Dear Floriano, Wow, now they are coming to take in the stalwarts so as to stop their influencing of minds, who are looking for answers. What can possibly be next -- TADA?
venantius > From: "floriano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Goanet] ALERT OF POLICE INTIMIDATION > > This is to inform one and all who love Goa and are fighting the 'corrupt' > and the 'communal' forces in Goa that the Office Bearer of the United > Goans > Welfare Front [UGWF] Mr. Socorro D'Souza has been arrested by the Margao > Police today and is presently in the lock-up at Margao. > > This statement is issued on the understanding that Mr. Socorro D'Souza and > the other office bearers of UGDF are 'above board' in all respects and > are > not involved in > any breaking/contempt of the existing laws, rules and regulations. > > Floriano Lobo > Gen. Sec/Spokesperson, > Goa Environmental Action Group & Goa Su-Raj Party. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:58:25 +0530 > From: Clinton Vaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Goanet] The Death of Goa b Rajan P. Parrikar > To: goanet@lists.goanet.org > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Dear Rajan, > > Yesterday, I was driving by Donna Paula with some friends discussing > reasons why they had to unsubscribe from Goanet, and one of the reasons were > your mails dripping with hate and venom. A lot of us on Goanet have learnt > to ignore the bulk of your mails, and take in the most informative ones from > you.. > > It's good to be aware of (through your pictures) what happening around > Goa. But have you mananged to permanently stop any of the illgelalities? > It's really quite easy to critisize, and take pictures at the most. Fighting > battles at the ground is another thing. > > Considering the hours of time put in by certain members of the GBA is > indeed praiseworthy. If you amount all that to simply 'a cruel flatulent > joke' you are sadly mistaken. Yesterday morning, I dropped by at the Goa > Foundation office to find a silent but hard-working member of the GBA > drafting a retort to the court on the Aldea de Goa matter, along with the > Goa Foundation. > > While you say that the GBA sleeps, they work. They choose to ignore your > ignorance. But they do feel hurt when you make comments like you have been > doing of late. The GBA is an alliance of various NGOs that got together to > denotify the regional plan, which they suceeded in doing. While many feel > that they should have disbanded after achieving their target, they persisted > on, and the going is tough.... but right now thay are trying their patience > with the slow pace of the Government... > > You can't expect instant stoppage of illegal constructions when the GBA is > made up of lay people who have their own jobs to run, and families to take > care of. Yet, they put in time and fight the builders, the system and try to > work with the Government. all of this for no pay, but criticism instead. > > If you are sincerely interested in helping save Goa, I suggest you reduce > your focus on the 'inflitration' of migrants, and focus on the illegal > constructions. Share this info, first with the GBA, second with Goanet. Meet > the people behind the GBA at their offices and you will realise that its not > such a simple task to tackle corruption and red tape. > > Please accept this as constructive criticism, > > Clinton.. > > > Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:45:44 -0700 (PDT) > From: "Rajan P. Parrikar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Goanet] The Death of Goa By Rajan P. Parrikar > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > To Goanet - > > I have not revisited that gallery since the time > it was published in early 2007. A lot of us > believed in and stood with the GBA then. But > the GBA has since proven itself to be a cruel > flatulent joke on the people of Goa. The GBA > has saved NOTHING. > > Perhaps I will go back and revise/update that > gallery soon. In the intervening months I have > shot hundreds of photographs (some of which > I have posted here from time to time). Right > now we need an abhiyan to save us from both > the GBA and the Goa govt. > > > Regards, > > > > > r > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 12 > Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:24:14 +0530 > From: "Goanet News" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Goanet] Scarlett Keeling's mother returns to India > To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" > <goanet@lists.goanet.org>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > > http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/Scarlette_Keelings_mother_returns_to_India/articleshow/2985381.cms > > Scarlett Keeling's mother returns to India > 26 Apr, 2008, 1626 hrs IST, IANS > > LONDON: Murdered British teenager Scarlett Keeling's mother is > returning to India Saturday to find out why the 15-year-old's internal > organs were removed during autopsy. > > The body of Scarlett, who was raped and murdered, was found on Goa's > Anjuna beach in February. > > Her mother Fiona MacKeown rejected the results of the first autopsy, > which had ruled out murder. She forced the Goan authorities to conduct > a second post-mortem, which said Scarlette had been murdered. > > After bringing the body back home, a third autopsy conducted by > British experts found that Scarlette's liver, pancreas and uterus had > been removed. > > MacKeown alleges a nexus between drugs barons, police and politicians > in Goa for what she has called the "cover up" of her daughter's > murder. > > Her lawyer, Vikram Varma, said she will also be speaking to India's > Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is to take over the case. > > Goa police arrested two men for their alleged involvement in the case > - Samson D'Souza and Placido Carvalho. > > > End of Goanet Digest, Vol 3, Issue 472 > ************************************** >
