[Goanet] Vinsan unveils environmental-friendly plans for port town (Gomantak Times)

2006-06-21 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May

[Goanet] Verna highway turns into dumping ground (Gomantak Times)

2006-06-21 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May

[Goanet] EVENTS: GCCI to hold talk on multi-channel communication

2006-06-21 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May

[Goanet] Villagers upset over desecration of idol (Gomantak Times)

2006-06-21 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May

[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * June 21, 2006 * Dacoity at Paroda ... Zuari shuttle to get restored ... BJP wants "easier" English

2006-06-21 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May

[Goanet] Free Software network meets this weekend

2006-06-21 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May

[Goanet] Buying property in Goa... tourists study the issue

2006-06-21 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May

[Goanet] Blackpool, Benidorm ... No, it's just Baga!

2006-06-21 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May

[Goanet] Asha Bhavan at Bastora...

2006-06-20 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May

[Goanet] 1700 hrs and it's pouring in Goa

2006-06-20 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May

[Goanet] John C Rodrigues, PhD. Wine-maker.

2006-06-20 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May

[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * June 18, 2006 * Restrictions on Zuari bridge heavy traffic from Monday

2006-06-18 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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[Goanet] A right-to-information network...

2006-06-18 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Can you help to make the Right to Information Act more meaningful to Goa? We need the participation of all persons who believe that governance needs more transparency and accountability: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GoaRTI/ See some useful links already posted there. Regards, FN --

[Goanet] Assagao... in the news

2006-06-16 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Assagao (in Bardez) is making it on national TV news via the NDTV, over the issue of foreign nationals buying houses and real estate without following the legal procedures and requirements. A story was just up on NDTV at 1820 pm today (June 16, 2006). FN --

[Goanet] Assagao... in the news

2006-06-16 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Assagao (in Bardez) is making it on national TV news via the NDTV, over the issue of foreign nationals buying houses and real estate without following the legal procedures and requirements. A story was just up on NDTV at 1820 pm today (June 16, 2006). FN --

[Goanet] Two interesting ads...

2006-06-16 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Came across these two interesting adverts in The Examiner, a community-centric magazine published from Mumbai: The first was a free one-year course in printing technology, for men below 22 years having a SSC/HSSC certificate. Last date for applying is June 29, 2006. Contact: The Principal, St Paul

[Goanet] Ten things that 'Goa' achieved with the block on Da Vinci Code...z

2006-06-16 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Ten things that 'Goa' achieved with the block on Da Vinci Code: * Given back legitimacy to Churchill Alemao, together with "leadership" of the Catholic community. Thanks also to our media that has been alternatively been converting him from a Konkani hero to the "godfather general of goons" to a p

[Goanet] [OFFTOPIC] One-Way Trip to Disaster (IPS, on Portugal and the environment)

2006-06-12 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=33495 One-Way Trip to Disaster Mario de Queiroz LISBON, Jun 5 (IPS) - Portugal is facing catastrophe as it heads down a path marked by rising emissions of greenhouse gases, wasteful use of water, unbridled construction activity and coastal erosion, environm

[Goanet] Portugal... or Angola?

2006-06-12 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Wonder how many of you supported Portugal and how many rooted for Angola in yesterday's match? Actually, I'm quite illiterate in all matters sporting, but opted for the Angolans, simply as they were underdogs. FN _ Do not post admin requests to the list

[Goanet] Re: a taste of goa!

2006-06-10 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Can someone please help Anjani [EMAIL PROTECTED] FN On Sat, 2006-06-03 at 04:51 +0530, Anjani Khanna wrote: > Dear Fred, > > You will be surprised to hear from me... and the request is stranger. > I have been invited to Spain to do a ceramics workshop and one of the > Indian organisers who lives

[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes (In Brief) * June 10, 2006 * Goa looks on as "biggest football party kicks off"

2006-06-10 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * May 30, 2006 * Konkani becoming a minority education medium...

2006-05-30 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May

[Goanet] More on East Timor... and former Portuguese colonies

2006-05-29 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
> From: On Behalf Of Rui Collaco > Sent: 29 May 2006 00:10 > Subject: Forward Timor Leste or Is it Backward? > Only the likes of this well-known rabid Lusophobe could produce this piece > of reflection. He obviously lacks rigour, perspective and knowledge when he > poses this kind of ridiculo

[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes: Goa government's Rs 1 million football holiday

2006-05-28 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
GOA GOVERNMENT'S RS 1 MILLION FOOTBALL HOLIDAY By Marcus Mergulhao [EMAIL PROTECTED] Herald, May 28, 2006 PANJIM, May 27: A State that drags its feet on the Campal stadium, keeps salary of a boxing coach on hold for months, and dilly-dallies on clearing organisational bills, has more than enough

[Goanet] BRIEfnCOUNTERS: A Legacy of Blood ... in Dhaka

2006-05-28 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
"Mas-ca-ren-has?" queried a curious Chat Ramilo, obviously struggling with the many syllabyles of the name, as I showed her the book cover. Given the Philippines' Spanish colonial heritage, she might have found the name faintly familiar. But, seeing it at Dhaka, Bangladesh obviously caused the asto

[Goanet] It was lightening on Friday morning...

2006-05-28 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Barely sixty to ninety minutes after hitting the sack following an as-usual late night, one hard lightening and thundering in the pre-dawn hours of Friday. It was just past 5 am, time to get up, and unplug the ADSL modem (yes, now some villages too have broadband in Goa) from the power mains. One a

[Goanet] Four short-listed for India coaching job

2006-05-20 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Four short-listed for India coaching job NEW DELHI (Reuters) - England's Bob Houghton and Dutchman Clemence Westerhof are among four candidates to be interviewed for the job of India soccer coach, the national federation said on Saturday. Former Ireland manager Brian Kerr and ex-Chelsea manager I

[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * May 20, 2006 * Goan Konkani films... near the Niagra Falls * Vassalo Silva's cars rotting at St Inez

2006-05-20 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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[Goanet] REVIEW: 'Twixt Ma And Religion (New FN Souza book)

2006-05-19 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20060522&fname=Booksb&sid=1 REVIEW 'Twixt Ma And Religion With 200 colour and 60 black-and-white photographs, the book is a visual treat. One only wishes it was better put together. Repetitive and badly edited, it doesn't serve Souza's memory well. MADH

[Goanet] Getting expertise... on rats

2006-05-19 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Some time back one raised the query about how to deal with rats, via this forum. It resulted in mostly light-hearted banter, and some real attempts to answer the issue raised. Actually, rats can be a serious problem. At least in rural Goa. Talk to anyone who lived here, and you'll realise this is

[Goanet] More on the Da Vinci brouhaha...

2006-05-17 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
DigitalGoa.com reports: "Demand of ban on Da Vincy (sic) Code is a political stunt by Goa cabinet says Parrikar. Says, book is anti-Christian and called for voluntary boycott rather than ban." Sent: 17-May-2006 13:13:35. Yes, Parrikar is right. It is a stunt. Just as was his

[Goanet] Re: of Goans and racism ...

2006-05-17 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
So what's your point, Preetam? Why rib Philip Thomas? In my view, he does a damn fine job of keeping us abrest with airport issues and Dabolim/Mopa. Someone who has an open mind to face up to different aspects of reality -- there are many shades of grey -- needs to be appreciated, not ridiculed. An

[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * May 16, 2006 * NRI commissioner asks Gulf war victims to claim compensation

2006-05-16 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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[Goanet] [OFFTOPIC] Portugal Opens Doors to East European Workers

2006-05-15 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May

[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * May 15, 2006 * Goa Medical College archives focuses on heart disease in urban Goa

2006-05-15 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May

[Goanet] Saligao's consumer and civic network: plenty issues, fewer volunteers

2006-05-14 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May

[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * May 14, 2006 * Centre agrees to international flights from Dabolim, claims Willy

2006-05-14 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May

[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * May 13, 2006 * Navy "agrees to provide land" for Dabolim airport expansion

2006-05-13 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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[Goanet] OFFTOPIC: For those with young kids...

2006-05-11 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
This has nothing to do with Goa. But for those with young kids, here's a useful site through which to keep up with the changes taking place (and landmarks) in your young one's life: http://www.babycentre.co.uk/ _ Do not post admin requests to the list.

[Goanet] GUJ... a site for a trade union and professional body

2006-05-11 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Hi all: How do media issues work themselves out in Goa? Want one perspective? Read on... We've just built a modest site about the Goa Union of Journalists, which is available here: http://guj.goa-india.org/ To give mediapersons and others too a good reason (actually, two reasons) to go there, we'

[Goanet] The SEZ debate....

2006-05-11 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
S NARAYAN:GOING OVERBOARD ON TAX CONCESSIONS (SEZ) Source: The Financial Express The SEZ Act of 2005, notified in February 2006, looked very much like a one-upmanship game between the finance and the commerce ministries, with the latter claiming victory after a series of meetings at the PMO. The

[Goanet] Goa's handicrafts...

2006-05-08 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Dear Director, I believe the old secretariat could play the role of a centre specialising in handicrafts from Goa. While excessive commercialisation needs to be avoided, local talent can be showcased and given a boost. We saw a great number of examples of this at the recently-concluded Konkan Fruit

[Goanet] Fruits, Goa... and having an online presence

2006-05-07 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
This afternoon, it was a hot but enlightening walk along the Mandovi riverfront, where Miguel Braganza and team have their Konkan Fruit Festival in full bloom. One felt guilt to see URLs pointing to bsggoa.swiki.net (a site which takes you nowever, after the Swiki.net free server from the Georgia T

[Goanet] FeLLini's, Arambol and Choppie...

2006-05-03 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May

[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * May 2, 2006 * Goa emerges cash-rich... but is all this money being used wisely?

2006-05-02 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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[Goanet] Goafest: Expression of masculinity changing among Asian men

2006-04-30 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
http://www.agencyfaqs.com/news/stories/2006/05/01/14885.html Goafest: Expression of masculinity changing among Asian men GOA, May 1: For all these years, Marlboro represented the image of masculinity. However, the Marlboro man is no longer held up as the ultimate masculine ideal in the US and Eu

[Goanet] Goafest: Consumer generated content is the way ahead

2006-04-30 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
http://www.agencyfaqs.com/news/stories/2006/05/01/14884.html Goafest: Consumer generated content is the way ahead agencyfaqs! GOA, May 1 At a seminar at the Goafest, Paul Kemp Robertson, managing editor, Contagious magazine shed new light on ‘Consumer generated content’ and how it is gaining in

[Goanet] Vasco da Gama yacht rally... from Turkey

2006-04-30 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/sailors-party-before-last-leg-of-rally/8680-8.html Sailors party before last leg of rally Anish Basu CNN-IBN Posted Monday , April 24, 2006 at 15:40 Mumbai: As part of the Vasco Da Gama Yacht Rally, 35 international yachts started sailing from Turkey in October last y

[Goanet] Internet, tech skills growing quietly in Goa...

2006-04-30 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
INTERNET, TECH SKILLS GROWING QUIETLY IN GOA PANJIM, April 30: Goa's BSNL internet service provider is already providing some 3000 broadband connections in the state, and roughly another 24,000 people dial-up to get access the Net using this central government-run service. These figures emerged d

[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * April 30, 2006 * Survey for six-lane expressway to be held soon

2006-04-30 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * April 29, 2006 * Goa's Regional Plan approved... but will this only fuel the land-speculation market in Goa and further corruption?

2006-04-29 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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[Goanet] Communalism, secularism... and Goa's media (Nandita Haksar's rejoinder to Sandesh Prabhudesai's comment) (long)

2006-04-28 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
This note is from Nandita Haksar, being shared in the interest of wider debate on the subject. Below is an earlier note from Sunaparant editor Sandesh Prabhudesai on the same subject. FN * * * * * FROM NANDITA HAKSAR: I have been reading the reactions to our report, Broken Peace and am glad that

[Goanet] Signatures... and an occasional post

2006-04-26 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
A request to Goanetters: Please make it a habit to include your signature file below your posts. It will make it easier for people wanting to contact you, know your address etc. It's easy to set a fixed (or variable) signature file to go out with your email messages. In Evolution, the email client

[Goanet] Can you identify this Goanetter...

2006-04-26 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
o He plays saxophone with passion, and played in several dance bands. o He co-founded the International Society for Teacher Education. o In the heat of the Cold War, he drove down to Red Square. o He's currently working on the biography of another Goan great. o His qualifications: CertEd BSc(Soc) M

[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * April 25, 2006 * Views sought for voting rights to NRIs... send in yours!

2006-04-25 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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[Goanet] Dhaka Diary: Julian... the Gulf Hotel... Thomas Dias and D'Souza

2006-04-25 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Sitting for a fruit-and-toast breakfast on the fourth floor of the 20-storey tall Brac Centre Inn at Dhaka, the name-plate of the maitre d'hotel caught my eye. "What's you're surname?" "Gomes," ventured Julian. Aha! A colonial cousin, one thought, barely able to suppress a smile. My friend Paul

[Goanet] Bubbling with ideas...

2006-04-25 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Mario Fernandes is always bubbling with ideas and energy. My only regret is that this guy isn't into email for some reason, so we can never communicate speedily. We last met when Rene went visiting. Then there were some occasional, hurried run-ins at Panjim. But at a more unhurried pace, with noth

[Goanet] Church Dedicated To Mother Teresa Inaugurated

2006-04-24 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Church Dedicated To Mother Teresa Inaugurated By SAR NEWS NEW DELHI (SAR NEWS) -- A church dedicated to Blessed Teresa of Calcutta was inaugurated by Archbishop Vincent Concessao of Delhi at Parparganj, New Delhi, April 22. Speaking after the inauguration, Archbishop Concessao said, "Blessed Tere

[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * April 24, 2006 * Navy anchors ships near sunken patrol vessel

2006-04-24 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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[Goanet] Broadband... and not a byte going thru?

2006-04-16 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
--- * G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * --- USDA certified Goa Sausages and other Goan foods can now be delivered

[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * April 15, 2006 * Keni-led Goa NRI Facilitation Centre wound up...

2006-04-15 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
--- * G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * --- USDA certified Goa Sausages and other Goan foods can now be delivered

[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * April 14, 2006 * EDC makes its millions over a prime plot...

2006-04-15 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
--- * G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * --- USDA certified Goa Sausages and other Goan foods can now be delivered

[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * April 13, 2006 * Centre pushes Goa to help its panchayats get working ...

2006-04-13 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
--- * G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * --- USDA certified Goa Sausages and other Goan foods can now be delivered

[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * Apr 11, 2006 * Dempo, Salgaocar join hands to launch major new trans-shipper for iron ore

2006-04-11 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
-- Domnic Fernandes continues (Part III) his reminiscence of Mapusa of the 1950s http://www.goanet.org/index.

[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * April 10, 2006 * Cracker-laden car goes up in flames at Betim, kills two

2006-04-10 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
-- Domnic Fernandes continues (Part III) his reminiscence of Mapusa of the 1950s http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sidB6 --

[Goanet] Re: nri meet afterthoughts

2006-04-07 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
-- Domnic Fernandes continues (Part II) his reminiscence of Mapusa of the 1950s http://www.goanet.org/index.p

[Goanet] Saligao mourns the death of a kind soul: Alfie...

2006-04-05 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
-- Domnic Fernandes continues (Part II) his reminiscence of Mapusa of the 1950s http://www.goanet.org/index.p

[Goanet] Re: Goa's appalling road sense is not going to change

2006-04-04 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Eddie, The sign should actually read "Horn OK please?" Now, don't make the mistake of trying to comprehend what this means, since it is in *Indian English* and not the Queen's version of the lingo. As, post-1947, after the sun rose of Indian English, we have been marching ahead and eagerly look fo

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Bye-bye, ta-ta and don't forget to cry (Rahul Goswami)

2006-04-02 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Bye-bye, ta-ta and don't forget to cry Rahul Goswami It is not yet passe to be charged with misrepresenting Goa. For a very long time, generations even, sensualists and mythicists of India and abroad have done so. Some have been feted for their efforts, others have been barracked and ridiculed, an

[Goanet] Bahrain tragedy... Goans too

2006-04-01 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
TV channels are quoting official statements from New Delhi that there were some 22 Indians among those in the Bahrain boat tragedy. Goa is one of the states mentioned, from where the affected come. Does anyone have a list of identities? Any names published in the Gulf papers? FN -- ---

[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * April Fool's Day, 2006 * A day of tragedies at sea... off Vengurla and Bahrain

2006-04-01 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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[Goanet] Church sex abuse costs tripled in 2005

2006-04-01 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Church sex abuse costs tripled in 2005 DPA Washington, April 1 (DPA) The Roman Catholic Church in America spent $399 million in 2005 on settlements with sex abuse victims, triple the amount of the year before, according to reports. An additional $68 million was spent on lawyer's fees, psychologic

[Goanet] Gaitonde sets record of $1.5 mn at Christie's

2006-03-31 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Another Goan great. Wasn't he a contemporary of FN Souza? FN Gaitonde sets record of $1.5 mn at Christie's By Indo Asian News Service New York, March 31 (IANS) Painter Vasudeo S. Gaitonde's large abstract oil came under the hammer for $1.472 million at Christie's Asia Week here as record-break

[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * March 30, 2006 * Tanker with sulphuric acid overturns at Canacona

2006-03-30 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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[Goanet] Re: Re: Fred's bluff

2006-03-30 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Forwarded Message From: Frederick Noronha (FN) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@goanet.org Subject: Re: Re: Fred's bluff Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 02:28:43 +0530 Gabriel de Figueiredo gdefigueiredo at yahoo.com.au wrote: > I am indeed guil

[Goanet] ILUG-Goa: Tech writing, software for libraries...

2006-03-29 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
March 25 saw an interesting user-group meet, with a full-house in the small Goa Science Centre board-room. Suhag Shirodkar, recently re-settled back from the US, explained all about technical writing and what it offered to youth wanting a career in it. She mentioned they had opened a 'brand new' I

[Goanet] Re: Re:Portuguese Passports

2006-03-27 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Tony CA wrote: > that these compulsions are largely economic and there is no need for > them to trumpet their loyalty to Portugal and to denigrate India and > things Indian in order to justify their actions. But is the issue Portugal? I thought most were using the Portuguese passport as a ticket

[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * March 27, 2006 * Salesians to mark diamond jubilee of presence in Goa

2006-03-27 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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[Goanet] Re: Domnic Fernandes' articles and upcoming book

2006-03-26 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
I don't agree with the suggestion that don't-share-or-it-won't-sell is the only model that works. Take a look at creativecommons.org for other possible models. Over the years, I have shared a lot of my writing and over 2000 photographs on Goa. At the end of the day, I've gained maybe a hundredfold

[Goanet] Re: SHAME -- SHIGMOTSAV CANCELLED AT CURCHOREM ?

2006-03-26 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
This might sound like a secular argument... but shouldn't politicians focus on more pressing issues rather than religion? Isn't this some way of just distracting the masses? Politicians who focus on religion-based strife in a country where people need food, clothing and education are surely taking

[Goanet] Re: Re: Heinous crimes, Freedom Fighters & Missing Something .

2006-03-26 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Floriano Lobo wrote: > I can prove to you that at least one person who had been lodged in > Aguada jail for mis-appropriating the neighbour's property came out to > declared himself a freedom fighter. That's fine. I don't doubt that. Freedom fighters have themselves been saying that

[Goanet] Goan elites... and the 1961 divide

2006-03-26 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
I think Dr Teo has written about the case presented by Dr Pisurekar during Portuguese rule, and his work later. There were quite a few Goan elites who had it good on both sides of the 1961 divide. FN > [Goanet] Re: Sondekar Raja > And is the street in Panjim, Pisurlekar Road, in anyway related to

[Goanet] Re: Heinous crimes not unknown to Goa

2006-03-25 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Floriano, I fail to understand your logic. Or is there something I'm missing? A murder was committed in Moira. The murderer was promptly sentenced to jail. Come December 1961 (and the end of Portuguese rule) and the accused gets off and leaves jail. Ergo, all freedom fighters are bogus? Is this a

[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * March 24, 2006 * Mickky disbands his Fransa-Pax Football Club...

2006-03-24 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
-- | Read V.M. de Malar's latest Column: | || | Politics of Destruction |

[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * March 22, 2006 * Priest's suspected killers nabbed in Nagpur

2006-03-22 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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[Goanet] OFFTOPIC: Film on London's Bengali diaspora

2006-03-20 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Sorry for an offtopic post, but this might be relevant to the Goan diaspora. FN Film on London's Bengali diaspora By Sujoy Dhar, Indo-Asian News Service Kolkata, March 21 (IANS) A film on first generation Bengalis in Britain - "London-e Probashi" (At home in London) - will showcase the successful

[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * March 20, 2005 (2) * Budget session begins in Goa assembly today...

2006-03-20 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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[Goanet] Kerala High Court Directs Govt. To Probe Activities Of Christian Divine Retreat Centre

2006-03-19 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Kerala High Court Directs Govt. To Probe Activities Of Christian Divine Retreat Centre By SAR NEWS KOCHI, Kerala (SAR NEWS) -- The Kerala High Court directed the state government March 10 to constitute a special investigation team (SIT) to investigate the various activities of the Divine Retreat C

[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * March 20, 2006 * Chief secretary admits Curchorem was a failure of intelligence...

2006-03-19 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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[Goanet] MYFIRSTJOB: Walter Saldanha

2006-03-18 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Came across this article in the Reader's Digest (December 1999) and wondered if other Goanetters would like to share their experiences too: THE STENO-TYPIST: When I failed my school-leaving exams -- maths, always my bugbear, let me down -- I knew that formal education and I had parted ways for ev

[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * March 18, 2006 * Macasana priest found murdered ... New: a guess-you-didn't-know-this section

2006-03-18 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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[Goanet] Goan teams score in Indianfootball.com awards...

2006-03-17 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
INDIANFOOTBALL.COM PRESS RELEASE IndianFootball.Com, India's Premier Football Site, is proud to announce the IFC Awards 2005 winners. The prestigious award has the slogan "The voice of Indian football honouring the best of the best". The IFC Awards 2005 is the only of its kind in India, where FA

[Goanet] Matrimonial website from Delhi...

2006-03-17 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
A matrimonial website from the Delhi Archdiocese: http://www.delhiarchdiocese.com/martimonials_g.htm -- -- Frederick 'FN' Noronha | Yahoomessenger: fredericknoronha http://fn.goa-india.org | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Independent Journalist | +91

[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * March 16, 2006 * Bus strike in Goa ... curtains time for Ponda cinemas ... GMC home for cancer terminally-ill... bid to stoke up communal conflict at Comba

2006-03-16 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * March 15, 2006 * Churchill escapes expulsion... Tony Rodrigues is Panjim mayor

2006-03-15 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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[Goanet] Goanet Reader -- Get empowered: What the Right to Information means to Goa

2006-03-09 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
GET EMPOWERED: What the Right to Information means to Goa This article was compiled and shared at the initiative of the Lions Club of Arpora-Nagoa-Parra, for the benefit of readers in Goa and Goanetters in particular. This is a 11-year-old Lions Club, working in the interest of

[Goanet] FROM GOA: Goanet News Bytes * Mar 8, 2006 * Special issue... when communalism rocked Goa

2006-03-08 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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[Goanet] Horror story from Russian tourists about Goa...

2006-03-08 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
There's some horror story which tourists are discussing about Goa. Any comments? FN http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g297604-i6045-k403905-Death_in_Goa-Goa.html -- -- Frederick 'FN' Noronha | Yahoomessenger: fredericknoronha http://fn.g

[Goanet] [OFFTOPIC] Discover Portugal - A Complete Travelers Guide

2006-03-07 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Sorry for an offtopic but Lusostalgic post. FN Discover Portugal - A Complete Travelers Guide How to plan your trip to remember to Portugal. (PRWEB) March 6, 2006 -- Discover Portugal 2 day.com offers a comprehensive planning guide to assist the traveler in planning theirr trip to Portugal. Tra

[Goanet] France, Germany... a young lady, and a senior gent

2006-03-07 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
>From the other side of the phone came a strong French accent. It was Cheyryl Da Silva of Goa Velha cheyrylds at yahoo.fr She had email earlier asking who could teach her Hindi during her stay in Goa in an "intensive way". This was one of the many queries that come your way, if you're a journo bas

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