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GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS Sep 01, 2004 THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: "Chepem matheak bosta zalear ghal." (If the cap fits, wear it.) "domnic fernandes" [EMAIL PROTECTED] GOACOM VIDEO NEWS http://www.goacom.com/news OTHER VIDEO CLIPS 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. IT RAIDS AMBUSH ISIDORE, BABUSH: Income tax officials yesterday (August 31) carried out simultaneous raids of residential and commercial establishments of Town and Country Planning Minister, Atanasio Monserrate, former Poinguinim MLA Isidore Fernandes and three other city-based businessmen including a builder. This is the first time that residential and commercial establishments belonging to a Cabinet minister has been raided by the IT officials in the State. (GT) IT'S A POLITICAL VENDETTA: Town and Country Planning Minister Atanasio Monserrate said the raid smacked off political vendetta by the Congress. "I went to the GPCC president Luizinho Faleiro's house along with the Transport Minister Pandurang Madkaikar to wish him on his birthday on 26 August..Luizinho told me that I could pay Isidore the money but asked me that the latter should not contest the bye-election." The raid is borne out of the Congress motive to seek political revenge and settle scores, former Poinguinim MLA Isidore Fernandes said. (GT) THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MAHARAJA MONSERATE: To his followers and beneficiaries, Babush is a king with a heart. To his opponents he is a Robin Hood who is no good. Love him, hate him or raid him, it's difficult to ignore Atanasio Monserrate. If there is one Cabinet minister who knows how to lead a life of luxury, it is Babush Monserrate. The Maharaja loves his cars. And his car numbers. The cars are all lined up at his Taleigao bungalow "Case Monseratte". (GT) PARIKAR FOR SLAMMING THE DOORS ON CBI: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said he had lost trust in Central agencies after the unwarranted IT raid on Town and Country Planning Minister Atanasio Monserrate and would consider withdrawal of consent to CBI to function in Goa. Speaking to reporters at Monserrate's residence in Taleigao after the IT officers who had completed the search operations had left, Parrikar alleged that the raid was politically motivated and the officials had acted under the direction of the Central government. (GT) MAN STABBED: A 21-year-old mason, Mr Yasin Nadaf, originally from Belgaum, but now residing in a rented room at Canca near Mapusa, was stabbed by a resident - Manjunath - of an adjoining room late on August 30 night. (NT) MMC'S REVENUE RECOVERY DIPS: Officially, Margao Municipality's tax arrears has crossed Rs.3 crore. Unofficially, it's over Rs.5 crore. These figures might indeed sound mindboggling, but revenue generation and collection by the civic body in the state's commercial capital has dipped to all time low. Be it the house tax, rents from buildings, tax on advertisements, etc, the arrears appear mounting every year. (H) WOMAN DIES OF BURN INJURIES: A 29-year-old woman - Sharal Almeida Fernandes - from Taleigao succumbed to burn injuries sustained in an accident on 26 August. Sharal was married to Ravindra Fernandes and was residing at Goa Velha when the incident occurred. (GT) MISHAP KILLS OLD WOMAN: One P Fillomena Pinto, 70, resident of Velim, was killed when she was hit by an oncoming motorbike at Baradi, Velim, on August 30. (GT) MISSING GIRL TRACED: A minor girl aged 14 years, who went missing from her house at Raia-Damon, was located at Sarzora village on August 31. (H) HELD FOR MOLESTATION: Colva police arrested a security man, Raju Thapa, for allegedly molesting the wife of his colleague at Calvaddo-Benaulim on August 31. The incident occurred the previous night when the accused went to the house of the victim and after having a couple of drinks allegedly molested the 33-year-old woman. (H) TARGET FOR CASHEW PLANTATION: The Agriculture department has already met the set target for the State for bringing land under cashew plantation for the year 2004-05. The total target set for coverage under area expansion was 300 hectare and Goa has already achieved it. The target for re-planting and rejuvenation was 700 hectare and Goa has achieved 800 hectare in this category. According to the Asst Director of Agriculture (Cashew), Mr VM Khandeparkar, about 2.20 lakh of cashew grafts of high yield varieties like Vengurla, 4, Vengurla 7, Vengurla 8 and Bali 2 were distributed and have been planted by cashew farmers in Goa this year. (NT) MICKKY'S EXEMPTION IN COURT: The State has vehemently opposed the application of former Tourism Minister, Mickky Pacheco, seeking exemption from appearance in the court in the infamous Betalbatim shack burning case. (H) SPEED-BREAKERS AT VELIM: Two years after the proposal was first mooted by the local village panchayat, the district authorities finally notified four speed-breakers at the accident prone Velim market area. (H) DIGITAL VIDEO EXHIBITION: A Exhibition on Digital Video to be held on September 3 at Hotel Mandovi, Panjim, from 11 am to 4 pm, featuring a range of digital video products of interest to Film-makers, Event video-graphers, Photographers, Wedding video-graphers, amateur video-graphers and anyone interested in digital video filming and editing. On display will be the latest professional DV cameras from Panasonic and video editing cards from Pinnacle. The exhibition is being presented by Visual Technologies India Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, and Apna Studio Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, authorized distributor and dealer for Panasonic professional DV cameras. Local sales and support is available through us for all their products. (Allain Saldanha Proprietor, Digital Magic) COURSE IN SPANISH: Alliance Francais de Goa will be launching a beginners course in Spanish on September 15 and will be of 80 hours duration. The course will be conducted by a native speaker of Spanish, Jorge Aguirrre and will focus on oral and written Spanish. RICH TRIBUTES PAID TO DR MARTINS: Freedom Fighters, contemporaries and younger admirers paid rich tributes to the late Dr Jose Francisco Martins at a condolence meeting held at Institute Menezes Braganza hall on August 30. Martins, who passed away a month ago, was described as the "leading figure" among the freedom fighters who organised the movement against the Portuguese rule within the Goan boundaries in the early 1950s. (H) DRAWING VISITORS BY ITS BEAUTY: The beautiful village of Verna, situated 10 km from Margao, is rich in water resources with numerous lakes, ponds, tanks and springs that it has in abundance. This has certainly been very rewarding for local farmers to cultivate paddy and vegetables. The village can undoubtedly be a hot spot for water harvesting projects which could save litres of water that pours down in the lakes and ponds from hills and the rocky terrain of Verna. The ward Ambllor, surrounded by thick trees and knolls, has a spring covered with rocks, which forms a very impressive spectacle for visitors thronging the place. (Roque Dias in NT) GOAN ART OF CONSTRUCTION: So it did not come as a surprise to read that in Margao there are over 15,000 unlicensed shops. Did it come as a surprise - not in the least because in Goa, illegal construction has become such a fine art. It has become so sophisticated that it is easier to build an illegal construction than get permission for a genuine one. Yes, even with official' s knowledge. And what is shocking is that parties who make a big song and dance about supporting one particular type of demolition turn a blind eye to all the illegal construction that surrounds that demolished structure. (Edit in Herald) BANKS TRYING TO EXPAND CAPITAL BASE: The managements of several commercial banks in India are currently engaged in finding out the ways and means to expand their capital base, upgrading their technology platform to meet the supervisory challenges and looking for growth opportunities through acquisition of regionally dominated small and medium size banks. (UNI Report in Herald) INTERNET STILL EVOLVING: Thirty-five years after scientists at UCLA linked two bulky computers using a 15-foot gray cable, testing a new way for exchanging data over networks, what would ultimately become the Internet remains a work in progress. University researchers are experimenting with ways to increase its capacity and speed. Programmers are trying to imbue Web pages with intelligence. And work is under way to re-engineer the network to reduce spam and security troubles. (Anick Jesdanun in Herald) RATAN AWARD FOR NAGVENKAR: Chairman and Founder Trustee of Ann Institute of Hotel Management and catering Technology, Anandrao N Nagvenkar, was awarded the "Rashtriya Ratan Award" in New Delhi recently. Nagvenkar was presented the award at a symposium in the capital to mark the 60th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister late Rajiv Gandhi. The award is the highest in the country for distinguished service to inspire people, especially the younger generation, to work for strengthening the national integrity. (GT) PROF VELINGKAR TO RECEIVE NATIONAL AWARD: Prof Subhash Velingkar, principal of Vidhya Prabhodini Higher Secondary School, Porvorim, will receive the national award for excellence in the field of teaching from President APJ Abdul Kalam on 5 September on the occasion of Teachers Day. (GT) D E A T H S 31 Aug: Assolna: JOAQUIM S FERNANDES (Ex Sarpanch of Assolna); husband of Lauriuna, father of Jenecia, brother/brother-in-law of Fortunato/Celia, Lucy/Cruz Soares. 31 Aug: Assolda: MOTU SHANKAR RAUT DESSAI: mother of Nilu Raut Dessai and Meena Madhuker Dessai. 31 Aug: Curtorim: PREMABAI NAGUESH KAMAT: mother of Motiram, Dr Ramesh, late Anant, Kunda Madhusudan Thali. G O A W E A T H E R Max temp: 30.7 degC; Min temp: 24.1 degC; Humidity: 90% (Yesterday) Rainfall so far: 1695.1 mm Weather: The weather appears a bit subdued this morning.rather cloudy after a light shower in the early hours today. Courtesy: GT=Gomantak Times; NT=The Navhind Times; H=Herald; WE=Weekender; TOI=Times of India JOEL D'SOUZA Assagao-Goa-India. ########################################################################## Goa's premier mailing list Goanet - http://www.goanet.org is 10 years old today