[Goanet] www.goanspirit.com April 26, 2020

2020-04-26 Thread Lionel Messias
www.goanspirit.com April 26 online edition Rollback Sawant Remember letting shops open for a limited time soon after India went into lockdown and how the reasons for it backfired because of the crowding? During the corona virus crisis alone, Sawant issued a direction a day virtually and then modi

[Goanet] www.goanspirit.com April 12, 2020

2020-04-11 Thread Lionel Messias
April 12, 2020 www.goanspirit.com Sawant needs fiscal discipline post Covid-19 In these Covid -19 crunch times, The TO Do list for CM Sawant includes scrapping the sheer extravagance of building the 75 mt tall administrative building, postponing IFFI, which is a drain on the Goan tax payer, for 2

[Goanet] www.goanspirit.com March 29, 2020

2020-03-30 Thread Lionel Messias
www.goanspirit.com A memorial or monumental blunder March 29, 2020 Goa is so insignificant although many tourists descend here for the sun, sand and fun that no national news even mentions how it is being affected by Covid -19. And CM Sawant is floundering whereas he was sure of himself about Par

[Goanet] www.goanspirit.com March 15, 2020

2020-03-18 Thread Lionel Messias
Goanspirit Newsletter for March 15,2020 Is Mauvin Godinho not anti-national? March 15, 2020 Congress accuses Mauvin of interfering in the MPDA meeting last November to reject the Colour Code Plan by the Navy to protect the funnel zone of aircraft from high-rises. In fact, the court says the MPDA

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2020-01-19 Thread Lionel Messias
Goan Newsletter January 19, 2020 Please Spare us your whining Please save me your angst, I am not calling for suicides of those affected by no mining and the dip in tourism, just stating the difference between crocodile tears and reality. In plain English, tourism does not help all Goans as the m

[Goanet] www.goanspirit.com December 7, 2019

2019-12-07 Thread Lionel Messias
Nauxim, lies, lies and more lies – 2 In the second and final instalment about the web of lies in the EIA of the Nauxim Marina, GS questions whether MPT has a commitment to Goa. AHOY will do what it wants, because Goa is open season for any outsider with big bucks. Kargwal is just a realtor that wi

[Goanet] www.goanspirit.com November 23, 2019

2019-11-23 Thread Lionel Messias
Nauxim, lies, lies and more lies – 1 Till date it has not revealed details of the tender. Such disclosures could prove that it was not fair, a charge the MPT must take blame for. In one tone AHOY talks about yachting, in another, about boats and in a disturbing voice about stays for both foreign a

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2019-11-11 Thread Lionel Messias
Goanspirit Newsletter for November 8,2019 Lion Roars Broadband Funnies So, when all else fails blame rain gods. That's what Nitin Kunkolienkar and Nilesh Cabral did for poor internet and power. Gajanan Electricals and Gwave are two connectivity providers. But, Gajanan is prohibitive and his servi

[Goanet] www.goanspirit.com September 27, 2019

2019-09-28 Thread Lionel Messias
Goanspirit Newsletter for September 27, 2019 The rich become MLAs Lion Roars Michael Lobo claimed his was a rags to riches story. Certainly riches for him, but as a result he nudged some into a rags situation. He began as a land broker, who in Goa, is a much bigger beneficiary than the govt. Thus

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2019-08-29 Thread Lionel Messias
Goanspirit Newsletter for August 29, 2019 To the Manor Born -1 Lion Roars JNNURM was to improve the life of citizens of the concerned State, not tourists. But in Goa, it has been used to underwrite buses to ferry tourists from the airport! As privileged is crorepati MLA Pratapsing Rane, who dec

[Goanet] www.goanspirit.com July 14 edition

2019-08-16 Thread Lionel Messias
Sawantisms (August 14, 2019) Sawant wants to allow four liquor bottles with permits for tourists, but it only helps them to haggle over the bribe amount. Babush told the revenue minister/ wife, Jennifer, “I doubt your labour officials have even entered the casinos.” When rebuffed by her, he retort

[Goanet] www.goanspirit.com for July 30, 2019

2019-07-31 Thread Lionel Messias
www.goanspirit.com SAWANT=No jobs for Goans The CM says 80% reservations for Goans in industries cannot stand the test of law. First pass the law and show us how Goemkarponn you are. Jennifer Monserrate says it's a major policy decision; how is helping ethnic Goans that? Have not BJP govts broken

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2019-07-18 Thread Lionel Messias
July 16, 2019 edition of www.goanspirit.com GIDC: Goa’s Intensely Destructive Company GIDC's mega projects have changed Goa's topography for the worse and the so-called infrastructure projects have never tendered directly to companies. When you control the prescriptions for vitamin M, why care? G

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2019-03-26 Thread Lionel Messias
Crime’s Middle Name is Migrant-2 The Goan sees crime, murder and often the sex trade flourishing in his own backyard, entirely involving outsiders. Only a handful of hotels (large, medium, or small), full-service restaurants (15 tables/80 seats and above), boutiques, trendy garment stores (in all