GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS
October 14, 2002
BOMB HOAX AT OLD GOA: The bomb disposal team of Goa police had a harrowing
time yesterday afternoon when an unidentified caller claimed to have placed
a bomb in the Basilica of Bom Jesus in Old Goa. The caller, who was traced
to an area in Corlim, called the police control room in Panaji at 2.30 pm.
Immediately the police informed the nearby Fire Brigade in Old Goa, which
swung into action and vacated the Basilica which had a few visitors at the
time of the afternoon. (GT)
BID TO OUST STATE GOVT!: Political scenario warmed up in the State with the
Congress Party making a desperate attempt to topple the 13-day-old
coalition government headed by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar. "Gomantak
Times" sources said that efforts were made to wean away both MGP members,
who are presently ministers in the Parrikar-led government. (GT)
FIRST CHARTER ARRIVES: The first charter flight belonging to Monarch
Airlines from the United Kingdom arrived in Goa yesterday with 360 British
tourists on board, heralding the beginning of chartered flight operations
for this tourist season in the State. The tourists were given a rousing
welcome by UBI and Thomas Cook, besides representatives of other tour
operators, hoteliers and others upon their arrival at the Dabolim airport
at 9 am. (NT)
GTDC SIGNS MOU: Goa Tourism Development Corporation has signed a Memorandum
of Understanding with the Konkan Railway Corporation to ensure berth
reservations for tourists in Mumbai-Goa-Mumbai trains. To begin with 10
seats/berths will be reserved in trains which also include tour packages
for tourists. (GT)
SHIPPING IN CURRICULUM: Director General of Shipping, and Secretary to
Government of India, DT Joseph, urged industry to play a role in
introducing the shipping sector in the educational curriculum to boost a
career in the maritime sphere. (GT)
DOHA GOANS SC TO FELICITATE BRUNO: Arjuna award winner and Vasco SC striker
Bruno Coutinho will be felicitated by the Doha Goans SC at Doha, Qatar. The
DGSC has made all arrangements to accord a warm welcome to the national
hero who will be arriving at the Doha International airport on 16th
October. A glamorous dine-and-dance will be hosted for Bruno, on 17 October
at Adh Hall. Mauricio Alphonso, the coach of India U-20 touring Qatar for
the Asian qualifiers, will be the special guest. (GT)
COLVA FAMA: The "Fama" of the miraculous Menino Jesus, a tradition since
the enthronement of the statue on the altar in 1648, will be held with
great pomp and religious fervour at Our Lady of Merces Church, Colva,
today. The statue of Menino Jesus was located by a group of shipwrecked
sailors led by Rev Fr Bento Ferreira, a Jesuit missionary, off the coast of
Mozambique in the 17th Century. GT)
CABINET MEET: An extended cabinet meeting will be held today to finalise
the State government's stand on the all-India officers service cadre for
Goa. (NT)
NEIGHBOURING POLICE MEET: A meeting of the superintendents of police of Goa
and neighbouring states was recently held in Amboli to find out ways to
keep a check on criminal activities. (NT)
"GOA HAS AN INDEPENDENT IDENTITY": I feel that the formation of the joint
civil services cadre between the states of Goa and Maharashtra would
undoubtedly undermine the interests of the former. Like Maharashtra, Goa is
an independent state of the Indian Union and there is not a single instance
that shows the formation of any such joint cadres between states in our
country. (Krishnakant V Dalvi in NT)
MLA'S INTERVENTION SOUGHT: The MLA of Saligao constituency, Dr Wilfred de
Souza, intervened in the matter of delay of telephone connections to the
villagers of Parra by Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited. Despite paying security
deposits the consumers have been on the waiting list since a long time. (NT)
LAND CONVERSION CASES: The district collector in a special order has asked
for the transfer of the land conversion cases of more than 500 sq mts to
the additional collector (II). (NT)
BOOK EXPO: Book World has organised an exhibition of books for children,
family and general readers at the Institute Menezes Braganza Hall at
Panaji. (NT)
GOAN "PODERS": The five centuries old institution of the "poders" (bakers)
is Goa's simple swadeshi answer to globalization and monopolization of the
consumer tastes. The "poders" know that as long as there are people who
love various type of Goan breadthe pao, undo, poyi, katre, the pokshie and
the unique, crisp "kakon"a patentable product of purely Goa origin--they
would be able to continue with their traditional business. (Nandkumar Kamat
in Glimpses-NT)
SUBSIDY FOR KONKANI FILMS: The fledgling Konkani film industry is likely to
receive a much-needed fillip with four producers being short-listed for a
subsidy as part of a government scheme. With the release of a grant of
Rs.10 lakh recently, a monitoring committee of the Goa Konkani Akademi has
assessed 18 applications from local producers for the grant, on the
criteria of their past work, experience and investment already sunk in the
project. (GT)
WATER SCARCITY MAY HIT STATE: Water scarcity is likely to hit the State
during the summer season, as two crucial reservoirsAmthane in North Goa and
Chapoli in South Goahave not crossed the satisfactory levels. "Goa is
likely to face an acute water shortage if the water levels do not improve,"
claims a senior engineer with the Water Resources Department. (H)
VIZAG RAIN EXPERIMENT: A cloud-seeding experiment, undertaken for the first
time in this water-starved port city of Andhra Pradesh, has become an
instant success as the city experienced moderate rain last evening, hours
after the endeavour. (UNI report in Herald)
VASCO, A DISASTER-PRONE ZONE: Recent manmade disasters have made it clear
that the port town of Vasco is a disaster-prone area. This was stated by
director of Fire and Emergency Services, Dr PK John. Vasco, in the last
three months, has seen at least three calamities, but the worst-ever
disaster they faced was that of the two Navy planes which crashed down in a
civil area in Vasco narrowly missing MES College and the Zuari fertilizer
factory, he observed. (H)
S P O R T S
VIJAYKUMAR ZOOMS TO TOP: C Vijaykumar of TVS Racing stole the thunder at
the enthralling and spectacular 2nd MRF National Motocross Round 2 FMSCI
championship zooming to the top with a tally of 37 points at the jam-packed
parade grounds, Campal, in Panjim on October 13. (NT)
VASCO PIP SPORTING: Arlem Breweries sponsored Vasco SC were made to fight
hard by a spirited Haywards 2000 Sporting Clube in the GFA Kingfisher
Professional Football League at Fatorda yesterday. The Vasco team scraped
home by a solitary goal scored by striker Nitin Pradhan in the 20th minute.
(GT)
GOA UPSET KARNATAKA: Goa upset Karnataka by seven wickets, hitting up a
victory target of 151 in 31.1 overs, losing just three wickets after
bowling out the latter for 150 off 42.1 overs, in the south Zone under-19
cricket champions at Chennai. (GT)
D E A T H S
12 Oct: Toronto (ex-Tanzania): CLETA DIAS, mother ofSr. Flora
(Carmelite), Anita and Fr. Herman Dias.
13 Oct: Candolim: PRAMILA DATTA LAWANDE, mother of Pramod/Nayan,
Pradeep/Sadhana, Subhash/Maya, Uday/Bharati.
12 Oct: Vasco: SHRIPAD KAMAT, husband of Kavita, father of Saurabh and
Mithali.
09 Oct: Calangute: DOMNIC D'SOUZA, husband of Florinda, father of
Maria, Fabian, Ivy/Elvis Ferrao, Roberto (USA), uncle of Alextair (USA),
Luis, Andrew and Manuel (USA).
13 Oct: Verna: ANTONETE RODRIGUES, wife of late Camilo, mother of
Amelia/Francis, Adelina/Joaquim, Domnick/Conceicao and Jose Mario/Natalina.
13 Oct: Margao: SARA PINTO REBELO E TOVAR DIAS, wife of late Ariosto,
mother of Tilak/Gertrude, Kamala/Dr Rui Tito Vaz, Premila/Olavo Carvalho.
G O A W E A T H E R
Temp: 25.2 deg C (77.4 deg F) at Assagao at 7.30 am today.
Max temp: 29.6 deg C, Humidity: 85%, Rainfall total: 2155.9 mm
Weather: The sun smiled just for a short while this morning. It's a
cloudy weather otherwise.
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