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/ d8 Founded 1994 e88~88e e88~-_ /~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ by Herman 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Carneiro "88_88" 8888 | e88~-888 888 888 8888__888 888 / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888 , 888 www.goanet.org Cb "88_-~ "88_-888 888 888 "88___/ "88_/ Y8""8D [GOANET NEWS BYTES * SEPT 25, 24, 23, 2005 * DATELINE GOA] ********* Compiled in public interest by Frederick Noronha ******* SEPTEMBER 25, 2005 ------------------ o Income Tax authorities issue orders provisionally attaching properties of Town and Country Planning Minister Atanasio alias Babush Monserrate, following a raid at his residence and business establishments in August 2004, reports Gomantak Times. o Cause of tar balls beyond our purview, says Coast Guard. Coast Guard says it is a security agency, and has no scientific expertise to arrive at any firm conclusions on the causes of the presence of tar balls. (NT) o Goa government gears up to fortify jails. (NT) o Mormugao Municipal Council unanimously resolves to support the continuance of the Dabolim airport. (NT) JAMINI MEHTA argues in the Navhind Times, "Not only is it not practical to wish away the navy's presence and its interest in the present airport, it may also be too small to accomodate bigger and multiple runways required to mention better passenger facilities." NT o Officials in Goa fail to check unsafe Panjim buildings. (H) o Gomantak Times says a DJ involved in a sex racket involving a Bangladeshi link was finally arrested. The DJ is from Britona. (GT) Herald says sources revealed that the Vasco police were "immersed in booze" during the recent Ganesh festival celebrations. There were earlier reports of "disorderly behaviour" at Panjim. o Politicos have selfish interest on the Mopa airport issue, alleges Travel and Tourism Association of Goa TTAG president Charles Bonifacio. (H) o Motorists beware: Drunken driven may cost you Rs 2000. 60 cases booked in Margao last month. (H) o Navhind reviews Ben Antao's novel 'Blood & Nemesis'. "From the very first chapter of this work of fiction, the reader gets the impression that heavy drinking, gambling and illicit sex play an important part of the plot and as he reads on, his suspicion is confirmed." (NT) o Gomantak Times says Goa officials question the report of a TV channel warning of "thundershowers" in most places over the Konkan and Goa. (GT/W) o Rain causes extensive damage to Pernem paddy crop. (GT/W) o GT profiles on lawyer Shanti (Maria) Fonseca, and artist Theodore 'Ted' Misquita. (GT/W) SEPTEMBER 24, 2005 ------------------ o Goa gets respite from the heavy rains. (NT) No major damage says North Goa collector Nikhil Kumar.(NT) o Kuwait, Sharjah flights cancelled (due to heavy rain). H o Carambolim lake spills over. (NT) Houses at Carambolim were partially submerged, following heavy downpour in the state on Friday. (GT) o Normally, the monsoons in Goa, like in other southern states, starts receeding during mid-September, but this year the pattern has changed. (NT) o Solid waste disposal plant needed in each municipality, says deputy CM Dr Wilfred de Souza. (NT) o Hoteliers briefed about 'bar girls', dance-bar girls and other sex workers who were flocking to Goa. Police advised hoteliers to keep a track and intimate them of any 'girls' and any suspected woman accompanying them. (NT) o (Deputy CM) Dr Willy willing to act against raves. (H) o Rane takes over as Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation (GSIDC), a special vehicle created by the BJP government for fast-track projects. (H) 700 GOVERNMENT JOBS UP FOR GRABS, reports the Herald. In Goa's already-bloated bureaucracy, some 684 posts for policemen for a special Armed Police Battalion and 102 government primary school teachers are to be shortly absorbed. o South Goa zilla panchayat on Friday rejected a motion demanding the scrapping of the proposed airport at Mopa, but called for upgradation of the Dabolim airport by shifting the Naval base to 'Sea Bird' at Karwar. (H) o Konkani supporters form world body, on the principle of 'unity in diversity', despite the variety of scripts, dialects, castes and creeds. Eric Ozario of Karnataka is president and Tomazinho CArdozo the Exec Secretary.(H) o Goa's Institute of Psychiatry and Human Behaviour is 'ill'! How is it gonna treat the mentally ill? SEPTEMBER 23, 2005 ------------------ o Child drowns; Sanquelim floods (NT). Life affected across Goa. People rescued in Ponda. 70 families evacuated in Sanquelim. (NT) o Destruction galore as rains continue to pound State. (H) Dam gates openedat Anjunem, Bicholim. (H) o 11 inches of rain in 33 hours in Goa. (GT) o Water-logging reported in rain-battered Goa. (NT) o Rane government non-performing, says BJP. (NT) o Sun, sea, sand, rabies? VMdeMalar's column in Herald. STIGMA proves to be the main obstacle in dealing with mental illness in Goa, writes Preetu Nair. o Rane government indulging in loot, plunder, alleges BJP's Arlekar. (GT) o Four Navelim panchayat members join Congress. (GT) o Only at Florentine's restaurant in Saligao can you see all the tables ordering repeats of one very specific very aromatic dish -- the Chicken Cafreal, writes Suruchi Kapur-Gomes. (GT) ................................................................ GOANET WIKI needs volunteers to contribute and edit information to build an ambitious encyclopaedia on Goa. Feel like volunteering? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out Goanet wiki at http://www.goanet.org/wiki ................................................................ --------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS FROM THE SMALL PRESS --------------------------------------------------------------------- o Goa can be an IT hotspot, says Microsoft India chief Neelam Dhawan. She says: "The IT industry highly depends on three different factors -- infrastructure, skilled manpower and connectivity (air traffic and telecommunications). And, Goa does not have these three factors, which is presently facing to exploit the utmost potential to develop an IT sector. Nothing has been done from the government side in order to create local manpower for the industry, which is crying for the trained local personnel all these years." digitalgoa.com o Goa government claims that Shiroda is the first village panchayat to become an "infogram" since April 2002. BAINA TERROR: The Manohar Parrikar government had mooted the idea of setting up a passenger terminal at Baina. In fact, this was cited as one of the reasons for the brutal attack on Baina by the Parrikar regime. It will be recalled that along with the cubicles of the sex-workers, temporary and permanent structures belonging to both migrants and Goans were razed to the ground under the guise of liberating the port town from sex-workers. (Rajan Narayan, Goan Observer) --------------------------------------------------------------------- EDUCATION --------------------------------------------------------------------- o Goa government promises to "restore college's past glory" for the Goa College of Pharmacy. Education minister Luizinho Faleiro said the conditions -- physical and teaching -- of the oldest pharmacy institution in Asia were pitiable. (NT) o Eleven students (nine girls and two boys) from Nihon University, Japan, joined up at the Goa University under the Study India Programme, a five-month credit-based extension programme. It teaches students about India's culture, traditions, history, art, foreign policy system and international business.(GT) o Salcete teachers protest against the alteration of school teachers. They are agitated against the move to alter school timings under the "pretext" of remedial teaching. (NT) o Goa returns to normalcy after incessant rains. (NT) o Vincent Xavier Verodiano Award for Abbe Faria posthumously.(NT) o NIO hosts lecture on The Future of Indian Aerospace, Sept 26, 2005 at 11.15 am NIO Auditorium. CENTRAL VIGILANCE COMMISSIONER P Shankar has strongly criticised the media, saying it was not of much help in the fight against corruption, in India. (NT) o Goa Institute of Management has announced its post-graduate programme in business management. Two year MBA-level residential programme 2006-08 (NT) o Workshop on child rights held at Salgaocar Law College. (GT/W) --------------------------------------------------------------------- SPORTS --------------------------------------------------------------------- o Goa takes runners-up spot in national skating rollball championship held in Pune recently. (GT) o Aerobics, fitness lounge opened in Margao. It was launched by Genevieve Coutinho, and G'energy is located next to Gaylin on the Varde Valaulikar Road. (GT) ------------------------------------------------------------------- DEATHS ------------------------------------------------------------------- EX-MOMBASA, EX-UGANDA, KENT (UK): Maria Bertha Pereira. Daughter of late Remedios/Sabina Afonso (Kent), wife of Gustav A Pereira, mum of Rowena/Robin Boyns and Edgar (Kent), daughter-in-law of late Crisanto/late Joisa Pereira (ex-Kenya/Cortalim/Sancoale), sister-in-law of Sarah/Francis Rebello (Rachol/Margao), Sr Tecla (Presentation Sisters), Patricia, Francis Salema (Verna), Patrick/Marlene Pereira (Kent). Passed away peacefully in the early hours of Sept 18, at Lyons Hospice, Kent. CAMORLIM: Zeferino Sequeira, ex-PC, Goa Police b 1967. CHINCHINIM: Eliza Benedita Fernandes of Mingfoll. b 1946. COLVALE: Manuel Sabino Lobo of Voiza Vaddo, husband of late Beatrice Lobo, father/in-law of Pio/Labia, Bruno, Betty/ late Bernard, Liberata/Xavier, Rosaline/Mathew and Espy/Stephen. DIVAR: Maria Analia de Abreu e Pinto b 1924. of Piedade Divar. Wife of late Otilio (Polly), mother/in-law of late Manuel/Luisa (Portugal), Mauricio/Ilda, Mario/Yvette and late Marcos. MARGAO: Olinda Barneto e Rodrigues of Raia/Borda b 1920. Wife of Domingos, mother/in-law of Cecil/Veronica, Rajendra, late Maria Fatima/Joaquim, Sarmento/Maria, Socorro/Maria Jose. MOIRA: Martin S Demelo of Sataporio, Moira. b 1964. Husband of Ancy. Father of Ana Christie. Son of late Dudley/Lourees De Melo. PANJIM: Zarina Badrudin Veljee (82). Mother of Mariam-Chotu, Luchi-Amin. PANJIM: Kashivishwanath Amonkar, husband of Sushma, father/in-law of Kedar/Maya Amonkar, Shubhada/Rajesh Kamat, Bina/Prasad Naik. PILERNE: Robertina Piedade Lobo, wife of late Martin Lobo. Mother-in-law of late Renissa Lobo (London). Mother/in-law of Anthony/Alvera(London), Lena (M/s Lembranca), Menino (Customs) and late Noman Maria/David. SANTA CRUZ: Ana Maria Dias e Raposo (Bostu) of Sta Barbara, b 1921. SIOLIM: Clover Ramona D'Souza of Dando Guddem b 1983. Daughter of Felix/Gracy D'Souza. Sister of Sebastian D'Souza. Passed away peacefully. THANA: Gajanan Balkrishna Khadpe, 77,husband of Manorama, father of Ajay, father-in-law of Neha (Tama). TIVIM: Wilson D'Souza of Bodiem, b 1979. Son of Bento and Rufina D'Souza. VASCO DA GAMA: Chirayu Shah, Class IXA student of St Joseph's Institute, Vasco. "I am not alone... God is with me," were the words of Chirayu Shah everyday. Live Life... don't just exist salutes the rare spirit and courabe of young Chirayu (13) in every field specially during his three months treatment in Mumbai. VASCO: Salvador Noronha, b 1933. Husband of Remediana, father/ in-law of Ermelinda/Xavier, Constancio/Lucio, Catherine/John. VELIM: Romaldina Josephina Moraes e Fernandes (Silva's Velim) b 1932. Wife of Florence Fernandes, mother/in-law of Menino/ Philomena (UK), grandmum of Mihal and Minash. Sister/in-law of late Isaac/late Fabian, Abel/Leena, aunt of Shakespeare/Judy, Susan/late Cotty, Macklin/Loraine, Karen/Eldrin and Steven. --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMAZING GOA by Jose P Lourenco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------- * How is the word 'zagor' for the traditional Goan folk theatre derived? From 'Zagronn', meaning nocturnal vigil. * How many outriggers (stabilised wood-strips) do boats traditionally have in Goa? One. * Which Italian Jesuit priest, ordained in Goa, became renowned as the 'Father of Christianity' in China? Metteo Ricci. * Which are the largest and smallest butterflies that can be spotted in Goa? Southern Birdwing (largest) and Grass Jewel (smallest). * When did Afonso de Albuquerque first occupy the City of Goa? February 17, 1510. (He recaptured the City of Goa on Nov 25, 1510). --------------------------------------------------------------------- CULINARY CORNER * Cooking for one or two ... Orange beef --------------------------------------------------------------------- We went to a Chinese restaurant the other day and ordered this beef dish that was out of this world. I asked the chef for his recipe and this is what he gave me. It freezes rather well so if you are making it for just the two of you, freeze the leftovers and have it again the following week. Orange Beef: 1 pound beef fillet Mignon or flank steak, 2 tablespoons dark soy sauce, 1 tablespoon cornstarch, 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, 2 cups vegetable oil, For the Sauce: 2 pieces dried tangerine peel (about 2 inches long) soaked in warm water and slivered, and 1/4 cup of the soaking water reserved, 4 slices peeled fresh ginger each about the size of a quarter), slivered, 1 tablespoon slivered orange zest, 2 tablespoons dry sherry, 1/2 cup orange juice, 2 teaspoons thin soy sauce, 1 tablespoon hoisin sauce, 1 tablespoon Asian sesame oil. Slice the meat into thin strips about 2 inches long and 1/4 inch thick. In a small bowl, combine the dark soy sauce, cornstarch, and pepper. Add the beef, toss to coat well, and let stand for 10 minutes. In a wok, heat the vegetable oil over medium-high heat until just smoking. Deep-fry the beef slices, in batches, for about 5 minutes, until crisp. Remove to paper towels to drain. Pour off the oil from the wok, and reserve for another use or discard. Do not clean the wok. Prepare the sauce: Set the wok over a high flame and add the tangerine peel, ginger, and orange zest. Stir-fry for about 30 seconds, until aromatic. Add the sherry, orange juice, thin soy sauce, hoisin sauce, and reserved tangerine water. Bring to a simmer and cook for about 2 minutes, until slightly reduced. Add the beef t! o the sauce, and toss to mix and coat well. Drizzle with the sesame oil and serve immediately. 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