[Goanet-News] Goa news for April 25, 2008

Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa baseballers torpedo USS Cole - Navhind Times [13 hours ago] Goa, coached by their most productive and efficient personnel in DilipNaik, proved their prowess during a superlative

Re: [Goanet] Soter D'Souza: The silence of GBA is frightening

This is why some of us admire Soter, FN. That he is no liege boy to any party or politician, that his allegiance is first and foremost to his conscience. If only you would learn a thing or two from Soter... Regards, r Frederick Noronha wrote: While Soter is in the news... reproducing a

Re: [Goanet] United Nations says meat-eaters contribute to global warming

Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:44:42 -0400 From: Kevin Saldanha [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear Mario, The offer to attend the 2008 International Goan Convention was to give you the opportunity to delve into mainstream scientific opinion and not exercise your googling capabilities. Mario responds: Kevin,

[Goanet] Old habbits die hard...those calculating politicians!

As an old habbit of our CM to put his dirty fingers in small time politics...I have written in the past how he used to manupulate the margao municipal council and induce the game of musical chairs... and what more can you expect from turncoats and defectors... I have mentioned how the stooge

[Goanet] Direct Flights to UAE

Dear John, In your answer to Ms Zelma (reproduced below), you have written that It is understood that the flights were cancelled due to shortage of aircraft. LET ME SAY HERE: ONLY ONE flight was operated from Dubai to Goa by Air India and ONLY ONE flight was operated by Indian Airlines from

[Goanet] upkaar naslolo tiatrist - konkani song

upkaar naslolo tiatrist http://youtube.com/watch?v=DV_ut8ov0PQ edu [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Goanet] XVth G.O.A. Rolling Trophy - Goa Maroons, Santos, DBO and AVC in quarterfinals

www.goa-world.com XVth GOA Rolling Trophy Goa Maroons, Santos, DBO and AVC in quarterfinals In the first match of the day Don Bosco Oratory get past United Goans by a tennis score of six goals to one in very dusty conditions. DBO opened the scoring through Philip,

[Goanet] Blood urgently needed.............

Dear Goa Netters their families and friends, this is to appeal to you that Maria Fernandes from Calangute urgently requires Blood , any Blood Group ( as it is on replacement basis from the blood bank.) She has Leukaemia ( blood

Re: [Goanet] Blood urgently needed.............

Leroy, I had two cards, but recently used them up during my mum's health crisis. Please also check http://www.indianblooddonors.com Maybe we on Goanet could play a useful role by encouraging more people to donate blood. This is a long-term issue that needs everybody's attention. It can be very

Re: [Goanet] Remo holds free concert to create awareness on global warming

Misconceptions such as those in the post appended below are still seen among a few people, despite the fact that tnewspaper editorials, ideological op-eds, lobbyist websites, internet wagers and political pamphlets cannot and have not been able to refute the scientific evidence and rationale for

Re: [Goanet] SUDDENLY

And SUDDENLY IT CRASHES INTO THE INDIAN OCEAN for lack of fuel. Hopefully this one 'suddenly' has'nt happened and hope to God Almighty it does not happen to keep our Kuwaiti/Gulfy Brothers/Sisters safe and sound and living for themselves and for their much beloved GOA. and dear Tome, I must

Re: [Goanet] Compiling a list of restaurants/bars that are suspected of serving frog legs

Dearest Clinton, I am glad wildlife Goa is taking on this battle. Martin's Corner is definitely the worst offender, and I write this because I myself have been offered jumping chicken by the staff of this restaurant, when neither I nor the party I was with had requested froglegs. When I asked

[Goanet] Bandodkar's Statue or Dr Jack Sequeira's?

Bandodkar's Statue or Dr Jack Sequeira's? Last week Goa celeberated the 90th birth anniversary of Dr Jack Sequeira...the father of the opinion poll and the individual solely responsible for Goa remaining GOA than merging into Maharashtra as proposed by Goa's first Maharashtrawadi CM, Dayanand

Re: [Goanet] Compiling a list of restaurants/bars that are suspected of serving frog legs

Hi Clinton, I just returned last week from Goa and a friend in Colva showed me a place on way to Betalbatim, just after crossing the Railway bridge near the pond there is this place which also serves the dish. I was not much concerned, so did not note the name of the Restaurant, but i am sure you

[Goanet] sing for global working

Jane congratulated Remo and others on being action-oriented, environment-conscious Goans who sang to make people aware of Global warming. RESPONSE masquarading as verse or worse: It is not enough for singers to sing and for others to do their thing It is for the officials to sing about how

[Goanet] Compiling a list of restaurants/bars that are suspected of serving frog legs

 Clinton bab said: WildGoa is working to compile a list of rogue restaurants/bars, so everyone reading this, please step up and publicly (or offlist), name all the Shakari Spice Plantations, Anoushkas, Five Flowers and Martins Corners in Goa that defy the ban and serve frog legs and other

Re: [Goanet] A GOAN IS A PERSON WHO HAS ROOTS IN GOA

Hi Gilbert I am utterly confused by your statement below. Pray will you explain what you mean? Cornel --- Gilbert Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... if all these foreign cultures who came to Goa admired us, they would ask us to join them. The last time I checked, none did so.:=))

[Goanet] Death announcement

Dear Members and Friends, We regret to announce the death of Roque Cabral, (in Canada) Husband to Rosie Silveira Cabral Father to Charmaine Nicola and Marion Frances Brother to late Filomena Cardoso, Armanda (Naiobi), Markus, Manuel and Walter. Brother-in-Law to Mario, Michael (Nairobi),

[Goanet] Goanetters -Canada - Dinner Dance -4th may May, 2008

Goanetters -Canada - Dinner Dance -4th may May, 2008 Further details at : http://us.mg1.mail.yahoo.com/dc/launch?.rand=5idarjn7dca36 GLOBAL GOAN CONVENTION -CANADA - 23rd July, 2008 http://2008goanconvention.com/index.php

[Goanet] On Caste.

Scientists say we are 'hard-wired' to care about class; could it be that Catholic Goans are also 'hard-wired' similarly ? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=561551in_page_id=1770 -- DEV BOREM KORUM. Gabe Menezes. London, England

[Goanet] Dirty Panjim: CCP identifies 2 more places in city prone to nuisance by public

Thanks to Rajan Parrikar. === CCP identifies 2 more places in city prone to nuisance by public NT Legal Correspondent Panaji, April 23 The High Court was informed by Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) today that in addition to 22 places notified in the city as prone to nuisance by

[Goanet] IA Has Let Us Down In The Past

Hi Benedict,\\ i appreciate your support and suggestions regarding the restoration of a direct flight from Dubai to Goa... but will wholeheartedly disagree that writing to the Goa government will help, leave alone the commissioner of NRI affairs... till date tourism minister Mikey has acted

Re: [Goanet] Soter D'Souza: The silence of GBA is frightening

I wish you could walk the talk RP!! Regards to you too.. Seb From: Rajan P. Parrikar [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is why some of us admire Soter, FN. That he is no liege boy to any party or politician, that his allegiance is first and foremost to his conscience. If only you would learn a thing

Re: [Goanet] Is the destructiveness of caste a myth? (old title). New title: The need for rigour in use of terminology on Goanet

Hi Gilbert Just catching up with some earlier posts of yours. I want to state that, it is not logically possible for a strident anti-casteist to be simultaneously a casteist just as it is not logically possible for a strident anti-racist to be a racist. In this illustration, the anti-casteist

[Goanet] (no subject)

Dear Frederick Please accept my condolences on the sad loss of your mother. Nancy Medeira Kuwait

[Goanet] Jet Airways: AUH-BOM - AUH Rs.10,000

Special offer for ABUDABHI Indians/Goans two months only (up to Mid June) Jet Airways: AUH-BOM - AUH Rs.10,000 9w583 Dep. AUH (Abudabi) 0015 Arv Bom (Mumbai) 0450 (daily) 9w584 Dep. Bom 21.30 Arv AUH 23.25 Taxes and fees worth Rs.5000 may be extra Total retun ticket cost is around 1540 AED

[Goanet] Compiling a list of restaurants/bars that are, suspected of serving frog legs

Dear Mr Satyawan Govekar, Thanks for your reply to my mail. Unfortuntly, I don't agree with you that saving the frogs is unimportant and a waste of time. The WildGoa network is NOT another NGO, but an informal network of those interested in Wildlife issues in Goa. Using a mix of resources

[Goanet] Goanetter s Dinner Dance

WHAT's On -GOANWORLD - CANADA. Goanetters -Canada MAY QUEEN - DINNER DANCE - 4.5.2008 Details - see Flyer at http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/message/5034 rene barreto What's On : http://whatsongoanworld.blogspot.com/

[Goanet] GOA CARD

*GOA CARD* The office of Commissioner for NRI Affairs has decided to issue GOA CARD to NRIs / OCI / PIO of Goan origin, to facilitate holders of such cards to have easy access to Government Departments / offices for redressal of issues concerning them. Besides the Goa Card holders would also

[Goanet] Frogs, Bullfights, Matka etc and the one sided Law ?

Ref: ongoing discussion on Goanet Frogs, Bullfights, Matka etc and the one sided Law ? http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk8/529605854/sizes/m/ Frogs: When a restaurant is raided, why book restaurant owner to be booked for serving frog meat? Why not the those found eating frogs too?(don't they

[Goanet] The process of making Caju Fenni, Urak, Niro etc -Video

The process of making Caju Fenni, Urak, Niro etc -Video http://youtube.com/watch?v=XY6Qlm7Q3PI [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa or

[Goanet] Activists halt construction of hazardous waste landfill site at Cuncolim Industrial Estate in South Goa on Earth Day.

Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help others be BETTER INFORMED --

[Goanet] GOAN MEDIA AND CASINOS

Call us fools. Dumb-asses. (Some of you do that anyway, but say it once more pls). For one whole year now, we missed a story, that was staring at us right in the face. It was only a few days ago when we were reading up one of Mayuresh Pawar's 100 % non adulterated article that it finally hit us.

[Goanet] Congress Party: Take One

Dr Barad wrote: Government of India, for that matter Congress party, should hang Mohammad Afzal Guru on the same day when Sarabjit Singh will be hanged to death. Why Sonia and Manmohan Singh are shielding Mohammad Afzal Guru from hanging to death? Comment: Does Dr Barad imagine he is living in

[Goanet] Enchantment and Delusion

Hello All, I would lie to share with you my response to a forward from Bharat, a friend from high school. We recently got back in touch after over twenty-five years. Bharat is doing well, a confirmed bird-watcher, PhD in Ornithology and all. His forward appears after my text. I am doing this to

Re: [Goanet] Frogs, Bullfights, Matka etc and the one sided Law ?

Add one more: Why blame the corrupt officials, ministers, politicians and others who accept corruption; why not the very people who offer bribe and thus encourage corruption to start with? On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 4:25 PM, JoeGoaUk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ref: ongoing discussion on Goanet

Re: [Goanet] On Caste.

Hi Gabe The quote you kindly provided from the Daily Mail says scientists have found out that we are hard-wired to care about social status. I can't quibble with this view at all and the Catholic Goans are no exception to this view. However, what I have always questioned is the particular call on

[Goanet] Goan Cultural Centre-Kuwait all set for SUMMER QUEEN 2008

SUMMER QUEEN 2008 The much-awaited annual feature of the Goan Cultural Centre - Kuwait – the Summer Queen Ball will be held on Friday, 25 April 2008 at Crowne Plaza Hotel's magnificient Al-Andalus Ballroom starting Farwaniya at 9:00 p.m. India's premier music band Aqua Flow brought in

[Goanet] Devastation od Goa

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=561414in_page_id=1770 Hi, Worried about outsiders taking over Goa? Read the above. ED - Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email.

Re: [Goanet] Goan Expats-2

Hi Gilbert Your posts have often noted a detection of hot air from Goanet posters but you have not provided a single example of this particular commodity! Pray, and with great respect, will you please do so now? Also, arising from your expressed views, please provide some illustration about

Re: [Goanet] WildGoa Frida Meet Regarding Saving The Frogs

Nigel and others, Although I cannot attend, best wishes for a successful meeting. Solidarity with all of you on this important venture. George Pinto --- Nigel Britto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: WildGoa Friday Meet Besides generating awareness, we shall also ensure that the Forest

[Goanet] Talking Photo: What is an Island

Talking Photo: What is an Island JoeGoaUk's definition: A piece of land (no matter how small) completely surrounded by water is called Island. eg. this is also an Island http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk5/2432541518/sizes/l/ However, very small Island may be called as Islet. Following are

[Goanet] Kingfisher likely to start international operations by August this year

http://www.airways.cz/images/novinky/kingfisher_airlines_a380.jpg Kingfisher likely to start international operations by August this year Kingfisher will initially start its operations to destinations like San Francisco, London, New York from Bangalore Airport. By March 2009, there would be

[Goanet] The Congress Party

Dear Goans, At the May 2007 Election Rally in Goa, The Congress party president Sonia Gandhi announced that the Congress plans to ensure Goa tops on all parameters by 2012 (Golden Jubilee of Liberation). But I think that at the point, Goans would be in the minority and would wonder if they are

Re: [Goanet] United Nations says meat-eaters contribute

Thank you, Mario, for promoting vegetarianism as one personal choice we can make if we are serious about reducing the impact of our choices on the environment. Kevin Saldanha Mississauga, ON. === Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:04:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Goanet] A thank you to you ....

Dear all, I thank you all very much for the kind sentiments and emotional support offered during the death of our mother, Felicia, earlier this week. We thought that one way of paying a tribute to her memory, and also looking out into the future, would be to set up a small online venture that

[Goanet] Goa news for April 25, 2008

Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa baseballers torpedo USS Cole - Navhind Times [13 hours ago] Goa, coached by their most productive and efficient personnel in DilipNaik, proved their prowess during a superlative

[Goanet] Goan Prawns Ambot Tik

Thursday, August 17, 2006 Goan Prawns Ambot Tik http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6555/1857/1600/Goan%20Prawns%20Ambot%20Tik.jpg 'Ambot' means 'Sour' in konkani 'Tik' means 'Pungent'. This is a traditional dish in both Goa Mangalore. The preparation style is a little different though, but the

[Goanet] CHARITY DINNER DANCE - SWINDON -UK - SATURDAY -

00 A DINNER DANCE -at SWINDON -UK please visit the Link http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/message/5046 for full details. Please circulate this post , support and participate - a good cause...will be there !

Re: [Goanet] On Caste.

--- CORNEL DACOSTA [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: However, what I have always questioned is the particular call on social status that is based on CASTE RATHER THAN CLASS--concepts that are NOT conveniently interchangeable at all. - Dear Cornel, I've not been

Re: [Goanet] Enchantment and Delusion

On 24/04/2008, Venantius Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My wife refused to come back with me and my children refused to stay in India ... My 2 children and I returned to USA after promising my wife I would be back for good after two years. Time passed

[Goanet] Enchantment and Delusion

On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 4:19 PM, Bharat wrote: A friend of mine, sent this very dismal story for reading... have a dekho at it... ONE BEDROOM FLAT... WRITTEN BY AN INDIAN SOFTWARE ENGINEER.. A Bitter Reality Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:49:56 -0400 From: Venantius Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] I

Re: [Goanet] An Ashram for Senior Citizens

No longer in Arpora ... moved to Moira. Kevin Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:15:26 +0400 From: edwardingoa [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] An Ashram for Senior Citizens *An Ashram for Senior Citizens* Near Cannoria Convent, Behind Viegas Dept. Store, Arpora, Bardez, Goa, INDIA. Phone:

Re: [Goanet] GOA CARD

On 24/04/2008, edwardingoa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: *GOA CARD* The office of Commissioner for NRI Affairs has decided to issue GOA CARD to NRIs / OCI / PIO of Goan origin, to facilitate holders of such cards to have easy access to Government Departments / offices for redressal of issues

Re: [Goanet] Soter D'Souza: The silence of GBA is frightening,

From: Rajan P. Parrikar [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is why some of us admire Soter, FN. That he is no liege boy to any party or politician, Unlike some people we know, who are acolytes and worshippers at the shrine of a particular politician and party? And who, in a classic case of the pot

[Goanet] LIMERICK FOR THE DAY 79 - 357TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF BLESSED VAZ ON APRIL 21

357TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF BLESSED VAZ ON APRIL 21 If one were on the Holy Father's words in 1995 to rely, When he called Fr Jose Vaz a star shining in the Asian sky, Then he should have been canonised ans become a saint long ago. But since this honour on him the Vatican has yet to bestow,

Re: [Goanet] Soter D'Souza on Goans Awake and Goans Lost

Chris Vaz wrote:  Your query of Rajan reminds me of the time Lord Fauntelroy walked into a Rolls-Royce showroom, kicked tires, and asked the salesman-- What is the price? Salesman:  If you must ask, sir, you can't afford it! That says it all, doesn't it?       Chris, The above is a cute

[Goanet] Invest in properties back home: Alemao

Invest in properties back home: Alemao By Francis A. Clifford Cardozo Arab Times Staff KUWAIT CITY : A well-known Indian minister Wednesday urged NRIs to invest in properties back home, even as he said that the Goa government passed a law banning the sale of land to foreign nationals.

Re: [Goanet] IA has let us down in the past

Taking an initiative on behalf of the UAE-based Goan Mangalorean community, we have couriered whatever proposals/suggestions which were aired on the Net through Gulf-goans e-Newsletter, privately forwarded to us, as well as through the other mailing lists. Suggest to forward an email/fax to

[Goanet] The P S Problem

Cheers Dears By Augusto Pinto The P S Problem Dears, The other day I was at Ashok's, the place located between the Post Office and the Herald Office, which serves the best chicken masala this side of the Mandovi, as the taxi drivers who frequent will tell you, sipping from a glass of some

[Goanet] Trying to contact Alfi and Albert Da Silva (Navelim)Urgent Illegal Possession of their house in Goa 10 days

Hi Everyone It's brought to my attention by a family member in Goa that a Goan daily newspaper has printed a notice To Possess a house located in Ravora(opposite Maura(Georgie travels)will be claimed by people if the owners do not claim the house. The part/whole owners are Alfi and Albert Da

Re: [Goanet] Direct Flights to UAE

Dear Agnelo, There is no doubt therefore, Private airlines are growing while those who could not increase their fleet are and have to dissappear due to their sluggish management capabilities, beuracacies, typical government working habits which does not improve business , nor fleet, nor

Re: [Goanet] On Caste.

On 24/04/2008, CORNEL DACOSTA [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Gabe The quote you kindly provided from the Daily Mail says scientists have found out that we are hard-wired to care about social status. I can't quibble with this view at all and the Catholic Goans are no exception to this view.

Re: [Goanet] On Caste.

--- Gabe Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Scientists say we are 'hard-wired' to care about class; could it be that Catholic Goans are also 'hard-wired' similarly? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=561551in_page_id=1770 Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008

[Goanet] Utt Goyenkara !!!

Deedee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:06:33 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Talking Photo: Congress it's alliance having an emergency meeting Churchill is in Kuwait till 26th Utt Goyenkara* tujo Ganv rakh * Utt Goyenkara - Fr. Freddy da Costa hacho Tiatr

[Goanet] Recommendations of the National Seminar on Migration held on 1st and 2nd April 2008

Recommendations of the National Seminar on Migration held on 1st and 2nd April 2008 The two day National Seminar on Migration: Issues, Challenges, and Implications organized by the School of Social Sciences of St. Xavier's College, Mapusa, in association with the International Centre Goa

[Goanet] about konkan ships

my name is mrunal rane from mumbai andheri i have read ur article about bombay to goa ships . i also sailed many times from both of them to devgad i still remember those old days of sailing when i was small but even then those ships are not their i go to bhau cha dhakka it is very good to

[Goanet] The WildGoa Newsletter 2008.01 is out!

Surprise surprise! The WildGoa newsletter is Finally out!! Its available in 3 formats.. Acrobat PDF Format 229KB MS Word /Openoffice Document Format.. 4.29MB Plaintext format (minus pictures, and colour!)..55KB in this mail, I've attached the first

[Goanet] A linguistic approach to un-Goans

A linguistic approach to un-Goans New nomenclature to reflect modern migratory patterns By Cecil Pinto Dr. Oscar Rebello's bombastic statements during the NDTV, We The People, episode have drawn much flack. The TV feature examining the issues surrounding the ghastly Scarlett Keeling death,

Re: [Goanet] Enchantment and Delusion

Guys, You are both on the ball. Gabe, over the years I have seen people get mislead with posts that are critical of life in the US. You point that well in your response. A lot of the angst although valid, is almost self-fulfilling and the gullible believe it. Mario, I am charmed by your clarity

[Goanet] Communalism in Goa: Just say no!

Herald, 24 April 2008, Editorial Just say no! In a time when religious intolerance is increasing, it comes as a breath of fresh air when ordinary people stand up to say no to those who propagate that the people who worship differently from you are the `enemy'. In that sense,' the faithful of the

[Goanet] Amsterdam jazz in Goa

91.9fm Radio Indigo are bringing down AGOG a jazz trio from Amsterdam on the 3rd of May. Agog are considered as one of Amsterdams top jazz bands and they will be performing at Shiro Beach in Candolim. For more details about the event, contact Shervyn on 9881712919.

Re: [Goanet] Obituary: Felicia Maria Coutinho de Noronha

Hi Frederick, Please accept my heart-felt wishes at the death of your beloved Mother, Felicia. May God take her to rest in the bosom of our Heavenly Father and may your family and you be consoled at this time. I will pray for the soul of your mom during my Mass at the Foothills Hospital,