Re: [Goanet] GOANET : HERALD'S E-PAPER TO GO PAID

2018-01-04 Thread Derek Almeida
It's time everyone starts paying for news. On 03-Jan-2018 11:06 AM, "Stephen Dias" wrote: > Dear Readers of Herald > > The news is spread like fire throughout the state of Goa in this NEW Year > 2018 due to changes have taken place for those who are used to go online >

[Goanet] FOOTLOOSE: An ode to Colva

2010-01-05 Thread Derek Almeida
--- An ode to Colva By Derek Almeida The brand of Christianity practiced in Colva is not for the meek and the kind. It is for the tough and the ruthless. The chaps who can throw stones and torch gaddas and then go for confession and wipe the slate clean. So I

[Goanet] FOOTLOOSE: The wrong idea

2009-12-29 Thread Derek Almeida
The wrong idea By Derek Almeida Why is it that when a man gets caught with three naked women in his room most people get the silly idea that he wants to have sex? Perhaps this has much to do with stereotyping - men want sex, women want children. The other day the 86-year-old Governor

[Goanet] In protest mode

2009-09-13 Thread Derek Almeida
In protest mode By Derek Almeida Some time back former GCCI president Nitin Konkolienkar said that protests had become an industry in Goa. I never took him seriously until I bumped into my friend Ram Vilas. He was on his way to the Majestic Hotel with a placard which read, Say