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[2 hours ago] Panaji, Aug 28: The Entertainment Society of Goa
(ESG) is asking for more share in holding the
From: Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--- On Tue, 8/26/08, Fr. Ivo C da Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dr.Santosh asked for a double-blind control (read below), admitting
himself that this is difficult for such rare cases. The proposed method
itself excludes all miracles.
The proposed
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:11:20 + (GMT)
From: edward desilva [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well! Well! well!
I have spent more time outside of Goa than in it.
Allahabad, Jabalpur. Bengal, Madhya Preadesh (Indore,
Satna etc).
Mario asks:
In that case you must know that your previous comments
were false.
MELBOURNE GOANS CELEBRATE WORLD GOA DAY 2008: A REPORT
Way back in the year 2000, the concept of having Goans the world over get
together to celebrate their state, their lifestyle, their language and their
culture was mooted by Mr. Rene Barretto, an eminent Goan settled in the
United
Dears,
Goa, its built up heritage, its beachfront, rivers, hills and forests
can be saved only if the PEOPLE are empowered. Empowering the Zilla
Panchayats [District Councils for North and South Goa districts], the
Municipalities and the Village Panchayats is the first step.
It is not my case
I have been keenly following the CAG's indictment of the Government of Goa
with respect to various departments and how blatantly incompetent they have
been reduced to, making heavy losses to the public treasury. But the funny
part is that on the one side the public treasury is emptied alright,
Cheers Dears
By Augusto Pinto
The Olympics at M.A.D.
Dears,
The regulars were seated at the card table of the Moira Association of
Desperadoes [M.A.D.]. As they picked and flicked their cards out, the topic
of conversation was the Olympics. Elroy the Birdbrain said,Why is it that
our
From: Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jose wrote:
In my clinical experience (of some years now) there have been some
unexpected cures/recoveries. They have been amazing and wonderful
occurrences inexplicable by our current knowledge. Until I find
scientific explanations for the cures, I
If it can be proved that there was malpractice and/or negligence, the
doctor should be disciplined appropriately with suspension of his
medical licence. That will be enough to ruin his career.
Roland.
Let me guess. You are an NRI? Having made enough money abroad, you are now
whiling away time on
DAILY GROOK #201
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PAIN DRAIN
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by Francis Rodrigues
sewage strains me
so a drainage tax,
would sewer-ly be
a goo'd suck cess!
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puns word-play of all kinds,
if you read between the lines!
_
Re. breaking news-item (below):
This is terrible news.
Hari Puttar is actually plagiarised from the original Goan screenplay
Arre Puta by a famous Goan production house - not Warner Brothers,
but Banana Brothers - Sushil and Aghasthu Ponte from Aldona-Moira.
Can't somebody help these Chiaz
Dear Mr. Carneiro,
Congratulations on the 14th Anniversary of GN.
I'm happy to be part of such a network which keeps me update by giving first
hand information and analysis of various issues.
I thank you and other founder members as well as those who have been running
the network for such a
Hi Herman
Congrats for the nice work thro the web site.
I am based in Chennai and have known the site thro friend FN.
Your team deserves our best wishes.
May this venture go on and on.
Do on pass this to FN
Rgds
Vincent D Souza
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Hi All
Would like to congratulate you all on this occasion
and for your had work may god keep you all happy and
prosperous
Regrades
Henry Pinto
--- Herman Carneiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dear Goanetters,
Another year has flown by and today is Goanet's 14th
anniversary. I'd like
to
Hello Herman Carneiro.
CONGRATULATIONS! Goanet's 14th Anniversary great job.
I am an goan working in Kuwait. Goanet keeps me informed and
I do not feel disconnected. I love your articles and must say
THANK YOU for a fantastic job. Keep up the good work.
VIVA GOA! Goa is for Goans!
Georgina
I have had some requests to post the article, The IGO Imbrogolio, which
appeared in The Navhind Times. However, I am searching for it. In the meantime
I found the one given below which was posted on Goanet in April 1996. -
If the IGO is dead, can its part survive?
by Eugene Correia
Thank you all for your dedication and support. God bless you all and
your families.
Thks Rgds
Christopher Pereira
NBK, Kuwait
National Bank of Kuwait SAK - Notice Disclaimer
Best Bank in Kuwait the Middle East 2008 - EuroMoney
2008
Hi all,
I am reading some old poems written by my mum when she lived in Rangoon in the
1940's. Unfortunately her health is fastly going downwards suffering from a
severe bloodcancer. Digging in her past (Burma, Karachi and Belgium) is one way
to cherish this special, loving mother.
Maymyo
There is a genocide taking place in Orissa as even alleged by some members
of the opposition in the Oriya Assembly. Miscreants are armed with rifles
and cutting knives more like the infamous ' machetes' used in certain
African countries where they experienced genocides in the past. It seems to
be
Dont panic guys! We have a secret weapon. We should
send Fr. Ivo there and have him declare it as a holy
miracle site. Goans may be oblivious to the
environmental degradation around them, but hey, they
will definately show up for a miracle clown act. We
can have Roland Francis go there and
Yes indeed, the cost will be much, much less, even if the govt. had to pay off
the Navy to do so.
However, this solution will be quite unpalatable to thoseinvestors who have
already purchased land in and around Mopa hoping to make a quick buck in
addition to the other quick buck they would
[EMAIL PROTECTED] John:
JOHN MONTEIRO(JM) wrote:
Not too sure the fact Mrs Gandhi was murdered by Indian hands is 'quite as
simple' as that though. After rmuch political social unrest, I remember the
many disasterous decisions made by Mrs Gandhi,
Comment:
Could you kindly enumerate the 'many
ORISSA ANTI CHRISTIAN VIOLENCE UPDATE 25th August 2008
:
1. CHRISTIAN WOMAN TEACHER REPORTED BURNT ALIVE: A Christian woman
teacher, possibly a nun [BUT NOT CONFIRMED], was reported burnt alive
on 25th August 2008 by a group of Vishwa Hindu Parishad mob which
stormed the orphanage she ran
Dear Fr. Caldeira,
I believe that the Archbishop of Goa has chosen his words well and said that
the Church expresses solidarity with the victims of the several attacks.
Why is the CBCI spokesman certifying the respectability of the RSS leader or
alleging the link of his assailants with
Electricity. Water. Phones. They would have come to the villages in good time,
increasing the infrastructure maintaining a balance between availaibility and
supply, instead of the haphazard growth of supply without increasing the
sources of availability, which gave rise to rationing of water
The administration is but mere spectator to these latest
attacks on
Christian minorities and something needs to be done
urgently . At least a
temporary ban on the local outfits of Bajrang Dal and VHP
since one must
not forget their involvement in the burning of Christian
Dear Goanetters,
As per e-mail below of Col Cyril. The problem lies with the Catholic Leaders,
who should have insisted that the Indian govtmt implement the Mandal Commission
granting Reservations for christians in govtmt jobs and educational
institutions.
It is sad that to see
From: DIRECTOR INFORMATION PUBLICITY [EMAIL PROTECTED]
GOA ENGINEERING STUDENTS TO PRESENT ROBOTIC PROJECT AT NEW DELHI
Panaji, August 28, 2008
The final year project of a team of four students from the Electronics
and Telecommunication branch of Goa College of Engineering namely,
Nishchai
We are pleased to send here below, for your perusal, the approved English
translation of the Circular Letter sent by Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao to
all the Parish Priests of the Archdiocese. The Archdiocese of Goa and Daman
comprises Goa, Daman, Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and the original
My family and I would like to thank everyone for the many messages of
sympathy and prayerful support we received on the recent death of our
Felix. We were very touched by the sentiments expressed and we received
lots of courage to enable us to carry out our duty of saying a final and
sad farewell
Ferragosto in Goa
http://thebookofmydays.com/2008/08/22/ferragosto-in-goa/
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FN * Independent Journalist http://fn.goa-india.org
Tech links (mostly) from South Asia: http://twitter.com/fn
Fearlesstongue is a site which helps you tell what you are feeling
about others without revealing your identity. This is helpful for both
the people involved, the person revealing and the person listening, as
pent up emotions can lead to more complications. So come on lets just
say it and be done
Goa badly needs a school of journalism. Basics of good reporting are missing in
our local dailies. Like reporting a walk undertaken from Mangalore to Goa.No
mention of distance,route,stops etc,but ga ga about reception received at Goa.
Dailies dish out some statements of Ministers and those in
Dear Sir,
Thanking you for the email and many more Anniverasaries to Goanet -News.
From
Dr. Rajendra Kenkre
Neurologist
Goa.
--- On Tue, 26/8/08, Herman Carneiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Herman Carneiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Goanet-News] Goanet's 14th Anniversary -- August
Posteriority?
Are you founding a new discipline, Marlon?
While Fr Ivo and I do our miracle clown act, you can get Santosh to
publish a scientific paper on posteriority - the new science of
studying backsides.
Also cheers,
Roland.
On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 7:32 PM, Marlon Menezes [EMAIL
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:56:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: Rajan P. Parrikar [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=464893sid=REG
A local court on Wednesday admitted a petition
against a Goa minister for his alleged anti-Bihari
remarks that there will be more beggars in the coastal
First of all this is a very pointed briefing from Rajan. Good job.
Secondly people, I know this may sound ridiculous --needless to say but.
perhaps its high time that the people began appyling faeces on the
faces of their retarded sarpanchs. They just may start to understand
on account of the
HOW A 20 YEAR OLD GIRL WAS BURNT TO DEATH BY A CHEERING CROWDFr. Edward
Sequeira, a priest belonging to the Society of Divine Word (SVD), was one of
those who was seriously injured when his mission station was attacked by the
mob in Orissa.Currently recuperating at Burla Medical College
Further to the publication on the local dailies, a Notice is hereby given that
an Extra Ordinary General Body Meeting will be held on 29th August 2008 at
Carlton Towers from 11:00 am onwards, due to the prevailing situation which
needs to be addressed by the General Body to find
On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 2:42 PM, Santosh Helekar
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is an outrage! Can we file a legal petition to ban all mining activity
in this area?
Comment:
Sure we can. Right after you finish spearheading (you volunteered of
course) the petition of some disgruntled posters -
Dear Samir,
Do not waste your time on this issue. It is one thing for a NRI crab to attack
Kevin and Lisette Saldanha on the Goanet and quite another for Sonia Mhambre to
slap a Resident doctor at GMC in Goa.
Even if her 60 year old, chronically ill mother [she was in Intensive Care Unit
or
Eugene Correia gene_correia@ yahoo.com posted on GoaNet
From a recent judgement in Canada. We live in a free country
where people ave as much right to express outrageous and ridiculous
opinions as moderate ones. Mr. Justice Ian Binnie, WIC Radio Ltd.
v. Simpson, 2008 SCC 40 .
and
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[2 hours ago] Panaji, Aug 28: The Entertainment Society of Goa
(ESG) is asking for more share in holding the
QUOTE: Duke University economist, Anirudh Krishna found that many poor
Indians in dead-end jobs remain in poverty not because there are no
better jobs, but because they lack the connections to find them. Any
Bangalorean could confirm the observation: the city teems with
laborers desperate for
Shrikant Barve writes:
Dear Sandeep, you know the omissions and commissions of Goa State Chess
Association official website launched on March 21, 2008
There are over 400 eligible chess playing children as per coaching program
circular. When is AICF going to give coaching facilities to these
ooo oo
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- Original Message
From: Fiona Lobo [EMAIL PROTECTED] er.co.uk
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] er.co.uk
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 1:17:32 AM
Come and Celebrate World Goa Day
Frederick, thank you very much for sharing those links on Goanet!! :-)
If I may add one more link for the benefit of Goanetters, if any of
you find my music at the previous links interesting, y'all may order
my début CD online at:
http://www.rcdmusic.com/musicstore.php?view_artist=34
Thanks
Hi,
Many thanks for your continuing supply of information received here in UK by
a regular visitor to Goa. Happy Anniversary to all concerned - Tim Johns.
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:00:22 -0700
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dear Goanetters,
Another year has flown by and
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:03:21 -0700 (PDT)
From: Eugene Correia [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The classic example of a non-miracle was the Goan
Convention. Got it?
Mario observes:
I think we should make sure that Eugene is in charge
of organizing the next worldwide Goan convention. He
has definitely
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:33:21 -0700 (PDT)
From: Carvalho [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I take no joy in this only the sad realization that
Christians and Muslims today in India are facing the
same harsh reality Jews faced in Nazi Germany. We are
considered non-Indians and second-class citizens in
our own
I would kindly request Roland to have the courage and decency to post his
gratuitous innuendo (please see below) in the forum from which he gathered his
unrelated behind-the-scenes material. The people whom he is trying to malign
might want to have the opportunity to respond to him. He has been
Ana Maria wrote:
Goans, do not criticise what the Indians and fellow
Goans have done to Goa, but criticise what the
Portuguese did not do for Goa.
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:21:01 -0700 (PDT)
From: Gabriel de Figueiredo
Electricity. Water. Phones. They would have come to
the villages in
Arre Mog Asundi,
If your understanding skills delayed herebelow are a sample of the
skills to you took to GBA, no wonder that the organization is in the
quandary it finds itself.
I am the one who told Sameer that the daughter should NOT have slapped
the doctor while Sameer was the one cheering
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