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GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS
Aug 24, 2004
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: "Adhar divunk vell kor, anik khuimchench sukh taka
sor zainam." (Make time to help, no other happiness matches this.) "domnic
fernandes" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
GOACOM VIDEO NEWS
http://www.goacom.com/news
GoacomNews13 Aug 04
* Local party workers pressurize Isidore to join ruling party for
development in constituency * Congress MLA's hold emergency meeting.
VIDEO CLIPS at http://www.goacom.com/news
LATEST Clip Bonderam St Mathias2004.
* BONDERAM: A traditional Harvest Festival held on the island of Divar in
Goa. The colourful event was organised on August 22 by St Mathias Sports
Club, Divar.
Clip Goan Out-Migration to Middle East.
TRUCKERS' STIR CONTINUES: With the nationwide truckers' strike entering
third day (August 23), the situation in the export-oriented industrial units
in the State starting feeling the pinch as the goods could not be
transported to the port. The president of the Goa Chamber of Commerce and
Industry, Mr Nitin Kunkolienkar, said things would become worse if the
truckers' strike continues for few more days. (NT)
VEGETABLE PRICE HIKE: With the truck operators on an indefinite nationwide
strike, vegetable vendors in the State have already hiked the vegetable
prices. (H)
NEW FREE STRUCTURE: Academic year 2005-06 will finally see a clear-cut fee
structure for private professional colleges, in keeping with the Supreme
Court directions given in the year 2003, at which time the prescribed Fees
Committee will be set up, say officials. (H)
MIGRANT LABOURERS SWEAT IT OUT: They form the backbone of the fishing
industry in Goa. A direct beneficiary of the "Susegad" attitude of Goans,
the migrant labourers employed on trawlers sweat it out in the absence of
any facilities to better their lot. The attitude of Goan employers toward
their employees in this field borders on indifference, to say the least.
(Joaquim Gracias in GT)
RESOLVE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS: VELIM LOCALS: Agitated residents of Velim on
August 23 morning blocked the Betul-Margao road for well over three hours,
throwing vehicular traffic out of gear on the Betul-Velim route. They later
served a 15-day ultimatum on the authorities to resolve their traffic woes
or face daily protests. (H)
STORM BREWING AGAINST MOBILE TOWERS: Are more phone base station antennas
(towers) a health hazard to the neighbourhood? Whatever the claims and
counter claims, erection of cellular towers in residential localities,
especially on high rise buildings, is facing rough weather, so it seems.In
Salcete, it started with protests from residents of Navelim. Last week saw
hundreds of students coming on the roads in Cuncolim, protesting against the
erection of a tower close to the school building. On Aug 23, the residents
of Maddel have come out openly against the proposed construction of a tower
in their neighbourhood. (H)
BOOKED FOR SMOKING, SPITTING: The enforcement authorities in the State have
booked 7538 cases under the Goa Prohibition of Smoking and Spitting Act,
from September 2003 to June 2004. (GT)
DEAD FISH AT HARVALEM WATERFALL: Harvalem waterfall is scenic during the
monsoon but the cascading waters have brought dead fish in the village.
Villagers suspect that a company upstream of the nullah may have released
chemicals, which seeped into the water and entered the stream, thereby
resulting in the mortality of the fish. Most of the fish found dead is the
sweet water variety including pittoll, thigur and other local varieties.
(GT)
INCLUSION IN MPDA OPPOSED: The village panchayats of Cavelossim and Sao Jose
de Areal on August 22 joined the chorus of opposition against the government
move to include 18 Salcete villages in the newly-constituted Margao Planning
and Development Authority. (H)
RE-LAUNCHING OF MID-DAY MEAL: The number of students seeking admission to
government schools in Mormugao taluka has been declining over the years.
These schools cater to the poorer sections of the society and a declining
admission rate is detrimental both to the future of these children and the
schools. Given the prevailing circumstances, re-launching the mid-day meal
scheme in these schools seems the only way to salvage the situation. (NT)
UMA TO HALT IN GOA: The former Madhya Pradesh chief minister, Ms Uma Bharti,
will make a transit halt at Vasco da Gama railway station on August 24 on
her way to Hubli and the state BJP unit has decided to give a rousing
welcome. (NT)
CAMPAIGN AGAINST WIFE-BEATING: Over a hundred women gathered at Oxel in
Siolim on August 22 to discuss strategies to stop wife-beating in villages.
The meeting was convened after a mass door-to-door mobilisation of women as
part of the campaign to stop wife beating in Goa. The women vowed to stop
this crime in their village. The campaign was announced on March 8, when the
International Women's Day was kick-started in Siolim by Bailancho Saad in
order to seek community participation. (NT)
US NAVAL SHIP COMING: The United States Naval sixth Pathfinder T-AGS 60
class ship USNS Mary Sears - the first US naval ship to be named after a
woman - will drop its anchor at Mormugao Harbour on August 25 on a short
recreation tour. (H)
KLES TELE-MEDICINE LINKAGE: While Goa has yet to advance in the wonder world
of medical science and introduce super speciality services, the neighbouring
state's KLES-Belgaum is already working wonders for Goans who have been
thronging to this hospital during the last eight years. The hospital is
planning to introduce a bus service from Goa and better still it plans to
introduce tele-medicine linkage between its beneficiaries in Goa and the
doctors in the field of super speciality medical services.The hospital is
now vying to promote health tourism and is eyeing Goa from where it hopes to
lure tourists and foreigners. (H)
ST BARTHOLOMEW'S FEAST AT CHORAO: On August 24 there will be festivity and
celebrations all over Chorao, especially in the parish of St Bartholomew.
The Church celebrates the feast of St Bartholomew, the apostle. Chorao or
Choddnem is the largest of the seventeen islands in Goa. (H)
HARVEST FEAST AT MERCES: The harvest feast of the Comunidade of
Morobim-P-Grande, Merces Vaddy, will be celebrated on August 24, organised
by the gaonkars of the said Comunidade. (H)
LECTURE SERIES AT FUNDACAO: Noted artist/critic Mr Gulam Mohammad Sheikh,
shall deliver two lectures at Fundacao Oriente on August 28 and 29 at 5 pm.
Mr Sheikh will speak on 'Musing about Mixed Creatures' and will discuss
about composite images in art besides his own works. Mr Jaimini Mehta,
principal of Goa College of Architecture, will deliver a lecture on
"Mythical Space" on September 4 at 5.30 pm at Fundacao Oriente. (NT)
WHOM DO WE CATCH THIS TIME? No doubt the fishing ban was needed to conserve
depleting marine resources. However, this ban has become a contentious issue
between the western states of Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka where the law
is observed more in breach than in practice. And today, the race is not on
who will get the best catch or who will bring in the tastiest species but
rather who can violate the ban at the earliest. (Edit in Herald)
ALFRED ROSE'S ALBUM: Mr Savio D'Souza, secretary general of the Indian Music
Industry, released Alfred Rose's musical show audio CD on Goa International
Day. The music album has been produced by Mr Felix Correia and Mr Cyril
Santamaria of FC Global Music, Mumbai. M/s Rock and Raaga are distributors
for the Goa region. (NT)
AWARD FOR LECTURER: Allan Joseph Abreo, senior lecturer at GVM's college of
education, Ponda, has been awarded PhD degree in education by the Goa
University for his thesis 'Co-curricular Activities in different types of
Secondary Schools in Goa: A Study". (H)
D'PIETRO GETS FR ANTONIO KONKANI AWARD: Bonaventure Peter Fernandes, more
popularly known by his pen name Bonaventure D'Pietro, has been selected for
the Fr Antonio Pereira Konkani Award 2004, instituted by Thomas Stephens
Konkani Kendr. Pietro, who was often referred to as James Hadley Chase of
Konkani, wrote around a dozen novels and "Mhojea Paicho Fondd" and "Kallea
Vistidachi Choli" were some of his popular novels. He has been awarded twice
each in the past by the Kala Academy and Konkani Bhasha Mandal for his
writing in Roman Konkani. The veteran writer, who lives in Chinvar, Anjuna,
is also a versatile musician and has written three tiatrs. TSKK is planning
to collect a corpus fund of Rs.12 lakh to enhance the award amount, which is
presently Rs.25,000. (GT)
S P O R T S
ROSARY WIN : Holders Rosary College, Navelim, notched two late goals to
carve a 2-0 win over Cuncolim Education Society College to move into the
quarter-finals of the Goa University inter-collegiate football tournament.
(H)
D E A T H S
21 Aug: Gandaulim-Cuimbarjua: BRAS ALEXANDER JOAQUIM DA SILVA: husband of
Fatima, father of Peter and Ozy (Dubai).
22 Aug: Benaulim-Magilvaddo: ROSARIO FERNANDES: husband of Flory, father
of Fishan/Marcus, Annie/Armando and Francis (Tony).
23 Aug: Nagoa-Sonarvaddo: BOAVENTURA C GOMES E COLACO: wife of Silvestre
Lourdinho, mother of Carolina/Bruno, late Lourecinho, Autilia/Camilo, Sr
Goretti (DHM).
G O A W E A T H E R
Max temp: 30.2 degC; Min temp: 23.6 degC; Humidity: 93% (Yesterday)
Rainfall so far: 1670.6 mm
Weather: Judging by the dark clouds early this morning in Goa, we may be
in for a rainy day, but not the type that keeps everyone indoors throughout.
Courtesy: GT=Gomantak Times; NT=The Navhind Times; H=Herald;
WE=Weekender; TOI=Times of India
JOEL D'SOUZA
Assagao-Goa-India.
