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http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/03/church.abuse.ap/index.html
Nation's largest settlement for child molestation cases
Friday, June 3, 2005 Posted: 10:14 PM EDT (0214 GMT)
COVINGTON, Kentucky (AP) -- The Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington
agreed Friday to set up a $120 million fund to compensate
Xavier's Deluged with Distinctions and Positions in University Exams
St. Xavier's College, Mapusa, attracted the largest number of distinctions and
positions in the recently declared Goa University B.A., B.Com. and B.Sc.
results.
As per the results received Xavier's secured the first four
A young man was getting ready to graduate college. For many months he had
admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's showroom, and knowing his father
could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.
As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited
signs that his father
Hello Goanetters
Most Goans who are real lovers of Roman script Konkani have been saying this
for ages. Only the minority marathi lovers and their type have been trying
their best to murder our Konkani. And its a pity that these minority have been
ruling Goa to propogate their hate for our
Hello Fred,
Could you shed some light on this?
Heard somewhere that Indian currency was almost at par with the US dollar some
years back?
Cheers
Jerry Fernandes
Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 10:54:22 +0530 (IST)
From: Frederick Noronha (FN) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
An interesting account for those
Navhind Times News Desk
Panaji June 3: The Diocesan Service Centre for social action has
written a personal letter to all the members of the Goa assembly urging
them to have personal interaction with the people for exchange of ideas
for finding effective ways to uphold human dignity and
Hello Salus
I smell humour in your confusion. Gaddo and bullock cart are one and the same,
and I too have ridden along with our friends when we were kids but not on long
journeys as Peter did, but only in our village. The best part of it was
learning some lovely words when the captain of the
Hello Godfrey,
Its nice to know that we Goanetters have some fine writers who write on
various subjects. I did enjoy reading your article.
I have a friend who after coming back from gulf has started a small business
of furniture, and does brisk business. He requested some of the village boys
Afra Dias wrote:
Dear Goencars,
What Jose Colaco is saying is absolute 'tosh'.
Gaonkar in English means Citzenship - not of the country, but of the village
s/he is born.
What right has a foreigner like Jose Colaco got to come to our village and
tell us what we should do with their ancestral
Sorry JC, my mistake.
Someone has generously owned up to it.
Afra Dias.
May I (in polite British Ingliss) ask which of Jose Colaco's Tosh
writings Thou referest to?
I do not wish to argue any village citizenship - BUT please advise IF you
are stating that Jose Colaco wrote the segment
Dear Goan
there was a Konkani Musical Show in Dubai,
Well the public Demand of our Jet speed Singer William
de Curtorim three powerful songs more than ten times
for each songs, we wish William de Curtorim a long
life andto Save Gour three word of Goa Congratulation
William de Curtorim
Thomas Stephens Konknni Kendr (TSKK) has new e-mail address. Kindly take
note of it for future correspondence.
New address:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanking you,
Pratap Naik, S.J.
Director
In a message dated 6/2/2005 7:13:54 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
We use to join a local procession carrying statue of Our Lady or St.Anthony,
thus
singing..
SHETAMTULE KANNGINNI, PAUS GHAL GHE SAIBINNI.
SANT ANTON ANJE, PAUS GHAL SANJE
In my day (late 1920s) the
New monthly, *Investor Plus* hits stands in Goa
*Investor Plus* a brand new monthly tabloid covering money, real estate,
lifestyle, auto, health, education, etc has been launched by Plus
Publications, publishers of the popular monthly *Panjim Plus*.
Goa's first monthly tabloid to assist its
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news_business.php?id=137736
KLIA's Upgrading Costs For A380 To Be Very Much Less
On the readiness of the world's airports to have the A380 in their
operations, he said many were ready to handle the A380 today. Airbus is
expecting 63 airports to see the
It should be of utmost importance that the paragraphs
be published on Goanet for the benefit of readers. By
using the works of Teotonio the hindus are not
promoting hindusim but endangering the lives of Goans.
Teotonio should clear his name with hindunet.
B. Colaco
I am sending to
--- Salus Correia [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Afra Dias wrote:
Dear 'Whoever you are',
Typing in Bold letters in itself tells me that u r
Psychologically Traumatised
and deserved every bit u got. You are still not
mentally OK. You went to Jesus
coz he does not shout back at you
From: Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED]
No one in their right mind moves to Canada if they can get a US visa. You
moved to Canada because you could not get a visa to stay in the US. That is
why you are so bitter about everything American
while Mario Gouveia says what he has to say about
From: cornel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
She also went on about her impressive teaching qualifications. However,
her face dropped sharply when I told her that her teaching qualifications
were not recognised in Kenya, let alone in the UK
My dear Cornel,
Now, why on earth would impressive teaching
--
Welcome to the FRIDAY BALCAO
Read the Balcao Synopsis on the website
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Dear Cybergaokars on GoaNet,
We continue with FRIDAY BALCAO
on 10th June from 4pm. to
http://www.business-standard.com/bsonline/storypage.php?bKeyFlag=BOautono=9755
Ranbaxy's Goa plant gets MHRA approval
Our Web Bureau / Mumbai June 02, 2005
Ranbaxy Laboratories has announced that the company's manufacturing
facility in Goa has received approval from the Medicines and
http://www.moneycontrol.com/backends/News/frontend/news_detail.php?autono=168961
Sesa Goa to mine iron ore in Jharkhand
Sesa Goa Limited has acquired a lease to mine iron ore in the state of
Jharkhand, India.
2005-06-02 10:11
Indian iron ore exporter, Sesa Goa Limited, said today that it has
I do not believe this is true.
Last year, at the age of 28, my brother went from Goa to London. He was single
at the time.
He still is single - though, he is getting married early next year.
To be honest, he did not take anybody's help to get a visa. He just took an
appointment
and walked into
Australia down India for a place in final
June 03, 2005 18:05 IST
India came up with an improved performance but conceded a late goal and
went down 0-1 to Olympic Champions Australia in their last league match in
the Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament in Kuala Lumpur on Friday.
The Indians,
Paes-Martina lose 'mixed' final
June 04, 2005 00:21 IST
Leander Paes and Martina Navratilova's hopes of a third Grand Slam mixed
doubles title together were shattered as they were beaten in the final of
the French Open event in Paris on Friday.
The sixth seeds, who had won the Australian
Hi there,
Ever wondered what happened to the Goan seamen who
were on the many ships during World War II?
Uk-based historian Cliff Pereira has undertaken
extensive research on various ships caught up in World
War II. The ships covered by him include:
MV Dumra
MV President Doumer
SS Shillong
SS
George into wrote:
I think Cecil's Kashmir holiday request was in jest (is it safe to travel
there now)?
Cecil:
Yes indeed George. I was just kidding with Mervyn.
--
George:
I know Eric is very serious in his offer.
Cecil:
I am aware of that.
I have interacted with Eric before and am
From: Sachin Phadte [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am happy to have received the message from Teotonio de Souza. I sent this
message on this forum precisely for the reasons Teotonio has mentioned, and
I wanted it to be cross checked by SOMEONE IN AUTHORITY.
Incidentally, can Teotonio explain to me in
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Press Clippings on the web: http://www.goadesc.org/mem/
Jose n George !
Jose, I agree with you that caste is like any prejudice - including
racial discrimination. After the clubs were opened to everybody, were
non-brahmins agreeing to dance with outsiders - notably the local
folks- africans ?. I do not have concrete evidence.
Strangely
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I wish Sachin Phadte had sought this information before sending the
fabricated text to Goanet. It would be good if Sachin or his friend
cleared this matter with the web source administration (Hindunet). Anyway,
at least the Goanetters are this way made aware of such Hindunet
falsifications.
I
http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?storyflag=yleftnm=lmnu2leftindx=2lselect=1chklogin=Nautono=190576
By-polls may tilt Goa scales
Our Political Bureau / New Delhi June 03, 2005
By-elections to 16 Assembly and one Lok Sabha seat ended today, with
Haryana Chief Minister
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1130910.cms
Goan strong!Add to Clippings
ROSHNI OLIVERA
TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ FRIDAY, JUNE 03, 2005 12:52:37 AM ]
An SMS can lead to interesting things, as singer Remo confides to BT
Just recently, singer Remo Fernandes got an SMS asking him to
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4598847.stm
Islanders shun 'joke' tsunami aid
By Subir Bhaumik
BBC News, Calcutta
Villagers in India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands have refused to
accept tsunami compensation that they say continues to be paltry.
Last month, an inquiry was
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1129391.cms
Leading industrialist of Goa passes away
SANJAY BANERJEE
TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 01, 2005 07:39:35 PM ]
PANAJI: Pascoal Jose Menezes who died last Sunday at the age of 95 is
considered in Goa as the pioneer of the
Hello,
I am forwarding this e-mail sent by Dr.Carlos Celia DeMello
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Prayers were asked for Benjamin Viegas,
originally from Candolim but works at UAE. There was a flood of prayers that
rocked the doors of our Precious Lord, and the Lord had mercy on Benjamin.
The Merciful Lord
NEWS: India opens huge new naval base [June 2]
India has opened a new naval base on its Arabian Sea coast which it says
will become one of the largest in Asia.
The base at Karwar in south-western Karnataka state will have space for 42
warships and deep water for an aircraft carrier and nuclear
Alfred de Tavares wrote:
However, what Peter probably refers to is the gaddi,
the boilanchi-gaddi:
It was a quaint wooden box on gaddo wheels and pulled
by a pair of oxen.
Garishly painted, with tiny windows and entrance from the rear,
it was very convenient sossegado mode of travel, but
Kevin Saldanha wrote:
Kids are getting smarter and smarter every generation and what worked for our
generations may not work for theirs when they get their information from so
many other sources than their parents...
On 01Jun05 Afra Dias wrote:
Typing in Bold letters in itself tells me that u r
Psychologically Traumatised and deserved every bit u
got. You are still not mentally OK. You went to Jesus
coz he does not shout back at you while the others on
earth DO.
My God, I believe, I adore, I hope,
Award winning Tiatr by Mark de Araujo, BHUIM KAMP (Earthquake) tonight (3/6/5)
at 7.30pm
Part II on June 10.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
for NRI related info...
http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/
For info on Konkani VCDs (Films, Tiatr, Comedies and films on GOA...)
On 02/06/05, jose colaco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Tony Barros [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am also aware that at the Goan Gymkhana,Nairobi, non-Brahmin males who
were admitted after independence, were refused dances by Brahmin girls;
whilst male brahmins never danced with female
I am happy to have received the message from Teotonio de Souza. I sent this
message on this forum precisely for the reasons Teotonio has mentioned, and
I wanted it to be cross checked by someone in authority.
Incidentally, can Teotonio explain to me in what way are the first three
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1129851.cms
Airlines buckle under 'no frills' assault
BYAS ANAND
TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ THURSDAY, JUNE 02, 2005 09:52:28 AM]
NEW DELHI: The traditional full-service airlines in the Indian skies have
been hit by the discount fever. Air travel
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