem Sanvordem she embraced the
Nationalist Congress Party. Dr Wilfred De
On day four the people of Goa awoke to a spate of
rumours. There were rumours in the air about an
imminent bandh but it was not clear who called for the
bandh. But the first signs of things to come was when
the Goa Dairy at Curti in Ponda Taluka North Goa
District (but under the Mormugao
This evening 5/3/2006 when this writer visited the
trouble torn Tilamol Sanvordem Cacora Curchorem areas
at 1630 hrs the normal Sunday Bazaar at Sanvordem was
missing. The road from Tilamol to Sanvordem showed
signs of normalcy returning. There were some people
attending a Catholic funeral
Viva Carnaval -- rent the air this evening at the Pato
Bridge -- and down India's longest promenade along the
Mandovi. At 4.00 p.m. Dr Wilfred A De Souza Deputy
Chief Minister also holding the Tourism portfolio
flagged of the rally with the King Momo Mr Tome
Fernandes of the Govt Printing Press
The people of Goa are agitated over the silence of a
majority of Catholic MLA's on the issue of bringing
about the amendment to section 2(c) of The Goa Daman
Diu Official Language Act 1987.
Many of these 14 MLA's irrespective of the party they
belong to have in private vociferously expressed
This morning 23/2/2006 the UPA Chairperson and
Congress President Ms Sonia Gandhi could meet only a
top delegation of the Goa Chamber of Commerce and
Industry, the Goa Mineral Ore Exporters Association
and the lone pro-Indian National Congress NGO Lok
Shakti of Margao besides other GPCC office
At an impressive rally of Indian National Congress
Party workers at the Campal Grounds Panaji this
evening Ms Sonia Gandhi MP Chairperson UPA and
Congress President in her 26 minutes address to Party
workers exhorted them to be in a state of preparedness
for forthcoming elections knowing full
The short session of the Goa Legislative Assembly
concluded last week did not witness the introduction
of the Goa Daman Diu Official Language Act 1987
amendment bill to grant recognition Roman script.
The reasons were obvious. INC was waiting for the nod
from the High Command the NCP could not
There is a sustained campaign by the proponents of
only ONE SCRIPT (devanagari) to counter the battle of
the Romis. This time they are sure that the chicanery
is being exposed with relevant information hitherto
unavailable now being sourced to the Romi protoganists
easily.
It would be
Former 42nd United States of America President from
Arkansas 59 year old Mr. William Jefferson Bill
Clinton arrived in Goa today 17th February 2006 and
checked in at Leela Kempinski 5 Star Deluxe Hotel at
Mobor, Cavelossim, South Goa amidst tight security
Clinton, is scheduled to visit the
Elected representatives (law makers )in Goa
Legislative Assembly who are expected to bring about
the amendment to section 2(c) of the Official Language
Act 1987 during this session should impress in the
august HOUSE that all GOANS Hindus Moslems Catholics
who believe they are niz goencars whether
The first Assembly session of the Goa legislative
Assembly for this year begins tommorrow. The session
attains significance and importance owing to the fact
that following the last session ended 31st August 2005
a political storm was created as a result of the
controversial Town Country Planning
The Departments of a) Art Culture b) Tourism, c )
Official Languages and the other autonomous body Kala
Academy semi autonomous bodies Goa Tourism
Development Corporation, Goa Konknni Academy take
pride in depicting our tiny 25th State of GOA on their
websites www.goagovt.nic.in and related
As the count down begins for the rally at Azad maidan
Panaji to save Goa and our mothertongue 19 years after
the official language Act relegated Cristaos to second
class citizens -- this is a wake up call -- its now or
never-- there will be canards myths floated -- about
heads being broken about
On 10th of February, 2006 at the historic Azad Maidan
at exactly 1530 hrs IST writers,poets, triatist,
musicians, lay persons, persons from various religious
denominations priests, nuns, activist and all those
Konkani loving people who believe in ONE LANGUAGE
KONKANI DIVERSITY IN SCRIPT --- will
Godfrey J I Gonsalves
B-F-4 1st Flr
Hillside Apartments
Borda Margao Goa
9822158584
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
05/05/2006
Commodore K P Ramachandran
Naval Officer-in-Charge (KT)
Naval Base
PO Arga - via Chendiya
Karwar 581 324 Karnataka
Sir,
FEAST AT ANJEDIV
Kindly refer to my letter /fax messages
Exactly nineteen years ago on Wednesday 4th February,
1987 Konkani the mothertongue of every blue blooded
Goan became the sole official language of the State
after the enactment of The Goa Daman and Diu Official
Language Act 1987. But that day the news turned out
to be a damp squib. The oft
For the second year this 2nd February,2006 the
authorities of the Sea Bird at Arga Karwar now
christened INS Kadamba did not permit the customary
Feast of Nossa Senhora de Brotas at Anjediva Islands
off Canacona taluka.
This morning there was tight police and naval police
security personnel
The issue of Anjediv Island celebration of the Feast
has now been referred to the Chairperson Ms Sonia
Gandhi MP Mrs Margaret Alva looking after Goa desk, Dr
John Dayal All India Catholic Union, the Union
Minister for Defence.
In the meanwhile the Naval authorities are believed to
have taken all
The votaries of ONLY Konkani in devanagari script feel
threatened by the groundswell support for the demand
for recognition of Konkani in Roman script besides
Devanagari since June 1987 spearheaded by TSK Porvorim
and others besides the exposure of their clandestine
covert designs on 21st November
Officials at the office of the Rear Admiral Western
Command Mumbai who oversee the functioning of the
Naval Sea Bird at Anjediva off Canacona coast are
probably unclear of the conditions or rather appear
to ignore (as has been their strategy in dealing
with civilians wherever they venture ) the
The Mormugao Parliamentary Constituency Member of
Parliament Mr Churchill Alemao ex Chief Minister and
ex MLA Benaulim Assembly Constituency, suffered a
major humiliation this morning as he has not been
included in the latest Union Cabinet re-shuffle of the
UPA Government effected by the Prime
for Culture Mr
Digamber Kamat will make his presence felt as the
Chief Guest to grace the ocassion.
GODFREY GONSALVES J I
BORDA MARGAO GOA
9822158584
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The decision to host the 39th Mando Festival organised
by the Goa Gultural and Social Centre earned the
criticism of most of the audience and mando lovers in
the State.
This evening at 6.00 p.m the festival got underway, at
Hotel Majestic at Porvorim but several affecianados of
the Mando were
Kind attn Commodore K P Ramachandran
Station Commander Sea Bird
Sir
Kindly refer to my email dated 19th January, 2006 and
fax message
recieved by me from Director General Sea Bird Project.
We appreciate your NOIC stand to partake in the
Karavalli festival at Karwar Beach, commencing from
It is now reliably learnt that the Cristao MLAs duly
supported by some Hindu Bahujan Samaj MLAs within the
ruling coalition have discreetly demanded the Chief
Minister Mr Pratapsing Raoji Rane and the Goa Pradesh
Congress Commitee President Mr Ravi Sitaram Naik also
MLA Ponda --to bring an
While Mr Digamber Kamat MLA Margao and Minister for
Art and Culture in his new avtar now re-doning the
Congress mantle after over 51 months in the BJP takes
credit for the modernising the Ana Fonte Spring (see
photograph) near the Bernardo Peres da Silva Club
grounds at Margao scheduled to be
On Saturday, 28th January, 2006 (coincidentally the
67th birthday of Goa's longest serving Chief Minister
Mr Pratapsing Raoji Rane b: 1939 ) the Goa Cultural
Social Centre will be organizing the 39th Mando
festival competition of Mandos, Dulpods etc at Hotel
Majestic at Porvorim.
This time two
20/01/2006
Commodore K P Ramachandran
Station Commander
Sea Bird Binaga Karwar
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tel: 08382-263454
Fax: 08382-263403
Sir,
Kindly note that the customary Feast of Nossa Senhora
de Brotas will be celebrated at Anjediv Island on
2/2/2006. There will be two masses at 10 a.m. and
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At the stroke of midnight Goa like the rest of the
world will enter the next half of the first decade of
the new millenium.
The year that went by had one landmark memorable event
at the national level--- for the first time the
Speaker of the Lok Sabha and the Presiding officer of
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What do Goans think this 44th Liberation Day? Well,
they unanimously, look forward to yet another
LIBERATION DAY from the forces that took over since
19th December, 1961. In short a Liberation from
Ghantianchem Raj a sobriquet for governance under
the style of Indian rule (essentially dictated
On 8th August 2005 Konkani supporters of Roman script
met at Our Lady of Grace Church Hall Margao Goa and
unanimously decided to demand equal status for Konkani
in Roman script (KRS). With the email messages sent
to the Chief Minister of Goa and others by the
supporters of Unity in LNGUAGE
At a meeting held at the residence of Ms Victoria
Fernandes MLA Santa Cruz this evening in the presence
of members of Village Panchayats NGO's Ms Fernandes
briefed those present on
a) her meeting with the Chief Minister on 15th
December, 2005 alongwith the Chairman Santa Cruz
Constituency Action
According to excerpts from a recorded version this
writer received late evening from the History Hour
at Xavier Centre of Historical Research Porvorim Mr
Tomazinho Cardozo, ex-MLA, ex-speaker of Goa
Legislative assembly and ex-President of Dalgado
Konknni Akademi read a paper on Socio-Economic
With the Chief Minister Mr P S Rane reiterating de
novo his Governments decision to remove all revenue
villages (excluding Taleigao) from the PDA's but yet
dilly dallying to issue a fresh notification to that
effect viz; withdrawing these revenue villages
notified on 27.09.2005 from the PDA's ;
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