Re: [Goanet] 150th anniversary of Portuguese postage stamp

2003-07-02 Thread Albert P Da Cruz
Dear Jorge, Thank you for your article on Postage stamps. Could you please let me know how many Goans were honoured by having stamps dedicated to them over the 150 years of its existence. I am aware of Postage stamps issued to commemorate the memory of Dr. Gama Pinto who helped save the sight of a

Re: [Goanet] Nomination of Candidates for Goenchem Prize

2003-07-02 Thread Auspicio F.M.Rodrigues
Well done Cip! I share your sentiments Hope this will not end up as one big Fokann that Goans have been subject to,by anybody exploiting the Nostalgic sentiments of those who share a feeling of comradeship with others having the same roots. We hope that truely the committee of Cyber- Goans espouses

[Goanet] Re: Cip's Questions about Goenchem Prize

2003-07-02 Thread Santosh Helekar
Cipriano wrote: > >Further, as a matter of interest just want to know who has appointed >the so called "A committee of cyber-Goans" > Cipriano, The current committee members are mostly self-appointed, or more accurately they became members because they expressed an interest in the prize, both

[Goanet] Ken

2003-07-02 Thread Joaquim Cardozo
Hi Joel, Kindly write to Mr. Nair that there's no more land for sale in GOA or else tell him you're on a long vacation. Thanx. JC   On Sat, 28 Jun 2003 10:03:19 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Hi Joel,Great job putting the news letter together!I was wondering if there is a site we could go to looking

[Goanet] South Asia and economic cooperation

2003-07-02 Thread Eduardo Faleiro
SOUTH ASIA AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION It is a great pleasure to be here in the Kingdom of Nepal and in this historic city of Kathmandu. Its glorious artistic and architectural heritage places it among the most beautiful cities in the world. I am grateful to the B.P. Koirala Foundation and to the N

[Goanet] Some writing from St Xavier's ...

2003-07-02 Thread St Xavier's College
ST. XAVIER'S COLLEGE NEWS BULLETIN VOL. IV - NO. 3 - MAPUSA - GOA - MAY 2003 >From the Principal's Desk One more academic year comes to an end, and with it the last issue of Xavierwrite sees the light of the day, thanks to our editorial team. In 2002-2003, three issues of Xavierwrite were brou

[Goanet] NEWS: India should have cultural centre in Nepal: Congress MP

2003-07-02 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
India should have cultural centre in Nepal: Congress MP By Sudeshna Sarkar, Indo-Asian News Service Kathmandu, July 2 (IANS) India should have a cultural centre in Nepal to build on the strong bonds between the countries, says a visiting Indian MP. "We have cultural centres in places like Maurit

Re: [Goanet] Re: Nomination of Candidates for Goenchem Prize

2003-07-02 Thread Bernado Colaco
What happens when Goanet does not want to publish a true story? Colaço > > Hi George: > > The purpose of this prize is to reward folks who > expose specific harms > caused by actions or practices carried out by > somebody in the public > arena. It has nothing to do with private beliefs and >

[Goanet] Shri Manohar 02 JULY 2003: GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS

2003-07-02 Thread Gabe Menezes
"STATEMENT ON JUDGES REPORTED OUT OF CONTEXT": The Chief Minister, Manohar Parrikar, has said that his statement on the judges was reported out of context. Reacting to the media reports on an Open Session on "Crimes against Women" on Sunday, Mr Parrikar aid at no stage did he make any comment on th

[Goanet] Change-over from Goatelecom to Sancharnet

2003-07-02 Thread tonyca
Effective 1st. July all subscribers to Goatelecom have had their accounts tranferred to Sancharnet and those of us registered as members of the Goanet Mailing List with Goatelecom addresses have yet to hear from the Adminsitration Team as to what happens to our membership. Will our addresses be

Re: [Goanet] Nomination of Candidates for Goenchem Prize

2003-07-02 Thread Joe Vaz
--- In Goanet2003, "Santosh Helekar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The winner will be chosen from nominees who have addressed the above issues by taking actions such as: 1. Publicly exposing a cult, superstition,… The prize will consist of a citation plaque and Rs. 13,666 (Thirteen thousand six

[Goanet] Crime And Punishment in Goa.

2003-07-02 Thread Goa Desc
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Re: [Goanet] RE: Goan culture: World Goa Day

2003-07-02 Thread Jorge/Livia de Abreu Noronha
From: Gilbert Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Tuesday, July 01, 2003 12:53 PM > > You have a point Pat. Historically speaking the birthday of Goa is May > 30- which as you well know is designated as Goa Day. < If I may say so, Gilbert, May 30 is the birth day of Goa as a state, and therefore it i

Re: [Goanet] REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN GOA

2003-07-02 Thread Veronica Soares
Yes, I was wondering if there is any web site for Real eastate agency in Goa, that deal with Sale /buying properties, apartments or houses, or are interest in giving out flat/ houses on rental basis. If there are many is it possible to get a few web sites address and does Goa have a white/Yello

Re: [Goanet] 02 JULY 2003: GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS

2003-07-02 Thread Jorge/Livia de Abreu Noronha
From: Joel D'Souza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wednesday, July 02, 2003 6:49 AM > GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS > 02 July 2003 > > > PRINCIPLE DIRECTOR: The State government created a new post of Principle > Director of Information, Film and Publicity yesterday. The charge of the new > post has been hand

Re: [Goanet] Change-over from Goatelecom to Sancharnet

2003-07-02 Thread Joe Vaz
---Tony Correia-Afonso.<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Effective 1st. July all subscribers to Goatelecom have had their accounts tranferred to Sancharnet and those of us registered as members of the Goanet Mailing List with Goatelecom addresses have yet to hear from the Adminsitration Team as to w

[Goanet] NEWS-EXPATS: Man held for trafficking girls to the Middle East

2003-07-02 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Man held for trafficking girls to the Middle East >From Indo-Asian News Service New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Delhi Police Wednesday said they had arrested a man who lured girls from poor families with the promise of jobs in the Middle East and forced them into prostitution. Shesh Nath Mishra, 40, wh

[Goanet] Re: Questions on the Goenchem Prize

2003-07-02 Thread Chimbelcho
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Hope this will not end up as one big Fokann that Goans have been subject > to,by anybody exploiting the Nostalgic sentiments of those who share a > feeling of comradeship with others having the same roots. > We hope that truely the committee of Cyber- Goans espouses

RE: [Goanet] Nomination of Candidates for Goenchem Prize

2003-07-02 Thread C Fernandes
The fact is that some of these 13 members of so called "A committee of cyber-Goans" have a history of being EGOCENTRIC. Few years ago, so called "International Goan Committee" was formed and the posts of President and Vice-President was kept reserved undemocratically for themselves (I am not sure

Re: [Goanet] RE: Goan culture: World Goa Day

2003-07-02 Thread Joe Vaz
"Jorge/Livia de Abreu Noronha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Another appropriate date would be January 16, to honour the day in 1967 when by a majority vote Goans decided against the merger of the territory with Maharastra and so upheld the distinct identity of Goa. After all, the main purpose of

Re: [Goanet] Change-over from Goatelecom to Sancharnet

2003-07-02 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
On behalf of the admin team: We've been discussing the possibilities of a mass switchover from [EMAIL PROTECTED] to [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is possible, using Mailman, the Free Software solution we're working on. One problem would be that those who have got their address changed irregularly,

RE: [Goanet] Nomination of Candidates for Goenchem Prize

2003-07-02 Thread Tariq Siddiqui
On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, C Fernandes wrote: > > The fact is that some of these 13 members of so called "A committee of > cyber-Goans" have a history of being EGOCENTRIC. Few years ago, so called > "International Goan Committee" was formed and the posts of President and > Vice-President was kept reserv

[Goanet] Exchange Rates

2003-07-02 Thread Bosco D'Mello
Exchange rates from http://finance.yahoo.com 1 Foreign Currency = Indian Rupees (INR) __ USD - US Dollar= 46.31 EUR - Euro = 53.45 GBP - British Pound= 77.06 AUD - Australian Dollar= 31.55 BHD - Bahraini Dinar

Re: [Goanet] Rain, rain everywhere but not a drop to drink anywhere!

2003-07-02 Thread Gabe Menezes
Okay I accept Minguel's superior knowledge in RWH. What comments I make are what I have read elsewhere. I would think though that if we are to build increased ponds check-dams etc. then there will be a lot of water around which in turn will encourage mosquitoes. This is already becoming a serious p

[Goanet] Re: Cip's unjustified fears

2003-07-02 Thread Santosh Helekar
In a message dated 7/2/03 2:01:32 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >The fact is that some of these 13 members of so called "A committee >of cyber-Goans" have a history of being EGOCENTRIC. >.. >The hidden agenda ma

RE: [Goanet] RE: Goan culture: World Goa Day

2003-07-02 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
Hi Jorge, Thanks for pointing out the technical distinction. May 30th is indeed 'Goa Statehood Day' and not "Goa Day". But with all due respect, you have totally missed the point I was making. My point is May 30 is legally designated as Goa's birthday like the July 4 for USA and August 15 for India

Re: [Goanet] 150th anniversary of Portuguese postage stamp

2003-07-02 Thread Jorge/Livia de Abreu Noronha
From: Albert P Da Cruz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wednesday, July 02, 2003 7:35 AM > Dear Jorge, > Thank you for your article on Postage stamps. > Could you please let me know how many Goans were honoured by having stamps > dedicated to them over the > 150 years of its existence. > I am aware of Post

[Goanet] Re: Goenchem Prize

2003-07-02 Thread Basilio
This is in reference to Goenchem Prize. The word "cyber-goans" is used to identify this group not because it represents goanet cyber community or any other net-group; but it is called as such because most of the individuals in this group came to know each other through the cyberspace. I for one kno

Re: [Goanet] chief minister

2003-07-02 Thread gilbert
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Gabe Menezes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > a listening C.M? Yes, nooo? > > cheers > > Gabe Menezes One thing I can tell you about the CM is that he replies promtly to emails. Heres what he wrote in a res

[Goanet] RE: Free Goan Get-together and dance

2003-07-02 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
Free Goan Get-together and dance ATTENTION - ATTENTION --- ATTENTION GOANS on the East Coast of USA and Canada Weekends of FUN FUN FUN and it is FREE Dance till you can dance no more!!! Lots of Beer, Polka, Waltzes, Yodel, Swing, Fox Trot, etc.. Bring out those dancing shoes. Grease

[Goanet] SITEWATCH: ancestralgoa.com

2003-07-02 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
URL : http://www.ancestralgoa.com [1]Information about Ancestral Goa Project, Location, Service, Timings, Mailing Address [2]Ancestral Goa About Us [3]The 200 years old Casa Araujo Alvares, open to private v

[Goanet] Flirting with Danger: transporting school children

2003-07-02 Thread GOACAN
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[Goanet] Read "Principal" in place of "Principle"

2003-07-02 Thread Joel D'Souza
Hi Jorge, Obviously, the word is "Principal". Sorry, for quoting the word exactly as it had appeared. Cartoonist Alexyz was with me when I did it, and we had a good laff at it. It was also meant to check whether anyone reads the GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS nowadays. Thanks for the response. Ch

[Goanet] 03 JULY 2003: GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS

2003-07-02 Thread Joel D'Souza
GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS 03 July 2003 26,000 INDIANS LEAVE UAE: As many as 26,000 Indians were among 100,000 illegal immigrants who left United Arab Emirates under a six-month general amnesty that ended on 30 June, official sources said. The amnesty, originally meant for four months, was extend

[Goanet] Konkani book -- and a passing thought

2003-07-02 Thread Eugene Correia
One thing I am happy about the Konkani issue on this forum is that it made me check up on books and read them after a very long, long time. I found a booklet, Konkani Orthography in Roman Script, published by the Dalgado Konknni Akademi, Panaji, in 1988. It says, "This booklet of rules and princip

[Goanet-news]FEATURE: Taking to the fields: why a tractor moves faster than ataxi...

2003-07-02 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Taking to the fields: why a tractor moves faster than a taxi... -- SPECIAL FOCUS: FROM THE FIELDS -- By Frederick Noronha PANJIM, July 3: Natha Umbraskar returned home after seventeen years in the Gulf, and had a difficult choice in front o