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GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS March 30, 2003
PANEL "REVOLTS": All the seven associate members of the Delimitation Committee have urged the Delimitation Commission chairman Kuldip Singh to reconsider the draft delimitation proposals in order to ensure justice by completing the entire process in right earnest. (WE-GT)
PARENTS PROTEST, STOP BUSES: For a change, some private bus operators were given a sample of their own medicines. Tension flared up in the remote village of Neturlim, some 28 kms from Sanguem, when angry residents resorted to a flash strike on Saturday morning and prevented private bus operators from plying along their route. The grievance of the villagers, most of whom were parents, was that due to the sudden withdrawal of route buses, some five HSSC students from the Government Higher Secondary School at Sanguem could not answer their board exams at the Curchorem centre. (H)
TWO ACQUITTED: The North Goa District and Sessions Court acquitted Pandurang Phatarpenkar and Neena D'Souza, who had been arrested on the charge of killing one Peter John D'Souza at Kodirwada, Tivim, on 3 April 2002. (WE-GT)
NO-TRUST MOTION: The deputy sarpanch of Kundaim village panchayat, Mr Mahadev Parwar, is likely to face no-confidence motion from being local to the local MLA Sudhin Dhavlikar. (NT)
"AIM FOR PERFECTION": The Union Minister of Shipping Shatrughan Singh has asked the Mormugao Port Trust to aim for perfection and work with a positive outlook in order to achieve high levels of productivity and effectively compete in the fast changing global scenario. Sinha was addressing the head of departments of Mormugao Port Trust during his visit to the port on Mach 29. (WE-GT)
PILLION RIDER SUCCUMBS: Friday's bus strike proved unlucky for Sammy Panchole alias Shyam (31), a resident of Azossim as he died of multiple injuries in a road accident while going to work. Shyam was riding pillion on Nicholas D'Mello's bike upto Pilar when it as involved in a head-on collision with a tempo at Neura. Shyam received head injury, which proved fatal. Nicholas is undergoing treatment at the GMC Hospital. (WE-GT)
A VIRTUAL DEATH TRAP: Road mishaps in Valpoi and other parts of Sattari taluka have been on the rise, with an average of one accident taking place each day. The problem is most acute in the Valpoi market area, which doubles up as a make-shift bus stand. The market area has been described as a "death trap". (H)
M A R G TO STUDY PONDA ROADS: A programme "One Day, to Ponda Roads", is being jointly organised by the activists of Movement of Amity Towards Roads in Goa from the Ponda taluka, on April 8. (H)
BODY FOUND IN TUEM: A dead male body was found hanging on a cashew tree close to the electric sub-station at Tuem on Thursday (March 27). The yet unidentified body was of a young person aged between 30 and 35 years. (WE-GT)
SAVED FROM DROWNING: The motor-cycle pilots at the Mormugao Harbour stand saw a man fall into the water near the Harbour. They rushed there and saved him. The police were not sure whether the person accidentally fell in the water or attempted to commit suicide. (WE-GT)
NUVEM LOCAL DIES: A resident of Nuvem, 45-year-old S Colaco, succumbed to head injuries. He had a fatal fall after he slipped from the top of a tree at Nuvem yesterday. (H)
BOAR MEAT SEIZED: Canacona Range Forest officer yesterday arrested Carcense Viegas from Polem and recovered 10 kg of wild boar meat. Viegas was found with two hind legs of a wild boar. (WE-GT)
LOCALS DISPUTE ROAD CONSTRUCTION COST: Villagers of Shivsorem ward in Rivona village panchayat have raised eyebrows over the construction of a mud road in the village and the payment of Rs.23,000 made to the contractors the construction of the Road under the rural Development Agency Scheme. (H)
PUPPET FESTIVAL: A group or eight traditional puppeteers from Pinguli village of neighbouring Sindhudurg district have been deputed by Kala Academy, Goa, to participate in the national level Puppet Theatre Festival being organised by the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi. (NT)
BUNCH OF KEYS: A bunch of four keys has been found on Luis Menezes Road, St Tome, Panaji. Contact : RAB Ribeiro on 2421723. (WE-GT)
DOMINICAN CENTRE'S JOURNALISM COURSE: The Dominican Training Center in Moira will hold a journalism course for beginners from 25 April to 28 April, 2003. The course to be conducted by Francis Arackal OP will incorporate the use of videos, over-head projector besides computers, and will include practicals, workshops and visits to Media Centers. The course content includes Today's Media Scenario, The Power of the Mass Media, Youth and the Media, Advertisements: Techniques, Elements, Target audience; Radio: The FM Revolution, Types of Programmes, Radio Vs TV; TV: Is it really evil or can it be an instructor, Types of TV Programmes. News: Kinds of News, Sources of News, and Elements of News. Getting to know the Newspaper, What goes in where? Anatomy of a Newspaper; Reporting and Editing. Candidates may contact Fr Paul Fernandes at Dominican Training Center (DTC), 350 Pirazona, Moira, Bardez, Goa or phone 2470398 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
SELWYN PEREIRA SCHOLARSHIP PRESENTED: Four students, two each from Don Bosco HS, Panjim, and Bal Bharati Vidya Mandir, Ribandar, have been awarded the Selwyn Pereira Birthday Memorial Scholarship for the current academic year. The proud recipients are Vijay Gauns and Sumeet Gupta (Don Bosco), and Bhavana Sawant and Yogesh Kuttikar (Bal Bharati). The scholarship was instituted two years ago by Ms Lianne Rodricks, in memory of the versatile musician who was killed along with three other musicians in a road accident near Lucknow. (H)
S P O R T S
INDIA AGAINST DPR KOREA TODAY: India will rely on Stephen Constantine's much-toutedand effectiveNasty Football when they lock horns with an unpredictable DPR Korea in the preliminary round Group G Asia Cup qualifier on March 30 at the Nehru Stadium, Fatorda. India need to win by a clear two-goal margin and also take care not to concede a goal. As per tournament guidelines of the Asian Football Confederation, an away goal counts for two in the ultimate goal analysis. (H)
AGGIE FILES CASE AGAINST GFA, SIX OTHERS: Exactly five months after being unceremoniously, singularly, held responsible for "willful default and willful fraud", former Goa Football Association secretary Agnelo Alcasoas filed a civil case with the Judicial Magistrate First Class for temporary injunction, appoint of receiver and other reliefs. The case has been filed against the GFA and six othersVinod Parkkot, Agnelo Mascarenhas, Peter Vaz, Victor Fernandes, Armando Barbosa and Vilas Sardessai. (H)
D E A T H S
29 Mar: Margao: MARIAZITA AURORA DA PIEDADE VALADARES E BARRETO (93), relict of Roque, mother of Henry/Flora, Berta/Antonio, Soter Renate/Line.
29 Mar: Siridao: CARMELINA MARQUES, wife of late Constancio, mother of Menino/Bella, Florencio/Mariquinha, Felix/Osla, Salvador/Ivy, Jose/Irene.
39 Mar: Nuvem: SEBASTIAO COLACO, husband of Veronica, father of Clara, Sebiton and Richard.
17 Mar: Merces/Ontario: LUIZA GRACIAS, wife of late Vicente and late Robert D'Costa, mother of Herman/Dolle, the late Norman/Juanita, Ronald/Trudy and Vicente/Meridell, expired in Ottawa, Ontario.
G O A W E A T H E R
Temp: 28.2 deg C (82.8 deg F) at 09.00 am in Assagao.
Max Temp: 35.0 deg C, Humidity: 67% (Official figures for yesterday)
Weather: After a windy evening yesterday, the early morning weather is cool and pleasant today.
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