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GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS
February 17, 2003
TEXTBOOKS TO CHANGE: The State government has decided to change the
syllabus for VIII, IX and XI standard by introducing textbooks prescribed
by the Maharashtra State Board instead of NCERT textbooks from the next
academic year starting from June 2003. Similarly, the syllabus for SSC and
HSSC students would be changed from June 2004 in a phased manner. Goa Board
of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education chairman, PR Nadkarni, said
that the Board has decided to adopt textbooks prescribed by the Maharashtra
Board with necessary changes wherever required from the ensuing academic
year in a phased manner. (GT)
"30% GOAN HOUSES TO HAVE COMPUTERS": The Goa Chief Minister, Mr Manohar
Parrikar, said in Bangalore on February 16 that 30 percent of all Goan
households would have computer and Internet connection in the next five
years. Participating in a session on "Role of IITs in nation building",
organised as part of "IIT 50" celebrations, Mr Parrikar said his government
had launched "cyberage" school scheme, which was providing free computers
with educational CDs for all XI standard students in the State. (NT)
GOVT TO SUE "GOA 1000 GUTKHA": The state government is examining the
possibility to take legal action against one of the tobacco producers for
selling gutkha by name "Goa 1000 Gutkha", manufactured from Gulbarga,
Karnataka. (GT)
SUPPORT PRICE FOR MILK: The Co-operative Minister, Vinay Tendulkar, has
said that the government is considering the introduction of a support price
of 50 paise per litre to milk producers in Goa. He was speaking at the 34
th Annual Day Celebrations of Chidambar Milk Co-operative Society, Nanoda
Sattari, on February 13. (GT)
GOA'S HIV-POSITIVE ORPHANS: In the next five years, Goa is likely to
encounter yet another horrifying aspect of AIDS as it would then have to
take care of a large number of HIV positive orphan children whose number is
rising by leaps and bounds. Currently, 25 children are being treated for
HIV at the Goa Medical College hospital itself. (Bindiya Chari in Herald)
AT CUTBONA TODAY: If anything, Monday will see the authorities cracking a
whip at Cutbona, trying to set right the decade old wrongs and rampant
illegalities carried out at the jetty. While the demolition squad will be
on their feet to raze the last of the unauthorized and illegal structures
along the kilometer-long jetty, another team of officials will station
themselves at Cutbona to inspect fish transport vehicles involved in
carrying fish from the jetty to the Betul plateau for drying. (H)
UPGRADATION OF WOMEN'S POLICE STATION: The Bailancho Saad on Sunday
recommended that not only should the government health services have a
tie-up with the police machinery to deal with cases of violence against
women, but also that the present women's police station be upgraded to a
full-fledged, round-the-clock station. (H)
ONE COMMITS SUICIDE IN HOSPITAL: Bassappa Naik, aged 47, of Sanvordem died
after consuming poison at Hospicio Hospital, Margao on Saturday where he
was admitted for treatment. (NT)
IN GOOD FAITH: Magdalene Fernandes of Guirdolim claims that she was duped
of her gold ornaments and a cheque book by one Juliet Fernandes. Magdalene,
who was renovating her house, handed them over to Juliet for safe-keeping
last year. Last month when she recovered the possessions form Juliet, she
found that one of the lockets worth Rs.one lakh was missing. Few days later
when the complainant went to update her passbook, she realised that Rs.1.10
lakh was withdrawn on two occasions. (GT)
20,000 DOGS STERILISED; Since the beginning of the year 2000, the animal
welfare organisations have sterilized and euthanised a total of 20,000 dogs
all over Goa. According to a report submitted by the animal welfare groups
to Digambar Kamat, Minister for Urban Development. (H)
OFFENCE REGISTERED: The Maina Curtorim Police has registered an offence
against Anthony Pereira and E Pereira from Cotta, Chandor, for assaulting
one Ms Arlinda Mascarenhas. In another assault case at St Jose Areal, the
police arrested one Franskina Mora for allegedly assaulting Ms A Moura with
a "danddo". (NT)
BANK EMPLOYEE HELD: The Vasco police arrested Shekher, the peon of a local
bank, in connection with the theft of Rs.4 lakh from the bank. (NT)
BANK LEFT OPEN THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT: It escaped the attention of the bank
officials, so was the case with the thieves on the prowl. On Sunday morning
at 11 am when Adv Savio Furtado casually came to his office located on the
first floor of the building in Margao, he was shocked to note that the
shutters of a nationalized bank open. He dialed the police, who informed
the bank manager, and all heaved a sigh of relief after realizing that the
serious lapse did not cost the bank dearly. (H)
SYMPOSIUM ON SOCIETAL PEACE: "Unity in Diversity" forms the backdrop of the
national symposium on Societal Peace being held at Dhakne Wada of Kundaim
village in Ponda taluka by Peaceful Society and its National
ForumSwarajthat inculcates Gandhian values and perspectives among people. (NT)
PROMOTING KONKANI AS OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: "The point high in my action plan
is the promotion of the Konkani language in the administration commencing
from the lowest rungthe talathi, the gram sevak, the panchayat secretary,
the Sarpanch, the municipal officer and so on. The efforts to put Konkani
on a sound public pedestal have to begin from the grassroots political
levelan area ignored by the Konkani intellectuals. This is because if
Konkani as a language is rejected by our misguided and ill-informed
panchayats and municipalities as a 'useless' medium to run the
administration, then it has no real future." (Nandkumar Kamat in Glimpses-NT)
S P O R T S
DEMPO STEAL POINT: Dempo SC fought tenaciously to hold Kolkata giants and
Durand Cup champions East Bengal to a 2-2 draw in the OIL PSU National
Football League at Nehru Stadium, Fatorda, on February 16. (GT)
D E A T H S
16 Feb: Porvorim: BRUNO BALTAZAR SALDANHA (Ex-British Petroleum
Refinery, Aden), husband of late Elsa, father of Dr Egbert/Tania, late Dr
Christina.
15 Feb: Canada: ANA FRANCISCA LOBO, daughter of late Jose Antonio/Late
Maria Catarina Lobo, sister/sister-in-law of Zezito (Germany), late
Fernando/Zenita Amaral, Marie Anne/John Sequeira (Canada) and Ancy/Kumar
Sookraj (Canada), expired in Canada.
15 Feb: USA: LENNIE DOS REMEDIOS, husband of Christine, father of Dean
Allan and Neil Christopher, brother/brother-in-law of late Winnie/Anthony
Lobo, late Peter John, late Ruth & Edgar/Gauri, Maureen and Neville D'Souza
(Italy), uncle of Shanon, Ishan, Ruth & Mark/Leanne D'Souza (England),
expired in Virginia, USA.
16 Feb: Kundai: SHEELA GANESH KAMAT, wife of Adv GG Kamat, mother of
Rajan/Swati, Sunil/Nandini, Jaydeep/Sangeeta.
13 Feb: Loutulim-Rassaim: MARIA ANGELICA FERNANDES, wife of late Manuel
Santan D'Cruz, mother of late Effie, Domnic, Judas, Juju, Olga, Maria.
16 Feb: Vasco: ESMERALDA FERNANDES, wife of Peter, mother of
Patsy/Anthony, Plino, Pramila/Victor.
16 Feb: LAURA ALDA DE SA E MENEZES, wife of late Louis, mother of
Luisa/late Garcia Dias, Ligia/late Jose D'Sousa, Amalia/Stan Nazareth,
Maria Isabel/Octaviano Ferrao.
G O A W E A T H E R
Temp: 24.4 deg C (75.9 deg F) at 08.30 am in Assagao.
Max Temp: 35.2 deg C, Humidity: 60% (Official figures for yesterday)
Weather: Today too there was heavy mist in the early morning air in
Goa. The mist is said to be bad for the mango crop…The mango trees in Goa
are already in full bloom.
Courtesy: H=Herald, NT=The Navhind Times, GT=Gomantak Times
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