GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS 04 May 2002 GOA CHURCH IS PURELY SWADESHI: PARRIKAR: Condemning the statement made by Congress Observer Pradhyut Guha, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said yesterday that the Church in Goa is purely Swadeshi, and has contributed to the development of the State. Parrikar said that Guha should apologise to Goans for the derogatory comments against the Church made by him, and immediately leave the State. (GT)
STATE POLICE PUT ON ALERT OVER ARMS LANDING: For the second time in two months, the Customs and Goa police have been asked to remain on alert following intelligence reports that a ship (Saed Quadri) laden with arms and ammunition has left the Karachi port on 24 April. Sources aid the cargo will be transshipped from the mother vessel to other boats in the highs seas. (H) DIOCESAN BOARD TAKES OVER ST ALOYSIUS HIGH SCHOOL: St Aloysius High School, Majorda, has been taken over by the Diocesan Society of Education and it will be shifted to Mazilvaddo, Benaulim, from this academic year. The decision was taken following the closure of the Holy Trinity High School, Benaulim, from the last academic year while the St Aloysius High School was on the verge of closing down due to lack of students. (GT) ACUTE WATER SHORTAGE IN NORTH GOA: As the summer is kicking off, drought-like situations in the four talukas in North Goa districtPernem, Bicholim, Bardez and Tiswadiare facing acute shortage of water for the last couple of weeks. Water supply through tankers of PWD has been a permanent feature in the three talukas at present. But now it will be the turn of Panjim fringes, and official in the PWD said. (H) TWO TEENAGE GIRLS HELD FOR THEFT: Police arrested Mamata Naik (18) and Manjula Naik (19) from their native place Kumta in Karnataka, where they had fled after robbing gold ornaments and clothes of their employees, Ms Jeeva Khan, from Saipem, Candolim. (NT) CONGRESS DEFECTORS FATE HANGS IN BALANCE: The fate of all the defectors aspiring for the Congress tickets will now be decided by the Central Election Committee at New Delhi today. (GT) OFFICIAL LANGUAGE COMMITTEE MEET: The 36th meeting of the Town Official Language Implementation Committee for North Goa, is scheduled to be held at the seminar hall of the National institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, on May 21, at 3.30 pm. (NT) BENAULIM TOPS LIST OF SENSISTIVE AREAS: The entire Benaulim constituency is topping the list of sensitive and troublesome areas identified by the South Goa police in view of May 30 polls in Goa. (H) HOTEL ROOM BURGLED: Unidentified culprits entered a hotel room in Panjim and decamped with cash and gold ornaments totally valued at Rs.1.33 lakh, belonging to the family of Jai Bhagwan Goel, who had booked to adjacent rooms. (GT) ENVIRONMENT RECEIVED ROUGH DEAL: Plastics, garbage, mining rejects and bio-medical waste are some of Goas worst environmental problems and demand attention in the form of structured ecological controls from every government. Initially, the BJP government headed by Manohar Parrikar showed a responsive attitude and also took into confidence some NGOs to discuss the burning issues. But issues were not carried to the logical conclusion. (H) CASHEW PLANATION FIRE: Mystery surrounds the fire that destroyed a cashew plantation and other trees spread over an area of 3 acres on the hill at Saloshem, Gaondongrim, some days back. (GT) CONSTABLES NAME MISSING IN SENIORITY LIST: Police constable SL Dhuri, attached to the Crime Branch, told the Director General of Police Gurucharan Singh Sandhu, at a Sampark Sabha at the Police Head Quarters on Friday, that his name has been missing from the seniority list since 1991, and that several reminders and applications made to the departments superiors had been of no avail. (H) PMC TO RECYCLE BIO-DEGRADABLE WASTE: Clean roads and green avenues in Panaji does not seem like a dream as the Panaji Municipal is in the process of implementing a system where biodegradable waste is recycled and utilized at the source, through a new technique. (GT) CREATIVE WRITING: Unfortunately, in Goa University, we dont have creative writing as a subject. It is very much essential to introduce creative writing as a subject for young aspiring writers as they are exposed to various styles and techniques of writing and also to the works of numerous writers. (Prakash Pariekar, short story writer, in an interview to NT) MASCARENHAS AWARD FOR GOMANTAK STAFFER: Former editor of The Navhind Times, Lambert Mascarenhas, yesterday stated that journalists should function in a responsible manner and with dedication towards the society. He was speaking as a chief guest at the presentation of the Lambert Mascarenhas award at the Goa Union of Journalists office in Panjim. The 2001 award was bestowed on Gomantak sub-editor Paresh Prabhu. Four GUJ membersJanardhan Nagvekar, Uday Mardolkar (both Navprabha), Avinash Vengurlekar (Tarun Bharat) and Shaikh Jamaluddin (The Navhind Times), were honoured on the occasion, for completing 25 years in journalism. (GT) SARDESAI MEMORIAL LECTURE: The Institute of Indo-European Studies and the Padmashri Vaman Sardesai Memorial Trust will jointly hold a public memorial lecture on May 6, at Hotel Mandovi, Panjim, at 6.15 pm, on The Upanishadic Technique of Self-Perfection. (NT) THE LAST MANGO IN PANAJI: The advertisement in The Navhind Times issue of June 5, 2017, caught my eye. The last mango of Goa to be auctioned in Panaji, participants, bidders to assemble at the Four M location with enough cash, gold, pearls, diamonds, platinum and security. Contact Mango Messiah it said. (NANDKUMAR KAMAT in NEW FRONTIERS-Zest-NT) D E A T H S 02 May: Divar: ESTRELINA GONSALVES E MENEZES (B: 02-05-2002), wife of late Caetano, mother of Filomena/late Caetano Coelho, Benilda/late Sylvester Botelho, Jerry (Goacom)/Mathilde, late Franco/Rima, Grandmother of Cosme/Carol, Severine/Pascoal, Laurente/Lanice, Mario/Etcilia, Marcos/Antonette, Savio/Siloo, Marlon, Jason/Gayle, Marinella/Vittorio Velho, Sharel/Aurelius, Shane and Sheena. Funeral service at Nossa Senhora de Piedade Church, Divar, at 4 pm today (04 May) 03 May: Moira: MARIA LAURA DSOUZA, relict of late Jose N DSouza, mother of Joe Braz/Claudina, Loretta/Shreedharan, Jeffrey/Venicia, Linette/Anthony Goes (UK). 03 May: Sirlim: ANGELINA VIEGAS E RODRIGUES, wife of late Pedro Rosario, mother of Fr Bento, Connie/late Baptist, Susan/Antonio, Theodhorinho/Marina, Effie/Seby and Victor. 03 May: Sososodo: JOANITA RODRIGUES, wife of late Caitan, mother of Maria/Savio, Benedita/Peter. 02 May: Kuwait/Calangute/Panjim: PASCOAL J MONTEIRO, husband of Artemisia, father of Joshua and Ritinha, brother of Bishop Lumen (Bishop of Agartala, Emmanuel and Lucia, brother in law of Alice (USA) and Felix, expired in Kuwait. 02 May: Velim: JOVINO EGIDIO MANUEL DA COSTA, husband of Aduzinda, father of Rochelle/Egbert, Murelle, Wonedulfo, brother of Rufo/Tanya (France) G O A W E A T H E R Min Temp : 30.7 deg C (87.3 deg F) Max Temp: 34.7 deg C (yesterday-Panjim); Humidity: 77% (Yesterday) Weather: Very dull and cloudy. 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