[Goanet] 24 JUNE: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS

2002-06-23 Thread Joel D'Souza

GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS
24 June 2002

Viva Sao Joao…!

SAI SERVICE TAKEN FOR A RIDE: The Porvorim police on June 22 arrested 
Shirish Jambhekar (45) of Thane-Mumbai on the charge of cheating banks and 
companies to the tune of lakhs of rupees in Goa and Maharashtra. According 
to the police, Jambhekar produced a demand draft of Rs.1.80 lakh drawn in 
favour of the ICICI Bank, Mapusa, to the Sai Service, Porvorim, to purchase 
a Maruti Zen car. Later, he demanded with the company to refund the balance 
of Rs.50,000 arguing that he paid more than the actual price of the 
vehicle. The draft was dishonoured and the company found that it was 
cheated for Rs.50,000 by the customer. (GT)

KONKANI'S STATUS WILL NOT BE SURRENDERED: Sahitya Academy Award winner and 
celebrated Konkani writer, Pundalik Naik, sent a curt message to the State 
government: "Konkani activists will not surrender 'equal official language' 
status even if the government chooses to give equal funds for the Konkani 
and Marathi academies." Mr Naik was speaking at function organised by the 
Konkani Bhasha Mandal, to commemorate the memory of Shenoi Goembab at the 
Institute Menezes Braganza Hall in Panjim yesterday. (H)

"FUTURE GENERATIONS of this land must know about the greatness of this man 
(Goembab alias Vaman Varde Valaulikar), his struggle to give Konkani its 
rightful place and the strength of the language itself," observed Chief 
Minister Mr Manohar Parrikar. While speaking at the function at the Menezes 
Braganza hall, Parrikar declared that the government would actively 
participate in the year-long celebrations of the 125th birth anniversary of 
Shenoi Goembab. (NT)

POWER CUTS PLUNGE NORTH GOA IN DARKNESS: Power interruptions several times 
were experienced in different parts of the State and it affected the 
routine of people yesterday. Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and Power 
Minister Digamber Kamat were also victims of the power failures for nearly 
two hours while they were attending a public function at Institute Menezes 
hall, Panaji. (GT)

SWEEPERS, SERVANTS NEEDED: South Goa's premier hospitalthe Hospiciois 
facing a shortage of servants and sweepers. What has added salt to injury 
is that the government has been virtually sleeping over repeated requests 
to fill up the posts, which fell vacant over the last one year. (H)

CULTIVATORS LOSE APPETITE FOR AGRICULTURE: While the census towns in Goa 
have increased from 31 in 1991 to 44 in 2001, the number of cultivators has 
decreased from 68636 to 50.663 during the same period. (GT)

BELO CASH PRIZE WINNER FOUND DEAD: Rama Anant Naik, one of the winners of 
Rs.50,000 of Belo cash back offer was found dead in the Zuari river at 
Durbhat in Ponda on June 23 evening. Rama, 26, was seen in a photograph 
published in a local daily while he was receiving the prize on June 20 from 
one of the liquor distributors. (H)

PLASTIC CAMP AT BIG FOOT: "Make Goa Plastic Free" was the theme for 
Ancestral Goa's recently held World Environment Day celebrations for the 
students of Saviour of the World High School at the Big Foot in Loutulim. (GT)

POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL FOR DHARGALIM: The Goa Police department is planning 
to construct a modern and well-equipped Police Training School at Dhargalim 
in Pernem taluka. (GT)

135 DOG BITES CASES: As many as 135 cases of dog bites were referred to 
Hospicio Hospital, Margao and health centres in Salcete in the last seven 
months. The figures could be the tip of the iceberg as they do not include 
dog bite cases from other private hospitals. (NT)

MATHANY FETED BY CPI, AITUC: Hundreds of workers and other citizens of 
Zuarinagar assembled at Zuarinagar to felicitate Mathany Saldanha, the 
newly elected MLA from Cortalim. The function was organised by Goa State 
Council of Communist Party of India, All India Trade Union Congress and 
Zuari Mazdoor Ekta. CPI chief Narayan Palekar feted Saldanha. A charter of 
the demands and aspirations of the people of Cortalim constituency was also 
presented to Saldanha on the occasion.

MATHANY URGES PEOPLE TO SINK CASTE, RELIGIOUS DIFFERENCES: The Cortalim 
MLA, Mathany Saldanha, urged the electorate to sink case and religious 
differences for the all round development of the constituency. Saldanha was 
speaking at the felicitation function organised by the villagers of 
Cortalim-Quelossim at Cortalim on Sunday. (H)

A ROAD DIGGING POLICY: "People are suffering silently, year after year. 
More roads and highways would be built only to be dug up subsequently. Goa 
would never have a culture of respecting the roads unless and until the 
think tanks in the government wake up to the necessity of framing rational 
and environmentally sound policy to permit the use of roads for non-traffic 
purposes." (Nandkumar Kamat in Glimpses-NT)

WILL NEVER QUIT BJP: After gaining notoriety for changing maximum number of 
parties as first-time MLA in the last elections, this time, IT Minister 
Francis D'Souza vowed to never 

[Goanet] judeo

2002-06-23 Thread gilbert menezes

Folks,
for possibly hundreds of years, there was a tradition to burn a "Judeo"(made
of cloth and stuffed with straw and fireworks) on the feast of Sao Joao ,
which is today.  I think the church was mainly responsible for putting an
end to this custom. Does anyone know how this custom originated, and did the
judeo signify Judas, or a Jew?
regards--Gilbert.

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[Goanet] re: Argentina, Darwin: & So many Indians....but NO AMERINDIANS!

2002-06-23 Thread The Goan Forum

Tim D'Mello & George Pinto make some very interesting
observations on the topic at hand.

Tim wrote:[What George has quoted is what I was told
-systematic eradication of the native population. This
is one of the reasons that it is so popular with White
South Africans fleeing South Africa - also nazi
Germans fleeing post war Germany.]


Population demographics is an intriguing topic.

The present population of Goans in Goa is dwindling. 

* Are they being 'systematically eradicated'?

* Are they being 'eradicated from the system'?

* Are they migrating more than ever before?

* Has the Goan death rate in Goa risen above the birth
rate?

* Are there more non-Goans coming into Goa? like every
hour!


I submit that we need to look at these factors.

Similarly, in Argentina.. the various factors for
the increased Mortality among AmerIndians after the
arrival of Europeansand before...Arawaks vs
Caribs... having been noted

Has the total NUMBER of AmerIndians gone down( with
the appropriate correction) in Argentinaor is it
only the case that the Immigration from Switzerland,
Germany, Israel, South Africa, Lebanon and
Italyincreased... giving Argentina the demographic
percentage of 97% Caucasians and 3% AmerIndians/
Meztizos.


BTW: the % Population of AmerIndians in Guyana is
similarly ~ 2%.

But.the Population of (East) Indian migrants is
close to 49%

Did the immigrants from India 'systematically
eradicate' the AmerIndians?

Of course not!

Butjust as Tim observed in Argentina, I could say
about Guyana or Trinidad or Suriname.

Hey.So many Indiansbut NO AMERINDIANS!




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Re: [Goanet] Darwin & Argentina

2002-06-23 Thread Tim de Mello

Very good George.

I cannot say I have travelled extensively in S. America.
I have been to Mexico, Brazil and travelled in Argentina (on business).

One thing very noticeable when arriving in B.A. is the almost non-existence 
of non-europeans (unlike Mexico - Mexico City or Acapulco or Brazil - Rio).

What George has quoted is what I was told - systematic eradication of the 
native population. This is one of the reasons that it is so popular with 
White South Africans fleeing South Africa - also nazi Germans fleeing post 
war Germany.

An Argentinean was described to me as:
"An Italian pretending to be English"

Also Argentineans told me that "God gave them the most beautiful country in 
the world but to balance it off he gave them the Argentinean people".


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[Goanet] NEWS-KERALA: Medical pay seat bonanza for non-resident Keralites

2002-06-23 Thread Frederick Noronha

Medical pay seat bonanza for non-resident Keralites

By Sanu George, Indo-Asian News Service

Thiruvananthapuram, June 23 (IANS) Five new medical colleges in the pipeline
means good news for Kerala -- especially for non-resident Keralites (NRK)
who will get priority for 50 new seats.

The state has six medical colleges with 800 seats altogether. Only 22 of
these are reserved for NRKs.

The new five private colleges waiting for a nod from the Medical Council of
India (MCUI) are the Amritha Institute of Medical Science, Kochi, Pushpagiri
Medical College, Thiruvalla, Medical Mission Hospital, Kolencherry, Dr
Somerwell Memorial CSI Medical College Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram and the
Imam Rafi Muslim Educational Charitable Trust, Thrissur.

Each plans to start with 100 seats, of which 50 per cent would be filled on
merit. The rest would be reserved for different categories of students,
including 10 percent for NRKs.

To qualify for this 10 percent, an applicant has to be at least 17 and
related to an NRK. He or she can be a close relative like a child or sibling
or even a first cousin or nephew/niece.

If there aren't enough such applicants, the colleges will consider such kin
of foreign citizens of Kerala origin and in their absence, the kin of
non-resident, non-Keralite Indians.

The MCI has visited the proposed five colleges twice. Its permission is
expected after a third visit soon.

An official of the Dr Somerwell Memorial CSI Medical College Hospital said
they were ready to start classes and were only waiting for the MCI approval.

"Only the NRK seats are vacant, the rest has been filled," he added.

For the new pay seats, a candidate has to pay $60,000 or its equivalent in
Indian currency at the time of admission by demand draft made out to the
Commissioner for Entrance Examinations and payable at Thiruvananthapuram.

An NRK applicant has to provide a certificate to prove he is an Indian
citizen.

He also has to provide other documents like the original marksheet of the
qualifying examination, an age certificate and a declaration from an NRK
establishing their relationship.

--Indo-Asian News Service

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[Goanet] test

2002-06-23 Thread Viviana

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[Goanet] re: Paganism

2002-06-23 Thread J. Almeida

Orvitz Polycarpo wrote:
"In our great country with the largest democracy in
the
world, people need economic growth, jobs, and food,
clothing and security. Let us work towards achieving
these goals."
---
Dear Polycarpo,

How true. Do you think we might get further with a
little tolerance? After all, there might be one or two
people, in such a large democracy, whose beliefs are
not identical to yours.

Regards,

Joel Almeida







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[Goanet] Paganism in 21st Century

2002-06-23 Thread Orvitz Polycarpo

Miracles are for pagans.  It's blind faith and being
imposed on others by all so called "religions." 
Religious mechanisms begin brainwashing one since the
childbirth and eventually makes it difficult at later
years to detach from it. Eventually those who wish to
persue believing in miracles will do no justice to
fellow beings, and will not bring in economic growth
for the betterment of all. 

In our great country with the largest democracy in the
world, people need economic growth, jobs, and food,
clothing and security.  Let us work towards achieving
these goals.  This space in valuable, so let's use it
to make our influence count on those who govern us in
our present times for a good future. 



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goanet-digest V1 #4108

2002-06-23 Thread goanet-digest


goanet-digest  Sunday, June 23 2002  Volume 01 : Number 4108



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[Goanet] WORLD CUP  LATEST
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[Goanet] Mr. Joe Vaz's Reproach and Accusation
[Goanet] MUNICIPAL CORRUPTION FOLLOWS STATE AND NATIONAL LEVELS
[Goanet] 23 JUNE: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS
[Goanet] 'SAO JOAO' in June or July?

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You live in California when . . .
1. You make over $250,000 and you still can't afford to buy a house.
2. The high school quarterback calls a time-out to answer his cell phone.
3. The fastest part of your commute is going down your driveway.
4. You drive to your neighborhood block party.

You live in New York when . . .
1. You've worn out a car horn
2. You have never been to the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State
Building.
3. You can get into a four-hour argument about how to get from Columbus
Circle to Battery Park, but can't find Wisconsin on a map.
4. You think Central Park is "nature,"
5. You believe that being able to swear at people in their own language
makes you multi-lingual.
6. You think eye contact is an act of aggression.

You live in Canada when..
1. You only have four spices: salt, pepper, ketchup and Tabasco.
2. Halloween costumes fit over parkas.
3. You have more than one recipe for moose.
4. Sexy lingerie is anything flannel with less than eight buttons.
5. The four seasons are: winter, still winter, almost winter, and
construction.

You live in the Deep South when . . .
1. You get a movie and bait in the same store.
2."ya'll" is singular and "all ya'll" is plural.
3. After five years you still hear, "You ain't from around here, are ya?"
4."He needed killin' " is a valid defense.
5. Everyone has 2 first names: Billy Bob, Jimmy Bob, Mary Sue, Betty
Jean,etc.

You live in Colorado when . . .
1. You carry your $3,000 mountain bike atop your $500 car.
2. You tell your husband to pick up Granola on his way home and he stops  at
the day care center.
3.A pass does not involve a football or dating.
4. The top of your head is bald, but you still have a pony tail.

You live in the Midwest when . .
1. You've never met any celebrities, but the mayor knows your name.
2. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor.
3. You have had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" on the same day.
4.You end sentences with a preposition: "Where's my coat at?"
5.When asked how your trip was to any exotic place, you say, "It was
different!"

You live in Florida when...
1. You eat dinner at 3:15 in the afternoon.
2. All purchases include a coupon of some kind - even houses and cars.
3. Everyone can recommend an excellent dermatologist.
4. Road construction never ends anywhere in the state.
5. Cars in front of you are often driven by headless people.
6. There are only GIANT doctors in Florida (every person's doctor is "The
Biggest" in his field).

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DISASTER AT 2002 WORLD CUP AND WHY?
WHY ARE THE KOREANS FAVORITES OF THE FIFA OFFICIAL,
THE SECRETS IS OUT, FIFA WAS PAID IN BILLION OF
DOLLARS IN BRIBES TO GET KOREA THE WORLD CUP BY THE
KOREAN MAFIA,REFREES WERE TOLD NOT TO BE TOO STRICT ON
THE KOREANS, THE PIC SHOWS IT ALL, WITH ITALY, SPAIN,
PORTUGAL,US,AND NOW IT WILL BE THE GERMAN,WATCH HOW
THE GERMANS WILL BE DISALLOWED ANY GOAL THEY SCORE
AGANIST THE KOREAN,UNLESS IT A GOOD SHOT, WATCH THE
GAME CLOSELY,
KOREA WILL TAKE THE WORLD CUP
JAMES

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[Goanet] 'SAO JOAO' in June or July?

2002-06-23 Thread Eddie

Dear Lino Bab,

Is it 24th July or June 24th Monday?

I think it is Monday 24th June..

Eddie Verdes
Saudi Arabia


> The famous song 'SAO JOAO' composed by the great
> tiatrist of Konkani stage, the late C. Alvares,
> reminds me the good old days, how we used to sing
> merry songs of San Joao and walk to the well, where
> they (zanvoi) take a plunge into the water. 
> 
> Monday 24th July San Joao feast let me give you the
> lyrics of the famous song.
> 
> SAO JOAO



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[Goanet] 23 JUNE: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS

2002-06-23 Thread Joel D'Souza

GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS
23 June 2002

HATS OFF TO YOUNG COPS: Exemplary courage shown by the two new 
recruitsconstable Avinash Naik and Sudesh Naik Gaunkarhelped in the arrest 
of Garibdas Daheliya and Dada Pawarwho were involved in the dacoity at the 
bungalow of former Industries Minister Babu Naik in Margao. Meanwhile, the 
police recovered the vault sans a silver cup and a pendant, which was 
lifted by the accused and broken open on the railway tracks. (WE-GT)

ANOTHER HOUSE ROBBED: Unknown accused effected entry into the house of 
Euphemia Noronha in Carvota-Loutulim yesterday night and made good with 
some household article and cash, totally amounting to Rs.12,300. (WE-GT)

DROP IN FISH CATCH: The Economic Survey of Goa 2001-02 has revealed that 
annual fish catch in marine and inland areas has been over exploited 
particularly during the last five years. Within inland areas, the catch 
indicates a very meager rise from 3270 tonnes to 3749 tonnes between the 
period 1997-2001, while the over-exploitation of fish catch in marine areas 
indicates a sharp decrease from 91,277 tonnes to 69,386 tonnes. (H)

MHADEI WATERS MUST NOT BE DIVERTED: Goa Pradesh Committee president Nirmala 
Sawant urged more vigilance on the part of the Parrikar government and 
demanded it compel the Central government to restrain the Karnataka 
government from diverting waters from the Mhadei river. (WE-GT)

TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO: The Director of Education, Mr GL Pednekar, 
categorically denied that the decision to review teacher-students ratio 
would pose any threat to the jobs of the teachers, but observed that the 
need to recruit new teachers would not arise. The department has altered 
the prevailed 1:16 ratio to 1:25, thus increasing the number of students by 
nine per teacher. (H)

CONCERN OVER LANDSLIDES: The chairperson of the Mapusa Municipal Council, 
Michael Carrasco, has expressed great concern over the growing number of 
landslides in the city (Mapusa) and has requested the chief Minister, 
Manohar Parrikar, to take necessary steps to prevent further disasters. (WE-GT)

MATHANY INSPECTS DRAINAGE SYSTEM AT CORTALIM: Cortalim MLA, Mathany 
Saldanha, inspected the flood prone areas at Voll in Cortalim on Friday. (H)

UGDP NOT INTERESTED IN PLUM POSTS: The United Goans Democratic Party has 
expressed its anger over the news that the UGDP leaders have been claiming 
plum posts in corporations and other government bodies. (WE-GT)

SCOOTERIST HURT: A complaint has been lodged with the Panaji police saying 
that Atool Mulgaonkar, a resident of Caranzalem, drove his vehicle in a 
rash and negligent manner and rammed into a Scooty thereby causing injuries 
to the scooty rider near St Inez Church on June 11. (NT)

FULLBRIGHT FELLOWSHIPS: The United States Educational Foundation in India 
has invited applications from Indian citizens for award of maximum four 
Fullbright fellowships, in the field of plastic arts, performing arts, 
museum studies and art and culture management. (NT)

PANCHAYATS OVERLOADED? Panchayatsthe elected, village councils looking 
after the administration of Goa's rural areashave often to subsist on 
meager levels of funds, but yet have to carry out a long list of 
responsibilities. (Frederick Noronha in Herald)

COPS TO DECONGEST ASSOLNA MARKET: The Police in Margao have promised the 
Assolna villagers to decongest the market from traffic at a police-public 
interaction organised by the panchayat members. (WE-GT)

BEAUTIFICATION OF LOHIA MAIDAN: In his address during the felicitation of 
freedom fighters in Margao, Power Minister Digamber Kamat promised to start 
the beautification work of the Lohia maidan immediately and stated that the 
freedom fighters would be consulted while framing the beautification plan. 
(WE-GT)

GOA BUYS 6 LAKH LITRES OF MILK: Goa Dairy buys 5 to 6 lakh litres of milk 
per month from outside Goa to meet the local demand for milk, according to 
Ulhas Korgaonkar, director of Goa State Co-operative Milk Producers Union. 
(WE-GT)

ZACHARIAS' NAME RECOMMENDED BY KALAM: Prof PS Zacharias, who has been 
appointed as vice chancellor of Goa University, was recommended by the 
search committee under the chairmanship of renowned scientist Dr APJ Abdul 
Kalam. (H)

ADMISSION FOR PHILOSOPHY: Twenty-one new candidates were enrolled for their 
first year of Philosophy course at the Patriarchal Seminary of Rachol for 
the new academic year. (H)

S P O R T S

GOAN GIRLS FOR FOOTBALL CAMP: The All India Football Federation has 
selected 37 women probables for the coaching camp to prepare the women 
Indian team to participate in the forthcoming Asian Games in September. The 
Goa players are Rita D'Costa, Uvena Fernandes, Maymol Rocky, Blanca Barreto 
and Macklean Mendonca. (NT)

D E A T H S
22 June: Mapusa: LT CDR JOE RANGEL (retd), husband of Ruby, father of 
Jeanne/Clarence Athaide, Indira/Carminho Costa, Vincent/Nirmala, Michael.
   22 June: Vasco: VAIKUNTH GAONKAR (Ex-Goa Police), husban