Re: [Goanet] One happy familiy again!
Dear Floriano-bab, Why do you think otherwise about Oscar-bab? That photo in GT report may be an old one. Every second person walking in Goa is a politician. If you say no one should be friends with politicians, your Goa Suraj party people will also be lonely. Best regards, Diogo --- On Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 11:27:16 +0530 From: "floriano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Goanet] One happy familiy again! I have read the GT report. But I don't detect any warmth, neither in that report, nor on the charming/smiling face - heart of the GBA Convenor. I, along with the entire Goa want to believe Dr. Oscar Rebello that GBA is really united. Hope he really means what he has said. Contrary to what Dr. Oscar Rebello has said in his brief report (GT), I strongly believe that: Goa will be united if Goans unite, leaving aside their personal agendas and agendas of their media/builder cronies and politician friends. floriano goasuraj - Original Message - From: "Miguel Braganza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Dears, > > Those who were genuinely worried about Goa and interested in the > wellbeing of the GBA, please read GT page 1 today, 03 June,2008. > > " The Goa Bachao Abhiyan [GBA] is solidly united and will continue to > remain so as long as Goa is united" Dr. Oscar Rebello, Convener GBA. Bollywood, fun, friendship, sports and more. You name it, we have it on http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/bestofyahoo/
[Goanet] Goa People's Assembly
Dear Goanetters, What is all this confusion? Which Dr. Rajan? One Rajan is photgrapher, other Rajan is Editor. Is Rajan Cunciolienkar, Supdt of GMC a doctor? I thought he was a bureacrat from Secretariat. Why Goan Observer write nothing about GPA? Otherwise that Rajan write tomorrow's story yesterday! Why will GPA be like Lok Shakti? I thought Lok shakti was an Advertising Agency for NRI Goan professionals like Rajan, and that Virgincar fellow who used to write sometinmes on goanet before. I think Floriano can guide us. He somehow knows all these rascals. How come Rajan Parikar become Director in Peaceful Society? I thought there was some Kumar or someone in Peaceful Society, or was that Satan Sonsta or something in Ponda that is doing all the anti-Muslim exhibitions and anti-Narkasur or Diwali protests every year? Best wishes, Diogo Date: 14 Jun 2008 11:24:49 - From: "Satyawan Govekar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Goa People's Assembly Rajan bab had got angry with me because I said that GBA is good. Now he is doing another group called GPA. GBA - GPA. It cannot be just like that. I am going to come and see which activists are going to come to do air conditioned activism in Hotel Mandovi Hall. Maybe Nova Goa was not available. Anyway it is good if this GPA will first look at the illegal construction of the Convention Hall of Mandovi, and then they will look at Conversion of riverfront space meant for sitting for old and young people into Riveiara Event Deck. And last there is mining by the Kenis. We Goans will not be cheated like this by politicians. This GPA will be another Lok Shakti. Only sad thing is good people like Rajan are wasting their time and money on them. Dr Rajan will be another Dr Francis Colaco. Good man in wrong place. Satyamev Jayate --- On Thu, 6/12/08, Rajan P. Parrikar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > June 12, 2008 > A Goa People's Assembly has been convened to confront the issue: > Construction, Conversion & Mining - A threat to Goa's survival > This event will be held on Monday, 16th June 2008, in the > Convention Hall at Hotel Mandovi, Panjim from 3.30 p.m. to 6 p.m. This event is being facilitated by the Centre for Panchayati Raj - > Peaceful Society, Kundaim. > Soter D?Souza > Director > Centre for Panchayati Raj End of Goanet Digest, Vol 3, Issue 724 ** Bring your gang together. Do your thing. Find your favourite Yahoo! group at http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/
[Goanet] ToI exposes politician-mining nexus in Goa 22 June, 2008
Dear Netters, Manohar Parrikar's Press Mangement Engine seems to be in DENIAL MODE as the BJP bus slowly moves downhill. He makes frivilous statements and then promptly denies them. He says he has dumped Babush Monserrate, but he has taken Babush Monserrate to Delhi TWICE in attempts to topple the Digamber Government. Next month will be the FIRST DEATH ANNIVERSARY of the Goa Democratic Alliance [GDA], the still born child of Parrikar's unholy alliance. this year they tried to get a MAJORITY in the Goa People's Assembly [GPA] because the majority keeps eluding tyhem in the Goa Legislative Assembly [GLA] as one netter has pointed out. DDA, GPA, GLA. Nothing seems to work for poor Parrikar. May be he should forget his RSS pride and apply for membership of the GBA. The Goa Bachao Andolan seems to be working quite sucessfully. It also doe not need to go to Delhi to succeed in Goa, unlike the Congress and BJP leaders in Goa. May be the time has come for the GBA to have a political party. Chicken shakuti and caju feni is nice in the rainy season. Can also eat some ponos because it is St. Juan time. Perhaps Parrikar can host it. He seems to know where to get funds to float 500 NGOs. One wonder if he knows how to run them or whether he will import technology from Gujarat or Chhatishgarh or from the USA. They say he has sent some people for training under George W. Bush. Some one was telling me that the Dr. Anil deSa who spoke at some rally in Panaji and gave some computers or LCDs to some Sarkari Shala in Shirvoi Verem or something near Ponda is back in Goa. Sheer waste of money. shala having maximum drop outs in Goa. I think he is a relative of the old NIO Director and doing some project for Syngenta or something that owns the Santa Monica boat cruises that also go to some Spice Farm in his village. Farmers now using lotsa chemicals, they say. Bad for health. Dr. Anil must be knowing it also if he is medical doctor. Best wishes. Diogo --- On Mon, 23/6/08, Shiv Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> wrote: > Subject: ToI exposes politician-mining nexus in Goa > Date: Monday, 23 June, 2008, 6:04 PM > This report appeared in the June 22 edition of Times of > India Goa. Story is accessible only on the epaper. > > The report highlights how Goa's notorious mine owners > have the politicians, police and the media in their pockets. It is a > story worth following for the national media especially since > Goan politicians are tarring environmental groups with the > naxalite brush. > > Just to let everyone know, under the laws enacted by the > former Portuguese rulers, people may own land and the houses, etc > built on the land. But if a mining concession is given to a company, > it has all the right to open up the land and extract ore even while > the title for the land remains with the original owner. However a lot of > mining concessions granted in the 1950s were not operated due to > the poor quality of ore found in the region. But the boom in Chinese > exports has opened a market for even the low quality ore. > > So homes and hearths in villages of Sanguem, Sanvordem and > other talukas of Goa are being opened up. > -Shiv Kumar > > - - - - - - > > Naxal bogey raised to quell agitations > > Activists Allege Hand Of Government And Opposition In > Suppressing > Anti-Mining Protests By Those Affected > > Raju Nayak | TNN > > Panaji: Politicians playing into the hands of mine owners > once again are raising the bogey of Naxalism to blunt the people's > agitations against mining activities in the state, say leading > environmentalists of Goa. > On Thursday, BJP leader Manohar Parrikar, chairing a > meeting of the Goa Legislative Assembly ad hoc committee on home, had > claimed that a group of people with "CPI(ML) links" were working > in the state's mining belt. Parrikar's opposition to the protests came > as > a surprise to many since the BJP had so far been supporting > protesters in a bid to embarrass the government. > "Both the ruling party and the opposition are now > united on one issue, opposing the anti-mining protests," said an > activist. "They are now both with the mining lobby," alleged another > activist. > Buying politicians, keeping control over the local > panchayats, and giving trucks to the important locals are the several > tricks of the mine owners. Earlier they used to build temples to please > the villagers. > Sebastian Rodrigues of Siolim, who was among those > branded as a naxalite, said terrorism is actually operating in the form > of mining. "We are fighting against their terrorism," he > said. > Gavas says many of the protesters have been physically > attacked and a few killed in suspected accidents that were stage-managed > by the mining lobby Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:59:33 +0530 From: "Goanet News" Subject: [Goanet] OFFICIAL REPORT: Goa legislature secretariat ad hoc committee on Home
Re: [Goanet] Boys v/s Girls
Happy St. Jerome feast to all Mapshemkars. Today is the St. Jerome feast in Mapusa but the St. Jerome Youth Association does not seem to be alive enough to conduct a Quiz competition like it used to do in the 1970s to 1990s. Miguel and Cecil wrote about their quizzing days. Now they seem to have retired from the scene and writing in some newspapers only. Why can't they organize something for the youngsters?? I read in the newspapers that St. Mary's High School organized a Inter-School Quiz Competition and was happy that at last something was happening in Mapusa. My joy was short lived: it was St. Mary's High School, Ponda! Last year, the BMX, a Toronto-Canada based association of St. Britto, St. Mary's and St. Xaviers ex-students organized a inter-Higher Sec. School Quiz that was nice. This year it is not having any event in Goa and so there is no Quiz also. There is no plan on their website. No updates also. It would be nice if some association in Mapusa could organize a competition to encourage the students to be interested in the world around them. Is any out there listening?? Best regards, Diogo
[Goanet] Goa shifting into election mode for Assembly after municipality
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Goanet joins Noel Rebello to raise money for Daddy's Home (Margao, Goa) Sponsor Noel as he climbs Mt. Kilimanjaro (5,882m or 19,298 ft) Make a donation at www.Goanet.org, click on MAKE A DONATION, state "Daddy's Home" in the Donation comments For more information see: http://bit.ly/SupportDaddysHome --- Dear Goenkars, Today's Navhind Times has some very tricky news that could fox even the "kolo" from Saligao. See http://www.navhindtimes.in/goa-news/cardozo-firm-son-contesting-civic-election A very interesting development is taking place in the backstreets of Madgaon: Mama ieta ani koko dita. Diggu-bab seems to be playing "spot fixer" and giving Mama's boy a "spot" in the MMC in exchange for Mama's support for his "blue eyed boy" getting a chance to contest and win. "Social engineering" is being taken to another level of corruption. In case Damu-bab of BJP does not want to contest on Congress ticket in the land of Dam-bab of Madgaon near Pimpalkatta, or if there is a need to play spoil sport for Churchill bab in Navelim that now extends all the way to Davorlim, there ia an alternative candidate ready and waiting. Politics make strange bad fellows and politics cannot get worser than this.Everyone is becoming either a "social worker" or a "social activist". The word "anti-social" does not exist any more in Goa's dictionary. Everybody is so social in Goa. Tch! Tch! Do not criticize the Madgaonkars. They are getting all set to rock Goa with Konkani on the border of Fatorda grounds. Sachchi church hill, I am not joquim. Madgaon Moti dongra sokol-u Monti festu challuch asa-u. Best regards, Diogo Cardozo firm on son contesting civic election Published on: September 18, 2010 - 01:03 MARGAO: Reacting to accusations of spot-fixing for the upcoming municipality elections, two local politicians — longtime Congressman and three time MLA and ex-councillor, Mr Alex Cardozo and the Goa Pradesh Congress Committee general secretary, Mr Vijay Sardessai, involved in the meeting brokered by the Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat, reacted in two different ways. While Mr Vijai Sardessai said that he was only involved in a very limited way as these elections were "not fought on party lines," Mr Alex Cardozo said his son was contesting from ward number 9 in Fatorda come what may. But, ironically, as if to prove that this was just a sideshow for the main event to follow – that of the Legislative Assembly elections - the meeting laid the framework for the combinations and permutations within Fatorda constituency adding some weight to the observation by many political observers that elections could follow the final round of municipality elections slated for somewhere around March next year. This meeting could even affect the neighbouring Nuvem constituency given the history of last time’s elections as both are dominated by ST voters. Mr Cardozo said that he had gone for the meeting on the express request of the Chief Minister "The reason is that Vijay and I are not on good terms because of the last elections. And, the Chief Minister said being Congressmen we should meet, so we met," he told media. But, what was pertinent was that he said that he would support the GPCC general secretary if he was the Congress candidate this time. "I have given assurance that my son will not stand this time (for Assembly)," he said. But, as if to put a point across, he argued that he wanted "our people to be represented properly. I want every person to be given representation." He was very adamant that the people who were with him for past 20 years should be given recognition. "If I am given recognition alone, it is no use. I cannot work alone. I need these people too," he said. Going back on the municipal elections round the corner, he categorically stated that he was only interested in promoting his engineer son from ward number 9 (MMC) of Fatorda constituency. "I am fielding my son on ward number 9. Hundred per cent I am going to do that. He is an engineer," he told media. Mr Sardessai, the contender for the Fatorda Congress ticket, told media that he and Mr Cardozo had met as Congressmen belittling the "setting accusation." "If Mama Cardozo meets me it is because he is the vice president of the Congress party and I am the general secretary," he said. He was also categorical that he was not floating a panel this time. "I am not floating a panel this time," and professed that he was all for reservations done in a "transparent" manner.
