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*** House congratulates Joaquim on becoming GFA President (Deepika) Panaji, July 17 (UNI) Cutting across party lines, the Goa Legislative Assembly today unanimously adopted a motion congratulating urban development minister Joaquim Alemao on his becoming president of the Goa Football Association besides pleading for assistance to encourage the sport in a big way. http://www.deepikaglobal.com/ENG3_sub.asp?ccode=ENG3&newscode=4173 *** Governor to address the 5th Goa Assembly session tomorrow (New Kerala) Panaji, July 15: Governor S C Jamir will address the newly-constituted fifth Goa Legislative Assembly session beginning here tomorrow for two weeks to pass the full budget. http://www.newkerala.com/july.php?action=fullnews&id=46839 *** Asian Poker Classic to return in 2008 (Online Casino Reports) With spectacular results at this year's Asian Poker Classic in Goa, India, organizers have announced the tournament's return in March 2008, in the hope of drawing more money, and many more pros to the table. http://www.onlinecasinoreports.com/news_show.asp?id=1883 *** Goan coast not vulnerable to terror attacks, says DIG (Navhind Times) Panaji, July 17 The deputy inspector-general of police, Mr Ujjwal Mishra today stated that Goan coast is not vulnerable to arms smuggling and terror attacks and disclosed that the Goa police have not received any intelligence on this. http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=071823 *** Mauvin is new Deputy Speaker (Navhind Times) Panaji, July 17 Mr Mauvin Godinho, the four-time Congress MLA from Cortalim, was today elected as new Deputy Speaker of the Goa legislative assembly. He edged out two of his rivals from the opposition camp in the election process. http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=071824 *** HC asks pollution board to come up with scheme on recycling of waste (Navhind Times) Panaji, July 17 Hearing petition filed by Mr Floriano Lobo on garbage disposal and landfill sites, the division bench of the Bombay High Court consisting Mr Justice R S Mohite and Mr. Justice N A Britto has directed the Goa State Pollution Control Board to prepare a scheme on recycling of waste. http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=071822 *** In-principle decision on expansion of Goa stretch of NH-17 (Navhind Times) Panaji, July 15 The government after receiving cold response from private companies for investment in its six-lane highway project extending from Patradevi to Polem, has decided in-principle to undertake expansion of the existing national highway-17 passing through Goa without adding any extra lanes. http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=071616 *** Movie Preview : Mr. Black Mr. White (Indiafm via Yahoo! India News) Gopi (Sunil Shetty) a simpleton, arrives in Goa from Hoshiyarpur. His mission- to hand over an incredibly tiny piece of land to his childhood friend Kishen, which was his father's last wish. http://in.movies.yahoo.com/070717/24/6i4v3.html *** Goa Dy Speaker's post goes to Cong (Indian Express via Yahoo! India News) Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat scored an important victory today after the ruling Congress party's candidate Mauvin Godinho won the Deputy Speaker's election despite attempts made by Churchill Alemao's Save Goa Front (SGF) to split the votes. The triangular fight began when Alex Reginaldo Laurence contested for SGF and the BJP had its MLA Ramesh Savardekar in the fray. In the first round ... http://in.news.yahoo.com/070717/48/6i5zm.html Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
