[Goanet] New contraceptive pill in Goa sparks debate in medicalfraternity.
--- Documented by Goa Desc Documentation Service & circulated by Goa Civic & Consumer Action Network (GOA CAN)<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ph:2252660 --- --- New contraceptive pill sparks debate in medical fraternity -- Introduction of the new emergency contraceptive pill (ECP) by the government, has created a flutter in a section of the medical fraternity. With all major objectives of family planning (as outlined by the government of India) have already been achieved, the very relevance of this pill has come under scrutiny, with doctors indicating that ECP was likely to promote pre-marital sex. As part of the family planning programme, the Goa government, in keeping with the national programme will soon be introducing the new ECP which is to be taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex. Although health officials aver that this is a reflection of the need of today's society, there is a fear present in their minds that this would promote pre-marital relations. "The government is providing safe services, otherwise people will resort to unsafe methods", says an official at the Secretariat. He however, concedes that it might lead to pre-marital sex.This pill prevents a fertilised egg from getting attached to the uterine wall, and thus stops the progression of pregnancy. It is thus much more convenient than other post conception techniques. Governent officials are firm that this pill will not be sold over the counter, but will be available only on medical supervision. It will be available at the primary health centres and the rural medical dispensaries, where there are doctors. The Goa Medical College has been conducting a pilot study on this pill for some months now, a source at the GMC complex said.Stocks of this pill will soon arrive at the Directorate of Health Services. It will be made available to the public after the medical staff are trained with regards to its medication. According to statistics of the Directorate of Health Services, the figures of those engaging in artificial family planning methods have remained more or less steady over the last five years. People opting for temporary family planning measures far outweigh those opting for permanent methods. In case of sterilisation in women, the number of sterilisations carried out from 1998-99 to 2002-03 fluctuated between 4347 in 1998 and 5224 in the year ending 2003. According to the medical practitioners, sterilisation in men accounts for an additional one per cent. However, these figures are not available. According to one doctor, it is the women who opt for sterilisation rather than have the man undergo the operation."Women given the choice will prefer to be sterilised. There is a fear in the mind of the woman that the men will lose their virility, if sterilised", the doctor said. Statistics show that the number of users of intra uterine devices (IUD) remain more or less steady over the years, from 2764 in 1998-1999 to 2777 in 2002-2003. The years 1999 to 2002 saw a jump in the users of condoms, which peaked in the year 2000-01 to 16,172 in contrast to the 9336 in 1998-99. However, '02-03 saw a drop to 9364 from 14,921 in the previous year. This could be compensated by the oral pill suddenly increasing in popularity. While in '02-03 oral pills had only 3776 users, this figure shot up to 6213 in 2002-03. HERALD 16/6/03 page 1 === GOA DESC RESOURCE CENTRE Documentation + Education + Solidarity 11 Liberty Apts., Feira Alta, Mapusa, Goa 403 507 Tel: 2252660 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] website: www.goadesc.org -- Working On Issues Of Development & Democracy === ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
[Goanet] Quotable Quote
Middle age is when your broad mind and narrow waist begin to change places. - E. Joseph Crossman ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
[Goanet] Re: [Goanet-news]14 JUNE 2003: GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS
ON INADEQUATE REMUNERATION: "I am living in Goa for the last couple of years and am employed in a reputed public limited company. Indeed, every Goan will agree that Goa is an expensive place to live in. In this situation, our monthly salary is so paltry that I feel ashamed to express it. It is absolutely ridiculous that the remuneration paid to an office employee is somewhere around Rs 2000-2500 or so per month. With this paltry sum how can one run a family with a school kid that too staying in a rented house?" (P V LAXMAN, Porvorim, in Listening Post, NT) SOLUTION: P. V. Laxman - Your services are no more required. Kindly go back to where you belong. Thank you.Postal Address: P. O. Box 26814, 13129 Safat, Kuwait Cell Phone (00965) 661 1469, Res. 473 3986, Facs. No. 245 1234 Office Tel.: 245 1096 or 245 1097 Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month!
[Goanet] Candolim prices
Netters - Sometime back the Goa Govt released a report on various land rates in Goa. Does anyone know the land rate in the Candolim area? Viviana ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
[Goanet] Tearful adieu to noted tiatrist
Tearful adieu to noted tiatrist NT News Service Margao, June 16: The mortal remains of the noted Konkani stage comedian, Luis Dias, were laid to rest at the Raia cemetery, in the presence of large crowd of mourning people, who had come to pay their last tributes to the artiste. Luis met with death in tragic circumstances on Saturday at Mumbai, just few hours before he was to board the flight to Muscat. The news about his untimely death was received with utter disbelief at his native village of Arlem, Raia, as well as by the Konkani tiatr lovers all over Goa. On reaching Mumbai, Luis Dias (35), who was on his way to Muscat, had phoned his wife, Pramila, in Goa, informing her about his safe journey to Mumbai. He also had told her that he would get in touch with her just before boarding the flight to Muscat. That proved to be his last conversation with his wife. The incident occurred when Luis, who was staying with his relatives, the place being close to the Santa Cruz Airport, was asked to join the litany in the neighbourhood. The balcony in the neighbourhood, where Luis, who had joined the litany, was standing with four others, suddenly came crashing down, according to Mr Santos Dias, brother of Luis. Luis, who fell down from a height of about 4.5 meters found himself under the balcony debris, thus getting severely injured. Three others, including a pregnant lady, were saved by the skin of the teeth. Luis used to earn his daily living working in Muscat for last 8 years and had gone to Mumbai to board the flight to Muscat, after enjoying a vacation with his five brothers in Goa for the first time. Luis who was admitted to the nearby hospital at Santa Cruz was later declared dead. For the first time, we all five brothers had met here in Goa for a vacation. May be the Almighty had planned it that way before separating us from him, sobs Mr Santos Dias. With all this, the plans of Luis have vanished in thin air. He was thinking of staging a new tiatr in Muscat, he adds. We have lost a young talented singer and comedian. The void that has been created would not be easy to be filled, said Prince Jacob, who was present at Luis house at Arlem. Jacob also revealed that though Luis was working in Muscat, he was instrumental in staging many tiatrs there = http://www.goa-world.net/poems http://www.goa-world.net/poems/lino __ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
[Goanet] News from the Monte de Guirim alumni
On behalf of the Social Committe I would like to extend my thanks for your help in our cause towards charity to my Alma Mater, St. Anthony's High School, by giving us the exposure on the Internet. The 9th Monte de Guirim Annual Social, Toronto Chapter, held on Sunday, the 9th of June, in Mississauga, was a great success. We had door prizes, novelty prizes, raffle prizes, prizes for seniors, and prizes for children. The food menu was Indian style and included authentic Goan sorpotel. The band "New Illusions" played well. We had a DJs Daryl and Allen too with music for Young Adults. Our very own and talented singer, Dahlia, sang a few numbers with the band including one in Konkani "Mollbailo Dou". Among the other songs she sang including Rose Garden (Loretta Lynn) and Crazy (Patsy Cline). We started at 12 noon and wound up at 7 pm. Most people were from the Greater Toronto Area. We had about 260 people in total in a beautifully decorated hall. Everyone had a very enjoyable day. Our highlight this year was bookmark mementos which were distributed to our guests as they entered the hall by young volunteer children. This memento has a picture of St. Anthony and a prayer. We also had our customary annual souvenir booklet with prayers, hymns and advertisements from our well-wishers, donors, sponsors and benefactors. We had a special dance presentation, performed by a group of our very own and talented Young Adults, and was choreographed by Dahlia. The items we had planned for the days programme almost fell in place and on time. All committee members (ex-students) had different tasks that they undertook and performed with great enthusiasm and dedication, tact and ability, with full support from their wives, children and other family members. Their assignments included various necessary and important chores like checking tickets at the entrance, showing guests to their tables, helping and coordinating with various games for seniors, young adults and children, selling bar and soft drinks coupons, serving at the bar, etc. Our Photo Album will be uploaded on the net shortly by our very own site moderator. Mr. Auggie Pereira, the first President and founding member, was sworn in for his 2nd tenure as President for the Year 2003-2004 - which is the Tenth Anniversary of the establishment of Ex-Students Association - St. Anthony's High School - Monte de Guirim - TORONTO CHAPTER. We were all kept very busy since 3 months before the show. It called for a lot of work. The Social Committee, myself, and our families did it whole-heartedly for our great Alma Mater. And of course, with your prayers and good wishes we did finally get there. St. Anthony stood by us and guided us through a very successful and happy get-together. Yours sincerely Tony Fernandes President 2003 Ex-Students Association Toronto Chapter ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
[Goanet] Thomas Vaz... a profile
Thomas Vaz By Joaquim Fernandes With no formal training at all, Thomas Vaz' artistic photography of Goa and all things Goan, is so endearingly breath-taking, that he became the first Goan to be awarded the National Award (1979) and the President's Award from the Directorate of Audio-Visual Publicity (DAVP) in appreciation of promoting Goa through viewcards. Thomas Vaz was born in Mapusa's famous family of Pedro Vicente Vaz or Mr Baker. ''I was just okay in studies and never neglected our business. But it was in photography that I came alive,'' recalls Thomas. His output includes 161 colour postcards of Goa, six black-and-white cards, threes sets of duplicate slides, three booklets, one holder, one Goa souvenir ''Old Goa, Rome of the East'' and one pictorial book, ''Goa: Images and Impressions.'' Frank Simoes' preface to the last book sums up Thomas' photographic prowess very aptly: ''He uses colour with an artist's eye: soft and muted as in a beach at twilight; bright and ebullient when interpreting the unbounded high spirits of a Goan festival; accurate and descriptive when recording an old, aristocratic home.'' One need not be a photography connoisseur to appreciate the ''life'' in Thomas' stunning pictures; the succulence of a single red cashew apple, the spirit of Sao Joao revelry, the meditation of hippies in Anjuna, the piety in the inner sanctum of the Shiroda Kamakshi temple, the heat and dust of a bullfight. ''I wait for the perfect moment before I capture my subject,'' says Thomas. And sometimes, he waits for days. Unlike other pictures of the Saligao church, Thomas' picture has in the foreground a single woman planting seedlings at the onset of monsoons. ''You see, the rains had just begun. If I was early, I would not get the greenery, if I waited too long, the church façade would be dirtied. I chose the perfect time.'' His romance with the camera began early and secretly. It was only after some time when his work was ''exposed,'' that his father gifted him a new camera. ''My father gave me all the encouragement,'' he says. When still a student in 1958, Thomas won his first award in the all-Goa photography competition in the landscape category. Then again in 1960, he won the first prize in the Industrial Photography category organised by the Clube National of Goa. Some of the celebrities that Thomas' lens captured include Jawaharlal Nehru, Krishna Menon, Indira Gandhi and his favourite hero, Raj Kapoor. ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
[Goanet] FW: Indian Custom?
From: Tony Barros <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: jane collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Fwd: Fw: FW: Indian Custom? Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 13:31:08 -0700 (PDT) Note: forwarded message attached. __ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com _ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail --- Begin Message --- > >This Indian man moved into his new home in England. >His english neighbour, being the nice bloke that he >was, decided to make him feel welcome. > > >He went next door to wish him welcome. >He was shocked to see the Indian man in his nice >backyard chasing ten chickens around like mad. "Must >be a Indian custom" he thought to himself. > > >Deciding he could put off the welcome till a later >date, he went home. > > >The next day, he decided he was going to welcome the >indian man again.When he looked through his window, he >saw the Indian man urinate into a cup and drink it. >"Must be a Indian custom" he thought to himself. > > >Deciding he could put off the welcome till tomorrow, >he went on with other stuff. > > >The third day, he was determined he had to welcome the >Indian man. At his gate, he saw the Indian man with >his ear pressed against a cow's big fat butt. He >became angry and went up to the Indian man. "I'm sorry >sir, I want to wish you a welcome, but I cannot stand >your crazy Indian customs!" He yelled in the Indian >man's face. > > >The Indian man looked confused and answered. "Sorry >sir, I think you are mistaken. These are actually >English customs. I was told, to be English, you have >to chase chicks, get piss drunk, and listen to >bullshit." > > > > > >*** *** >This email message is confidential to the intended recipient and may be >legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this >email by anyone else is unauthorized. Any unauthorised use, dissemination >of the information, or copying of this message is prohibited. If you are >not the intended addressee, kindly notify the sender by return e-mail >and delete this message. >*** *** > _ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 --- End Message ---
[Goanet] 17 JUNE 2003: GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS
GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS 17 June 2003 EDUARDO CRIES FOUL OVER FUNDS FOR MPLADS: Goas Rajya Sabha member, Eduardo Faleiro, today accused the Manohar Parrikar-led government of indulging in "corrupt practices" in the release of funds for works executed under the MP's Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS). Addressing a news conference here, Mr Faleiro questioned the logic behind adopting a process that involves depositing funds in the State treasury as against the earlier practice of keeping the money in nationalised banks under the rules governing the scheme. (H) RECOVERED FROM DEFAULTER: "It is the Bharatiya Janata Party government which has succeeded in recovering Rs.1.68 crore which was granted to a Colva-based hotelier by the Congress government between the years 1993-96 despite the hotelier being a serious defaulter," said Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar yesterday. (GT) FAKE BENEFICIARIES: The state government has decided to conduct house-to-house survey against the beneficiaries of the Dayanand Social Security Scheme (DSSS) to verify manipulations, if any for availing the benefit of the scheme. Briefing reporters after the cabinet meeting, the Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Parrikar said that the government found some manipulations in the information supplied by the beneficiaries and hence it was decided to conduct the survey to verify the facts. (NT) BAIL REJECTED: The Panjim bench of the Bombay High Court has rejected the bail application filed by Vishal Mehta, one of the accused in the alleged gang rape of the Fine Arts student within the Fine Arts college premises at Altinho. (H) RESERVED SSC RESULTS: The Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education on Monday informed the Panjim Bench of the Bombay High Court that the committee appointed to look into the paper leakage issue would decide whether or not to declare the results by the coming Saturday. Four students of Holy Family School, Alto Porvorim, Gaurish Govekar (Maina), Vernon Fernandes (Sangolda), Darshana Dukle (Alto Porvorim) and Ashwin Sanguelkar have approached the High Court challenging the act of the Goa Board to withhold their results of the SSC examination held in March 2003. (H) RESERVED SSC RESULTS: The Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education on Monday informed the Panjim Bench of the Bombay High Court that the committee appointed to look into the paper leakage issue would decide whether or not to declare the results by the coming Saturday. Four students of Holy Family School, Alto Porvorim, Gaurish Govekar (Maina), Vernon Fernandes (Sangolda), Darshana Dukle (Alto Porvorim) and Ashwin Sanguelkar have approached the High Court challenging the act of the Goa Board to withhold their results of the SSC examination held in March 2003. (H) RELIEF FOR TAXI VEHICLES: The State government has framed a scheme for replacement and procurement of new yellow/black motor cycles, yellow/black auto rickshaws and yellow/black taxis. The scheme intends to support small scale self employed vulnerable section of society and to ensure that old, unsafe and polluting passenger transport vehicles are removed from the roads to protect environment and to enhance road safety. (H) APPROACH ROADS TO UGUEM BRIDGE GIVE WAY: Construction of roads and bridges in a record time does not always imply quality work and this seems to apply to the present condition of the Uguem bridge. The bridge was constructed in a record time of four months and barely 16 days after the inauguration ceremony, the approach roads from both ends of the bridge gave way early Monday morning, causing panic among residents in the vicinity of Uguem village. "Approach roads giving way is a normal thing and this happens in many cases on account of the flow of monsoon water. There is nothing to worry about the bridge and the bridge is firm in its footing," explained the engineer. (H) MARATHI PREFERRED: The noted educationist and administrator of the Vidya Bharati, an educational institution managing 82 schools in the state, Prof Subhash Velingkar, said that there was more demand for opening Marathi schools in the state, at the primary level, compared to the Konkani schools. "However, English medium schools are more preferred than the primary schools imparting education in both the vernacular languages," he added. Prof Velingkar, who earlier released Ghatak Rajyachyo Kellyo Bhoyo Bhoyo, Aatan Tari Thartalyo Vhay, a compilation of political and social articles by Mr Datta Nayak, in the city. (NT) SCIENCE GETS TOP PRIORITY: Records at the education department indicate that the craze and scramble for admissions for the science stream at Std. XI is resulting in a major setback for institutions offering arts and commerce within the state of Goa. According to statistics, from a total of 8518 students who sought admissions for Std. XI last year in the South, North and Central zones, around 80 per cent enrolled for S
[Goanet] Birthday on 17th Jun 2003
Wishing you a Very Happy Birthday on Behalf of GoaNetters to 17-Jun Sessie Siqueira from Miramar, Goa Thanks, Vincente. NOTE: Please send your Birthday's details for those who haven't done so far to following e-mail address([EMAIL PROTECTED]) with subject as Birthday/Birthday details. _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
Re: [Goanet] British passports and plucking two leaves from the Portuguese
Dear Tony, The following is a quote from Paulo Colaço Dias as regards to Portuguese Nationality: "On the other hand, if one analyses the Portuguese Nationality law as I did, one will understand that any citizen of the Antigo Estado da India born before 1961 retained their Portuguese citizenship unless he or she officially renounced it. It is very important to understand this. If an individual never renounced Portuguese Citizenship, the individual is today a Portuguese Citizen and the Portuguese Nationality Law recognizes him/her as Portuguese because he/she was born Portuguese in the Antigo Estado da India and never actually renounced Portuguese Nationality. That individual was born Portuguese in the Antigo Estado da India just like the Madeirenses were born Portuguese in Madeira and the Acoreanos were born Portuguese in Azores and the Minhotos were born Portuguese in Minho and the Lisboetas were born Portuguese in Lisbon." Thank You Colaco With reference to the June 16 goanet story on the > above subject which > appeared as an advert in Goa, I see some > similarities with the > Portuguese passports allocation for people whose > parents or > grand-parents were born in Goa before December > 19,1961. > > __ Yahoo! Plus - For a better Internet experience http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/yplus/yoffer.html ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
[Goanet] SITEWATCH: A photography centre in Goa...
URL : http://www.shyamsundargoa.com/middle.htm Devi Mahalaxmi - Panjim We at the Shyamsundar Group of Companies welcome you to our Official web site. We were first established in the 1940's by the late Shri. Narahari Dharma Golatkar. Shri. Narahari Dharma Golatkar With his Rolleiflex camera he started business as a freelance photographer and was engaged by the rich and famous in Goa for their family portraits. In 1970, the Goa government felicitated Shri. Narahari Dharma Golatkar with a state award for photography. Shri Kishor Narahari Golatkar On Dussehra day, the 6th of October 1973, the first outlet "Shyamsundar Photographers" was established in Panjim, by the late Shri. Kishor Narahari Golatkar. In the last three decades, the Golatkar brothers have diversified from the visual medium to the audio-video field. Today, the Golatkar's have a number of establishments in Panjim: Shyamsundar Photographers, Shyamsundar Productions, Shyamsundar Color Lab, Shyamsundar Audio and Kishore Color Art. [1]Shyamsundar Productions | | [2]Shyamsundar Audio | | [3]Shyamsundar Photographers [4]Shyamsundar Color Lab | | [5]Kishor Color Art References 1. http://www.shyamsundargoa.com/s-productions/main.htm 2. http://www.shyamsundargoa.com/s-audioco/main.htm 3. http://www.shyamsundargoa.com/s-photographers/main.htm 4. http://www.shyamsundargoa.com/s-colorlab/main.htm 5. http://www.shyamsundargoa.com/k-colorart/main.htm ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
