[Goanet] Easy listenining selection........Simon & Garfunkel..........Homeward Bound.
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[Goanet] Omar Mateen's wife speaks to the media.
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[Goanet] Goa & Macao
Will Goa Go the Way of Macao? Gaming. Gambling. Floating casinos on the Mandovi, and more. Will Goa go the way of Macao, another Portuguese colony, a Sino-Portuguese cultural blend unlike Goa which is Indo-Portuguese? Macao is one of the richest cities in the world today. The money, big money, flows from legal gambling dens which are safely ensconced in 5-star hotels, one of which has three thousand rooms. Impressive, isn't it? While 95% of the wealth comes from gambling, a paltry 5% from entertainment. And, although Las Vegas is known for gambling worldwide and Atlantic city has overtaken it, not enough people know Macao today is numero uno in the world of gambling. While the Chinese make big noises against corruption, it seems to me some Chinese have worked miracles as there are millionaires and billionaires in a former communist country which post-liberation claims to have a system of State capitalism. What's going on? Global casino operators have traditionally maintained there are better ways to launder money than gambling as the owners of the casinos make more on the basis of probability; people in the gaming industry no doubt also know it is not the only game in town, there are other ways within the gaming industry to launder money. Prime Minister Modi has warned how terrorist are living in our neighborhood, and with our porous borders another terror attack from within can occur again. Are casinos a security risk? Another terrorist attack in future cannot be ruled out in our country as we Indians and Americans know only too well from recent history. Macao is overflowing with money even though the economy in mainland China has slowed down. Young people do not study as they can make a lot of money working in the gaming and/or entertainment industry. A sad story which unfortunately is repeated in Goa in another way; it is a well known fact some of our youth, especially in the north of Goa, also do the same through the sale of drugs and other undesirable activities. Educational hubs and sale of illegal drugs and other nefarious activities do not make for a harmonious coexistence as one demands years of dedicated study and the other doesn't! The children of Macao are growing up in a destructive environment in every sense of the term which is not at all healthy for them or future generations. Does this tiny Sino-Portuguese island have big lessons for Goa and Goans? Which way will we turn, right or wrong?
[Goanet] ALONGSIDE THE BRICKBATS GOA POLICE DESERVE OUR CONCERN TOO
The current pathetic and very appalling working conditions of the police constabulary in particular is an issue that needs to be dealt on a priority by Goa’s new Director General of Police Dr Muktesh Chander. The policemen are made to work long hours which needless to say is taking a toll on their personal lives. We have been witness to a spate of incidents that has exposed the stress related fragility affecting the force. Some of them get a break after many days. On account of the long hours of work related stress a lot of the policemen are grappling with health problems like hypertension, diabetes and depression. The working and living conditions of the staff at some of the police stations and barracks is inhuman to say the least. The uncaring treatment meted out to the police force is a clear Human Rights violation. Like all other government employees there is no reason why the police should also not get eight hour shifts which will infact increase their efficiency. Goa could emulate the recent Mumbai move where from last month the Kurla and Deonar Police Stations have implemented the eight hour shift for its entire police force. It has been proposed to now extend the same to all the 94 police stations in Mumbai. Goa has enough policemen, but they are not being rightly deployed. Hundreds of policemen are being assigned to protect and serve politicians and other VIPs beyond their official entitlement. Today policemen have no time left for proper investigation of crimes and street policing which infact are the basic duties of the police force. The authorities seem to have lost sight that a policeman has a personal life too. A human body can only do so much. One cannot be expected to work over eight hours a day. Even an animal requires rest and, for that matter, not even a machine will function unless it is rested adequately. The Government cannot be a cause for ruining the health and lives of the policemen. These genuine grievances and pathetic working conditions confronting the police force must be looked into in right earnest. Otherwise, instead of focusing on building bridges and roads, the Government may have to set up on a priority more hospitals to take care of this over worked constabulary, if not more crematoriums, cemeteries and khabrastans for perennial rest of their spent bodies. Aires Rodrigues Advocate High Court C/G-2, Shopping Complex Ribandar Retreat, Ribandar – Goa – 403006 Mobile No: 9822684372 Office Tel No: (0832) 2444012 Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com Or airesrodrig...@yahoo.com You can also reach me on Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues Twitter@rodrigues_aires www.airesrodrigues.com
Re: [Goanet] NIGHTMARISH DAYS AHEAD FOR GOANS
Actually, the High Court has had the carpet removed from under its feet by the Portuguese Consul General who has very clearly enunciated that registration in Lisbon means acquisition of Portuguese citizenship. Do you expect the Bombay High Court At Goa to dance with the issue now that it's partner has left the floor. Roland Francis Toronto. > On Jun 12, 2016, at 3:17 PM, Stephen Dias wrote: > > ELVIDIO MIRANDA > > 18th June, 2016 and 23rd June, 2016 are going to be pivotal days for the > people from Goa who are embroiled in the acquisition of Portuguese > nationality in smaller measure or in greater measure. > > On the 18th of June, 2016 the High Court of Bombay in Goa is taking up the > hearing of the case filed by Valanka Alemao, the second placed in the > Benaulim assembly polls against Caetano `Caitu’ D’Silva, who prevailed over > Valanka in 2012. It is widely known and believed that justice delayed is > justice denied and far more in this case which has not been decided by the > High Court for such a long time and has cast aspersions on more than 4 > lakhs Goans who have registered their births in Portugal. However, as an > example, the Alemao family is to be judged on 18th June, 2016 as it is > known that his wife has registered her birth in Portugal and subsequently > the marriage has also been registered and thus we are not only awaiting a > long delayed verdict of not only whether inclusion of one's name in the > Birth Registration (Assento de Nascimento) bars one from contesting > elections but also whether the Marriage Registration (Assento de Casamento) > has the same effect. >
[Goanet] Fwd: Song for the day....Perfidia en español - Linda Ronstadt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFFKpYn4DYw G -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
[Goanet] Twelfth Sunday of the Year
13-Jun-2016 Dear Friend, If we were asked who Jesus was, what would our answer be? But if Jesus himself were to demand a personal answer, what would be our response? It is easy to give ‘second hand’, handed-down answers. They are the responses of others but not our own. Faith has to be a personal response to Jesus. May each day help us to discover who Jesus is for me. Have a ‘Christ-affirming’ weekend! -Fr. Jude Sun Ref. Twelfth Sun: “Who is Jesus?” “The Lamb of God, slain for us!” 19-Jun-2016 Zac. 12: 10-11, 13-1; Gal. 3: 26-29; Luke 9: 18-24; Today’s first reading from Zachariah speaks of the prophecy of the final restoration of Jerusalem. This Old Testament prophecy pictures God pouring out on the House of David a spirit of grace, but in a situation of suffering. This spirit will bring about a new understanding of Jesus and a greater personal intimacy with God. This prophecy was brought to its fulfillment on the day of Pentecost with the presence and activity of the Spirit in the Christian community of which the early Christians were so acutely aware. Enlightened by the SpiritSuppose you walk into town looking for your friend Wantok’s house. You meet a fellow and ask him where it is. And he says something like, “Oh, yes, just go down the main street there until you come to a church, then turn right and go down two more streets, then turn left... Your Wantok’s house is the fifth one on the right side of that street.” If you heard all of that, you would probably forget it very easily, so this man sees that you are puzzled and he says to you, “Forget all about the directions. I’ll go along with you and show you the way. Follow me.” -That is what the Spirit does in our life. He shows us the way to Jesus.Frank Michalic in ‘1000 stories you can use’ In today’s gospel Jesus asks his disciples what people think about him. That question was easy and the disciples were quick to respond: “Some say you are John the Baptist, others Elijah and still others say you are one of the prophets.” Then Jesus asks the all-important question: “But you, who do you say that I am?” That question demands a personal answer. After Peter confesses: ‘You are the Christ of God’, Jesus warns them about his forthcoming passion and death, as if to remind them and us that all those who confess and believe in him must know that they are called to follow him even to death. “To this question thirty, forty, even fifty years of life have not yet fitted me for the reply I should like to make: that He is my life. And if Jesus is someone for me, it is first because he was someone for others and so became incarnate in my life through the lives of believers, who showed forth more or less well the faith by which they lived. Our immense responsibility is to be mirrors, even if not good ones, reflecting the image of the Lord.” No pain no gainSome time ago several movies reflected the connection that exists between suffering and success. The Rocky series about boxing, Chariots of Fire about track events, Vision Quest about wrestling, illustrate how pain is the price athletes have to pay for victory. We get the same message from television, too. Paper Chase about lawyers, St.Elsewhere about doctors, and Fame about theatre performers emphasize how long hours of study and training are necessary to become a true professional. In other words the common athlete locker room slogan of “No pain no gain” fits especially well in libraries, labs and dressing rooms. The message is the same –without discipline there can be no development; without denial, no dedication; without some suffering, no success. A similar message appears in today’s readings.Albert Cylwicki in ‘His Word Resounds’ Paying the price…Mr. Girard, an atheist millionaire of Philadelphia, one Saturday ordered all his clerks to come the next day to his wharf and help unload the newly arrived ship. One young man replied quietly: “Mr. Girard, I can’t work on Sundays.” “You know our rules?” “Yes, I know, but I can’t work on Sundays.” “Well, step up to the desk and the cashier will settle with you.” For three weeks the young man could find no work, but one day a banker came to Girard to ask if he could recommend a man for cashier in a new bank. The discharged young man was at once named as a suitable person. Although Girard had dismissed the man, he recognized his sterling character. Anyone who could sacrifice his own interests for what he believed to be right would make a loyal trustworthy cashier.Anthony Castle in ‘More Quotes and Anecdotes’ What do you know of Jesus?A poor illiterate man wanted to be baptized. The parish priest asked him many questions to see whether he was fit for baptism. “Where was Jesus born? How many apostles did he have? How many years did he live? Where did he die? The poor man knew nothing of all these questions. Irritated, the priest then said, “At least you know prayers like the Our Father and the I
[Goanet] Why Women Raped In The Gulf Are Imprisoned.
You have been reading in the news recently about Western women being raped in Dubai, Qatar and other places and then imprisoned for adultery as punishment. The normal reaction would be: are these Gulf Governments out of their mind; are they living in the dark ages? And you would be right in asking such questions. But if you want to know the reality of what happens behind the scenes, this is it, from my experience. Let's first go to the root cause. Most local women are well educated, more so then the men, but they have no say, let alone power, not only in crucial affairs of the country, but also of their own families. Therefore they have long been struggling to get a voice. Governments in the Gulf favour advancing the process of emancipation but there is a strong conservative, fundamentalist, religious core who oppose this and are a constant threat to the establishment which prizes stability and their own continuity above all else. The pace of modernization has accelerated in the last two decades and foreign companies have poured in like never before. Previously the local authorities could regulate single women from entering. They were seen as a source of trouble. However with women going to the upper levels of the corporate ladder, companies getting short and long term contracts ask to bring in women staff and executives as they are an essential part of their operations and immigration can no longer refuse them. With nothing much to do after work, partying and drinking both in hotels and homes becomes the recreation of choice and locals in the workplace are naturally invited to these parties where essentially everyone's guard is down. Local men who are all Arab Muslims, are crazy for two things: soccer and women - not necessarily in that order. And what better than single women. Further still what better than single women wearing provocative dresses, drinking and flirting in nominally a modern, but essentially an Islamic world. The concept of the women needing to be sober enough to say yes or having the power to say no at any time has not reached that part of the world where women are seen as having no power to exercise at all. And Western women are also to blame. They forget that the polite, friendly Qatari or Emirati in the workplace can be someone elsewhere. They forget essentially, it's not the western world. Once a sexual incident takes place and a complaint is made, the woman enters the world of Sharia. If the woman has little power outside this world, she has no power at all inside it. She is now in the Fifteenth Century with all its tribal, primitive culture designed by men for men. The local Govt too, in fairness, has no power inside this Sharia world. On a particular case in mitigating circumstances, the government may approach the Sharia Court or individual judges for clemency, but usually the latter are tough nuts, jealous of their domain and vengeful of every circumstance that the govt has refused their own requests, mostly unreasonable. So harsh Sharia sentences are given and it is now the time that the convict woman exits Sharia land. The prison and mercy petitions are now exclusively in the Govt domain and it is that interventions by powerful local men or the victim's embassy can play a part. If the embassy's country is a important player, more so. The Gulf countries in question use these incidents as a subtle message to their own women "this can happen to you too, if you go too far". It is their way of trying to control the increasing number of divorce cases or complaints of rape by husbands or male relatives. It's a funny world in the Gulf. Follow the rules and all will be well. Break them and nothing will turn out to be what it looks to be. Roland Francis 416-453-3371
[Goanet] Heavy rain causes sludge floods in Bicholim
BICHOLIM: The arrival of monsoon gives respite to many. But many a time it acts as a nightmare for some, especially for the people living in the areas affected by mining since they are constantly under the danger of mining silt flowing into their houses. The mining sludge entering houses is not a new phenomenon, especially for Bicholim. This is all because of the faulty planning by the mining companies and the authorities concerned. In 2009 a number of people were evacuated to safer areas as the sludge entered into about 60 houses and a temple in Poira, Advalpal and Valshi in Bicholim taluka. The incident happened when the sludge from the nearby mines entered the houses after heavy rains and the people were unable to salvage their belongings. On July 16, 2011, the fields of the Mulgao villagers were damaged after a mining pit gave way and the sludge entered the village. A similar incident took place just last week. About eight houses were affected at Pazwada, Bicholim when the mining sludge entered their houses. Heavy rains that lashed Bicholim caused havoc at Pazwada when the sludge along with boulders was washed on the roads. The sludge also flowed into the residential houses. The traffic on the road was disrupted for over hour and resumed only after the boulders were cleared. The dirty water and the mining sludge also damaged equipments in the houses. Electrical equipments belonging to Suresh Verekar and Sushant Verekar were damaged in the incident. Environmentalist Ramesh Gawas said that this was entirely because of the carelessness of the mining company. “ The company has no disaster management plan. After the incident the roads had become death traps. I have filed a police complaint against the nuisance created by the company,” said Gawas. The Bicholim Municipal Council ( BMC) chairman, Satish Gaonkar, also blamed the mining and asked the company for compensation. “ The company should compensate the people and should also clean the gutters which are filled by sludge,” Gaonkar demanded. After the incident the authorities woke up from their slumber and the Deputy Collector, Mahadev Arondekar, convened a meeting of the officials and site inspection was also held. But inspite of all the precautions there is still a danger of another such incident occurring in Bicholim in the near future. Faulty planning and carelessness by mining companies, failure of authorities to take precautions have brought misery and suffering to Pazwada villagers Bicholim locals try to cross an area filled with sludge after the heavy rains. The company has no disaster management plan. After the incident, the roads had become death traps. I have filed a police complaint against the nuisance created by the company — Ramesh Gawas, Environmentalist The company should compensate the people and should also clean the gutters which are filled by sludge — Satish Gaonkar, BMC chairman quote room SAMIr uMArye bicholiM SAMIR UMARYE -- Samir Umarye
[Goanet] Goacom Newsclips on 13 June 2016
Click here to read more... http://bit.ly/25WNUZy. NHAI to work on two NH expansion projects in Goa. In a setback to the public works department, the Union ministry of road transport and highways Click here to read more... http://bit.ly/1tlCIax. GCA meet adjourned amidst protests led by Phaldesai. As expected, the Sanguem BJP legislator Subash Phaldesai flexed his muscle using government Click here to read more... http://bit.ly/1trb4tf. Taleigao garbage plant caught in political crossfire. The state-of-the-art garbage treatment and disposal plant promised on a 26,000 sq mt Click here to read more... http://bit.ly/1OkLGPg. Click below link to read more articles goacom.com
