[Goanet] Link: S4 launch. Indian style
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJs7N3aM75Y Ranveer Singh's New Gangnam Style The event was the launch of Samsung's new mobile device the 'S4'. At the launch were present Bollywood celebs and cricketers such as Ranveer Singh, Aditya Pancholi, Aditya Roy Kapur, Aftab Shivdasani, Arshad Warsi, Adam Gilchrist and many more. At the event Ranveer gave his twist on the famous song 'Gangnam Style' --- This video of the national launch will get far more coverage publicity than any of the more serious effort. It funny how the marketing now works in age of social media. India, we laugh with you. -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
Re: [Goanet] BJP chief minister quotes from tthe Bible in Goa assembly
Good for the hypocreet that he did not quote/mis'quote from another Holy Book. The deseased bovine would have been slaughtered before a cow could've outed a m Perhaps no one has told the chap about the nights/days of long-knives that ran rivers of blood on the streets of Bombay, Calcuttaetc when dung-eating Morarjees ilk sought to attain what the fool attempts in Goa As well as the issue, more than most other, was cause of partitioning the sub-continent... Hopefully this foolhardiness will spell terminal doom on saffronites in Goa come pollsand they can not remain far off if the foot mouth diseased creature persists... A god-sent opportunity for Goans to strike while issue sizzles and rid us of the menace effectively enduringly. Alfred de Tavares, Stockholm, Sweden Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:10:48 +0100 From: asjrebe...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: Fw: Fw: BJP chief minister quotes from tthe Bible in Goa assembly To: silvestremacha...@gmail.com CC: ole_...@yahoo.co.uk; fernandesviolet...@gmail.com; lobo.j...@gmail.com; monteir...@yahoo.com.br; petf...@hotmail.com; armando...@yahoo.co.in; arwinmesqu...@gmail.com; gift.pinhe...@gmail.com; bmviega...@yahoo.com; drferdina...@hotmail.com; jor...@sify.com; roquefurtado2...@yahoo.co.uk; jason.k.fernan...@gmail.com; upkamat...@yahoo.com; ben.an...@rogers.com; derekalme...@rediffmail.com; fredericknoro...@gmail.com; martinssab...@gmail.com; orlandodasi...@rediffmail.com; rdsg2...@gmail.com; georgejpi...@yahoo.com; benedictl...@gmail.com; bevin...@yahoo.com; patxaguestho...@hotmail.com; veg...@gmail.com; rupertcouti...@gmail.com; alfredtava...@hotmail.com; anandvirgin...@hotmail.com; nascy...@yahoo.com.au; ericpin...@yahoo.com; valmi...@gmail.com; johnmeneze...@yahoo.com; tonymarti...@yahoo.com; jamreb...@yahoo.com; edw...@rediffmail.com; eddipi...@gmail.com; floriano.l...@gmail.com; miguelbraga...@yahoo.co.in; falconcit...@gmail.com; meninog...@gmail.com; goanid...@gmail.com; kgakuw...@gmail.com; armando...@yahoo.co.in; so...@bsnl.in; airesrodrigu...@gmail.com; vinayaknai...@gmail.com; ericpin...@yahoo.com; sandeephe...@gmail.com; chimbel...@gmail.com; heritagepra...@rediffmail.com; oscarde...@gmail.com; saluscorre...@gmail.com; janerodrig...@rediffmail.com Thanks guys for your almost exiled Goa Assembly type of comments from the hip and before long, can we cast the 1st hatorr and onpass your name (s) for nomination for the CIC post haste and in doing so, leave no Goan stone unturned for big brother's VCD scrutiny in the process ?? Regards, Jr PS forgot all about the VCD thanks for the reminder, maybe zee elephant grey matter has run it's half course, huh ! But I saw this Goa Express article by one Aires on Good Friday And Manohar Parrikar By Adv ... - goa news express = What Bernado Coo-la-so wrote Lest we forget the anti-Catholic VCD, where this man probably wanted to commit genocide on Goans. Our memories are short and we are very foolish people. BC - Forwarded Message - From: floriano lobo floriano.l...@gmail.com To: Sent: Tuesday, 30 April 2013, 14:50 Subject: Re: Fw: BJP chief minister quotes from tthe Bible in Goa assembly What Crap! Manohar Parrikar does not know what to quote in what context. What has the stoning of an adultress to do with appointing CIC? Manohar Parrikar wants a 'laloo' in that post. And Aires has shot holes in both the CIC appointments Casting the first stone has no relevance at all in this context. It is ok if Parrikar thinks that gullible katlics will be impressed. Katlics are never gullible and very difficult to impress. Cheers floriano goasuraj 9890470896 - Original Message - From: Oscar Carmino Lobo Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 7:13 PM Subject: Re: Fw: BJP chief minister quotes from tthe Bible in Goa assembly Dear Joseph Is that not a sign from CM that he may not have anything against Christians?Good on him for quoting the bible so that those who have doubts of his intentions to curtain Christian worship during lent etc. Well done, Parrikar. Regards Oscar = On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 10:14 PM, Joseph Rebello asjrebe...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Yes, this is a very serious talk indeed. ! Bravo to the CM, almost like a latter day Saul in our Goan mist, sorry midst. Is he on track like (click on) the Conversion Of Paul - Bible Story Summary Of The Damascus Road ... type of Conversion by quoting extracts from the Bible in the Goa Assembly of all places ? Who were the Pharisees, Sadducees, scribes, chief preists, and ... are there many or just a handful in our once Goencho Saiba land ? Regards, JR -
[Goanet] Ladies Special bus - Goa
Dear CM Parrikar, Mr. Almeida, THANK YOU for this wonderful exclusive Ladies special bus. Sincerely appreciate this gesture. Proud of doing something first in India. Keep up the good work/service. God Bless. RegardsMario PANAJI/MARGAO/VASCO: The Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Parrikar, along with Kadamba Transport Corporation (KTC) chairman, Mr Carlos Almeida, on Tuesday, flagged off ladies special bus from the Panaji bus stand. After flagging off the bus, Mr Parrikar and Mr Almeida had a brief interaction with women to get feedback on the initiatives taken by the government to empower women and to ensure their security and safety. Mr Parrikar said that it is the endeavour of the government to ensure safe environment for women in Goa and more steps would be taken in future for their betterment. Earlier, Mr Almeida said that perhaps, this must be first time in the country that special regular bus service for women has been introduced. He said that constant monitoring would be done to ensure that this initiative of the state government is proving beneficial for women. At Margao, the Minister for Transport, Mr Ramakrishna Dhavalikar, said that the government is committed to provide better facilities to women commuters and therefore five ladies special KTC buses have been introduced on the major routes in the state. Speaking to the media after inaugurating the Margao-Panaji bus service, the Minister said the government had promised in the Assembly that as soon as the first lot of 100 buses comes, ladies special buses would be introduced in Goa. “I am happy that today the promise has been fulfilled,” he said and added that the government had gathered data on women commuters before these buses were launched. On Tuesday, the government introduced one bus from Margao to Panaji that will make two trips - one in the morning at 8.30 and the second at 6 in the evening. “If it gets good response, we would add more buses,” he disclosed when asked whether one bus would cater to the needs of the women commuters. In Vasco, the Power Minister, Mr Milind Naik flagged off the ladies special bus. He said the state government has fulfilled one more assurance given to the people by introducing such buses in the state. He said there was a need for introducing ladies special buses as a large number of women commuters are facing a lot of problems while travelling on day-to-day basis. He informed that the number of such buses would be increased in future according to the response that they get from women commuters.
[Goanet] Vijai Sardesai plays the “Mopa” card against Parrikar, - thegoan.net
Vijai Sardesai plays the “Mopa” card against Parrikar, kick starting a new political movement and a serious opposition forceTeam Goan ,Margao19 January 2013 In no other state in India does the taxi business influence the ebb and flow of politics, as it does in Goa. Many a political driving seat is established if you get your taxi politics right. The Fatorda MLA Vijai Sardesai took his little steps towards being the man of the moment, by attending an inconsequential Annual General meeting of the Black and Yellow Taxi Owners Association a few days before the launch of his Goemkar movement.On the day of his January 15 rally to launch Goemkar, with the movement against the Mopa airport and the protection of Dabolim as the emotive trigger, the black and yellow cabbies decided to participate. A worried industries minister Milind Naik called and asked them why they were participating in Vijay’s rally. But another man was hurt even more. Naik’s neighbor and sulking Congressman Mauvin Godinho, who has a strong base of cabbie supporters of the black and yellow kind.He was shocked with the reply “The issue is too big. We have to support anyone who wants Dabolim’s development and is against Mopa.”As he launched his movement, apparently non-political, there was politics dripping from every pore. In a trademark that is so his, Sardesai makes up for a lack of a mass base and a groundswell of pan Goa support, with his uncanny nose of smelling a political scoring opportunity.Goemkar would have been just another opportunistic flirtation. But he has injected political romance by pegging the movement around protecting Dabolim as an international airport and opposing the Mopa airport tooth and nail.This is heartstring politics, which is making both Chief Minister Parrikar and the stray pieces of the Congress cagey. The Congress’ desperate defense is to shout out loud that it retains the patent of Salcette’s opposition to the Mopa airport and dismisses Sardesai. But the frustration of people like Fransisco Sardinha is apparent when he says “My advice to those who joined him is to bell the cat and voice your opinion, but don’t mix with these frauds who were very much a part of the previous government.” Sardinha’s amnesia that the government was his too, is appalling. Sardinha’s letter to the Civil Aviation ministry, as Chief Minister asking it to “expedite” the Mopa airport, will make him a virtual cast away in Salcette Mauvin Godinho, who has his own issues with the Congress, gives Sardesai no credit. “All this has happened because of the Congress relies on the same old leadership and doesn’t listen to genuine feedback. The issue is important but people will have to see who they are supporting.” Godinho isn’t likely to get this space back anytime soon himself. Widely regarded as the villain of the piece, in the land de-notifi cation saga, where 36,800 square meters of land earmarked for parking at Dabolim was handed back to Bernard Costa, who in turn sold land to builder Anand Bose, Godinho has taken a credibility hit. But the biggest take away from the formation of Goemkar is that it has pitchforked Sardesai into a one to one straight combat with Chief Minister Parrikar, especially in Salcette. This is a major irony since the most natural beneficiary of Congress’ corruption by de-notifying the Dabolim land would have been Parrikar.Activist Joao Philippe Pereira, who has fi led a PIL for the land for Dabolim to be taken back, says “ Section 6 of the Land Acquisition act was allowed to be lapsed on June 15, 2002 by not paying compensation to the land owner, paving the way for returning the land to him. After this it became difficult to re-notify the land. The CM must answer as to why he did this.”Giving the Dabolim land back would have given Parrikar the cushion against a Salcette backlash, in his efforts to speed work on Mopa. Here, without wanting to, Parrikar is being seen by a Salcette that whole heartedly voted for him, as the man on the other side of the bridge that divides north and south Goa, the line of separation between pro and anti Mopa forces. His move to invoke Section 6 and acquire 22 lakh square metres of land in Mopa, on Thursday Jan 17, through a nine page notice in a local daily, (incidentally two days after the Goemkar rally) has sharpened the backlash. Predictably Sardesai has reacted. “The Chief Minister has shown scant respect for the people who wanted Mopa land acquisitions to be stopped.People are seeing a huge haste in commissioning land for Mopa and no haste in getting land for parking in Dabolim.” The Goemkar bandwagon can trudge along and pick up new passengers. Firstly Salcette’s non-Congress MLAs supporting the BJP government – Caitu Silva, Avertano D Souza, Benjamin Silva, Rajan Naik and Mickky Pacheco – will have to find ways to support the issue without supporting Vijai’s formation.The challenge will be to see that
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[Goanet] Xit-Koddi - Bahrain Goans e-Newsletter - April 2013
Special Issue Of Xit-Koddi Dedicated To Our Editor GR Crasto His Wife Catherine Crasto On Their Silver Wedding Anniversary Edited And Presented By Our Team Member John Rebello Click On The Link And Read At Your Leisure https://sites.google.com/site/bahraingoans/xit-koddi---apr-2013 Thanks To Our Youngster Blake D’Souza For The Cover Design
[Goanet] Remembrance and Thanksgiving Mass for Tony Correia-Afonso
Dear all, The Colaco and Correia-Afonso family have a close and multi-faceted bond esp through Tonybab, dear Marina, Deepa and Bala. Ema and I consider ourselves very fortunate to have developed this friendship. We were quite saddened by Tony's totally unexpected passing. But, we remain grateful to have been (albeit partial ) witnesses of his simple but dignified life, his graciousness, his disarming humility, his vast knowledge wisdom, his untiring efforts to improve the lot of his fellow Goans while expecting nothing in return, and his love for his family, friends and his beloved Goa. The family will celebrate the life of dear Tonybab at the Patrocino Chapel , Birondi, Benaulim this Sat May 4, 2013 @ 4:30pm Our thoughts are with you Marina, Lalita, Priya, Deepa, Romilla and your families. May God Bless all of you. Ema and Jose Colaco Dear Dr .Colaco , My mother and all our families thank you for your kind condolence posts on goanet on the sad passing away of our beloved papa Tony . Regards, Lalita
[Goanet] The recent economic blockade
The recent economic blockade (or more correctly, the blackmail) by states supplying vegetables, milk and other essentials to Goa only underscores the fact that Goa absolutely has to be as self-sufficient as possible. It is no secret that middlemen from other states have invaded and taken control of our Goan markets. Even the prices are dictated by these people. They force vendors to stock fruit and vegetables from outside Goa at the expense of our own local produce. As a result, our own unique Goan varieties are slowly being pushed out and may eventually become extinct. When was the last time anyone bought and tasted a real `ghaunti` papaya, the type we used to enjoy earlier? Berries like chunam, kandam, local boram and jamuns are slowly dwindling. Neighbouring states take pride in their vegetables and fruit. An example is the encouragement given to the cultivation of Ratnagiri Afonso mangoes which are supplied all over India (even to Goa) and are now famous all over the world. Yet in complete contrast, in the land of mancurado mangoes, we hear from an expert like Dr. Ajit Shirodkar that there is not even a single orchard of mancurado mangoes in Goa! With declining produce of our own mancurado mangoes, how many Goans can afford to pay Rs. 800 - 1000/- for a dozen mangoes? Rather than encouraging polluting industries that destroy our very land to come and set up here, can we not encourage agriculture, spice farms and cultivation of our own local vegetables and fruits? The ICAR can be roped in to help in keeping alive and improving local varieties. A school in Velsao has set the ball rolling by giving children the opportunity to cultivate vegetables as part of their extra-curricular activities, which they do with much enthusiasm. Initiatives like this must be encouraged. I hope that this monsoon season our Government and in particular, the Minister for Forests and Environment, Alina Saldanha, will ensure planting of at least 5 thousand fruit bearing trees, distributing vegetable seeds and encouraging planting all over Goa. Similarly, I hope that the Forest Department who has been doing yeoman service at their Campal office by supplying plants and saplings at very reasonable rates, will supply fruit-bearing grafts, saplings and vegetable seeds of local varieties this monsoon season to encourage cultivation. DM
[Goanet] TOI works to sex it up
Times of India officials address at the World Congress of the International News Media Association (INMA). eugene Times of India works to “sex it up” to strengthen relationship with advertisers 29 April 2013 · The Times of India is finding innovative ways to create quality advertising that captures the voice and culture of the people. Times of India CEO Ravi Dhariwal presented several examples of commercials the news media company used to promote the unique ideas that go into the publication. Times of India President Arunabh Das Sharma went through the steps of the innovative ways they are redefining their news brand, some of which include maximising the company’s advertising with the inclusion of fragrant advertisements and attaching samples of products to the newspaper. These innovations increase profit margins and market share as well as build loyalty and repeat business. Shrijeet Mishra, COO of Times of India, said India is a great land of opportunity because entrepreneurs are racing to the top. The Times of India is capitalising on this by partnering with entrepreneurs and first-time advertisers with its innovative advertising method called “brand capital.” It’s success has made the method a keystone of their business model.
[Goanet] Betalbatim Beach, beach grind etc
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[Goanet] [JudeSundayReflections] 6th Sunday of Easter
29-Apr-2013 Dear Friend, While we yearn for the presence and company of loved ones and friends, we are sorrowful and do not like partings and goodbyes! We don't easily cope with loss especially when we get used to having people near us. Yet we mature and grow only when we can handle separations and losses in our lives. God is present even when He appears to be absent! Discern His peace-giving presence this weekend! Fr. Jude Sunday Reflections: 6th Sunday of Easter Peace is a gift of the Lord, our task, working for it! 5-May-2013 Readings: Acts 15: 1-2, 22-29Rev. 21: 10-14, 22-23John 14: 23-29 The first reading from the Acts reminds us of the conflict that arose in the early Christian community precisely because it had so many people joining it. To a Jew, circumcision was most sacred. Other recent converts did not see the need to undergo it. For these converts Jesus alone mattered and accepting Him. This conflict divided the early Christian community and disturbed the peace needed for its growth. How does the Christian community manage this conflict? They decide to meet together and discern what God was saying. In keeping our peace in changing times and changing situations in the Church today, we need discernment and an openness to the Spirit. I give you my peace A retired couple was alarmed by the threat of nuclear war, so they undertook a serious study of all the inhabited places on the globe. Their goal was to determine where in the world would be a place to be least likely affected by a nuclear war. -A place of ultimate security. They studied and travelled, travelled and studied. Finally they found the place and at Christmas they sent their friend a card from their new home - in the Falkland Islands. However, their 'paradise' was soon turned into a war zone by Great Britain and Argentina. -Jesus said, Peace I leave you, my peace I give you. Not as the world gives do I give you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. Jesus before departing from this earth, He gave his disciples the best and the most needed gift: His peace. John Rose in 'John's Sunday Homilies' In the Gospel we have yet another source of conflict that disturbs the apostles and disciples of the Lord. They know that Jesus is going to leave them as he has accomplished his mission on earth and is about to return to his Father. His imminent departure makes them fearful. How will they manage without him? How will the Community grow? Will they succeed in the mission he has entrusted to them? Jesus has to reassure his disciples that it is good for Him to go so that He might send the Spirit to be with them always. All this while He was physically present to them. He wants to be more intimately present to them and for this to happen He has to leave them. But he is leaving behind His Word and those who keep his word will experience His presence in their lives. Those who love me will keep my word and my Father will love them and will come to them and make our home with them. Jesus reassures his disciples that the Father is always very near to them. Our faith has to be a response to God's love. Jesus came to tell us this good news. The whole of the Gospel has just this message: The Father loves you and is watching over you. In order to experience the loving Spirit of the Father at work in our lives it was necessary that Jesus should leave his disciples. It is necessary that we walk through this world, at times seemingly alone. It is necessary that we be tested by trials and face conflicts but we need not be afraid, the Father is standing guard always! The gift of the Spirit that Jesus promises us is the gift of peace. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give it as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, do not let them be afraid. Peace in the midst of conflict In his book 'Go down to the Potter's House,' Donagh O'Shea has a story about a king who had two artists in his court who were bitter rivals. One day the king said, I want to decide once and for all who is the better artist. You must paint the same theme so I can judge between you. And let the theme be peace. The two artists agreed and a week later came back with their paintings. The first presented his painting. It showed a dreamy landscape with rolling hills and a lake with not a ripple on the surface. The whole scene spoke of contentment, peace and stillness. However, the king said to the artist: Your picture is very pretty, but it puts me to sleep. The second artist presented his work. It showed a thundering waterfall. It was so realistic that one could almost hear the roar of the water as it crashed onto the rocks, hundreds of feet below. But this is not the scene of peace that I ordered, said the king angrily. The artist made no reply but motioned to continue looking. Then the king spotted a detail that hitherto had escaped him: among the rocks at the base of the
[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (01May13)
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[Goanet] Featured This Week ~ Bassist, Darryl Williams That Was Then
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[Goanet] Goa Diary: Bullfight, booze on beach BJP leader’s oops moment (FIRST POST)
http://www.firstpost.com/india/goa-diary-bullfight-booze-on-beach-bjp-leaders-oops-moment-741551.html *Goa Diary: Bullfight, booze on beach BJP leader’s oops moment * Mayabhushan Nagvenkar, Panaji Over-eager BJP ‘breaks’ a Catholic Commandment With its minority outreach programme still in infancy, one really shouldn’t be too harsh on the Bharatiya Janata Party folks for almost breaking a key Commandment. In Goa, after being recently elevated to the post of national secretary, Arti Mehra, the party’s overseer for Goa affairs, almost committed ‘blasphemy’, by violating a native variant of the commandment ‘Thou shalt not take the Lord’s name in vain’. During her Goa visit in April, the feisty Mehra had said that the BJP’s effort of reaching out to the minority Catholic community and its leaders like the Arch Bishop (actually during a press conference Mehra said that she had met Goa’s Pope—Lord Bless Pope Francis—before she was corrected) had paid off in the March 2012 Goa polls. Mehra even went on to say that she had met the Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao ahead of the elections, which the BJP won after fielding an unprecedented eight Catholic candidates. Gaffe in Goa. Reuters Gaffes in Goa. Reuters A couple of days after her statement, the Church issued a response denying the suggested meeting. “It has also been stated that the BJP national secretary had a private audience with the Archbishop, as part of the pre-polls BJP campaign. It is clarified hereby that no such meeting did ever take place,” spokesperson for the Arch Bishop Fr. Francisco Caldeira clarified. From Fr. Caldeira’s written rebuttal it does appear that Mehra had taken the name of the Archbishop, the spiritual leader of Roman Catholics in Goa, in vain. The BJP has been silent on the issue since. But really Arti ji, there’s nothing that a discreet visit to the confession booth will not cure and heal. Take cover Soccer; Bullfighting kicks up a dust storm Football had better beware. Because the clamour to revive bullfighting or dhirio in Goa just got official. Portly poet Vishnu Wagh, a debutant in the state assembly on Monday made an impassioned plea to restart the bloodsport of bullfighting in Goa. And it certainly got Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar‘s ear. “Dhirios should be revived at the earliest. Thousands of Goans are going to Maharashtra for bullfights. It used to be our tradition,” Wagh told the House. A typical dhiri (singular for dhirio) involves two specially reared fighting bulls, with humps the size of a few giant-sized pomfrets patched together, head-butting each other until the loser scampers away from the makeshift ring. The two bovines, who use their horns to good effect, goring their opponent at every opportunity, are egged on by thousands of baying spectators and gamblers who bet huge sums of money on their favoured animal. Until it was banned by the high court in the late nineties, bullfighting almost rivaled football in Goa, as far as popularity was concerned. But the ban too doesn’t mean that bullfighting has stopped after all. The banned sport is perhaps one of the most sought after contraband in the sub districts of Salcete and Tiswadi, where a missed call or a text message that simply says “COME” at 6:30 am means jumping out of bed and rushing to a pre-determined, but secluded coconut grove or paddock, where a couple of bulls are head-banging. And a crowd of a few hundred milling, cursing, goading, shouting around them. Over the years Goan legislators claim to be a harangued lot, with bullfight aficionados repeatedly demanding that the fights be revived. Parrikar himself says that with Vishnu’s plea on the floor of the House, he as well as other legislators would now be besieged with phone calls urging the Goa government to revive bullfights. What to do Mr. Parrikar? Shall we just blame it on Goa’s Iberian connection? Yay… Goa makes it to Wikileaks. Finally! The latest installment of diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks may not have created a buzz in the corridors of power in New Delhi, but the tiny state of Goa was humbled by several references to it, in the leaked missives. One leaked cable authored by Paul Folmsbee, Mumbai consul general of the US embassy in 2009, pretty much demolished Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar’s written response tabled during the ongoing budget session, in which he categorically denied the existence of foreign mafia in Goa. Quoting celebrated cop Rakesh Maria, then Mumbai Crime Branch head and currently head of Maharashtra’s anti-terrorism squad, Folmsbee said in his cable to Washington: “Maria alleged that most trafficking of foreigners to Mumbai is connected to Russian and Israeli mafia operations in Goa, explaining why the Mumbai Police had not cracked the trafficking ring(s)”. Parrikar’s political detractors however say that one should not take the chief minister’s denials too seriously. “Why, after campaigning against illegal mining for over seven years, Parrikar
[Goanet] Goa news for May 1, 2013
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa dares to hope as India eases mining ban - Financial Times estructive illegal mining, the moratorium has since crippled Goa's public finances, cut India's once-plentiful iron ore exports to virtually zero, and damaged the country's stuttering economy just as it ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFYSQ7UJScZtRg9h0oq2YqxL3Q_Dwurl=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7b1ad774-acb5-11e2-b27f-00144feabdc0.html *** Drinking banned on Goa's beaches - Telegraph.co.uk ourists-died-on-Goa-coast-in-2012/articleshow/19779683.cms26 tourists died on Goa coast in 2012 http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFKP5yRMkEKh39LtMUe_kNkVceprwurl=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/10025103/Drinking-banned-on-Goas-beaches.html *** Ants' invasion in Goa legislative assembly flusters Manohar Parrikar - NDTV carred Manohar Parrikar was not prepared for and could not fend off himself. Exasperated, the Goa chief minister called for ushers to beat off the surprise attack. It was not the sweetest of times ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFZOMn4jR6AU_Ib0LDtW-Xx7xbgXQurl=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/ants-invasion-in-goa-legislative-assembly-flusters-manohar-parrikar-361115 *** Derrick Pereira in Goa to seal Salgaocar deal - Goal.com India oach-derrick-pereira-to-leave-pune-fc-at-the-end-of-seasonCoach Derrick Pereira to leave Pune FC at the end of season http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHXUuAWUppZ3eQtAoB0tHQyoRn2QAurl=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/1064/i-league/2013/04/30/3941785/derrick-pereira-in-goa-to-seal-salgaocar-return?source=breakingnewsICID=HP_HL_1 *** BJP legislator wants Goa to revive bull-fights - DaijiWorld.com - Daijiworld.com ighting or dhirio, a sport in Goa where two muscular bovines brutallyb head-butt each other to the cheers of thousands of spectators, should be revived, a BJP legislator demanded Monday. Vishnu Wagh said that bull-fighting ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHcz_VhlplycgvfqEWRK2HFPfAUtgurl=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=172140 *** Go Goa Gone gets 'A' certificate but without any cuts - Times of India mes of IndiaEven as 'Go Goa Gone' was being screened for the Censor Board last Friday, makers Krishna DK and Raj Nidimoru were rather nervous about the censors' verdict, given that their zomcom has more than its fair share of violence and gore. However, they were ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHZzVKIFsLZzGcezeDPMmwTFT6G5wurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Go-Goa-Gone-gets-A-certificate-but-without-any-cuts/articleshow/19777095.cms *** Goa Fruit Specialities reports nil net profit/loss in the March 2013 quarter - Business Standard siness StandardGoa Fruit Specialities reported no net profit/loss in the quarter ended March 2013 and during the previous quarter ended March 2012. There were no sales reported in the quarter ended March 2013 and during the previous quarter ended March 2012. For the ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHrS97Tum-Or4el1xl3e8lpeh7APwurl=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-cm/goa-fruit-specialities-reports-nil-net-profit-loss-in-the-march-2013-quarter-113043000159_1.html *** Parents, school muddled Goa child rape probe, says MLA - News Track India - Newstrack India ear-old rape victim in Goa were responsible for police failure to investigate the case and arrest the culprit, ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Carlos Almeida said Tuesday. The case was ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHb_PJ6PLAO9VUgV0_uLWuhYPe-jgurl=http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2013/04/30/363--Parents-school-muddled-Goa-child-rape-probe-says-MLA-.html *** Sharmiela Mandre shoots with holiday spirit for `Goa` - Zee News - Zee News e NewsSharmiela Mandre shoots with holiday spirit for `Goa` Chennai: Southern actress Sharmiela Mandre is enjoying the beaches and gorging on seafood in Goa while shooting for Kannada remake of Tamil comedy 'Goa'.a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFocoJkIV1YGypfAzmy6sVMnnj5ywurl=http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/regional/sharmiela-mandre-shoots-with-holiday-spirit-for-goa_133321.htm *** Goa opposition leader scared to visit Calangute - News Track India - Newstrack India wstrack IndiaPanaji, April 30 (IANS) Goa's Leader of Opposition Pratapsing Rane is scared of visiting Calangute, one of the top beach destinations in the country, as it is unsafe. Calangute is becoming notorious for crimes, Rane told the Goa legislative ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFRCO84zCjLAohMUN95_I2MZkaSegurl=http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2013/04/30/262--Goa-opposition-leader-scared-to-visit-Calangute-.html Compiled by Goanet News Service
Re: [Goanet] Off topic: The joys of offshore banking
Re: Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2013 17:36:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Mervyn Lobo mervynal...@yahoo.ca To: goanet@lists.goanet.org goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] Off topic: The joys of offshore banking Folks, Strangely?enough, tiny Cyprus seems to be sending the correct message to all those who send their money abroad so as to escape taxes. The message is: Pay your taxes at home and let the local economy benefit from your deposits or let the tax haven banks decide what to do with your money. Mervyn1650 There is quite a lot to say about the 'correctness' of the message, but it should be clear that hi-spirited Mervyn is (at least) 30 years behind schedule. Pay your taxes at home and let the local economy benefit might have had some validity then, but now paying taxes mainly means shoring up failing - 'but too big to fail' - banks, and the financial system in general - a bottomless pit with all of us simply waiting for the day of reckoning. What 'Cyprus' inaugurated, and what Jeroen Dijsselbloem, our (NL) genial finance minister and chair of the Euro-group, emphasized - before hastily retracting his words once the intended damage had been done - is the generalized dispossession of the ordinary citizenry in favor of big corporate entities en fat corporate individuals. This will be done in three stages: (i) relentless 'hunt' of tax dodgers squirreling funds offshore - but leaving corporates, both companies and individuals, shielded, or even more favored as before, like the Netherlands do - a conspicuous tax paradise for multinationals; (ii) dispossession of individual assets (especially real estate) through punitive wealth taxation (with monies so collected going towards 'saving' 'the system'), again, with leaving corporates unaffected; and (iii) last but not least, 'bail-in' of failing banks by seizing individual deposits (again, - etc.), even within the 'sacrosanct' 100K Euro guarantee - that was what Dijsselbloem termed 'a workable scenario for the future'. All this will result in the ultimate victory of 'disaster capitalism', i.e. the definitive shift of resources and incomes from households to firms, which is, ad fundum, what the whole 'modern' economy is about. No cheers from patrizio Dnooos!
[Goanet] Bollywood actor Aftab Shivdasani to crown 13th May Queen in Doha
*Bollywood actor Aftab Shivdasani to crown 13th May Queen in Doha*** Click the links below: http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=172101 http://www.mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcastbroadcastid=392990*** * http://www.gulf-times.com/qatar/178/details/350210/bollywood-actor-shivdasani-to-crown-13th-may-queen http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=169989n_tit=Doha%3A 13th Annual May Queen Ball to be held on May 9 Aftab Shivdasani, the well-known Indian actor, will be especially flying in to Qatar to crown the 13th May Queen. Music has a special place in the lives of Goans from the western state of India and to keep the musically inclined in high spirits, the Goan Welfare Association (GWA) once again geared up to host a fun and elegant traditional 13th Annual May Queen Ball on 9th May 2013 at the Radisson Blu Doha from 8.30 pm onwards. The highlight of the event will be crowning of 13th May Queen by bollywood actor Aftab Shivdasani with fabulous prizes in gold, pearls, airline tickets, free accommodation in five star hotels, electronic items and many more, says GWA president Simon D’Silva. Aftab has appeared in several television commercials. When he was just 14 months old, he was selected to act as the “Farex baby” (baby food brand). His first Hindi film as a child actor was Mr India (1987), directed by Shekhar Kapur. This was followed by Chaalbaaz, Shahenshah and Insaaniyat.*** * He got the big break from filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma when he was 19. Aftab was offered the lead role opposite Urmila Matondkar in the 1999 film, Mast. This movie was a success and his performance earned him a lot of praise from the film community. Since then, Aftab has been seen in several films. Currently, Aftab is filming for Grand Masti. India’s top and Goa’s number one live band, Forefront will render exhilarating music along with ace compere Updesh Swar. DJ Glorio will also feature with his ballroom and uptempo music. H.E. Mr. Sanjiv Arora, Indian Ambassador to Qatar will be the Chief Guest. Like past years, this year too the event will cater all the nationalities and specially Indians in general. Tickets are priced at Qrs. 150/- single and Qrs. 100/- per child (age between 5-12 yrs). Tickets are available at Lamudi Gift Shop, Radisson Blu Doha, Tel: 44281735/30294069. Participants to the contest should contact the organizers as early as possible. More details can be had by phoning on 0491, 66828980, 55529397, 55218480, 66529367 55605755. The organizations partnering the event include Qatar Airways (official airline), Doha Bank (official Bank), Radisson Blu Doha (official hotel), Gulf Colours (official video/photography), Gulf Times (official media partner) and Daijiworld.com (official web partner). More details will announce shortly. ** **
Re: [Goanet] Mining does not help Goans- goanspirit.com -by Lionel Messias
Thanks Camillo. Way to go Lionel. It helps to paint character portraits as devices that aid memory. Metaphor after all is when certain qualities, attributes in one thing / aspect are seen in something else. In general and for reasons hard to pin--too many of our people are very slow to get a grip on things. In essence pointing out: we the people without the SUVs, pony tails, designer clothes, Page 3 mentions and that swagger that comes with piles of cash, engraves the decrepitude and affirms in image to the sodden mind (aka frak mendu). A certain kind of modernity is being played out in Goa. And the more I think (and its easy to accuse me of self-hatred, but I am not blowing wind) even the ones who want lucked out. It was not effort in the way one things of process and progress (whatever one may think that be for ones own). What is sad is that how the Upper Classes and those with their hands at the till have managed to explain what it is that modernity delivers. You put it well in conveying that although it does, it does not for the many (forget the all). India should have gone a different route, and Goa certainly could have. The eyes of these bastards says it all, but few have that ability now to see. We have lost the ability my grandfather did and I have to see minds. Frightening? Not at all. Change also comes when people of the same ilk, as in say caste break rank. But such has not been the case or a gift to our sanity. Even their well-wishers and some of their supporters to a large degree are temporarily on the sideline on account of feeling insulted being of the same temper shall we say. Say boo, and the glue will hold together fast. The breakdown is complete. Its not that Goans do not want jobs. Its that one should not be made to do a job when the job creators are high on their shastric pedestals. Demanding obeisance. Basically seeing it as their patrimony and that theirs is the only way you could have a job--by grovelling. Its the same old same old in a modern package. To come close to sounding crotchety: Instead of Ruby undergarments for the wives its now Victorias Secret, and upwards. Then its riling up all and sundry if some bloke draws a pale assed drawing. What a Kalyugian joke. Such Bakasurian appetites. Not even cannibals eat their own (far as I know). Or to put Boyles Law in perspective for our politico-engineers: The angle of the dangle is equal to the mass of the arse provided the heat of the meat is constant! Hem gheyat. Vadat. Piyat. Nidat, Niyal korit mog korat, ani itor. Enuf for now. Venantius J Pinto Message: 7 Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:20:27 +0530 From: Camillo Fernandes camillofernan...@hotmail.com To: goanet@lists.goanet.org goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] Mining does not help Goans- goanspirit.com -by Lionel Messias Lion Roars - 2 April 22-28, 2013Mining doesn?t help GoansThey keep telling us how the tourism industry is our savior notwithstanding our firm dependence on St Francis Xavier. They said the same about the mining industry, only we discovered that some of the biggest gainers were a few of the men who turn out as your duly elected MLAs, and particularly even those who contested and lost. The thousands that get the fringe jobs because of the mining industry are largely migrant workers. Many of the barge owners too are non-Goans or politicians with deep pockets. And that goes for the barge crew too. Point is the tourism industry really doesn?t help you and I, the real aam aadmi. In other words, we the people without the SUVs, pony tails, designer clothes, Page 3 mentions and that swagger that comes with piles of cash.Point is also, tourism has also degraded Goa to the worst extent. Only, it has never been recognized as so. With the exception of perhaps two originally Goan owned 5-star hot els, all the rest are owned by big chains based outside Goa. If my memory services me correct, no Goan has built possibly even a single 3-star-upwards hotel in Goa in the last decade. On the other hand, take the case of the shack owners who literally have to beg for a license on which the government has put a cap and which as happened this year, were issued quite late in the day. But when it comes to licensing hotels, it matters little where you want to build one.Ordinary stakeholders can?t protest evenIn fact if you are an MLA like independent Rohan Khaunte it could be a breach of privilege if you protest outside his office, as come cab drivers found out this month. The Goa Speaker Rajendra Arlekar called it an attempt to intimidate Khaunte. The first time MLA invoked the cab drivers wrath when he said in a legislative debate that taxi drivers were fleecing customers, esapecially tourists. We ask where in India do cabbies not fleece you? Might we add that in Goa, the y are also rude and bully you on the road. A millionaire businessman (assets: Rs 5,87,89,835/source: Association for Democratic Reforms)
[Goanet] The bakery - thegoan.com
It is a local landmark. It draws huge crowds and causes traffic logjam and all of the 2000 loaves baked here every single day are sold outJoyce Dias / The Goan 20 April 2013 There is no name and no signboard. But the warm, sweet smell of freshly baked bread is enticing enough to lead one to the doorstep of the bakery that is famous for its pão, polleo and katrepão.Established by Joaquim Andrade over a century ago, the quaint bakery stands at the corner of the Civil Court in Margão. Part of Andrade’s former residence, the bakery and its neighbourhood have changed little in the last 100 years; except for the fact that today yeast is used in place of toddy as a raising agent and the neighbouring Portuguese prison was converted into the present Civil Court. A huge earthen wood-fired oven takes centre-stage; the firewood lending the baked breads its unique flavour. “The bakery has been handed down since three generations. I am happy to be carrying on my grandfather’s legacy,” says Caetano, who manages and runs the bakery today. Caetano’s parents Custodio and Hortença ran the bakery before him. “Hortença was a kind and wonderful person. When people had no money to buy bread, she gave it away for free,” says Alvito Fernandes, who has lived next door to the bakery since 1971.“Shortage of labour is the biggest problem because of which many bakeries have been forced to shut shop,” says Caetano. “In my mother’s day, we had a man from Majorda called Tetereolino Fernandes who worked at the bakery for 45 years,” he adds.Come 8.30 pm and the hordes arrive. From as near as Comba and as far as Colva, people and poders throng here to buy the hot, sweet-smelling bread. “Everyone in my family, especially my elderly father loves the pão from here. The workers are always cheerful,” says Nitin Nagvekar, a civil engineer from Fatorda. “This bread is for my supper, I am working the night shift,” says a policeman. Within two hours, all of the 2000 bread are sold out. The empty bread baskets are turned over and the lights are switched off as the workers call it a day.
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[Goanet] Queen Victoria and her Munshi, Abdul Karim | Stephen Liddell
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[Goanet] Fwd: Song for the day....
I Only Want to Be with You Dusty Springfieldhttp://www.youtube.com/artist/dusty-springfield?feature=watch_video_title http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osVaF4t-zFc -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
[Goanet] Death Notice
*Death: Stephen Gomes* 9 Dec. 2012. Tooting Broadway, London. STEPHEN GOMES. Bachelor, aged 90, ex Mombasa E.A.R. H. Died at St Georges Hospital of multiple organ failure. His brother Albert of Varca, Goa survives him. Without immediate family in London, in your charity please pray for the response of his soul. Funeral service will take place at St Boniface Roman Catholic Church, 185 Mitcham Road, Tooting London SW17 9PG on Thu. 9th May at 11.00 a.m. Followed by cremation at Lambeth Cemetery Crematorium. Blackshaw Road, Tooting, London, SW17 0BY at 12.30 p.m. Please kindly show your solidarity and attend the funeral mass. Condolences, marked for the attention of Alison may be sent to Email mearsandcotter...@funeralpartners.co.uk http://www.goanvoice.org.uk COMMENT: This took five months to put to rest! -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
[Goanet] Fw: hi (Attention please!)
I got mail from me, which could be potentially dangerous I am getting Strange type of mails such as this one - just a link (this link I have broken at two places) I have not open it . Beware, it not me who sent it although it may sound like me. Subj line being : FW: hi I thought I would let you know Thanks. - Forwarded Message - From: Joe GoaUk joegoa...@yahoo.com To: joegoauk joego...@yahoo.co.uk; joegoauk joego...@yahoo.com Sent: Wednesday, 1 May 2013 1:12 PM Subject: fw: hi //www.pinemaple.com/njhie.php
[Goanet] Cyprus - The Haircut - Foreign Correspondent - ABC
With reference to Mervyn Lobos comments on the net'The Joys of Offshore Banking' Watch this 'haircut' that the population has to put up with. http://www.abc.net.au/foreign/content/2013/s3744482.htm
[Goanet] Fwd: Song for the day....
GENE VINCENThttp://www.youtube.com/artist/gene-vincent?feature=watch_video_title- UNCHAINED MELODY 1956 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkLrfnqvOus g -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
[Goanet] Fw: The History of Boredom | Science Nature | Smithsonian Magazine
Subject: The History of Boredom | Science Nature | Smithsonian Magazine http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/The-History-of-Boredom-180161211.html
[Goanet] Dabolim is Indian Navy's Goa scam - timesofindia.com
Dabolim is 'Indian Navy's Goa scam': MeetTNN | May 1, 2013, 06.38 AM IST0comments0inShareShare MoreAAREAD MORE Manohar Parrikar|Marconi Correia|Indian Navy|Dabolim Airport CANSAULIM: A meeting attended by a sizeable crowd was held by 'Goans for Dabolim only' with local opinion makers from Cansaulim, Cuelim, Arossim and Velsao.Social activist Marconi Correia opined that the existing Dabolim airport was in a position to meet the needs of Goa till 2025 and that there was enough land at Dabolim for all the civil aviation needs of Goa.Speakers said that the 'Indian Navy's Goa scam'was a huge fraud on the Goan people.The speakers opined that the Navy personnel posted at the Navy enclave at Dabolim have their presence in Goa as a holiday resort and not for strategic security reasons. They can be asked by the government of the day and the ministry of defence to shift to Seabird, Karwar.Max D'Souza from Velsao had questions for chief minister Manohar Parrikar, including explanations demanded to know the basis of calculations that Dabolim airport will be saturated in 2017 and where the funding for Mopa will come from when the Goa government is requesting the Airports authority of India for funds to complete the dividers and other parking requirements.Convenor Fr Eremito Rebelo said that he took the initiative to lead this movement when he read in the local newspapers that late Matanhy Saldanha had compromised on the Mopa airport which according to him was far from the truth.In his opinion, the Mopa airport is a huge land scam on the Goan people with politicians and their next of kin having vested interests having invested in huge properties in Pernem. Develop Pernem by all means, but no Mopa airport, he said.He called for moblization of people for another meeting at Lohia Maidan, Margao on May 15 .
[Goanet] where is my world leading me to ?
Michael Fernandes told me to become a nun. God gave me a vocation and got me married to a nice young understanding huslband who gave me love and five nice children. Bravo. I have loved not only my husband but his parents too and my beautiful five children. 3 girls and 2 boys. I had left my job because my husband wanted me to be with our children and presto my children are angels from the sky. I was a girl from below poverty with no help from any christian , or a ny religious etc. People around us did not know that we existed. Why talk about christianity, catholicism, feasts, and this and that when we did not have food to eat ? Today my heart cries when I see a beggar taking food from the dustbin and eatingwe waste oil on statues of our lady for favours when 38% of christians cannot afford to eat a nice fried fish. We burn candles when people live in darkness. Do these unwanted feast help us in anyway ? 98% of catholics do not know what they are praying. Please be sincere and not be hypocrates. Let us be like Jesus who said this is a spade and call it a spade.
