[Goanet]AVC-KUWAIT RED BLACK CARNIVAL DANCE

2005-01-11 Thread Demin D'Cruz
It's The Final Count down for the AVC Kuwait Red Black Carnival Dance. The Dance will be held on 03rd February, 2005 at the Fakruddin Palace-Hotel Kuwait City. Top leading Bands from Kuwait namely The Stepping Stones and the City Limits will grill you young and old into the mood of Carnival

[Goanet]pravasi divas

2005-01-11 Thread Eugene Correia
i attended the three-day Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Mumbai. Spotted Goa NRI Fecilitation Committee chairman Chandrakant Keni in lineup at the food stall of Goan dishes. Spoke to him briefly. Didn't see the others members of the committee. Special session on Gulf NRIs. Lots of complaints, but

[Goanet]12 JAN 2005: GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS

2005-01-11 Thread Joel D'Souza
GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS 12 January, 2005 THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Hanso tujea mukamollachem mol vaddoita. (A smile adds to your face value.) domnic fernandes [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEW PATTO BRIDGE SINKS BY MORE THAN 3 INCHES, CLOSED: The new parallel Patto bridge which was constructed at a cost

[Goanet]Heritage Musical Show '05 in Kuwait on 14th Jan. 2005

2005-01-11 Thread Goa's Pride www.goa-world.com
HERITAGE MUSICAL SHOW '05 IN KUWAIT Konkani Heritage Kuwait presents Heritage Musical Show ' 05 directed by Fidelis Fernandes on 14th January 2005 at the Hawally A/C Auditorium, Kuwait. The organizers have flown seven topmost stage artistes from Goa to participate in the show. While comedy

[Goanet]Enter the Low Cost Carrier

2005-01-11 Thread Philip Thomas
The story of Air Deccan is worth perusing to understand what low cost air travel in India is about. In other countries a lot of importance is attached to the comparative cost of airports for air travellers (in terms of average fares etc). Let us hope Goa becomes friendly for low cost domestic

[Goanet]Cuncolim Union's football team write-up/history of development

2005-01-11 Thread S. Rodrigues
Hello, This is Sylvano Rodrigues, from Detroit, Michigan, USA. replying to the article, which I thought was written nicely and enjoyed thoroughly. I am originally from Cuncolim and was the Gen Secretary of CU from 1977-80 when CU Football team under Levino Dias performed superbly. I think Jose

[Goanet]AICHEA DISSAK CHINTOP (THOUGHT FOR TODAY) Jan 12, 2005!

2005-01-11 Thread domnic fernandes
“Choddxe ami aslelean dadoxi nant karann amkam anik zaitench zai.” (Most of us are not content with our lot because we want a lot more.) Moi-mogan, Domnic Fernandes Anjuna/Dhahran, KSA _ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar -

[Goanet]Re: Giving the devil his duet (Mervyn Lobo)

2005-01-11 Thread GOENKARBOY
From: Mervyn Lobo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Giving the devil his duet Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 21:06:22 -0500 Mervyn wrote: Folks, I am real glad that people hitting the delete key, instead of the reply key, when they see the posts from the devil and his junior here Mervyn2.0 PS What else can

Re: [Goanet]History with warts and all - Goa's Freedom Struggle.

2005-01-11 Thread Bernado Colaco
Freedom from Portugal or Salazar that has left Goa rotting in a third world country. It would be interesting for Lisboa born Faleiro to join Goanet. B. Colaco I greatly appreciate the initiativa of Eduardo Faleiro to find a place for T.B. Cunha in the gallery of the national freedom

[Goanet]AUDA' VIEGAS'S LETTER TO DGP ON RIBANDAR MOLESTATION CASE

2005-01-11 Thread Aires Rodrigues
From: BAILANCHO EKVOTT House no 172 Rua Padre Miranda Rpad Margao - Goa 17-08-04 To, The Director General Of Police Panjim Goa. Sub: Incident at Ribandar Sir, On 15th August 2004 we received a phone call from a resident of Ribandar alleging the outrage of modesty of a minor girl on 24th Dec

[Goanet]GoanetReader -- It began with an empty brass box from a Tivim ruin

2005-01-11 Thread GoanetReader
HISTORY/MIGRATION: IT BEGAN WITH AN EMPTY BRASS BOX IN A RUINED TIVIM HOME Cliff Pereira (45) and was born in Mombasa, the Kenyan port city that once attracted a lot of migrants from Goa. I'm second-generation Kenyan-born but fourth generation of Goan to have come to East Africa. My schooling was

[Goanet]Giving the devil his duet

2005-01-11 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Folks, I am real glad that people hitting the delete key, instead of the reply key, when they see the posts from the devil and his junior here :-) Mervyn2.0 PS What else can you call a person who is fixated on hot air? __

[Goanet]Re: The Whole Truth

2005-01-11 Thread Tony Correia-Afonso
I tend to agree with Gabe Menezes when he states: Most if not all will concede that past Governments were not better, many will say they were worse! The crux is whether Goans are willing to tolerate Communalism for the sake of progress and ultimately Dictatorial rule, very akin to what

[Goanet]-Child warning over mobile phones

2005-01-11 Thread rene barreto
- BBC News Online http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4163003.stm - Child warning over mobile phones - Parents should ensure their children use mobile

[Goanet]Rajdeep Sardesai - Goa Today's Man of the Year

2005-01-11 Thread Mario Goveia
GOA HAS BEEN CONVERTED INTO A POSTCARD IMAGE OF FISH, FENNY AND FOOTBALL By Rajdeep Sardesai, Managing Editor, NDTV [This is the text of the speech made at the recently-held expat Goans conference in Panjim -- called the Gomant Vishwa Sammelan -- on January 3, 2005, at a seminar on Goan Identity.

Re: [Goanet] Misinformation on Global Warming

2005-01-11 Thread Mario Goveia
This post must be preceded by a fable that makes a subsequent point; A man in a helium balloon was hovering above a river where a man was fishing. He had no idea where he was. He called out to the man, Can you tell me where I am? Yes, said the man, You are in the gondola of a helium balloon

[Goanet]Re: Aires, the Uncle and the case of the slipping hand of Ribandar

2005-01-11 Thread jose colaco
From: Aires Rodrigues [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aires 1: As late as around 10.30 p.m and that too in the sacred parochial house fiddling with the pendant is totally out of place. JC 1: Make up your mind Advocate Aires Rodrigues. What time did this alleged incident occur 10:30pm or after 11:15pm?

[Goanet]Selective blindness

2005-01-11 Thread Cecil Pinto
Jose Colaco wrote: JC My dear Mr. Cecil Pinto, As a moderately keen student of the English language I would like thank you for responding to a question I put on GoaNet and TGF to Professor George Pinto of California. CP Most welcome. - JC I wonder if the other Goan netters will agree with you

[Goanet]BRIEfnCOUNTERS: The Boat Songs, William Rodrigues' an introduction

2005-01-11 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Life, they say, is what happens when one is making other plans. This short note should have been sent across to Goanet many months ago. It wasn't. Better late than never, anyway... William Rodrigues is a long-haired (if you meet him, you'll know why this description) musician friend who one has

[Goanet]Measures to prevent child molestation

2005-01-11 Thread Cecil Pinto
Source http://www.virtus.org/virtus/ How Can We Prevent Sexual Abuse if We Don't Know Who is Doing It? Focusing Our Efforts Where We Can Make a Difference (Featured January 10, 2005) By Sharon Womack Doty, Esq., M.H.R. Consultant to the VIRTUS Programs Dr. David Finkelhor, a

[Goanet]Clinic on wheels in Goa -- relealed in Gujarat

2005-01-11 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
THIS SOUNDS really good. Would anyone know if the service is as effective as sought to be claimed? FN Clinic on Wheels in Goa - Revealed in Gujarat Publish Date : 1/7/2005 8:01:00 PM Source : National News ExpressNewsline.com (Gujarat, Indian Science Congress, Ahmedabad, Jan 7) -

[Goanet]RE: Ivar Fjeld's post from Kuwait 1998 ...err I mean Ribandar 2005

2005-01-11 Thread jose colaco
From: Ivar Fjeld [EMAIL PROTECTED]Ivar Fjeld [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. A priest is accused by a self-style-lawyer of molesting a girl. 2. The mother invites the accused Priest to comes home and bless her house. 3. Than she writes to the CM of Goa that the priest is innocent. 4. She even sends her

[Goanet]Dubai Shopping Festival – 2005, Jan 12 to Feb 12.

2005-01-11 Thread borg costa
Year after year, the world awaits one event that is by far the ultimate blend of world-class entertainment and shopping bonanza-the Dubai Shopping Festival, also know as DSF. The spectacular event is now in its 10th year. As such, there will be celebrations galore over the 32 fun-filled days of

[Goanet]six-foot waves hit UAE; One man missing.

2005-01-11 Thread borg costa
One man is still missing after large waves swept five workers into the sea from the Palm Island development in Dubai. The waves, caused by a combination of strong winds and high tides, hit the beaches of the UAE today despite a forecast of fine weather. Police are still searching for the worker

Re: [Goanet]Ethel gets into a rage about road ethics

2005-01-11 Thread Eddie Fernandes
- Original Message - From: Cecil Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] HEART 2 HEART BY ETHEL DA COSTA Does life come cheap in Goa? Don't we automatically follow these rules abroad? So, why a fuss in our own country? Why can't we get people sensitive? But, this is Goa you see? And life these days

[Goanet]History with warts and all - Goa's Freedom Struggle.

2005-01-11 Thread Teotonio R. de Souza
I greatly appreciate the initiativa of Eduardo Faleiro to find a place for T.B. Cunha in the gallery of the national freedom fighters in the Indian Parliament as reported recently on the goanet. It should have been done long time back! In the wake of the on-going debate provoked by the VCD

[Goanet]Raibondra Issue

2005-01-11 Thread xembuh Moidekar
Aires writes: My comment: I requested the women's NGO's to conduct an independent investigation. Auda Viegas did meet the accused priest. His defence was that while he we was playing with the alleged victim's pendant his hand slipped into her breasts. This has been stated in Auda Viegas's

[Goanet]Re:Advantage China as reforms give airspace restructuring a miss

2005-01-11 Thread Philip Thomas
From Constantino Xavier's post [Jan 10] it is obvious that Goa is not the only place which is affected by the controls of the Defence Establishment. But the developments on the airspace restructuring issue are worth monitoring as it can be used as leverage in local discussions with the Navy. It

[Goanet]Ribandar case the case of the slipping hand

2005-01-11 Thread Gabe Menezes
From: Aires Rodrigues [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@goanet.org Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 1:30 AM Subject: [Goanet]Re: Ribandar case the case of the slipping hand Comment: This Auda Viegas would be able to answer. But if anyone wants a copy of her complaint to the police please let me know.

[Goanet]RE: Advantage China as reforms give airspace restructuring a miss

2005-01-11 Thread Philip Thomas
NEW DELHI, JANUARY 9: Reforms in India's aviation sector are finally taking off, but there's still a big blip on the radar that seems to have escaped serious attention: airspace restructuring. Much of Indian airspace is still under Defence control and as a result, the country runs the risk of

Re: [Goanet] Uday Bhembre comments on the controversial Liberation Film

2005-01-11 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- Bernado Colaco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Foo is the bigot now? Foo is Foo? Cheers, Santosh

[Goanet]RE: Uday Bhembre comments on the controversial Liberation Film

2005-01-11 Thread D'Souza, Avelino
UDAY BHEMBRE has vividly and accurately pointed the negative aspect of the disgusting, lackluster, badly scripted, and sickening contents of the VCD, which the government wanted to force down the throats of young student in the guise of Goa's freedom struggle. It's a crying shame that the

Re: [Goanet] Misinformation on Global Warming

2005-01-11 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So let's recap. 1% of the earth's atmosphere is comprised of gases other than nitrogen and oxygen. Therefore a fraction of 1% is carbon dioxide. Since some carbon dioxide is caused by nature, humans are responsible for creating carbon dioxide

[Goanet]Healthy living... and Kalpna Desai

2005-01-11 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
KALPNA DESAI is one of the many friends whom Goanet helped me link up with. With a name like her's, she could well be Goan. She isn't but comes from Gujarat, and is now in the UK, after taking the East Africa migration route from the home of her ancestors in western India. It seems

Re: [Goanet] History or Hysteria?

2005-01-11 Thread Sachin Phadte
Let me do some deliberate nitpicking on the following from Fredrick Noronha: This, however, is no reason for modern day political forces -- particularly the Religious Right (including in India, which calls itself Hindutva and has little to do with the religion of Hinduism though it would

[Goanet]Konkani One Act Play Competition in Kuwait

2005-01-11 Thread lino dourado
“KONKANI ONE ACT PLAY COMPETITION”. UNITED CLUB OF UTORDA-KUWAIT, the initiators of “One Act Play Competition” in Kuwait, will Organise their 4th Annual “ONE ACT PLAY COMPETITION” in Konkani, in co-ordination with GOAN WELFARE SOCIETY, which will be held on Friday, the 28th January

Re: [Goanet]Governor -- Goa far from developed

2005-01-11 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
--- Philip Neri de Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Goa far from developed: governor HERALD CORRESPONDENT SANGUEM, JAN 9 -- Stating that Goa was not a developed State, Governor S C Jamir said that many rural areas were yet to be provided with the basic necessities of water, education,

[Goanet]11 JAN 2005: GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS

2005-01-11 Thread Joel D'Souza
GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS 11 January, 2005 THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Gineanacher poixe khorchilele kednanch nirfoll zainant. (Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain.)domnic fernandes [EMAIL PROTECTED] ANIMALS DEVOUR GIRL'S BODY AT RAWANFOND: In a shocking incident, the body of a

[Goanet]AICHEA DISSAK CHINTOP (THOUGHT FOR TODAY) Jan 11, 2005!

2005-01-11 Thread domnic fernandes
“Hanso tujea mukamollak anik mol dita.” (A smile adds to your face value.) Moi-mogan, Domnic Fernandes Anjuna/Dhahran, KSA _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE!

[Goanet]Comparison of Alemao's Saldhana's Views on Mopa

2005-01-11 Thread Philip Thomas
1. Minister of Tourism in the BJP led Goa government, Mathany Saldhana reportedly said this on Mopa in response to a question in Express Tours Travels earlier this month:. Q: Are you in favour of the second airport in Goa? A: We don't really need to support another airport. Goa is a small place.

[Goanet]Consumers meeting exposes Govt officials for unfulfilled promises

2005-01-11 Thread Goa Desc
- Documented by Goa Desc Resource Centre Ph:2252660 Website: www.goadesc.org Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Press Clippings on the web: http://www.goadesc.org/mem/