Dear ALL,
Just a brief message advising the update of The Goan Forum website at
http://www.colaco.net
Your views - both pro and con are welcome
Sincerely
jc for TGF
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ALL 'n' SUNDRY
By Valmiki Faleiro
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Goa's appalling road sense - 1
Lack of good driving skills is one part of Goa's problem. The other is our
appalling road sense. How many licenced drivers will *halt and check* both
sides before entering a main road? How many will
Since it is said that fools rush in where angels fear to tread,
I have hitherto refrained fom entering the ongoing controversy on the
subject in this forum! However,considering my own personal experience,
I am prompted to share my views with fellow-members.
I have visited Portugal
Lianne, this is very funny. Thanks for the humour, enjoyed it.
Regards,
George
--- Lianne Rodricks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
101st Goan NRI 4-Rum formed in Cy-BAR space.
(because I just had to be one up on George)
Im a Goan NRI so Im qualified to join the rat race
.or
--- Gregory Gomes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Bible says we must forgive..
So, they must be forgiven.
Mario observes:
Gregory,
The Bible makes a difference between that which is
Caesar's, i.e. the government, and that which is not.
If a law has been constitutionally passed by the
people's
My cousin Wolfango Lobo (Wolfao to us) was murdered by a family trio over a
fishing dispute. He was 24. The year was 1959. This makes its during the
Portuguese regime. I was aprox 11-12 years old.
There would have been 3 deaths but the other two (all cousins but not
brothers, including Wolfao)
To make any effort a success, one needs to set UNITED AND ACHIEVABLE GOALS (as
the Kerala NRI).
PRIOR to the delegation's visit, the groundwork needs to be laid.
AT THE VISIT, a clear plan should be developed with a TIME-TABLE FOR ACTION for
each issue.
AFTER the visit, at REGULAR PERIODS an
Carmo
Further to your post to Jose below, irrespective of whether Jose is a devout
Catholic or not, and irrespective of whether Jose accepts the Bible texts as
supplied by you, or not, India does have, and does use, the death penalty by
hanging. Justice will therefore normally be done in
It lools like GoaNet is only for Catholic subscibers,i am a hindu (goan kokno)
and when i read hindu word being used in a derogatory manner,i really feel bad.
My friend Mr Carvalho(catholic) and myself and suffered at the hands of
konkani protagonists at the time of Konkani agitation.And I do
Hi
IN reply to your article about charging tourist on charter flights
British tourist have to pay 2225 rupees for visa each year we visit your
country plus I buy for the orphanage in Panjim each year, we have just paid
for the jeep to be repaired and a pressure cooker and bought flip flops for
I am responding to a wonderful proposal by Mr P Rodrigues In the Goanet
Digest Vol.3 Issue 156 - The Internet: A Teaching Tool For Konkani.
Mr Rodrigues makes a proposal I would gladly make myself available as a
pupil.
I would be interested in the Roman Script as Devnagri is more than beyond
interesting discussion! sorry I missed it. I like your views Kevin Saldanha!!
To mis-paraphrase Dr Stanley , A secularist, I presume?
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dear Mario,
True moral values cannot be made accountable to anyone other than one's
self.
Miguel,
Thank you for the comprehensive history lesson and your elucidation of
Sondekar Raja. I think you covered a fair bit.
Are there any books on that era (or other) of Goa's history authored by Dr.
P.S.Pisurlekar?
And is the street in Panjim, Pisurlekar Road, in anyway related to Dr. P.S.
This summer, Communicare cultural centre at Porvorim, Goa (India) will
concentrate on activities to promote cultural dialogue through
language, art, performing arts and extra curricular activities.
Says Comunicare: We have several activities such as cooking,
painting, pottery as well as a little
Dear Carmo,
The bible also condoned slavery and abhorred homosexuality. Is this really
the source of your 'inspiration' and devotion???
No wonder we have 'GoaNuts' calling for upside-down crucifixions :-(
Kevin Saldanha
Mississauga, ON.
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Dear Jose,
If you are as devout a
Bible says we must forgive..
So, they must be forgiven.
--- Gabe Menezes wrote:
RESPONSE: Sorry don't agree, I think they should be...
On 25/03/06, cornel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In the circumstances today in Goa, all should ensure that the purported
murderers of Fr Eusebio will get a trial which is seen to be fair and be
found guilty or not guilty. If guilty, the law of the land should apply. To
press for a lynching
On 25/03/06, Helga do Rosario Gomes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
Does someone with Portguese citizenship and a Portguese passport but working
in the UK require a visa to enter the USA on a holiday?
Thanks
Helga
RESPONSE: If travelling as a tourist for only 3 months, no Visa is
required as
--- Elisabeth Carvalho [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I would just like to add, that I don't know the
Priest in question personally but my in-laws and
uncle-in-law in particular, who is also a priest
knew him very well. He said that he never displayed
any homosexual tendencies and as such all
--- Bernado Colaco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Kumar received the death penalty and was hanged in
Aguada jail in 1980 not by his feet but by his neck.
Mario observes:
There you go. The legal system worked in Goa. I hope
this makes Carmo happy even though this man was hanged
right side up.
--- Bernado Colaco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Gabe has provided an interesting link. The following
should be read with concern:
Jhaveri would prefer to stay in Hong Kong. It's
the only home she's ever known and she can't imagine
anyone living in Hong Kong for 30 years and then
moving back
--- Agnelo Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 21/03/06, Gabe Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
REPLY: Agnelo Pinto Ponjekar my foot! Your IP
address forwarded shows that you are posting from
the USA.
REPLY: Dear Gabe, Here you go again. Only confirms
you know ZILCH. I can be in any part of
For those of you who will try to watch Episode 5 of Contacto Goa in Portugal
on Mar 26, Sunday, on RTP AFRICA, please note:
The current schedule indicates that RTP has changed the timings for this
broadcast because of a football game! The new Lisboa timings indicated as of
today are:
17:00
Portugal being member of EC, come under Visa Waiver Program (VWP)
We visited US (from UK) just before sept.11 and we needed no visa (But Visa was
stamped on Arrival).
Check the new rules below (FAQs).
Even now, Potuguese passport holders don't require Visa (as my friend said he
visited US few
Ponnje: SHIGMO RE SHIGMO GUMCHE KATAR GUM (Check these beautiful photos)
These photos just received and I am sending it to you all straight away.
Beautiful, multicoloured photos (I never seen before).
I was told it was very nice to watch them live (animated).
Some photos did not come out good,
Dear Jose,
If you are as devout Catholic as I am, you should accept the Bible teachings
and there are atleast two references to the death penalty:
1. Numbers 35:31
If anyone kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death... .Moreover
you shall accept no ransom for the life of the
FR. EUSEBIO FERRAO MOURNED IN KUWAIT.
In a condolence meeting called by Kuwait Konknni Kendr, in Kuwait City on
Thursday 23rd of this month at 7.30 p.m., KKK paid homage to the late Goan
priest Fr. Eusebio Ferrao who was murdered in Goa at Magazana, on 17th of
this month by 2 youths from
Cops crack case of missing call centre employee
BY A STAFF REPORTER | Saturday, March 25, 2006 11:16:58 IST
Suspect Roweena has tied the knot with a colleague; hope to arrest
him from Goa.
The police seems to have zeroed in on the whereabouts of 21-year-old
Roweena
The following story from Netscape News (March 23) relates to how Racial Epithet
is and should be handled.
This is a good article for Goans in Goa and in the Diaspora, in how to address
blatant errors.
No excuses of Freedom of Press or Freedom of Expression etc., etc.
Please note the APOLOGY
No advice in the world could be more appropriate and more directional than
this one, dear Vivian.
I seldom do mistakes in judging people's minds and/or whether or not they
have theirs heads on their own shoulders.
floriano
goasurj
Check -out the Road Map for Goa at www.goasu-raj.org
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Goa coast to host eighth Indo-French naval exercises from March 27
New Delhi: The eighth bilateral exercise of the generic series code
named 'Varuna' will take place off the western Indian coast March 27 to
April 7.=20
Informed Defence Ministry sources said that five Indian Navy surface
Bottled ocean water, anyone?
BY INDIRA RODERICKS | Friday, March 24, 2006 10:51:12 IST
Don't miss Subodh Kerkar's paintings, sculptures and installations=20
exhibited at the Jehangir Art Gallery.
Until 18 years ago, Goa-based artist and sculptor Subodh Kerkar was a
qualified medical practitioner
Dear Mario,
I have my good and valid reasons for saying what I have said in my below
referenced post.
And I can defend myself up-front in the face of any and/or all challenges
w.r.t. the same from anyone including the names of the persons I have
mentioned. I do my homework well when I go
Last week Jose Colaco enumerated some terrible crimes
in Goa. But a reminder to a ghastly crime in Goa took
place more than 3 decades ago.
Gurunath the paper boy chucks the Navhind Times on a
cool Sunday morning to our second floor balcony and in
36p Times Roman one reads 'Double Murder in
Enough of this nonsense. The past few months have seen Goanet discussions
degenerate into mindless nonsense, name calling and foul language. I'm
missing the old Goanet and I don't want to read posts like this that make no
sense at all.
As a result of this, for the last few months I've just been
Gabe has provided an interesting link. The following
should be read with concern:
Jhaveri would prefer to stay in Hong Kong. It's the
only home she's ever known and she can't imagine
anyone living in Hong Kong for 30 years and then
moving back to India. But 1997 has her worried.'
BC
Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If repressive and oppressive regimes like China and
Saudi Arabia are your standard for a civilized
society, then you are living in the wrong country,
assuming you live in a country where everyone's
rights
are protected by a functioning legal system.
*** GOA NEWS: Mar 25/06 - Goa assembly, Bottled ocean, Knife retrieved, Goan
Heritage...
*** Goa Assembly witnesses noisy scenes
Opposition today created noisy scences in the Goa assembly over congratulatory
motion in favour of UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi. More at:
Politics of Destruction
By V. M. de Malar
vmingoa at gmail.com
In the wake of the carefully planned pogrom in Sanvordem, many concerned
citizens declared that the best way forward is to survey all religious
structures and promptly destroy every illegality. It's a well-meaning
prescription
Hi,
Does someone with Portguese citizenship and a Portguese passport but working
in the UK require a visa to enter the USA on a holiday?
Thanks
Helga
Domnic has been entertaining and informing us in Goan Cyberspace for years
now with his fantastic articles about the Goa of old. His encyclopaedic
memory and narrative style is awesome. Over the years hundreds of people
have been asking Domnic to compile all his articles into a book. Domnic and
On 25/03/06, Agnelo Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 21/03/06, Gabe Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
REPLY: Agnelo Pinto Ponjekar my foot! Your IP address forwarded shows
that you are posting from the USA.
REPLY: Dear Gabe, Here you go again. Only confirms you know ZILCH. I can be
in any part of
On 24/03/06, Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mario responds:
When someone is executed in the US we
know for sure that they were guilty beyond any
reasonable doubt. Then they are executed as humanely
as possible.
RESPONSE: Wow the USA must be some place! A place where those found
http://www.businessworldindia.com/MAR2706/indepth03.asp
Three to Tango
No one transport system is enough to fix Bangalore's crumbling
infrastructure. The city needs three
Nelson Vinod Moses
There is an ambitious plan to fix Bangalore's crumbling transport
infrastructure. Ambitious, because it
Priest Murder Case: Day 9,
What today's papers reported (25/03/06)
Thanks for feedback/support received (not from many though)
OK, Let's see what today's Goan dailies reported (25.3.06).
NAVHIND TIMES:
Nothing, yes nothing reported at all.
Didn't I say whole thing is slowly dying..??
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