[Goanet] Link: Bonny Fernandes

2007-11-19 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोंया
Just to say that the contacts for Bonny Fernandes, the former Chief Planner of the Government of India who wrote the article released earlier in Goanet Reader, and titled 'Goa's Vanishing Landscape: Where Is Conservation on Goa's Agenda'?' is [EMAIL PROTECTED] --FN -- Frederick Noronha

Re: [Goanet] Subject: Congress dirty tricks to split SEZ opposition

2007-11-19 Thread Floriano - Goa Suraj Party
It would not be right for me, as the spokesperson of the Goa Su-Raj Party, if I did not come in to give my/our view point on the Edwin Pinto's post re: Matanhy Saldanha , GMAS and the festering sore that is Meta Strips. I attended the first call by Matanhy to a meet at the Panjim Residency which

[Goanet] Disappeared from the subcontinent_Caught at silly point

2007-11-19 Thread Venantius Pinto
Good catch Santosh. Heres an analogy via cricket -- Eknath Solkar at silly mid-on. You too keep flushing them out, and raking in those catches. venantius From: Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] The text in the post appended below appears to be lifted verbatim from one of the following

Re: [Goanet] Kampala- Looking for Info

2007-11-19 Thread vivek araujo
Hi, Plenty of cyber cafes and many restaurants/wireless , being a CHOGM year for Uganda , things are really positive in Kampala -Uganda at large. Which hotel are you staying? Regards Vivek --- F D [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi netters, Hope you can help. I will be in Uganda from Wednesday,

[Goanet] To Vivek Araujo

2007-11-19 Thread Radhakrishnan Nair
Hi Vivek, Nice to see you again on Goanet! Why are you silent these days, maan? Regards, RKN Plenty of cyber cafes and many restaurants/wireless , being a CHOGM year for Uganda , things are really positive in Kampala -Uganda at large. Which hotel are you staying? Regards Vivek

[Goanet] FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT AT CANDOLIM GOA

2007-11-19 Thread BONNIE FERNANDES
DUBAI CHARITY CUP 2008 (Invitational All Goa 10-a-Side Football Tournament) ORGANIZED BY FESTA ENTERTAINMENTS The love of sports has brought together people of all nationalities, creed, caste and colour. Football the most poplar sport in the world attracts the attention of the young and

[Goanet] Property in Goa: Heaven on hold as Goa awaits its fate

2007-11-19 Thread Frederick Menezes
from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/main.jhtml?xml=/property/2007/11/17/opgoa117.xml Property in Goa: Heaven on hold as Goa awaits its fate Britons love it for the beaches, winter sun and its house prices - but is it a safe investment? Ginetta Vedrickas investigates The British love

[Goanet] Did you read this ?

2007-11-19 Thread Albert Desouza
Dear Goanetters Did you read the gomantak times dt 18th November 2007 ? 57 girls from Home science college Panjim had been for a tour to north India and on their way back they were harrased by a group of Rajastani boys who were returning from an examination for the police post in Jodpur. These

Re: [Goanet] HIV AIDS... persistant rumours, lies deception.

2007-11-19 Thread JOHN MONTEIRO
Thank you Gabe for the input, I was previously reiterating my post because someone had posted as a fact a 10yr old boy had contracted AIDS by eating an infected PINEAPPLE (told his parents/doctor he had eaten pineapple from a vendor) and this was the way he got AIDS, in 15 days. When are

[Goanet] Aitaracheo Katkutleo: Dhirio Portean Suru Zatat?

2007-11-19 Thread JoeGoaUk
re-sent/corrected. Click on pic for bigger view. http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2045379918size=l Thanks Linobab, On the very second day of Sardin's winning the LS seat, there was a large Ad in Local daily (cositing over Rs.10,000) issued by ALL GOA FIGHTER BULL OWNERS ASSOCIATION.

[Goanet] Goodbye, Sanny Goodbye

2007-11-19 Thread Fausto Da Costa
Very well said Walter. I'll appreciate if you send the Konkani transaltion of the same for publication in Gulab. Coincidentally he sent me your email address with the following message a few days before his departure from this planet. I shall write to you later. May his soul rest in peace. Fausto

Re: [Goanet] Wishing All Sanvordem-Curchorem Villagers

2007-11-19 Thread Charles fernandes
Ooh Caji, Thanks a lot for your kind wishes, Yup ! we all know that you are a proud of ya Savardom .. Viva Happy village boi.. Fulloii. Now on this happy occasion, suggest you sing one kokani kantar.. as u normally do all over in here - Kuwait. From: Cajetan de Sanvordem WISHING ALL

[Goanet] Reply:Goa's vanishing landscapes.

2007-11-19 Thread Clare Caldeira
Seems to me that what Goa's urban areas need, is legislation to preserve its natural environment and character! Something with a slogan attached that everyone could get behind like If mother nature is well looked after, she will give back in ABUNDANCE. I am a firm believer of that! Public

[Goanet] Fracas over Macacas !

2007-11-19 Thread Francis Rodrigues
Dear Mario, I would've written this letter on Sat. but my poodle died, her name was Lucille, I'm sure you know the song, it's your life-story, huh? Toledo bars suck...! It's Sunday now, the preacher's rant on Thou shalt not bear false witness reminded me you should quit blaming Merv/Cornel

Re: [Goanet] Late Sanny Vaz should be awarded

2007-11-19 Thread renebarreto
Great thought. Please do let me know how I can support you in your effort. rene === GLOBAL NON RESIDENT GOANS REUNION -GOA 19th January ,2008 http://worldallianceofgoanoverseasassoc.blogspot.com/ Ex Students StJoseph's-Zanzibar Reunion - GoA Jan 27 2008

[Goanet] Late Sanny Vaz should be awarded

2007-11-19 Thread Mario Vicente Santos Pereira
Goaneters, Yes, I am 100% agree with you John. This should start from Kuwait and forward to Kala Academy for further action. He should be awarded for his contribution towards Konkani Mai Bas. All the best. Regards, Mario Vicente Santos Pereira, Message: 3 Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 14:38:37 +

[Goanet] SEZs - Rip off of state Exchequer

2007-11-19 Thread Vinay Natekar
With a view to overcome the shortcomings experienced on account of multiplicity of controls and red tapism in File clearances , absence of world-class infrastructures and top of all, the unstable and disingenuous political regimes at most state levels, the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) policy

[Goanet] It is convinient to forget what hurts you! says Cedric da Costa!!!

2007-11-19 Thread Dr. U. G. Barad
Cedric da Costa wrote TWO responses to me on 15th November 2007. In his FIRST MAIL Cedric quotes famous saying about Cat; inserts a point on behalf of Wilma that reads -- the attack on the Governor by Porrikar and his MLA after losing power despite forging Neri's signature and finally puts a

Re: [Goanet] It is convinient to forget what hurts you! says Cedric da Costa!!!

2007-11-19 Thread Carvalho
--- Dr. U. G. Barad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: she placed puppet Dr. Manmohan Singh in PM's chair and started controlling India. You call this a Sacrifice ?? - Dear Dr. Barad, First of all let me assure you, not all Indians call Sonia Gandhi, a painted

[Goanet] Girls molested on their train trip to Agra.

2007-11-19 Thread Tony de Sa
Hi, This has reference to the news in the Goan press that 40 girls in Goa were 'molested' by intending police men. The Girls have all my sympathy because such an experience could be a shattering one and would mar the psych of the concerned individuals. But, as a person who has led both boys and

[Goanet] Chapel of Our Lady of Victory - needs urgent touch up -IFFI Goa 2007

2007-11-19 Thread JoeGoaUk
The pics http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=376652022size=l Also seen in this video clip (old GMC campus) http://youtube.com/watch?v=HvrEQ6sh7Zo Quote: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2007-November/064933.html [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Goa NRI related info...

[Goanet] Film Related Competitions IFFI 2007

2007-11-19 Thread Ethel Dacosta
ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY OF GOA * IFFI creates talent platforms for Goa with film related competitions to encourage local participation. As the countdown to the 38th International Film Festival of India, Goa rings loud, it's going to be cinema, cinema and only cinema for 10 days, featuring some

[Goanet] SAY NO TO SEZ - NOW OR NEVER

2007-11-19 Thread President(sgpiag)
We at South Goa Public Interest Action Group oppose the setting up of SEZ in this tiny 25th State of India for the reasons as mentioned below: a) State has a fragile land mass 3702 km2. Of which 1224 square kms is under forest cover. Only a balance 2478 square kms is available for both agri

[Goanet] Currency Values

2007-11-19 Thread Mario Goveia
Mervyn Lobo mervynalobo at yahoo.ca Fri Nov 16 08:53:52 PST 2007 wrote: Mario, The worthiness of official US Govt info took a nose dive after they announced that Iraq had WMD and was ready to attack in 45 minutes. Since then, no one trusts their info. Financial firms are collecting their own US

[Goanet] Sonia gandhis sacrifice

2007-11-19 Thread Bhandare
Dear All, Sonia maino gandhi is not the first person to sacrifice a position of power...balasaheb thackeray, the hindu hridaysamrat ( emperor of the hindu hearts) also made a sacrifice by refusing to be CM of maharashtra and instead nominated manohar pant joshi for the post..discerning people

[Goanet] THANK YOU

2007-11-19 Thread cosmos ferns
TO ALL My Goan christains A big thank you for joining us in thanking god for giving Fr Sebastao fernandes to us .So also praying for his oul ,and the bereaved family to over come their missing member . Abrief history of Fr Sebastao fernandes Coming from the same village and

[Goanet] 23rd Nov.FRIDAY BALCAO:Stray Animals a threat to Road Safety in Goa ? need for an urgent solution.

2007-11-19 Thread Goa Desc
--- Welcome to the FRIDAY BALCAO Dear Cybergaonkars on Goanet, We continue with FRIDAY BALCAO on 23rd November from 4pm. to 6pm. at Goa Desc Resource Centre No.11, Liberty Apartments, Feira

Re: [Goanet] Disappeared from the subcontinent_Caught at silly point

2007-11-19 Thread Santosh Helekar
Hi Venantius, These days I am parked at long on, and don't even care to run much. That was a lolly pop, which just happened to be about chest high when I looked up. There are many new quick-footed and aggressive pouncers in the in-field now-a-days. They don't let anything past the inner cordon.

[Goanet] Exhibition Eça de Queirós and his contemporary writers

2007-11-19 Thread CLP IC
Exhibition Eça de Queirós and his contemporary writers Centro de Língua Portuguesa/ Instituto Camões in collaboration with the Department of Portuguese, Goa University, is exhibiting a collection of 23 posters titled Eça de Queirós and his contemporary writers. This exhibition shows different

Re: [Goanet] Currency values

2007-11-19 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Mario Goveia wrote: Even Mervyn Lobo has now confirmed that the 5.1% he had mentioned was a rate used by non-US lenders when making loans to American businesses, which would be a hurdle rate that is always higher than the inflation rate by an amount that reflects the lender's perceived risk

[Goanet] It is convinient to forget what hurts you! says Cedric da Costa!!!

2007-11-19 Thread Bhandare
Dear Dr barad: cedric da costa is a highly evolved individual .he is omniprescient and is usually never wrong..His logic is beyond mere mortals like me selma is always right too... her knowledge about RSS BJP india is also awe inspiring...like cedric she is always right regards b

[Goanet] Dinesh D'Souza....

2007-11-19 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोंया
Dinesh D'Souza is talking through his hat ...Christopher HItchins scores in this debate, IMO http://tinyurl.com/3detdy (... inspite of the organisers of the debate trying to skew things by overstating the case Hitchins has to defend) FN -- Frederick Noronha http://fn.goa-india.org Ph

[Goanet] Does anything belong to the Goans at all?

2007-11-19 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
I thought I'd just check. Came across this today on a hill in Dhargal, Pednem taluka, not far from the Shantadurga temple - http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/sigrun.jpg Sigrun is already taking bookings for a project in Sangolda. See - http://www.sigrun.in Regards, r

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Reader: Falling in lovel with computers, one key at a time (Tony de Sa)

2007-11-19 Thread eric pinto
Good luck, Tony, many more keys ! Eric.

[Goanet] Windows (TM)

2007-11-19 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोंया
Windows, 2007. TM and copyright: Goa http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/2041916946/ -- Frederick Noronha http://fn.goa-india.org Ph 0091-832-2409490 12000+ downloadable, sharable hi-res photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/

Re: [Goanet] Societal carelessness in our homeland - to RKN

2007-11-19 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:45:56 +0530 From: Radhakrishnan Nair [EMAIL PROTECTED] Good piece, Mario! I agree with you in toto. No unnecessary barbs, no condescending sneers. Looks like you're determined for an image makeover on Goanet :-) Mario responds: Hey, RKN, I was hoping no one would

[Goanet] CLARIFICATION

2007-11-19 Thread cosmos ferns
Mr/s FERNS Q COMING STRAIGHT TO THE POINT YOU SAY THAT THE DUBAI CUP IS GAMBLING EVEN IF ANYBODY BELIEVES YOU THEY WILL STILL GO TO WATCH THE GAME THINK IT THIS WAY GOANS ARE CRAZY FOR WHAT FOOTBALL (SPORTS) TIART,DANCES (ENTERNMENT) SO GIVE GOANS TO WATCH GOOD TEAMS PLAYING

[Goanet] Professed religious man

2007-11-19 Thread cedrico dacosta
Professed Religious Man Year 2007Goa, India, the place: The Goa Legislative Assemblyis there any among the 40 Alibaba's Men who even have a sound conscienceleave alone a sense of religion... attending mass on the first bench on sunday, running to receive the holy communion first

[Goanet] Anjuna - Ven Fr Agnelo's cradle

2007-11-19 Thread Goanet News Service
Anjuna - Ven Fr Agnelo's cradle BY AGNELO REBELO Anjuna, as the sound of this beautiful name strikes one's mind, it makes to think that it means Anjiancho Ganv. In fact the patron saint of this Parish Church is the St Michael the Archangel. This beautiful village of Goa is situated in the

Re: [Goanet] joe goa uk's photo/to Bhandare

2007-11-19 Thread alfred tavares
My dear old Girl, There is saying in Portuguese, believed to have been extricated from acient Greek wisdom: CAGAR É O PRAZER DOS DEUSES It is, remarkably, in status quo among the godly Ranas of Nepal: They do it sitting on trhne-like comodes whilest holding social discourse among peers.

[Goanet] Fracas over Macacas !

2007-11-19 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 05:26:41 + From: Francis Rodrigues [EMAIL PROTECTED] It's Sunday now, the preacher's rant on Thou shalt not bear false witness reminded me you should quit blaming Merv/Cornel for that over-extended Macacas exclamationdude, as Shaggy goes, dat wuz me! Mario

Re: [Goanet] Raising a Stink/to Aniruddha

2007-11-19 Thread Aniruddha Sen Gupta
Dear Selma, Thanks for your response to my posting. I remember your post about burning plastic, and know your concern for the issue of waste management is deep, and your thought processes on this (as in everything else) clear and focussed. As you say, solving the problems of garbage disposal

Re: [Goanet] Raising a Stink

2007-11-19 Thread Aniruddha Sen Gupta
Hi Fredrick, It was good to meet you and Pravin at Clinton's talk, after having read so much of both your views on Goanet. As you've seen, I too am a subscriber to the scruffy beard brotherhood. I'll certainly do the piece on Corjuem that you suggest -- I'm just getting started on Goanet, and

[Goanet] NYC-Kuwait to Celebrate Our Lady of Rosary Feast on 22 Nov. 2007

2007-11-19 Thread goa world
NAVELIM TO CELEBRATE OUR LADY OF ROSARY FEAST IN KUWAIT Navelim Youth Centre (NYC) - Kuwait will celebrate the annual Feast of Our Lady of Rosary, patroness of Navelim Church, Goa on Thursday, 22nd November 2007 with a Thanksgiving Mass at 6:30 pm at the Holy Family Cathedral - Kuwait City

Re: [Goanet] Girls molested on their train trip to Agra.

2007-11-19 Thread Carvalho
This is a heinous story and unfortunately it brings to the fore, the attitude of the North Indian male towards women in general. It is not a small coincidence that Delhi is the rape capital of India, and no woman will venture outside after 7pm. What is even worse, is that a substantial number of

Re: [Goanet] It is convinient to forget what hurts you! says Cedric da Costa!!!

2007-11-19 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 19/11/2007, Carvalho [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Dr. Barad, I have yet to come across an America who will openly speak ill of J F Kennedy or Eisenhower or Roosevelt. These are the great icons of their shared national history and they are claimed by all Americans to shape and form

Re: [Goanet] Comparative health care systems

2007-11-19 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 16:45:14 -0800 From: Gilbert Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] I avoided participating in this thread which has surfaced on Goanet on several occasions. From the comments it appears that some amateurs are trying to be professionals on healthcare system. I am on Thanksgiving

Re: [Goanet] Macacas! And comparative health care systems

2007-11-19 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Mario Goveia wrote, As to your question, the word Macacas IS a derogatory term in the US, which is why I was quite surprised to see that you and Cornel had both used it. I will chalk that up to your unfamiliarity with derogatory American terms since both Cornel and you are not known for

[Goanet] Who are these stakeholders ?

2007-11-19 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
To Goanet - The GCCI president Nitin Kunkolienkar has been described as dynamic. The only part of him that is dynamic is his bowels, and the full force of this dynamism was on display today in The Navhind Times. This coolie, handpicked by the big bananas to carry their water, had this to say

[Goanet] Goa news for November 20, 2007

2007-11-19 Thread Goanet News Service
ZANESVILLE #148; The Governors Office of Appalachia met with the Muskingum County Commissioners this morning. Fred Deel, director of the ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/0-0fd=Rurl=http://zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071119/UPDATES01/71119013/1002/NEWS01cid

[Goanet] NRI office to draft law to deal with illegal overseas recruiting agents

2007-11-19 Thread Goanet News Service
NRI office to draft law to deal with illegal overseas recruiting agents PANJIM, NOV 19 - The Office of Commissioner of NRI Affairs in Goa will draft a law to deal with unregistered overseas recruiting agents and middlemen operating in Goa. Announcing this at a press conference here, the

[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (20NOV07)

2007-11-19 Thread alexyz fernandes
A child congratulating CM Digamber Kamat: Diggu Kaka..Teacher SEZ your Cong Govt will go Down in History... For destroying the Geography of Goa! To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org

Re: [Goanet] Dinesh D'Souza....

2007-11-19 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
--- Frederick [FN] Noron ha * फ्रेड रिक न ोरोंया [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dinesh D'Souza is talking through his hat ...Christopher HItchins scores in this debate, IMO http://tinyurl.com/3detdy (... inspite of the organisers of the debate trying to skew

[Goanet] Windows 60s: Do you remember this?

2007-11-19 Thread JoeGoaUk
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/2041916946/ I remember, we were eating those shell (fish). It's shape was round the size of a CD/DVD disk. We boiled to open it and we got two discs. We eat the flesh (as in mussels) and throw away the shells/disc (bright/silver color discs) Plenty seen in

[Goanet] Equality, Education and the Caste System

2007-11-19 Thread Goanet News Service
Equality, Education and the Caste System By Tomazinho Cardozo India is a country of many religions. Every citizen follows a particular religion with its own culture. In India, one's religion plays an important role in shaping the future of the individual and, in turn, of the whole society

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Reader: Falling in lovel with computers, one key at a time (Tony de Sa)

2007-11-19 Thread eric pinto
Good luck, Tony, many more keys ! Eric.

[Goanet] Selma calls Sonia Painted Italian Doll !!!!!!!!!!

2007-11-19 Thread Dr. U. G. Barad
Dear Selma, I was not at all surprised by your posting on Sonia nor that of Cedric! First let me clarify what you have written. You used the words “painted Italian doll” while Cedric preferred to question me with “Why call Sonia an Italian Doll - Can we not stop it? using the same words which I

[Goanet] Impacts of all powerful SEZ on Aam Adm i

2007-11-19 Thread Dr. U. G. Barad
The primary objective of promoting SEZs was to facilitate exports and subsequently to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), thus enabling Indian entrepreneurs to operate under international conditions. However, it is now becoming clear that, what ever be the goal, SEZs will be like the return

[Goanet] Dr Barad -- Charity begins at home

2007-11-19 Thread cedrico dacosta
Dr Barad -- Charity begins at home I never wanted to be in the field in which you are as you mentioned i am jealous of not having made it to a DR against my name...im happy with myself and please do not assume things...assumpton is the mother of all ... Margao is not what it used to be, it is

[Goanet] ..and the Priest said: ‘I have ju st laid a Saint to rest’

2007-11-19 Thread JoeGoaUk
..and the Priest said: ‘I have just laid a Saint to rest’ How fortunate are those who are often called as living Saints!! -He had a very holy death on 20 th November 1927. -Towards the end of sermon he collapsed on the pulpit. (See pic) -Upon his death all around the Seminary, people said, “a

[Goanet] Fr Agnelo, a model priest

2007-11-19 Thread Goanet News Service
Fr Agnelo, a model priest by Fr Ubaldo Fernandes Venerable Fr Agnelo was born in Anjuna on January 21, 1869, to a very pious couple, Minguel Arcanj Mariano and Maria Sinforosa Perpetua Magalhaes. Agnelo was God's chosen one. The day he was born, his father saw a bright shooting star, and

[Goanet] Kids juggle, trapeze to inspire smiles

2007-11-19 Thread Frederick Menezes
from http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/144843.html Kids juggle, trapeze to inspire smiles Panaji, Nov 20 - They are kids who once stood at car windows and begged with tears in their eyes. Now they walk on stilts, juggle and do acrobatics for a theatrical street performance, an attempt to

[Goanet] Bhandare obsessed with the dukor

2007-11-19 Thread cedrico dacosta
Bhanare..are you so obsessed with my writings and the dukor...btw pork tastes fablous...u must try it and also ask your friends to do so.. cedric da costa dubai Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with