goanet-digest Monday, June 3 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4042
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In this issue:
[Goanet] BJP TO FORM GOVT IN GOA TOMORROW
[Goanet] GONAS
[Goanet] WORDS TO LIVE BY...
[Goanet] Goan elections and Aires Rodrigues.....
[Goanet] PARRIKAR SWORN-IN
[Goanet] 03 JUNE: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS
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Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2002 21:14:12 +0530
From: "Joel D'Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] BJP TO FORM GOVT IN GOA TOMORROW
Parrikar invited to form govt, to be sworn-in tomorrow
Panaji, Sunday, 2nd June, 2002
Goa governor Mohd Fazal has invited Manohar Parrikar of BJP to form
government in the state.
Official sources informed a news agency that Parikar would be sworn-in as
Chief Minister tomorrow at 10.30 am at Raj Bhavan.
For details see ddinews.com at :
http://ddinews.com/cgi-bin/ddnews/ddnews/ddmainstory.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0900538488.1023069251@@@@&BV_EngineID=cadceejmjlhibfeecgfecfldhjh.0&catoid=31431&directory=%2fNews
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Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2002 09:00:37 -0700 (PDT)
From: George Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] GONAS
Extraordinary work deserves extraordinary praise and support. David Futers and his
GONAS group
have contributed magnificiently to Goa. Please support his efforts.
George Pinto
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Goan Feast in the UK to Fund Goan Teachers' Exchange
On Saturday, May 11, in a small North-eastern English town, some 5,000 miles away from
Goa, a
social event took place that might have some bearing on the education of children in
Goa.
In Newbiggin-by-the-Sea's small sailing club, David Futers and Eleanor Air hosted a
real Goan
dinner to help raise funds for the third GONAS teachers' exchange programme to be held
in May
2003.
Chicken xacuti, pork vindaloo, and fish curry accompanied by assorted vegetables and
dhal were on
the menu. Some 40 guests attended. Jude and Anne Miranda from Baga were the chief
guests. The
Mirandas, including their two children Mathew and Daniel, provided the evenings musical
entertainment for the hospitable people of Newbiggin. Close to GBP 600 was raised from
the event.
The target is to raise GBP 2,400 to send three high school teachers from Goa to
England for an
international exposure to and training in teaching techniques. Five teachers have
already
benefited from two exchanges in the past: Jude Miranda (at that time teaching maths
and IT at SFX
High School, Mapusa), Auria Fernandes (Sharada Mandir High School, Miramar), Antonieta
Noronha
(Saviour of the World High School, Loutulim), Sarita Carvalho (Rosary High School,
Panjim), and
Uday Gaonkar Abhinav Vidyamandir High School, Mollem, Sanguem taluka.).
David Futers is the UK Co-ordinator of GONAS; Emmanuel D'Silva is the India
Co-ordinator. If you
need more information, or want to help, please contact David at: 6 Victoria Terrace,
Newbiggin by
the Sea, Northumberland NE64 6NL, England. Telephone: 44-1670-815 297;
e-mail: Or look up: http://www.f-w-a.demon.co.uk/gonas2001/
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Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2002 19:40:52 +0000
From: "Joe Vaz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] WORDS TO LIVE BY...
WORDS TO LIVE BY
*If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.
* A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.
* Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
* For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism.
* He who hesitates is probably right.
* No one is listening until you make a mistake.
* Success always occurs in private, and failure in full view.
* The colder the X-ray table, the more of your body is required on it.
* The hardness of the butter is proportional to the softness of the bread.
* The severity of the itch is proportional to the reach.
* To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is
research.
* Two wrongs are only the beginning, and finally...
* To succeed in politics, it is often necessary to rise above your
principles. :)
Have an enjoyable week.
Joe Vaz
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Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2002 22:30:34 +0000
From: "Nagesh Bhatcar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] Goan elections and Aires Rodrigues.....
Goanetters,
I am very much eager to see what Aires has to say now about the outcome
in the elections. I had seen quite a few mails from Aires here that
riled at everything that Mr. Parrikar did for Goa and Panjim. I was in
Goa at the time of the elections and was pleasantly surprised at the
support Mr. Parrikar received from the people of Panjim, irrespective
of their religion. I saw that Mr. Rodrigues was misrepresenting facts
and many here on Goanet projected him as some sort of a one-man watchdog
out to prove that Mr.Parrikar was bad for Goa!
The Goan electorate did knock out a few defectors. Rumours abound that
many of the defectors paid the Congress Party crores of rupees to get a
party ticket. It appeared that the Congress Party was not at all
interested in ruling Goa but was out to make money!! Could any
'investigative reporters' on Goanet substantiate or debunk these rumours?
Nagesh Bhatcar
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Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 11:32:15 +0530
From: "Joel D'Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] PARRIKAR SWORN-IN
Parrikar sworn-in as new CM in Goa
Panaji, Monday, 3rd June, 2002
BJP legislature party leader Manohar Parrikar was today sworn-in as the new
Chief Minister of a BJP-led coalition government in Goa.
The Governor Mohd Fazal administered the oath of office and secrecy to
Parrikar and his 12 cabinet colleagues at a simple ceremony on the lawns of
Raj Bhavan.
All the four members of MGP-UGDP combine and an independent, were among
those inducted in the ministry.
The technocrat-turned politician took oath of Chief Ministership for the
second consecutive time.
He is the 17th Chief Minister of this tiny coastal state which was
liberated over four decades ago.
BJP, which had emerged as the single largest party with 17 seats in the
40-member assembly, was invited to form the government by the Governor
after Parrikar presented four MLAs of MGP-UGDP combine along with their
letters of support to Fazal yesterday.
With the support of these four MLAs and an independent legislator, BJP's
strength has gone up to 22 one more than majority mark.
COURTESY: ddinews.com
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Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 12:18:02 +0530
From: "Joel D'Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] 03 JUNE: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS
GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS
03 June 2002
PARRIKAR SWORN-IN AS NEW CM IN GOA: BJP legislature party leader Manohar
Parrikar was today sworn-in as the new Chief Minister of a BJP-led
coalition government in Goa. The Governor Mohd Fazal administered the oath
of office and secrecy to Parrikar and his 12 cabinet colleagues on the
lawns of Raj Bhavan. All the four members of MGP-UGDP combine and an
independent, were among those inducted in the ministry. The
technocrat-turned politician took oath of Chief Ministership for the second
consecutive time. He is the 17th Chief Minister of this tiny coastal state.
BJP, which had emerged as the single largest party with 17 seats in the
40-member assembly, was invited to form the government by the Governor
after Parrikar presented four MLAs of MGP-UGDP combine along with their
letters of support to Fazal yesterday. With the support of these four MLAs
and an independent legislator, BJP's strength has gone up to 22 one more
than majority mark. (ddinews.com)
BJP TO FORM COALITION: While the BJP party has 17 MLAs, the strength of the
coalition government will rise to 22 with the support of Francisco Mickky
Pacheco (Benaulim) and Atanasio Monserrate (Taleigao) of UGDP, and Sudhin
Dhavalikar and Pandurang Madkaikar of MGP and Felipe Neri Rodrigues
(Independent from Velim). (GT)
GLOOM DESCENDS ON CONGRESS: Veteran Congressman Pratapsingh Rane was
belatedly chosen Congress Legislature Party leader by the MLAs after
prolonged deliberations.
MATHANY REMAINS NEUTRAL: The third MLA elected on the UGDP ticket, Mathany
Saldanha, though being coaxed to join the BJP-led coalition, has decided to
remain neutral.
DR WILLY FOR SPEAKER'S POST? Dr Wilfred de Souza, the lone Nationalist
Congress Party MLA-elect, who by virtue of being the seniormost legislator
is likely to be appointed the pro-tem Speaker. But reports are that the
septuagenarian surgeon-turned-politician is also being favoured to take up
the regular Speaker's post in the new House. (H)
THE RISE AND RISE OF BJP: Describing the mandate as "supporting mandate",
the Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Mr Pramod Mahajan, said the BJP
has increased its voting percentage from merely 4 per cent in 1989 to 39
per cent in 2002. The voting percentage has increased by 13 per cent during
the last eight years and the BJP has increased its tally from 10 to 17. On
the other side, he said, the Congress has reduced its voting percentage
from 38 per cent to 36 per cent while its tally has gone down from 21 to 16
MLAs. (NT)
MGP-UGDP YET TO ENDORSE SUPPORT? Conflicting signals emerged on whether the
MGP and the UGDP have formally extended their support to the Bharatiya
Janata Party to form the government. Apparently, the MLAs belonging to the
MGP and the UGDP, took the decision to support the BJP government
unilaterally, without formally meeting and taking the leaders and
office-bearers of their respective parties into confidence. (H)
POLL PREDICTIONS: The Goan Magicians Guild will reveal their predictions on
the Goa Assembly elections 2002 today. Magicians D Satish and Dandrake had
predicted the results of the elections a few days before the vote counting
began. (GT)
PRE-MONSOON SHOWERS LASH THE STATE: The rain gods brought showers giving
Goans the much needed respite from the sweltering summer heat. Moderately
high rain and thunder showers lashed the state and the meteorological
observatory recorded 2.42 centimetres of rainfall between 8.30 am and 6.30
pm yesterday. According to the Meteorological observatory officer, the
rains, caused by a trough offshore along north Karnataka an Lakshwadeep,
are likely to continue for a few more days though this is not the beginning
of the monsoons. The actual monsoons are likely to arrive in Goa by June 6.
(GT)
RAINS KEEP MAHAJAN HOVERING: The aircraft carrying the Union Parliamentary
Minister, Mr Pramod Mahajan, from New Delhi to Goa continued hovering over
Goa for nearly two hours as it was not getting a signal to land at the
Dabolim airport in view of bad weather. (NT)
SSC RESULTS TODAY: The Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary
Education, Alto Betim, will declare the SSC results at the Directorate of
Education, Panaji, at 11 am today. A total of 18,734 students had appeared
for the SSC examinations held from 28 March to 11 April this year. (GT)
GULF AIR PLANNING CHARTER FLIGHTS: In a development significant for the
tourism sector, Gulf Air is planning charters to Goa for the first time
from November this year. It is expected that a sizeable population of Goans
expatriates in the Gulf may also avail of the charter flights to land here
and return. India received 1.5 lakh visitors (FITs) from the Gulf region,
out of which about 5,000 travelled to Goa, Kerala and other places. Another
heartening development was the possibility of United Arab Emirates,
starting direct flights to Goa. (GT)
TEENAGER FEARED DROWNED: Franklin Estibeiro (17), who had entered into the
sea at Betalbatim, is reported to be missing. Over 20 boys from Macazana
had come to Betalbatim on Sunday morning for a picnic, and Franklin, who
along with another boy, entered the sea, was pulled away by the strong
current. The second boy was rescued by his friends. (NT)
A SEVEN-POINT PROGRAMME FOR STABILITY: In an article in The Navhind Times
under this heading , Nandkumar Kamat comes out with the following
seven-point programme for political stability in Goa: 1) Size of the
cabinet (ideally 10 including the CM); 2) Official recognition for a
"shadow cabinet"; 3) Launching of politics of deliberations and consensus
and not recrimination, revenge and retribution); 4) Changing the focus of
public discourse from personalities to issues and ideas; 5) Meaningful,
urgent decentralization and devolution of the powers to the village and
zilla panchayats; 6) Ensuring of political stability by keeping the MLAs
creatively engaged; and 7) Correct, rational and balanced allocation of the
portfolios to the ministers including the first timers.
ROMEO DA SILVA SCHOLARSHIP: The Goan Association (UK) has instituted a
scholarship in memory of late Romeo da Silva of Navelim for Accountancy.
The student availing of this scholarship must be a domicile of Navelim,
Salcete, Goa and pursuing higher studies in a college in Goa. (GT)
STABILITY AMIDST FRACTURED MANDATE: When Governor Mohammed Fazal
administers the oath of office and secrecy to the ministry headed by
Parrikar today, the latter would be heading only a marriage of convenience,
a thing which has become so common to Indian polity and particularly that
of Goa, lately. All the rhetoric of political honesty et al had died down
by the time the poll results were declared by Saturday afternoon. For,
there was no mandate either for the Bharatiya Janata Party or the Congress.
(Edit in GT)
AWARD FOR KONKANI NOVEL: "Shaktipaat", a Konkani novel in Devanagari
script, written by Audhut Kudtharkar, has been selected for Dr TMA Pai
Konkani Appreciation Award 2001, which carries Rs.5,000 in cash and a
citation. (NT)
D E A T H S
02 June: Macazana: SLIFFTON ESTIBEIRO, son of Saluzinho/Rita, brother
of Shelton, expired under tragic circumstances.
02 June: Colva: BERTILIA SANTIMANO: wife of late Felix, mother of
Anthony (Saudi)/Osmara, Joseph/Antoneta, Rosario/Melba (Muscat),
Didaco/Merlin, Inocencio/Diana, Imaculado, Fransisco (Kuwait)/Fatima.
02 June: Carmona: DOMNIC ROBERTO RODRICKS (Ex-O.I.L. Calcutta), husband
of Anna Maria Artimizia, father of Elvino/Sapiencia, Doris/Alberto,
Darwin/Jane, William/Joseph.
G O A W E A T H E R
Temp: 26.4 deg C (79.5 deg F) at 7.30 am at Assagao
Max temp: 32.1 deg C; Humidity: 72 per cent. (Panjim yesterday)
Weather: The morning sky is overcast today, signifying a likely rainy day.
Courtesy: H=Herald, NT=The Navhind Times, GT= Gomantak Times
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