Dear Jim,
From all accounts, Sonia was/is a good teacher. Her deceased husband,
Francis, was a volleyball friend from Loutulim. Unfortunately, after she was
widowed, she encountered another Francisco, a.k.a. Mickky. The rest, as they
say, is history, yet unfolding in Goa.
Incidentally, the
This is reference to recent pollution on Goa's beaches due to appearance of tar
balls (blobs of solidified tar). It is quite obvious with this recurring
phenomenon that we in India do not have stringent maritime laws or the
mechanism to implement the feeble laws that are in place. We are now
*clearing my throat* Pessimistic? Where do you get that from Irmao
Fred? I am optimistic: Goa is already deep in the rot and there is no
reversing. Trying to save Goa is pessimistic!!
Anyways, wondering which coconut tree your claimed up to get a view of
the impromptu riots that took place in
For almost a year Newsnight has been following the progress of A Company,
2nd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards), as they prepared for
and carried out a six month tour in Sangin, in Afghanistan's Helmand
Province.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/8722835.stm
++
vjp
Heavy rains lashed Goa on Monday evening, bringing immense relief from the
sultry weather and creating conditions for the onset of the monsoon. The south
west monsoon has advanced up to Karwar and conditions are favourable for its
onset over Goa, meteorologial department director K V Singh
Goan Welfare Society Announces Scholarship
The GWS Annual scholarship Awards for top ranking Goan students, enrolled in
Indian Schools in Kuwait during the academic year 2009 -2010, will be awarded
to three students who secure the highest aggregate marks in Standard XII, one
in each stream
Dear friends,
The question is now all but settled, you will say. Hopefully, because, with
politicians, one never knows. So, don't be surprised if he returns with the
same old canard which has now been debunked for the nth time: Dalgado Konknni
Akademi (DKA) was established in 1989, in order to
Mickky Pacheco is not the first politician to bow out of office over
allegations of involvement with women.
Little more than two decades ago, then speaker of Goa's assembly Dayanand
Narvekar was embroiled in a major controversy. He faced an allegation of having
molested a woman working in
Huh? Irmao Fred. You wearing 'choota-che ookalem'.
I said the images of flying garbage are missing. The pictures are
nice, pretty even.
On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Frederick Noronha f...@goa-india.org wrote:
Pandubab, Whatever made you think that $ydney was a gutter-inspector? I love
his
From: floriano floriano.l...@gmail.com
Brilliant but just brilliant, I must say, Fr. Ivo.
PS: even 'brilliant' fetches 97% which is short of the mark. But if I am
adamant that brilliant should score 100%, then I will have to voluntarily
mis-spell it as 'brillint' and and justify it to
In a new twist to the Nadia Joelle Torrado unnatural death case, Lyndon
Monteiro, who was officer on special duty to Francisco Mickky Pacheco, who
resigned as Goa's tourism minister on Saturday, moved the court for
anticipatory bail on Monday. Meanwhile, Nadia's family was interrogated by the
The first thing the Mumbai Goans need to do is learn some basic Portuguese!
Viva la Portugal is
not Portuguese. It is about time goans that like to bring a touch of latin
flavour into their conversations or names of dwellings, restaurants etc,
learn the difference between Spanish and Portuguese.
With surplus commercial pilots from the eastern bloc available at cut-throat
prices, some airlines want to save expenses at the cost of safety of passengers.
Watch this plane landing and decide for yourself, at least it has not landed
like the one that did at Mangalore.
The pilot may have
DAILY GROOK #719
=
COFFEE LAFFEE
=
by Francis Rodrigues
coffee does ease
but the raw java,
turns the office
into a brew-haha!
*GREAT ALL-OCCASION GIFT* http://www.KonkaniSongBook.com
Dear Fr. Ivo,
Thank you for the encouraging words.
However, I shall certainly take you up on your word when you say:
'Let us all work wholeheartedly and unitedly'
BTW and incidentally, that is the only last thing left for us Goans to do.
No??
best
floriano
From: Ivo icso...@bsnl.in
To:
Goa chief minister Digamber Kamat has said that a divine hand was guiding him
in the governance which is helping him overcome the obstacles.
Kamat, in a booklet released by the state government on the completion of three
years, said, I am conscious of the fact that the divine hand is guiding
The ‘Goa Badminton Association’ at its Executive Committee Meeting has
finalized its Badminton Calendar for 2010-11. The following events
will be organized during the season (includes BAI events as applicable
to Goa):
Rich Builders Ranking (16-19 June at Panaji), BPS Club Margao
Ranking(15-18
Cover Story, Lead Story in GOAN OBSERVER of June 6, 2010
By Rajan Narayan
www.goanobserver.com
Nadia Torrado was a tragedy waiting to happen. Because Mickky Pacheco
has made a habit ...
- Do Goans approve of such a cover page which shows utter disregard to
the deceased and the
THE FIRST WORLD KONKANI CULTURAL CONVENTION – MEETING AT MUMBAI
On Sunday, May 30 2010, at 3.00 pm, at Gyan Ashram, Andheri(E); around 30
representatives of various Konkani organizations met, to acquaint themselves
with the details of the First World Konkani Cultural Convention, a 25- days’
Today I visited the Zonal agricultural office at Margao as we had recently
received a letter from them stating they had given no permission to the TCP
or any other department for change in land use or zone .
While I was discussing I asked the department head why he does not take up
seriously the
2010/6/8 Mauricio Pereira mpqa...@hotmail.com
Goa chief minister Digamber Kamat has said that a divine hand was guiding
him in the governance which is helping him overcome the obstacles.
Kamat, in a booklet released by the state government on the completion of
three years, said, I am
Thanks to Alfred for the material, he has not traced the source of the
melancholy piece. We thank the author. Eric.
The Sea-King - A Goan Seaman's Story
Minguel Antonio Piedade Gonsalves was born in Sinquetim, a large ward of
Navelim village, the third child of a poor mundcar couple. He
Tip The Den, Mickey !
As kids most of us must have played hide and seek and tip the den games one
time of the other, both are similar but tip the den is certainly the more
exciting one, as kids it was very exciting and enjoyed it too, it did not
require to many kids as well, could be played
Comments:
This article has been forwarded to us by a party member based in Kuwait.
Why? Because he knows that when Goa Su-Raj Party comes to power with the
help of the people who will hit the streets saying 'enough is enough' it
will start dismembering the skeleton of corruption, limb by
Jazz Goa went on A.I.R. (All India Radio) 105.4 FM Rainbow on the 7th of June
10 pm, with a slickly produced show featuring ONLY local talent.
Those of you who were unable to tune in can download the broadcast here:
http://www.filefront.com/16685211/Radio-1.wav
The Goan Voice (U.K.) had a clipping on the following; As stated here not
that long ago the Mail has it in for Keith Vaz. Whether what they have now
stated will hold, we shall have to wait and see.
Truth about Keith Vaz and crooked lawyer: Sleaze scandal as Labour MP tries
to take charge of
Goa's missing ex-Minister of Tourism Mickey Pacheco has applied for
anticipatory bail in a Goa court.
The court will hear the plea tomorrow. The prosecution has complained that
Pacheco is not cooperating with the police. Pacheco's Officer on Special
Duty (OSD) OSD, Lyndon Monteiro has also filed
Mickky Pacheco named main suspect in Nadia's murder
8 Jun: 18:21 IST. Mickky Pacheco has been named the main suspect in the
murder of Nadia Torrado .
Torrado died because of injuries caused by a blunt weapon . post-mortem
shows 11 injuries on Torrado's arms, thighs, lower lip and chest .
In
An eye witness account by Roy's critical middle class admirer,
Abhijit Dutta who attended the meeting of
Committee for Protection of Democratic Rights (CPDR) on the ‘War
Against People’ in Mumbai
She is a writer. So she writes. Who does she write for? Who is the
audience? Where does she publish?
http://www.marca.com/deporte/futbol/mundial/sudafrica-2010/calendario-english.html
--
DEV BOREM KORUM
Gabe Menezes.
A thoughtful critique by Journalist Nandini Krishnan, Chennai
Excerpts:-
The Maoists have consistently turned down invitations to hold talks.
India doesn’t have the best record where ‘talks’ are concerned - we’ve
been ‘talking’ to Pakistan for half a century - but is killing
non-Naxals a solution
The NDTV earlier (18:21)IST report has been altered several times. The 20:42
IST version has changed significantly, from
Torrado died because of injuries caused by a blunt weapon
To
Torrado died of multi organ failure after consuming rat poison.
I recall reading a report at the weekend to the
Arundhati Roy and related topics
http://blogs.outlookindia.com/posts.aspx?ddm=2eid=31
The boiler-plate letter below is for Goan men who need to call in sick during
World Cup Football. All you need to do is fill in your Supervisor's name and
your name and send. George
Dear Supervisor abc
Every four years around this time I get
The boiler-plate letter below is for Goan men to address to their wives during
World Cup Football. All you need to do is fill in your wife's name and your
name and send. In the case of Goan politicians fill in your wife's name,
mistress' name, girlfriend's name, etc. George
Today's Pics : No respect for freedom fighters?
Looks like this place is tidied up only 3 days in a year i.e.
1. 10 days from now i.e. 18th June
2. 15th August
3. 19th December
Remaining 362 days – who cares?
Not even the so called living FFs
We are two consenting adults – You bugger off!
Well, don’t you have anything better to do?
I have a girlfriend and you don’t – are you jealous?
I have a wife, so what? Can’t I have a girlfriend?
Which world you live in?
Having a girlfriend nowadays, is a fashion for godsake.
Sometime we
I cannot, for the life of me, find any fault with these FREE souls; they seem
to be, truly, enjoying their FREEDOM. where else, more appropriately,
than on the Azad Maidan...the fields of Freedom...les Champs de Liberté...
What is their misdemeanour? Wherin does it lie?
Do they deserve
From: Shilla Almeida, Goa Sudharop, International Youth Coordinator
The Goa Sudharop Youth Volunteer Leadership team is pleased to announce the
Summer Youth Volunteer Projects:
1) Flip Flop Drive - Kiran Shastri
2) Educational Toys and Books Drive - Samantha Mascarenhas
3) Treat Me Sweet -
Fuloi - Fuloi - Horad Goemkar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlw2jA2yfmQ
joego...@yahoo.co.uk
for Goa NRI related info...
http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/
For Goan Video Clips
http://youtube.com/joeukgoa
In Goa, Dial 1 0 8
For Hospital, Police, Fire etc
Hi FN,
Can I attend as convenient for my own knowledge/help community
building, and perhaps I may be able to give some input or usefully
spread something positive.I will probably not need boarding and
certainly not lodging lodging...JEG
.
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org
Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories.
*** Monsoon to hit city within two days: Met deparment - Indian
Express
6-07/advancing-india-monsoon-to-benefit-cotton-sugar-cane-update1-.htmlusg=AFQjCNFPOHQY04IqZ8MI_CC0fEZPDtN2BQAdvancing
**
*An appeal to GoanS!*
*Hello GOA?? PLs.support this family *
*Torrado Family seek CBI PROBE In Nadia's Death.*
If You were involved and guilty even a little
in the Nadia Torrado death case, would you ask the
best in the country to probe??
IF There are any doubts And more (False?)
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