[Goanet-News] Goa news for May 12, 2009

2009-05-12 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Russian\'s death in Goa: Konkan Railway ridicule police theory - Sify ear-old Russian girl Elena Sukhonova, whose dismembered body was found near the railway tracks near Revora in North

[Goanet-News] Sigmund, the singing journalist... and friends

2009-05-12 Thread Frederick FN Noronha
Sigmund de Souza put up a rather entertaining musical show the other evening (May 10, 2009) and here are some photos and videos from it: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/sets/72157618041018608/ Don't miss this debut song: http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/3/21/909601/spellbound.mp3 And a video

[Goanet] Police drive warns bikers sans helmets

2009-05-12 Thread Goanet News Service
Police drive warns bikers sans helmets 12 May 2009, 0226 hrs IST, TNN MARGAO: In view of the recent increase in the number of deaths of motorcyclists in road accidents, Goa traffic police have launched a week-long special drive from May 9 to 15 to book cases against those not wearing helmets.

Re: [Goanet] Muslim Demographics

2009-05-12 Thread Roland Francis
My thoughts exactly, FN. Definitely not one of Mario's bright and shiny days. Roland. 2009/5/11 Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या fredericknoro...@gmail.com: The topic under discussion was this crazy YouTube video which portrays everyone coming under threat from the global Muslim

[Goanet] Mathany -- Walking the communial tight rope?

2009-05-12 Thread cedrico dacosta
Mathany -- Walking the communial tight rope?   I was shocked to read in the papers the recent spate of attacks on religious places...what happened at the temples in Cuncolim is really shocking and it exposes how vulnerable the various places of worship irrespective of caste and creed are to

Re: [Goanet] Indian Mujahideen behind temple desecrations in Goa: BJP

2009-05-12 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Personally, I doubt it. I may be wrong, but my gut feeling tells me that they could be extremists trying to cause unrest in an otherwise relatively peaceful Goa. . Gabriel. - Original Message From: Alfred de Tavares alfreddetava...@yahoo.com Subject: [Goanet] Indian Mujahideen

[Goanet] CRUDE USE OF CLEVER TOOLS

2009-05-12 Thread John Gomes
I recently sent an e mail to the Chief Secretary (CS) with suggestions for improving general administration.Before I used to get an acknowledgement stating message received, but this does not mean it is read or understood or will be acted upon. Now we don't even get that. With the BSNL access

[Goanet] Zagor - A traditional folk drama of Gawdas

2009-05-12 Thread Goanet AE
Zagor - A traditional folk drama of Gawdas 12 May 2009, 0241 hrs IST, Rajendra P. Kerkar Gawdas are among the first settlers of Goa who are now included in the Scheduled Tribe communities. They had a rich folk culture but, many of the folk art forms have already become extinct. However, there

Re: [Goanet] Shotgun Attack

2009-05-12 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- On Mon, 5/11/09, Marshall Mendonza mmendonz...@gmail.com wrote: Response: Et Tu Brute!!! Here is another one, much more generalized: Shantidoot was threatened and intimidated as a few of his limmericks were not well taken or appreciated. It has become another trait of goans to

[Goanet] The Goanet McCarthy Award

2009-05-12 Thread Marshall Mendonza
Marlon Menezes: Why does Mario persist with his Muslims be damned rhetoric? Is he competing with the other M for the Goanet McCarthy award for anti-christian paranoia?Marlon--- Response: Where ignorance is bliss, tis folly to be wise. Regards, Marshall

Re: [Goanet] Muslim Demographics

2009-05-12 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Roland Francis wrote: An undeniable trend, or skewed statistics designed by fundamentalist Christians to scare. Which is it? See the seven and a half minute YouTube video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-3X5hIFXYU Folks, 1) I think the Goanet moderators have let us down as I don't see

[Goanet] Request made under RTI - FYI

2009-05-12 Thread floriano
-1- FLORIANO C. LOBO 383A Pirazona Moira Bardez Goa-403507 Email: floriano.l...@gmail.com; Tel: Res. (0832) 2470223; (m) 9890470896 BY REGISTERED-AD 12 May, 2009 To, The Public Information Officer [PIO], National Institute of Oceanography [NIO], Dona Paula - Goa. Sir, Subject: Request

[Goanet] Check out my photos on Facebook

2009-05-12 Thread Miguel Braganza
Hi Goanet, I invited you to join Facebook a while back and wanted to remind you that once you join, we'll be able to connect online, share photos, organize groups and events, and more. Thanks, Miguel To sign up for Facebook, follow the link below:

Re: [Goanet] Muslim Demographics

2009-05-12 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक न ोरोन्या
When outside Canada (or the affluent world), it's easy to afford two or more kids. Once you get to the zone of affluence, one gets too-affluent to afford them! One of the ironies of life! FN 2009/5/12 Mervyn Lobo mervynal...@yahoo.ca: work force can grow is by immigration. To all those people

Re: [Goanet] Muslim Demographics

2009-05-12 Thread J. Colaco jc
FN statement's (infra) makes mockery of both sense and reality. It also demonstrates a distinct lack of understanding of the issues involved - even if it is made in a manner which can be classified as flippant. In a country like Ireland, even affluent families ( at least until a decade ago) had a

[Goanet] (no subject)

2009-05-12 Thread renebarreto
Goemkars ! An announcement from Oscar Lobo , MELGOANS: http://www.melgoans.com/events.htm Dear Friends, We are pleased to inform you that our annual “World Goa Day” Dinner Dance will be celebrated on Saturday 22 August 2009at the Springvale City Hall , Springvale. World Goa

[Goanet] Summer Multimedia Workshop in Verna. Pls post. Thanks!

2009-05-12 Thread Ajay Noronha
*Summerfun by the Uddear Spring!* 19th to 23rd May 2009 (9am to 1pm) Springs have long been nature’s bounty to mankind but man’s increasing disregard for nature has seen a rapid deterioration of such springs. How will this affect our lives and the life of our planet? Is there anything we can

[Goanet] Text + Video: Placido D'Souza's Portraits Of Power

2009-05-12 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Placido D'Souza is the father of Lucia and Maria who helped inspire Herman to found GoaNet. Placido's son, Francisco, is one of the youngest Indian CEOs in the USA. 9 May: Newspost Online. Art lovers in Belgium had an opportunity to see the portraits of 40 world leaders prepared by a senior

Re: [Goanet] Indian Mujahideen behind temple desecrations in Goa:BJP

2009-05-12 Thread floriano
This, my dear Gabriel, is GOA. Things do not come to pass if there are no insiders. After all, there is this famous Goan saying: GHORCHO BEDHI ... BAILO CHOR Cheers floriano gsrp - Original Message - From: Gabriel de Figueiredo gdefigueir...@yahoo.com.au To: Goa's premiere mailing

Re: [Goanet] India to outsource Canada consulate

2009-05-12 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Canadian folks, let Goanet have your views/experiences at the new services. We've had a visa processing service here in Melbourne now for over a year. Order? none at all. They do have a queing system whereby you pick a ticket for a service. As you go along, all of a sudden a bloke comes from

Re: [Goanet] Muslim Demographics

2009-05-12 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 03:08:05 +0530 From: Frederick [FN] Noronha * At the end of the day, I am still left wondering how people can believe the lone voice of reason, truth and peace on Goanet can buy into this they're-going-to-take-over-the-world-by-having-more-babies logic.

[Goanet] West decides India's prime minister?

2009-05-12 Thread Marshall Mendonza
May I add that should the NDA (BJP) come to power with Advani as the PM, it would be for the first time in India that a person chargesheeted in a criminal offence (destruction of the Babri Masjid) would be holding the nations's highest political office. He would also hold the dubious distinction

Re: [Goanet] Chartbuster from Goa

2009-05-12 Thread Roland Francis
Great music, great vocals, mellow voice. Is this a composition of the band or a mere rendition ? Either way, keep it up Jazz Goa. Roland. On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 12:17 AM, Jazz Goa jazz...@yahoo.com wrote: Here's a worldclass pop song recorded in Goa featuring: Francis-Leo Vaz...vocals

[Goanet] The Bank Account of Life

2009-05-12 Thread Roland Francis
Many years ago, while exiting one of Toronto's major arterial freeways, somewhere downtown, I read the following on a Church board placed to be read by cars that needed to slow down on account of the ramp: Ten per cent of the misfortune that affects us is caused by the actual event. Ninety per

Re: [Goanet] Chartbuster from Goa

2009-05-12 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक न ोरोन्या
Hey Roland, we all don't have faith in ourselves. For your information, this is pure Bomboikar Goan work! Colin (Bassman) is another amazing guy. I wrote about him when he set up Goa's first Latino (as in, Spanish) band! At that time itself, he was in the Limca book of Indian records, for

[Goanet] The Goanet Hugo Chavez Award

2009-05-12 Thread Mario Goveia
Marlon Menezes: Why does Mario persist with his Muslims be damned rhetoric? Is he competing with the other M for the Goanet McCarthy award for anti- christian paranoia? Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 10:49:04 +0530 From: Marshall Mendonza mmendonz...@gmail.com Where ignorance is bliss, tis folly

[Goanet] GOAN OVERSEAS ASSOCIATION - VANCOUVER - Committee - 2008 -9

2009-05-12 Thread renebarreto
Goemkars ! Please Join me in congratulating the incoming committee of GOA Vancouver in Canada let us assure them of our commitment to work TOGETHER for a better GOAN WORLD. through the WORLD ALLIANCE OF GOAN ASSOCIATIONS It was a great pleasure working with Villa Pinto as the President of

[Goanet] THE HOUR OF THE SAINTS

2009-05-12 Thread Marshall Mendonza
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090512/jsp/opinion/story_10947801.jsp

[Goanet] Sigmund, the singing journalist... and friends

2009-05-12 Thread Frederick FN Noronha
Sigmund de Souza put up a rather entertaining musical show the other evening (May 10, 2009) and here are some photos and videos from it: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/sets/72157618041018608/ Don't miss this debut song: http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/3/21/909601/spellbound.mp3 And a video

[Goanet] Request made under RTI - FYI (floriano)

2009-05-12 Thread augusto pinto
Dears For those of you who do not understand the point of FL's RTIs let me explain. He wants to know how many Goa University and NIO administrators and researchers and teachers are Goans and how many are non- Goans. He wants to do this in order to pin all the evils of GU upon the non- Goans.

[Goanet] Message from Goa Boozers Association 'Save your teeth'

2009-05-12 Thread JoeGoaUk
Quote: From: Goa Boozers goabooz...@gmail.com Subject: Goa Boozes News: Save your teeth To: joego...@yahoo.co.uk Date: Tuesday, 12 May, 2009, 8:50 AM Another way of going 'Green Goa' http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk18/3525521394/ Dear Members, It's picnic time in Goa. Save your

[Goanet] Goa news for May 13, 2009

2009-05-12 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Russian\'s death in Goa: Konkan Railway ridicule police theory - Sify ear-old Russian girl Elena Sukhonova, whose dismembered body was found near the railway tracks near Revora in North

[Goanet] GOA NEWSLETTER

2009-05-12 Thread Arwin Mesquita
-- Forwarded message -- From: Marie D'Souza ma...@hubbell.ae Date: Sat, May 9, 2009 at 11:23 AM Subject: FW: GOA NEWSLETTER To: Cynthia Fernandes cynthia.fernan...@gmail.com PLS PASS THIS MSG TO ALL OUR GOANS *Subject:* GOA NEWSLETTER *HI Friend, this is for your

Re: [Goanet] Shotgun Attack

2009-05-12 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 20:54:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Santosh Helekar chimbel...@yahoo.com Here is another one, much more generalized: Shantidoot was threatened and intimidated as a few of his limmericks were not well taken or appreciated. It has become another trait of goans to threaten and

Re: [Goanet] The Goanet Hugo Chavez Award

2009-05-12 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक न ोरोन्या
2009/5/12 Mario Goveia mgov...@sbcglobal.net Marlon is actually the leading candidate for the Goanet Hugo Chavez award. Btw, could someone consider *me* for this contest, if Mario would be decent enough to institute such a priviledge? I quite admire this guy (or some of his actions), never

[Goanet] Talking Photos: Some Goa Pics that you may have missed

2009-05-12 Thread JoeGoaUk
Talking Photos: Some Goa Pics that you may have missed Giant Boat and a tiny boy http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk18/3498934394/sizes/l/ spice up your life with 'Tempr' (Ollod-Losunn) http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk18/3492466656/sizes/l/ 'Tisrio' collections in Mandovi River? Near

[Goanet] What evidence?

2009-05-12 Thread Dr . Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão
The Goa Police have done it again, and will continue doing it for reasons best known to them. How many cases of deaths have not been closed as ‘suicidal’ or ‘accidental’ in the annals of Goa’s police records? How many skeletons have not tumbled out of their concealed cupboards? The

Re: [Goanet] Request made under RTI - FYI (floriano)

2009-05-12 Thread J. Colaco jc
Dear Augusto You are right about one thing: The Moidekar (i.e. you) needs to sigh, for true. For one, I do not know How it can be In fact and probably at the same time. But then, English is not my first language. I just might not know. Secondly, it is possible that you have either not read

Re: [Goanet] India to outsource Canada consulate

2009-05-12 Thread Roland Francis
Preposterous on the part of the Indian Embassies. They outsource the administration. This means that they now pay a third party to do the admin work that some of their employees did. Logically, that should save some money since the outsourcing should cost less. Also one assumes their employees

Re: [Goanet] Muslim Demographics

2009-05-12 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Frederick [FN] Noronha wrote:  When outside Canada (or the affluent world), it's easy to afford two or more kids. Once you get to the zone of affluence, one gets too-affluent to afford them! One of the ironies of life! FN FN, I have lived in a society where affluence (and wealth) were

[Goanet] Killer Mahanand, so far confessed killing 9

2009-05-12 Thread JoeGoaUk
Killer Mahanand, so far confessed killing 9 http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukextras/3511375836/ Did you know? Mohanad met his wife (Puja) for the first time in Sanvorden Police Lock-up. Not as visitors but both as offenders. See Puja and Mahanand pics etc here