[Goanet] Ponnje Carnival Floats (photos)

2006-02-26 Thread JoeGoaUk
Sorry, Here is the missing link.. http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ Any problem let me know, [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ for Goa Goa Flights info.. http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/LetsGotoGoa

[Goanet] AICHEA DISSAK CHINTOP - Fevrerachi 27vi, 2006!

2006-02-26 Thread domnic fernandes
Eka munxea lagim tachech vixim uloi ani to horanchim horam uloitolo. (Talk to a man about himself and he will talk for hours.) Moi-mogan, Domnic Fernandes Anjuna/Dhahran, KSA _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger!

[Goanet] Sailor accused of abducting his former girlfriend

2006-02-26 Thread Gabe Menezes
http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=02267 Sailor accused of abducting his former girlfriend NT News Service Margao, Feb 25: A sailor has been accused of abducting and assaulting his former girlfriend in Goa, even while he (the alleged accused) was working aboard a ship in

[Goanet] Sonia’s help sought in implementing S T Bill

2006-02-26 Thread Gabe Menezes
http://oheraldo.in/node/10316 Sonia's help sought in implementing ST Bill BY HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, FEB 25 — The Goa State Scheduled Tribes Action Committee has urged AICC President, Sonia Gandhi to do justice for the tribal communities of Goa by fulfilling the demand such as declaring 30 per

[Goanet] Italian accused of murder remanded

2006-02-26 Thread Gabe Menezes
http://oheraldo.in/node/10319 Italian accused of murder remanded HERALD CORRESPONDENT PERNEM, FEB 25 – An Italian National Giovanni Baptista Page who allegedly stabbed a Swedish tourist Fedrick Ejaias Stensson has been remanded to a 11-day police custody by First Class Magistrate of Pernem. The

[Goanet] Nuvem mishap claims one life

2006-02-26 Thread Gabe Menezes
http://oheraldo.in/node/10318 Nuvem mishap claims one life BY HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, FEB 25 — A 22-year old youth from Caranzalem, Alpesh Godana was killed in a road accident at Nuvem in the wee hours of Saturday. Maina-Curtorim police said the deceased, who was riding an Indica Car (GA 02 S

[Goanet] Will Congress rule MMC despite having numbers?

2006-02-26 Thread Gabe Menezes
http://oheraldo.in/node/10323 Will Congress rule MMC despite having numbers? BY HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, FEB 25 — A day after the BJP-backed Margao Municipal ruling body was reduced to a minority, local party leadership maintained a wait and watch attitude for the political developments to

[Goanet] Government to renovate ailing Benaulim hatchery

2006-02-26 Thread Gabe Menezes
http://oheraldo.in/node/10317 Government to renovate ailing Benaulim hatchery BY HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, FEB 25 — The government has disclosed plans to renovate the ailing Benaulim hatchery with latest equipment and also improvise on the technology to meet the requirements of the state. Chief

[Goanet] Shigmo float parade at Margao on March 26

2006-02-26 Thread Gabe Menezes
http://oheraldo.in/node/10320 Shigmo float parade at Margao on March 26 BY HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, FEB 25 — The shigmo float parade organised by Madgao Shigmostav Samiti 2006 will be held in Margao on March 26 under the chairmanship of Fatorda MLA, Damu Naik. Margao Municipal Chairperson,

Re: [Goanet] No answers regarding mummification

2006-02-26 Thread Mario Goveia
--- Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Boy, anyone is right! Besides, the Basilica of Bom Jesus is not shaped like the Great Pyramid of Giza. That's got to be the proof that SFX was not naturally, semi-naturally or artificially mummified. Goa Medical College needs to hire anyone as a

Re: [Goanet] RE: Savika Gomes' Excuse me in Red ...final

2006-02-26 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Goanet moderators routinely return my posts for adjustments, sometimes for the most picayune reasons, often for using the same phrases as posted by some of their friends. They rejected one post because I inadvertantly submitted it in HTML. Another

Re: [Goanet] RE: Savika Gomes' Excuse me in Red ...final

2006-02-26 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 25/02/06, Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Goanet moderators routinely return my posts for adjustments, sometimes for the most picayune reasons, often for using the same phrases as posted by some of their friends. They rejected one post because I

[Goanet] Churchill wants whitepaper on airport before elections To kick-start campaign on March 2

2006-02-26 Thread Gabe Menezes
http://oheraldo.in/node/10321 Churchill wants whitepaper on airport before elections To kick-start campaign on March 2 BY HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, FEB 25 — The Save Dabolim Action Committee will finally kick-start it's agitation to retain Dabolim as Goa's lone international airport, beginning

Re: [Goanet] Re: Re: Savika Gomes' Excuse me in Red

2006-02-26 Thread Mario Goveia
--- Radhakrishnan Nair [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please note that I'm talking of SOME NRI Goans with deep-seated complexes and not of the majoirty of them like Eddie and Mario. Mario notes: RKN, Thanks for noticing the difference. I have constantly held that the record shows that for

Re: [Goanet] Islamo-terrorists in USA

2006-02-26 Thread Mario Goveia
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Three Islamo-terrorists were indicted on a plot yestereday in the USA. They allegedly wanted to attack the heart of USA (after attacking New York City). Their center of operation (where they resided) was Toledo, Ohio. That is Mario Govea's hometown / city.

[Goanet] GIVE IT A GOA

2006-02-26 Thread Gabe Menezes
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2006/02/26/1407278.htm GIVE IT A GOA (Sunday Mirror Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)SWELTERING in English winter clothes in the arrivals hall at Goa's Dabolim airport, I waited patiently for our luggage to appear on the carousel. And waited...and waited... Just as I

[Goanet] WIN A WEEK IN GOA WORTH pounds 1,500

2006-02-26 Thread Gabe Menezes
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-w-a-week-goa-worth-pounds-1500-/2006/02/26/1407279.htm WIN A WEEK IN GOA WORTH pounds 1,500 (Sunday Mirror Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)HOMES Holidays has teamed up with Direct Holidays so one lucky reader and a friend can win a week-long holiday to Goa worth over

Re: [Goanet] Does India like or loathe foreigners?

2006-02-26 Thread Mario Goveia
As with any country, there are all kinds of Indians. Some are hostile to foreigners, others are not. Lakshmi Mittal did not invest in India because what he has achieved in the steel industry could not be done under socialism, mindless bureaucracy and government controls, all of which were

Re: [Goanet] GOA FOR GOANS!

2006-02-26 Thread Mario Goveia
--- floriano [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Goa has had 450 years of Portuguese rule sans corruption, sans manipulations, sans the race towards building vote banks. Goa's liberation saw the Indian so called democratic rule aka self-governance for the last 45 years. This Indian/self-governance

[Goanet] Re: Mario on Savika Gomes' ...Excuse me in Red

2006-02-26 Thread jose colaco
From: Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Jose, I am really getting worried because once again I have found much to agree with you in the content of the post below. The one exception is your taking umbrage with Savika's very dramatic, pithy and colorful post in red. Were the Goanet

[Goanet] RE: First Day of Carnival - Ponnje

2006-02-26 Thread Philip Thomas
How lucky I am to watch all Floats live and that too from my living room? (Thanks to Satellite links innovations etc) Would appreciate a few operational details about this experience (in UK?) such as: 1. How long you have been able to receive these transmissions i.e. very recently, some weeks,

[Goanet] Youth killed in Mapusa

2006-02-26 Thread Gabe Menezes
http://oheraldo.in/node/10322 Youth killed in Mapusa MAPUSA (hc) – A 22-year-old youth from Mapusa was killed on the spot after he was crushed to death under the wheels of the bus at Feira-Alta, Mapusa on Saturday afternoon. The deceased Fardin Karim, was travelling on the Yamaha, when he

Re: [Goanet] Sensible Goa action, Another *sabaash*...

2006-02-26 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
--- Valmiki Faleiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -- Signs of the times -- A recent photo in the local media showed the cricket pitch being prepared for the April 3 India-England one dayer at Nehru Stadium, Margao. Eight men in the picture. Two working, six

[Goanet] Judicial Reforms

2006-02-26 Thread John Eric Gomes
I thank God that Adv Aries Rodrigues has boldly reinforced (Goanet issue 211) what I had opined about notaries in Courting Dating (Goa Today,Jan06) which was about our courts/ legal system. .The Jessica Lal case acquital of the murderer after 7 years, and the Gujerat riots/massacre retrial

[Goanet] 23 CCP wards to have only single polling station

2006-02-26 Thread Gabe Menezes
http://mail.google.com/mail/?auth=DQAAAG4AAAB6_uIfn9mUsJS8OsKaXipks7K4DgZpfEauDTABCqWNkA7wt6zbaA3nsErkJTnRdRdHIivovj_y2JO5A3dYzKZPga3aSmYeJWN7wzEwu6uqwrN3BLRzXi3c7xk-n2T_smlWDP1uizEzYPJCSW3VWcuk 23 CCP wards to have only single polling station BY HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, FEB 25 –The ongoing

[Goanet] Goan sleaze just a click away

2006-02-26 Thread Gabe Menezes
http://oheraldo.in/node/10309 Goan sleaze just a click away HERALD CORRESPONDENT CALANGUTE, FEB 25 — The Goa police are investigating an internet scam, by a gang of international crooks originating from the United States, which on various websites provide names and addresses of prominent hotels

[Goanet] Kuwait Goans in South Asian Soccer Tournament.

2006-02-26 Thread A. Veronica Fernandes
KUWAIT GOAN SOCCER TEAMS FOR SOUTH ASIAN TOURNAMENT (E – SAF – C TOURNAMENT). As informed earlier, the soccer tournamanet for Expatriates South Asian Football Championship will begin on 3rd of next month at Kheitan Stadium. The inaugural match will be played between M.E.S.C. Nepal and S.Y.C.

[Goanet] A small push from outside: Goa 1961?

2006-02-26 Thread Constantino Xavier
After Neoconservatism, Francis Fukuyama, NYT, 19 February: The way the cold war ended shaped the thinking of supporters of the Iraq war, including younger neoconservatives like William Kristol and Robert Kagan, in two ways. First, it seems to have created an expectation that all totalitarian

[Goanet] Goa offers a walk on its seabed

2006-02-26 Thread Edward Verdes
Goa offers a walk on its seabed By: Ami Cholia In a first of its kind adventure, H2O, Goa, a water sports company, offers tourists a cheaper, easier and probably tamer adaptation to scuba diving — a walk on the seabed. You don’t need a wet suit or an oxygen tank for this ride. In fact you

[Goanet] Understanding Konkani

2006-02-26 Thread Mervyn Lobo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This being GoaNet, I think the appropriate konkani term is 'theist-kith-eh?' Doc, As a non-resident Goan I too used get mixed signals when people in Goa tried to converse with me. Every time I am Goa, my Aunt calls the entire vadoo for rosary at her

[Goanet] Re: Goa early Indo-European medicine / Cloves/Cravos is NOT Jambol

2006-02-26 Thread Thaumaturgist
Cloves/Cravos is Syzygium aromaticum or Eugenia aromaticum and it is not what is called 'Jambuh' or 'Jambol' in Hindi. In the late 15th century, Portugal took over the very very profitable Indian Ocean trade from the Arabs. That included Cloves, due to one Treaty of Tordesillas with Spain and a

[Goanet] Wildlife census in Goa reveals presence of big cats

2006-02-26 Thread Gabe Menezes
http://news.webindia123.com/news/printer.asp?id=261258cat=India Wildlife census in Goa reveals presence of big cats Bhagwan Mahavir Wildlife Sanctuary | February 25, 2006 9:06:22 PM IST In a startling revelation that confirms reports of big cats roaming the dense forests of Goa, wildlife