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GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS
February 11, 2003
OPPOSITION RAPS GOVERNMENT: The government's failure to draft proper
policies specially in the field of tourism, industry and agriculture and
non-implementation of some key projects was highlighted by the Opposition
on 11 February. Leader of Opposition, Pratapsing Rane and Deputy Leader of
Opposition, Dayanand Narvekar, combined effectively for once in cirticising
the government during the debate on the motion of thanks to the Governor
for his address to the Goa Assembly. (GT)
ISSUES RAISED IN THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY SESSION: Non-implementation of
schemes despite assurances in the past session; lack of policy in the
agricultural sector and proper mechanization which has affected the
farmers; granting of large-scale extensions to retired employees; failure
to curb corruption' failure to take action against an official who had been
nabbed while accepting bribes; delay in setting up a cardiac unit at GMC;
need to revise the list of beneficiaries under the scheme for below poverty
line people; government's failure to take the Opposition MLAs into
confidence; discrimination in carrying out developmental activities in some
of their constituencies; chaos on the garbage front; inaction regarding the
proposed hi-tech IT habitat at Doan Paula and the much-talked about cyber
city; failure to attract new industries, etc.
"SETTLE LANGUAGE CONTROVERSY": Referring to Chief Minister Parrikar's
statement seeking five years to settle the language issue, the Opposition
Leader, Pratapsing Rane, participating in the debate, taunted the Chief
Minister saying the matter should be resolved right away instead of five
years from now. (H)
"LARGE" LOANS: The Opposition severely criticised the Chief Minister, who
is also the Finance Minister, for resorting to large financial borrowings,
from all sources particularly from EDC, Sahara India and Indian Bank, for
running the affairs of the state. (H)
CHANGES IN TRANSPLANT ACT SOUGHT: The Goa Legislative Assembly on February
10 passed a resolution urging necessary changes in the transplantation of
Human Organs Act, 1994, to provide for "required request". The changes in
the Act were sought to make it mandatory for individual hospital
authorities or medical practitioners to solicit organ donations from the
next of kin of patients in all cases of death. (H)
MID-DAY MEALS DEFERRED: The State government has suspended the operation of
the mid-day meal scheme for primary school children in all talukas, barring
Sattari, till June 2003. Admitting that there were some errors due to the
large number of schools and students to be catered to, Chief Minister
Manohar Parrikar informed the Goa Assembly that the quality of the food
items would be monitored in Sattari and food inspectors would be appointed
for the purpose. (GT)
NEW CS: IAS officer Dev Singh Negi has taken over as the new Chief
Secretary o Goa. Fifty-five year-old Negi, originally from Pooh Kinnaur
District of Himachal Pradesh and resident of New Delhi, is holder of MA
degree in History from the Punjab University. He belongs to the 1975 batch
of Indian Administrative Service. (GT)
EYE HOSPITALS: It will now be possible to tackle the problem of corneal
blindness in the State soon as the Goa Assembly adopted a resolution to
authorize hospital authorities to remove corneas from the eyes of dead
persons. (GT)
PARRIKAR PUTS TANUJA CASE IN RANE'S COURT: Replying to the question tabled
in the State legislative assembly during the question hour by Mr Pratapsing
Rane over the delay cause in handing over the murder case to the CBI, the
Chief Minister asked Mr Rane to verify the investigation being carried out
by the state police and give recommendation, whether the case should be
handed over to the CBI. (NT)
FUNDING FOR CARNIVAL, SHIGMO ENHANCED: The government has enhanced the cash
amount towards creating infrastructure and for prize money for each centre
for holding the Carnival and Shigmo celebrations from Rs.3.25 lakh to
Rs.4.00 lakh this year. However, the enhancement of Rs.50,000 is only for
those centres that organise Carnival/Shigmo cultural programmes for all the
days. Carnival is celebrated at five centres for four days and Shigmo at
six centres for equal number of days. The carnival begins from 1 March and
Shgimo from 19 Mach. (GT)
ARRESTED FOR SETTING HOUSE ON FIRE: Mapusa police yesterday arrested one
Anthony Gomes from Shantinagar-Khorlim for allegedly setting a house on
fire. The house belonging to Alka Bhat was set ablaze at about 5 am on
Sunday. There were occupants in the house Alka along with her family
resides in another house in the same locality. (GT)
6-YEAR-OLD GIRL ATTACKED: In yet another case involving cyber crime, police
said that Krishna Bhagwan, of Margao, had been getting threatening e-mails
for the past seven days, asking him to leave his job in a factory at the
Verna Industrial Estate. Bagwan took the e-mail threats lightly. However,
when his wife and their daughter were returning from school at Margao, an
unidentified person attacked the girl and she sustained minor injuries. (H)
COMMERCIAL CAPITAL EARNS PALTRY SUM: During the last financial year, the
Margao Municipal Council earned only Rs.4.38 lakh as trade tax, when in
reality the revenue ought to have been three times more than this figures.
For long, the MMC has utterly failed to force the traders to pay the tax.
It is not uncommon to find traders setting up business sans the trade tax. (H)
TWO-WHEELERS SET ON FIRE: Some Unknown miscreants set a fire three
two-wheelers at Borim yesterday. (GT)
GUTTED IN FIRE: A generator of a mining company at Dignem caught fire due
to a short circuit, destroying property worth Rs.20,000. Another fire was
reported at Poira, where cashew plantation belonging to a mining company
caught fire. (H)
IRKED OVER "OMELETTE-PAV": With the Margao Municipal Council's crackdown
failing to create the desired effect, the South Goa Hotel Owners'
Association has decided to approach the High Court for action against
unauthorized fast food "omelette-pav" kiosk doing business in Margao city. (H)
GOAN WRITERS TO ATTEND LITERARY FEST IN DELHI: Three Goan writers will
participate in the Katha International Literary festival from February 12
to 6 at India International Centre, New Delhi. The celebrated international
musicologist and winner of the Milkweed Literary Prize (USA) for his novel
"Tivolem"Victor Rangel Ribeirohas been invited to be on the panel of
experts. Sahitya Akademi Award Winner Damodar Mauzo will discuss Katha
prize-winning stories, while Prakash Pariekar, the budding writer, will
receive the Katha Prize Award for 2003. (H)
S P O R T S
FRANSA DOWN GOA POLICE: Fransa Football Club scored an easy 3-1 win over
Goa Police Sports Club in the Sesa Football Academy Invitational Inter-Club
football tournament in Sanquelim on February 10. (H)
D E A T H S
07 Feb: Toronto: ARNOLD LOBO (Ex-Bombay/Muscat, Oman), son of late
John/Cecilia, husband of Muriel (nee Menezes), father of Owen, Aubrey and
Clive. Funeral on February 12 at 10.30 am at St Christopher's Church, 1171
Clarkson Avenue, Mississauga.
09 Feb: Naquelim-Camorlim: KEVIN ANTAO, son of Peter and Bernadette,
brother of Clynton, Christable/Seby Mascarenhas.
10 Feb: Agassaim-Dandim: ROMANA FERNANDES.
10 Feb: Santo Estevam: NASCIMENTO LAVINO MARQUES, husband of Catarina
Lisa Ferrao, father of John/charlotte (Canada), Sabrina/Mario Silveira,
Joseph (Dubai), Maria Espy/Merwyn Saldanha, brother/brother-in-law of late
Deodato/late Martha Aguiar (Portugal).
10 Feb: Candolim: ADOLF INFANTE MACHADO, husband of Maria, father of
late Augustine Frederick, Aloysius Francis, late Dominic, brother of Delfine.
10 Feb: Sarzora-Rockvaddo: SEBASTIAO FRANCISCO MASCARENHAS, husband of
late Josefina, father of late Jessie, Allan/Primcy, Fortunato/Perpetua,
Murphy/Zita (Bahrain).
10 Feb: Raia: CAETANO MANUEL INACIO PEREIRA, husband of late Eudociana,
father of Celia/Anthony, Bravo/rocky, Glarice/Joseph, late
Guilherme/Prisca, Fatima/John, Judith/Mario, brother of Fr Cleto (Parish
Priest, Cansaulim).
10 Feb: Goa Velha: LUIZA MARIA DA SILVA, daughter of late Casmiro
Antonio and late Maria Estafania, sister/sister-n-law of late Vitoria,
Annie/late Dennis de Souza (Canada), Amelia/late Pat Wallis (Canada).
10 Feb: Tivim-Sirsaim: THOMAS MENEZES, husband of Cecilia, father of
Rosy/Geraldo, Pauline/Domnic, Maria/Carlos, Assumption/Diego, Anatilda/Edgar.
10 Feb: Taleigao: DOMINGOS X D'SOUZA, husband of Roza.
G O A W E A T H E R
Temp: 25.4 deg C (77.5 deg F) at 10.00 am in Assagao.
Max Temp: 32.5 deg C, Humidity: 63% (Official figures for yesterday)
Weather: Bright sunshine this morning in Goa.
Courtesy: H=Herald, NT=The Navhind Times, GT=Gomantak Times
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