[Goanet] portugoesas live demo - YouTube
For Mervyn Maciel: Here's more on request. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IBzANyMQS6M Roland.
[Goanet] To family, deceased in Mission Viejo, California.
Chq. was encashed by one Roopa Bhaktavatsalan.Please advice. I did not save your contact. eric.
[Goanet] Fwd: Song for the day....
Patrizio Buanne - Amore Scusami (My Love Forgive Me) (Lyrics) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvVP3clGWp8 g -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
[Goanet] WELL FRAMED THREE QUESTIONS!
-Message: 7 ALL THE THREE POINTS RAISED BY JC ARE VALID. IN FACT WHY THE VICTIM NEEDS THE THIRD PERSON TO FIGHT HER CASE IN THE OPEN FORUM. I UNDERSTAND IN THE COURT LAWYERS MAY BE REQUIRED. THESE THREE POINTS THEMSELVES ARE SELF EXPLANATORY FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND.. stephen Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2015 07:31:20 -0400 From: Jose cola...@gmail.com To: goa...@goanet.org goa...@goanet.org Cc: goa-book-c...@googlegroups.com goa-book-c...@googlegroups.com Subject: [Goanet] Sexual harassment case at Goa Cable News Channel takes a 'Tehelka' turn Message-ID: 4fb9f55d-a470-4c08-b116-d7aba9619...@gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I am sure that every reasonable person among us (and the 'lady in question') would want to file a complaint and bring the perpetrator to justice. I hope there is a fair structure for this to happen. My concern, however, is related to the manner of Mayabhushan's intervention. Here are my questions: 1: Do MB and the alleged perpetrator or alleged victim know each other, personally? 2: Has this publicity helped or hurt the alleged victim financially, emotionally and socially? 3: Has it damaged her chances of securing future employment elsewhere ? jc
[Goanet] PAY PARKING IN THE CITY BY CCP IS WELCOME BY PANJIMTES
-- *Dear Shubham Chodankar* *Mayor of CCP* *Panjim* *I am sure your plan for a One -way traffic in Panaji city may be working as this should have been done long back by the your predecessors or the Traffic Dept. Importantly the roads needs to be repaired at the first instance with a better quality and then implement this plan.* *The Pay parking plan should be discontinued and earlier areas which was planned for Multi-storage parking should be put in place soon and also if possible underground parking for future constructions must be made compulsory for the builders. * *Old structures which are liable to demolish since they are found not safe must be taken on war footing to demolish, and these buildings structures areas can be used for the multi storage parking. * *There are many condemned vehicles parked in various public roads must be towed or condemned. Many petrol pumps may also needed to be removed from the city limits and the garages which are repairing vehicles on the roads or pavement must be stopped.* *STEPHEN DIAS,D.PAULA* *==* *One- way traffic in Panjim from next month* *CCP resolves to implement ‘One Way Road Traffic Plan’ on trial basis from September 1* Team Herald PANJIM: Get ready to be surprised, if you are travelling in the capital city from next month. Corporation of the City of Panaji ( CCP) Mayor Shubham Chodankar confirmed to Herald that roads in Panjim would turn into one way as the Corporation has resolved to implement ‘ One Way Road Traffic Plan’ on trial basis September 1. Speaking to Herald, CCP Mayor Shubham Chodankar said, “ In the last meeting we had passed the resolution to implement one- way road traffic plan and we had suggested starting from next month. But now it has been confirmed that one way roads will start from September 1.” Last month, during the ordinary meeting of the council, also attended by Deputy Superintendent of Police, Traffic Cell, Dharmesh Angle; the Corporation had decided to make all Panjim roads one way by next month. Earlier, Angle had said that one- way road traffic plan would be implemented on trail basis In the last meeting we had passed the resolution to implement one- way road traffic plan and we had suggested starting from next month. But now it has been confirmed that one way roads will start from September 1 — Shubham Chodankar, CCP Mayor Contd on page 6 ---
[Goanet] EVERY GOAN PRAYER
DEAR CHIEF MINISTER LAXMIKANT PARSEKAR HON SIR, Parsekar deserves to be congratulated for declaring that Casinos should move out of Mandovi. Now, that nobody wants to have this polluting vessels in their backyard be it at Chapora, Aguada, Zuari and River Sal, the best Parsekar do, to dump it OFFSHORE and allow them to sink permanently because none of them are neither have the will or the ability to stand in the rough seas. BJP is committed to save River Mandovi from further pollution. If Parsekar continues with the U-Turn policy, inherited from Parrikar, he along with all BJP MLA's will be dumped in the Arabian sea in the 2017 election and will have to remain as dead corpses like Congress in deep waters of the Indian Ocean. Corrupt Congress has been shown the door and BJP appears to be heading out. GOA WANTS OUT WITHOUT CASINOS . AMEN Stephen Dias, D.Paula
[Goanet] Cheddua Go
Here are Carolina Figueiredo, Veronica Milagres Da Silva and Carlos Garcia of the Portugoeses. Carolina and Veronica are the daughters of Maestro Antonio Figueiredo and Milagres DaSilva respectively. Goan beauties both - one a mezzo soprano and the other soprano, I am looking forward to their debut CD Heranca meaning Heritage, recently released in Portugal. Are copies available in Goa by any chance? Their other well sung mando is Far ar far. Chedduá-Go - tradicional de Goa Enjoy this. Roland.
Re: [Goanet] Augusto Pinto's report on a Thanda Thanda Garam Garam Gram sabha meeting
The Gram Sabha is a wonderful exercise in democracy at the grassroots lelel. I take it thatthis Gram Sabha took place in Moira ? When I first came to Goa nearly 14 years ago, my neighbors urged me to attend the GramSabha meeting in Socorro. I was not an Indian National at the time and hence not on the voters list. The Sarpanch chairing the meeting knew me well, and was aware of my status, but allowed me to participate. I even expressed my views about the messy garbage situation in Socorro at the time. As I recall the Gram Sabha meeting it was a raucous affair, with the Panch members squirming uncomfortably in their podium seats. There was a contingent of lathi wielding policemen outside the venue, in case trouble broke out. Attendees expressed their ire on various issues in thevillage. It was a true exercise in democracy with citizens interacting directly with their locally elected leaders. I was impressed. A book was passed around for attendees to sign but it was not offered to me because the staff of the Panchayat were aware that I was a foreigner. At that juncture, I left the Gram Sabha. From Augusto's report, it is evident that things have not changed over the years even though this is in a different venue from the one that I attended. Garbage was an issue that bothered me. I expressed m displeasure to then CM, Parrikarabout the trash strewn along Highway 17 which is the main thoroughfare between Panjjim(or Ponje or Panaji) and Mapusa. This was at an NRI convention perhaps in 2002.Mr. Parrikar promised action within 7 days. He kept his word and on the 7th day the highwaywas litter-free. But on the 8th day onwards little by little the litter increased. The good news is that in recent years I see a gang of workers collecting and bagging the litter along Highway 17. It is markedly cleaner than how I remember it being. In our Socorrovillage, thanks to our dynamic MLA Rohan Khaunte, we now have daily door to door garbage pick up. It I managed by the Panchayat and a fee of Rs. 200/- per annum is tagged on to theannual House Tax, to defray this expense. This is a small price to pay for this great service.Perhaps the Moidekars will take note.
Re: [Goanet] Sexual harassment case at Goa Cable News Channel takes a 'Tehelka' turn
Dear JC,You’ve raised some pertinent questions, which would be best answered by Mayabhushan, but here are my two cents.1. The story does not carry quotes from the ‘victim’ and ‘perpetrator’ but it is insufficient to prove that Mayabhushan has not spoken to (or known) them. However, quotes do lend a story a certain credibility.2. As we have seen, time and again, news of such incidents only cause the woman victim untold grief. There is curiosity about her identity, character and antecedents, and even before a formal complaint has been filed, the jury is out and her name is made mud. Whether she is rendered unemployable is anyone’s guess. The ‘perpetrator’ on the other hand, is let off with a school masterly warning, not to mention a promising career. 3. But the good news is that the law does not regard such impediments as loosely as balcao talk.The Sexual Harassment of Women at the Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, defines sexual harassment as acts (direct or implied) like: (i) physical contact and advances involving unwelcome and explicit sexual overtures; or(ii) a demand or request for sexual favours; or(iii) showing pornography against the will of a woman; or(iv) making sexually coloured remarks; or(v) any other unwelcome physical, verbal or non-verbal conduct of sexual nature. Punishment: 1-3 years of simple or rigorous imprisonment. 4. Under the above Act, organisations are supposed to appoint their own Internal Complaints Committees, but in case they haven’t, the complainant can approach the Local Complaints Committee appointed by the District Magistrate or Collector. If she is unable to come forward and write out a complaint, the Local Committee is supposed to assist her with it. 4. But as we’ve seen, stigma and humiliation (heaped by both men and women in society) deters women victims of sexual abuse from filing formal complaints. Our courts are also to blame for the shoddy and insensitive manner in which they handle these victims during proceedings. But good news, once again, comes as the Supreme Court’s judgement in B C Deva versus State of Karnataka, 2007, which puts the version of a rape victim above material evidence in proving the crime. Regards,Reena From: cola...@gmail.com Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2015 07:31:20 -0400 To: goa...@goanet.org CC: goa-book-c...@googlegroups.com Subject: [Goanet] Sexual harassment case at Goa Cable News Channel takes a 'Tehelka' turn I am sure that every reasonable person among us (and the 'lady in question') would want to file a complaint and bring the perpetrator to justice. I hope there is a fair structure for this to happen. My concern, however, is related to the manner of Mayabhushan's intervention. Here are my questions: 1: Do MB and the alleged perpetrator or alleged victim know each other, personally? 2: Has this publicity helped or hurt the alleged victim financially, emotionally and socially? 3: Has it damaged her chances of securing future employment elsewhere ? jc
[Goanet] Restoring the Trust Deficit
http://www.readwhere.com/read/c/6228117 Restoring the trust deficit Pamela DMello The Goan, 10 Aug 2015 --
[Goanet] Tourism Travails: Back to the Drawing Board
http://www.readwhere.com/read/c/6227789 Tourism Travails and New directions Back to the Drawing Board Pamela D'Mello The Goan 17 Aug 2015 After a particularly bad year for the tourism business in Goa, it was interesting to listen to legislators and government explain away the issue and detail their analysis on what they perceived had gone awry with the Goa tourism growth story. The tourism department statistics reveal that charters in the year 2014-15 dropped to 813 with a total of 1,54,047 tourists on board, from 1128 charter flights in 2013-14 with 4,41,543 passengers. Total international arrivals dropped from around 5 lakh arrivals in 2013-14 to 4.41 lakh arrivals in 2014-15. Domestic visitors dropped from approximately 35 lakhs to 28 lakhs in 2013-14 and 2014-15 respectively. For an industry that the government said added some 300 hotels, 84 travel agents, 127 water sports operators, 1583 tourist taxis to existing numbers, the point being made by government was that supply was over-stripping demand and the resultant glut in services on offer was seeing everybody in the industry vying for smaller bits of the proverbial tourism pie. There's bitter irony here, that in a bad year the government should indirectly blame the services glut and over expansion in the sector for the problems of industry --- when it has no qualms about merrily dishing out fresh permissions and licenses without any concern for the region's carrying capacity. That the overload has continued to ridiculous proportions is palpable from the cut pricing on the ground. It's a time when larger outstation corporations and firms with deeper pockets and longer staying capacity, who perceive Goa as one of many investment destinations, are muscling in on the older existing local homespun industry that has for long buoyed the sector. If employment and welfare is the key concern of government (as it should be), then tourism administrators and government would afford more time and effort to organise and revamp local service providers, rather that bring in newer, bigger players. At the macro level, last year's slump of between 20-25 % has a number of external causes that are typical of the way tourism is structured, dependent on the vagaries of international events outside anybody's control. A tiny leisure destination like Goa can tank under the effects of European sanctions against Russia (the major charter market) and falling oil prices, leading to the latter's economic downturn. Hotels in Goa responded by dropping tariffs and offering packages to domestic visitors, to make up the losses. But increasingly, the industry is perceiving the need for a more collective agile response to crisis management --- one that government and its administrative bodies are incapable of helming. The industry is arguing for the setting up of a dedicated tourism board, that is independent of government, but has representation of government and industry stakeholders, with government fiscal backing. The idea was first suggested by the CII in 2008, but has never become a reality. They see it as a body that would advise government, aid in preparing Goa centric tourism policies and strategise for short and long term planning. From all indications there is definitely a huge gap in the understanding and responses between the trade and government. While the tourism department concentrates on the tedious and time consuming processes of annual licensing, tariff collections and data collation, the Goa Tourism Development Corporation has its own hotels to manage and overhaul and events to promote. It's being argued, with some justification, that the processes of governance leave it with little bandwidth to grapple with and respond to the fast paced ground level changes that make and unmake destinations, the cut throat competition that is now underpinning the global tourism marketplace. The articulate former TTAG head Ralph de Souza says the global industry has changed drastically but Goa's responses have not kept pace. The days of mass tourism and assured large packages are definitely declining --- brought about by increased air connectivity, the opening up of newer destinations and increased flight costs. The bump in FIT numbers over bulk group bookings and the fact that bulk of the bookings are over the Internet, requires an altogether different response and marketing model. The entire ecosystem calls for detailed, user friendly, interactive websites and Apps and fleet footed reaction mechanisms to what the global market throws at you. In the competitive cut throat global marketplace, countries like Sri Lanka and Thailand are offering free landings as incentive, while Maldives offers dollar incentives per flight. Destinations in India are known to pay tour operators $ 15 a pax. Cambodia,Vietnam and Laos offer joint budget packages. Goa's failure to keep pace is seen as one of the reasons for its inability to hold onto its share in a buyers market. There could well
[Goanet] AIFF REPORT: INDIAN U-19 COLTS TO PARTICIPATE IN ASIA CHAMPIONS TROPHY 2015 + 22 SELECTED FOR SAFF U-19 CHAMPIONSHIP 2015 + PIX (ONE ATTACHMENT)
Dear colleagues, Please find below two reports: a. A report on the Indian squad selected for the Asia Champions Trophy 2015 b. A report on the Indian squad selected for the SAFF U-19 Championship *Also find attached a picture: *Indian U-19 Colts to participate in Asia Champions Trophy 2015(Pix Courtesy: AIFF Media). *We request you to follow AIFF Twitter Handle @AIFFMedia for regular updates.* Regards, AIFF Media Team *INDIAN U-19 COLTS TO PARTICIPATE IN ASIA CHAMPIONS TROPHY 2015* *AIFF Media Team* *NEW DELHI:* 17 members have been shortlisted for the Indian U-19 National Team squad, which will be participating in the FAM-FRENZ Asia Champions Trophy 2015. The Championship kicked-off earlier this month on August 05, 2015. The Indian colts have been clubbed in Group A alongside Frenz United A, Felda United FC (both Malaysia) and Chonburi FC (Thailand). *READ ON:* *https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=6638 https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=6638* *22 SHORTLISTED FOR SAFF U-19 CHAMPIONSHIP 2015* *AIFF Media Team* *NEW DELHI:* 22 members have been selected for the Indian U-19 National Team squad for the SAFF U-19 Championship 2015, which is slated to commence in Kathmandu, Nepal. The Indian contingent has been pitted against Maldives and Afghanistan in Group B of the Championship. *READ ON**:* *https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=6637* https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=6637 Regards, AIFF Media Team --- EOM Media Department, AIFF. Alternate: me...@the-aiff.com Website: www.the-aiff.com
[Goanet] Goacom Newsclips on 16 August 2015
Goacom Newsclips There won’t be political witch hunt: Parsekar Stating that the crime branch of the Goa police has cracked the case related to the Louis Berger corruption scandal... Click here to read more... http://bit.ly/1LgnHxP Make Goa cleanest state in the world, says Francis Deputy chief minister Francis D'Souza urged the people of Goa, in his Independence Day address at Mapusa... Click here to read more... http://bit.ly/1TMYXBR Dhavalikar calls for preservation of religious culture Emphasizing the need to preserve the prevailing religious culture of India to promote communal harmony... Click here to read more... http://bit.ly/1MwEuwY Narvekar, Phadke, Rama indicted in Ticketgate Coming out with the information that Dayanand Narvekar, Vinod Phadke, and Rama Shankardas have been indicted in the Pendse Commission report... Click here to read more... http://bit.ly/1IVGkU0 Click below link to read more articles http://bit.ly/1UH2EGq
[Goanet] A simple form of Hindi... which you might be able to read
Goem ami concanim uloita. Amkam hindi koloh nah. BC *Goa* (), India https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/India ke ek state https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/State hae. Area me ii India ke sab se chhota stat hae aur abaadi me ii duusra sab se chhota state hae. Iske puura ilaka 1,430 mi? https://hif.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Square_mileaction=editredlink=1 (3,702 km? https://hif.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Km%C2%B2action=editredlink=1) hae, jiske matlba ii hae ki ii Samoa https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoa se barraa lekin Georgian https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_(country) territory of South Ossetia https://hif.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=South_Ossetiaaction=editredlink=1 se chhota hae. Ii India ke west coast me, uu region me hae jiske Konkan https://hif.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Konkanaction=editredlink=1 bola jaawe hae. Iske north me Maharashtra https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharashtra state aur east aur south me Karnataka https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnataka hae. Iske west coast pe Arabian Sea https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian_Sea hae. Panjim https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panjim, ii state ke capital aur sab se barraa city hae.
[Goanet] Yo Soy Maria
Here are the Portugoesas along with Camerata Atlantico in Lisbon. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4dpCe24omcsns=em Roland. Sent from my iPhone
[Goanet] Fwd: [aldona-net] Importance of Documentation : Issued in public Interest
-- Forwarded message -- From: Savio Figueiredo rende...@yahoo.com [aldona-net] aldona-...@yahoogroups.com Date: 16 August 2015 at 20:17 Subject: [aldona-net] Importance of Documentation : Issued in public Interest To: Aldona-net aldona-...@yahoogroups.com IMPORTANCE OF DOCUMENTATION It is my experience that most people do not have any system for maintaining their important documents and this creates difficulties in emergencies due to which they have run around and even pay extra money to get urgently required documents. Therefore it is important that each family puts into practice a simple system for saving and maintaining the important documents for EACH INDIVIDUAL MEMBER OF THE FAMILY. All it takes is A SIMPLE CLIP FILE and A LITTLE BIT OF DISCIPLINE to immediately file , the original document, make a Xerox copy or scan the same and write down the number in a diary. All these 3 steps will ensure that the document is not lost forever as using the copy one can easily get a duplicate. If you can afford it , scan the documents and save them in your e-mail, storage media , Cloud etc Before giving you a checklist of documents to be saved one has to ensure that YOUR NAME AND THAT OF OTHERS IN THE DOCUMENTS SUCH AS PARENTS GRANDPARENTS ARE SPELT CORRECTLY WITHOUT A DIFFERENCE OF EVEN AN ALPHABET AS THIS CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS IN THE FUTURE . In case there is a difference get it corrected immediately or don’t accept a defective document. Here is the checklist of important secular documents irrespective of religion 1. Birth Certificate 2. Bonafide certificate of Primary Education Secondary Education ( Upto Std X 3. Leaving Certificate for SSCE 4. Bonafide Certificate of Higher Secondary School Certificate Examination( HSSCE) 5. Leaving Certificate for HSSCE 6. Bonafide Certificate for Diploma/ Graduation / University 7. Leaving Certificate ofDiploma Institution/ University 8. All Marksheets Passing certificates till date ( School/HSSCE/University etc) 9. Photographs at various stages of life 10. Aadhar Card 11. Election Photo Identity Card ( EPIC or Voters Card) 12. PAN card 13. DSSS Sanction No ( if applicable) 14. GRIHA Aadhaar Sanction No. ( if applicable) 15. Driving Licence 16. Bank Pass Books , Fixed Deposit receipts( Ladli Laxmi), NSC and other financial documents 17. Caste Certificate ( applicable to Scheduled Castes/OBC/Scheduled Tribes) 18. Residence Certificate ( valid only for 3 years, but you have one to get next one is much easier) 19. Divergence Certificate in case of different names 20. Marriage Certificate issued by Civil Registrar ( Govt) 21. All certificates pertaining to employment such as Appointment letter, payslips and Experience certificates. 22. Passport 23. Comunidade Registration No ( if applicable ) 24. Professional / Social or other membership cards or certificates 25. Death Certificates Medical Certificates ( cause of death)of late family members 26. Any other important certificate Religious certificates for Catholics used by the Church authorities 1. Baptism Certificate 2. Confirmation Certificate ( needed at the time of marriage) 3. Marriage Certificate This list is by no means complete and is only indicative. Again please ensure that the names are spelt exactly the same in each and every certificate and one humble suggestion for the sake of your own children please give them simple names ( there are thousands to choose from ) and not some odd names made up of a combination of parents names or a different spelling of a common name. Savio Figueiredo B. Pharm Community Pharmacist Dr Carlos Medical Stores Aldona, Bardez, Goa 403508 Tel : 00918322293307 (M) 9822142037 *Only when the last tree has dies and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught, we will realise we cannot eat money. Cree India Proverb* __._,_.___ -- Posted by: Savio Figueiredo rende...@yahoo.com -- Reply via web post https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/aldona-net/conversations/messages/7368;_ylc=X3oDMTJwdms4cTBtBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzkyODQwNTUEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1ODM4MDc2BG1zZ0lkAzczNjgEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDcnBseQRzdGltZQMxNDM5NzM2NDY4?act=replymessageNum=7368 • Reply to sender rende...@yahoo.com?subject=Re%3A%20Importance%20of%20Documentation%20%3A%20Issued%20in%20public%20Interest • Reply to group aldona-...@yahoogroups.com?subject=Re%3A%20Importance%20of%20Documentation%20%3A%20Issued%20in%20public%20Interest • Start a New Topic https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/aldona-net/conversations/newtopic;_ylc=X3oDMTJlYzJlb2FoBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzkyODQwNTUEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1ODM4MDc2BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA250cGMEc3RpbWUDMTQzOTczNjQ2OA-- • Messages in this topic
[Goanet] Easy listening selection.....The Platters
Two of my old favourites “Red Sails in the Sunset” /Harbour Lights. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAMVZvymPYo --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
[Goanet] Goacom Newsclips on 15 August 2015
Goacom Newsclips Margao cops bust gang of thieves Margao police have claimed of busting a gang of thieves with the arrest of two persons from Manipur... Click here to read more... http://bit.ly/1UNr7tq IT projects at Tuem, Chimbel will bring in huge investments: CM Stating that IT industry is an eco-friendly industry, Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Friday said... Click here to read more... http://bit.ly/1MsZSl1 Tourists rush to Calangute on I-Day eve A large number of tourists rushed to the coastal villages of Calangute on the eve of Independence Day... Click here to read more... http://bit.ly/1NmuMfF Official notings reveal Alemao delayed clearing of JICA project’ Stating that there is prima facie evidence of corruption against former PWD minister Churchill Alemao... Click here to read more... http://bit.ly/1MwwjRi File compliance report of judgment, SC to Centre, State The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Central and State governments to file an affidavit on the compliance of its judgment... Click here to read more... http://bit.ly/1JlyVAK Wachasundar, Mohanty bail application orders likely on Monday Special court Judge B P Deshpande is likely to pass orders on Monday on bail applications filed by ... Click here to read more... http://bit.ly/1IVuMAa Bill to address waste disposal problem will be tabled in next session: Parsekar Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar, on Friday, informed the House that the government will table the Goa Solid Waste Management Corporation Bil... Click here to read more... http://bit.ly/1TLagoX Casino relocation meets with political, village opposition The Congress has strongly objected to the sites proposed by the government to relocate the offshore casinos claiming that... Click here to read more... http://bit.ly/1LgntXv Click below link to read more articles... http://bit.ly/1UH2EGq
[Goanet] How does our memory work?
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[Goanet] ▶ Chedduá-Go - tradicional de Goa - YouTube
Here is the link which did not seem to work from my previous post. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pPllYNynbYapp=desktop Roland. Sent from my iPhone
Re: [Goanet] Cheddua Go
Thanks for sharing, Roland. Somehow the URL didn't come thru: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pPllYNynbY Are you sure they are daughters of Maestro Figueiredo? Looks like another generation to me. FN On 17 August 2015 at 09:52, Roland roland.fran...@gmail.com wrote: Here are Carolina Figueiredo, Veronica Milagres Da Silva and Carlos Garcia of the Portugoeses. Carolina and Veronica are the daughters of Maestro Antonio Figueiredo and Milagres DaSilva respectively. Goan beauties both - one a mezzo soprano and the other soprano, I am looking forward to their debut CD Heranca meaning Heritage, recently released in Portugal. Are copies available in Goa by any chance? Their other well sung mando is Far ar far. Chedduá-Go - tradicional de Goa Enjoy this. Roland. -- P +91-832-2409490 M 9822122436 Twitter: @fn Facebook: fredericknoronha Goa,1556 Shared Content at archive.org https://archive.org/details/goa1556
[Goanet] Money Laundering in Goa's Casinos (Times of India)
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/MONEY-LAUNDERING-in-Goas-Casinos/articleshow/48488762.cms One of the many open secrets now tumbling into the media spotlight as part of the Louis Berger bribery case involves Goa's deeply unpopular casinos, via the accused hawala operator, Raychand Soni, who was arrested by the Goa police last week for supplying crores in cash to be paid in bribes to former chief minister Digambar Kamat, and former state public works department minister Churchill Alemao. The crime branch testified that casinos are running on his (Soni's) funds. The special public prosecutor G D Kirtani told the presiding judge, B P Deshpande, that Soni funds many casino gamblers in Goa. It appears that huge sums of cash have been continuously funneled through Soni's shop in Panaji since 2009 - all part of the ocean of black money that is awash everywhere in India, where there is more unaccounted money than the rest of the world combined. Like the property market - which has also seen a highly inflated bubble in Goa - the poorly regulated casinos of the state are a reliable way to launder and park illegal funds. Make no mistake, money laundering is the bread and butter of the casino industry wherever it has established itself in the world. In Australia, a Vietnamese criminal named Pete Hoang, by himself, generated an estimated turnover of $1 billion between 2000 and 2012 - a huge percentage of the entire industry's gambled funds - and as all that cash passed through his hands into official receipts, the casinos colluded to give him loyalty cards under different names. But that is only one outrageous case. Just a few weeks ago, the USA government's treasury department's financial crimes enforcement network levied one of its biggest ever fines - an incredible $75 million - against the Tinian Dynasty Hotel Casino on the Northern Mariana Islands, a US commonwealth, for willful and egregious violations of money-laundering rules. This closely follows another $10 million fine imposed on the Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, for similar violations. Even given that recent history, it should be noted that there are strict regulations in the USA, and there remains some measure of oversight and law enforcement. In Goa, there is very little of anything like any of that. Here, the situation is much more like that of Macau, where the casinos are rigged as money laundry machines, and organized crime dominates from behind the scenes. According to secret diplomatic cables released by the whistle blowing website, Wikileaks, Macau casinos phenomenal success is based on a formula that facilitates...money laundering, upwards of a phenomenal $200 billion per year. There is much more in those diplomatic cables on Macau that could also apply to Goa's casinos - Facilitator organizations work closely with organized crime groups to identify customers and collect debts. Junket operators work directly with casinos to buy gaming chips at discounted rates, allowing players to avoid identification Know-your-customer (KYC) and record-keeping requirements are significantly looser than in other international gaming venues. Oversight...is limited and remains a serious weakness. A final comparison between Macau's dangerously out-of-control casino industry, and Goa's insidiously growing menace, is the redirection of that pipeline of unregistered black money via the casino tables directly into the political system. One person who makes his fortune on the gaming tables in Macau is Sheldon Adelson, the casino magnate who is also a would-be political kingmaker in both the USA and Israel. But there is a backlash against his use of dirty money, whereas here in Goa, exactly the same kind of tainted funds are now touted as a public necessity by the same BJP that protested against casinos when in opposition. It is a shameless bait and switch tactic, and completely against the public interest. Why does Goa have casinos? Why are they bang in the middle of the river opposite Panaji? Why are images of gambling allowed on billboards, and broadcast on the side of a casino right in the centre of the state capital? Why does this extremely dirty, globally reviled, utterly degraded, extraordinarily dubious so-called industry continue to hang on in a state that does not need it, and despite a public consensus against casinos that has only grown, strengthened and redoubled over the past decade? It's the money, stupid. Just follow the money.
[Goanet] Fwd: GOA SCHEME FOR ASSISTANCE FOR PURCHASE OF COMPUTER/LAPTOP
Do you support this? Do you think it's a good idea? FN -- Forwarded message -- From: Director INFORMATION PUBLICITY dip...@gmail.com Date: 17 August 2015 at 18:55 Subject: GOA SCHEME FOR ASSISTANCE FOR PURCHASE OF COMPUTER/LAPTOP *GOA SCHEME FOR ASSISTANCE FOR PURCHASE OF COMPUTER/LAPTOP* August 17, 2015 The Department of Information Publicity has invited applications from the eligible journalists for the financial year 2015-16 under the following categories. Senior Journalist: Grant of Financial assistance (up to Rs. 7/-) to purchase of computer/laptop (laptop target 30 beneficiaries), Senior Photo Journalist: Grant of financial assistance up to Rs. 1,50,000/- for purchase of Professional cameras to by additional accessories. (Physical target 15 beneficiaries). Other Journalist: Grant of interest subsidy, interest free loan up to Rs. 5/- to purchase personal computer/desktop/laptop/note pad. (Physical target 25 beneficiaries), Photo Journalists: grant of financial assistance in the interest subsidy on loan to purchase professional camera up to Rs. 10/- (physical target 15 beneficiaries). For more details about the definition, eligibility, requirements to be compiled by the interested journalists, may please refer to the Notification of the scheme with latest amendment upload on teh website of the department www.dip.goa.gov.in. Interested journalists may submit their applications int he prescribed format on or before September 30, 2015. *DI/NB/AB/JA/2015/* -- DIRECTORATE OF INFORMATION AND PUBLICITY. THIRD FLOOR,UDYOG BHAVAN, NEAR AZAD MAIDAN, PANAJI GOA PHONE-0832-2422675 0832-2226047 0832-2426168 FAX 0832-2224211 --
[Goanet] Off Topic: Mental Health for All by Involving All
I read that Time magazine thinks Dr Vikram Patel who heads the NGO Sangath in Goa is one of the 100 most influential persons in the world. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Right-to-health-is-as-vital-as-right-to-food/articleshow/47668428.cms Although I don't often think much of Time's opinions the Ted talk below gives an idea of why he is highly regarded. Here in this talk http://www.ted.com/talks/vikram_patel_mental_health_for_all_by_involving_alll
[Goanet] Maestro Antonio Figueiredo
Frederick you were right: Carolina Figueiredo is a generation apart from her grand uncle, the Maestro and mando composer. Her father is/was Fortunato who had his own family musical group in Macau. Edith D'Melo's blog details both the young ladies's ancestry http://www.tambdimati.com/article/of-melodies-and-journeys/ Roland. Sent from my iPhone
[Goanet] Sexual harassment case at Goa Cable News Channel takes a 'Tehelka' turn
The danger of false allegations. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-stands-alone-on-name-shame-policy/articleshow/48498166.cms --- India stands alone on ‘name shame’ policy Atul Thakur,TNN | Aug 16, 2015, 02.50 AM IST NEW DELHI: The government's announcement that it would maintain a publicly available database of sex offenders is being portrayed as a significant step in addressing the threat posed by criminals whose crimes largely go unreported and hence encourage them to repeat the offence. It also addresses the general perception that such criminals tend to repeat their act and hence need to be monitored. A look at laws in other major countries, however, suggests that only the names of convicted offenders are required to be listed. In many cases, the public at large does not even have access to this database though the police do. A 2014 report of the office of sex offender sentencing, monitoring, apprehending, registration and tracking (SMART), the US government agency to monitor such crimes, states that such registers are maintained by at least 19 countries including the US, the first country to pass a national sex offender registration law in 1994. Other major countries that have similar laws include the UK, Canada, France, Germany, South Africa and South Korea. According to the report Austria, Finland, Israel, Malaysia, New Zealand, Switzerland and UAE are among many countries that have considered or were considering such laws. A study of conditions of registration as sex offender in the US, UK, Canada and Australia shows that it is mandatory for those convicted for certain sexual crimes to register themselves in the sex offender database. Typically, the offenders are classified in various categories depending on the seriousness of the offence and the perceived threat to society. In the US, there are three levels of registered sex offenders. Following their release after the conviction, sex offenders are required to register with the community's division of criminal justice service, which examines their case. Depending on factors like the use of force, victim's age, number of victims, use of weapons, alcohol or drugs to assault the victim, offenders are classified into level 1, 2 or 3. Level 1 offenders are people who are considered the least likely to repeat the crime. Level 3 is the classification given to those judged most likely to commit the crime again. Offenders are further classified as 'sexual predator', 'sexually violent offender' or 'predicate sex offender'. Level 1 offenders, if not classified in the above three categories, are required to register themselves for 20 years. Level 2 and Level 3 offenders along with people classified as predators, violent offenders or predicate offenders have to register themselves for life. Failing to provide information of their whereabouts to the register is an offence punishable with imprisonment for up to ten years. Other countries too have levels of classification and registration periods for sex offenders. In a majority of the countries that maintain sex offenders' registries, the database is not publically available. For instance, the UK, Germany, France, Canada and Australia don't maintain a publically available database. The monitoring is done by informing the local police and community leaders when a person convicted of a sexual offence starts living in a particular community. Times View The home ministry's proposal to 'name and shame' those charged for sexual offences by putting their names in the public domain runs completely contrary to the principle that underlines our justice system - the accused are presumed to be innocent until proven guilty. Other countries too have a system of making the names of sexual offenders public, but nowhere is this done prior to conviction. The reasons are obvious. A person charged with a sexual crime may ultimately be judged innocent by the courts. How fair would it be in such cases for his reputation to have been badly tarnished in the meantime? The ministry's suggestion that where this happens the name can be taken off the list does nothing to redress the damage done. It also needs no great imagination to see how such a system could be badly abused by people out to settle scores with one another. It's an idea that needs to be amended before it is rolled out. =
Re: [Goanet] Fwd: GOA SCHEME FOR ASSISTANCE FOR PURCHASE OF COMPUTER/LAPTOP
A particularly interesting objective of this scheme mentioned on the information and publicity website reads: It (the Goa government) has not hesitated to provide assistance whenever required to help them (journalists) discharge their duties without fear and favour. Sent from Samsung Mobile Original message From: Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا fredericknoro...@gmail.com Date:17/08/2015 7:49 PM (GMT+05:30) To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] Fwd: GOA SCHEME FOR ASSISTANCE FOR PURCHASE OF COMPUTER/LAPTOP Do you support this? Do you think it's a good idea? FN -- Forwarded message -- From: Director INFORMATION PUBLICITY dip...@gmail.com Date: 17 August 2015 at 18:55 Subject: GOA SCHEME FOR ASSISTANCE FOR PURCHASE OF COMPUTER/LAPTOP *GOA SCHEME FOR ASSISTANCE FOR PURCHASE OF COMPUTER/LAPTOP* August 17, 2015 The Department of Information Publicity has invited applications from the eligible journalists for the financial year 2015-16 under the following categories. Senior Journalist: Grant of Financial assistance (up to Rs. 7/-) to purchase of computer/laptop (laptop target 30 beneficiaries), Senior Photo Journalist: Grant of financial assistance up to Rs. 1,50,000/- for purchase of Professional cameras to by additional accessories. (Physical target 15 beneficiaries). Other Journalist: Grant of interest subsidy, interest free loan up to Rs. 5/- to purchase personal computer/desktop/laptop/note pad. (Physical target 25 beneficiaries), Photo Journalists: grant of financial assistance in the interest subsidy on loan to purchase professional camera up to Rs. 10/- (physical target 15 beneficiaries). For more details about the definition, eligibility, requirements to be compiled by the interested journalists, may please refer to the Notification of the scheme with latest amendment upload on teh website of the department www.dip.goa.gov.in. Interested journalists may submit their applications int he prescribed format on or before September 30, 2015. *DI/NB/AB/JA/2015/* -- DIRECTORATE OF INFORMATION AND PUBLICITY. THIRD FLOOR,UDYOG BHAVAN, NEAR AZAD MAIDAN, PANAJI GOA PHONE-0832-2422675 0832-2226047 0832-2426168 FAX 0832-2224211 --
[Goanet] Cheddua Go
Thanks Roland - enjoyed that piece immensely. The singing and the rhythm was just wonderful - as were the lively and beautiful singers and musicians. Can we have more of the same? Mervyn Maciel
[Goanet] Get your Act together
http://www.readwhere.com/read/c/6091293 Get your Act together Pamela D'Mello The Goan. Aug 03,2015 -- Pamela D'Mello http://pameladmello.wordpress.com
[Goanet] Supply driven infrastructure
http://www.readwhere.com/read/c/6013319 Supply driven infrastructure The Goan 27 Jul, 2015 -- Pamela D'Mello http://pameladmello.wordpress.com
[Goanet] GOA-HIGHER EDUCATION: Number of Minority Students Statewise, Programwise and their percentage in 2014-2015
Number of Minority Students Statewise, Programwise and their percentage in 2014-2015 --- http://mhrd.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhrd/files/Minostate-wise.pdf --- GOA Program Total Minority %ofMinority Engg Tech 11 3756 382 10.2% Management 01 316 56 17.7% Applied Arts Crafts 01 50 00 00.0% Pharmacy 02 221 22 10.0% Hotel Mgt/Catering 02 59 33 55.9%
[Goanet] Goacom Newsclips on 17 August 2015
Goacom Newsclips JICA works to spill over to 2017 The water supply works and sewerage works undertaken under the JICA... Click here to read more... http://bit.ly/1JcD8EU Sulcorna to host Salesian’s agriculture-edu complex With the aim of training students in the latest agricultural practices, the Salesian society has started... Click here to read more... http://bit.ly/1MtlQ7J In Parrikar’s village, even new benches blackboards can’t keep children in government schools The Parra Government Primary School boasts of new benches, vitrified tiles and brand new tables and blackboards but the irony is that... Click here to read more... http://bit.ly/1JbzmHF Kirtani resigns, Amit Desai replaces him Special public prosecutor G D Kirtani who was arguing the high profile Louis Berger bribery case... Click here to read more... http://bit.ly/1TNLXMc Click below link to read more articles http://bit.ly/1UH2EGq
[Goanet] Eugene Column in OHeraldo
Goa’s image is taking a heavy battering Eugene Corriea The political parties are sharpening their knives for the elections, even though there’s a long time for the ballot box to be set up. The high drama will obviously be played out in the open and the candidates will indulge in the art of slugging, hurling accusations against each other and pinpoint deficiencies in their opponents and, thereby, try and convince the electorate why he/ she is the right choice. The ball has been set rolling in the courtroom since Churchill Alemao was arrested and lodged in jail while Digamber Kamat, at the time of writing, is on tenterhooks whether he will be joining Churchill in the slammer. With this latest political drama, Goa is front and centre of Indian politics. There was a time when such political action or political tamasha took place in other states and Goa sailed without much of the stormy political winds blowing outside its borders. But decades have passed since Bhausaheb Bandodkar occupied the chief minister’s chair and his Maharashtra Gomantak Party ( MGP) was supreme with the baton passing to his daughter Shashikala Kakodkar. Today, Goa presents a different picture. The tourist portrait is alluring and is the magnet that attracts both local and foreign tourists, but the political picture isn’t flattering but rather downright disgusting. On one hand, Goa is projected as the ideal tourist paradise, never mind the wrinkles such as the drug trade, prostitution and rapes, with even foreign tourists being victims of carnal desire, while, on the other hand, the political landscape makes Goans bow their heads in shame. It only makes some of the Goans ask themselves as to what has happened to Goa, a land that they were proud of its beauty, culture and heritage and would shout from the rooftops, even from thatched huts: amchem Goem, bhangarachem Goem . Goans, both inside and outside, were narcissistic. Times have changed, and Goa has changed just as India has changed since it won its freedom from British rule on August 15, 1947. I am not one of the “ midnight children”, as the great writer Salman Rushdie said of the generation that came around that time. When freedom came to Goa, though some still have trouble with the word “ freedom” and rather see it as the new enslavement, there was no denying that Goa would be swallowed by the hydraheaded behemoth that is India, with its thousand of languages and hundreds of cultures. The North is so different from the South, and so is the East from the West. As the Canadian professor, Arthur Rubinoff, who wrote his doctoral thesis on Goa’s newly gained independence in a book, “ India’s Use of Force in Goa”, and later followed it with another book, The ‘ Construction of a Political Community: Integration and Identity in Goa”, remarked, in an essay, that with each passing day, Goa becomes like the rest of India. Rubinoff ’ s words came rushing to my mind on reading the political nuances and the politicking taking place in Goa in current times. Some may curse Nehru for Goa’s ills today, or some may praise Nehru for bringing democracy to the land that was locked with the iron hand of dictatorship. So, one must live and let live as Goa is part of India. There’s no looking back except for nostalgic reasons. The way is to survive and make do with the best of what Goa can do and achieve for its citizens. But with each passing day, the fight to survive the daily onslaughts on the image of Goa from the nefarious political intrigue and deceit taking place routinely has become a harrowing experience for its residents. The whole atmosphere is vitiated by the level of corruption that’s slowly but surely suffocating the people. For too long the people have borne the shenanigans from politicians, especially those who are in power at the time, and we now see the people lose its patience and express its displeasure in no uncertain terms. A democracy is vibrant when the people are vigilant. Whatever may be the reasons with both Churchill and Digamber brought to justice after a long period to face the bribery charges,. Though it could be witchhunt or it could be political revenge or party gamesmanship, it’s just the tip of the iceberg of corruption taking hold in Goa. If the case comes to its logical end, and if it sinks the political careers of Churchill and Digamber then it’s a victory for the people, though it could be seen as a sledgehammer blow to the Congress. The courtroom battle is a forerunner to the coming of the battle of the ballot. It doesn’t matter which party wins, Goa is the ultimate loser. It’s too high a price to pay for the battering Goa’s image is taking across the nation and the world. ( Eugene Correia is a senior journalist) -- eugene
