GOA VOTES: VOTE 4,500 RUPIA OR 420 MLA by Emediavoices, Goa

For weeks we are observing unique heat of wild voices and angered scripts by the readers and writers of Niz Goenkars based not on hatred but on angered voices to blog on the future path for a clean government in your state. For universe a billion year is equivalent to a day and for you friends it’s less than a year to structure the steps to walk on the booths. In a matter of seconds you will then decide the diversion to shape self and the path for your children’s.

CRIME BRANCH DENIES AND ARE ALL SET TO FABRICATE STORIES: CHANDRAKANT SALGAONCAR LIES

PANJIM: The crime branch has submitted a report to the deputy inspector general of police (DIG) claiming that constable Chandru Gawas "must have consumed poison due to personal reasons". The report, submitted by crime branch DySP Chandrakant Salgaonkar to the DIG states, "From Gawas' mobile phone details and other relevant information, it appears that the driver must have consumed poison due to personal reasons.

MICKKY PACHECO DEMANDS THE ARREST OF THE THREE ACCUSED POLICE OFFICERS IN CONSTABLE SUICIDE

PANJIM: Former tourism minister Francisco 'Mickky' Pacheco has demanded that the police register an offence against the three police officials from the crime branch, who have been named by constable Chandru Gawas and arrest them. "Chandru Gawas, in his dying declaration before the special judicial magistrate, said that crime branch officials DySP Chandrakant Salgaonkar: the dirt bag of Goa Police, senior PI Sunita Sawant: an unfit police officer and PI Pravinkumar Vast :the goonda cop. had tortured him and forced him to take the extreme step.

NCP ACCUSES THE THREE CB OFFICERS OF ABETTING SUICIDE OF THE CONSTABLE

PANJIM: A Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) legislator's complaint, accusing three Crime Branch officers of abetting the suicide of a constable, will be examined, the Goa Police Thursday said.  Confirming Benaulim legislator Mickky Pacheco's complaint, Director General of police (DGP) Aditya Arya said: "We are looking into the complaint. The Goa Police have lost one of our family and we are going to get to the bottom of the matter."

GOA GOVERNMENT CHANGES THE APP IN 2004 RIBANDAR CHURCH CASE

PANJIM: The Goa Government has changed the Assistant Public Prosecutor in the 2004 Ribandar Church Case. Assistant Public Prosecutor Mrs. Frances Noronha who was handling the case on behalf of the State has been removed and APP Mrs. Tema Narvekar has been directed to handle the prosecution.

NO ENQUIRY INTO MINE DISASTER DEATHS AS YET

MARGAO: In what clearly highlights the insensitivity of the authorities towards mines safety issues, the government is yet to initiate any probe-police, magisterial or judicial-into the June 17 Cuddegal mine disaster that claimed the lives of three mine workers. Police have registered the deaths as "unnatural".

SJM MARIA MASCARENHAS THREATENED BY PI PRAVEEN VAST TO DELETE HIS NAME FROM CHANDRU’S DYING DECLARATION

PANJIM: Police inspector Praveen Vast has been booked for threatening a special judicial magistrate (SJM) in connection with a case involving the death of a constable, police said Wednesday.  In her complaint, SJM Maria Mascarenhas said Crime Branch officer Praveen Vast had Tuesday night tried to threaten her through an intermediary into deleting his name from the dying declaration of police constable Chandru Gawas, who consumed rat poison while on duty Friday (June 24).

WILL LOK PAL ASSURE US BETTER DAYS AHEAD? by Jose Maria Miranda

Better late than never, the people of India seem to have woken up to the reality that the country is being swindled by a few dishonest and unscrupulous politicians and bureaucrats. But how much of these noises will eventually translate into votes and how much we can really achieve when the choice is between the devil and the deep blue sea, is what needs to be seen.

THE RP2021 SAGA CONTINUES by Freddy Agnelo Fernandes, Dubai

20th June 2011, with great expectations the people of the Canaguinim village went to Quepem to scrutinize the RP 2021 which was kept for viewing and registering of objections if any, through the notification of 6th June 2011, on an English daily.

CS ORDERS PROBE AGAINST APP HANDLING RIBANDAR CHURCH CASE

PANJIM: Chief Secretary of Goa Mr. Sanjay Srivastava has directed the Director of Prosecution Mrs. Shobha Dhumaskar to conduct an inquiry and submit a report into the complaint filed by Adv. Aires Rodrigues against Assistant Public Prosecutor (APP) Mrs. Frances Noronha for her alleged misconduct in the 2004 Ribandar Church trial.

WILL THE REAL GOAN STAND UP PLEASE??? by C.Dias for Niz Goenkar.

We have been writing, reading, talking and hearing the malice’s that are affecting Goa and Goans. This has of late become a daily affair and way of life for most of us.It all started in the year 2007 when the congress (I) government was installed with Digamber Kamat as the chief minister. Since then Goa is being raped and today is sitting on an active volcano of crime, drugs, gambling, illegal mining, custodial deaths, brutal murders,molestation, rapes, cover ups, bribes for government jobs, commission for government contracts, agents in RTO, suicide by government servants, police inability and inefficiency, illegal builders, land sharks, and what not.

AN OPEN EMAIL TO THE PRESIDENT OF TIATR ACADEMY OF GOA AND HIS REPLY by Willie Menino Severes, Majorda (Dubai)

Dear Sir,

Your article on the urgent need for promoting patriotism and nationalism through tiatrs was an excellent read. Our tiatrist's should be patriotic towards our state first if they are to create feelings and raise emotions of patriotism among the huge section of Goan society.But, at this particular moment it does not appear so.

NIGERIAN NATIONAL ASSAULTS A POLICE CONSTABLE OF MAPUCA PS

PANJIM: A Nigerian national was arrested by the Mapusa police for assaulting a constable attached to the Mapusa police station and fracturing his arm.  Constable Upendra Poll was assaulted by Lambart Ekwa, 33, when he apprehended him for not possessing travel documents, including a passport, on Tuesday afternoon.

ARE WE WITNESSING A CRISIS OF CHARACTER IN GOA? by Jose Maria Miranda

Among the many crises we have faced in the last fifty years, the one that ought to dismay us the most and the one which has sullied our reputation the maximum, is the crisis of character. Most of our elders lived by some principles and cherished some values, which they passed on to us, but which many of us either failed to imbibe or to profess. In the consumerist society in which we live, we have exchanged “good” for “goods” and “values” for “value”. We had seen a few turncoats at the time of Liberation.

GOAN NRI’S IN LONDON COME TOGETHER TO END RAMPANT MINING IN GOA

PANJIM: Concerned about the plunder of resources caused by rampant mining in Goa, non-resident Goans (NRGs) in London have come together in a bid to end the pillage. The 'Save Goa Campaign UK' has been started by Carmen Miranda, a former director of the Panos Institute.

DYING DECLARATION OF GAWAS WILL HAUNT HIS SENIOR COPS (Courtesy Herald)

PANJIM:  “Jiv di (give your life)”. This is what PI Vast reportedly said when constable Gawas asked for leave  Police driver Chandru Gawas who spent almost four days in the hospital following a suicide attempt, died while he remained unconconsious almost throughout the day Tuesday evening.

EVERY CONSTABLE IS A POTENTION CHANDRU GAWAS by Juino De Souza (Courtesy Herald)

PANJIM: “I was made to polish and tie the shoe laces of my boss”- Panjim constable

We begin with a day in the life of an ordinary constable in the Goa Police and on a day when one of them, Chandru Gawas has died, after consuming poison, because he could not handle the alleged harassment from his seniors.

73 HOUSES WILL BE DEMOLISHED IN BAINA

VASCO: As many as 73 houses along the Baina stretch to Desterro will be demolished on June 30, as part of efforts to expedite work on the incomplete NH17B.  Owners of the 73 structures have received keys of tenements for the Project Affected People (PAP) from Goa State Rehabilitation Board (GSRB).

THE MOI SAGA CONTINUES by Freddy Agnelo Fernandes, Dubai

Politicians not only in Goa but all over India just love to turn and twist the simplest of issues into ugly communal and religious ones. They are known to do anything and everything possible to divide the people so that they can rule the roost.  Even then people willingly try to jump into this bottomless pit head on.

RIBANDAR CHURCH CASE : “AT LEAST RESPECT THE JUDGES’S CHAIR” JMFC TELLS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

PANJIM: During the proceedings of the 2004 Ribandar Church case against Adv. Aires Rodrigues and 14 others today the Court of Panaji Judicial Magistrate First Class today witnessed a verbal spat between the Judge Mrs. Sarika Faldessai and Assistant Public Prosecutor Mrs. Frances Noronha.

DNA TESTS CONFIRM YOGITA NAIK WAS KILLED BY MAHANAND NAIK

PANJIM: In the Yogita Naik murder case, an expert from central forensic science laboratory, Hyderabad, has concluded through DNA profiling that the body recovered was of the victim, who was allegedly killed by Mahanand Naik in 2009.

HARASSED POLICE CONSTABLE WHO CONSUMED RATOL PASSES AWAY AT GMC - by Atul Naik

PANJIM: The police constable driver, 33 years old Chandru Gawas attached to the Crime Investigation Department, Dona Paula, who had consumed ratol apparently due to work stress, passed away while undergoing treatment at the Goa Medical College and Hospital at Bambolim Tuesday evening, informed police inspector, Mr Ramesh Gaonkar.

POLICE CONSTABLE CHANDRU GAWDE SINKING AFTER AN ATTEMPTED SUICIDE DUE TO HIGHER OFFICIALS HARASSEMENT AND TORTURE

PANJIM: Police Constable Chandru Gawde would have been married by July 9. As he lies on his hospital bed, sinking into a situation where the worst is likely, he has reportedly said enough to a magistrate, to expose how police officials torture their subordinates.

GEORGINA NUNES REFUSES TO TESTIFY IN CIPRIANO MURDER CASE

PANJIM:  The final inquiry into the death of NRI seafarer Cipriano Fernandes has hit a road block as the prime witness has refused to cooperate with the police.Sources say that Georgina Nunes, an eye-witness to the police beating Cipriano, enroute Porvorim to Panjim, has not responded to all four summons issued by the inquiry officer DySP Bossuet S’Silva.

MATANHY SALDANHA DEMANDS THAT GOVT SHIFT NAVAL BASE TO KARWAR

  PANJIM: Former Cortalim MLA Matanhy Saldanha has demanded that the Goa government strongly pursue the ministry of defence with the shifting of the naval training centre at Dabolim to the Karwar naval base.  Pointing out that the government is preparing to spend Rs 10,000 crore on the Karwar naval base expansion, he said the Goa government should demand that the naval training centre be shifted there and be made a part of the expansion programme.

GOGEL WHERE GOD AND THE DEAD LIVE TOGETHER!!!! by Abel Barreto exclusively for Niz Goenkar and Goan villagers.

Sadolxem is a God's own village, where Our Lady of Rosary and Devki goddess have made a permanent abode for themselves by the river Talpona which was enraged on 2nd October 2009.

This unspoilt village where no outsiders are found is unique in n numbers of ways and another wonder of this place which is kept a closely guarded secret and kept aloof from outside invasion is the Gogel on the hills of the Sadolxem village, where water flows directly from the heaven.

STATISTICS OF MANOHAR PARRIKAR by Usko Goenkar

Parrikar, just realized this now? Where was he at the time when illegally “English” was removed from Schools some years ago? If he is a Just person, why did he not cry then? Is he blind not to see the Mining Issues, Drug Issues? Crime’s not being solved, the Bali Issues and all the filth that’s spoiling Goa? No, he does not! Rather he has all the time in the world to fight over a patty issue – “MOI”

YURI FERRAO’S “DADAGIRI” LINKED TO CHURCHILL’S FAMILY HISTORY by NG Crime Reporter in Goa

MARGAO: The district and sessions court on Friday granted conditional anticipatory bail to Yuri Ferrao and Herculan D'Costa, who were booked by the police for allegedly assaulting an Assistant Engineer of the Electricity Department on June 20 at Carmona.

FUN AND REVELRY AS GOANS CELEBRATE POPULAR FESTIVAL Courtesy Gulf Times

DOHA-QATAR:  Goan Welfare Association members at their Sao Joao festival celebrations at Al Andalus compound recently  Members of the Goan Welfare Association (GWA), an organisation of Indian expatriates from the resort state of Goa, recently celebrated a popular festival.

GOA, PORTUGAL By Lucio Mascarenhas

Goa was universally recognized by states around the world as a legitimate part of Greater Portugal from 1510 to 1961. Even the Indian Union recognized - recognizes - this fact, and had a diplomatic mission in Goa until 1954. India recognized that Goans were legitimately citizens of Portugal until after its Occupation of Goa in December 1961, and its subsequent pretense to "Indianize" Goans as "Indians Citizens."

MY THREE QUESTIONS TO THOSE MARATHI SUPPORTERS IN VALPOI by Usko Goenkar

I would really like to ask just three questions to those that support and love Marathi a language of some other state in Valpoi Satari

1. Those 7 Parents that opted for Marathi? Were they Goan or Maharastrians?

DRUGS ON GOAN SHORES ARE PUSHED THROUGH KONKAN BELT IN MAHARASHTRA

PANJIM: The drugs on the Goan shores are increasingly pushed through the neighbouring Konkan belt in Maharashtra, as "it does not have much vigilance as compared to other entry points in the state", a senior Narcotics Control Bureau official said on Monday.

TOURISTS CAUGHT IN RAVE PARTY SITES IN GOA WOULD BE FORCED TO DO COMMUNITY SERVICE

PANJIM: Tourists caught at rave party sites in Goa could henceforth be forced to do community service, an official said on Monday. Superintendent of Police, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Ashok Thakker was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a Goa Police drug awareness programme launched here.

PRIVATE BUSES HARASS STUDENTS OVER HALF TICKETS

PANJIM: Students often complain about private bus operators refusing to accept college identity cards to give them their rightful concessions of half-ticket for inter-state travel. However, students say the harassment is at its peak during weekends and vacation breaks as bus operators are said to claim the students are not eligible for half-tickets when colleges are shut.

POLICE IN WAIT FOR KOKRE’S DISCHARGE TO INVESTIGATE THE MOLEM MURDER CASE

PONDA: Colem police say that they await the discharge of Janardhan Kokre from hospital, in order to continue investigation into the Molem murder case. Kokre was found in an unconscious state on the Mandovi Bridge on June 22, and is currently under medical treatment at the Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim.

WITH REF TO VALMIKI’S PREFERENCE TO PARRIKAR AS CM: REPLY TO VALMIKI by Rupert Coutinho

Dear Senhor Valmiki bab,

I waited patiently for your reply and the others whom I questioned but there was no response on the facts produced by me (THE TRUTH & ONLY THE TRUTH)– you can TRACK THE FULL CHAIN OF FACTS for records.

HOME DEPARTMENT STARTS PROCESS TO RECOVER 4 LAKH FROM FORMER IGP K. D. SINGH

PANJIM: The home department is in the process of recovering over 4 lakh from former state inspector general of police (IGP) K D Singh. The money was spent by the government to fix Singh's official car, which his son Siddharth had driven and crashed in an accident on December 4, 2009.

EDUCATION MINISTER FIRM ON IMPLEMENTING MOI CIRCULAR

PANJIM: Education minister, Atanasio 'Babush' Monserrate, has stepped forward to clear the air over apprehensions that the Medium of Instruction (MoI) circular will not be implemented during the present academic year.

2004 RIBANDAR CHURCH CASE: PI BRAZ MENEZES TO DEPOSE ON

PANJIM: Then Crime Branch Police Inspector Braz Menezes who was one of the Investigating officers in the 2004 Ribandar Church case against Adv. Aires Rodrigues and 14 others will depose on June 28th at 10 am before the Panaji Judicial Magistrate First Class Mrs. Sarika Faldessai. With nine prosecution witnesses already examined PI Braz Menezes is the last prosecution witness though the State and listed 37 witnesses in the charge sheet.

GOA’S POLITICIANS SUPPRESS EC ORDERS FOR FIVE YEARS

PANJIM: Politicians, deputy collectors and mamlatdars colluded to suppress for 5 years, the Election Commission of India's (ECI) order to appoint booth level officers (BLOs), to illegally induct non-eligible voters in the electoral rolls in Goa, the Pilerne Citizens' Forum (PCF) alleged on Saturday.

BBSM GIVES CM A BLACK FLAG WELCOME FOR THE INAUGURATION OF SPORTS COMPLEX AT BORIMOL

MARGAO: Activists and supporters of Bhartiya Bhasha Suraksha Manch (BBSM) descended upon the venue of the inauguration of the sports complex at Borimol, Quepem, on Sunday and welcomed chief minister Digambar Kamat with black flags and anti-government slogans. The protestors, were however, not allowed to come any closer to the venue by the police.

BBSM INTENSIFY PROTEST AGAINST ENGLISH MOI

MARGAO: While intensifying their protest against the government's decision to give grants to English in primary schools, the public meeting called by Bhartiya Bhasha Suraksha Manch (BBSM) at Lohia Maidan on Saturday received an overwhelming response.

CHURCHES AND POLITICIANS by Diogo Lazarus Pereira, Oman

The recent courage shown by our two priests Fr. Eremito and Fr. Kevin Rodrigues in standing shoulder to shoulder with the villagers of Arrosim in the murderous death of Melvyn Gomes should be highly appreciated by every Niz Goenkar. Their support has strengthened the cause of the villagers to help bring to book the culprits and strengthen the unity. The move is seen by all as a social cause without trails of any political flavour.

IS THE MAYOR OF PANJIM SUPERSTITIOUS? by Adv. Aires Rodrigues, Ribandar

Is the Mayor of Panjim superstitious? After refusing to sit in the Mayors’s car which was earlier used by his predecessors Tony Rodrigues and Caroline Po he has also got the antique Mayor’s chair changed. Will he now also ask for a new desk? He may also seek a new door for his cabin or change the cabin itself.

ALEMAO VERSUS JADHAV FOR GBOA PRESIDENCY

MARGAO: A keen tussle is on the cards to control the affairs of the Goa Barge Owners Association (GBOA) With elections to elect a new Managing committee scheduled on June 29, Warren Alemao has thrown his hat in the ring and has floated his own panel against incumbent President Atul Jadhav.

BAN POLITICIANS FROM SPORTS by Willie Menino Severes, Majorda (Dubai)

Our politicians seem to spread their tentacles everywhere. Nowadays, no sport in India is free from interference of politicians. Almost every association is run by a politician or bureaucrat. Administering sports is surely not their core skills. So why sports bodies should be governed by corrupt politicians and bureaucrats as if it is their inheritance? They have proved to be incompetent and corrupt administrators, ruining sports in this country.

ENGLISH FAVOURED BY VALPOI PEOPLE By Abdulla Khan, Valpoi

VALPOI: The survey of parents, conducted in Satari taluka on the issue of medium of instruction at the primary level, found that parents from the interior villages of Satari prefer Marathi; however, many parents stated that due to the absence of English-medium primary schools in the coastal villages, most of the parents have no choice but to enroll their children in the government primary schools, which has Marathi as medium of instruction.

URMILA SALGAONKAR’S OF FOOD POISONING CASE BAIL REJECTED

MARGAO: The principal district and sessions judge, Bimba Thali, on Friday rejected the anticipatory bail application filed by Urmila Salgaonkar, the president of Saraswati Mahila Mandal, a self-help group (SHG). The court held that several students were affected due to the food supplied by the group to Murgao High School at Sada, Mormugao, this month.

MANOHAR PARRIKAR POINTS OUT IRREGULARITIES AND ILLEGALITIES IN GRANT OF AID TO ENGLISH MOI

PANJIM: Pointing out to irregularities and illegalities in the cabinet decision to give grants to English medium schools, leader of opposition Manohar Parrikar, in his letter to chief secretary Sanjay Srivastava, demanded immediate withdrawal of the MoI circular.

BBSM ACTIVISTS ARRESTED UNDER SECTION 151 OF Cr.P.C.

PANJIM: Bharatiya Bhasha Suraksha Manch (BBSM) activists on Friday staged a dharna outside Kala Academy, Panjim, a few minutes before chief minister Digambar Kamat could arrive to launch the diabetes registry in the state. BBSM was protesting the government's decision to provide grants to English medium primary schools.

HIGH COURT DISMISSES PETITION OF Dy COLLECTOR JOHNSON FERNANDES

PANJIM: The high court of Bombay at Goa recently dismissed a petition filed by deputy collector Johnson Fernandes challenging a fine of Rs 2000 imposed on him by the Goa state information commission (GSIC) for delay in furnishing information under the Right to Information Act, 2005.  Fernandes, who is also a public information officer (PIO), had failed to give information sought by an applicant Minguel Monterio within a period of 30 days.

MARGAO POLICE ARREST EIGHT MEMBERS OF A GANG OF THIEVES

MARGAO: The Margao town police on Friday arrested eight persons of a gang involved in various cases of thefts. The accused, Saddam Ansari, Anwar Gaus, Nadim Khan, Raju Lingudkar, Sanju Lingudkar, Ulhas Malgaokar, Kalpesh Shirodkar and Axel Fernandes, were later remanded to eight days in police custody.

CAMPAIGN AGAINST DRUGS TO BE LAUNCHED BY GOA POLICE ON 27TH JUNE

PANJIM: The Goa Police in collaboration with Muktangan Rehabilitation Center of Pune and state unit of Narcotics Control Bureau will launch a year-long awareness campaign against drugs on June 27, as part of the 'International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking', which is observed every year on June 26.

CBI BEGINS PROBING THE GOA POLICE LINKS WITH DRUG DEALERS

PANJIM: Federal investigators have begun a probe into suspected links between police in the beach resort state of Goa and two alleged drug dealers, a senior official said yesterday. The deputy inspector general of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in Mumbai, Pravin Salunke, said the investigation started on Wednesday and would see a number of officers questioned in addition to the alleged dealers.

GOA CHURCH ATTACKS GOVT OVER DRUGS MENACE IN GOA

PANJIM: Expressing 'deep concern' over the rampant drug trade in the state, the Goa church Saturday said steps taken by the state government had failed to curb the menace.  Drug abuse, which was so far a social evil restricted to the coastal, tourist-oriented fringe of Goa, was now slowly moving towards the hinterland amidst chronic inaction by the police to nip drug-related crime, said the Council for Social Justice and Peace (CSJP), a social arm of Goa's influential Roman Catholic Church, in a statement.

TOURIST VISA NORMS RELAXED BY CENTRE GOA TOURISM INDUSTRY REJOICE

PANJIM: The Goa tourism industry has welcomed the central government's decision to relax tourist visa norms which some organisations here had maintained were squelching tourism prospects in the sunny beach state. Ralph de Souza, spokesperson for the Travel and Tourism Association of Goa (TTAG), said the decision to allow multiple entry on a tourist visa and a stay in India for 180 days, spread over a year, was just what the doctor ordered as far as attracting repeat European tourists was concerned.

GOA BECOMING DOWRY DESTINATION? by Mayabhushan Nagvenkar (IANS)

PANJIM: Already infamous as a drugs-and-sex destination, Goa may now have to contend with another unsavoury association - dowry. Four dowry cases, including two dowry-related deaths, have rocked the state over the last three weeks, with women's groups alleging that the spurt only goes to show that not all is well in Goa, supposedly one of India's most progressive states.

FROM FEB 2005 TO MAY 2011 GOA AG PAID RS 5,13,11, 750

PANJIM: The Goa Government has paid its Advocate General Mr. Subodh Kantak Rs 5 crores 13 lakhs 11,750 for the period from 14th Feb 2005 to May 2011. The Law department has informed Adv. Aires Rodrigues under the Right to Information Act that the amount paid to the Advocate General Subodh Kantak is by way of his professional fees, retainership and other allowances.

LOUTOLIM CELEBRATES ST. JOAO FEAST AT ANCESTRAL GOA, BIG FOOT (Courtesy Navhind Times)

LOUTOLIM: Sao Joao was celebrated at Ancestral Goa, Big Foot, Loutolim. The celebration started with members of the Gawda community playing the ghumat at the ‘maand’.

SO YOU THOUGHT YOUR CHILD WOULD BE TAUGHT IN ENGLISH IN 2011? By Gerard D Souza (Courtesy Herald)

PANJIM: The battle for English may have been won but the battle prize will take over a year to be delivered.  According to sources in the education department and the government it will be a miracle if the first class in the English medium is held in any school in Goa in the calendar year 2011 or even the academic year ending in March 2012.

CM FACES PROTESTS AT TWO PUBLIC FUNCTIONS - HD

PANIJM: Chief Minister Digambar Kamat faced protests at two public functions at Kala Academy and National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) at Dona Paula, Friday over the medium of instruction (MoI) issue.  Panjim police picked up 15 activists from the Dinanath Mangueshkar auditorium, Kala Academy ahead of the formal function where CM was to launch diabetic registry in the State.

CHURCHILL STARTS HIS SAME OLD GAMES: NOW THREATENS TO QUIT OVER MOI

PANJIM: The Medium of Instruction issue went into another tailspin late Friday evening, with senior Congress leaders reacting furiously over what they perceive as attempts to sabotage the May 25 decision of the Government to give grants to English.

WHERE IS THIS ALL TAKING US? by James Carvalho

History is proof that evil regimes were eventually destroyed by the enslaved society and the perpetrators were made to pay for all the harassment they caused to the people. Recently even the Arab region witnessed severe turmoil and governance verging on the borders of Dictatorship, were uprooted and sent reeling causing severe damage to life and property.

GOAN MBA: GOOD BY ISO, HACCAP, ISO: WE STARVE by Emediavoice Goa.

We eat raw worms, wild ants or grasshoppers phoned our” friend, a mother of 3 of Goan origin married and settled in Libya”. “Tell our friends (in Europe or in Goa) to save Libya and not disintegrate like India and Pakistan. It’s healthy and there are no WTO market’s standards over here”. The mad dogs are bombing us and the Vatican City is enjoying with Italian wine of Roman Emperors”

INDIANS AND THEIR INDIAN CULTURE WHICH IS ABOUT TO DESCEND ON GOANS

MEERUT: In a shocking incident, a teenage girl was allegedly sold thrice for money by her family, police said.  In her complaint, the 18-year-old girl alleged that she was first sold for Rs 1 lakh at the age of 15 by her mother, uncle and grandfather to a man named Amit, whom she later married. 

WHEN THESE KUWAITIS WILL CIVILISE THEMSELVES? By A. Veronica Fernandes, Kuwait

The most ugly crime in Kuwait repeatedly committed by some cruel Kuwaitis is the crime of ‘Maltreatment’ of their Maids. Maid beatings, Maid burnings and Maid killings are the constant happenings in Kuwait I have been hearing of and reading in the local media since over 3 decades now of my employment in Kuwait.

CBI BEGINS INVESTIGAITON INTO “DESTROYED EVIDENCE” CASES OF GOA: EVIDENCE DESTROYERS RAVI NAIK AND CHANDRACANTO SALGAONCAR

PANJIM: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has said that they will be recording the statement of Swedish model Lucky Farmhouse as a part of their investigation into the policemen-drug peddler nexus cases in Goa.  Will CBI get anything after Ravi Naik destroyed all the evidence against his son with the help of Chandrakant Salgaoncar?

CBI TO INVESTIGATE THOROUGHLY THE POLICE DRUG NEXUS CASE: IS IT TRUTH OR A BLUFF WITH CHANDRAKANT SALGAONCAR DESTROYING EVIDENCE.

PANJIM: After registering the police-drug dealer nexus and Dudu cases, the central bureau of investigation (CBI) SP S S Gavali said that they will thoroughly investigate all the aspects of the case in the state.  Will the CBI succeed after Chandrakant Salgaoncar has destroyed all the evidence in the cases under his master Ravi Naik’s instance?

COURT URGED TO SEEK GOA ARCHBISHOP’S HELP TO ENSURE FATHER NEWTON RODRIGUES’S PRESENCE IN COURT

PANJIM: Adv. Aires Rodrigues has sought that the Court seek the help of Archbishop of Goa to ensure the presence of Father Newton Rodrigues in court to depose in the 2004 Ribandar Church case. In an application to Panjim Judicial Magistrate First Class Mrs. Sarika Faldessai, Adv Rodrigues has asked that the Court issue an order to the Archbishop of Goa to take all possible steps to ensure that Father Newton Rodrigues remains present in Court.

PP SEEKS CUSTODIAL INTERROGATIONS OF ASSISTANT ENGINEER ASSAULTERS

MARGAO: Special public prosecutor Subhash Dessai on Thursday sought custodial interrogation of Yuri Ferrao and Herculan D'Costa, who approached the session’s court seeking anticipatory bail in connection with a case registered against them for allegedly assaulting an assistant engineer of electricity department at Carmona on June 20.

MID-DAY MEAL OR POISON? IS EDUCATION, HEALTH DEPARTMENTS AND FDA NOT EQUALLY RESPONSIBLE? by Nisser Dias

Last week as many as 52 students from Murgao High School had to hospitalized after consuming free mid-day meal dished out to them, which was prepared by Saraswati self help group (SHG). As we all know that this is not the first instance where this particular SHG has been responsible for the serving poisoned meal to the students as it had happened just two years back, but still this SHG managed to bag the contract even after being blacklisted.

A NIGHT TO REMEMBER by Willie Menino Severes, Majorda (Dubai)

For the first time in Kuwait, Sao Joao Fiesta - A feast of Fun, Food & Dance to be organized by Kuwait Goan Association. It is a full day family programme on 24 June 2011 from 12 noon onwards at the Carmel School Auditorium - Kheitan.

DO NOT CURTAIL THE POWER OF THE LOKPAL BILL by Freddy Agnelo Fernandes, Dubai

The three most supreme officers in the Indian democracy are the President, Prime Minister and the Chief Justice of India and as such all three offices must be beyond reproach. But are they any different than any other ordinary Indians in terms of rights and privileges through the Constitution of India?

INCOMPETENT EDUCATION DEPARTMENT? by Joel Morais, Cuncolim

The recent blunder with regard to the SSC and HSSC results confirms where the Education department of Goa Stands? When everything was running smoothly the Education department suddenly came up with a foolish idea of changing the Education medium to local language till 8th standard and that gave rise to the MOI controversy which looks like turning political presently.

CBI REGISTERS ‘WHAT IS LEFT OVER’ CASE OF POLICE-DRUGS NEXUS AND DUDU CASE

PANJIM: The central bureau of investigation's (CBI) anti-corruption bureau (ACB) on Wednesday registered Goa's infamous police drug nexus case and Dudu case as per the directions of the high court of Bombay at Goa. The PSI Sunil Gudlar case, however, is yet to be registered on technical ground.

POLITICIANS AND JOURNALISTS ARE OFF THE LIST OF CBI IN GOA’S DRUG NEXUS TRADE

PANJIM: Politicians and journalists are off the radar of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which has taken charge of Goa's drug nexus probe, an official said Thursday.  The CBI, which took over the investigations Wednesday, will probe three criminal cases involving nine policemen and two Israeli drug dealers, and also the overall drug trade scenario in Goa.

SUSHILA NAIK, OH THOU PONTIUS PILOT! by Freddy Agnelo Fernandes

Reading through the Costa’s ground saga at Aquem my heart bleeds at the acrimony that’s displayed by our bureaucrats and authorities. The ruling dispensation of the Margao Municipal council has infact reduced the Aam Janata to mere fools and asses.

FATHER NEWTON RODRIGUES NOW SEEKS TO WITHDRAW COMPLAINT AGAINST AIRES

PANJIM: The former Parish Priest of Ribandar Fr. Newton Rodrigues currently Pastor of St. Bernadette Church at Calgary in Canada today sought to withdraw the complaint filed by him in 2004 against Adv. Aires Rodrigues and 14 others. Adv. Amit Palekar appearing on behalf of Father Newton Rodrigues today submitted before Panjim Judicial Magistrate First Class Mrs. Sarika Faldessai an application signed by Father Newton Rodrigues seeking withdrawal of the case.

POLICE UNDER PRESSURE FROM NGOs ARREST RASIKAs HUSBAND

PANJIM: One month after 30-year-old Rasika Kutikar's body was found at her house in Mandur, Dongrim, the Agacaim police on Wednesday-under pressure from NGOs-arrested her husband, Guruprasad Kutikar, 36, and mother-in-law Jayshree Kutikar, 70, in connection with her death.

PEOPLE LIVING IN IRON ORE MINING BELT OF GOA INHALE MORE DUST PARTICLES BEYONG PERMISSIBLE LEVELS

PANJIM: People living in the Iron Ore mining belt of Goa inhale more dust particles than permissible levels which can be highly hazardous to their health, according to a State Pollution Control Board study.  The data collected by Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) from seven crucial mining areas has disclosed that the particulate materials of 2.5 and 10 microns were much above the permissible levels in these localities, which are thickly populated.

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR WATCHES AS A RAPIST IS RELEASED FREE

PANJIM: To the utter surprise of the public a 25-year old man convicted of raping a 15-year old girl was allowed to go scot free, which was not opposed by the Government’s public prosecutor, Carlos Ferreira.  It solely appears that the neither the prosecution nor the police were interested in filing an appeal against the release of the convicted rapist.

FOUR THIEVES THRASHED BY LOCALS BEFORE HANDING OVER TO THE POLICE

MARGAO: Four persons were caught by the public on Wednesday noon after they tried to steal a Power Tiller from the paddy fields at Benaulim last night.  The irate mob damaged a car and a pick-up van used to lift away the power tiller and gave the accused persons a thrashing of their lives and then handed them over to the Colva police.

GOVT TRANSFERS JIVBA DALVI TO POLICE HEADQUARTERS WITH INQUIRY PENDING AGAINST HIM

PANJIM: After misbehaviour and false recording of a crime, then himself personally destroying the evidence of the murder of Melwyn Gomes, the dirty PI Jivba Dalvi is only transferred to Police Headquarters which is an easy way to save him from the law by the higher police officials

FATHER CHICO MONTEIRO – AN INSPIRATION TO THE TRUE GOAN HEART by Bendo Juze

I was trying to answer a tricky question I had posed to myself and Many more. Can we find someone like Dr. Jack Sequeira. Our Children are taught in History Books that the Portuguese were Tyrants. Above all they are taught thet the Marathas were Good Kings. Strange. History will tell who was better. Have any of our Textbooks ever mentioned about Dr.Jack. Sequeira who actually saved the Goan Identity.

PROMISES AND LIES by Willie Menino Severes, Majorda (Dubai)

Valanka Alemao, an aspirant to the Benaulim seat in the forthcoming assembly elections has said that plight of the Colva beach shocks her, and that cleaning up the beaches of South Goa are her priorities. – HERALD 22nd JUNE 2011

YET ANOTHER AGITATION THIS TIME AT DHARBANDORA

PONDA: Around hundred Dharbandora villagers, most of them women, blocked the mining traffic near panchayat office at Dharbandora, on Wednesday, over the issue of the slippery condition of the road caused by the mining trucks, despite the strong police presence at the site.

ARTIFICIAL INDIAN MONARCHS THRU ARTIFICIAL DYNASTIC RULE By A Veronica Fernandes

During the British rule in India, Indians were made to adore and accept British Monarchical rule. After the independence Congress Party of India inherited the role of British Monarchy where Indians were either voluntarily or involuntarily made to adore and accept Congressmen as Indian Monarchs. Nehru became the first De Facto Monarch of India and his rule and word became sanctified. No Indian would easily question him firmly even if he was wrong.

CS WRITES TO UNION HOME MINISTRY FOR THREE IPS OFFICIALS FOR GOA

PANJIM: The state Chief Secretary, Mr Sanjay Kumar Shrivastava has written to the Union home ministry, the cadre controlling authority of Indian Police Service officials, seeking placement of three IPS officials in the state to man various vacant posts in the police department.

POLICE OFFICIALS DISMISSAL DEMANDED BY TWO PRIESTS

PANJIM: Two Goan priests demanded the dismissal of a police inspector for helping a hotel promoter cover up the alleged murder of a parishioner near Panjim on June 22. Father Kevin Rodrigues, a chaplain at Arossim church, and Father Eremito Rebello met Director General of Police (DGP) Aditya Arya and sought the dismissal of police Inspector Jivba Dalvi.

DGP FOR CBI ENQUIRY:STATE GOVT FOR JUDICIAL ENQUIRY, GOVT ANGRY WITH DGP

PANJIM: Goa Director General of Police (DGP) Aditya Arya's move of seeking a CBI inquiry into the Bali incident, even as the Chief Minister assured a judicial probe into the happenings at the tribal agitation, has irked the state government.  State Law Secretary Pramod Kamat told reporters here on Wedesday that the DGP's act was "confusing".

JOURNALISTS PROTEST AGAINST DGP FOR HIS COMMENTS AGAINST MEDIA

PANJIM: Journalists in Goa protested against the Director General of Police Aditya Arya for his comments against media recently. Arya had spoken against media, following a row over his statements that he would have ordered fire on the tribals protesting at Balli on May 25.

2004 RIBANDAR CHURCH CASE: LAST PROSECUTION WITNESS TO BE EXAMINED ON JUNE 23rd

PANJIM: The trial of Adv. Aires Rodrigues and 14 others in the 2004 Ribandar Church case will continue on June 23rd at 10 am before the Panjim Judicial Magistrate First Class Mrs. Sarika Faldessai.  The Court will continue with the cross examination of Old Goa Police Sub Inspector H.L.Hanshakutti who had initially investigated the case. Inspector Braz Menezes who later investigated the case at the Crime Branch will also depose in Court as the last prosecution witness.

POLITICAL SUMMARY OF GOA AT THE MOMENT: GOA ABOUT TO BE TAKEN OVER by Dalia

It is high time Goans should wake up if still sleeping. The politicians are about to take over Goa. Goa will no longer belong to the Goans but to the politicians who will think they are the new emperors of Goa. Goans please wake up and do not vote the current politicians, their families who join politics and their friends who are about to enter politics to make money.

FAMILY MEMBERS OF DEAD ARROSIM MAN SUSPECT FOUL PLAY by John Pereira

Family members of Arossim man who died under mysterious circumstances suspect foul play. Rest assured Melvin had definitely seen something he should not have done and was murdered. On what grounds is the Verna Police stating that he died of natural causes?

PROTEST RALLY AGAINST JIVBA DALVI BY ARROSIM LOCALS

VASCO: Villagers of Arossim on Tuesday took out a protest rally in Cansaulim-Arossim-Cuelim areas, demanding immediate dismissal of the Verna PI, Mr Jivba Dalvi for shoddy investigation into the mysterious death of Melvyn Gomes whose body was recovered from a construction site of a hotel in Utorda.

GOVERNMENT TO CREATE A DATABASE OF ALL PENSIONERS

PANJIM: The state government is preparing to create a database of its employees and pensioners as recommended by the Thirteenth Finance Commission. All states are required to prepare such records and in order to facilitate Goa to build such a database. The central government has already provided funds as grant-in-aid to Goa.

POET AND PLAYWRIGHT VISHNU WAGH RESIGNS AS THE PRESS AND MEDIA ADVISOR.

PANJIM: The noted poet and playwright, Vishnu Wagh, on Tuesday, tendered his resignation as the press and media advisor of the state government, affiliated to the department of information and publicity, as a mark of protest against the government decision to provide grants to the English primary schools in Goa.

NOTICE ISSUED TO CHURCHILL AND REGINALDO BY THE SPEAKER

PANJIM: The Speaker, Mr Pratapsing Rane, on Tuesday, issued notices to Mr Churchill Alemao, the Navelim MLA, and Mr Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco, the Curtorim MLA, to appear before him on June 30 in a fresh disqualification petition filed by Mr Francisco Xavier Pacheco, the Nationalist Congress party MLA from Benaulim.

STATEMENT OF WITNESSES WERE TYPED ON FATHER NEWTON RODRIGUES’S COMPUTER

PANJIM: Old Goa Police Sub Inspector H.L.Hanshakutti who had initially investigated the 2004 Ribandar Church case against Adv. Aires Rodrigues and 14 other Ribandar residents today told Panjim Judicial Magistrate First Class Mrs. Sarika Faldessai. that the statements of the five witnesses including Mrs. Cynthia Fernandes recorded on 17th August 2004 at 10.30 am were recorded and typed on Father Newton Rodrigues’s computer at the Ribandar Church.

POLICE NOW UNDER PUBLIC PRESSURE REGISTER A MURDER CASE IN DEATH OF MELVIN

VERNA: The Verna police on Monday night registered a suspected murder case against some unknown person in the death of Melvyn Gomes (30), a resident of Arossim, after a mob of over 500 protestors staged a morcha at the Verna police station.

REVOLUTION DAY BOYCOTT BY FREEDOM FIGHTERS by Rozario Menezes

It has been reported in the print and visual media that the freedom fighters protested against the official Goa revolution day celebration of 15 June and after the dignitaries had left, threw aside the flowers placed by the dignitaries on the memorial, purified the memorial with bottles of mineral water before placing their own flowers.

TACKLING PANJIM’S GARBAGE SHOULD BE A PRIORITY by Adv. Aires Rodrigues, Ribandar

The current debate on whether Panjim should have a football stadium needs a careful consideration. More urgent though is the question whether the already congested city can sustain and cope with a football stadium. A full fledged stadium on the outskirts of the City may be an idea. Possibly the uncultivated fields along the Panjim - Ribandar causeway could be considered as it would still be within the jurisdiction of the CCP.

SUSPENDED COLLECTOR G. P. NAIK LIKELY TO BE REINSTATED

PANJIM: South Goa collector G P Naik, who was suspended on the eve of his retirement, is likely to be reinstated soon as a magisterial inquiry has given him a clean chit. "If the government accepts the report of the magisterial inquiry submitted on June 3, he may be reinstated any time," a government offical said.

THE MASKS BEGIN TO DROP – by Soter D

For several years the communalists and mergerists had managed to conceal their true faces behing secular masks. They mingled within secular initiatives and made the right noises at the right places. For the last several months these masks have begun to drop one by one no sooner they discovered that their gimmicks have been exposed.

UDAY BHEMBRE’S GRAND DAUGHTER IS STUDYING IN ENGLISH MEDIUM PRIMARY SCHOOL AT MARGAO

(This Article appeared in the local Daily Herald and has been received through e-mail)

MARGAO: Bharatiya Bhasha Suraksha Manch leader and eminent Konkani writer, Advocate Uday Bhembre on Saturday admitted that his grand daughter is studying in an English medium primary school in Margao.

OUTRAGED TRIBAL LEADERS CALL DGP ‘GENERAL DYER OF GOA’

PANJIM: Outraged tribal leaders o Monday called Goa's Director General of Police (DGP) the 'General Dyer of Goa', after the top cop said on Saturday that he would have "ordered fire" during a tribal rights agitation that took place on May 25 at Bali.

ENGLISH OPPONENTS THREATENS TO SET UP AGITATION

PANJIM: The opponents of grant of recognition to English as a medium of instruction (MOI) in the state-aided primary schools on Monday threatened to step up the agitation.  "We will boycott and protest at all the government functions where ministers and legislators from ruling camp are present....We may even forcibly disrupt functions," said Pundalik Naik, a veteran writer and leader of Bharatiya Bhasha Suraksha Manch (BBSM), at a press conference here today.

THE SECOND REVOLUTION COMING THIS TIME TO PROMOTE KONKANI by K. R. Sreenivas

Cries of Konkani Revolution Rocks rent the air at Campal on the evening of June 18, the day that is celebrated as the revolution day of Goa, with live music and a spirit of bonhomie. It was an evening to promote the cultural extravaganza of Goa by some of the best musicians that Goa has seen. They were still fresh from a recent trip to Amersfoort, where several Goans went with the banner of Konkani Rocks Europe, mesmerizing the crowds there with the message of promoting Konkani and its culture.

UTAA ACTIVISTS WILL FILE COMPLAIN AGAINST DGP OF GOA

MARGAO: Taking strong exception to the statements made by the DGP Aditya Arya that he would have ordered firing had he been there at the time of the Balli incident, United tribals association alliance (UTAA) has decided to lodge a complain against the police brass with the national human rights commission, even as it demanded Arya's immediate transfer from the state.

MAJOR BLOW TO RAHEJA CHRYSALIS IN CARMONA

MARGAO: Mumbai-based Ms K Rajeha Universal’s residential project “Raheja Chrysalis” in Carmona village has suffered a major blow with the Goa State Environment Impact Assessment Authority deciding not to grant prior Environmental Clearance to the real estate developer.

RASTA ROKO AGITATION BY WOMEN OF DHARBANDORA AGAINST MINING PROBLEMS

KERI: Alleging that the government has failed to provide a solution to their problems caused by mining transportation, women of Dharbandora have threatened to stage a rasta roko on Monday if mining tipper trucks are allowed to transport mineral ore through the small town.

WELL DONE MR MICHAEL D’SOUZA by Freddy Agnelo Fernandes

Well done Mr. Michael D’Souza, Member Secretary, Goa-SEIAA. I wish all other bureaucrats had back bone like yours to stand against the illegalities and anomalies all over Goa. Raheja’s had it coming after flouting every rule and law in the book pertaining to the said project, that has been in the news more often than not and for all the wrong reasons at that.

RAVI NAIK SAYS GOA HAS PROGRESSED A LOT AFTER LIBERATION

PONDA: The Ponda MLA and Home Minister, Mr Ravi Naik, on Saturday, said that Goa has progressed a lot in every field after attainment of Liberation. But public also say that MLA’s like Ravi Naik have progressed a lot in money making which became easier to them after the liberation.

VALIANT ACT BY LOCALS OF BAGA AS HARYANA TOURIST FIRES SHOTS TO FRIGHTEN THE LOCAL GOANS

PANJIM: Three tourists from Haryana were injured in a violent altercation with local residents who retaliated after one of them fired gun shots in the air at Baga on Saturday. The locals acted well in defence of their locality and fellow Goans said Sudesh a Goan who was out for a picnic at Baga. 

PROGRAMMES ORGANISED TO CELEBRATE GOA REVOLUTION DAY

PANJIM: Various programmes were organized across the state to celebrate 65th Goa Revolution Day (or is it a Goa doomsday) to pay tribute to martyrs and other freedom fighters (real and original?) who fought for Goa's liberation from the Portuguese.  It was to commemorate the call given by Dr Ram Manohar Lohia from Margao to the people of Goa to join the freedom movement on the same day in 1946.

2004 RIBANDAR CHURCH CASE TRIAL TO CONTINUE ON JUNE 21ST

PANJIM: The trial of Adv. Aires Rodrigues and 14 other Ribandar residents in the 2004 Ribandar Church case will continue on June 21st at 10 am before the Panaji Judicial Magistrate First Class Mrs. Sarika Faldessai.

FACT FINDING COMMITTEE FORMED BY BJP

PANJIM: Even as Goa government is waiting for the Bombay high Court to assign a judge to investigate Bali violence, BJP has announced formation of a seven-member fact finding committee to probe the incident. BJP's Goa unit chief, Laxmikant Parsekar, told reporters on Sunday that the committee will reconstruct the events of May 25 at Bali village.

RULES NOT VIOLATED REITERATES MANOHAR PARRIKAR

PANJIM: Breaking his silence on the issue of entering the police lock-up along with 13 others without the required permissions to meet those accused in the Balli violence case, opposition leader Manohar Parrikar claimed he had not violated any rules.

GOVT SCHOOLS IN PONDA BREAKS LAW BY NOT GIVING CHOICE TO PARENTS TO CHOOSE MOI

PONDA: Although parents across Goa now have a right to choose the medium of instruction for their children, 17 government primary schools (GPS) in Ponda do not give parents any option.  This is because the circular issued by directorate of education specifies that there should be at least 20 students for a division if their parents wish to select English as medium of instruction. All these 17 GPS' have 10 or less students enrolled.

POLICE ISSUE LOOKOUT NOTICE FOR URMILA SALGAONKAR IN FOOD POISONING CASE

VASCO: Mormugao police on Saturday issued a look out notice for the president of Saraswati Mahila Mandal, Urmila Salgaonkar. For almost three days police have failed to nab her.  Prashal Desai, PSI said, "Along with her photographs and other details we have given a circular to all the police stations across Goa to arrest her as soon as she is found." 

FREEDOM FIGHTER ARRESTED BY POLICE IN MARGAO

PANJIM: Prominent freedom fighter was arrested by the police in Margao while some 50 Bharatiya Bhasha Suraksha Manch (BBSM) activists courted arrest in Panjim on Saturday, which was celebrated as the Goa Revolution Day.  Freedom fighters and BBSM activists were protesting in Margao and Panjim, against the government’s decision to give grants to English medium primary schools.

NOW FREEDOM FIGHTERS CLEAN MEMORIAL AT AZAD MOIDAN by JoeGoaUk

“Soon after the main function was over, the Freedom Fighters who were protesting outside went to the Martyrs Memorial, threw away the flowers/wreath placed by CM, Governor and other VIPs, cleaned/washed the contaminated or polluted? Area with mineral water and then paid their own floral tribute”

BEDXELL’OLEM BHARATIYANCHO SONSTHA ANI TANCHE MUNIS LTD by Rupert Coutinho, Dubai

Bedxell'olem Bharatiyancho Sonstha ani tanchem Munis Ltd. is what Goans have percieved is the real expansion of BBSM and this Company is Limited and waning but has unlimited liabilities. The uncivilised behaviour, the rise of the AXIS OF EVIL, the display of the demons, the hooliganism and the arrogance is what painted Goa pitch black on 6th June 2011.

MOLESTATION CASE AGAINST FATHER NEWTON RODRIGUES WAS INVESTIGATED BY A RIBANDAR PARISHIONER

PANJIM: A copy of the Police noting sheets obtained by Adv. Aires Rodrigues under the Right to Information Act has revealed that the Ribandar Church molestation case involving the then Ribandar Parish Priest, Fr. Newton Rodrigues was investigated by then Crime Branch Police Inspector Mrs. Ezilda D’Souza who herself was a parishioner of Ribandar Church.

QUE SERA, SERA by Freddy Agnelo Fernandes, Dubai

As I deliberate over the issues facing Goa and our responses to the crisis, past and present I just can’t help but relate our Goan “susegadh” attitude to a song sung by Doris Day, “Que sera sera, what ever will be will be, the future is not ours to see, que sera, sera”!

DGP ADITYA ARYA DECLARES “I WOULD HAVE ORDERED FIRING ON THE MOB IN BALI”

PANJIM:  The Director General of Police (DGP) in Goa, Aditya Arya today said that he would have ordered a police firing on the tribals, who held agitations in Bali village on May 25. The statement immediately sparked off a controversy in the state, with the tribal leaders saying that the DGP’s views show how biased the government machinery is towards the tribals fighting for their rights.

NO FREEDOM FIGHTERS WILL BE PRESENT FOR JUNE 18 FUNCTION

PANJIM: Goa Revolution Day will be quite different from the past this time. While the state government will have its state-level function at Azad Maidan in Panjim on June 18, the Goa, Daman and Diu Freedom Fighters Association has decided to boycott the function saying that the government decision to give grants to English medium primary school would lead to 'deculturalization'.

FREEDOM FIGHTERS AND ACTIVISTS ARRESTED ON GRD OVER MOI

PANJIM: Several freedom fighters and activists were arrested across the state today after protests against English as the Medium of Instruction (MOI) turned tense and louder on Goa Revolution Day.  Around 100 people including famous writers, theatre artists and even a former IAS officer were arrested near Azad Maidan, where a state function was being addressed by the Governor and the Chief Minister Digambar Kamat.

ADVERTISEMENT BY DUBAI GOANS by Freddy Agnelo Fernandes

The advertisement on Herald dated 15th June’11 by a group of so called Dubai Goans has created a flutter all over Dubai. I begin to wonder if this Dubai Goans body is a joke or a secession of the elite. I myself was taken back reading the crap that was mentioned in the advertisement. It potentially shows the degrading mentality of a few bootlickers who are forever under obligation or look forward to being under obligation to our corrupt politicians.

MINING ACCIDENT: BODIES YET TO BE RECOVERED

PANJIM: Three people were feared killed while seven others were rescued in a mining accident near Sanvordem town in Goa, officials said on Saturday. The victims' bodies are yet to be recovered due to incessant rains.

KONKAN RAILWAY CANCELS TRAINS AS PROTECTION WALL COLLAPSED AT RATNAGIRI

PANJIM: Four trains were cancelled, five diverted and two terminated after a protection wall collapsed on the tracks near Nivar station in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra causing a major disruption on the Konkan railway route.  Konkan Railway Corporation Limited's (KRCL) chief public relations officer Siddheshwar Telegu said that the protection wall, which was recently constructed to prevent landslides, collapsed at 4.05 am today.

MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION by Adv.Aires Rodrigues, Ribandar

As to where and when this whole raging Medium of Instruction controversy will end is anybody’s guess. That some uneducated politicians have high jacked the issue while keeping the educationists at bay is a matter of great concern. That the issue has been raked up just months before Goa goes to the Assembly polls will fool no one.

FR NEWTON RODRIGUES HAD CONFESSED TO AUDA VIEGAS OF HAVING MOLESTED THE MINOR GIRL

RIBANDAR: The former Parish Priest of Ribandar Fr. Newton Rodrigues currently Pastor of St. Bernadette Church at Calgary in Canada had in 2004 confessed to Auda Viegas, President of a Women’s Rights NGO “Bailancho Exvott” of having molested the 13 year old Ribandar girl.

MARATHI SUPPORTING BBSM ON TRACKS TO CLASH WITH GOVERNMENT OVER GRANTS TO ENGLISH

PANJIM: The government and the marathi supportig Bharatiya Bhasha Suraksha Manch (BBSM) leaders along with freedom fighters and others supporting the cause of regional languages are on collision course over the issue of grants to the English medium primary schools, even as the state would observe the 66th Revolution Day on Saturday.

GOAN NEWSPAPERS: FREEDOM OF PRESS NOT FOR YOU GOANS by Emediavoices Goa.

Question arises on the first newspaper of Goa “Workers friend” under the patronage of the colonist and how it was torn apart into bits and bytes. Press partiality was for the rulers and to their elite loyalty while general Goan public voice was suppressed by the saintly clergy.

KOKOY: KONKNNICHO KHAMBO by DALE LUIS MENEZES

The death of John Gomes, who was affectionately known as Kokoy, on May 24, 2011 has left the tiatr community in particular and the Konknni community in general in deep sorrow. He had written tirelessly on tiatrs and its personalities for many decades, travelling the most distant places of Goa to get his stories.

18TH JUNE! by Joel Moraes, Cuncolim

On this great day, I remember the first Chief Minister of Goa, late Dayanand Bandodkar for working day and night to merge Goa with Maharashtra.  I remember the father of Opinion poll, Jack Sequeira, not forgetting Ulhas Buyao,Babu Naik etc for saving Goa from the merger with Maharashtra.

MY SUNDAY MASS by Willie Menino Severes Majorda (Dubai)

After temples, church authorities too have decided to tighten norms for “wayward and disrespecting tourists” and reinforce measures they had attempted in the past to maintain decorum. Why point fingers at others when our very own Goan women don't maintain decorum for church services?

GOVERNOR AND CM EXTENDS GREETINGS ON THE DOOMSDAY OF GOA

PANJIM: Goa Governor Dr S S Sidhu and Chief Minister Digamber Kamat extended warm greetings to the people of the state on the occasion of 'Goa Revolution Day' on Friday which should go down in the history of Goa as the doomsday of Goa.

SARASWATI MANDAL’S LICENCE SUSPENDED

PANJIM: Food and drugs administration (FDA) has suspended the license of Saraswati Mahila Mandal and is waiting for a laboratory report to cancel the food license and take legal action against the self-help group, said FDA director Salim Veljee. The report is expected to be ready by next week. The self-help group Saraswati Mahila Mandal supplied meals to students in a Vasco school, who later fell ill.

KAMAT GOVT EAGER TO SET UP HOTEL PROJECTS IN CRZ-III

PANJIM: The state government has prepared an atlas of contiguous open plots measuring 4,000 sq m and above for the purpose of setting up of hotel projects in the CRZ-III corridor of Goa.  This development follows a directive by the high court of Bombay at Goa to the state government, to identify open plots available in the CRZ-III zone for the construction of hotels. The government was also asked to frame an appropriate policy or regulation for the utilization of these plots by hotels.

MICKKY WANTS ALL ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES TO INDULGE IN GOA’S PLANNING PROJECT

MARGAO: Benaulim MLA and former tourism minister Francisco 'Mickky' Pacheco has urged the grass root elected representatives to assert themselves in the state's planning process with a view to ensure proper allocation of funds for the needs of every village.

REMO’S WISHFUL THINKING by Nisser Dias

As recent as last week internationally acclaimed pop star Goa’s own Remo Fernandes was quoted in the section of the press, “The garbage problem is very simple to solve – it is mainly plastic. All it requires is a government which wants to work, not merely divert funds to Switzerland. I challenge the minister in question: give me your powers and I will solve the full problem with three months. If I succeed, you give up your chair. If I lose, I’ll stop making music. Deal?”

FATHER NEWTON RODRIGUES NOW CHANGES HIS NAME

PANJIM: Former Parish Priest of Ribandar Church Father Newton Rodrigues who is currently the Pastor of St. Bernadette Church at Calgary in Canada has reportedly changed his name to Antonio Joao Niwton Rodrigues. The website of the Bishop of Calgary now shows the changed name of Father Newton Rodrigues.

COOK INVOLVED IN FOOD POISONING OF STUDENTS ARRESTED

VASCO: The Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC), Vasco, on Thursday, remanded Sadashiv Poojari of Bogmalo, arrested by the Mormugao police in the food poising case on Wednesday, to one-day police custody. Sadashiv Poojari, a cook, involved in preparing the mid-day meal which was served to the students of Murgao High School and Shree Susenashram High School at Headland-Sada, resulting in food poisoning to 54 students and a teacher.

DGP STUDYING REPORT OF PANJIM POLICE INSPECTOR ON PARRIKAR’S VISIT TO JAILED TRIBAL ACTIVISTS

PANJIM: The Director General of Police (DGP), Dr Aditya Arya, is studying the report submitted to him by the police inspector of Panjim town police station about the visit by the Leader of Opposition, Mr Manohar Parrikar, to two tribal activists in the lock-up, on Wednesday night, informed police sources.

2004 RIBANDAR CHURCH CASE : PROSECUTION WITNESS STATES SHE DID NOT SEE AIRES DISTURB CHURCH MEETING

PANJIM: A PWD employee Mrs. Cynthia Fernandes who was a member of the church committee headed by then Ribandar Parish Priest Fr. Newton Rodrigues today told the Court that she did not see Adv. Aires Rodrigues and others who had come with him disturb or obstruct the Parish Pastoral Committee meeting on 16th August 2004.

GOACHRONICLE.COM LAUNCHES STOP GIVING BRIBES (Courtesy Goa Chronicle)

Continuing with its fight to make Goa a corruption free state; GoaChronicle.com is to launch a new Public Centric Initiative – STOP GIVING BRIBES is an online initiative on GoaChronicle.com wherein the people of Goa who have experienced any incidents of corruption in their work place or in their personal capacity at government offices or in dealing with politicians or elected MLAs can write in to GoaChronicle.com

AG SUBODH KANTAK’S 15 CRORE DEFAMATION CASE AGAINST AIRES: ADJOURNED TO JULY 2ND

PANJIM: Panjim Civil Judge Senior Division Mrs. Kshama M. Joshi today adjourned to July 2nd the 15 crore defamation case filed by Goa’s controversial Advocate General Mr. Subodh Kantak against Adv. Aires Rodrigues .

ORLIM VILLAGERS ARE UP IN ARMS AGAINST GOVT MOVES TO ACQUIRE LAND

MARGAO: Orlim villagers are up in arms against moves of the government to revive the long abandoned land acquisition proceedings for road-widening, ostensibly to suit the interests of a mega-construction project. A group of villagers on Wednesday told media persons about their determination to oppose the project through "every legal and democratic means" open to them.

NH 17 BLOCKED AT BALI FOR 30 MINUTES by NG Reporter – C. Dias, Canacona

CANACONA: This time it was natures turn to block the national highway at Bali on the national highway no 17 leading to Canacona. At 8.00 in the morning due to heavy rains and winds a roadside tree got uprooted and fell on the national highway at condimoll exactly one kilometer from Bali leading to disruption of traffic for more then 30 minutes. A serpentine line of hundreds of vehicles got caught in the block till 8.30 AM.

TIATRISTS PLEASE STOP FOOLING US by Willie Menino Severes Majorda (Dubai)

Filipe and Janet Almeida has been criticizing our Goan politicians in Konkani Tiatrs.Their new VCD "Ostoreank Sangat" is being released today by none other than the MAN OF THE MASSES, Churchill Alemao.

GOA FRAGILE, GOANS HANDLE WITH CARE Emediavoices,Goa

“So help me God” unique uni-verse but humanity must track beyond Hades to quest the terms of $ culture. Some considers God as “Spirit of Eternal Life”. The matter explained here is not spiritual or reality builder’s world rather than “In God we trust” phrase inked on the “Democracy Dollar” and later coined in India as “Congress I”.

GOLDEN JUBILEE PANEL by Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão.

It has been reported in the press that three BBSM members, Sashikala Kakodker, Uday Bhembre & Naguesh Karmali have resigned from the Golden Jubilee panel. What a relief! We Goans will have a candle vigil on that day!

IRONY OF THE MAN OF MASSES by Rupert Coutinho, Dubai

I read with great interest a big advertisement issued by some unknown Goans from Dubai congratulating the MEN of Masses in a Goan daily OHERALDO and was very sure that they don’t mean it to the CM after all I have see all the previous advertisements and can only conclude that the people refer this MAN to the Varca strongman Churchill Alemao.

BBSM DECIDES TO ACT AGAINST THE CHIEF MINISTER INRE TO MOI

PANJIM: Holding chief minister Digambar Kamat responsible for the change in the medium of instruction (MoI) at the primary level, Bharatiya Basha Suraksha Manch (BBSM) has decided to gather public opinion against him to defeat him in the next assembly elections.

LAKRA KA TAKRA!!!!!! by Bendo Juze

Similalar to the Commonwealth Games since 2006 there is sporting event held called The Lusophony Games which involves athletes coming from Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) countries, namely those belonging to the CPLP (Community of Portuguese Language Countries), but also others where there are significant Portuguese communities or that have a common past with Portugal. These include all Portuguese colonies.

52 STUDENTS OF GOVT SCHOOL IN GOA HOSPITALISED AFTER EATING MID-DAY MEAL

VASCO: A total of 52 students of a government school in Goa have been hospitalised after they complained of nausea soon after eating their mid-day meal Wednesday, an official said.  The Official said that while most of the students from Murgao High School in Vasco, 35 km from here, were discharged after preliminary treatment, the condition of two students was critical. The two children have been admitted to the Goa Medical College.

A NATIVE OF BIHAR AND UTTAR PRADESH ARRESTED FOR THEFT

OLD GOA: Old Goa police has arrested two youth in connection with a theft incident that took place at a factory in Corlim, Tiswadi taluka, on Monday. Both the arrested are migrants from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.

SOLICITOR GENERAL OF INDIA TO DEFEND GOA GOVERNOR IN CASE AGAINST RTI

PANJIM: A Division bench of the Bombay High Court at Goa comprising of Justice S. A. Bobde and Justice F.M.Reis today adjourned to 6th July the petition filed by Goa’s Raj Bhavan against the Right to Information Act.

BJP OPPOSES THE HANDOVER OF MAPUCA HOSPITAL TO RUN UNDER PPP MODE

PANJIM: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday said they opposed the handover of the Mapusa district hospital to a private company to be run under the PPP mode.  BJP also demanded that the chief secretary inquire into the illegalities in the bidding process.  "We oppose this on grounds of public interest and on grounds of corruption," opposition leader Manohar Parrikar said.

TWO PRIVATE BUSES COLLIDE AT CUNCHELIM INJURING 22 PASSENGERS

PANJIM: Two buses plying on the Mapusa-Siolim route collided on Tuesday morning at Cunchelim injuring 22 passengers. One passenger, Rubertina Britto, 54, a resident of Rai-Siolim, was admitted at to Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim, for treatment.

NAGUESH KARMALI: THE CURSE AND BURDEN OF GOA.............. by Dalia

The petty thief of the Portuguese era in Goa, Naguesh Karmali who calls himself a freedom fighter is once again running short of ideas. His new trick to fool idiots is to boycott the Goa Revolution Day function in protest against the government’s decision to allow grants to English medium primary schools in Goa.

2004 RIBANDAR CHURCH CASE TRIAL TO CONTINUE ON JUNE 16TH

PANJIM: The trial of Adv. Aires Rodrigues and 14 other Ribandar residents in the 2004 Ribandar Church case will continue on June 16th at 10 am before the Panaji Judicial Magistrate First Class Mrs. Sarika Faldessai.

AG SUBODH KANTAK’S 15 CRORE DEFAMATION CASE AGAINST AIRES: HEARING ON 16TH JUNE

PANJIM: Panjim Civil Judge Senior Division Mrs. Kshama M. Joshi will on 16th June at 10 am hear the 15 crore defamation case filed by Goa’s controversial Advocate General Mr. Subodh Kantak against Adv. Aires Rodrigues .

PANJIM JMFC ISSUES FRESH WARRANT OF ARREST AGAINST FATHER NEWTON RODRIGUES

PANJIM: Panjim Judicial Magistrate First Class Mrs. Sarika Faldessai today directed that a fresh warrant of arrest returnable on 21st June be issued against former Parish Priest of Ribandar Father Newton Rodrigues. The JMFC today also directed Crime Branch Police Inspector to be present in Court on 21st June.

EX–CONGRESSMAN CALLS FOR BOYCOTT OF CM ON HIS DE-NATIONALISING POLICIES

PANJIM: A former head of the Congress think tank in Goa Tuesday called for a civil society boycott of Chief Minister Digambar Kamat's official functions to protest against the latter's "de-nationalising" policies.  The current CM is unable to take any decisions was the say of Uday Bhembre.

ANOTHER BANDH GOA NOW AT FATORDA ON JULY 2

MARGAO: The Fatorda Development Committee (FDC), Borda, Margao, has threatened to resort to a 'Fatorda bandh' on July 3, if the authorities fail to shift scrapyards from Chandrawaddo in Fatorda by July 2.

FDC president Camilo Barreto told media persons on Monday that the government would be held responsible for any untoward incident on account of the bandh. 

FULL DAY SCHOOL PROGRAM IS TEMPRARILY ON HOLD

PANJIM: Goa government is not in favour of starting full day schools from the current academic year although the education department has claimed that there is infrastructure in place to run schools for full day.  State Education Minister Atanasio Monserratte told agency today that the concept of full day schools which are mandatory under Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009 has been kept on hold by the state government.

THE DONATION MENACE by Willie Menino Severes, Majorda, (Dubai)

It has been noticed that many schools and colleges collect huge sums of money through donations from parents at admission time, while also charging high fees. This practice is rampant not only in professional colleges like Engineering and Medicine, but of late even in schools at the primary level.

WHEN THE SPOUSE OF A JUDGE IS AN ADVOCATE by Adv. Aires Rodrigues, Ribandar

Chief Justice of India S.H.Kapadia has recently rightly urged judges not to socialize with advocates. It is infact a very awkward and undesirable situation when the spouse of the judge is an Advocate. The situation is worse especially in a small state like Goa when the advocate has to accompany the spouse judge to the market or social functions.

HIGH COURT TO HEAR ON 15th JUNE GOA GOVERNOR’S PLEA AGAINST RTI

PANJIM: A Division bench of the Bombay High Court at Goa comprising of Justice S. A. Bobde and Justice F.M.Reis will on Wednesday 15th June hear the petition filed by Goa’s Raj Bhavan against the Right to Information Act.

FAKE FREEDOM FIGHTERS OF GOA WILL BOYCOTT REVOLUTION DAY FUNCTION

PANJIM: In a bid to register their protest against the state government decision of recognising English as the Medium of Instruction (MOI), the FAKE freedom fighters in Goa have decided to boycott the Goa Revolution Day function held by the state on June 18.

GOA’S SELF DECLARED FREEDOM FIGHTERS LIKE NAGUES KARMALI THREATENS STATE GOVT OVER ENGLISH MOI

PANJIM: Fake and self declared Freedom fighters in Goa under the leadership of self declared freedom fighter Naguesh Karmali have threatened to boycott state celebrations of the Goa Revolution Day June 18 in protest against the government's decision to allow financial grants to English-medium schools.

GOA CRIME BRANCH SEEKS NON BAILABLE ARREST WARRANT AGAINST BALI CASE ABSCONDING ACCUSED

PANJIM: Goa Crime Branch has sought non-bailable arrest warrants from a local court against two persons who were allegedly involved in Bali violence and have been missing since.  Police are looking for Narendra Faldesai, who had allegedly attacked MLA Ramesh Tawadkar and Prashant Faldesai, who was the part of the mob that burnt alive the tribal leaders Manguesh Gaonkar and Dilip Velip during an agitation on May 25.

UTAA ACTIVISTS REMANDED TO POLICE CUSTODY BY JMFC QUEPEM

QUEPEM: Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC), Quepem on Sunday remanded United Tribal Association Alliance ( UTAA) activists Govind Gawade and Malu Velip to 5 days police custody in connection with violence at Balli on May 25.

MAPUCA POLICE DETAIN 108 LABOURERES

PANJIM: Around 108 labourers residing in Karaswado and Colvale, in Bardez taluka were detained on Sunday moring and later released after being produced before the Bardez sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) Dashrath Redkar by Mapusa police.

FIVE JUNIOR DOCTORS OF GMC LEAVE THEIR JOBS

PANJIM: All the five junior residents working in the neurosurgery department of the Goa Medical College have quit en-masse "disrupting" smooth functioning of the important department of the premier health care institution in the state.

2004 RIBANDAR CHURCH CASE TRIAL TO CONTINUE ON JUNE 14TH

PANJIM: The trial of Adv. Aires Rodrigues and 14 other Ribandar residents in the 2004 Ribandar Church case will continue on June 14th at 10 am before the Panaji Judicial Magistrate First Class Mrs. Sarika Faldessai.

TRIBALS OF SATARI STRIVING HARD TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVING STANDARDS by Abdulla Khan, Valpoi

VALPOI: Although tribal people of the Satari taluka are scattered in various villages in the taluka, most of these families live in Birondem, Pissurlem and Guleli.  Most of these tribal people are striving hard to improve their living standards and some have succeeded to a certain extent.

LOOKOUT NOTICE AGAINST TWO SUSPECTS IN THE BALI MURDER CASE

PANJIM: The crime branch on Saturday issued a look out circular against two prime accused involved in the murder of two tribals in Bali village. Narendra Faldesai and Prashant Faldesai, who are being probed in connection with the murder of two tribal leaders burnt alive on May 25, did not respond to the frequent summons, the police said.

VISHWAJEET: STRONG SCHOOL-ALUMNI NECESSARY TO DECIDE EDUCATION POLICY

PANJIM: The Health Minister, Mr Vishwajeet Rane, said that a strong school-alumni connection is healthy and the basis of a positive working relationship. Mr Rane, who is an alumni of the People’s High School, Panjim, was speaking after inaugurating the upgraded premises of the People’s High School on Sunday.

CONGRESS FULLY GEARED TO FIGHT NEXT ELECTIONS: TICKET TO ONLY WITH CLEAN RECORDS

PANJIM: Union minister for parliamentary affairs Ashwani Kumar on Saturday said that the Congress in Goa is fully geared to fight the next assembly elections and that it will definitely win decisively. Addressing a press conference, Kumar said tickets will only be given to candidates "with clean records" with ability to win.

CM SHIELDING ADVOCATE GENERAL SUBODH KANTAK: AIRES

PANJIM: Adv. Aires Rodrigues has today demanded that Goa’s Chief Minister Mr. Digambar Kamat should stop shielding the illegalities committed by Goa’s controversial Advocate General Mr. Subodh Kantak.  Adv Rodrigues has stated that the Bombay High Court had written to the Chief Secretary of Goa on Oct 29th last year regarding the professional misconduct by Advocate General Subodh Kantak for having appeared before the High Court for a private party in a case against the Goa Government.

PROFESSIONAL CRIME BRANCH ARRESTS UTAA ACTIVISTS: I.O. INCOMPETENT SUNITA SAWANT

PANJIM: The crime branch arrested two activists of the United Tribal Association Alliance (UTTA) on Saturday in connection with the violence at Balli, Quepem that occurred on May 25. Another case after Nadia Torrado’s flopped case that is investigated by an incompetent officer Sunita Sawant.

TWO FOREIGN TOURISTS WERE MOLESTED AT CANDOLIM BEACH

PANJIM: Two foreign tourists were allegedly molested by unknown persons on the Candolim beach on Friday night. A complaint has been lodged in this connection at the Calangute police station on Friday night.  Dristhi Special Response Services (DSRS) said its beach safety patrol noticed a group of young tourists walking on the Candolim beach at around 11.30pm.

SPEAKER SAYS ONLY EXPERTS SHOULD RESOLVE THE MOI ISSUE

PANJIM: Speaker Pratapsingh Rane on Saturday said experts should resolve the issue of medium of instruction instead of politicians.  While speaking at the inaugural session of a seminar on human development issues, 'Goa at the Crossroads?', he said, "I am not an expert on education."

CRZ 2011 NOTIFIED WITH CHANGES OF CLEARING OUT MANGROVES

PANJIM: Though the new CRZ 2011 has been notified with changes, fresh violations ranging from clearing of mangroves to hotel and government projects continue to reduce it to a mockery, alleged speakers at a seminar in the city.  "A hotel project has come up within the CRZ in Issorcim, Mormugao," Matanhy Saldanha said.

MAHANAND NAIK GET LIFER FOR THE MURDERS

PANJIM: A court in Goa on Friday sentenced "serial killer" Mahanand Naik to life imprisonment for murdering a 32-year-old woman at Bambolim village in 2007. North Goa Principal Sessions Judge Nutan Sardesai sentenced the 40-year-old to life in prison after the prosecution did not press for death sentence.

RELUCTANT DOCTORS OF ASILO WANTS ASSURANCES FROM GOVT OF THEIR STATUS

PANJIM: Doctors of Asilo hospital have decided not to give their 'willingness to work' under PPP management at the new north Goa district hospital at Mapusa until the government gives them in writing that they will remain as government employees.

IF YOU HAVE A GROWN UP GIRL IN THE HOUSE BEWARE: THEY MAY STRAY THE WRONG WAY – NG reporter Canacona

CANACONA: A boy and a girl of a higher secondary school at Mashem Canacona allegedly got together for a naked video shoot to be sold for a rate for porn sites. The news is doing rounds in entire Canacona that allegedly two students of a higher secondary have made few nude video clip with the help of mobile. Which ultimately has found its way on the mobiles of most of the boys in Canacona.

THE WRONG PERCEPTION ABOUT NO 13 by Adv. Aires Rodrigues, Ribandar

There is a wrong belief that the Number 13 is unlucky. To me it has been a good one. It was on a 13th over two years ago, that I had a miraculous escape from those ferocious armed goons who attacked me at Ashok restaurant in Panjim. Coincidentally, it was later revealed that they were the 13th gang that was approached to liquidate me. More recently, on the 13th of March this year, I was saved from the hassle of being a part of the Corporation of City of Panjim’s political garbage.

PARENTS DEFEATED THE BANDH BY ACCOMPANYING CHILDREN TO SCHOOL by Nisser Dias

The all Goa bandh called by the Bharatiya Bhasha Suraksha Manch (BBSM) to coincide with the re-opening of the academic year 2011-2012 to protest the government’s decision to extend grant-in-aid to government and aided schools who adopt English as one of the medium of instruction (MOI) was defeated by the parents as they defiantly refused to boycott school. The parents unitedly took their children to schools all over the state to mark high percentage of attendance and also to convey a message to the protestors that they do not have the support of the parents.

GOA POLICE CRIME BRANCH ARREST CONTRACTOR: GOA POLICE FOOLING PUBLIC?

PANJIM: CID of Crime Branch sleuths have arrested contractor Gitesh Naik in the illegal mining case scam relating to NCP legislator Jitendra Deshprabhu.  Crime Branch officials said that Gitesh would illegally transport the ore extracted from the property owned by Deshprabhu in Khorgao village.

PARRIKAR DREAMS OF END OF CONGRESS RULE IN GOA: HIMSELF ACTS LIKE A COMMON GOONDA DURING BANDH

MAPUSA: Leader of the Opposition, Mr Manohar Parrikar has claimed that the countdown has begun for the end of Congress “misrule” in the state. But recently Parrikar himself behaved like a common Goonda during the Bandh on 6th June inspite being educated.

TB MAXIMUM AT CASARVANNEM AREA OF PERNEM TALUKA

MAPUSA: The primary health centre located at Casarvannem, Dhargal in Pernem is catering to a large floating population with maximum cases of TB reported normally.  Cases of malaria and chikungunya detected here are on the rise especially during the monsoons. 

DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATION ISSUES CIRCULAR TO SCHOOLS ON GRANTS TO ENGLISH

PANJIM: The directorate of education on Friday issued the circular to various schools around the state as regards the government decision to provide grants to the English medium primary schools.  The Government is hell bent on supporting Marathi over Konkani though the Marathi Language is a foreign language and unwanted by Goans in Goa.  This is under the pressure of Sudin Dhavlikar and Divorcee Shashikala Tai.

CAN BANDH DECIDE THE FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN? By Joel Morais, Cuncolim

Since Liberation till I passed out SSC in the year 1989, there were nothing called as Konkni medium Schools. The PDF government which was the combination of MG and some Power hungry Congressmen forcibly changed the MOI at the primary level to Konkni in the name of grants but they never dared to apply the same to Marathi medium Schools. At the time of Konkni agitation the so called present saviors of Konkni were the same ones who were all out to oppose konkni as the official language of Goa.

INCOMPETENT GOA POLICE ARE BUSY........ by Ek Goenkar

This is the busiest season for everyone in Goa. From the start of the monsoon, some of the village boys are busy doing their traditional thing: catch frogs and sweet water fish. It is a traditional sport rather than a hobby for many. For some, frog catching has been a tradition since ages in Goa. The most prized catch is the local sweet water catfish: “Tigur” which is on a sharp decline.

THE GREAT FLOODS OF CANACONA THE 2ND OCTOBER PART I (A NIZ GOENKAR EXCLUSIVE)

It was 2nd of October 2009 and unusually it was raining non stop since past couple of days. All the Canconkars except to watch T.V. or play cards had nothing to do.  Canacona is the southern most taluka of Goa which is sandwiched between the devil and the deep sea. The devil is the ghat section on the west and the deep sea is the Arabian Sea.

PANJIM JMFC ISSUES WARRANT OF ARREST AGAINST FATHER NEWTON RODRIGUES

PANJIM: Panjim Judicial Magistrate First Class Mrs. Sarika Phaldesai today directed that a warrant of arrest be issued against former Ribandar Parish Priest Father Newton Rodrigues for having failed to appear in Court as directed. The JMFC has directed that the warrant be sent to the Superintendent of Police, Crime Branch for execution..

GOA POLICE SEEKS PERMISSION TO BRING UNDERTRIAL HOME WHO WAS ARRESTED IN BANGALORE

PANJIM: The Goa police have sought the home department's permission to send a team to Bangalore to bring to Goa undertrial Ralf Fernandes who was arrested there on June 7. 

SUVARNA’S FAMILY DEMANDS THAT POLICE REGISTER A MURDER CASE

PANJIM: The family of 26-year-old deceased Suvarna Naik, along with an NGO, Savera Trust, on Wednesday demanded that the police register a murder case against her husband Brijesh Naik and his family for her death.

AG SUBODH KANTAK’S CASE AGAINST AIRES ADJOURNED TO 16TH JUNE

PANJIM: Panjim Civil Judge Senior Division Mrs. Kshama M. Joshi today adjourned to 16th June at 10 am the 15 crore defamation case filed by Goa’s controversial Advocate General Mr. Subodh Kantak against Adv.Aires Rodrigues Adv. Aires Rodrigues today requested Judge Kshama Joshi to recuse from hearing the matter as her husband Adv. M.S.Joshi who is a practicing lawyer in Panjim is also a government advocate and a close friend of Advocate General Mr. Subodh Kantak.

MECHANISED FISHING IS BANNED FOR 45 DAYS BY GOA GOVT.

PANJIM: The Goa Government will impose strict restrictions on fishing in mechanised trawlers in its territorial waters from June 15, and the ban will be in place for the next 45 days, officials said Thursday.  Fisheries Department has decided to seal all the four important jetties - the hub of fishing activities till July 31.

PASSENGER LINER SERVICE FROM GOA TO BOMBAY AND BACK

PANJIM: A passenger liner service from Goa to Mumbai and back, a new and larger maritime school in Britona and development of a minor port at Cortalim are three public-private-partnership (PPP) proposals that received the Goa government PPP committee's nod recently.

OH MY DEAR FRIEND!!! by Premanand Naik

Oh my friend, oh my friend!
Where are you!
You told chances in Goa are for few!
That you are forced to leave!
Oh my friend, oh my friend!
Where are you!

THE BANDH – WAS IT PEACEFUL? WAS IT VOLUNTARY? by JUVENAL

The BBSM was quoted as saying that “the stir (on 6th June) will be peaceful”. Can a “stir” be peaceful? If it is a stir, it is not likely to be peaceful. If it is peaceful, then it was not a stir. A STIR means “agitation”. To STIR means “to incite someone”, “to excite the emotion of someone”.

BUILDERS ARE DRIVEN AWAY FROM GOAN LAND BY THE GOANS

PANJIM: Land crunch in Goa could force real estate developers in the state to look for better options elsewhere in the country, an investment advisory firm said on Wednesday.   Speaking to reporters after announcing the opening of a Goa branch of the Neostar Posiview Capital Advisors (NPCA), the firm's managing director Vineet Deo said the obvious areas for real estate majors from Goa were Pune or coastal Maharashtra.

JUDAS WAS THEIR GUIDE by Rupert Coutinho, Dubai

Although some parents and family members will be proud of their acts of destruction, today some children in Goa will be ashamed to see the photos of their parents or some family members indulging in acts of vandalism/ resorting to bundh flashed on the front pages of local dailies.

DIG AND CRIME BRANCH BEGINS THE BALI INCIDENT INVESTIGATION

PANJIM: The Deputy Inspector General of Police, Mr Vijay Singh along with Superintendent of Police of Crime Branch, Panjim, Mr Mangaldas Desai and a team of police officers of Crime Branch on Wednesday visited Cuncolim police station in connection with the investigations of cases registered with regards to Bali violence during agitation by United Tribals Associations Alliance.

MAPUCA HOSPITAL TO BE OPENED BY AUGUST 15:GOVERNMENT

PANJIM: Apologising to the Bombay High Court at Goa, the government on Wednesday gave an undertaking that it would commission the new district hospital at Mapusa by August 15. The division bench comprising Justice S A Bobde and Justice F M Reis during the hearing of a public interest litigation filed by Mr Prakash Sardessai, on Tuesday, had directed the health secretary to file an affidavit by Wednesday, explaining the delay in commissioning the New District Hospital at Mapusa.

REMO: ANTI-CORRUPTION ACTIVISTS HAVE THEIR FEET ON BOTH SIDES

PANJIM: Remo Fernandes hit out at pseudo anti-corruption activists who according to him had their feet on both sides. Remo was speaking at India against Corruption protest meeting at Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry hall, Panjim.

MICKKY’S LAST LAUGH OVER CHURCHILL brought to you by Willie Menino severes, Majorda (Dubai)

Churchill Alemao has said if required he could bring 1 lakh parents on the streets on any given day. While Churchill is still trumpeting his role in getting English as MOI, BBSM was successful in keeping Margao paralysed for the day.

PAID BRIBES OR PAYING TOO OR TOO MANY BRIBES - HERES WHERE TO COMPLAIN by N. Fernandes, London

I doubt that anyone in Goa, at some time or another or somewhere, has not been touched by the scourge of Corruption and bribery.  Bribery is manifestly, an evil Indian disease. It did not exist during the Portuguese regime from what I have researched, gathered and read here on Niz Goenkar.

WILL FATHER NEWTON RODRIGUES APPEAR IN COURT?

PANJIM: Father Newton Rodrigues as the last opportunity has been directed by Panjim Judicial Magistrate First Class Ms Sarika Phaldesai to appear in court on June 9th and depose in the criminal trial of Adv. Aires Rodrigues and 14 other Ribandar residents in the 2004 Ribandar Church case.

MINISTERS REFUSE TO RESIGN AT THE INSTANCE OF BBSM

PANJIM: Sports minister Manohar 'Babu' Azgaonkar (Congress), transport minister Ramkrishna 'Sudin' Dhavalikar (MGP) and tourism minister Nilkant Halarnkar (NCP) on Tuesday declined to resign from the cabinet on the issue of government grants to English medium primary schools.

NCP ANNOUNCES FORMATION OF A NON-GOAN COMMUNITY CELL TO BRING MIGRANTS INTO PARTY

PANJIM: The Goa unit of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has announced the formation of a non-Goan community cell with an objective of reaching out to all the people from outside the state living in Goa and bringing them all into the party fold.

BBSM SPONSORED CANACONA BANDH ? by NG Reporter

CANACONA: The entire business establishments including the fish and vegetable market at the Chaudi town wore a deserted look for the entire Monday. At about 8.00 in the morning a group of ex teachers and few others, all Hindus, totaling around twenty were seen entering the headmasters office of St. Thereza de Jesus church at chaudi Canacona. However the headmaster refused to declare bandh at the school and just like most of the schools in Canacona it was a regular day at the school.

DECISION ON GRANTS TO ENGLISH WILL NOT CHANGE AT ANY COST SAYS CHURCHILL

MARGAO: The PWD Minister, Mr Churchill Alemao, on Tuesday, categorically ruled out the possibility of the government reversing its decision on the grants to the English medium primary schools.  Addressing a press conference in Margao, Mr Alemao said that nobody has the right to withdraw the grants to English medium primary schools and even though the BBSM has given a deadline, the government will not withdraw the grants to the English medium primary schools.

AG SUBODH KANTAK’S CASE AGAINST AIRES: HEARING ON 9th JUNE

PANJIM: The 15 crore defamation case filed by Goa’s controversial Advocate General Mr. Subodh Kantak against Adv. Aires Rodrigues will come up for hearing on 9th June before Panaji Civil Judge Senior Division Mrs. Kshama M. Joshi.

GOA’S FEAR PSYCHOSIS – by Freddy Agnelo Fernandes, Dubai

The dreams and designs of the Marathi protagonists were defeated a long time ago, but today after years in hibernation and with the victory of the parents in the MOI issue, they have suddenly woken up to the reality that with grants for English medium, Marathi would be obsolete in Goa in the years to come and now in the name of protecting Konkani, are now trying their level best to protect Marathi.

PROCESS STARTED IN IMPLEMENTING THE MOI DECISION: ISSUING OF GRANTS TO ENGLISH SCHOOLS

PANJIM: The Education Minister, Mr Atanasio Monserrate on Tuesday said that although the government machinery at the education department has started working towards implementing the cabinet decision to provide grants to the existing unaided English primary schools, and facilitate the required shifting, it would take a while for the implementation process to be complete.

BAN ON FOREIGNERS IN TEMPLES IN GOA By A. Veronica Fernandes

According to the latest news appearing in Kuwait's media, prominent Hindu Temples in Goa have restricted entry of foreigners with scantily dress mode and one of the temples at Mardol prohibited entry of foreigners into this temple. I support this restriction and ban on all the tourists who visit our temples and churches thinking that these temples of God are places of joke.

NARVEKAR ACCUSES GOVT OF INEFFICIENCY

PANJIM: After facing flak from its coalition partners on the issue of grants to the English medium primary schools, the government, on Tuesday, found itself at the receiving end of its own MLA’s ire too.  On Tuesday, ex- minister and Aldona MLA, Mr Dayanand Narvekar alleged that the government does not believe in transparency or democracy and literally accused the Chief Minister and government of inefficiency, in a letter to the state Congress president, Mr Subhash Shirodkar.

ANTICIPATORY BAIL OF BALI ACCUSED REJECTED

MARGAO: The anticipatory bail application filed by Dipak Faldessai, one of the accused in Balli violence cases was rejected by the additional district and sessions judge of fast track court, Ms Vijaya Pol on Tuesday.

THE COMBAKAR FOR ENGLISH MEDIUM by Agnelo Gomes, Combakar

Goa's mother tongue is Konkani and not the Marathi. The following political parties the Nationalist Congress Party, Bharatiya Janata Party, Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party and Shiv Sena are not promoting Konkani but the marathi and comeback issue of merger with Maharashtra. The Salcete District Catholic people saved the Konkani language and rejected the merger.

FROG CATCHERS LAND IN TROUBLE AT GUDDI PARODA

QUEPEM: Six persons were detained at Guddi Paroda on Monday night in connection with poaching of frogs in the nearby fields. Sources said two were in the process of catching frogs while 4 were sitting in a car nearby. Forest department staff arrived on the scene and after a search found three frogs in the car.

ENGLISH MEDIUM PRIMARY RUN BY BAL BHAVAN

PANJIM: For the past decade the state-run and funded Bal Bhavan has been running an English medium primary school at its premises in Campal. On Monday, it reopened for its 135 students doing their elementary education. The medium of instruction, teachers said is English.

BJP's GOA BANDH A FLOP by Our correspondent in Goa

PANJIM: NG correspondent was out early morning this day and witnessed that BBSM were none and not visible on the roads. What was clearly seen and noticed were BJP vandals and rowdies numbering about 50 were forcing shop keepers to shut down shutters in different places of Goa.

A RAY OF HOPE FOR OUR NON-SSC MINISTERS by Adv. Aires Rodrigues, Ribandar

Goa’s non - SSC Ministers and MLA’s have something to cheer about. The Right to Education Act under which all students upto class 8 are to be compulsorily promoted is now proposed to be extended to class 9 and 10. A decision to this effect is expected to be taken at a meeting of the Central Advisory Board of Education to be held in New Delhi on June 7th.

AXIS OF EVIL – TODAY IN GOA by Rupert Coutinho, Dubai

The Bandh called by Bharatiya Bhasha Suraksha Manch (BBSM) is a wakeup call to all Goans to be wary of the rise of saffron terror and destruction witnessed by in places like Kandhamal and Godhra. After the wide scale destruction of property and hardship to everyone including school children, which brought life to a standstill, it is a blot on Goa to have given birth of these uncivilised and arrogant pseudo nationalists and their Bharatiya ‘sonstha’ as Goans.