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

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---   GOANET NEWS BYTES * APRIL 13, 2006 * DATELINE GOA 

o Union minister for panchayati raj Mani Shankar Aiyar, Rane
  sign MoU on powers to panchayats. (NT) Aiyar suggested
  activity mapping, rural business hubs, disaster management
  plans. (Herald)
o Govt's apathy makes District Planning Committees defunct.(H)
o Action against illegal structures in Margao demanded. (H)
o Mapusa Urban gets profit of Rs 20.6 million. (H)
  
  Parrikar intervenes, prevents demolition of BJP
  Panjim youth leader Praveen Sopte's house. Alleges
  that this was being done by the Corporation of the
  City of Panjim at the behest of a minister. (H)

o Fishing equipment worth Rs 10 million lost in Bogmalo fire.NT
o Panjim hoteliers oppose hike in garbage collection fees. (H)
o Charas worth half-million rupees seized in Anjuna. (H)

o Give us water, say Chinchinim locals. (H)
o Tiswadi, Ponda may face acute water shortage. (H)
o Save water, enjoy summer... says a PWD quarter-page ad.(H)

o Change traffic set-up in Panjim, says BJP. (H)
o Canacona residents divided over PI's transfer to Margao.H
o Bishop Ferrao to bless Loliem church.(H)
o Swimming classes at Campal; Konkani course at St Xavier's.

o Goanetter Dr Brian Mendonca releases his book 'Last Bus to
  Vasco: Poems from Goa' on Apr 16 at La Paz Gardens, 5 pm.

o I won't tolerate any illegal action from government
  officials in my constituency, says Parrikar. (NT)
o NIO, Dhempe College sign MoU to provide training to 
  students at National Institute of Oceanography. (NT)
o NAAC peer team visits Carmel college. (NT)
o Margao municipality approves Rs 116.4 million budget.(NT)
o Workshop on 'hazardous waste disposal, management' held.NT
o Youth Congress to launch Abhivaadan. (NT)
o Legal literacy camp at Siddi Vinayak Devastan, Bicholim.NT

o Goa government to Inox: Let the show go on. Tendering
  or no tendering, it won't be curtains down for the
  multiplex. (Gomantak Times)

o Disgruntled Congress MLAs sitting on BJP fence. At least
  4-5 Congress MLAs in Goa are learnt to have kept their
  channels open with the Bharatiya Janata Party. (GT)
  Names mentioned: Harish Zantye, Victoria Fernandes,
  Ravi Naik, Alex Sequeira. 

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NATIONAL NEWS * Nandgad Cross in Belgaum district attracting
thousands during Lent. (Herald) * Bombay Stock Exchnage
crashes by a whopping 306 points in a single-day. It was
rising strongly in the past (PTI) * High court strikes down
act banning dance bars in Mumbai. (PTI)

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EDUARDO FOR EMIGRANTS' OFFICE IN GOA (The Navhind Times): The
Commissioner for NRI Affairs, Mr Eduardo Faleiro, has written
to the Union Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs, Mr Valayar
Ravi to consider exempting maids, drivers and other workers
of the lower income group who seek employment abroad from
appracohing the officer of the Protector of Emigrants, at
Mumbai, to obtain the emigration clearance.

Presently, teachers, doctors, nurses and those holding a
diploma or a university degree are exempted from emigration
clearance.

Addressing a press conference at the ministers' block in the
secretariat today, Mr Faleiro informed that he would also
vist some states like Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat and Rajasthan
to study the emigration pattern for the persons from these
states who emigrate to foreign lands.

I would have liked to visit Kerala, immediately, but the
election process in this state has made me change my mind,
he added.

Due to low literacy and other factors, such persons need the
services of intermediaries and they are harassed and fleeced
and often they are also victims of criminal

[Goanet] Goa news for April 14, 2006

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*** A New Generation of Pilgrims Hits India's Hippie Trail (New
York Times)

An enduring haven for global nomads, Goa has been welcoming
dropouts to its alternative world since the 1960's.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/09/travel/09goa.html?ex=1145073600en=47101f33d9566aa0ei=5087



*** Goa missing from mango export map (rediff.com)

Contrary to Indian tastes, western countries do not appreciate
very sweet mangoes, and this has to be factored into our
production, said Tendulkar.

http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/money/2006/apr/13mango.htm


*** Unlimited Magazine: The migration gap (ShareChat)

When Maria Rodrigues immigrated to New Zealand from Goa, India,
in January 2003, the number of non-New Zealand citizens coming
here to live had just peaked.

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/unlimited/article.php/008b110c


*** Eduardo for emigrants office in Goa (Navhind Times)

Panaji, April 12: The Commissioner for NRI Affairs, Mr Eduardo
Faleiro has written to the Union Minister for Overseas Indian
Affairs, Mr Vyalar Ravi to consider exempting maids, drivers
and other workers of the lower income group who seek employment
abroad, from approaching the office of the Protector of
Emigrants, at Mumbai, to obtain the emigration clearance.

http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=041325


*** Qingdao delegation arrives in Goa (Navhind Times)

Panaji, April 10: A delegation of Qingdao Iron and Steel Group
from China arrived in Goa today to attend the inaugural
ceremony of the state-of-the-art transhipper MV Goan Pride.

http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=041142


*** Aiyar, Rane sign MoU on powers to panchayats (Navhind
Times)

Panaji, April 12: The Union Panchayati Raj Minister, Mr Mani
Shankar Aiyar and the Chief Minister, Mr Pratapsing Rane today
signed a memorandum of understanding on #152;Devolution to
panchayats in Goa: the way forward which will give full powers,
as proposed in the Goa Panchayati Raj Act 1994 pursuant to the
73rd Constitutional Amendment Act 1992, to the panchayats in
the state by September 2006. A 

http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=041326


*** Mapusa Bank to undertake Navjeevan Abhiyan scheme (Navhind
Times)

Panaji, April 12: Buoyant from the Rs 2.06 crore profit during
the recent financial year that ended on March 31, 2006, the
Mapusa Urban Co-operative Bank of Goa Ltd has now decided to
undertake Navjeevan Abhiyan, a scheme for overall development
of the bank.

http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=04137


*** Conference on analytical prep / process HPLC, MCC, SFC in
Goa on Apr 20-22 (PharmaBiz)

International conference on analytical prep / process HPLC, MCC
and SFC will be held in Goa from April 20-22, 2006. The
discussion will be held on -Design of packing materials for
Analytical/Prep/Process; Use, care and troubleshooting of HPLC
columns; Packing materials; Packing of prep/process columns;
Status and future of Chiral Separations.

http://www.pharmabiz.com/article/detnews.asp?articleid=32836


*** Indian community pharmacist in FIP list of Heroes for
Health (PharmaBiz)

International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) has selected an
Indian community pharmacist among its list of six suggested
Heroes for Health to be considered by the World Health
Organisation. Raj Vaidya, a practicing community pharmacist
from Goa is the person who received the honour.

http://www.pharmabiz.com/article/detnews.asp?articleid=32823


*** Dumped by Dempo, but new coach lauds effort (Yahoo! India
News)

Mohammedan Sporting may have lost 1-3 to Dempo today in their
away National Football League (NFL) match in Goa. But their new
Subhas Bhowmick gave tremendous encouragement to the players
after the match. A senior player told Newsline after the
defeat: The coach appreciated all of us after the match. He
asked the strikers to increase their scoring abilities. That
apart, he expressed satisfaction 

http://in.news.yahoo.com/060412/48/63iaj.html


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[Goanet] RSS is the BJP's Gestapo

2006-04-13 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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 In states where the BJP is ruling, the RSS is taking reins and pushing their 
anti minority agenda. This has happened in both Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh 
after the BJP came to power in these two states.Gujarat has ben the showpiece 
of the RSS since long. The RSS anti Christian agenda was being subtly pushed 
here too in Goa when Catholics were being sidelined in Govt jobs when it came 
to promotions and authority. Some Catholic cronies were given a slice of 
limelight to deflect adverse criticism and keep a facade of neutrality. All 
the while the police was being saffronised ( and this has not yet worn off )at 
the RSS behest. Many Goans have failed to see this including the media.

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[Goanet] Re: *** DOCUMENT: Statement of the Commissioner for NRI Affairs (Goa)

2006-04-13 Thread Philip Pereira

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Thank you for the above subject transmission.  All forthcoming info will be 
very important to Non Resident Indians.
   
  Rgds
  Phil

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[Goanet] Comments on uncomplied education

2006-04-13 Thread cagiton22 fed

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my 1st comments on goa university, there is no educational facility for non- 
resident 

  if they wont to complit their education, since they cannot come and stay in 
goa for one or two year, there is no facility for them to give direct exam of 
graduation, when comming to goa for one or two month, if it is possible then 
just send me e-mail.
   
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[Goanet] Re:Priest Murdered.... (See what I have to say.......a photo also included)

2006-04-13 Thread JoeGoaUk

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Re:Priest Murdered  (See what I have to say...a photo also included)

Hi,

Sorry, I am late on this one.

I have been reading every mail but really did not get time to respond.

I have seen that some dirty tricks are also played here such as name calling 
again
and again which is like two dogs tearing a chunk of meat into pieces. 

..perhaps, they have a priest in their family etc.

Yes, I did go too far where most others dare not. 
Yes, like my most posts, that particular subject post/s had a message too.
All you had to do was to trust me on this. 

I am a Christian, and very proud to be one.
I have been associated with the church for about 25 years.
From the age of 7 to 21, if I take the average, my monthly average would come 
to 40
masses (that's include daily mass, funeral mass etc)
Yes, I was a dedicated Catechist too for 5 years. 
Yes, I have been associated with all the church 
activities/committees/organisations

I have been there and saw it all (don't necessarily rely on 'hearsay').

I have seen how parish priests and his assistants(Curate) never see eye to eye 
each
other or seen them  arguing and shouting, this is just one fact of the many  
which
is pretty comparable to that of the relationship between the deceased priest 
and his
assistant before Macazana Church.

No, I have nothing personal against the priest. And it's true, I don't even know
him. This was not the first time I write about it, infact, when I first join 
Goanet
about 3/4 years ago (WITH SAME ID), a similar post was posted which was one of 
my
first 2 or 3 posts on the Goanet. Then I remembers writing again when there was 
a
discussion about 'Ribandar Molestation Case' I wrote on other leaders too like
MLAs/MPs/Ministers etc latest being on MP about the 'Sting Operation'.

Ok, to cut it short, here are some questions to you:

Do you believe and strongly believe that there is no priest in Goa who..

 Is involved in sexual abuse of children (below 18)?
 Has affair with young girls or women ? (including Parra ?)
 Is involved in sexual relationship with other men or women ?
 Is involved in money lending ?
 Is involved in stealing (including church antiques)?

If ans is 'yes' to any one abv then can you please stand up now ?
If 'No' to any of above, can you please  raise your hand now ?

400 people were eagerly waiting for my regular updates.
We knew the priest was murdered
We knew that the suspects nabbed by the police.
We knew that the two suspects admitted killing of the priest.
So, what else we all wanted to know then?
Motive, yes the motive behind this murder and I was not the only one but there 
are
at least 400 others (which I can confirm) on the net plus other people in 
general.

So what is the motive ?
Are we ever going to know it ?
It looks like the church, Police etc are hiding some thing, why ? and for how 
long ?

What ever may be the truth, it must come out so that..
-It serve as an eye opener to all.
-Lessons will be learnt by the other such people (if there are any more) so as 
to
stop their bad practices/habits etc
-Public/parent will now become extra cautious towards their children etc

If the truth does not come out now, that means, such people feel they are 
protected
by the authorities for being religious leaders. They will continue what they 
have
been doing... others will copy them too..and who are the losers ? We.

Ok, how will you take this..
When you find out your only son who is 27 now does not want to marry simply 
because
he does not fancy any opposite sex because he has been abused by a priest in his
teens ?  Who will carry on with your family name now ? How you feel about it?

Abv is just an example, there could be so many other serious misdeeds that will
continue to go on if the truth is not come out now. Remember, 'prevention is 
better
than cure'

Ok, if truth cannot not come out now (for various reasons) what guarantee is 
there
that the church will scan  it members to detect and avoid such future 
occurrences ?

Some of you even suggested  to leave this to police to sort out. Why only this 
type
of cases ? Why give different treatment, when we all come other same law ?

How come we discuss the other things like 'Appalling Road Situation in Goa', 
'Goa
Going Gone' 'Goa has Aid/HIV problems' etc why no one said to leave this to our
elected politicians ?

Certain questions still remained un-answered like:
1. Why they had to stab the priest 27 times and that too after he already dead ?
2. Why the body was Covered with two bedsheets one

[Goanet] Indian ‘nation’ of commerce

2006-04-13 Thread Gabe Menezes

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By DAVID G. MAILLU

The Indian is one of the British colonial baggage offloaded in the
Kenyan colony, imported from India to work on the construction of the
railway line. The line was not built for the benefit of the natives.
It was built with sheer selfish interest to lay down the foundation
for colonialism and promotion of the British supreme and economic
expansionism. At that time, no British mind could have dared imagine
that one day the railway line would be lost only to benefit the
natives. But one could as well argue that by the time the British
crown had lost to the natives, the British had already recovered the
expense of building that line and accrued immense economic benefits
from it.

No British would have imagined that its human cargo from India would
one day find home and citizenry in Kenya. At whose expense? Of course,
the colonial predatory culture would have dismissed and forgotten
about the damage, as Africans would put it bluntly, the way one
forgets what comes out of one's own bowels. Or shall one say that by
man-made catastrophe Kenyans acquired a new tribe called Indians?

The Indian nation, imposed on Kenyans by the British colonial
kleptomania, brought three distinct communities that few Kenyans are
aware of. The Hindu, the Goan, and the rest. Initially, these three
groups have lived with practical dislike for one another. The Goans,
coming from the Christian colony, were actually the first ones to be
sympathetic with the natives, perhaps, because they found comrades
sharing the same religion. They expressed their solidarity even
through marriage at a time the other two groups protected their women
the way lions protect their young ones from predators.

Hindu religion gave the other group opportunity to form cultural
cocoons to protect their lot. Up to this day, the three would rather
be perceived as the Kenyan Indian clans who, once in a while, might
see reason why they should not be counted as one community.

We snatched freedom from the British, first president of Kenya, Jomo
Kenyatta, used to describe how Kenyans retrieved what had been stolen
from them. The thieves had been a people who described Africans as
savages, and who so cleverly baptized their own savagery as a move to
civilize a primitive community. During that snatching, the British ran
away and left behind their colonial liability, hence the Indian
baggage for Kenyans to decide how to rid themselves of it. But by then
Kenyans had discovered that, after all, Indians were human beings and
victims of historical human calamities. Idi Amin in Uganda expelled
his baggage to follow the master in UK.

Wise people learn a lot from catastrophes, and some catastrophes
eventually establish themselves as having been blessings in disguise.
That explains the Kenyan Indian paradox. Perhaps one might drive the
subject home by asking, What would have been the fate of Kenya today
if the British people had not imported Indians to Kenya from their
colony in India? Certainly, Kenya would be a different nation
economically.

While the British colony existed, the Indian was accorded second class
human value in Kenya, and the native was accorded the third class. In
other words, during colonial days Indians were bosses to natives. The
position of the Indian during that time had given him the foundation
to build an economic power base. By the time the British left Kenya,
the Indian had acquired big muscles to continue being number-one in
the new Kenya, hence replacing the vacated throne of the British,
ready to negotiate terms with the upcoming African who was now
starting his economic journey from the first step.

The collapse of British colonial power did not actually affect the
Indian appreciably. If anything, it opened up new and exciting
economic opportunities. While the African was trying to set up
commercial banks to help his business ventures, the Indian had his
banks in place long ago and in operation and now already to fund him
for higher economic frontiers. The African new business challenger and
competitor was the long experienced Indian entrepreneur. How did the
African view his competitor? What new tricks had the Indian behind the
sleeves?There is a saying that if someone gives you a lemon, instead
of throwing away the lemon, try to make lemonade out of it. That was
what the African learnt from the British lemon given to him. He took
the opportunity of learning the art and tricks of business from the
Indian. Indirectly, out of coincident, the

[Goanet] Eduardo Faleiro's statement on NRI issues

2006-04-13 Thread Eugene Correia

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From Eduardo Faleiro's press statement on NRI issues,
it seems he is seized of the matter, some of which
were raised again with the visiting NRI delegation to
the Gulf.
In the light of what he says, it is obvious that the
NRI team's trip gained nothing valuable. He has set
the ball rolling and hope there will be answers from
official quarters such as the Overseas Ministry.
Now the main question is: Should NRGs address their
queries directly to Faleiro or go through the NRI Goa
FC? Maybe some will find it best to send to both.
With Faleiro in a full-time job, and with the NRI Goa
FC being run by volunteers, I think it would be wise
to depend on Faleiro to deliver the answers.
From his statement it also seems he enjoys the CM's
support. 

Eugene Correia


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[Goanet] India to offer scholarships to diaspora students

2006-04-13 Thread Frederick Noronha

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Indo-Asian News Service

New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) The ministry of overseas Indian affairs
(MOIA) is introducing scholarships for diaspora children to study in
higher technical and non-technical institutes in India in the academic
session 2006-07.

A senior official of the ministry said that the scholarship programme
was open to 100 students from a list of select countries. Educational
Consultants Indian Ltd. (Ed.CIL) will act as the nodal agency.

The programme is open to students from Bahrain, Fiji, Guyana, Hong
Kong, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Kuwait, Malaysia, Myanmar, Oman,
Qatar, Reunion Island, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Surinam,
Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Arab Emirates and
Yemen.

The scholarships will be offered in only those institutes with which
Ed.CIL has a memorandum of understanding.

The official said a budget of Rs.1 crore (Rs.10 million) had been
earmarked in the first year for the programme. The number of
scholarships will be increased annually till it reaches 350.

The scholarships will be applicable for professional and general
courses (except medical and other related courses).

Applicants will have to pay processing charges to Ed.Cil - $200 per
student for non-technical courses (humanities streams) and $350 per
student for technical courses (which includes engineering, management
and hospitality).

The applicants should be from the age group of 17-21 years and should
have passed senior secondary (10+2) or equivalent from any educational
system recognised by the Association of Indian Universities with the
requisite subjects.

They should have secured at least 60 percent aggregate marks or 6.75
cumulative grade point average (CGPA) on a scale of 10.

Selection will be based on a common written examination to be held
April 30, the venues and timings of which will be announced by the
Indian missions in the respective countries.

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RE: [Goanet] Dr. Rosendo Ayres Ribeiro, a Goan, was the first private medical practitioner in Nairobi

2006-04-13 Thread Eddie Fernandes

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Subject: Re: [Goanet] Dr. Rosendo Ayres Ribeiro, a Goan,was the first
private medical practitioner in Nairobi
 
Now do not mix apples with oranges, ie.: Goans and Indians are different
fruits. Many African de Africa  friends call me Goan and not Indian.
 
BC


There are some in East Africa who would subscribe with BC's view.
Coincidentally from The Kenya Times of today: 

Indian 'nation' of commerce. By David G. Maillu 
13 Apr: 2006. Kenya Times. Excerpts

 . The Indian nation, imposed on Kenyans by the British colonial
kleptomania, brought three distinct communities, The Hindu, the Goan,
and the rest. Initially, these three groups have lived with practical
dislike for one another. The Goans, coming from the Christian colony,
were actually the first ones to be sympathetic with the natives,
perhaps, because they found comrades sharing the same religion. They
expressed their solidarity even through marriage at a time the other two
groups protected their women the way lions protect their young ones from
predators . 

Footnote to article:

The author is a renown with an international acclaim. He holds Doctorate
in African Literature and Political Philosophy. 

Full text at: http://www.timesnews.co.ke/13apr06/insight/ins1.html



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Re: [Goanet] Dr. Rosendo Ayres Ribeiro, a Goan, was the first private medical practitioner in Nairobi

2006-04-13 Thread Bernado Colaco

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THE Indian question is back on the discussion table thanks to Zarina
Patel's recent biography of Makhan Singh. In Kenya, this is a vexed
question that often stirs emotions rather than engineer reasoned debate.
On the one hand are those who associate Indians with racist corruption
and exploitation that go with their commercial engagements. On the other
hand are those who argue that Indian commercial acumen and business
enterprise is everything that drives Kenya's economic success. Without
Indians, this literature argues, Kenya would not be the economic miracle
it turned out to be. 

... 

... Because of this residential pattern, even Europeans went to the
Bazaar to access important services including medical ones. Dr. Rosendo
Ayres Ribeiro, a Goan, was the first private medical practitioner in
Nairobi. He arrived in Nairobi in 1900 and lived in the Bazaar with his
assistant Mr.  C. Pinto and only left after the plague outbreak of 1902
to stay at the station. He visited the sick among all communities. He
diagnosed and reported the 1902 bubonic plague among two of his Somali
patients. So, we also know that there were Somalis. 

==
 
 
Now do not mix apples with oranges, ie.: Goans and Indians are different 
fruits. Many African de Africa  friends call me Goan and not Indian.
 
BC

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[Goanet] RFI: Goan Organizations in New Yorks

2006-04-13 Thread Herman Carneiro

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Folks,

Can anyone with information about Goan organizations in NY please get in touch 
with Fiona Figueiredo directly? Please see her email below.

It's much appreciated.

Best wishes,

-- 
Herman





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Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 23:32:40 -0400
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  To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Hi Herman:

Hope you are well.  I am trying to find out if there is a Goan association in 
Queens, NY through your Goanet organization.

I am involved in helping to organize the Potta Retreat in Boston and 
have been getting calls from New York.  A young Goan lady called today 
to register for the retreat and asked if there are any Goan groups she 
can connect with in NY.  Could you let me know what resources are 
available to find this out?

Thanks so much for your help,

Fiona


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Re: [Goanet] ART, GREED AND GOAN CULTURE

2006-04-13 Thread Bernado Colaco

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ART, GREED AND GOAN CULTURE
 
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Ask Fundacao Oriente for help. Some thing might come out of it!
 
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Re: [Goanet] Setting the standard on posts (2)

2006-04-13 Thread Gabe Menezes

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On 12/04/06, Elisabeth Carvalho [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Dear GL,
 Are you sure you're not sucking up to me? :)))

 What is a hutton?

 Hey, I'm just trying to reign in my inner Ayatollah.
 One of these days, you'll see a revolution around here
 :))

 Elisabeth

E F HUTTON. An entrepreneurial man, mucho dinero, founded the Broking
business EF HUTTON.
--
TUMCHER AXIRVAD ASSUM;
DEV BOREM KORUM.

Gabe Menezes.
London, England

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[Goanet] Eduardo for emigrants office in Goa / Goan Welfare Society (GWS) demands made in 2003 - finally under consideration

2006-04-13 Thread Goa's Pride Goa-World.Com

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Eduardo for emigrants office in Goa / Goan Welfare
Society (GWS) demands made in 2003 - finally under
consideration  

From: Carmo Santos, President, Goan Welfare Society
(GWS), Kuwait

Eduardo for emigrants office in Goa 
NT Staff Reporter 
  
Panaji, April 12: The Commissioner for NRI Affairs, Mr
Eduardo Faleiro has written to the Union Minister for
Overseas Indian Affairs, Mr Vyalar Ravi to consider
exempting maids, drivers and other workers of the
lower income group who seek employment abroad, from
approaching the office of the Protector of Emigrants,
at Mumbai, to obtain the emigration clearance. 
Presently teachers, doctors, nurses and those holding
a diploma or a university degree are exempted from
emigration clearance.
Addressing a press conference at the ministers block
in the secretariat today, Mr Faleiro informed that he
would also visit some states like Punjab, Haryana,
Gujarat and Rajasthan to study the emigration pattern
for the persons from these states who emigrate to
foreign land.
I would have liked to visit Kerala, immediately, but
the election process in that state has made me change
my mind, he added.
Due to low literacy and other factors, such persons
need the services of intermediaries and they are
harassed and fleeced and often they are also victims
of criminal offences, Mr Faleiro observed, adding that
under these circumstances, it becomes necessary to
establish an office of the protector of emigrants in
Goa itself.
Mr Faleiro said that he would follow the possibility
of conferring voting rights on the non-resident
Indians from Goa, living around the world. There is a
bill pending in the Parliament to amend the
Representation of Peoples Act so that such rights may
be conferred on NRIs, he said, pointing out that the
bill however, is not yet scheduled for discussion in
the Parliament.
I will meet the Union Minister for Law, Mr Hansraj
Bharadwaj during my proposed visit to Delhi, scheduled
during April-end, for discussing this issue, Mr
Faleiro said.
The other issue in the list released by Mr Faleiro
about the priorities concerning the NRIs from Goa
includesprotecting the houses and properties of the
Goans away from their motherland. The Chief Minister,
Mr Pratapsing Rane has asked me to take special
interest in this matter and I am working in this
regard, Mr Faleiro said.
Mr Faleiro also intends to get the degrees of the Goa
University recognised by foreign countries, especially
the government of Kuwait where maximum Goans go in
search of employment. I have taken up the matter with
our ambassador in Kuwait and hope that he will pursue
the matter with the said government, he stated.
Goans holding foreign passports may use chartered
flights, however, the PIOs who come to Goa on
chartered flights are required to return within four
weeks from the date of their arrival, Mr Faleiro
further said, mentioning that PIOs of Goan origin
should not be inconvenienced only because they have
exceeded the four week period.
The office of the commissioner for NRI affairs will
also be setting up its website within a month to
inform the NRGs of different facilities available to
them from the state as well as the central government.
The website will be developed by Goacominsys and Mr
Jerry Menezes.
Replying to a question, Mr Faleiro said that he would
be proposing issuing of bonds for the NRGs with higher
rate of interest than that offered by the banks, so
that maximum money earned by the NRGs is invested in
the state.
Answering yet another question, the Commissioner for
NRI Affairs said that he is examining the possibility
of a single window system with the Economic
Development Corporation.  (The Navhind Times)
 
 
Goa-World.Com Team adds:
Goan Welfare Society-Kuwait [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Date: Sun Dec 21, 2003  9:37 am 
Subject: NRI-Goa Facilitation Centre Delegation's
Visit to Kuwait


NRI-GOA FACILITATION CENTRE DELEGATION'S 
VISIT TO KUWAIT  (December 12, 2003)
A delegation of NRI-Goa Facilitation Centre comprising
of Mr. Chandrakant Keni  - Chairman,  Mr. Tony Correia
Afonso -  Member, Mr. Pramod Shetye - MD Goa Tourism
Development Corporation Ltd.,  Mr. Swapnil Naik -
Nodal Officer NRI, was met on arrival by the
representatives of Goan Welfare Society (GWS) - Kuwait
on December 12, 2003.
 
A Seminar was held at Carlton Towers Hotel - Kuwait
City, on 13th December, 2003, where a large number of
Goans attended and raised various issues concerning
the NRIs.  The main speakers Mr. Tony Correia Afonso,
Mr. Chandrakant Keni and  Mr.

[Goanet] Good-bye, Good Friday and Maundy Money

2006-04-13 Thread Cecil Pinto


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A Hindu friend of mine asked me today why we call it Good Friday. What's so 
'good' about it if Jesus Christ was crucified on this day? I gave him a 
off-the-cuff reply that explained how it was 'good' because by his dying 
the world was saved and similar blah. Later I went online and found many 
interesting explanations. The site below was the most clear and consise.



http://www.kencollins.com/question-11.htm

Calling the day of the Crucifixion 'Good' Friday is a designation that is 
peculiar to the English language. In German, for example, it is called 
Karfreitag. The Kar part is an obsolete word, the ancestor of the English 
word care in the sense of cares and woes, and it meant mourning. So in 
German, it is Mourning Friday. And that is what the disciples did on that 
day-they mourned. They thought all was lost.


I've read that the word good used to have a secondary meaning of holy, but 
I can't trace that back in my etymological dictionary. There are a number 
of cases in set phrases where the words God and good got switched around 
because of their similarity. One case was the phrase 'God be with you', 
which today is just 'good-bye'. So perhaps Good Friday was originally God's 
Friday. But I think we call it Good Friday because, in pious retrospect, 
all that tragedy brought about the greatest good there could be.


I can see virtue in either terminology. If we call it Mourning Friday, as 
in German, we are facing reality head on, taking up the cross if you will, 
fully conscious that the Christian walk is seldom a walk in the park. But 
if we call it Good Friday, as in English, we are confessing the Christian 
hope that no tragedy-not even death-can overwhelm God's providence, love, 
and grace. Either way seems fine to me!


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There are many more informative sections on Rev. Ken Collins site. 
Particularly check out:

http://www.kencollins.com/glossary/vestments.htm
http://www.kencollins.com/glossary/liturgy.htm



The page below is also quiet readable without any long drawn vague 
philosophical explanations.

http://catholicism.about.com/cs/lent/f/goodfriday04.htm

Good Friday is the day that marks when Jesus Christ was crucified on the 
cross for our salvation. Today the whole Church mourns the death of Jesus. 
Good Friday is a day of fast and abstinence. Catholics are also supposed to 
meditate and pray between the hours of noon to three o'clock in the 
afternoon. These are the hours Jesus hung on the cross.


Good Friday is called good because on this day Jesus was crucified for our 
redemption of our sins. orld: Holy Friday for Latin nations, Slavs and 
Hungarians call it Great Friday, in Germany it is Friday of Mourning, 
and in Norway, it is Long Friday. Some view the term Good Friday (used 
in English and Dutch) as a corruption of the term God's Friday.


Good Friday is also the only day that there isn't a full Mass.



Fuelled now with a 'passion' for knowledge about Holy Week I checked out 
Maundy Thursday and found a lengthy explanation at:


http://www.maundy.com/maundy_thursday.html

Maundy Thursday

The word 'Maundy' comes from the Latin word for commandment, mandatum. This 
is a special day for Christians. It is the day when they remember the Last 
Supper, the agony in the garden of Gethsemane and the arrest and trial of 
Jesus. The Last Supper is a key event for Christians. It was at this Last 
Supper which Jesus shared with his friends that he changed the words of the 
traditional Passover meal and commanded his followers to break and eat 
bread and drink wine in his memory. Christians throughout the world 
continue to do this. This act of remembrance is known as the Eucharist, 
Holy Communion, Mass or The Lord's Supper.


The blessing of oils
As Maundy Thursday commemorates the day when Jesus instituted the Eucharist 
through the Last Supper, it is also the day on which priests may renew 
their priestly vows. This service is called the Blessing of Oils and it is 
one where oil blessed by a bishop is distributed to the priests for them to 
use in their ministry the following year. Holy oil is used for baptism, 
confirmation and the anointing of the sick and dying.


The distribution of Maundy money
This is an ancient tradition dating from before the Middle Ages. However, 
when the Church of England broke with the Church in Rome and the English 
monarch became Supreme Head of the Church in England, the ceremony took on 
a greater significance.
The reigning monarch, as Head of the Church, gives out

[Goanet] [JudeSundayReflections] Reflections: Good Friday

2006-04-13 Thread Jude Botelho

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[Goanet] WHERE WOULD GOA RANK?

2006-04-13 Thread Philip Thomas

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 there *is* a difference between the quality
of living and quality of life:

Thanks for the links and for drawing attention to the difference between
'quality of living' and 'quality of life'.

I was not able to locate the names of cities in the 80-100 bracket I was
interested in. As you said, one may have to purchase the report to get it.
While the report may be somewhat narrowly aimed at facilitating corporate
decisions about HR matters such as compensation of expatriates according to
their overseas location including on account of security, safety and health
risks (which reduce qualit of living), I am interested in such surveys to
activate thinking here about Goa as a city. The idea is to use a
wholistic, integrated approach to Goa's development as opposed to the almost
village level perspectives which seem to prevail.

The following excerpt from the link you provided may provide a useful
framework to proceed n this direction:

The overall quality of living ranking is based on an evaluation of 39
criteria. New York has been used as the base score for quality of living,
which has a total index equal to 100.

Mercer's study is based on detailed assessments and evaluations of 39 key
quality of living determinants, grouped in the following categories:

Political and social environment (political stability, crime, law
enforcement, etc.)
Economic environment (currency exchange regulations, banking services, etc.)
Socio-cultural environment (censorship, limitations on personal freedom,
etc.)
Medical and health considerations (medical supplies and services, infectious
diseases, sewage, waste disposal, air pollution, etc.)
Schools and education (standard and availability of schools, etc.)
Public services and transportation (electricity, water, public transport,
traffic congestion, etc.)
Recreation (restaurants, theatres, cinemas, sports and leisure, etc.)
Consumer goods (availability of food/daily consumption items, cars, etc.)
Housing (housing, household appliances, furniture, maintenance services,
etc.)
Natural environment (climate, record of natural disasters)

Cheers.





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