[Goanet-News] Goa news for August 29, 2008

2008-08-28 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Entertainment Society of Goa Asks More Share in IFFI - Daijiworld.com [2 hours ago] Panaji, Aug 28: The Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG) is asking for more share in holding the

Re: [Goanet] Miracles

2008-08-28 Thread Fr. Ivo C da Souza
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

[Goanet] Why can't India develop world-class athletes???

2008-08-28 Thread Mario Goveia
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.

[Goanet] MELBOURNE GOANS CELEBRATE WORLD GOA DAY 2008: A REPORT

2008-08-28 Thread oscar lobo
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

[Goanet] Empowering the People as written in the Constitution by which the Ministers are sworn in.

2008-08-28 Thread Miguel Braganza
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

[Goanet] Floriano's off-Sunday 'RAMBLINGS' [01]

2008-08-28 Thread floriano
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,

[Goanet] The Olympics at M.A.D.

2008-08-28 Thread augusto pinto
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

Re: [Goanet] Lourdes miracles

2008-08-28 Thread Fr. Ivo C da Souza
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

[Goanet] woman slaps GMC doctor --- hats off to Sonia Mhambre?

2008-08-28 Thread Samir Kelekar
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

[Goanet] Daily Grook #201

2008-08-28 Thread Francis Rodrigues
DAILY GROOK #201 __ PAIN DRAIN __ by Francis Rodrigues sewage strains me so a drainage tax, would sewer-ly be a goo'd suck cess! _ puns word-play of all kinds, if you read between the lines! _

[Goanet] Hari Puttar plagiarised from Goa?

2008-08-28 Thread Francis Rodrigues
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

Re: [Goanet] [Goanet-News] Goanet's 14th Anniversary -- August 25, 2008

2008-08-28 Thread ICG-Programmes
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

Re: [Goanet] [Goanet-News] Goanet's 14th Anniversary -- August 25, 2008

2008-08-28 Thread MYLAPORE TIMES
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Re: [Goanet] [Goanet-News] Goanet's 14th Anniversary -- August 25, 2008

2008-08-28 Thread pinto henry
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

Re: [Goanet] [Goanet-News] Goanet's 14th Anniversary -- August 25, 2008

2008-08-28 Thread Georgina Fernandes
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

[Goanet] IGO - from the Goanet archives

2008-08-28 Thread Eugene Correia
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

Re: [Goanet] [Goanet-News] Goanet's 14th Anniversary -- August 25, 2008

2008-08-28 Thread Christopher Pereira
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

[Goanet] help needed

2008-08-28 Thread els verwimp
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

[Goanet] Christian Institutions to be closed all over Goa on 29th Aug - Orissa Protests

2008-08-28 Thread cyril D'Souza
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

[Goanet] Miracle at Kazur

2008-08-28 Thread Marlon Menezes
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

Re: [Goanet] DABOLIM AIRPORT SUFFERS SETBACK

2008-08-28 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
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

[Goanet] Is India a poor country

2008-08-28 Thread edward desilva
[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

[Goanet] ORISSA ANTI CHRISTIAN VIOLENCE UPDATE 25th August 2008

2008-08-28 Thread marshallmendonza
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

[Goanet] Church in India condemns the murder of VHP Leader and ensuing violence in Orissa

2008-08-28 Thread Miguel Braganza
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

Re: [Goanet] GHANTII

2008-08-28 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
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

Re: [Goanet] Christian Institutions to be closed all over Goa on 29th Aug - Orissa Protests

2008-08-28 Thread Carvalho
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

[Goanet] Christian Institutions to be closed all over Goa on

2008-08-28 Thread jane gillian rodrigues
  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

[Goanet] NEWS: Goa engineering students to present robotics project in New Delhi

2008-08-28 Thread Goanet News
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

[Goanet] ARCHBISHOP'S CIRCULAR ON ORISSA RIOTS

2008-08-28 Thread Diocesan Centre for Social Communications Media - Goa
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

[Goanet] Jose Feliciano de Quadros (Aug 3rd 1938 - July 16th 2008) - MESSAGE OF THANKS

2008-08-28 Thread de Quadros, Ciril
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

[Goanet] Ferragosto in Goa

2008-08-28 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या
Ferragosto in Goa http://thebookofmydays.com/2008/08/22/ferragosto-in-goa/ -- FN * Independent Journalist http://fn.goa-india.org Tech links (mostly) from South Asia: http://twitter.com/fn

[Goanet] Fearless Tongue

2008-08-28 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या
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

[Goanet] PUBLIC INTEREST

2008-08-28 Thread John Gomes
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

Re: [Goanet] [Goanet-News] Goanet's 14th Anniversary -- August 25, 2008

2008-08-28 Thread Dr Rajendra Kenkre,Neurologist
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

Re: [Goanet] Miracle at Kazur

2008-08-28 Thread Roland Francis
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

[Goanet] Are Goans going to let Biharis bully them?

2008-08-28 Thread Mario Goveia
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

Re: [Goanet] Sarpanches and their builder buddies

2008-08-28 Thread Venantius Pinto
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

[Goanet] HOW A 20 YEAR OLD GIRL WAS BURNT TO DEATH BY A CHEERING CROWD

2008-08-28 Thread peu De
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

[Goanet] GWS - Kuwait Extra-Ordinary General Body Meeting Notice to Members

2008-08-28 Thread Wilson Coelho
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

Re: [Goanet] Kazur

2008-08-28 Thread Roland Francis
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 -

[Goanet] woman slaps GMC doctor --- hats off to Sonia Mhambre

2008-08-28 Thread Miguel Braganza
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

[Goanet] the possible libel case of Saldanha v Correia

2008-08-28 Thread J. Colaco jc
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

[Goanet] Goa news for August 29, 2008

2008-08-28 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Entertainment Society of Goa Asks More Share in IFFI - Daijiworld.com [2 hours ago] Panaji, Aug 28: The Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG) is asking for more share in holding the

[Goanet] Jobs, the poor, and connections to find openings....

2008-08-28 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या
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

[Goanet] Shravan entry to play National B Chess tournament likely to be rejected without any reason.

2008-08-28 Thread Sandeep Heble
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

[Goanet] Come and Celebrate WORLD GOA DAY with a Pilgrimage -Picnic at Aylesford

2008-08-28 Thread renebarreto
ooo oo ooo oo - 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

Re: [Goanet] Some Goan musician links

2008-08-28 Thread N.M. Pinto
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

Re: [Goanet] Goanet's 14th Anniversary -- August 25, 2008

2008-08-28 Thread Tim Johns
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

Re: [Goanet] Miracles (George Pinto)

2008-08-28 Thread Mario Goveia
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

Re: [Goanet] Christian Institutions to be closed all over Goa on 29th Aug - Orissa Protests

2008-08-28 Thread Mario Goveia
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

Re: [Goanet] Kazur

2008-08-28 Thread Santosh Helekar
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

Re: [Goanet] GHANTII

2008-08-28 Thread Mario Goveia
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

Re: [Goanet] woman slaps GMC doctor --- hats off to Sonia Mhambre

2008-08-28 Thread Roland Francis
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