[Goanet] Themis D'Silva: themisdsi...@gmail.com: Villagers for a Clean, Hygienic Tinto in Chandor
Villagers for a Clean, Hygienic Tinto in Chandor It is interesting that the Fabrica, which is the treasure of village church in Goa also owns the Tinto and some surrounding shops. There are other churches that also own the Tinto and shops in other villages. This is not a coincidence. The Tintos' and the nearby shops historically evolved around temples. When these were destroyed in Salcete, in 1567, the property owned by the temples was confiscated and in most cases the newly-formed churches inherited these properties. The members of the Fabrica and the Parish Priests do not know the local history. (A survey of the Tinto's ownership will prove this to be the case.) I think you have a strong argument to object to a toilet facility in the vicinity of the Tinto, particularly on sanitary and aesthetic grounds.
[Goanet] Salsero
Jazz Goa's global recording project has gained traction with French language teacher Joanne da Cunha doing a fabulous job of the French version. This link will be updated with more languages every week.. https://jazzgoa.bandcamp.com/album/salsero-global-recording-project
[Goanet] Press Release_FIFA WORLD CUP QATAR 2022 EMBLEM LAUNCH WILL BE LAUNCHED LIVE IN MUMBAI
*FIFA WORLD CUP QATAR 2022 EMBLEM LAUNCH WILL BE LAUNCHED LIVE IN MUMBAI* *Mumbai, 2nd September 2019*: FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, which is going to be the historic first-ever FIFA World Cup hosted by any of the middle eastern gulf countries, will set a major footprint in India on Tuesday (September 3, 2019) as the World Cup emblem launch will be streamed live on a giant screen at Babulnath Mandir junction in South Mumbai simultaneously. Meanwhile, Mumbai is the only Indian city alongside fourteen other cities in the non-Arabic world where the event will be streamed live. The event is scheduled to take place at 2252 hrs. IST (2022 hrs Qatar local time) on Tuesday (September 3, 2019). The Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy of Qatar, which is the local organising committee of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 has taken up the initiative to generate more interest amongst the Indians for the forthcoming FIFA World Cup which is, incidentally, going to be the second edition of the quadrennial flagship tournament hosted by an Asian Football Confederation (AFC) member association, which is India also an integral part of. Middle-east has always been a favourable destination for the Indians and the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy wants to tap in them to make the event a grand success. Indian nationals residing elsewhere in the world can avail visa-on-arrival in Qatar during the football extravaganza to ease the entire travel process. Nevertheless, geographically, Qatar 2022 is touted to lure more football-frenzy Indians to taste the in-stadia experience as the distance of Qatar, compared to the previous host nations, from any part of India will be minimal. Not less than 25% of entire Qatar's population hail from India and the LOC has been quite positive to exploit the football-fanaticism of them as well. Along with many firsts in the FIFA World Cup history, this edition will be scheduled between November 21, 2022, and December 18, 2022, instead of the conventional International FIFA window during June-July. On the other hand, the forthcoming edition of the FIFA World Cup will be most compact in terms of travelling distance. The eight stadiums which will host the matches are situated within a 50-kilometre radius circle which provides the supporters with an opportunity to watch multiple matches in a day during the round-robin stage of the tournament.
[Goanet] PANAJI MLA BABUSH MONSERATTE HAS POLTICALLY SELFISHLY SMARTENED BUT OUR SINKING CITY IS IN UTTER DOLDDRUMS
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant had summoned a public interaction *of *that beleaguered Imagine Panaji Smart City Development Limited (IPSCDL) with the citizens of Panaji on 28th May at the Menezes Braganza Hall in Panaji but at the last minute he abruptly cancelled it while publicly assuring us all that it would be very soon re-scheduled. It is now over three long months and that meeting has still not been called, perhaps because the Panaji Congress MLA Babush Monseratte is now well locked and languishing strangled in the BJP cage. How does playing musical chairs and jumping from party to party for the greed of ill-gotten gains and the lust for power negate the urgent need to ensure that the truth prevails in the best interests of the taxpayer and Panjimites especially when Babush Monseratte had demanded the same while in opposition? Has his principles sunk to such depths of hypocrisy and double standards and being a deliberate disappointment to the electorate? It is worth reminding Goans what Babush Monseratte had said about Pramod Sawant’s behavior, following the abrupt cancellation of the Imagine Panaji Smart City’s projects discussion that he had called in his capacity as Panaji MLA. In condemning CM Sawant, Babush Monserrate said ‘This is nothing but an act of trickery by the CM to hide the Smart City Scams from the people of Panaji. The Honourable CM he added, continues his quest to keep IPSCDL as a mystery property in possession. He has chosen to keep all Panjikars along with me, an elected representative of Panaji in the dark on his obscure mission’. It is very imperative that Pramod Sawant should at the earliest possible convene this crucial meeting which he abruptly cancelled with the Citizens of Panaji so that the true facts and figures of this so-called multi-crore Panaji Smart City mega scam venture and loot all comes to the fore. He must realise that he is responsible and accountable for his actions and misdeeds to the people of Panjim and Goa. Those who have deviously pocketed crores under the guise of transforming Panaji into a Smart City need to be exposed and mercilessly punished if not hanged. These culpable culprits that were given responsibility for this adventure and squandered crores of public funds to enrich themselves must now be held accountable to the very Smart Citizens of Panaji. These scamsters must realize that they can run but they can no longer hide their misdeeds from the people of Panaji and Goa at large. And when the Ribandar roads which is part of Panaji Constituency are in a very despicable state, the MLA Babush Monseratte cannot be absconding. Having now merrily embraced the Casino lobby Babush Monseratte has shamelessly gone back on that promise to Panajimites that all the Casinos in the River Manodovi would be removed in 100 days. Shame on you, Babush Monseratte. Please quit and make way for a new honourable, knowledgeable and decent MLA. Its time Babush Monseratte and other politicians realize that election promises cannot be like China made goods, with no warranty and neither a guarantee. The people of Panaji will hold you accountable for fooling them and taking them on a jolly good ride. There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept. Gandhi once said ‘Breach of promise is a base surrender of truth’. 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
[Goanet] Schedule for Tuesday 3rd September 2019
CCR TV GOA Channel of God's love Kindly pass around the word to your friends and relatives in any part of the globe that they can keep track of all the CCR TV output (including our archives) via the simple-to-use, free-to download CCR TV app from the Google Playstore. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ccr.tv4 Email ID: ccrgoame...@gmail.com Schedule for Tuesday 3rd September 2019 12:00 AM Rosary - Sorrowful Mysteries 12:24 AM Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network- Fr. Jagdish Parmar sj interviewed by Fr. Varun Rodrigues sj 12:55 AM Amchi Bhas Amche Borovpi - Fr Ave Maria Afonso interviewed by Daniel de Souza 01:25 AM Our Father - Kannada 01:30 AM Amchi Bhas Amche Borovpi - Brazinho Soares interviewed by Daniel de Souza 02:00 AM Saibinnichi Ruzai - Dukhiche Mister 02:25 AM Health Matters - Blood Donation - Dr Ravin Rego 03:00 AM Secular Institutes - Dr Ivan Netto interviews Giorgio Mazzola 03:40 AM Fuddarache Dive - Valency D'Souza interviewed by Michael Gracias 04:15 AM Inner Healing 4 - Healing - Talk by Kenneth D'Sa 04:45 AM Literally Goa - Maria Viency Cardozo interviewed by Frederick Noronha 05:15 AM Media Track - Episode 7 - Devika Sequeira and Frederick Noronha 05:45 AM On the Third Day - Eps 1 - Introduction to Urban Gardening 06:10 AM Differ to be Different - Talk by Sr Saral 06:26 AM NEWS IN KONKANI 06:56 AM Tiatr Song - by Fr Eusico Pereira 07:00 AM Bhajans 5 07:22 AM Bhokti Lharam - Bhag 1 07:28 AM Music - Immaculate Conceptio - Victor Da Costa 07:30 AM Music - Vakhann'nni 2 followed by Povitr Atmeak Dispottem Magnnem 08:00 AM Praise and Worship - Francis Fernandes followed by Daily Prayer to the Holy Spirit 08:26 AM Hymn - I Believe 08:30 AM Media Track - Episode 7 - Devika Sequeira and Frederick Noronha 09:00 AM Announcements 09:05 AM Our Father - Malayalam 09:10 AM Prophetic Intercession 4 - Cyril John 09:35 AM Ganesh Chaturthi ani Igorjechi Xikvonn - Sem. Slater Alemao 09:43 AM Church - Talk by Gaurish Naik 10:05 AM Amchi Bhas Amche Borovpi - Fr Ave Maria Afonso interviewed by Daniel de Souza 10:35 AM We are an Easter people - Dr Brenda Nazareth Menezes 11:00 AM Weekly Catholic News in English 11:30 AM Mass in Konkani followed by Jivitacho Prokas and Saint of the Day 12:00 PM Adoration - Fr Oscar Nazareth op - Panjim 12:30 PM Abundant Life - Depression - Treatment - Prof Nicholas D'Souza 01:00 PM Short Film - Nimano Axirvad 01:11 PM Ximpientlim Motiam - Bhag 14 - Rag - Fr Pratap Naik sj 01:20 PM Word of God - Talk by Orlando D'Souza 01:42 PM Couples Prayer - English 01:45 PM Bhavarth - Talk by Victor Mascarenhas 02:15 PM Intercession - Talk by Francis D'Souza 02:40 PM Tiatr Song - by Meena Goes, Francis Rebelo 02:45 PM Bhokti Lharam- Bhag 6 02:55 PM Prayer for Healing from Cancer 03:00 PM Divine Mercy - Konkani 2 03:16 PM Poem : Voch ani Tum-vui Tuxench Kor - Vincy Quadros 03:20 PM St Ignatius and the Ignatian Spirituality - Fr Varun Rodrigues sj 03:53 PM Ganesh Chaturthi and Church Teachings - Sem Melito DCosta 04:00 PM Rosary - Sorrowful Mysteries 04:24 PM Reflection on the Gospel - Dominicans 04:30 PM Senior Citizens Exercises - 6 04:54 PM Ask Dr Sweezel - Should I use a Pillow ? 05:00 PM Tell me a story - Good Samaritan 05:21 PM Ximpientlim Motiam - Bhag 52 - Nosay - Fr Pratap Naik sj 05:30 PM Career Guidance - Merchant Navy - Seascan 06:01 PM Angelus - English 06:03 PM Prayer of Grandparents - English 06:05 PM On the Third Day - Eps 1 - Introduction to Urban Gardening 06:30 PM Mass in English followed by Daily Flash 07:00 PM Angelus - Konkani 2 07:02 PM Fuddarache DIve - Tracy Dias interviewed by Michael Gracias 07:30 PM Saibinnichi Ruzai - Dukhiche Mister 07:54 PM Prayer for Healing from Cancer 08:00 PM Literally Goa - Pogoat (Alfred Almeida) interviewed by Frederick Noronha 08:28 PM Bhurgeanlem Angonn - Bhag 6 08:30 PM Weekly Catholic News in Konkani 09:00 PM Announcements 09:05 PM Psalm 91 - Read by Alfwold Silveira 09:10 PM Ratchem Magnem 09:25 PM Health Matters - Arthritis - Dr Zelio D'Mello 09:53 PM Tiatr - Tannem Mhaka Obhixek Kela - Michael Gracias - Part 2 11:01 PM Mass in Konkani followed by Jivitacho Prokas and Saint of the Day 11:31 PM Devachea Mogachi Khobor - Ines Demello Donations may be made to: Beneficiary name : CCR GOA MEDIA. Name of Bank : ICICI Bank Branch Name: Candolim Branch RTGS/NEFT Code : ICIC0002624 Savings Bank Account No : 262401000183
[Goanet] On being a Catholic in Pakistan
My Views - Experiences of Catholics in Pakistan ( Post Partition - 1947 onwards ) By Terry Andrade. | >> Some of the folks on the Indian side “ could “ be pleasantly surprised ( or >> shocked ) to know some facts which they may have assumed to be true in their >> minds about Mangaloreans ( and catholics / christians in general ) in >> Pakistan - As an Example : The general feedback and comments I always got >> from many of the younger generation friends there when we visited Bombay : >> Pakistan & folks who live there ( implying most of the majority of course ) >> are the enemies of all the folks who live in India - How does one then >> think we felt hearing such comments >> Why ?……..I think it was mainly due to the 1965 & 1971 wars where many had >> bad feelings about the other side ? This was true for some people of both >> these countries >> >> However the Christians in Pakistan were treated very well and held in high >> esteem ( especially those who had achieved distinctions and accolades in the >> areas of academia , sports , Law enforcement ( Judges , Police Management , >> Lawyers ) , Customs , Airlines Management , Banking , Insurance etc etc……….. >> Yes there was always some discrimination by certain folks ( which occurs in >> every country of this world including India ) but as far as our Religion >> went it did not matter much to the majority as we were too minuscule in size >> to pose any real competition or threats in any field of endeavor - >> >> If there was any real prejudice or discrimination purely based on talent , >> then Wallis Mathias & Antao Dsouza ( Pakistan Cricket Team members in the >> 1950’s & 60’s ), John Permal ( Late - RIP ) the fastest man in Pakistan in >> the 100 Meters during the 1960’s & 1970’s , Yvonne Fernandes > ( National Table Tennis Champion ) , Victor Dlima ( goalkeeper ) & Myself ( >Left Winger ) in Field Hockey in the 1960’s & 70’s. ( 2 Catholics selected >to the Professional Club Teams ( KPT ) till I was there upto 1974 would Not >have had a chance to attain those distinctions ?.however we had to prove >ourselves over and above the thousands of other very talented sportsmen in the >country - and demonstrate that we were indeed National & International Caliber >Athletes in those sports - Having said that there were also a handful of other >very Talented Christians like Michael Rodrigues ( Pakistan Table Tennis Team >Captain in the 1950’s & 60’s ) , >> >> Mennin Soares ( Pakistan Badminton Team in the 1950’s ) and a handful of >> other Post Partition Christians ( both Men & Women ) that excelled in >> Hockey , Badminton , Track & Field etc - > >> It is also true that no matter how outstanding some Athletes are in their >> respective Sports not all of > Them were selected for the Pakistan National , Olympic & World Cup Teams >due to varying reasons ( too many to go into details ) > >> Out of all the names mentioned above I happened to be the only Mangalorean >> Catholic ( the rest were all of Goan / Christian ancestry ) >> | | | | | |
Re: [Goanet] GOA IS MILES AWAY FROM ATTAINING ODF STATUS
We must write to the PM. Bernice Pereira Sent from my iPhone > On 02-Sep-2019, at 6:41 AM, Aires Rodrigues wrote: > > It is absolutely outrageous that the Goa Government has had the rank > audacity to so deceitfully declare Goa as Open Defecation Free (ODF). The > very sordid ground reality is there for all to see with people urinating > and even defecating out in the open everywhere. In the hills, the fields > and along the riverside across Goa we see it all. Even not spared is the > Porvorim slope just below the Government Secretariat which is used by > hordes of laborers to publicly ease themselves. It is also not uncommon > seeing tourists on arrival urinating around the bus terminals due to lack > of proper toilets. Same is the sorry state of affairs even at most > government offices. > > Having miserably failed to deliver on any of its promises from effective > garbage management to safe and smooth roads and adequate medical facilities > to name but a few, the incompetent Goa Government must hang its head in > shame. Nothing more needs to be said on this Government’s failed solemn > promise to the long suffering people of Goa that all the roads would be > free of potholes before this Ganesh Chaturthi. The bottom line is that for > Goa to be Open Defecation Free we would have to first free ourselves from > the rampant corruption that our State is engulfed in. The astute people of > Goa are no fools to be hoodwinked by false facts and figures deviously > released by the Government. > > 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
[Goanet] Looking back at: Open Defecation Free (ODF) and the Bare Buttocks
Beyond the Grave Looking back at: Open Defecation Free (ODF) and the Bare Buttocks For the week which passed (17/7/21-14) when I was alive on Planet Earth. If I recall correctly - and it is not easy as I am no longer on Planet Earth - as a young man I saw a Paolo Pasolini movie in which a number of prisoners were doing their morning ritual. Now, it is not easy for me to check the facts, and boring to look at buttocks from where I am - and waste matter - no doubt important as it allows human beings to stay alive and healthy. While some people accuse movie directors of being obsessed with the natural human biological functions, others claim they have turned it into twenty-first century art. Movie buffs and critics are welcome to debate the issue. All I say is - leave me out! Glad to know all this is behind me ever since I moved house. Be patient, you will have your chance to come over to where we live. No need to hasten your departure by drinking an excess of caju fenny or committing suicide. When the time is right, the apple will fall. Anyway, does Goa have a Paolo Pasolini? Both Italy and Goa are bedrocks of Roman Catholic countries and culture; and, this sort of movie flows smoothly from this sort of psyche. Goan tiatr is influenced by Italian drama, and Goans might have a few more aspects which they share with their Italian brothers and sisters - more than the Portuguese. The government has declared Goa as Open Defecation Free (ODF) a place which is open defecation free and which is also an open lie - as the public knows only too well. Tourists - last year and for years - have eaten in beach shacks where the food is served by waiters who stand and wait; however, the waiters do not have a single toilet to sit on for themselves when they hear the call of nature. As people in Goa know, the owners of the shacks do not allow the waiters to use the seasonal toilets which are for the customers. That the workers cook and serve food to the customers who visit the shacks which do not have toilets for the workers does not at all worry the shack owners nor the government. What about health and hygiene? Will it be the same this year after the false Open Defecation Free (ODP) announcement made by the government? One Goan writer described the scenario on Miramar beach last year of people showing off their buttocks as a 21-gun salute. As he is also a photographer, it might be a good idea to have a photography contest to rebut the utterly false claims of the government. It could be a terrific community project. Maybe, a business house which takes pride in corporate responsibility might want to offer a mobile toilet for the best photograph. This way the government will no doubt get the picture. And - if Goa has a Paolo Pasolini - what some people consider offensive can be changed to hight art, can’t it? If you do not want to see the movie you don’t have to see it but if you do want to see it there is the annual film festival hosted in Goa - and you are welcome. It might win a film award for a Goan director and a place in the Sun. Our sagging tourist footfalls will surely pick up in numbers. The world of art sometimes is not pleasant but then reality can be far worse.
[Goanet] In Margao, parents find hands-on solution to traffic chaos
In Margao, parents find hands-on solution to traffic chaos Read more at: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/70940330.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
[Goanet] Video - Argument against dog fouling on a street in Goa
[Goanet] Villagers for a Clean, Hygienic Tinto in Chandor
For the information and awareness of ChandorCarers and Goa-lovers worldwide September 2, 2019 On Saturday, August 31, when two panchayat and two church fabrica members were trying to mark the spot for a proposed public toilet in the tinto, my wife and I objected. We objected because many of us in our village have unitedly opposed a public toilet here for over a decade, as it will not only contaminate our food and vitiate our shopping experience but will also be an eyesore in the heart of our 'heritage village.' The panchayat and fabrica cannot maintain basic cleanliness and hygiene in the tinto, despite how tiny it is now, but they want to bring in an additional health hazard to add to the mess! It is a disgrace that the church fabrica is shamelessly, and unconscionably, trying to impose a toilet right in front of people's homes, mainly my family's and Mrs. Angela Miranda's. How would you react if someone planted a public toilet right in front of your house, particularly when there are half a dozen secluded corners available elsewhere in the market area and all quite close to the tinto? In fact, the fabrica is not permitting the community toilet in two alternative locations selected by the Chandor panchayat as well, one near the panchayat hall, and the other in the secluded corner in the rear of the church shop-buildings. These are ideal locations for this public amenity in the market area and will inconvenience absolutely no one (photos in following posts). We asked the fabrica members what objection they had to these two sites, but they had no answer. Good sense prevailed, though, and the four officios withdrew from the altercation, and so, for the moment, it seems that the plan to sully our tinto has been stalled. The Chandor panchayat would do well to completely veto any proposal to bring a public toilet into the heart of the tinto. There is no need to take orders from a super-sarpanch, the parish priest foisted on the village by remote controllers. Some Chandorcars in the fabrica and the panchayat seem to have given away the birthright of our own villagers determing the future of our village to the religious mafia of philistine, Mammon-worshippers who have most Catholics in Goa in a pernicious, hypnotic trance. Everyone knows how two parish priests and the fabrica have blocked, over a decade, a public toilet near the school toilet where they place mobile toilets every January during the Three Kings feast fair (see photo above). These two parish priests, including the present one, have told me that they don't want a public toilet here because of the smell they will have to endure. So, they have no scruples to try to push the smell on to the entire village instead! Such is the calibre of the priests who occupy Catholic churches in Goa today! The fabrica is also ignoring proposals made for public toilets to be installed around the football ground and the cemetery. All of these add up to some five to six sites that the parish priest and fabrica are obstructing public toilets in. This, despite the church minting lakhs and lakhs of rupees every year from the market, from the three church shop buildings in the village centre, and from the annual feast fair. But when it comes to ensuring the comfort of the public which provides the church this largesse, it refuses to accept any responsibility. Some thirteeen years ago, Goa's Catholic Church sold away the land that most Catholics in Vanxim island were living on to some real estate company from Bangalore without informing the innocent Vanshikars about it. The Archbishop of Goa, Felipe Neri Ferrao, later admitted that what the Church had done in Vanxim was “morally wrong, but legally correct”! But that didn’t stop the Church once again doing something similar in Vasco some three years ago, leaving no less than 55 families high and dry when it sold the ground their houses were on to another land developer. Most of the people dis-housed were Christian. I have sought a meeting of our villagers with the fabrica to discuss the matter of basic amenities in the village centre. (I will post the letter here soon). We would like this discussion to take place quickly, with as many people attending as possible. Friends in Guirdolim, and ChandorCarers throughout the world, do please also join in. Call or contact me through a Whatsapp message (9923417804) if you want to help set things right. Thank you. Linken Fernandes for Villagers For A Clean, Hygienic Tinto in Chandor (Please share widely in all your groups and networks)
Re: [Goanet] Queen's curse leaves youths from a Chandor ward without brides
On Sunday, September 1, 2019, 01:22:06 p.m. CDT, Bernice Pereira wrote: There was a similar curse in Anjuna on houses which were higher than one floor and, as a kid, my family members gave several examples of how that curse had effected families. But that myth seems to be busted by today’s ruthless builders. -- Folks,As a son of Colvale, let me assure one and all that there are no curses in the village. The village and men are prime candidates for any marital union. It is also acknowledge that some men from the village have super powers. Included in the list is Abbe Faria. Mervyn
Re: [Goanet] WARM GANESH GREETINGS TO YOU ALL
Hi Ayres, If this Hindu god Ganesha removes obstacles, why hasn't he cleared the potholed roads of Goa? And would any Catholic saint like St Jude or Vaz do any better? Time to dump these mythical figures and be self-reliant. Eddie == -Original Message- From: Aires Rodrigues Sent: Sunday, September 1, 2019 2:41 AM To: goanet Subject: [Goanet] VERY WARM GANESH GREETINGS TO YOU ALL In this great Festive Season, let us all very sincerely pray in a extremely special way to Lord Ganesha, the Vigna-harta (remover of obstacles) to please help ease the never ending sufferings of the poor and needy across Goa. After having left the entire State with potholed roads in this festive season, may also those obstacles in the path of the current chronic rogues ruling and ruining the remains of our Goa just multiply manifold. Tathastu, so be it. Aires Rodrigues Advocate High Court 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
[Goanet] GOA IS MILES AWAY FROM ATTAINING ODF STATUS
It is absolutely outrageous that the Goa Government has had the rank audacity to so deceitfully declare Goa as Open Defecation Free (ODF). The very sordid ground reality is there for all to see with people urinating and even defecating out in the open everywhere. In the hills, the fields and along the riverside across Goa we see it all. Even not spared is the Porvorim slope just below the Government Secretariat which is used by hordes of laborers to publicly ease themselves. It is also not uncommon seeing tourists on arrival urinating around the bus terminals due to lack of proper toilets. Same is the sorry state of affairs even at most government offices. Having miserably failed to deliver on any of its promises from effective garbage management to safe and smooth roads and adequate medical facilities to name but a few, the incompetent Goa Government must hang its head in shame. Nothing more needs to be said on this Government’s failed solemn promise to the long suffering people of Goa that all the roads would be free of potholes before this Ganesh Chaturthi. The bottom line is that for Goa to be Open Defecation Free we would have to first free ourselves from the rampant corruption that our State is engulfed in. The astute people of Goa are no fools to be hoodwinked by false facts and figures deviously released by the Government. 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
[Goanet] Fwd: Song for the day....Elvis Presley - Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello (HQ)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QUMsGWIb2M G -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
