[Goanet-News] Goa news for June 9, 2010

2010-06-09 Thread Goanet News Service
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

[Goanet] BENAULIM MLA's

2010-06-09 Thread Mauricio Pereira
On the fourth day on which former state tourism minister Francisco 'Mickky' Pacheco remained missing, and was named prime suspect in the Nadia Torrado death case, the mood among his Benaulim constituents varied from guarded observations to downright belligerence. Most of the people contacted,

[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (9Jun10)

2010-06-09 Thread alexyz fernandes
First Lesson: Don't let your thoughts stray... Meaning? The Roads also caters to Stray Cattle, Dogs, Pigs 'N' Straying Politicians To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org

[Goanet] MICKKY PACHECO's PRIME Mistake???

2010-06-09 Thread Zena Costa
who RATOL? NOT ALL.!!GOA SURE SMELLS A RAT!! *Nadia Jolene Torrado: Girl Interrupted?* Goa: --- -Zena Costa THIS TIME IT BOOMERANGED and with accuracy--former Goa Tourism Minister and Nationalist Congress Party legislator Mickky Pacheco, (currently in his running sho), the flamboyont and

[Goanet] What Is The Quality Of Our Goan Leaders Today ?

2010-06-09 Thread Freddy Fernandes
What Is The Quality Of Our Goan Political Leaders Today ? In 1979 ISRO's pet project SLV-3 program was in full swing and India was all set to put Rohini in to orbit, just four minutes before the countdown started, the computer after going through the check list, puts the launch on hold,

[Goanet] Daily Grook #720

2010-06-09 Thread Francis Rodrigues
DAILY GROOK #720 === FALLEN OMEN === by Francis Rodrigues if a billboard fell on a couple in love, was this - pray tell the sign from above? *GREAT ALL-OCCASION GIFT* http://www.KonkaniSongBook.com

[Goanet] Probe jupiter hospital's role

2010-06-09 Thread Mauricio Pereira
Convenor of Bailancho Ekvott and complainant in the Nadia Joelle Torrado death case, Auda Viegas, on Tuesday called upon the crime branch to investigate the role of the Jupiter hospital located at Thane, Mumbai, in the case. What made the hospital remain silent on an issue of a medico-legal

Re: [Goanet] Probe jupiter hospital's role

2010-06-09 Thread J. Colaco jc
a: Points 1 and 2 (infra) are important if the post-mortem findings (as reported) are accurate. b: Either the doctors at the hospitals failed to recognise the presence of injuries, or the recognised and did a 'wash hands'. i.e. there is either clinical or criminal negligence involved here.

[Goanet] Goa Tourism - Tom Jerry Show

2010-06-09 Thread soter
Who will handle the Tourism Ministry portfolio in Goa now that Goa's tourism seems to have no respite from being hit by high profile cases like the Scarlet Keeling episode of 2008, the Russian rape case in 2009 involving a politician John Fernandes, death of a young girl during the Sunburn

[Goanet] A free coaching programmer for Minority/SC/ST (40% for women) candidates only

2010-06-09 Thread Goanet News
A free coaching programmer for Minority/SC/ST (40% for women) candidates only It gives me an immense pleasure to inform you that consequent upon ceaseless and sincere efforts of our visionary, dynamic Vice-Chancellor Prof. P.K. Abdul Azis, the Ministry of HRD has honoured to AMU to establish a

[Goanet] Rajan Narayan's Apathy Towards Our Dead

2010-06-09 Thread Freddy Fernandes
Rajan Narayan's Apathy Towards Our Dead www.goanobserver.com http://www.rediffmail.com/cgi-bin/red.cgi?red=www%2Egoanobserver%2Ecom Looking at the cover story of Goan Observer of June 6, 2010, I was very much appalled to see a coloured photograph of Mickky happily dancing on Nadia

Re: [Goanet] SONIA MOVES HIGHCOURT For CBI PROBE.

2010-06-09 Thread Frederick Noronha
On 9 June 2010 08:56, Zena Costa zenaco...@gmail.com wrote: PLEASE GIVE her the benefit of doubt until proven guilty Not benefit of the doubt. Everyone *is* innocent until proven guilty. Slandering someone with a pen (or keyboard) is easy though... FN

Re: [Goanet] SONIA MOVES HIGHCOURT For CBI PROBE.

2010-06-09 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 9 June 2010 04:26, Zena Costa zenaco...@gmail.com wrote: ** *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

[Goanet] Nadia's divorce proceedings expose Mickky

2010-06-09 Thread Freddy Fernandes
In response to: Message: 2 Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 18:47:18 +0530 From: Valmiki Faleiro valmikigoa...@gmail.com To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: Re: [Goanet] Nadia's divorce proceedings expose Mickky Hi Valmiki, I do remember the

[Goanet] Suicide, Ratol, Minister, hiding, bail etc - Ho gondoll koslo?

2010-06-09 Thread JoeGoaUk
Suicide, Ratol, Minister,  hiding, bail  etc  - Ho gondoll koslo?   Looks like there is a lot  more to it I am sure, the truth will come out soon.   In the mean time  here are some QAs. 1. How close was the minister with the deceased? - Seems pretty close (It’s none of our business, they were

[Goanet] Goa death: Nadia Torredo's mother could be arrested today, say sources

2010-06-09 Thread Gabe Menezes
Goa death: Nadia Torredo's mother could be arrested today, say sources A Goa court will decide today whether to grant bail to Mickey Pacheco, the state's former Tourism Minister, who is missing, and has been named the main suspect in the mysterious death of his girlfriend, Nadia Torrado. (Read:

[Goanet] Mickky says case malafide, seeks bail

2010-06-09 Thread Gabe Menezes
Mickky says case malafide, seeks bailTNN, Jun 9, 2010, 02.08am IST MARGAO: Former Goa tourism minister Francisco Mickky Pacheco, who is facing a lookout notice in connection with the Nadia Torrado death controversy, on Tuesday filed an anticipatory bail application before the Margao sessions

[Goanet] Goanet highlights: The death of Nadia Torrado ... (Compiled by Selma Carvalho)

2010-06-09 Thread Goanet News
Goanet highlights by Selma Carvalho The sad demise of the beautiful Nadia Torrado dominated Goanet this week. Her passing away caused a furore loud enough to result in the resignation of Tourism Minister, Mickey Pacheco. But was her death unscrupulously exploited by vested political interest to

Re: [Goanet] Goa Tourism - Tom Jerry Show

2010-06-09 Thread J. Colaco jc
On 9 June 2010 03:51, soter so...@bsnl.in wrote Who will handle the Tourism Ministry portfolio in Goa now that Goa's tourism seems to have no respite from being hit by high profile cases like .. Viva Goa! Haven for drugs, alcohol, sex, corruption, flying squads and Rattol. COMMENT: As a

[Goanet] Lyndon denied bail, case could now be murder

2010-06-09 Thread Gabe Menezes
http://www.targetgoa.com/index.php Lyndon denied bail, case could now be murder 2010-06-09 Lyndon Monteiro Officer on Special Duty (OSD) and close personal friend of former Tourism Minister Mickky Pacheco has been denied anticipatory bail. Monteiro had applied for anticipatory bail pleading that

[Goanet] BORGES BAB-AK NIMNNO ZABAB - 'DEBATE' KORUNK RAJI ZA

2010-06-09 Thread tomazinho cardozo
09/06/10 BORGES BAB-AK NIMNNO ZABAB Khoinchoch vixoy chorchek haddlea uprant ti chorcha akhrek somponk zai. Eka vixoyacher dogam zannamni kholayen bhasabhas kelea uprant te chorchent konnachem sangnnem sarkem aslem ani konnachem sagnnem sarkem naslem hacher konnem tori nirnnoy diupak zai.

[Goanet] Talking Photo: Most expensive 'Boje' I ever had

2010-06-09 Thread JoeGoaUk
Most expensive 'Boje' I ever had   When ordered a plate of 'boje', the boy came with just two in a plate. No sauce no chutney. Rs.5   The two 'boje' were of different size too. One is 33% smaller than the other.   It was at the popular cafe Aram opp Urban Health Centre, Panjim   Check it out

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: The joke is on us (FN, in Herald)

2010-06-09 Thread Goanet Reader
The joke is on us Frederick Noronha/Devil's Advocate Just before going to bed last night, I read this one-liner on Facebook. It simply said: The person who called Goa 'rape capital' is about to be the mayor of that capital if proved guilty. It would

Re: [Goanet] Goa Tourism - Tom Jerry Show

2010-06-09 Thread soter
JC wrote: Now, I am being advised that one of the pivotal reasons for No windows was that there was Nothing to steal! Comment Exactly! It took so damn long for JC to understand what tarvotti, gulfie talk was all about. By the way, the ill famed tourism minister also belongs to this NRI

Re: [Goanet] Goa Tourism - Tom Jerry Show

2010-06-09 Thread J. Colaco jc
Dear Soter, Your comments (and a previous response to Selma) effectively demonstrate the bone you appear to possess against these hard working Goans who IMHO made the choice to accept the harsh conditions of the Gulf and the Merchant Navy mainly to support their previously struggling families in

[Goanet] Cops want custodial interrogation of Mickky Pacheco

2010-06-09 Thread Gabe Menezes
http://www.targetgoa.com/newsd-Cops-want-custodial-interrogation-of-Mickky-Pacheco-420 Cops want custodial interrogation of Mickky Pacheco 2010-06-09 Who would have thought that the redoubtable Mickky Pacheco would be brought down by rat poison. He applied for anticipatory bail in the South Goa

Re: [Goanet] Talking Photo: Most expensive 'Boje' I ever had

2010-06-09 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 9 June 2010 11:39, JoeGoaUk joego...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Most expensive 'Boje' I ever had When ordered a plate of 'boje', the boy came with just two in a plate. No sauce no chutney. Rs.5 The two 'boje' were of different size too. One is 33% smaller than the other. It was at the

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: The joke is on us (FN, in Herald)

2010-06-09 Thread Venantius J Pinto
Well written, reasoned, and well articulated. And exactly in the manner said in the piece: Which side of the political fence you are on, in today's Goa, is more important than issues of mere morality and probity in public life. Quite frankly the use of Devil's Advocate is misleading, since it is

[Goanet] Loyola-Margao days

2010-06-09 Thread Valmiki Faleiro
Dear Freddy, The reason for my being summarily dismissed from both boarding and school was not any fugoteos but the fact that, to help some day-scholar friends not get detained in Std X (the penultimate high school year then) on grounds of inadequate school attendance, I agreed to destroy the

[Goanet] Micky Bab in 2003

2010-06-09 Thread Vasant Baliga
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3304983.stm 'Bling-bling' birthday for Goan politician By Soutik Biswas BBC News Online correspondent in Delhi An extravagant birthday bash for a colourful Indian minister promises to become the mother of all parties in the sun-soaked beach

Re: [Goanet] Goa Tourism - Tom Jerry Show

2010-06-09 Thread soter
JC said: Bravo Soter, Bravobut Is thy turmeric slip showing comment: How sad? Seeing all tumeric is perhaps a case of jaundice. A common disease when people can find no grounds to malign others. Imagining what others have not said is a case of ...you know what. -Soter

[Goanet] Nadia case... TV reportage

2010-06-09 Thread Goanet News
Goa police are pressuring us: Nadia's family http://www.timesnow.tv/Goa-police-are-pressuring-us-Nadias-family/videoshow/4347036.cms Sessions Court Sets Order on Mickky's Bail Plea for Thursday and rejects Lyndon's Bail Petition http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FccKnr5_lIU

[Goanet] Is Nandakumar Kamat an Agent of Mine Owners and the Politicians Who Want to Sell Minerals for a Song to Multinationals for their Personal Benefit?

2010-06-09 Thread augusto pinto
On Tuesday 8 Jun 2010 Goanet received two messages from Nandakumar Kamat. 1.) Subject: [Goanet] Chennai Journalist Nandini Krishnan says-We need Arundhati Roy like a hole in the head 2.) Subject: [Goanet] Arundhati Roy, Operation Green Hunt And The Indian Middle Class By Abhijit Dutta Both

[Goanet] A different Tom and Jerry show

2010-06-09 Thread Carvalho
When I watched Arundhati on the podium rant against the evils of capitalism and the downfall of the hedonistic, passionless, uninvolved Middle-class with its blatant disregard for values, morality, romance and revolutions in that order, I realised that Soter was the one person missing on that

[Goanet] This ancient chapel is also a pvt property of Military?

2010-06-09 Thread JoeGoaUk
This ancient chapel is also a pvt property of Military? Located withing the premises of Military hospital opp. Kala Academy, Panjim.   I was curious to see inside of it so one day I decided to visit the chapel. Time was around 5pm. At the gate, I was asked.. ‘where you are going? - I said ‘

Re: [Goanet] Is XXX an Agent of Mine Owners and the Politicians Who Want to Sell Minerals for a Song to Multinationals for their Personal Benefit?

2010-06-09 Thread Santosh Helekar
I strongly object to this smearing and denigration of Nandakumar Kamat by Augusto Pinto for selfish person political reasons. Arundhati Roy has been rightly and rightfully criticized for her advocacy of violent Naxalite extremists by Nandakumar, Selma and others because they pose as grave a

[Goanet] Please urgently stop sand digging in ecofragile Vanxim island near Divar

2010-06-09 Thread Dr.Nandkumar Kamat
-- Forwarded message -- From: Dr.Nandkumar Kamat nandka...@gmail.com Date: Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 1:39 AM Subject: Please urgently stop sand digging in ecofragile Vanxim island near Divar To: cm@nic.in Attention Dear Hon. CM, Please recall the telephonic talk about stopping

[Goanet] Need to act on report on minor minerals sent by minister of state, MOEF, (ind. charge) Mr. Jairam Ramesh

2010-06-09 Thread Dr.Nandkumar Kamat
-- Forwarded message -- From: Dr.Nandkumar Kamat nandka...@gmail.com Date: Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 1:51 AM Subject: Need to act on report on minor minerals sent by minister of state (ind. charge) Mr. Jairam Ramesh To: cm@nic.in Dear CM, Goa A lot of agitations have taken place

[Goanet] Is Nandakumar Kamat an Agent of Mine Owners and the Politicians Who Want to Sell Minerals for a Song to Multinationals for their Personal Benefit?

2010-06-09 Thread Carvalho
I disagree with Augusto that by being anti-Arundhati, one immediately becomes an agent for mine-owners and dodgy politicians. This isn't Geogre Bush's India where you are either with us or against us. Arundhati's agenda is much wider than what Augusto states. It is infact another fork in the  

[Goanet] Goa news for June 10, 2010

2010-06-09 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Calls, cash, burnt boarding pass: Goa cops build case against ex-minister on run - Indian Express

[Goanet] Látrabjarg, Iceland

2010-06-09 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
To Goanet - http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2010/06/09/latrabjarg Regards, r

[Goanet] WE LIVE IN A NATION... !!!

2010-06-09 Thread Wilson Coelho
We live in a Nation..! ·Where Pizza reaches home faster than Ambulance police, ·Where you get car loan @ 5% and education loan @ 12%, ·Where rice is Rs 40/- per kg but SIM card is free, ·Where a millionaire can buy a cricket team instead of

[Goanet] Tattoos and Footballers - by Gasper Crasto [gaspersWorld]

2010-06-09 Thread Goa World
Tattoos and Footballers by gaspersWorld / Navelim (Kuwait) For www.goa-world.com/ With the World Cup set for a grand finale it looks as though tattoo artists are experiencing massive demand for football tattoos. Many well-known football players can be seen sporting tattoos when you watch

Re: [Goanet] Mumbai Goans say 'viva la Portugal' this World Cup

2010-06-09 Thread Frederick Noronha
But then, putting down people on the basis of their inadequate knowledge of a certain language is also a definite Goan trait, isn't it? (Not certain how this works itself out in other parts of India and South Asia, but the Sri Lankans did work themselves into a deadly situation by completely

[Goanet] Wildtrek Adventures

2010-06-09 Thread Savio Fernandes
Hi There Wildtrek Adventures organizes a two day fun filled informative outing at Bondla Tambdi Surla. Participants can welcome the Monsoon by feasting their eyes on the rich flora fauna over thick forests that Goa has to offer. Know about the rich Biodiversity of the Sanctuary, courtesy,

[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (10Jun10)

2010-06-09 Thread alexyz fernandes
A new Minister is Sworn... What this Govt. needs is a Min. for Wayward Politicians... To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org

[Goanet] Book Club @ Literati, Calangute

2010-06-09 Thread Goanet A-C-E!
The next book club will meet on 1st July at 8.15 p.m. to discuss VENITA COELHO's new release WASHER OF THE DEAD. Hopefully we can meet Venita for drinks and potluck after. The book is available at Literati. Let me know if you plan to come. Diviya E/1-282 Gaura Vaddo Calangute Goa 403516

Re: [Goanet] Libraries in Goa...

2010-06-09 Thread Colin Savio Coelho
Hi Fredrick Please add this one: Margao Municipal Library Municipal Building Margao. Regards Colin Savio Coelho Ph +91-9326121136 Read all Goanet messages at: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/

Re: [Goanet] Goanet highlights: The death of Nadia Torrado ... (Compiled by Selma Carvalho)

2010-06-09 Thread joseph trindade
its nothing new its not the first and it want be the last, we people will only keep talking but no one will bell the cat, thts the trend in Indian politics, you and i wld hv done the same obrigad, as beign done by the rest of the politicians its nothing in todays political world

[Goanet] The Creepy Times - Checkered Keelback

2010-06-09 Thread Rahul Alvares
Do check the website for my article and pictures on my recent trip to see Tigers in Central India www.rahulalvares.com (creepy blog) The Checkered keelback Non-venomous Average length: 3-4 feet The Checkered keelback is definitely the most aggressive snake I’ve known. I hold scars from bites