*** Goanet News Bytes * Aug 16, 2005 * Mumbai's little Goa... Zuari bridge plans ... useful email contacts
## # Don't just read the news...discuss it. Learn more about Goa via Goanet # # Goanet was setup in 1994 and has spent the last decade building a # # lasting Goan non-profit, volunteer-driven network in cyberspace. # # Visit the archives http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/ # # To join, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and ask to join Goanet. # ## [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded 1994 e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ by Herman 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Carneiro "88_88" | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 -- / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 www.goanet.org Cb "88_-~ "88_-888 888 888 "88___/ "88_/ Y8""8D [GOANET NEWS BYTES * AUG 16 2005 * DATELINE GOA] * Compiled in public interest by Frederick Noronha *** o Tuskers will be tranquilised if 'kunkis' (tame elephants) fail in their task. If operations to use the tamed elephants specially brought in from Karnataka, fail to drive off the 'trouble-making' three elephants plaguing the Nadora-Sal belt of north-east Goa, then the government is likely to go in for tranquilisers. The 'kunkis' made several attempts to befriend members of their tribe who strayed into Goa, but have met with no positive response as of now, officials say. (Herald) o Rane reviews progress on Independence Day, and says his government is committed to Goa's development with equity, unity, brotherhood and secularism. (H) GOA NEGLECTED SCIENTIFIC GARBAGE DISPOSAL: In the September 2002 issue of Goa Today, I had at length described how the Goa government had neglected the scientific disposal of garbage in Goa. I had indicated how the lackadaisical approach of successive governments had resulted in comunidade land being used as dump sites by five-star hotels and industries in Goa. These large establishments employ private contractors to clear off the hotel or factory waste and quietly and surreptitiously dump the garbage from hotels and industries on hill slopes, forests, comunidade properties, vacant government land and on the beaches of Goa Today, the entire Goa is a dumpyard for garbage, sewage sludge and industrial waste. -- Dr Joe D'Souza, in Herald. MUMBAI'S LITTLE GOA STRUGGLES TO RECOVER FROM FLOODS: St Anthony's Homes Society in the middle class suburb of Chembur is a plot owners' society formed by several Goans who came to what was then known as Bombay in the 1940s. These Goans who had made a mark for themselves in the city had bought sevral acres of land in the village of Chembur, and formed themselves into a co-operative society. Goans are spread all over Mumbai... one of them John D'Souza, did not live to tell his tale as he gave his life trying to rescue little children. -- Arvind Pinto in Herald. Goy basla jwalamukhicher, pun prashashan maat ghoreta. (Goa is on the precipice, but the administration is snoring, cover story in the Konkani monthly Bimb) o Plans for constructing a cable-stayed bridge across the River Zuari continues to remain at a standstill as the approval of the Central Government is yet to be obtained, official sources in the public-works department said. (H) o Cops continue tirade against gambling dens in Vasco. (H) o None of the seven panchayat members of Uguem panchayat in Sanguem turned up for the flag-hosting. Only at 9.15 am, after a phone call, one panchayat member came to the venue, much to the anger of villagers. (H) o Environment minister Dr Wilfred de Souza inaugurate a lab of the Goa State Pollution Control Board at Dempo Towers, EDC Complex today. (H) o Forest officials seized a squirrel and four parrots from a young lad sitting on the pavements near the Navelim junction, with the intention of selling them. (H) o Finance department to undergo major changes in Goa. Officials from the cadre of the Reserve Bank of India, Indian Economic Service and other states or central service are likely to be appointed. (H) o 88 mining leases in Goa are left unexploited, assembly told.(H) o 15 passenger hurt as speeding Kadamba bus goes off the road, turns turtle at Agassaim. (H) o Forest department undertook a cleaning operation at three main points of the dense forest at Nadora, where wild elephants have been playing hide-and-seek. (H) o Stress, irregular diet plaguing Goa police, says doctor. (H) o Goan 19-year-old violin talented teenager Sa
*** Goanet Reader: Don't treat women like a piece of flesh... (Bailancho Saad)
## # Don't just read the news...discuss it. Learn more about Goa via Goanet # # Goanet was setup in 1994 and has spent the last decade building a # # lasting Goan non-profit, volunteer-driven network in cyberspace. # # Visit the archives http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/ # # To join, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and ask to join Goanet. # ## DON'T TREAT WOMEN LIKE A PIECE OF FLESH, WAITING TO BE CASHED-IN ON Does Goa need to rush in to become the land of crimes against women? By Bailancho Saad-Goa Newspapers and the other print and electronic media are increasingly blaring advertisements derogatory to women. Huge hoardings along Goa's highways with advertisements derogatory to women are standing witnesses to the degeneration that has set in in the companies, advertising agencies, hoarding owners and publishing houses who make a fast buck by using women in suggestive postures. These women are either fully clothed, without clothing or with very little clothing. The captions are such that it gives ample room for the advertiser to denigrate women and at the same time escape from the law, as captions are subject to interpretation. No action is taken; women continue to be exploited. This has severe repercussions on the hard-won rights of women. Women are leered at and jeered at. They are humiliated and treated as sex objects. They are blamed for enticing men. Any woman or girl who is sexually assaulted is equated to the woman, as projected in the ad, who *must* have invited it. Overall, the average woman does not easily get support from society until she proves beyond doubt. The net result is that women are advised to stay indoors. Their movements are severely restricted. Moral pundits cry hoarse for a dress code for women, thus further blatantly violating her human rights. Goa's tourism industry, with the active connivance of successive Governments has promoted Goa as a land of fun where seducing women await, where alcohol flows freely, where casinos invite you to test your "lady luck". These advertisements have severely battered the image of women in Goa and are paying a heavy price. The flesh trade in Goa thrives from the customers these advertisements bring. The Government of Goa is all set to set-up the Special Economic Zone (SEZ). In these zones the laws of the land do not apply. If this trend is allowed to continue, Goa will soon be known as the land of vices and crimes against women. Readers in Goa have probably seen the advertisement reading "Levi’s sale upto 50% off" written across a photograph of a nude woman, which appeared on the back-page of Navhind Times dated August 6, 2005. Readers have probably also seen the recently-launched Kingfisher Airlines ad wherein a bikini clad woman lies sprawled in the Navhind Times, Herald and Gomantak Times between August 8 to 15, several times. There are no indications that this ad will be withdrawn. The same ad appears on the hoardings too. These ads can no longer be dismissed as the outcome of simply a kinky mind. They are derogatory and trample on the rights of women. They are an assault on womanhood and humanity. Women's collective Bailancho Saad has lodged a complaint against the company, ad agency and publishers of newspapers advertisement under the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act. Under the Act, the "indecent representation of women" means the depiction in any manner of the figure of a woman, her form or body or any part thereof in such way as to have the effect of being indecent, or derogatory to, or denigrating women, or is likely to deprave, corrupt or injure the public morality or morals. You can protest too. Some ways you can make your voice heard: * Participating in the signature campaign urging the authorities to take action; * Supporting the demand to the Goa Government to notify the Gazetted Officer under the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act to effect seizures of such material; * Write to the local dailies not to publish derogatory advertisements. Let them know that this is strongly disapproved and let the public know that there are other citizens who share the same sense of disapproval; * Countering these ads with your impressions of the need to preserve the self-esteem of women and girls; * Exposing the double standards of the powers that be that see nothing wrong in these advertisements even as they inflict the worst possible human rights violations against women in the name of preserving the
*** Goanet News Bytes * Aug 10, 2005 * Matanhy Saldanha disqualified * Vasco fire kills four * Goa looks at monorail (delayed)
## # Don't just read the news...discuss it. Learn more about Goa via Goanet # # Goanet was setup in 1994 and has spent the last decade building a # # lasting Goan non-profit, volunteer-driven network in cyberspace. # # Visit the archives http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/ # # To join, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and ask to join Goanet. # ## Apologies if you're reciving this in duplicate. It appears to not reached some readers. FN [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded 1994 e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ by Herman 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Carneiro "88_88" | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 -- / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 www.goanet.org Cb "88_-~ "88_-888 888 888 "88___/ "88_/ Y8""8D [GOANET NEWS BYTES * AUG 10 2005 * DATELINE GOA] * Compiled in public interest by Frederick Noronha *** o Matanhy Saldanha has been disqualified as an MLA of the Goa assembly, on the eve of an assembly session. The Cortalim MLA says he plans to move the high court. His United Goans Democratic Party welcomed the move. (H) Disqualified MLA Matanhy says he was "very happy" about the verdict. (GT) o Four burnt alive in Vasco. Prime accused nabbed in Karnataka. Two women and a minor girl belonging to a family were allegedly burnt alive by the paramour of one of the dead women. Roopsing Naik (35), his wife Ratna (30) and nine-year-old daughter Neela and an unidentified woman -- all natives of Bagalkot -- were burnt in their sleep. (NT) GT says, Jilted paramour burns 4 of a family in Vasco. (GT) o Goa cabinet approves the setting of a mono-rail service connecting Mapusa, Panjim and Margao. Rane expects this to be complete in 18 months, and done on the lines of those in Malaysia and Thailand. (H) Says the Navhind: Sky-bus gives way to Monorail. (NT) o VAT, value-added-tax on feni and Indian Made Foreign Liquor to be reduced "so as to boost liquor sale in the state". (NT) o Goa lags behind on IT front. (NT) Travel companies are keeping their fingers crossed over the fear of negative feedback reaching Europe on the garbage crisis in Goa. Chief minister Rane said the overflowing and scattered garbage and the foul smell emitted from untreated garbage will definitely affect tourism in Goa, as nobody wants to visit a dirty city. Rane said that a solution might be expensive, but "at the end we have to pay for the garbage we generate". He added, "We have to segregate garbage and ensure that the Act banning the use of plastic is strictly implemented in the state."GT Mapusa, Panjim stinks as garbage keeps mounting. (GT) Verna garbage dumping fiasco: CCP commissioner o Industrial Development Corporation authorities blocked road to Verna garbage dump. The road to the interior of the Verna industrial estate was blocked with stones, to avoid the entry of trucks loaded with garbage. (NT) o Calangute police arrested six women on suspicion of their being involved in the flesh trade. Mapusa police were unable to prove their guilt, since their arrest was forced by agitating villagers and "police did not have time to set a trap for them". (NT) o Police sub-inspector "Felix da Lima, retired PSI, was granted bail in a case of misappropriation of arms and ammunition from the armoury at the police HQ. D'Lima was in charge of the armoury when the guns went missing between 2001 and 2003. (NT) o Minorities unsafe under Congress rule, says Arlekar. (NT) o Melvyn Vaz posted as Margao chief officer. (Herald) o New NGO to fight corruption in government office. Called the Zero Tolerance Corruption Compliant (ZTCC). Paul Robert Clarkson, a resident of Harmalkar Residency, Saligao, and Noel Fernandes, an architect, explained their version of the incident that took place at the office of the deputy collector Agnelo Fernandes. (H) o Ex-Cortalim sarpanch, secretary face probe over irregularities. (H) o Sucorro takes to streets for water. (H) Nursing college opened at Victor Medical and Research Foundation.H o Power supply to Calvim will be improved soon, promises Narvekar. (GT) o Bailancho Saad flays companies for exploiting women to sell their products. (GT) ARLEM, monsoon five-a-side football festival at SAG Grounds, Airport Road, Chicalim on Sunday Aug 14, 9 am onwards. Entry fee Rs 200. At least one person of the opposite gender will play. 98221 50813 o Kunki (tamed) elephants to be put on the job from today (in evicting the wild
