Re: [Goanet] Goa police hunt for Aussie, accused of cheating travel firms

[Tony de Sa]

 Joe lOBO tw...@pathcom.com :

Gabe,
 In  answer  to  your  question :  What  are the  chances of of  a goan
getting  so much credit.. ? 
   Zilch, Nothing, Nil !!
  Maybe   those  goan businessmen  and  shopkeepers  who  rush  to  serve
any white-skinned person ahead  of   local  goans who are  patiently
waiting for  service, will learn a lesson from this  episode.

COMMENT:

Joe, Gabe,

The way our Goans from Pernem to Canacona run after the white skinned is
disgusting. Starts at the airport with the cabbies. They rub their hands in
glee. Here comes a 'bakra', easy meat. Then it goes on to the hotels and
resorts where the room boys and the waiters and captains and stewards and
managers and the whole lot of them fall at their feet. Each of these has a
specific target. With some, it is the lure of sexual gratification, with
others it is the tips and yet others how they can milk the milch cows who
are captive and receptive to their baits.

Take Souza Lobo's at Calangute. At one time it used to be a favourite for
good Goan food. For the past so many years, a few of us locals have been
avoiding the place like plague. Given the fact that the place is packed with
'Goras', you have the hope of a celluloid candle in hell of getting service.
There have been instances when tables have been booked in advance but these
have been taken with impunity and given to a group of goras.

Any other service sector is the same.

The way our locals bend backwards sickens me.

Strangers in our own land is a good title for a story.

-- 
Tony de Sa   tonydesa at gmail dot com

Re: [Goanet] Goa police hunt for Aussie, accused of cheating travel firms

[Joe lOBO]

Gabe,
 In  answer  to  your  question :  What  are the  chances of of  a goan 
getting  so much credit.. ? 

   Zilch, Nothing, Nil !!
  Maybe   those  goan businessmen  and  shopkeepers  who  rush  to  serve 
any white-skinned person ahead  of   local  goans who are  patiently 
waiting for  service, will learn a lesson from this  episode.
- Original Message - 
From: Gabe Menezes gabe.mene...@gmail.com

To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 4:34 AM
Subject: [Goanet] Goa police hunt for Aussie,accused of cheating travel 
firms




Goa police hunt for Aussie, accused of cheating travel firmsPTI | 12:07
PM,Jul 07,2011

Panaji, Jul 7 (PTI) Goa Police are searching for an Australian national,
Sean Demont, who has been accused of cheating several businessmen in the
state's South district. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) Umesh 
Gaonkar
said the Aussie has been accused of cheating in several instances 
including

non-payment of air ticket money to a travel firm. Gaonkar said the
complaints against Demont had started pouring from coastal Colva police
station since beginning of this year, when he failed to pay Rs 17 lakh 
that

he owed to a travel agency. The DySP said that Timoty Colaco living in
Benaulim village complained to local police station that Demont defaulted
the payment of travel bills. Similar complaint was filed by another local
Cristina Rebello, who had accused that she was cheated by him for Rs 2.68
lakh. Another lady, F Pereira has lodged complaint with Colva police 
stating

that Demont had borrowed Rs 23.5 lakh from her, which he never returned.
Gaonkar said that the police are investigating the background of Demont, 
who
has been living in South Goa since some months. He is missing and we are 
on

look out for him, the DySP said. Police sources said that the Australian
national was earlier apprehended by police in a accident case in Colva
village in March 2011. After the accident, Demont had lodged complaint 
with

the Inspector General of Police (IGP) accusing local police of attaching
huge amount of cash and other items from his car without issuing him a
receipt.


COMMENT: From the Travel agents to the crook to the Police. What are the
chances of a Goan getting so much credit to buy tickets?
--
DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.