[Goanet-News] ANALYSIS: Israelis, drugs and spy cam video wars in Goa (Letter from Goa)

2011-01-16 Thread Goanet News
Israelis, drugs and spy cam video wars in Goa (Letter from Goa) Panaji, Jan 12 (IANS) One sensational spy cam video after another seems to be dropping like ripe fruit from the scandal-laden boughs of Goa Police, laying bare a furious feud within the state police hierarchy. And the only side to

[Goanet] Vimto lore...

2011-01-16 Thread Frederick Noronha
Many of us who grew up drinking Vimto in the Goa of the 1970s, might not know that it celebrated its centenary two years ago, and that the purple soft drink actually grew out of a tiny village in Cheshire, England to be marketed in 65 countries worldwide: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vimto

[Goanet] Catherine of Braganza...

2011-01-16 Thread Frederick Noronha
Catherine of Braganza... I cannot help but being filled with pity when I think of Catherine of Braganza (1638-1705), the young Portuguese princess who became the bride of the profligate Charles II. She was a stranger in a strange land where she could barely speak the language and where her

[Goanet] 6 new VCDs in 3 weeks

2011-01-16 Thread JoeGoaUk
Bought yesterday 6 new VCDs Last time I bought was on 23rd Dec.2010   VCD No: 343 PATKI  ZA NHOI GHATKI by Jason Dias With Com Selvy, com, Janet, Com. Ambe, Com Aurelio Shruti, Sonia Dias, Jr. Regan, Mini Mario, Cajy Pereira, Joicelan, Jose, EVon, Franky, Steffi, Justin, Jason dias,  Anjali

[Goanet] Opinion Poll Day today

2011-01-16 Thread JoeGoaUk
Opinion Poll Day today   Let us salute the father of the Opinion Poll Dr. Jack De Sequeira and others on this day, 16th January.   Of the 3,17,633 votes, 43.5% voted for merger with Maharastra. Of the 13,746, 12,547 voted against the merger in Curtorim Again, of the 11,485, 10,769 voted against 

Re: [Goanet] Selma carvalho: who the bleep cares about us

2011-01-16 Thread Michael fernandes
kolvont the actual meaning would be kola-vont a female stage actress. Girls dancing in temples was was very much prevalent in olden times The portuguese tried to put an end to it and may be this was one of the reason for not having female stage actors on the (christians) konkani stage. The kola

[Goanet] Selma Carvalho: Who the bleep cares about Friends on FaceBook?

2011-01-16 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Title: Who the bleep cares about Friends on FaceBook? By: Selma Carvalho Source: Goan Voice UK Daily Newsletter 16 January 2011 at http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/ I loathe FaceBook. Oh, I'm a member of course and from time to time, I open up the FaceBook page to catch up and spy on my Friends but

[Goanet] Bhoktivont Juze Vaz

2011-01-16 Thread Ivo
EK KHODDEGANTT MISIONAR *Fr.Ivo da Conceição Souza Bhurgyaponnim Padri Juze Vaz-acho mog mhaka asa. Sallganvche Siminarint Academies of Fr.Joseph Vaz astalim, mhoynyant ek pavtthim, zhoym tachya jivitavoyr xikovnn melltali. Budvarak tachya manak hem git ami gaytalyat: Ogonnit

[Goanet] Pics : Homage paid to the Father of the Opinion Poll

2011-01-16 Thread JoeGoaUk
  Homage paid to the Father of the Opinion Poll Dr. Jack De Sequeira   Opinion Poll day 16th January 2011   We say ‘Goem amchem, Goem amchem’ but where is everybody?   Today being Sunday, we were hoping at least 100 people to turn up but surprised to see less than 10% of our expectation. News

[Goanet] ASSAGAO GAUNKAR FILES PETITION IN HIGH COURT AGAINST ASHWIN KHALAP

2011-01-16 Thread Aires Rodrigues
A Gaunkar of Assagao Comunidade has filed a petition before the Bombay High Court at Goa against Mr. Ashwin Khalap, son of Goa Law Commission Chairman Mr. Ramakant Khalap in connection with the alleged Assagao Comunidade land illegally grabbed by Khalap. In his petition the Gaunkar Mr. Nelson

[Goanet] 15th - 31st January is Oil Gas Conservation Fortnight (OGCF)

2011-01-16 Thread Goa Desc
--- Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help other CONSUMERS to be better informed. --- 15th-31st January is Oil Gas Conservation

[Goanet] Song for the day!

2011-01-16 Thread Gabe Menezes
GLORIA GAYNOR- Can't take my eyes of you http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L0R9cOysKA -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] TMVN: Remembering Father of the Opinion poll

2011-01-16 Thread JoeGoaUk
TMVN: Remembering Father of the Opinion poll   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQsbduoAkn0 joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial  1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc

[Goanet] Remembering Chris Perry

2011-01-16 Thread JoeGoaUk
Remembering Chris Perry ‘Chris Perry was one of the greatest musicians of Goa who was responsible to raise the standard of Konkani song to a high standard in all aspects.   He wrote beautiful and meaningful lyrics and set them to innovative and exciting music.  With his rich lyrics and music he

[Goanet] Police Brutality - Cipriano Fernandes

2011-01-16 Thread Arwin Mesquita
Ref http://www.navhindtimes.in/content/panaji-police-accused-cipriano-s-custodial-death-suspension-investigating-officer-and-judici I condemn the brutal barbaric attack by the Goa Police on Cipriano Fernandes, which ultimately led to his death. This case must be followed to logical conclusion

[Goanet] misfired price blame

2011-01-16 Thread soter
Marlon wrote: I thought they tried it out in the Great Leap in China and apparently folks in N.Korea are still perfecting this model, without much success. You may be shocked to know that even not taking into account currency/PPP factors, much of the basic necessities such as food and clothing

[Goanet] Church spreads devotion to Bl Vaz

2011-01-16 Thread Goanet News Service
Church spreads devotion to Bl Vaz Pio Esteves, TNN, Jan 16, 2011, 12.53am IST SANCOALE: On January 16, the Church in Goa will celebrate the 300th death anniversary of the patron of its archdiocese, Blessed Joseph Vaz. It has already dedicated the pastoral year to this Goan missionary who

[Goanet] OPEN EDIT: Why just Gudlar, why not Bansal, Bassi, Ravi Naik and Digambar? (Herald)

2011-01-16 Thread Goanet News Service
Why just Gudlar, why not Bansal, Bassi, Ravi Naik and Digambar? Sujay Gupta Your newspaper has been pushed Into doing its second Open Edit in two days because the call for action has never been more urgent. It is entirely shucking that a nation and a State whose motto is Satyameva Jayate

Re: [Goanet] Churchianity

2011-01-16 Thread Ivo
From: Joao Barros-Pereira joaobarrospere...@gmail.com The Pope lives in a palace and has a luxurious lifestyle. *Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God,* said Jesus Christ. The Pope obviously thinks

Re: [Goanet] misfired price blame

2011-01-16 Thread Venantius J Pinto
Hi Marlon, Basic apple and orange comparison, and reasonably polished rhetoric coming from you. I applaud your concern and the distinction Why implement automation and industrialization when thousands of workers could be gainfully employed instead?' I am not telling anyone to follow Gandhi, and

[Goanet] Vimto lore

2011-01-16 Thread Mervyn Elsie Maciel
FN, Pardon my ignorance, but hadn't realized that my school days favourite drink(Vimto) had an English connection. We live and learn! Mervyn(M)

Re: [Goanet] misfired price blame

2011-01-16 Thread J. Colaco jc
Marlon wrote: I thought they tried it out in the Great Leap in China and apparently folks in N.Korea are still perfecting this model, without much success. You may be shocked to know that even not taking into account currency/PPP factors, much of the basic necessities such as food and clothing are

[Goanet] UK: Wife 'beaten' by Indian diplomat immune from prosecution goes into hiding

2011-01-16 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Source: The Mail on Sunday (UK). 16 January 2011 Headline: Wife 'beaten' by Indian diplomat immune from prosecution goes into hiding with son over fears for safety. Excerpts: The wife of a high-ranking Indian diplomat questioned for allegedly beating her at their official London residence says

[Goanet] CM Should Enact What He Preaches

2011-01-16 Thread Freddy Agnelo Fernandes
CM Should Enact What He Preaches In Goa when the frogs start croaking on a large scale we know that rains have arrived in our homeland and the frogs get busy with their life cycle, after a few months of hibernation, the rural Goa is a witness to this yearly phenomenon. Similarly when we hear our

[Goanet] Cook book Sukville Savouries author and Goan opera singer: Leopoldina Figueiredo.

2011-01-16 Thread Edgar Silveira
Cook book Sukville Savouries author and Goan opera singer:Leopoldina Figueiredo. (The book is available in Margao). A few pictures of Valmiki's book launch in Benaulim. http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotoart/ Other pictures, http://www.flickr.com/photos/projectedgar

[Goanet] ANALYSIS: Israelis, drugs and spy cam video wars in Goa (Letter from Goa)

2011-01-16 Thread Goanet News
Israelis, drugs and spy cam video wars in Goa (Letter from Goa) Panaji, Jan 12 (IANS) One sensational spy cam video after another seems to be dropping like ripe fruit from the scandal-laden boughs of Goa Police, laying bare a furious feud within the state police hierarchy. And the only side to

[Goanet] Talking Photos: Some more Goan Flowers

2011-01-16 Thread JoeGoaUk
Some more Goan Flowers   Doxnni fulam http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukflowers/5357984006/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukflowers/5357372087/sizes/l/ another type http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukflowers/5357373313/sizes/l/   Pure white green creeper

Re: [Goanet] Churchianity

2011-01-16 Thread Frederick Noronha
Joao Barros-Pereira is no anti-Christ. He is a loving son of God ... even if perhaps suffering from an overdose of religion :-) I remember what George Fernandes (the ex-seminarian turned trade unionist turned... had to say): Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future! Joao let us know

[Goanet] Opinion poll day 16th Jan. 2011

2011-01-16 Thread Camillo Fernandes
Comments : Camilo Fernandes In response to JoeGoaUK's below post. It is shameful that Goans seem to have forgotten the founder of Goa state, Dr. Jack De Sequeira. As JoeGoaUK rightly says We say Goem amchem but where is everybody? He adds they were expecting atleast 100 people4 to turn up

Re: [Goanet] misfired price blame

2011-01-16 Thread marlon menezes
There is no fuel blockade on Cuba. The fact that they cant afford to buy fuel is a testament to their economic failure. Not that I am against organic gardening. I would be happy to send Soter some of my home made compost. The problem with organic gardening is that it is very labor intensive

Re: [Goanet] Vimto lore

2011-01-16 Thread Frederick Noronha
Neither did I Mervyn! Till yesterday afternoon that is. I thought it was a cheap Indian drink :-) in the days of our socialist-driven, import-substitution younger days! Anyway, it's packing here didn't do much for the prestige of its founders. We surf and learn. Sometimes entirely by accident, as

Re: [Goanet] Why just Gudlar, why not Bansal, Bassi, Ravi Naik and Digambar?

2011-01-16 Thread Eugene Correia
Sujay Gupta's Open Edit has gone overboard by saying that Goa's police is a new megaphor for loot and deceit in India. Other states have had their share and some still continue to be caught in the criminal-police nexus. The central government is also not immune to such scandals. The Russian drug

[Goanet] Fw: Mhojem Svopon

2011-01-16 Thread Ivo
MHOJEM SVOPON: PADRI JUZE VAZACHO NIROP *Dhonuvir Devanand Svopnant mhaka Padri Juze Vaz druxttipoddlo ani mhonnunk laglo: Tuka az zaytem sangchem asa. Tuka aykunk vell asa? Hanvem mhonnlem: Dis ani ratr bhor vavrant bhuddlolo monis hanv, torii mhaka sodanch vell asa. Tujem hanv aykunk

[Goanet] Goa news for January 17, 2011

2011-01-16 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Israeli drug lord was using human couriers, says Goa police - Daily News Analysis ily News AnalysisNepali girls and boys would travel by train and buses to Goa, bringing drugs like

[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (17Jan11)

2011-01-16 Thread alexyz fernandes
*** The 2011 Opinion Poll *** While the Drug-Miner Builder-Politician nexus is killing Goa's identity...it's events like Tiatrs/Childrens Tiatr that will keep it alive To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org

[Goanet] Tours to the Holy Land from India

2011-01-16 Thread dommar...@juno.com
Today’s breathing Bethlehem is GAZA, where infants are born in tents illumined by candlelight, or amidst concrete rubble and twisted iron; where parents and elders huddle against walls riddled with large caliber bullet holes and shrapnel; where thirst is quenched by water contaminated with

[Goanet] Opinion Poll 16th Jan

2011-01-16 Thread Bernado Colaco
As for the low turn out to commemorate the historic event the cause lies with the adults who at that period did not emphasise the importance of the event. The story of the OP was never told in schools, so generations do not have a clue about this date. Besides those who voted for the merger

[Goanet] PARK JI-SUNG, the captain of KOREA RP in Qatar

2011-01-16 Thread Doha Goans Sports Club
PARK JI-SUNG, the captain of KOREA RP in Qatar with Goan friends http://goansinqatar.blogspot.com/2011/01/park-ji-sungthe-captain-of-korea-rp-in.html

[Goanet] Merces Musical Show on Goa Opinion Poll day

2011-01-16 Thread JoeGoaUk
Merces Musical Show on Goa Opinion Poll day In this clip you will meet.. Sonia Shirsat, Livia, Aniceto, Lilly d/o of Jack de Sequeira, Sonia Fernandes, Little Joshua, Fr. Marverick Fernandes, Sucorro de Sta. Cruz, Com. Cyril and Com. Caitan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2yr7KRwJjM   The long

[Goanet] Freedom fighters or fraudsters/Let us move forward to retain what is left of GOA to be ruled by Good Goans not Goonies - REST IS FRILLS AND LACES as Marion Pereira would say!

2011-01-16 Thread Bernado Colaco
Yes bharat with its tumultuous governance will soon become a part of China. Begin to eat with chop sticks! BC How many characters are there in Goa who want to make Goa special administrative region of China? One or two? Cheers, Santosh

[Goanet] Blueberries help curb high blood pressure

2011-01-16 Thread Camillo Fernandes
Source : dnaindia.com Blueberries help curb high blood pressure Published: Sunday, Jan 16, 2011, 20:30 IST Place: London | Agency: IANS Eating two handfuls of blueberries a week can slash the risk of developing high blood pressure, which leads to strokes and heart

[Goanet] TAG Condoles Rosary Ferns’ Death

2011-01-16 Thread Tiatr Academy Goa
TAG Condoles Rosary Ferns’ Death. Photo: http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/tCTnMDwsl42RB_vRmmKX0A?feat=directlink Rosary Ferns, a prominent personality of tiatr stage expired suddenly on 12th January 2011 in his village at Benaulim, Goa. In his death tiatr stage has lost an artiste who

Re: [Goanet] misfired price blame

2011-01-16 Thread soter
JC wtrote: There is merit and de-merit in both the rampant capitalist and the suppressive socialist systems. Comment: I very much agree that no system is perfect because man himself is imperfect. We need to take what is positive. As regards citing the example of Cuba, it was just the point to

[Goanet] To USA Goans

2011-01-16 Thread George Pinto
Tomorrow (Jan 17) day is the Martin Luther King holiday in the USA. Goans owe people like MLK and other civil rights fighters/organizations a great debt. MLK and others made tremendous sacrifices so equal opportunity is now available to all communities, an idea still fought for around the world