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 15-year-old girl was found half burnt and partially eaten by animals near a field in Rawanfond, Margao, on January 10. Margao police suspect that the girl might have been murdered, before attempts were made to destroy the body. (H) PLAN TO REVIVE AGRICULTURE: The government is enforcing a plan to revive agriculture and boost agro-related activities through an offer of subsidies for improving irrigation, milk production and horticultural crops, Governor SC started in his address to the Goa Assembly on the opening day of the winter session. (GT) EIGHT BILLS INTRODUCED: Eight legislations were introduced in the Goa Assembly on the first day of the five-day Session on January 10. These include the Goa Reconstruction of Registers and Records Bill, 2005; the Goa Public Health (Amendment Bill), 2005; the Indian Stamp (Goa Amendment) Bill; the Goa Members of Legislative Assembly (removal of disqualification) Amend Bill, 2005; The City of Punjabi Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2005, etc. (H) VCD NEITHER WITHDRAWN NOR WITHHELD: On January 4, the Chief Minister, Manohar Parrikar, under pressure from its coalition partner - the UGDP - declared that the controversial VCD on Goa's Freedom struggle will be withdrawn immediately. However, nearly six days later, when GT contacted the Education Department, the concerned authorities informed that the VCD has not been withdrawn from the secondary schools. But the distribution of the VCD has been stopped, they added. The VCD is still with 460 schools in Goa. (GT) GOVT'S VISIT FUELS HOPE: A cavalcade of just over 20 cars with high-ranking government officials led by none other than the Governor himself. Never in their life, they had witnessed such a spectacle in their remote and hilly villages. Nor had been so much importance accorded on this scale by anyone to find out about the quality of their existence. Governor SC Jamir's visit to Cazur, Corla and Mangal, remote villages in Quepem and Sanguem talukas has given the villagers reason to revive their sunken hopes that they would get a least some of the basic amenities, such as water supply, electricity, roads and health facilities, which have evaded them since liberation. (GT) BRITON FOUND DEAD IN ANJUNA: Mystery surrounds the death of a young British woman who was found near the notorious Bamboo Forest area in Anjuna on January 9. The 29-year-old woman, Wendy McHugh, was found dead after she was reported missing by her travel companion just hours before the corpse was discovered.Reliable sources alleged that McHugh's death was a "a typical case of drug overdose". (GT) GIRL COMMITS SUICIDE: An 18-year-old polytechnic student, Rajnanda Devanand Naik, committed suicide by hanging herself to the ceiling of her room using her dupatta at Alto Betim on January 10. The deceased did not leave behind any suicide note. (NT) MAN SETS HUT ON FIRE: The Verna police have registered an offence against one Biswas Nimay (30) on charges of attempt to murder Ms Rachamma Malli and her family by setting their hut on fire on January 10. (NT) REMO SLAMS REMIX PRODUCERS: Pop star Remo Fernandes has expressed his concern over the trend by music producers to remix songs to make easy money. He was speaking on "New Trends and Fusion Music" at a two-day national seminar on Indian classical music at Ramnathi, organized by the Samraat Sangeet Academy, as part of the Academy's silver jubilee Samrat Sangeet Sammelan. Remo said that he preferred fusion music, instead of spending 20-25 years to learn Indian classical music, though he liked Indian classical music a lot. (H) GRIT YOUR TEETH AND BRACE UP: Fed up with waiting for material and stocks to try and ensure a semblance of dental treatment to patients, a group of interns met Governor SC Jamir and made a clean breast of their more than teething problems. The students revealed that the condition of the Goa Dental College and Hospital was "pathetic" as the basic amenities are inadequate and often unavailable. The Governor, according to them, took a serious note of the issue and asked them to prepare a detailed note. He also said that he would discuss the issue with the Chief Minister and the Health Minister. (Preetu Nair in GT) FAKE STAMP PAPERS FOUND: Vasco police has registered a case of fake stamp papers, which were found in the Mamlatdar's office in Vasco. In a complaint, Mormugao mamlatdar Anthony D'Souza stated that fake stamp papers had been found in some affidavits which had been submitted to the mamlatdar's office on November 2004. (H) BOY DIES IN CANAL: Adrian Oliveira, a 3-year-old boy from Bobrumodi-Quepem died after he accidentally fell into the Selaulim canal while he was going to play in the nearby paddy field. (H) MERCES GRAM SABHA: The issue of increasing illegal constructions, including encroachment of natural streams, generated some heat at the recent gram sabha of Merces village panchayat. The villagers raised queries about the filling up of nullah at Voilembhat, where a big culvert has been built illegally to carry on the construction on the other side. (GT) CARANZALEM RESIDENT CHEATED: A Caranzalem resident, Paul Rodrigues, has alleged that he was cheated by one Joeboy of Merces, who decamped with foreign currency notes worth Rs.2 lakh, when the former had gone to an exchange bureau to convert foreign currency. (GT) CARL ZEISS' LENS MANUFACTURING UNIT OPENED: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar inaugurated Carl Zeiss' first ophthalmic lenses manufacturing facility on January 10 at a glittering function in Mapusa. Carl Zeiss, the Euro dollars 2.1 billion Germany-based manufacturers, has entered into a joint venture with the GKB Hi-Tech Lenses through the equity route. (GT) NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION AGAINST VELIM SARPANCH: Seven panchayat members of Village Panchayat, Velim, have proposed to move a no-confidence motion against sarpanch Batisto Agusto Fernandes, for not taking the members into confidence while taking important decisions. (GT) 'CAFÉ REAL' CLEANEST IN CITY: The Rotary Club of Panjim, in order to encourage and promote cleanliness in restaurants and hotels, conducted a 'cleanliness contest' among the eateries within the limits of the Corporation of City of Panaji. In the café and vegetarian category, Café Real was placed first, followed by Café Bhonsle, Nandan Restaurant and Hotel Rajdhani respectively. In the bar and restaurant category, Sher-e-Punjab Classic was adjudged first, Delhi Darbar was placed second and Mum's Kitchen third. (H) MUSIC ALBUM RELEASED: Trio Orlando released their second album on CD titled "Globetrotting" recently . The album features music from ten countries across the globe including "Adelita" and "Zorba's Dance". Trio Orland has been in the music field for the past ten years and had released their first album, "Trio Orlando Serenading" in 2003. (NT) ANOTHER BOOK ON GOA: The Kala Vibhag of the Goa Hindu Association will release the second edition of "Goa - Concepts and Misconcepts" written by the Late Prabhaker Angle on 15 January at 5.30 pm. (GT) CONSUA, CORTALIM FEASTS: The feast of Our Lady of Livra Febre will be celebrated at Consua on 23 January, with masses at 5.30 am, 6.30 am and 8 am and the concelebrated mass at 10 am, with Fr Jose Dias as the main celebrant. (GT) S P O R T S GOA WIN: After a disappointing loss to holder Tamil Nadu in the opener yesterday, hosts Goa snatched a sensational 14-run victory over Andhra in the Subbiah Pillay one-day south zone cricket championship at MCC grounds, Margao. (NT) D E A T H S 09 Jan: Cuncolim: MAGNO FELIX D'SOUZA: husband of Cecilia, father of Babazinho, Anita/Marcus and Ciba. 10 Jan: Bicholim: SR ALICE ATAIDE SEQUEIRA of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary of Our Lady of Grace Convent, Bicholim. G O A W E A T H E R Max Temp: 31.3 degC; Min Temp: 19.8 degC; Relative Humidity: 91%. Weather: A lovely blue sky this morning in Goa, with the sun shining radiantly. The weather is a bit windy too today. Courtesy: NT = The Navhind Times; GT = Gomantak Times; H = Herald; WE = Weekender Joel D'Souza Assagao, Goa, India. www.goacom.com
