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GFA slips up
Press Trust of India
MARGAO, Dec. 28. The Goa Football Association has not really learnt a lesson
from the tragic on-field death of Dempo striker Cristiano Junior, as it failed
to provide medical facilities
1000 crores is not steep compared to thousands of crores pocketed by
politicians implicated in hundred's of scams!
SAFETY of its citizens has never been top priority for the Indian
government.
Avelino
Bastora/Kuwait
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Samir has a valid point particularly since the NIO is based
http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/009200412290312.htm
Parrikar warns Congress of legal consequences over film
Panaji, Dec. 29 (PTI): Warning the Opposition Congress of legal consequences
if it continued to whip up communal feelings within the State, Goa Chief
Minister Manohar Parrikar,
Hey Kiddos, do you know that Santa Claus has still kept a bagful of gifts
for you?
He is gonna come back on December 30, 2004 (Thursday) at Al-Shaab Leisure
Park Hall to give you the goodies. Come and be a part of the ho-ho-whole
lotta fun at this festive season at the Crystal Focus Clubs
GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS
December 29, 2004
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Zo konn fuddem pollenam to fattim urta. (He who
does not look ahead, remains behind.) domnic fernandes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
TSUNAMI TOLL SWELLS: Inclusive of the over 7,500 dead in India, the total
toll in all the seven
The in-depth analysis of the notorious VCD is enlightening. All secular
Goans must take legal measures against the perpetrators of producing
this filthy VCD.
We don't want another Gujarat in making!
Avelino
Bastora/Kuwait
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When film-making gets a bigoted edge... Goa's
--- Gabe Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have in the past, bought goods made in China that
have clonked out after
one use, although I agree that now a days many items
of quality are made in
China. India too makes quality goods. I have a Titan
watch bought 5 years
ago which is
--- Tim de Mello [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: cornel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I wonder how fellow Goans might explain the
catastrophic Indonesian
earthquake and its aftermath. Was it the act of a
very angry God? Cornel
God seems to be a rather ungrateful creature, at least
to me. Here we
Confusing World:
Last week, I attended a talk in Utica, NY, by an individual with a
Konkani name. He was very knowledgeable about his subject and spoke very
well. Magir, he told us, he was born (third generation) in South Africa.
He calls himself South African. But he grew up in Nairobi, Kenya.
Samir has a valid point particularly since the NIO is based in Goa.
However, it is the Indian Government that is to be blamed for not
participating in the tsunami warning system.
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Headline: 26 countries alerted in 15 minutes, India not one of them
28 Dec:
From: Sachin Phadte [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wrote:-
To: goanet@goanet.org
Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 11:51 AM
Subject: [Goanet]A CIVILIZED SOCIETY DOES NOT REOPEN WOUNDS - A GT REPORT
COMMENTS
I would like to respectfully disagree with the tone of the editorial in
Gomantak Times. History has
Fred continues to bring good content to Goan cyberspace. I hope young Goans
are inspired by him
to take up journalism and present various issues in an objective manner.
Regards,
George
--- GoanetReader goanet@goanet.org wrote:
When film-making gets a bigoted edge... Goa's anti-colonial stir
From: cornel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I wonder how fellow Goans might explain the catastrophic Indonesian
earthquake and its aftermath. Was it the act of a very angry God? Cornel
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Hi Cornel:
I hope not. Why would God be so angry with Sri Lankans and South Indians?
How about this for a
cornel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wrote:-
To: goanet@goanet.org
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 6:55 PM
Subject: [Goanet]Indonesian Eartquake
I wonder how fellow Goans might explain the catastrophic Indonesian
earthquake and its aftermath. Was it the act of a very angry God? Cornel
RESPONSE:
I do not see why my (tax payer's) money should go in funding an institute
such as NIO (National Institute of Oceonagraphy) if such an all important
event about our ocean such as tsumani goes unpredicted by the institute.
This is infinitely more important than trips to Antarctica, and growing
I wonder how fellow Goans might explain the catastrophic Indonesian
earthquake and its aftermath. Was it the act of a very angry God? Cornel
Goanetters !
According to Sachin Phadte, History has to be stated as it is
and he is right in saying so. I suppose he also agrees that history is not
to be adjusted to propagate the hidden agenda of a facist political group
which wants to merely divide young minds who are living in perfect
From: Tariq Siddiqui [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In any case, a subsidary of a foreign company will create more jobs in the US than
vice versa (exactly) because of the size of the US market.
Not necessarily. Case in point: TCS and Wipro do not create more
U.S.-based jobs than they do in Bangalore, Poona
TO: George Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In response to Halur Rasho and Philip Thomas you have
continued your reprehensible comments about the US
Senate's 9/11 Commission not being credible simply
because they were white, without any regard to their
individual credentials and political philosophies.
Tariq Siddiqui [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
I will agree with you when you show me the UN resolutions for intervention
in Grenada, Panama and Vietnam
-Tariq
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Yes, and we must not forget that if non-conformance to UN resolutions was
the reason for the US intervening in the affairs of Iraq,
hi,
wish you all a very Happy New Year.
From Aldoncar fly.
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Also, Air India Introducing 3 flts a week from Birmingham eff. May next year.
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for SFX Expo cheap Goa flights info..
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Church
Scientists in USA saw tsunami coming
Tue Dec 28, 7:11 AM ET
Top Stories - USATODAY.com
By Dan Vergano, USA TODAY
Minutes after a massive earthquake rocked the Indian Ocean on Sunday,
international ocean monitors knew that a tsunami would likely follow. But
they didn't know whom to tell.
Researched on the Net and found it archived at www.goanet.org:
These Rostad audience normally occupy backbenches and their motto is not to see
the tiatro peacefully but to create disorder. If you see them carefully you can
easily identify them and their background.
'Konkani Nightingale' Ms. LORNA to enthrall Kuwait audience
for KGTS 'Konkani Machiek Noman' musical show
The Managing Committee of the Kuwait-Goa Tiatristanchi Sonvstha and its
members greets all Konkani lovers and announces the versatile Goan singer and
diva Ms. Lorna will be the star
IFRA EXHIBITION FOOTBALL MATCH
A.E. D'Souza, founder and president of Indian Fooball Referees Association
(IFRA), founder and ex-president of Kuwait Indian Football Federation (KIFF),
after serving as president of IFRA for a long time, is retiring and is
shortly due to leave Kuwait for
Mrs. Roli Srivastava wife of former Goa Chief Secretary Dr. G.C Srivastava
passed away of a fatal heart attack at Allahabad.
Roli was Goa's Income Tax Commissioner a few yeas ago.
Dr. G.C. Srivastava is at Allahabad (contact nos.:0532 - 2461707 2462130).
Tehraveen ceremony of Mrs. Srivastava
We need to accept that a whole lot of statistics churned out of Goa are
based on wishful thinking.
I've heard Churchill Alemao argue years back that 300,000 people earning a
living from tourism in Goa. If you take Goa's total population, subtract
the elderly and children and unemployed, you
When film-making gets a bigoted edge... Goa's anti-colonial stir retold
By Frederick Noronha
JUST BEFORE December 19, 2004 -- on the eve of another anniversary of the
end of Portuguese colonial rule in Goa -- an unusual controversy erupted in
the State of Goa. The State's government, run by the
Samir Kelekar wrote:
It was not just impossible to climb into the sleeper but I cannot
fathom how two people can share the same sleeper, unless they are a husband
wife couple or gays/lesbians.
There is a logical, or prejudicial, fallacy to Samir's argument.
1) Why does he assume that only
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January 25 - 31 ~ Lion
February 01 - 05 ~ Cat
February 06 - 14 ~ Dove
February 15 - 21 ~ Turtle
February 22 - 28 ~ Panther
March 01 - 12 ~ Monkey
March 13 - 15 ~ Lion
March 16 - 22 ~ Mouse
March 23 - 31 ~
George Iype in Velankanni | December 28, 2004 14:51 IST (Rediff)
It was a watery death for hundreds of pilgrims thronging the Basilica of Our
Lady of
Good Health, the famous Catholic pilgrim centre in Velankanni in coastal south
India, on the Sunday after Christmas.
We are still pulling out
LET'S GO FORWARD
Does Goa want to go ahead or backward? Does Goa want to disintegrate because of
some hidden agenda or does it want to rise above the rest of India. Consider the
controversial Department of Education CD, which has just been released and is
raising a ruckus all over the State.
Zo konn fuddem pollenam to fattim urta.
(He, who does not look ahead, remains behind.)
Moi-mogan,
Domnic Fernandes
Anjuna/Dhahran, KSA
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