------------------------------------------------------------------------ * G * O * A * N * E * T **** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GARCA BRANCA VACATION ACCOMMODATION LOUTULIM, SOUTH GOA. For R&R; modern/clean amenities; serene, healthy and wholesome location
Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JUST POLITICS, AS USUAL * Mummy (Victoria Fernandes) to withdraw resignation. Government strips her from Kadamba chairperson's post. (H) * Francisco Sardinha is new GPCC president. (H) * Dhavalikar brothers seek recording of proceedings for disqualification plea. (H) ISSUES THAT NEED NOTING * Two youth killed in accident in Vasco. Haphazard parking in the port town saw their bicycle come under the rear wheels of a trailer, proceeding towards Tilak Maidan.(H) * Anti-malaria campaign in Candolim, Calangute. (NT) * Shaurya Chakra award for Goan soldier army seepoy Ramchandra Shivaji Shide from Cunchelim, near Mapusa, who was killed while fighting militants at Kashmir. (H) * Paulo Travels is advertising daily package tours to Shirdi, Nasik, Aurangabad, Bangalore, Mysore, Ooty, Kodaikanal, Mahableshwar, Hyderabad,Tirupati, Valankanni, Jog Falls. * The RMS postal service has shifted from Panjim to Porvorim. With this, the late evening (Speedpost, 24 hour) and other services are not available at Panjim after 5.30 pm! * A day after opening, the Citizens' Facilitation Service hit snags at the Margao municipality. Software developed snags, and the format was found to differ. (H) * Electric sparks claim woman's life in Maulinguem. (H) * 75-year-old charged with wife's murder, following fight at Mencurem, near Bicholim. (H) * Bid to steal sophistical operation theatre equipment worth Rs 9.5 lakh was foiled at the MPT port hospital. (H) * Many village panchayats without full-time secretary. (H) * Give prisoners a second chance, says archbishop. (H) * Dr Savia Viegas to give a presentation on 'reading into Goan family photographs" at the XCHR on Aug 17. She is working on completing the photography study entitled The Family Archive. She has a village-based organisation called Saxtti, working to impart creative learning for children. [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Konkani songs album 'Goem Mhojem Sundorem' released by Fr Ubaldo Fernandes, editor of Ixtt. The lyrics and melodies are penned by Fr Tomas Lobo, chaplain of SFX Chapel, Duler.H * KRC allays fears on safety of route. (H) * Piedade bonderam on Aug 25 at 3.30 pm. (H) * 16-year-old rapes girl, 14, at Assolda, Quepem. (NT) SOMETHING POSITIVE * Dempo Research Fellowship 2007 on offer. Grant of Rs 100,000. (Advt in Herald) * Furtado's offers Indian musical instruments, Western instruments, music books, software and more. Also, pianos on hire. (H) DEATHS * John Joseph Rebello (Voddy-Cuncolim) * Ligorio Carvalho (Sancoale) * Maria Estefania Baptista (Pinto Vaddo, Candolim) * Joyce Lisboa (ex-teacher, Brittos and HS Assagao, SFX Mapusa of Rajvaddo Mapusa) * Aida Menezes Mesquita da Silveira (St Inez). THAT'S TRUE * A fighter bull that was seized by the police at Kirbhat-Nuvem on Wednesday afternoon was released late this evening upon court orders. (H) * Meet called to find solution to casino controversy. (H) * 17 arrested for gambling in Vasco. (H) * Even as the Panjim police tightened its night vigil after a spate of burglaries reported in Goa, on Thursday thieves struck in broad daylight at St Mary's Colony in Miramar, when one of its two occupants, Cecilia Pinto, 69, was away and her daughter-in-law was also out. Thieves decamed with cash, foreign currency, 10 gold chains, a gold bracelet, two gold bangles and five gold pendants. (H) * Tariq Ahmed Battlo, accused of being a terror suspect by the Goa police, appeared in person in court and exposed contradictions of the witness Selvyn Goes, and prayed that the court start proceedings against the witness for alleged false statements. (H) * DIG Ujjwal Mishra Thursday claimed that the medical examination report of the six-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped by her uncle at his home in Altinho, has shown no external or internal injuries in the private areas. (H) ONLINE RESOURCES * Cartoonist Alexyz online: http://www.alexyztoons.com/ New cartoons: Goa traumatised by politicians Domnic and malaria Leave your comments at the message board. * Take a look at the ingredients and recipies to prepare some traditional Goan sweets (pinaca, bebinca, shirvolis, rice patolis, rava patolis, neuros, sweet potato neuros). http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1107003557&size=l http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1107814042&size=l This brochure was lying in my pile of books, and was created by the 2003 third year students of the Goa College of Home Science, and distributed at the GHAG's Goa Heritage Festival of that year. If you appreciate it, please thank the students who took the trouble to put this together. And let's work on making more Goa-related information sharable. 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