Before I venture into giving my reply to Arwin Mesquita on a comment that he sent here on Niz Goenkar, I would like to paste that comment here so that it would enable the readers to get the correct picture as to what I am replying to him. It would also help the readers analyse some of the Goan structure of a few self proclaimed Goans without the knowledge of the mother tongue of Goa KONKANI.
YOUNGSTERS IN BENAULIM CATCHES 3 WHEELER WHILST DUMPING GARBAGE
MARGAO: Once again, youngsters from Benaulim caught red-handed a three-wheeler goods carrier for dumping waste in the village jurisdiction in violation of garbage dumping norms. What has angered the youth and the Village Sarpanch Carmelina Fernandes is the attitude of the Colva police to the burning problem.
STERN WARNING TO REPAIR ROADS: AGONDA GRAM SABHA
CANACONA: Ministers came in for fire at Agonda Gram Sabha over the dilapidated roads in the village. The gram sabha members on Sunday gave a stern warning that if the dilapidated internal village roads are not repaired and hot-mixed before the next gram sabha, then they would resort to stir. Incidentally, the next gram sabha will be held somewhere in the first or second week of January, 2011.
KHOLA LOCALS GET BENEFITS OF GRAMEEN SCHEME
PANJIM: RDA Minister, Mr Churchill Alemao extended benefits of various schemes to people of Khola on Sunday in the presence of MLA and chairman of IDC, Mr Chandrakant Kavlekar at Khola in Canacona.
KAMAT WANTS WOMEN TO AVAIL MAXIMUM BENEFITS FROM GOVT. SCHEMES
PANJIM: The Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat on Sunday called upon women to avail maximum benefits of schemes launched by the government, so as to accomplish the vision of former prime minister, Indira Gandhi, to improve the living conditions of each and every woman and ensure their empowerment.
EDUCATION MINISTER SAYS WILL RESIGN IF FOUND GUILTY OF BUYING AGRI-LAND
PANJIM: Goa Education Minister Atanasio Monserratte on Sunday offered to resign as MLA if he was found guilty of buying agricultural land for non-agriculture purpose in Taleigao constituency. "Let one fellow prove that I bought one square metre of land and converted it," Monserratte, representing Taleigao, told a gathering today.
PANJIM POLICE RESCUE TRAFFICKED VICTIMS
PANJIM: Three trafficked victims were rescued and two traffickers were arrested by the Panaji police on Saturday night. The traffickers were intercepted when they brought the girls to a customer opposite a popular hotel in the capital.
ATALA ROAMING FREELY IN HIS HOME COUNTRY
PANJIM: Goa’s most wanted drug lord Yaniv Benaim alias Atala is not a wanted person back in his country and is currently roaming freely without even Interpol looking out for him, sources said. An Israeli journalist, who is in Goa for a holiday said, on condition of anonymity, that it is a wrong notion spread by Goa Police that Atala is wanted in 16 cases.
SPECIAL OFFICERS TO CHECK ON SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES
PANJIM: Smokers beware! You might be booked for smoking in a public place. The designated officers to enforce legislation prohibiting use of tobacco and related products will be in place shortly. Atmaram Deshpande, SP Security, Special Cell while speaking at a media workshop on Saturday here said the designated officers will be appointed for enforcing the legislation and the notification in this respect will be issued soon.
MIGRANT AREA AROUND CINE LATA TENSE
MARGAO: Margao police rushed to migrant inhabited Cine Lata in the commercial capital on late Saturday night to avert any incident between Panchayat Minister Babu Azgaonkar and his group and the group led by Teo Bonamis, a close aide of Chief Minister Digambar Kamat.
GOA NCP UNIT PRESIDENT READY TO QUIT FOR PACHECO
PANJIM: Nationalist Congress Party's Goa Unit Chief Jose Philip D'Souza on Saturday said he is ready to step down from the post to pave way for his party colleague, Fransisco Mickey Pacheco. "After municipal elections (scheduled on October 31), I will meet party high command in Delhi and request them to appoint Pacheco as NCP Goa President," D'Souza, who is also state revenue minister, told a news agency.
MICKKY-JOSE BRAWL by Adv. Aires Rodrigues, Ribandar
The recent Micky – Jose Phillip brawl at Vasco should come as no surprise. It was just a matter of time as the clock had been ticking for far too long. This anyway is just a precursor of the tenor any election will henceforth take. A degree in Political Science will not take you too far. The less you are educated the better are your political fortunes. Money, muscle and dinner diplomacy as a medium of elections is here to stay.
RTO INSPECTOR ARRESTED FOR ASSAULTING TRAFFIC POLICE
MAPUSA: Assistant motor vehicle inspector Bhalchandra Vaingankar from Sodiem, Siolim, was arrested by the Mapusa police on Friday morning for misbehaving with a traffic police constable near Chacha Nehru park in Mapusa.
THIEF CAUGHT WITH STOLEN BIKE BY VALPOI POLICE
VALPOI: Yet in another incident at Valpoi, one Sandeep Rathod, A 20-year-old youth from Bijapur-Karnataka was caught by Valpoi Police while he was driving a stolen motorcycle at Buimpal Satari in the early morning of Friday.
TEMPLE BURGLED AT BRAHMA CARAMBOLIM SATARI (VALPOI)
VALPOI: Thieves struck at Brahma Carambolim, in Satari Taluka on Thursday night and stole cash from the Brahmadev Seva Samiti before making their get away. Sandeep P. Kelkar, the president of the BSS of Brahma Carambolim Satari lodged complaint at the Valpoi police station against some unknown culprits who broke open the main door of the temple and decamped with the cash from the donations box.
THOUSANDS BID FAREWELL TO JACKSON COUTINHO
CANACONA: Shortly before laying Jackson Coutinho to his final rest, thousands gathered at Ordhofond, the little village of Canacona deep into the woods to bid Adieu to the departed soul. Tears were flowing uncontrollably from the eyes of father, mother, sisters and other relations including friends and sympathizers of the Jackson’s family.
VARGHESE MURDER CASE: EX-IGP GETS LIFE IMPRISONMENT
KERALA: Former Inspector-General of Police K Lakshmana, who was convicted by a CBI court for the murder of Naxalite leader A Varghese 40 years ago, was sentenced to life term. The prosecution had sought death penalty for 74-year-old Lakshmana claiming that it was a very rare case of the police shooting a person dead in custody.
WARRANT AGAINST GERMAN, MOTHER DAUGHTER TO DEPOSE IN THE COURT
PANJIM: Goa court Friday ordered the prosecution to issue warrants to the German mother and daughter, who had complained of sexual abuse against the son of a state minister, to remain present in the court. Goa Children's Court President P V Sawaikar said that warrants be issued to the minor victim and her mother, who are currently in Germany, to remain present in the court for deposition.
RACIAL ATTACK: GOAN SCHOOL BOY ATTACKED BY AUSTRALIANS
MELBOURNE: A 12 yr old Goan boy was injured and underwent surgery to reconstruct his eye socket in racial attack in Australia reports ANI. Two boys, whom the 12 year old student did not know, attacked him on October 18 in his school in Melbourne. “For no reason they came behind me with a scarf and were pulling me. When I told them to stop, one of them punched me in the eye,” the victim said.
SECURITY BEGINS CRACK DOWN ON TERROR IN THE STATE
PANJIM: The third joint coastal security exercise " Sagar Kavach"-involving the Navy, coastal police, and central and the state security agencies-to check preparedness in terror situations, began successfully on Thursday morning, albeit leading to major traffic jams at several busy places during peak hours.
FISHING COMMUNITY IN GOA ON STRIKE:PROTESTS CRZ NOTIFICATION
PANJIM: Fish markets and fishing jetties across the state wore deserted look as the fishing community struck their work protesting the draft coastal regulation zone notification. The All India strike call, given by the National Fisherworkers Forum (NFF) evoked tremendous response in Goa, which has fishing as third largest economic activity after tourism and mining.
TICKET MACHINES TO BE INSTALLED TO EASE COMMUTERS
PANJIM: Standing in long queues to purchase tickets for shuttle bus service could be a thing of the past as the Kadamba Transport Corporation has proposed to install ticket vending machines in the state. The proposal could materialise by early next year.
GOA POLICE TOLD TO OPEN DOSSIERS ON NIZ GOENKAR FOUNDERS by Bebdo
An investigation has been ordered by Goa’s home ministry officials against the activities of Niz Goenkar and to open dossiers on its founders, according to a very reliable source in the Goa Police.
DR. OSCAR REBELLO ASKS PEOPLE TO ELECT GOOD CANDIDATES
MARGAO: Social activist Dr Oscar Rebello has called upon the people of Margao to vote and elect good candidates in the ensuing Municipal polls for the betterment of the Commercial Capital. Addressing the election meeting of former Margao Municipal Chairperson Piedade Noronha in ward No 3 of the Civic body, Rebello said the time has come for Goans to come together and unitedly support good candidates.
JOSE PHILIP SAYS CONSPIRACY TO DEFEAT HIS PANEL BY RIVALS
VASCO: Revenue Minister Jose Philip D’Souza on Thursday accused political parties and rivals of hatching a conspiracy to defeat his panel in the Mormugao Municipal Council election on Sunday. Addressing media persons at NCP office in Vasco, D’Souza said political parties and his rivals have clubbed together to defeat his panel.
MICKKY SAYS JOSE PHILIP ATTEMPTED TO KILL HIM
VASCO: NCP legislator and Benaulim MLA Mickky Pacheco on Thursday alleged that Revenue Minister and fellow NCP legislator Jose Philip D'Souza had attempted to kill him, besides instigating others to set them ablaze following their spat on Tuesday.
KAMALNATH & KAMAT TRYING TO LOOT GOA SAYS PARRIKAR
PANJIM: BJP on Thursday alleged that Union transport and highways minister Kamal Nath and Goa chief minister Digamber Kamat were trying to "loot" the state through the land acquisition process for the proposed national highway project.
GOAN MIGRATION IS AN UNHEALTHY TREND by Nisser Dias
Last week a local news daily carried an item about Goans acquiring Portuguese citizenship and migrating to European countries for better quality of life there. It is said that the pasture is greener on the other side of fence and some of our Goan brethren have bitten the bait and have experienced a better quality of life in the faraway land by way of better education for their children, better health facilities so on and so forth. But the question staring in our faces today, is this a healthy trend for Goa and Goans, who boast about their unique identity and culture.
FAREWELL TO JACKSON by Niz Goenkar
Farewell to Jackson, farewell to the smiling face
The birth place of Ordhofond, the place you loved
Wherever you wander, wherever you roved
The hills of Canacona for ever you loved
CS URGED TO WITHDRAW ILLEGAL POLICE SECURITY GIVEN TO HEALTH MINISTER VISHWAJIT RANE
PANJIM: Adv. Aires Rodrigues has today urged the Chief Secretary of Goa Mr. Sanjay Srivastava to immediately withdraw the illegal police security given to Goa’s Health Minister Mr. Vishwajit Rane.
FLIGHTS DIVERTED FROM LANDING AT DABOLIM
DABOLIM: Three flights, including a chartered plane, were diverted from the Goa airport on Wednesday due to an oil spill on the runway, an official said.
MEETING OVER THE UGLY VASCO INCIDENT
PANJIM: The spat between two state leaders of the nationalist congress party Jose Philip D’Souza and Francisco Xavier Pacheco in Vasco on Tuesday, can further weaken the party. At an emergency meeting called at the party headquarters in Panjim on Wednesday the Revenue minister and Vasco MLA has said that he had an evidence against his party colleague Mr Pacheco to prove that he was distributing money to defeat his candidates while Mr Pacheco said he was at a public place hence the question of distributing money does not arise
U-TURN BY GPCC CHIEF SUBASH SHIRODKAR
PANJIM: Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) President Subhash Shirodkar today made U-turn on his statement on having no alliance with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) for forthcoming Assembly elections.
PWD MINISTER SUPPORTS JOSEPH SILVA
MARGAO: The PWD Minister Mr. Churchill Alemao, addressed a meeting in favour of Mr. Joseph Silva, a candidate fielded by the GPCC General Secretary Mr Vijay Sardesai in the Margao Municipal Ward No. 3.
GOA`S POLITICIANS WITH NASTY BEHAVIOUR by N. Fernandes, London
Goans awoke today to read in newspapers and watch on TV the shameful and disgraceful incident between Mickky and Jose Philip.
These 2 warring idiots are meant to lead by good and exemplary example.
POLICE REGISTERS FIR AGAINST JOSE PHILIP AND 87 OTHERS
PANJIM Oct 27: Vasco police have registered an FIR against Jose Philip and 87 others for rioting, causing hurt and non cognizable offence registered on NCP legislature Micky Pacheco in yesterday s brawl. Former tourism minister Micky Pacheco was allegedly beaten up by Jose Philip supporters when he was allegedly distributing money at a hotel in Vasco.
HIPPIE WHO DISCOVERED ANJUNA BEACH IN 1965 DIES IN GOA
PANJIM: Yertward Mazamanian alias Eddie, a hippie who discovered Goa's Anjuna beach, died in the coastal state last week, his friends said. The 85-year-old, known as Eight Finger Eddie, was an American expat of Armenian ancestry, who discovered Anjuna beach for rest of the world in 1965 and stayed here till he breathed last on October 18.
INDIAN ATHELETE DID US PROUD by Nisser Dias
Now the government should provide for them.
At the recent concluded Common Wealth Games in Delhi, Indian athletes in various disciplines brought laurels to the country by winning almost 100 medals. This count of medal is the highest ever in India and by this huge achievement, the young athletes of this country has sent a message to the government that they too can compete with the world’s best and bring back the honours for their motherland.
AIRES DECLINES TO ACCEPT HIGH COURT NOTICE
PANJIM: In yet another twist to the 2004 Ribandar Church case saga, Adv. Aires Rodrigues today declined to accept the High Court notice issued to him in connection with the petition filed by Crime Branch Police Inspector Sunita Sawant challenging his acquittal in the case.
ST. MARY'S GOAN SODALITY-DUBAI: THE SPINELESS APOLOGY & ARROGANCE by N. Fernandes, London
Many readers and commentators would have recently read and heard about the disgraceful actions and functioning of St.Mary’s Goan Sodality, Located in Dubai. For whatever intent and purpose, only known to its secretive Management, this organisation uses the Religious banner St Mary’s, uses the word Sodality which is to indicate it is a Church body and finally “Goan”.
MICKKY PACHECO RUNS AWAY FROM VASCO AFTER PHYSICALLY BEATEN UP by P. Cruz, Vasco Da Gama
VASCO 26th October 22:00: Today at around 21:30 hrs Micky Mouse kept meeting of all the Vasco Candidates who are opposing Revenue Minister’s Wife Nanny D’Souza and brother Pascoal D’Souza, candidature in the Mormugao Municipality Elections. Mickky has agreed that he was beaten up by Philip D'Souza and the reason he gave was far from truth. Mickky got good beating because he had gone from Benaulim to Vasco to support candidates against the wife and brother of Philip. Mickky tried to play a game but failed.
POLICE FORCE DEPLOYED IN MIGRANT DOMINATED AREAS IN MARGAO
MARGAO: The police have finally made their presence felt in the slums and basties of the migrants of the Commercial Capital, with campaigning for the Margao Municipal polls reaching a feverish pitch. Upon instructions of the Returning Officer, Johnson Fernandes, the Margao police has deployed police atop Moti Dongor, the Azad Nagar, Khareband and other places to instill confidence amongst the inhabitants as all out efforts are on to woo the migrants to vote in favour of particular candidates.
WOMEN TO FIGHT OUT IN WARD SEVEN OF VALPOI: MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
VALPOI: Seven candidates will battle out in ward 7 of the Valpoi municipality which is reserved for a woman. Interestingly, all candidates are focusing on Sayyed nagar with the sole agenda of constructing a water tank, which has been the main issue, every election.
CUNCOLIM PSI STABBING CASE ACCUSED CONVICTED
MARGAO: The assistant sessions judge, South Goa, Ms S Paul on Tuesday convicted Santosh Naik, who was charged by Cuncolim police for attempting to commit murder of the police sub inspector of Cuncolim police station, Mr Prassana Bhagat while discharging his lawful duty at Cuncolim, on February 28 this year.
According to the prosecution, the accused Santosh had assaulted a man at Balli and later a police complaint to this effect was lodged at the Cuncolim police station. Offences of assault, wrongful restraint and threat were registered against him.
SRINIWAS DEMPO AND PETER VAZ NEED TO TEAM UP by Adv. Aires Rodrigues, Ribandar
No one sided match is entertaining. So the closely fought Goa Football Association elections were thrilling in every aspect. Sriniwas Dempo is a very mature, charismatic and balanced person who will be an invaluable asset and will give the game the much needed professional lift.
LOOTERS OF GOA & ILLITERATE GOON POLITICIANS WANT TO BUY FOUNDERS OF NIZ GOENKAR by Bebdo
Looters of Goa and illiterate-goonda politicians want to buy founders of Niz Goenkars for one crore each
A well-known pimp of the illiterate-goonda politicians and the real estate mafia in Goa has called some of the founder members of Niz Goenkars and has offered to buy all the five founders of Niz Goenkar for one crore each. His condition for the offer is to close down Niz Goenkar site and in case that if it is not possible to shut down the site then to write only positive news about the illiterate-goonda politicians of Goa and not to highlight any real estate projects, especially the mega projects.
DEMOLITION OF THE HOUSES FOR ROAD WIDENING CANCELLED
MARGAO: The Deputy Speaker and Cortalim MLA, Mr Mauvin Godinho, said that no houses would be allowed to be demolished for road widening. Speaking at a function held in Margao, on Monday, Mr Godinho said, “We are not against the national highways. But we want the interest of the people of Goa to be protected,” and added that no houses should be demolished for any reason.
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF NIZ GOENKAR by Bebdo
Many of you who are reading Niz Goenkar must have been wondering who we are and what our goal is. Some of you must be saying that we are just rabble-rousers of nuisance value and would make no difference to the political scene in Goa which is reeling from corruption, nepotism, sycophancy and mismanagement. Some of you may also say that groups like us had mushroomed in the past and then just like the mushrooms, disappeared with the end of the monsoon season.
AGITATION IF RE-ALIGNMENT FOR NH-4A NOT WITHDRAWN: ACTIVISTS
PANJIM: Timing its dissent with the arrival of Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Kamal Nath in Goa on Tuesday – National Highway Diversion Action Committee (NHDAC) has sounded a warning saying it will resort to agitation if the proposed fresh re-alignment suggested for NH-4A is not withdrawn.
MAN FROM FATORDA CONVICTED FOR MOLESTING MINOR
PANJIM: Goa Children’s Court today sentenced 32-year-old man from Fatorda to 17 months imprisonment for molesting a minor girl by trespassing in her house in May 2009.
GOA's SERIAL KILLER MAHANAND ACQUITTED IN FOURTH MURDER CASE
PANJIM: Alleged serial killer Mahanand Naik was today acquitted in the murder case of a 35-year-old woman by a local court here, giving him relief in fourth out of 16 murder cases registered against him. Mahanand (40) was acquitted for lack of evidence by a sessions court of murdering Shakuntala Kavthankar in 2005.
COMPLAINTS AGAINST HIGH COURT REGISTRAR & JUDGE NUTAN IN PUBLIC INTEREST: AIRES
PANJIM: Adv. Aires Rodrigues has today stated that the complaints filed by him against Bombay High Court Registrar Ms. I.K. Jain for abusing her authority and against District Judge Ms. Nutan Sardesai of judicial impropriety had been filed solely in Public Interest.
DID THE GOA GOVERNOR HELP THE RIBANDAR PRIEST TO BE ABOVE THE LAW?
PANJIM: A copy of the noting sheets sought by Adv. Aires Rodrigues under the Right To Information Act has revealed that the then Governor of Goa, Mr. S.C Jamir had intervened in the 2004 Ribandar Church molestation case involving the then Ribandar Parish Priest, Fr. Newton Rodrigues.
REVIVAL OF DICTATORSHIP by John Philip Pereira, Nagoa
With a mere phone call to the Administrator South Zone, the Revenue Ministry of Government of Goa directed to stop the disbursement of ZONNs and dividends on which many old, sick and needy people depend. Is that not dictatorship? I appeal to the Chief Minister to save the age old Comunidades which are independent agricultural village communes which survived Sultan and Portuguese rule.
CAPTAIN VIRENDRA MEHTA ON VERGE OF DESTROYING GOA by P. Cruz, Vasco Da Gama
Naroa Sarpanch Grilled by Niz Goenkar, Utt Goeankar and Goenchea Xetkareancho Ekvott also by press Herald, Times of India, HCN, Goa 365 & Prudent
BICHOLIM: Naroa Sarpanch Laxman Malvankar & Panchayat Secretary S M Patre were grilled by Nizgoenkar, Utt Goenkar and Goenchea Xetkareancho Ekvott for due to lack of action in Mangrove destruction case against Captain Virendra Metha. This mega Project is coming up in the ward were the sarpanch is elected and he has kept quiet about it saying the Government is not helping him. The Project is called Sea Scan and available on site.
VANXIM ISLANDERS AGAIN OPPOSE THE RESORT AND GOLF PROJECT
PANJIM: Islanders of Vanxim in Sao Mathias panchayat, Malar have once against reiterated their resolve to oppose the proposed resort and golf course project in their village. The villagers will be holding a public rally on November 7 to protest against the project being pursued by a Chennai-based company. The meeting will be held near the church at 4 p.m.
RISE IN CHICKEN PRICES
PANJIM: Hike in cost of feed and the lack of labour is driving up the price of chicken, a 20 per cent rise in the price of chicken, a rich source of protein for non-vegetarian families. Compared to last year, prices have increased by 20 per cent but retailers are yet to report a drop in sales.
ODI CANCELLED DUE TO UNFAVOURABLE CONDITIONS OF THE PITCH
PANJIM: The fears of rain disrupting third and final ODI between India and Australia came true as the match at Fatorda stadium on Sunday was called off because of a wet outfield. The result meant India won the three-match series 1-0. The opening match in Kochi too was called off due to rain, while India won the second ODI in Vizag by five wickets.
HIKE PENSION ELSE THREAT TO STRIKE BY RETIRED SEAFARERS
MARGAO: Saying they have lost patience over the failure by the National Union of Seafarer’s of India (NUSI) to fulfill the promises, retired seafarers from Goa have threatened to hold series of demonstrations in front of NUSI Wockhardt hospital to press for a hike in the monthly ex-gratia relief.
BENAULIM YOUTH FOIL GARBAGE DUMPING
BENAULIM: In what appears to be a blind eye to garbage dumping by the law and police hesitating to register such complains, Benaulim villagers once again on Sunday foiled yet another attempt by miscreants from dumping garbage and waste in the village. Youngsters – who have been maintaining vigil against miscreants dumping waste in the village – spotted waste dumping before intimating the activity to the Colva police.
GOANS LIVES CHANGED FOR BETTER BY REPUBLIC PORTUGAL say EXPERTS
PANJIM: A conference held at the Portuguese consulate on Saturday to discuss the impact on Goa as regards the Iberian nation discarding monarchy in preference to Republic status, exactly hundred years ago, witnessed a number of Goan experts in various fields drawing a clear picture of the event in its centenary year. They maintained that the political transition in Portugal brought in major changes in the life of Goans, especially women.
AIR POLLUTION: SAIPEM LOCALS COMPLAIN
PANJIM: Struggling with pollution caused by untreated effluents from the Pilerne industrial estate since 2006, the villagers of Saipem in Candolim are now complaining of air pollution. The embattled locals have urged the panchayat to undertake an environmental impact assessment ( EIA) study through a central agency like the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute ( NEERI).
MAKING JUDGES ACCOUNTABLE by Adv. Aires Rodrigues
The proposed Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill is a step in the right direction. Once this bill becomes law, judges of Supreme Court and high courts would have to declare their assets and liabilities within 30 days of taking oath. Judges would also have to declare assets and liabilities of their spouses and dependent children and further do so by July 31st each year.
PUNE TOURIST DROWNS AT BAGA BEACH
MAPUCA: A tourist from Pune who went for a banana boat ride with his friends got drowned on the Baga beach today. The deceased identified as Sachin Joshi, 22, from Pune; states a press release issued by the lifeguard agency. Joshi was part of a group of tourists who experienced a banana boat ride, where the boat was flipped into the water around 30 metres away from the sea-shore. Lifeguards said, the boat crew and tourists struggled to walk back to shore due to rough sea conditions.
CONSTRUCTIONS TO BE AXED REDUCED FROM 569 TO 168 ON RE-SURVEY
PANJIM: In what could be termed as a major relief to people who will be affected by the expansion of NH-4A – re-survey has brought down the number of constructions to be axed to 168 from earlier estimate of 569.
JUVENILE'S ATTEMPT TO MAKE LOVE LANDS HIM IN POLICE NET
CUNCOLIM: Attempt to make love proved a bit costly for a 17 year old boy (juvenile) at Nuem-Khola. The Cuncolim police arrested the 17-year-old minor boy for allegedly molesting a 25-year old married woman at Nuem-Khola on Friday evening.
ONE GOAN GIRL AMONG THE RESCUED PARLOUR GIRLS
PANJIM: Out of the 20 girls rescued from the two beauty parlours at Porvorim and Candolim respectively, last week one turned out to be a Goan girl. It is a confirmed fact that 11 girls from Porvorim and 9 from Candolim were rescued during the two raids.
GOAN GIRL DEFAMED POLICE LOOK FOR GUJARATI CULPRIT
PANJIM: Police are now looking out for a Sanguem-based girl who is allegedly being defamed by Gujarati boy through social networking websites like Facebook and Youtube. Bailancho Ekvott’s Auda Viegas earlier this week had complained about the defamatory post on the social networking website by one Bhavesh Mote.
CLASS XII EXAMS BE HELD EARLY REQUEST PARENTS
PANJIM: A group of parents have made a representation to the Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education requesting the body to conduct the class XII board examinations at an earlier date.
The exams normally begin in mid-March and go on till the end of March or early April.
COMPLAINT AGAINST HIGH COURT REGISTRAR SENT TO CHIEF JUSTICE
PANJIM: Adv. Aires Rodrigues has complained to the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court against the abuse of authority by Registrar of the Bombay High Court at Goa Ms. I.K.Jain.
VALANKA ALEMAO INVITED AS CHIEF GUEST FOR ST. XAVIERS NITE by Robert de Goa in Dubai
The shameless flatterers of Churchill, Bernard and Anthony has announced that they would be holding their annual St Francis Xavier’s nite on December 2 at the Astoria hotel in Dubai and Valanka would be the chief guest for the function.
KHANAPUR 4 MURDERS ACCUSED WAS HIDING IN GOA
MARGAO: The Margao police on Friday morning arrested a murder accused who was wanted by the Belgaum police in connection with a case registered at Khanapur. The murder accused was arrested by the cops at Maddel and was handed over to the Belgaum police, who had come down on Friday to take custody of the accused.
RESCUED GIRLS TAKEN OVER BY NAGALAND POLICE
PANJIM: A team of senior police officers from Nagaland visited the state and took the custody of the girls, who were rounded up from a beauty parlour in Porvorim in a raid conducted by the Anjuna police on October 9, informed a source from the women police station.
CHURCHILL DONATES 3000 DIRHAMS TO JACKSON by Robert de Goa in Dubai
The organisers of the tiatr held in Al Nashwan hall in Al Nisr Leisureland kept our Dear Brother Jackson’s case at the end of the list of their programme. During the interval, the organisers thanked one and sundry for the tiatr, allowed Churchill to speak and after the vote of thanks made an appeal for Jackson’s cause.
BLESSING HARIJAN COUPLE TURNS HAZARDOUS FOR BRAHMIN FAMILY
PERNEM: Passing through the interior of Tuem village in Pernem taluka, one cannot miss a tiny house within a cluster of houses, which explicitly manifests the scourge of untouchability that still persists here.
Living in this pocket, Kale's family speaks the tale of how untouchability still shamefully prevails in rural Goa. Sadashiv alias Shambhu Kale, his wife and three minor children were literally ostracised from Poraskaden village in Pernem taluka.
DUBAI:CHURCHILL CAME, LIMPED & LEFT WITH EGG ON HIS FACE by Bebdo
DUBAI: The time was exactly 10.10p.m in Dubai when Churchill reached Al Nasr Leisureland. Outside the entrance to the Al Nashwan Hall just four of his chamchas were waiting for him. Churchill didn’t even had an invitation with him and the security guard stopped him while he was trying to enter from the passageway outside the hall.
VISHWAJEET LASHES AT PARRIKAR
PANJIM: While environmentalists and villagers in the hinterlands are crying hoarse over mining, winning Congress candidate in Valpoi, Vishwajeet Rane on Thursday maintained it was BJP and Opposition leader Manohar Parrikar that were creating unnecessary hype over the activity.
RTI HIGHLIGHTED BY GOACAN
MARGAO: GOACAN on Thursday held an awareness programme at Margao to highlight the benefits of the Right to Information Act 2005 and the need for greater transparency and accountability in governance in Goa.
BJP SUFFERS HEAVY SETBACK IN VALPOI SATARI
PANJIM: Is it the end of road for BJP in Satari? Re-election of Vishwajeet Rane with huge margin from Valpoi constituency today has completely put the BJP on backburner in Satari taluka. Poriem constituency in Satari taluka has always been the stronghold of the Congress Party with Pratapsing Rane still maintaining his hold.
SANATHAN ACTIVITIES UNDER VIGIL
PANJIM: A day after the managing trustee of Hindu organisation Sanatan Sanstha told reporters that the organization is launching a campaign against glorification of Narkasur on Diwali eve in Goa, police officials have said that they will maintain a vigil on the organization's activities and any general activity that is likely to spark disturbances.
PEOPLE FEASTED ON MONEY WHICH LED TO THE DEFEAT: GOA BJP
PANJIM: After facing humiliating defeat in Valpoi bypoll, Goa's Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has said that people feasted on money which led to their defeat. "People did not just take the money but literally feasted on it in the run up for the poll," said Santosh Haldankar, BJP's candidate, who lost to Congress' Vishwajit Rane in the bypolls that were held on October 18.
VISHWAJEET RANE WINS VALPOI BY-POLL
PANJIM: Congress candidate Vishwajeet Rane Thursday won the Valpoi legislative assembly by-poll, defeating his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) opponent by a margin of over 8,000 votes. Rane, a cabinet minister in the Congress-led coalition government in Goa, got 11,642 votes while BJP's Santosh Haldankar received only 3,237 votes.
COUNTING OF VOTES SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN VALPOI by Adv. Aires Rodrigues, Ribandar
The counting of votes in the Valpoi bye elections should have been done at Valpoi itself. This whole stage managed election drama should have ended there instead of inconvenienceing the City of Panaji.
POLICE SECURITY WAS ALSO ON REGISTRAR’S ORAL REQUEST
PANJIM: It has now been revealed that the alleged illegal police security at the official residence of Bombay High Court Registrar Ms. I.K.Jain like the illegal toilet was also on a mere oral request of Ms I.K.Jain.
NGO'S PRESSURE ALEIXO TO SCRAP 20 POINT PROGRAMME AT VERNA
MARGAO: Voice of Villagers representing the villages of Nagoa, Verna, Loutolim, Cortalim and Quelossim have urged Loutolim MLA and Power Minister Alexio Sequeira to scrap the 20-point housing project proposed at Verna.
PORTUGUESE CITIZENSHIP: AVAILED BY NEARLY 450 GOANS EVERY YEAR
PANJIM: Lure of better life and huge earnings in European nations, particularly United Kingdom, have made a considerable number of Goans acquire Portuguese passports using which they could easily travel to countries in European Union (EU) and get employment. Being a subject of the then Portuguese government, Goans are eligible for its citizenship and hence passports.
COUNTING OF VALPOI ELECTION POLLS BEGINS ON 21 OCTOBER
PANJIM: The election authorities will on Thursday undertake counting of votes cast during the by-election to 19-Valpoi assembly constituency in the state. The counting will be held at the Goa College of Home Science from 8 a.m. onwards.
THEFT OF LAPTOPS, PEN DRIVES BY SECURITY GUARD
PANJIM: Anit Sinha, a security guard has been accused of stealing three laptops and a pen drive all valued at amounting to Rs 1.45 lakh, from an IT office. The incident occurred in the office of Sify Technologies between October 18 and 19 reportedly after office hours.
JACKSON’ FATHER: A SORRY TALE: A sad story by Robert de Goa in Dubai
I had not wanted to bring this in print but have to. I was in the flight from Goa to Dubai yesterday, 19th October by IC. As I was passing my time at the Dabolim airport, I happened to come across a few Goans who were with raised eyebrows and were on a hot topic. The topic was about our own brother, Jackson from Canacona who suffering between life and death at Al Rashid Hospital in Dubai. I happened to go beside his father who was travelling to Dubai on the same flight as me. I have to narrate some facts here as I am a vivid reader and follower of Niz Goenkar on a daily basis from the last five months.
NAGALAND COPS TO VISIT GOA TO PROBE TRAFFICKING
PANJIM: Senior officers from the Nagaland police are expected to arrive in the state on Wednesday to continue their investigations into the human trafficking case involving girls from Nagaland and Mizoram. Six girls from Nagaland and five from Mizoram were rescued by the Goa Police last week when they raided the Lotus beauty parlour at Porvorim. The owner of the parlour Laxmi Mishra, along with four traffickers, were subsequently arrested for forcing the girls into flesh trade.
RAIN WATER ENTERS HOUSES IN VELSAO
VASCO: Panic gripped the villagers of Velsao on Tuesday afternoon as water entered three houses due the sluice gate in a field remaining closed.
KIDNAP ACCUSED GIVES POLICE THE SLIP
PANJIM: The Agacaim police informed that the accused in the kidnapping case at Mapusa, Salim Sheikh, gave the cops the slip on Tuesday afternoon while he was being taken out for lunch from the Institute of Psychiatry and Human Behaviour, Bambolim.
LANDMARK RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT CANSAULIM GRAM SABHA by Roger D'Souza
The very well attended Gram Sabha on 17th October 2010 held at the Panchayat Ghar Cansaulim amidst tight police security went off peacefully. It may be recalled that the Gram Sabha held on 22th August was adjourned due to unruly mob scenes and attacks on Gram Sabha members brought in at the behest of a builder floating the controversial Gonsalves-Dias Gates mega-project with the backing of the local MLA and Panchayat members.
21 OCTOBER TO BE A DRY DAY IN PANJIM
PANJIM: 21st October has been declared as a dry day in Panjim City. According to the CCP all the licenced outlets of liquor will be closed throughout the day due to the vote counting of the bye-poll, which will take place at Goa College of Home Science, Campal.
CLASH OF CUNCOLIM CHAIRPERSON AND VICE CHAIRPERSON: CIVIC POLLS
MARGAO: the Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of the Cuncolim Municipal Council are locked in straight fights in their respective wards in the polls for the civic body.
10 PERCENT HIKE IN DA FOR GOVERNMENT STAFF
PANJIM: There's some good news for government employees and teachers as their dearness allowance (DA) will be hiked by 10% and those in Class 'C' and 'D' will also be eligible for a bonus of nearly 3,500. With enhanced DA, the financial implication for the state government will be to the tune of around ` 5 crore per month, official sources said.
MONEY UNLEASED BY CONGRESS IN BY POLLS: BJP
PANJIM: Goa BJP on Tuesday alleged that the Congress used money power to influence voters during the Valpoi bypolls. "We did not distribute money. But Congress candidate Vishwajit Rane distributed money to the voters. This is the only fear of ours," BJP Goa Unit General Secretary Govind Parvatkar told PTI. Congress, on the other hand, promptly rubbished the charge. Valpoi constituency went for by-poll on October 18 in which record 83 per cent voters exercised their right.
NARAKASUR THE TARGET OF GOA HINDU GROUP
PANJIM: A Hindu right-wing group, whose members have been accused of the Margao blast at a function to slay demon Narakasura on Diwali eve last year, plans to launch a campaign against the "glorification" of the mythical monster.
SANATAN SANSTHA: CAMPAIGN AGAINST GLORIFYING NARAKASUR
PANJIM: Sanatan Sanstha, whose members were arrested for attempt to carry out serial bomb blasts in Goa on Diwali eve in 2009, has decided to go ahead with its campaign against glorifying mythical demon 'Narakasur' even this year.
GOVT. TO START BIMBVEL LAND ACQUISITION SANS URGENCY CLAUSE
MARGAO: Notwithstanding the public outcry against the moves of the Indian Navy to acquire a large stretch of the Bimbvel beach in Vasco, the South Goa district collectorate has forwarded the Navy's proposal to the state government to initiate the land acquisition process.
THE FARMHOUSE AT PORVORIM WHICH RUNS GOA brought to you by Roger D'Souza
We cannot elect donkeys and expect stallions says Dr Joe D’Souza - Received by email
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Charles Darwin in his essays on Evolution had asserted: In the process of evolution, the fittest survive and propagate. Thus, the natural process of selection and elimination involves a process of adaptation and mutation to counter the forces of extinction which are directed towards inhibition and elimination.
RTI: THAT ILLEGAL TOILET WAS BUILT ON REGISTRAR’S ORAL REQUEST
PANJIM: It has now been revealed that the alleged illegal toilet cum changing room at the official residence of Bombay High Court Registrar Ms. I.K.Jain at Patto Government colony at Panaji was built on a mere oral request of Ms I.K.Jain.
HOW THE ILLITERATE POLITICIANS ARE RULING AND LOOTING GOANS & GOA by Bebdo
From time immemorial, Goa has produced eminent scholars, statesmen, doctors, administrators, major-generals and had formed part of the intelligenstia throughout the world. Even Alexander Dumas in his famous book The Count of Monte Cristo has featured a Goan as one of the main characters of his novel.
JOB INTERVIEWS A FARCE by Adv. Aires Rodrigues, Ribandar
The interviews held to recruit government staff are a farce. The candidates are in fact chosen and finalized much before even the letters of interviews go out to the aspiring candidates. Merit and competency is all irrelevant with Ministers calling the shots. The Heads of departments have to be blamed for not having the spine to tell the Ministers that all recruitment should be on merit.
VISHWAJIT RANE CASE: 3 PI’S REMAIN ABSENT FOR HEARING AGAINST THEM
PANJIM: The Goa State Police Complaints Authority today adjourned to 15th November at 10.30 am the preliminary arguments on the complaint filed by Adv. Aires Rodrigues against the three police Inspectors who had handled the complaint against Goa’s Health Mr. Vishwajit Rane in the threat to kill case.
BOTH VALPOI CANDIDATES CONFIDENT OF WINNING
VALPOI: The turnout at Valpoi polls has put confidence in both BJP and the congress with each claiming the victory to be his. Niz Goenkar spoke on phone to some of the voters and the response was Congress win. We also spoke to a few known BJP supporters who claimed that the victory will be theirs.
SWR RAILWAY LINE PROPOSAL TURNED DOWN BY CANSAULIM GRAM SABHA
CANSAULIM: The gram sabha of Cansaulim village panchayat, held on Sunday, at the panchayat ghar, decided to reject the South Western Railway (SWR)’s proposal to double the railway line from Margao to Vasco.
DAVORLIM COMMUNIDADE KNOCKS THE HIGH COURT DOOR
MARGAO: The South Goa district Collector’s plan to acquire huge land measuring 1.15 lakh sq meters in Davorlim village for “multi purpose utility project” has finally landed the in High Court. The district Collector G P Naik had rejected all objections raised by the villagers against the project which forced the Davorlim Communidade to knock the doors of the High Court, seeking court’s intervention to stop the acquisition of the huge land.
SOON MOST OF GOA'S EARTH WILL BE DEPOSITED IN CHINA brought to you by Bebdo
THIS INTERVIEW OF CARMEN MIRANDA WAS TAKEN BY DEVIKA SEQUEIRA AND IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY BEBDO
Former director of Panos Institute's Asia Regional Programmes, London-based Carmen Miranda's crusading environmental activism has seen her in the forefront of global campaigns in eco hotspots from
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ANNUAL FAMA CELEBRATED AT COLVA CHURCH
MARGAO: The Colva Fama was held on Monday, at the Our Lady of Merces Church, amidst heavy showers. Nonetheless, devotees thronged to the venue and stood in serpentine queue to kiss the statue of Infant Jesus.
VALPOI VOTING 83 PERCENT TURN OUT
VALPOI: Inspite of heavy rain the Valpoi voters marched to the booths to cast their votes. Valpoi recorded an 83 percent polling percentage in the by-election held at Valpoi today.
MADEI RIVER DISPUTE: SC GIVES 3 WEEKS TO NOTIFY TRIBUNAL
DELHI: The Supreme Court today granted three weeks to the Centre for notifying the constitution of a tribunal to hear the water dispute between Goa and Karnataka on the construction of Kalasa Banduri project across the Mandovi river by the latter.
VISHWAJIT RANE CASE: HEARING AGAINST 3 PI’S ON 19TH OCT
PANJIM: The Goa State Police Complaints Authority will on 19th Oct hear the complaint filed by Adv. Aires Rodrigues against the three police Inspectors who had handled the complaint against Goa’s Health Mr. Vishwajit Rane in the threat to kill case.
LETTER TO THE CHIEF MINISTER - GRE BY MATHANY SALDANHA
LETTER BY THE GOENCHEA RAMPONKARANCHO EKVOTT TO THE CHIEF MINISTER RECEIVED BY EMAIL FROM MR. MATHANY SALDANHA
To: The Chief Minister,
Government of Goa,
Secretariat, Porvorim,
Bardez, Goa.
Sir,
This is to bring to your notice the bleak future that awaits traditional fishermen from Baina beach if the clandestine designs of the Mormugao Port Trust sugar coated with a cloak of philanthropy in the garb of constructing a fishing jetty for trawler owners at Baina beach is allowed.
GBA POLICE EYEBALL TO EYEBALL AS DIGU DOES VANISHING TRICK - Target Goa brought by Roger D'Souza
Chief Minister Digambar Kamat did the vanishing trick that he seems to be getting better and better at. He had been scheduled to inaugurate the ITM-Goa, but did the bunk. The police were out in full force with lathis at Azad Maidan, rope and lathis at the Church Square and rope, lathis and guns at the Chief Minister's official residence at Altinho. The GBA presented a memorandum to be forwarded to the CM, saying that ths would be the last memorandum given to him. He was given 15 days to notify the Regional Plan 2010, or else be prepared for an agitation.
VALPOIKARS GO FOR POLLS TODAY
VALPOI: Voting for the Valpoi assembly constituency in Goa began on Monday morning amidst tight security. In all, 17,912 voters will exercise their franchise in the by-election which was necessitated after sitting independent legislator Vishwajit Rane resigned from the assembly seat to join Congress.
MARINA SPORTS PROJECT IN SANCOALE by P. Cruz, Vasco Da Gama
Tycoon from Goa and keen water sports lover, Umaji V Chowgule, MD at Goa Yacht Haven Pvt Ltd. has plans to set up a Marina Sports project in Sancoale with the blessing of the Goa Government. Chowgule, whose family business interests range from mining to brewing the popular Arlem beer in Goa, has proposed a 300-boat marina in Sancoale village, in Mormugao Taluka, southern side/bank of the Zuari River in Goa with an investment of Rs. 100 crore.
NOTICE SLAMMED ON CASINO FOR VIOLATING ANTI TOBACCO ACT
PANJIM: The State Level Steering Committee (SLSC) on tobacco control has issued notice to an offshore casino, for violating Anti Tobacco Act by permitting smoking even in the area where crèche for children exists. Sources stated that the notice was issued after a visitor to the ship, who did not wanted to be identified, complained to SLSC about the rampant violation of Anti-Tobacco Act there.
LOYALTY PLEDGED TO UD MINISTER JOAQUIM ALEMAO BY MAJORITY CANDIDATES
MARGAO: Cuncolim has a total of 46 candidates contesting the ensuing polls for the 10-member Cuncolim Municipal Council. Interestingly the contestants are either swearing their loyalty to local MLA and Urban Development Minister, Joaquim Alemao or are rest assured of his support for their candidatures.
PONDA TOPS THE LIST OF ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES
PONDA: So far with 28 deaths, Ponda, the cultural capital of Goa, has topped the list of accidents and fatalities in Goa this year. The increase in accidents is mainly attributed to the mushrooming of mining activities consequently increasing the traffic manifold and diversion of the heavy traffic through Ponda via Borim Bridge, which is the only bridge in Goa catering to the heavy vehicle. The bad, narrow and disproportionate roads, more curves, absence of street lights, and lack of patience among the motorists have led to the swelling number of accidents here.
DAMU NAIK HAS NO RIGHT TO DEMAND MY RESIGNATION: JOAQUIM ALEMAO
MARGAO: Urban Development Minister Joaquim Alemao has said that Fatorda MLA Damu Naik has no right to demand his resignation on the controversial reservation of wards in the municipal areas. Addressing voters of ward 3 of Margao Municipal Council after opening the election office of Joseph Silva, Alemao asserted that only the people of Cuncolim has the right to demand his resignation if the people thinks he has failed them on the developmental front.
DID THE HIGH COURT REGISTRAR BREACH THE LAW?
PANJIM: The Registrar of the Bombay High Court at Goa Ms I.K Jain finds herself in the centre of a controversy involving the alleged illegal posting of five men police security at her official bungalow and also for having allegedly illegally converting the garage at the bungalow into a toilet.
SUPREME COURT TO DECIDE FATE OF SEC 506
PANJIM: The Supreme Court will now decide on whether Sec 506 of the Indian Penal Code (threat to kill) is cognizable or non- cognizable within the State of Goa. A division bench of the Supreme Court is expected to hear next week the Special Leave Petition filed by Adv. Aires Rodrigues challenging the Bombay High Court’s order which had quashed the charge sheet against Goa's Health Minister Mr. Vishwajit Rane in the threat to kill case.
MY FIGHT - THE FIGHT THAT WILL NEVER END by Adv. Aires Rodrigues, Ribandar
My fight against injustice started quite early in life. Only God knows where and when this long journey against injustice and social ills will all end. At the age of 10, I met Goa’s first Chief Minister late Dayanand Bandodkar to demand justice for my grandmother. She was residing at Altinho and was being harassed by her tenants. Bandodkar directed me to his daughter, Mrs. Shashikala Kakodkar who was then a state Minister in his cabinet.
HOW POLITICIANS RUIN THE FUTURE OF THE YOUTH by Menino de Valpoi
This is an article that I am writing as a warning to the youth, students and the parents of the boys who leave their education, who forget their backgrounds, who forget themselves and who forget that they have a future and run after the politicians. Young friends do not think that these politicians are everything. They are out there not for you or the public but for themselves.
PARLOUR SEX RACKET ACCUSED RELEASED ON BAIL
PANJIM: Children’s Court today released the six persons who are booked for trafficking north eastern girls into alleged flesh trade. The alleged accused identified as Mahalaxmi Mishra from Candolim, Mohammad Arif of Uttar Pradesh, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Naim Khan, Mohammad Khalid and Nawab Salami, all from Delhi were released on personal bond and local surety.
EX-CHAIRMAN OF GCCI WANTS FLOW OF MIGRANTS ENTERING GOA TO BE FROZEN
PANJIM: Nitin Kuncolienkar, the ex-chairman of Goa Chamber of Commerce & Industries has reiterated that the inflow of migrants coming to Goa should be frozen.
Mr. Kuncolienkar expressed his views at the Knowledge session on investment opportunities for Goa at ITM-Goa today. He said that there is locals have fear in their minds about the migrants, as the migrant population has touched 35 percent and any more will change the demography of the Goa.
He also pointed out that there have been attempts to buy land in restricted CRZ areas by the people from outside the State despite of knowledge on CRZ regulations Central legislation. “Is Goa independent of India,” he quipped while dispelling misinformation that Goans are just opposed to outsiders buying land here.
Mr. Kuncolienkar expressed his views at the Knowledge session on investment opportunities for Goa at ITM-Goa today. He said that there is locals have fear in their minds about the migrants, as the migrant population has touched 35 percent and any more will change the demography of the Goa.
He also pointed out that there have been attempts to buy land in restricted CRZ areas by the people from outside the State despite of knowledge on CRZ regulations Central legislation. “Is Goa independent of India,” he quipped while dispelling misinformation that Goans are just opposed to outsiders buying land here.
GOA'S LOCALS DENIED JOBS IN INDUSTRIES: SEQUEIRA
VASCO: Has the state government failed to provide basic infrastructure to industries or have industries failed to created employment opportunities for local people? These issues were debated by Chief Minister Digamber Kamat, Power Minister Alexio Sequiera and office bearers of Verna Industries Association at the annual general body meeting of VIA at Hotel La Paz Garden, Vasco, on Saturday.
Kamat and Sequeira claimed that industries in the State had failed to gain the confidence of local people due to lack of employment opportunities.
SAND EXTRACTION INCREASE DUE TO KARNATAKA BAN
PANJIM: The ban imposed by the Karnataka government on export of sand to Goa coupled with growing demand from the construction industry have been a blessing in disguise for the sand extractors in the state who have quickly jumped to cash in on the opportunity and taken to vigorous excavation of sand to meet the growing demand and at the same time increasing its rates.
VALPOI SURE VICTORY: VISHWAJEET RANE
VALPOI: The Health Minister, Mr Vishwajeet Rane, who is contesting the Valpoi by-election, said he is seeking to be elected by the voters of the constituency, on the basis of development projects that he has initiated in Valpoi. He said that the people will give their verdict on October 18, and he is confident of victory.
ANTONETTE V/S INTERNET by Bebdo
Antonette Pixem from Margao wanted to go to Panjim to see Digu the Cowmuth Kamat. In her madness she boarded the bus proceeding towards Varca. As she wandered around the village, she met Jackie Maste. This poor Jackie Maste who has been working at the house of Chorchill for the past 20 years had pity on her and took her to his room behind Chorchill’s house. He told her in whispers, this is Chorchill’s house and don’t make noise as Chorchill is not well.
KEEP POLITICIANS AWAY FROM SPORTS by Adv. Aires Rodrigues, Ribandar
There should be a total ban on politicians holding posts in sports organisations. Having corroded the political sphere they drag in the same rot into the sports arena. We have been seeing sports organisations going down the tube due to such bad influence.
CCP ISSUES NOTICE OVER ILLEGAL TOILET AT RESIDENCE OF HC REGISTRAR
PANJIM: Registrar of the Bombay High Court at Goa Ms I.K Jain who is already embroiled in a controversory over the alleged illegal five men police security posted at her residence is now in further trouble over the illegal conversion of her official residence garage into a toilet.
COURT ADJOURNS HEARING IN SCARLET CASE TILL 17 OCTOBER
PANJIM: A Goa court on Friday adjourned hearing in the Scarlett Eden Keeling murder case till October 17, after the defence lawyer sought time to study the court order rejecting his claim that some pages from the British teenager's diary were missing.
PARALLEL INQUIRY BY GSCW INTO NAGA GIRLS SEX RACKET
PANJIM: Goa State Commission for Women (GSCW) today began its parallel inquiry into the alleged pushing of north eastern girls into sex trade. Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) is already inquiring into the incident after the girls were rescued from Lotus beauty parlour at Porvorim.
MORE THAN 80,000 RATION CARDS REMAIN UNCLAIMED
PANJIM: The director of civil supplies and consumer affairs, Mr Gurudas Pilernkar has informed that over 80,000 ration cards have been lying unclaimed in the offices of mamlatdars in different talukas of the state.
COURT REJECTS CRIME BRANCH APPLICATION
MARGAO: The South Goa Sessions court today rejected the application by the Crime Branch of Goa police, to cancel the anticipatory bail of Conrad Torrado, the brother of Nadia Torrado. Judge Vijaya Pol asserted that Conrad has not violated any conditions imposed by the court whilst granting him the anticipatory bail.
POLITICAL INSTABILITY IN PONDA GIVES RISE IN GARBAGE DUMPS
PONDA: Wrecked by political instability in the city municipal council, the poll-bound Ponda continues to grapple with the garbage problem which threatens to get out of hand. Heaps of waste get accumulated at several spots in the city while councillors are busy with toppling games. The last ouster claimed the scalp of Mr Pradeep N Naik on 12th October.
KHANDEPAR ROBBERY ATTEMPT ONE ACCUSED ARRESTED
PONDA: Ponda Police arrested one more person in connection with the robbery bid by two Karnataka men at Khandepar. Police on Friday arrested Manoj Namdev Pawar from Kolhapur-Maharashtra at Belgaum.
ONE ARRESTED IN CHAIN SNATCHING AT CORLIM
OLD GOA: Old Goa Police on Friday arrested one person in connection with a chain-snatching case at Belavista-Corlim. Old Goa Police Inspector Francis Corte, said that the accused Michael Fernandes along with another person had recently snatched a gold chain from a woman at Corlim.
ANTHEM FOR COPS SAMMY TAVARES
PANJIM: When DySP Sammy Tavares wrote a song on the police, he merely wanted to express himself through music and enlighten people about a cop's life. The department, however, wants to make this song work for them. After listening to it, Goa Police permitted the DySP to release a CD with the police song hoping it would help them connect with a larger number of people.
RTI: GFA HAS PAID SUBODH KANTAK Rs 1, 34, 235
PANJIM: The Goa Football Association has paid Goa’s Advocate General Mr. Subodh Kantak Rs 1, 34,235 by way of fees.
AIRES COMPLAINS TO DIG AGAINST HIGH COURT REGISTRAR
PANJIM: Adv Aires Rodrigues today complained to the Goa’s Deputy Inspector General of Police Mr. Ravindra Yadav regarding the illegal police security provided at the residence of the Registrar of the Bombay High Court at Goa Ms I.K Jain.
GBA: CHIEF MINISTER HAS FAILED THE GOANS
PANJIM: Goa Bachao Abhiyan on Thursday ridiculed Chief Minister Digambar Kamat for avoiding them over the Regional Plan 2021, even as it submitted a memorandum to his Officer on Special Duty late evening at the official residence in Altinho, here.
MICKKY PACHECO PERMITTED BY COURT TO TRAVEL TO DELHI
MARGAO: The South Goa Sessions court granted the Former Tourism Minister, Mickky Pacheco permission on Thursday to travel to Delhi for a period of one month. Pacheco’s lawyer Vivek Naik informed that the court has made it clear that there is no requirement for the former Minister to seek the court permission while traveling to other parts of the country and that he can intimate the investigating agency in this respect before leaving the state.
ROBBERS SNATCH GOLD CHAIN OF A CORLIM RESIDENT
OLD GOA: In a daring move robbers snatched a gold chain worth over Rs 50,000 from a 58-year-old resident of Mollar-Corlim on Monday. According to reports, the incident occurred when Sebastiao Rodrigues was on his way home after finishing his second shift early Monday morning.
BLAST ACCUSED WANTS SPEEDY TRIAL
MARGAO: The accused in the Margao bomb blast case has knocked the doors of the high court seeking day-to-day trial of the case, even as the South Goa Sessions court on Thursday examined a police driver in connection with the case.
NSWC WANTS VERIFICATION OF GIRLS' INVOLVEMENT IN SEX TRADE
PANJIM: The Nagaland State Commission for Women (NSCW) has sought detailed report from their Goa counterpart about the raid on alleged busting of inter-state sex racket involving Nagaland girls.
COMPLAINT AGAINST FALSE AFFIDAVIT
MARGAO: Residents of Benduxem, Dongorim, Navelim have lodged a complaint at the Margao town police station against two for swearing a false affidavit, on Thursday, informed officials.
GOA NEEDS A GOOD ADVOCATE GENERAL, NOT A FIXING GENERAL By Adv. Aires Rodrigues, Ribandar
An Advocate General should be giving the government sound legal and not manipulated advice. On the incompetence of Advocate General Subodh Kantak I would challenge him to a public debate. “Setting” and “fixing” should never be on an Advocate General’s agenda. The legal circus in the cases involving the River Princess, Casinos, SEZ’s or High Security number plates says it all.
VALPOI HAS 37 CANDIDATES INCLUDES MIGRANT SETTLERS CONTESTING
VALPOI: Thirty seven candidates including migrant settlers are in the fray for elections to nine of the 10-member Valpoi Municipal Council (VMC), with Baptiste Dias being elected unopposed from Ward 3.
TIATRIST & MIMICRY KING OF KONKANI STAGE: SHEIKH AMIR
GOA: Sheikh Amir has been entertaining audience of the Konkani stage with his class act of mimicking various Konkani stage artistes and politicians, as well as doing comedy roles. 25 years on stage is a long time. To mark this achievement, he has released an audio CD titled ‘No 1’, where he sings songs in the voices of various leading tiatrists.
POLICE COMPLAINT AGAINST SANATHAN SANSTHA BY SUBODH KERKAR
PANJIM: Goa's well known installation artist Subodh Kerkar has filed a police complaint against Sanatan Saunstha for trying to create hatred amongst the religions on the occasion of Navaratri celebrations.
VIGILS ALONG THE KARNATAKA COASTAL AREAS INCREASED
PANJIM: The Karnataka Government has increased the vigil in their coastal areas, according to a top government official as a lesson from the Goa drugs-police-nexus. The outcome and exposure of the Goa police drug nexus have led to this step by the Karnataka government.
NEPHEW KIDNAPPER SLITS OWN THROAT IN THE COURT
PANJIM: An accused of kidnapping attempted to end his life by slitting open his throat on Wednesday in court room after his judicial custody was extended, police said. 24-year-old Salim Sheikh attempted suicide by slitting his throat with a sharp object in Goa Children's Court when it extended his judicial remand, they said. The accused was rushed to Goa Medical College at Aambolim.
200 INDUSTRY PARTICIPANTS FOR ITM GOA
PANJIM: International Tourism Mart (ITM), Goa which starts here tomorrow will have 200 national and international buyers, travel and trade industry experts and tourism board members interacting during the four day long event, the organisers said on Wednesday.
GOA BEAUTY PARLOUR USED AS A COVER FOR BROTHEL
PANJIM: Mizoram police has sought production warrant to bring the owner of a beauty parlour in Goa to Aizawl who allegedly tried to force four Mizo girls into prostitution, police sources said here today.
VISHWAJIT AS SPORTS MINISTER by Dr Anil Desai, Goa Velha
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Vishwajit Rane is educated and makes quick decisions. He should be made Sports Minister, if the infrastructure is to be completed for National Games. I fully agree with Joaquim Teles in his letter ‘‘Vishwajeet’s contribution’ (Herald, 1 Oct) about the contribution and efforts of Vishwajit Rane, Health Minister, in upgrading the facilities in the health sector, especially in Goa Medical College
MICKKY SEEKS COURT ORDERS TO TRAVEL TO DELHI
MARGAO: Very eager to travel out of Goa, the ex-Tourism Minister, has started knocking the doors of the South Goa Session Court to allow him to travel to Delhi from 15th October for political reasons.
BUS CONDUCTOR, 'ROAD' FIGHTERS ARRESTED
CALANGUTE: A bus conductor has been arrested by the Calangute police on the charges of befriending a minor girl from Calangute. According to Calangute Police, accused Anand Talwar was employed as a bus conductor on a bus plying along the Baga-Mapusa route. Few days ago, he befriended a minor girl and was having illicit relationship with her, while she traveled to her College.
CENTRE THREATENS TO WITHDRAW GOAs HIGHWAYS WIDENING
PANJIM: A direct threat to the Goa government by the centre, the Central Ministry for Road, Transport and Highways to withdraw the national highway widening project unless the Goa government hastens to hand over the land to them for the purpose.
SMART BURGLARS AT WORK IN GOA
PANJIM: Burglars have become smarter in burgling houses and keeping the police on their toes. Most of these burglars and thieves come in gangs from other states, burgle houses and go back with booties.
VALPOI ELECTION CAMPAIGN AT ITS EXTREME
PANJIM: The campaigning in the Valpoi constituency where the by-elections are to be held on October 18 have reached feverish pitch and the candidates in the fray, Mr Vishwajit Rane of the Congress and Mr Santosh Aldoncar of the Bharatiya Janata Party, have stepped up door-to-door campaigning in the constituency to win over the voters on their side.
SECURITY WILL BE HEIGHTENED FOR BLAST ANNIVERSARY AT MARGAO
PANJIM Security arrangements will be tightened across Goa on October 16, marking the anniversary for Margao bomb blast, police said on Tuesday. Police spokesman Atmaram Deshpande said although there are no specific inputs of anything planned on the day, which happens to be Saturday, the security is a part of precautions.
DRIVER JUMPS OFF MANDOVI BRIDGE AFTER GETTING CAUGHT BY RTO
PANJIM: It was almost like a scene from a movie. On Monday evening, a drunk tempo driver dashed against a twowheeler at Agasaim market, fled to Panaji and to avoid being fined by RTO officials jumped into the Mandovi river.
LAW MINISTER AND CJ SENT DETAILS OF JUDGE NUTAN’S JUDICIAL IMPROPRIETIES
PANJIM: Adv. Aires Rodrigues has today sent the Union Law Minister and the Chief Justice of India complete details of the judicial improprieties committed by North Goa District Judge Ms Nutan Sardesai.
WILL THE HIGH COURT STEP IN? by Adv. Aires Rodrigues, Ribandar
Today we have some government advocates appearing for private parties in cases against the government. This is totally unacceptable and an unethical practice that is going on unabated. In fact government advocates should not even appear in private matters before quasi-judicial authorities as they appear and advise them in matters before the High Court and other courts. As lawyers our acts should never match the colour of our gowns.
GOA POLICE TO ENQUIRE ON SPs FISHING SPREE
PANJIM: Goa Police have initiated enquiry after its senior officer was found fishing in a sophisticated boat meant to guard state's coast. The SP was out on a fishing spree with his friends in a boat meant for guarding the State's coast.
NADIA'S BROTHER DOES NOT WANT ANTICIPATORY BAIL CANCELLED
MARGAO: Nadia Torrado’s brother, Konrad has prayed to the South Goa Sessions court on Monday to reject the application filed by the Crime Branch for cancellation of his anticipatory bail in the case. Konrad’s lawyer, Adv Antonio Clovis da Costa submitted to the court that even the seizure of the phone may not be able to provide any assistance in detecting the offence.
CANACONA JUDGE SENDS LOCALS TO JUDICIAL CUSTODY
CANACONA: The Canacona JMFC Court remanded seven locals, including a policeman, to 14 days judicial custody in connection with the assault on three Andhra tourists and the burning of their car at Palolem late Saturday night.
PONDA COPS ASSAULTED ME: SARFARAZ MULLA
PONDA: Assaulting people seems so common at Ponda police station by police personnel and taking off money from their pockets. No accused or summoned person has guts to assault the police at the police station. This is a lame excuse of the police saying that the staff was assaulted just to push the person into legal net. This practice by the Police has been going on since olden times.
RAID ON PARLOUR LEAKED IN ADVANCE TO THE OWNER
PANJIM: Someone from the police department seems to have tipped off massage parlour owner before the raid by women and child protection unit on Saturday. Confirming that Inspite of the raid being highly confidential, the information of the raid was leaked in advance to the massage parlour owner.
NEW TENDER TO REMOVE RIVER PRINCESS
PANJIM: The State Disaster Management Authority on Monday decided to float a fresh tender for removal of the ill-fated vessel, River Princess, the ninth one since the vessel ran aground in June 2000.
SMGC'S APOLOGY TO ALL GOANS - By Menino de Valpoi
EMAIL RECEIVED FROM SMGC DUBAI (in Black ink)
To all Niz Goenkars (All the Goans),
On behalf of my Team and myself I like to apologize to all you Niz Goenkars for whatever inconvenience caused knowingly or unknowingly. I'm sorry for the same. I look forward for your support in the future.
GIRLS LURED BY PROMISING JOBS IN BEAUTY PARLOUR
PANJIM: The three girls from Mizoram, who were rescued by the Crime branch team on Saturday, have revealed to the police that they were being asked to do sexual favours for customers at the beauty parlour in Porvorim and when they refused they were beaten up by the owner.
SUNITA SAWANT’S PETITION: HIGH COURT ISSUES NOTICE TO AIRES
PANJIM: Justice N.A.Britto of the Bombay High Court at Goa today issued notice to Adv. Aires Rodrigues on the Revision Petition filed by Police Inspector Sunita Sawant challenging the acquittal of Adv. Aires Rodrigues in the 2004 Ribandar Church case. The matter will now be heard on 25th October.
CHURCHILL'S FEARS OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS OF 6 LANES
PANJIM: The PWD Minister, Mr Churchill Alemao on Sunday said the broadening and four-laning of the two national highways, namely NH 17 and NH4A, will be kept at 35 and 45 metres width, putting to rest speculation of a possible six-lane highway passing through the state.
PROTEST MARCH FOR RP 2021 IN PANJIM BY GBA
PANJIM: After many reminders through many press notes the Goa Bachao Abhiyan has finally decided to get real. It will now hold corner meetings in villages to appeal to people to assemble at Azad Maidan on October 14 at 4.30 pm for a showdown.
PRIME ACCUSED IN SAMPRIT MALVANKAR MURDER ARRESTED
ANJUNA: The main accused in the murder of Samprit Malvankar has been arrested by the Anjuna police. The accused Dinesh Kanuya was arrested at Mumbai by a team of Anjuna police led by PSI Anant Gaonkar.
LOCALS ARRESTED FOR ASSAULTING ANDHRA TOURISTS
CANACONA: Seven locals from Canacona have been arrested by Canacona Police for assaulting tourists from Andhra Pradesh and attempting to set on fire their car on Saturday late at night.
MARGAO COPS STILL CANNOT TRACE MISSING GIRL
MARGAO: A minor girl of 17 who has been missing since last two months from her house at Rawanfond, is yet to be traced. The girl disappeared on 12th August this year from her residence and has not been traced. Her father Narendra Singh has been visiting the Margao Town Police Station regularly, hoping his daughter will be traced by the police returns dejected.
POLICEMAN ASSAULTED INSIDE PONDA POLICE STATION
PONDA: The Ponda police on Sunday arrested Sarfaraj Mulla Adul Razak Muzaver, a resident of Curti-Ponda, for allegedly assaulting a police sub-inspector, while the latter was discharging his lawful duty, at the police station.
INDIAN NAVY'S STANCE ON DABOLIM CHANGED
PANJIM: Plans for the expansion of Dabolim airport have again flown into rough weather with the navy informing the Airports Authority of India (AAI) that it will not hand over the 12.52 acres it had promised earlier.
SUNITA SAWANT’S PETITION AGAINST AIRES: HEARING ON OCT 11th
PANJIM: The Revision Petition filed by Police Inspector Sunita Sawant challenging the acquittal of Adv. Aires Rodrigues in the 2004 Ribandar Church case will come up for hearing on Monday 11th Oct before Justice N.A.Britto of the Bombay High Court at Goa.
IS THE LAW AN ASS? by Adv. Aires Rodrigues, Ribandar
Being a lawyer myself I would hate to believe that the law is an ass. But sadly some of the events in Goa would make one believe so. Today there is blatant evidence of the gross abuse of power and influence. The law is not upheld when it comes to sheltering the rich and powerful.
KIDNAPPING CHARGES REFUTED BY CM DIGAMBER KAMAT
PANJIM: The Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat has refuted the allegations made by the Bharatiya Janata Party leaders charging the Congress-led government and leaders in the state of having “forcefully” taking away the dissident BJP legislators from Karnataka from a resort in South Goa.
GOA POLICE BUSTS INTER STATE SEX RACKET
PANJIM: An inter state sex racket was busted by the Goa police today. A tip-off from Manipur police led to the raid where the police rescued 11 girls from a beauty-cum-massage parlour at Candolim.
BJPs EFFORTS TO WIN DISSIDENT MLAs FAILED?
PANJIM: The crisis for the BJP Government in Karnataka deepened on Saturday with efforts to win them over the rebel MLAs apparently failing as high drama in Goa marked rival JD(S)' attempts to woo them to its side.
A TRIBUTE OF LOVE TO GREGORY FERNANDES by N. Fernandes, London
IN CONTRAST TO THE JACKSON (DUBAI) CASE
26 April 1975 - 20 October 2007
Many Goans will remember the murder of Gregory Fernandes,a Goan seaman and only breadwinner of his family who was murdered in Southampton(UK) in 2007. A fund was started in the UK to assist his family and another seaman called Vinod, who was with Gregory.
3500 RUSSIANS TO DESCEND ON GOA'S SHORES
PANJIM: An estimated 3,500 Russians will descend on Goa's shores every ten days this tourism season. Incidentally, the first charter flight to Goa on Thursday morning, bringing in tourists for season 2010-2011, also arrived from Russia.
MONEY MOTIVE OF KILLING MAPUCA TEACHER
PANJIM: Albert Luis, 70, retired teacher from Mapusa, was killed for his money by three "friends" he had invited to his house on that fateful day, investigations have revealed.
DUBAI KICK BALL: THE NEW GAME, Editorial by Niz Goenkars
All Goans were famously known for the famous sport of football played in every nook and corner of Goa. There were winners and losers or it was just a draw. The winners would taunt at the losers and the game would end with a smile and a little discussion the next morning on who played foul, who played the best.
CASE AGAINST VISHWAJIT RANE: AIRES MOVES SUPREME COURT
PANJIM: Adv. Aires Rodrigues today through a Special Leave Petition filed in the Supreme Court has challenged the Bombay High Court’s order which had quashed the charge sheet against Health Minister Mr. Vishwajit Rane in the threat to kill case. The petition is expected to come up for hearing before a Division bench of the Supreme Court next week.
NO PAYMENT FOR 40 CASINO EMPLOYEES
PANJIM: It became once again evident that some off-shore casinos operating in River Mandovi conduct their business in violation of the labour laws. About forty employees of Mint, an officer shore casino owned by the home minister of Haryana, have been left stranded as the management decided to shut shop on expiry of licence for operation -- without paying salaries for last month.
MICKKY MAKES HIS PRESENCE FELT AT TAJ EXOTICA
MARGAO: Another politician from Goa who made his presence felt a Taj Exotica, Benaulim was former Tourism Minister, Mickky Pacheco.
TOURISM HAZARDS CONCERNS PEOPLE OF CANACONA
POINGUINNIM: A group of conservationists from Canacona have called upon all the people renting out rooms and shacks/tents to tourists, along the coastal belt of Canacona, in private properties, to join hands to save families, children and villages against the evils and bad effects, which give rise to environmental and health hazards.
BJP DRAMA IN GOA - KARNATAKA TO GOA
PANJIM: The main political parties, the Bharatiya Janata Party and Janata Dal (Secular) on Friday continued to jostle to win over the dissident Karnataka legislators now camping in a five star resort in South Goa for the second straight day, even as no end appeared in sight to the ongoing political crisis in the neigbouring state.
PARRA VILLAGE NEXT TO BE HAUNTED BY GARBAGE PROBLEM
MAPUSA: Gone are the days when the garbage issue was restricted to only cities, today, garbage menace has also come to haunt villages and the failure on the part the villages in tackling the issue has led to its aggravation with the result being that garbage or solid waste is now seen thrown by people along village roads and sometimes even on the roads.
GOA PCR WIRES MUMBAI OVER CRIMINAL PLAN
PANJIM: The Goa police sent a wireless message to the Mumbai police on Wednesday evening informing them that they had received an anonymous call about some criminal activity with origins in Mumbai. The wireless message was sent to the Mumbai police control room (PCR) after the Goa PCR received an anonymous call around 7.30pm on Wednesday.
GOA'S SERIAL KILLER GETS 7 YEARS IMPRISONMENT
PANJIM: A local court on Friday sentenced alleged serial killer Mahanand Naik to seven years of imprisonment for raping a girl in 2009. Additional District and Sessions court pronounced the sentence in presence of the accused, who has also been charged for murdering 16 girls and slapped a fine of Rs 25,000 on him.
A LETTER TO PILAR FATHERS OF BIRONDEM, VALPOI FROM HYDERABAD
RECEIVED BY EMAIL FROM HYDERABAD FROM CHANDRESEKAR NEMANI
Dear Fr. Inacio Almeida and Fr. Domnic Alvares,
I came across an article Pilar Fathers grow drought tolerant rice at Valpoi. Has you informed the Pilar Fathers about improvements in crop management (like System of Rice Intensification) that you could make to enhance drought-tolerance?
RTI ACT: NOW GFA WILL ALSO HAVE TO FALL IN LINE
PANJIM: The order of the Goa State Chief Information Commissioner Mr. Motilal Keny that the Goa Cricket Association comes under the ambit of the Right to Information Act, will also be applicable to the Goa Football Association which is currently headed by Goa’s Urban Development Minister Mr. Joaquim Alemao.
JACKSON: SMGC WANTS ARTICLES TAKEN OUT by Menino de Valpoi
Having received an arrogant email from Cajetan Coelho pertaining to the assistance for Jackson cause where the St. Mary’s Goan Community Dubai SMGC has rejected any financial assistance from Goans other than the ones in Dubai, below are two emails that Niz Goenkar received from the Admin of St. Mary’s Goan Community Dubai (SMGC) trying to cover them up. The emails were sent to us requesting us to remove the article (their email) from the site. Below is each of their two emails and our response to them.
BICHOLIM MUNICIPALITY FAILS TO COLLECT GARBAGE
BICHOLIM: The residents of Bicholim have expressed serious concern over the utter negligence of the Bicholim Municipality towards the garbage collection. The municipality has its own garbage treatment plant at Lakherem.
HIGH COURT SETS ASIDE Dy COLLECTOR'S ORDERS
MARGAO: The High Court brushed aside the orders of the Deputy Collector Margao of 13th August, ordering the Fabrica da Igreja da Orlim to give an access through its property under survey No 86/20 to Meenaxi Financial Consultants and Swastik Dwellings to remove the stones from the Fabrica property to enable the builder to go to his property wherein construction is in progress for the 66 flats and a swimming pool.
POLICE SHORTAGE IN GOA TO PROVIDE MORE SECURITY TO RAVI NAIK
PANJIM: Additional security approved for the Home Minister Ravi Naik in May could not be provided due to staff shortage said Goa Police. Police spokesperson Mr. Atmaram Deshpande, SP Special Branch, said that staff shortage was one of the main reasons why enhanced security could not be furnished to the minister for four months.
WORK STOPPED OF BENAULIM-SINQUETIM BRIDGE
MARGAO: Work on PWD Minister, Churchill Alemao’s dream Sinquetim-Benaulim bridge has finally come to a full stop.After the residents of Sinquetim-Navelim moved the high court for a stay on the bridge work on grounds the PWD has not obtained clearance from the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests, the PWD on Thursday filed an affidavit in the high court clearly stating that work on the construction of the bridge will not be recommended until the CRZ clearance is obtained from the MoEF.
DRIVE AGAINST ERRING BUSES SUCCESSFUL: RTO
PANJIM: With the RTO out on the road to control the erring private buses conductors and drivers, has shown positive signs for commuters to have a proper ride home thanks to the efforts by the Transport Department. It has been stated that the revenue of private bus operators have gone up as unaccounted money has been controlled and cut outs by the conductors have come under control.
ORDEAL OF JACKSON COUTINHO’S PARENTS by P. Cruz, Vasco Da Gama - Goa
PROGRESS ON JACKSON'S CASE IN GOA BY OUR SATURNINO AND P. CRUZ.
@ 22:30 hrs from Goa
Yesterday in the evening my phone rang up, I picked it up & came to know that Saturnino is in Goa. I was told by him that he arrived in Goa just today and is in contact with Jackson family.
CBI SUBMITS 'CONFIDENTIAL' DOCUMENTS TO JMFC
MARGAO: The central bureau of investigation (CBI) on Wednesday submitted confidential documents to a judicial magistrate first class (JMFC) court in Margao while opposing the application of former tourism minister Francisco "Mickky" Pacheco. Pacheco is seeking the return of his laptops and cellphones seized in the alleged immigration forgery case.
INPUTS ON TERROR ATTACKS IN GOA TO SABOTAGE TOURIST SEASON
PANJIM: The Goa government has termed the recent intelligence inputs about possible terror attacks in the state as moves by certain elements to sabotage the tourist season. "There is always information flashed on television and other media that there is possibility of terror attack little before the tourist season begins," Home Minister Ravi Naik told reporters yesterday expressing doubts about the veracity of the inputs.
VISHWAJEET'S ACHIEVEMENTS by Shobha S Kamat, Agacaim
RECEIVED BY EMAIL
I fully endorse Joaquim Teles’s letter on Heraldo News paper on Health Minister Vishwajeet Rane entitled “Vishwajeet’s contribution”As a Health Minister, he has introduced a lot of new schemes for the improvement of health care in Goa, acquired sophisticated machinery and equipment, and provided and upgraded the infrastructure of the existing hospitals and health centres.
AG SUBODH KANTAK’S CASE AGAINST AIRES ADJOURNED TO 14th OCT
PANJIM: Panjim Civil Judge Senior Division Mr. Edgar Fernandes today adjourned to October 14th at 10 am the civil defamation case filed by Goa’s controversial Advocate General Mr. Subodh Kantak against Adv. Aires Rodrigues.
LOW RANK POLICE OFFICERS PERFORM BETTER THAN THEIR SUPERIORS
PANJIM: In some further embarrassment to an already dented Goa Police it has now been revealed that the low rank police force have performed better than their superiors.
Information sought by Adv. Aires Rodrigues under the Right to Information Act has revealed that just 14% of the low rank police force which includes Assistant Sub Inspectors, Head Constables and Constables have faced disciplinary action.
GCA DIRECTED TO FURNISH INFORMATION UNDER RTI
PANJIM: The Goa State Chief Information Commissioner Mr. Motilal Keny today ruled that the Goa Cricket Association does come under the ambit of the Right to Information Act.
ATALA EVADING HOME LAW: GOA POLICE
PANJIM: Goa police today said that alleged drug peddler Yaniv alias Atala Benaim was in India to avoid punishment in 16 cases pending in his country Israel.
JMFC RESERVES ORDER ON MICKKY'S LAPTOPS & MOBILES
MARGAO: The Judicial Magistrate First Class, Margao has reserved orders in the application filed by former tourism minister Mickky Pacheco for release of his laptops and mobiles phones.
PEIXOTE GOING STRONG: CHURCHILL FAILS
MARGAO: Undaunted by the hue and cry raised by PWD Minister Churchill Alemao and his group, CWC Member Luizinho Faleiro’s close aide Conceissao Piexote appears firmly in the saddle as Navelim Block Congress president.
POLICE SEEKS CANCELLATION OF ANTICIPATORY BAIL
MARGAO: The Nadia Torrado death case has come back to haunt the Torrdao family. In an interesting development, the Crime branch has prayed to the Sessions Court for the cancellation of anticipatory bail granted to Nadia’s brother Konrad.
PONDA POLICE NABS FAKE DOCTORS
MARCEL: Two persons posing as doctors were nabbed by police. Ponda Police on Wednesday arrested two conmen on charges of posing as Ayurvedic doctors from a rented premise at Varkhande-Ponda.
ONE DROWNS OFF CALANGUTE BEACH
PANJIM: An unknown male, aged between 20 to 25 years, drowned off Calangute beach on Wednesday, after he was caught in a rip current and could not be located by the rescue team of the Surf Life Saving Goa.
HI-TECH BY POLLS IN VALPOI
VALPOI: Fingerprinting and photography of all the voters will make the by-elections due in Goa on October 16 different and special. All the voters will be photographed and their finger prints will also be taken at the polling booth itself during the election according to North Goa District Collector Mihir Vardhan. The methods have been adopted to facilitate the election process and make it transparent, he added.
JACKSON COUTINHO - UPDATE FROM GOA by Saturnino Niz Goenkar
(SATURNINO HAS JUST ARRIVED IN GOA FROM OMAN ON 5TH OCTOBER 2010 LATE AT NIGHT AND HAS WITHOUT REST STARTED WORKING JACKSON'S CASE TODAY)
Dear Readers,
Greetings form Goa. It is 19.20 hours in Goa, weather is fine and cool.
This is the latest update from Goa on Jackson Coutinho.
First of all, let me publish the contact number of Jackson's sisters mobile number 0091-9767651317 where you can get Jackon's father Mr. Bridget Coutinho and younger sister Gloria Coutinho.
INDIGO COACH RAMS INTO JET FLIGHT AT DABOLIM
VASCO: In a freak mishap at the Dabolim airport on Tuesday afternoon, an empty passenger coach of the Indigo Airlines rammed into a parked Jet Airways flight preparing to board passengers to Bangalore. No one was injured in the incident.
AG SUBODH KANTAK’S CASE AGAINST AIRES: HEARING ON 7th OCT
PANJIM: The civil defamation case filed by Goa’s controversial Advocate General Mr. Subodh Kantak against Adv. Aires Rodrigues will come up for hearing on 7th October at 10 am before Panaji Civil Judge Senior Division Mr. Edgar Fernandes.
RTI COMPLAINT AGAINST GCA: VERDICT ON 7th OCT
PANJIM: The Goa State Chief Information Commissioner Mr. Motilal Keny will on 7th Oct at 10.30 am pronounce his verdict on the complaint filed by Adv. Aires Rodrigues against the Goa Cricket Association for its refusal to furnish information sought under the Right to Information Act.
DROUGHT TOLERANT RICE GROWN AT BIRONDEM BY PILAR FATHERS
VALPOI: Fr. Inacio Almeida and Fr. Domnic Alvares, the Pilar Fathers have begun cultivation of the drought tolerant rice variety 'Sahbhagi Dhan' at the Zogati Nature Farm in Birondem-Valpoi. The area brought under cultivation was left barren for almost 20 years.
SAVIO'S WIFE PRATIMA TAKES OVER THE REINS
MARGAO: Ward number 16 of the Margao Municipal Council is a mixture of the affluent and the not so affluent. The affluent include a lot of NRIs and the not so affluent comprise the labour class that is mainly concentrated in and around bandh and Azad Nagar.
ANJUNA SHOOTER IN GOA POLICE CUSTODY
PANJIM: An alleged Goan drug dealer, who was onced backed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, has now been accused by police of orchestrating a contract killing from Mumbai's Arthur Road jail.
FAMILY OF MAHANAND PAYS FOR HIS CRIMES
PANJIM: The ordeal of alleged serial killer Mahanand Naik’s family, his wife Pooja had to take transfer out of Goa and his daughter was refused admission in schools, his lawyer said today.
EPF OFFICER CAUGHT BY CBI FOR TAKING BRIBE
PANJIM: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today caught Asst Commissioner of Provident Fund, M. K. Farde red handed while accepting bribe of Rs. 25000 after laying a trap. Acting on the allegation of a manpower management company that Farde had demanded bribe to settle the cases against them, Anti Corruption Bureau raided the EPF office this afternoon and detained the senior EPF officer.
GOA AG’S FEES TO BE BROUGHT ON PAR WITH MAHARASTRA, GUJARAT & KARNATAKA
PANJIM: The Goa Government is to review the fee structure of the Advocate General of Goa to bring it on par with the AGs of Maharastra, Gujarat and Karnataka. The Law Department has informed Adv. Aires Rodrigues under the Right to Information Act that a proposal to this effect is before the Goa Government.
MAUVIN GODINHO-SAVIOUR OF THE DARK FORCES by Yashwant Parab
It is with great trepidation that I read the news in the Goan media that "Mauvin Godinho opposes rail link at Arossim, says link should be removed from draft RP". How dumb can this MLA get when he has shot off a letter to the CM to remove the link from the draft RP? Is Mr. Digamber Kamat a voter of Cansaulim for him to be empowered to remove the rail link from the draft RP for Cansaulim, Arossim & Cuelim?
FAMILIES CONTESTING POLLS: NEW POLITICAL ARENA
MARGAO: Husbands and wives, spouses of Councillors, kith and kin of politicos, former and sitting Councillors are bracing up to throw their hat in the ring for the Margao Municipal polls as the process for filing of nominations got underway on Monday.
CARMONA PROJECT SEES SETBACK FOR RAHEJA'S
MARGAO: Mumbai-based Ms K Raheja Universal has suffered a major setback in its plans to construct bungalows at Carmona village. The Town and Country Planning department has returned the file submitted by the Mumbai based real estate developer back to Carmona Panchayat for reconsideration.
WOMAN FOILS AN ATTEMP OF ROBBERY AT KHANDEPARA
MARCEL: An alert woman foiled a robbery bid of two Karnataka men at Khandepar-Ponda on Sunday night. According to Ponda Police, Basavraj Laxman of Yamuna Nagar-Belgaum was arrested, while his associate managed to flee from the scene.
HAVE POLICE SOUGHT INTER-POL HELP TO GET ATALA?
PANJIM: Questions are being raised over whether Goa Police have really sought Interpol’s help as Israeli drug peddler Yaniv Benaim alias Atala, who is most wanted in Goa was shown by a national television channel walking freely on streets of Rishon Letzion.
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