[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * March 22, 2006 * Priest's suspected killers nabbed in Nagpur

2006-03-22 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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*** Goanet Reader: Memories of another Panjim...

2006-03-20 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
-- | OSTAD TIATRIST staged by KGTS in Kuwait| || | Read the report by William Fernandes and Gaspar Almeida at

*** Goanet News Bytes * March 20, 2005 (2) * Budget session begins in Goa assembly today...

2006-03-20 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
-- | OSTAD TIATRIST staged by KGTS in Kuwait| || | Read the report by William Fernandes and Gaspar Almeida at

*** Goanet News Bytes * March 20, 2005 (2) * Budget session begins in Goa assembly today...

2006-03-20 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
-- | OSTAD TIATRIST staged by KGTS in Kuwait| || | Read the report by William Fernandes and Gaspar Almeida at

[Goanet] OFFTOPIC: Film on London's Bengali diaspora

2006-03-20 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Sorry for an offtopic post, but this might be relevant to the Goan diaspora. FN Film on London's Bengali diaspora By Sujoy Dhar, Indo-Asian News Service Kolkata, March 21 (IANS) A film on first generation Bengalis in Britain - London-e Probashi (At home in London) - will showcase the successful

[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * March 20, 2005 (2) * Budget session begins in Goa assembly today...

2006-03-20 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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[Goanet] Kerala High Court Directs Govt. To Probe Activities Of Christian Divine Retreat Centre

2006-03-19 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Kerala High Court Directs Govt. To Probe Activities Of Christian Divine Retreat Centre By SAR NEWS KOCHI, Kerala (SAR NEWS) -- The Kerala High Court directed the state government March 10 to constitute a special investigation team (SIT) to investigate the various activities of the Divine Retreat

[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * March 20, 2006 * Chief secretary admits Curchorem was a failure of intelligence...

2006-03-19 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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*** Goanet News Bytes * March 18, 2006 * Macasana priest found murdered ... New: a guess-you-didn't-know-this section

2006-03-18 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
-- | OSTAD TIATRIST staged by KGTS in Kuwait| || | Read the report by William Fernandes and Gaspar Almeida at

[Goanet] MYFIRSTJOB: Walter Saldanha

2006-03-18 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Came across this article in the Reader's Digest (December 1999) and wondered if other Goanetters would like to share their experiences too: THE STENO-TYPIST: When I failed my school-leaving exams -- maths, always my bugbear, let me down -- I knew that formal education and I had parted ways for

[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * March 18, 2006 * Macasana priest found murdered ... New: a guess-you-didn't-know-this section

2006-03-18 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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[Goanet] Goan teams score in Indianfootball.com awards...

2006-03-17 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
INDIANFOOTBALL.COM PRESS RELEASE IndianFootball.Com, India's Premier Football Site, is proud to announce the IFC Awards 2005 winners. The prestigious award has the slogan The voice of Indian football honouring the best of the best. The IFC Awards 2005 is the only of its kind in India, where

[Goanet] Matrimonial website from Delhi...

2006-03-17 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
A matrimonial website from the Delhi Archdiocese: http://www.delhiarchdiocese.com/martimonials_g.htm -- -- Frederick 'FN' Noronha | Yahoomessenger: fredericknoronha http://fn.goa-india.org | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Independent Journalist |

*** Goanet News Bytes * March 16, 2006 * Bus strike in Goa ... curtains time for Ponda cinemas ... GMC home for cancer terminally-ill... bid to stoke up communal conflict at Comba

2006-03-16 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
-- | OSTAD TIATRIST staged by KGTS in Kuwait| || | Read the report by William Fernandes and Gaspar Almeida at

[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * March 16, 2006 * Bus strike in Goa ... curtains time for Ponda cinemas ... GMC home for cancer terminally-ill... bid to stoke up communal conflict at Comba

2006-03-16 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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*** Goanet News Bytes * March 15, 2006 * Churchill escapes expulsion... Tony Rodrigues is Panjim mayor

2006-03-15 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
-- | OSTAD TIATRIST staged by KGTS in Kuwait| || | Read the report by William Fernandes and Gaspar Almeida at

[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * March 15, 2006 * Churchill escapes expulsion... Tony Rodrigues is Panjim mayor

2006-03-15 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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*** Goanet Reader -- Get empowered: What the Right to Information means to Goa

2006-03-12 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
-- | OSTAD TIATRIST staged by KGTS in Kuwait| || | Read the report by William Fernandes and Gaspar Almeida at

[Goanet] Goanet Reader -- Get empowered: What the Right to Information means to Goa

2006-03-09 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
GET EMPOWERED: What the Right to Information means to Goa This article was compiled and shared at the initiative of the Lions Club of Arpora-Nagoa-Parra, for the benefit of readers in Goa and Goanetters in particular. This is a 11-year-old Lions Club, working in the interest

*** FROM GOA: Goanet News Bytes * Mar 8, 2006 * Special issue... when communalism rocked Goa

2006-03-08 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
-- | OSTAD TIATRIST staged by KGTS in Kuwait| || | Read the report by William Fernandes and Gaspar Almeida at

[Goanet] FROM GOA: Goanet News Bytes * Mar 8, 2006 * Special issue... when communalism rocked Goa

2006-03-08 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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[Goanet] Horror story from Russian tourists about Goa...

2006-03-08 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
There's some horror story which tourists are discussing about Goa. Any comments? FN http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g297604-i6045-k403905-Death_in_Goa-Goa.html -- -- Frederick 'FN' Noronha | Yahoomessenger: fredericknoronha

[Goanet] [OFFTOPIC] Discover Portugal - A Complete Travelers Guide

2006-03-07 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Sorry for an offtopic but Lusostalgic post. FN Discover Portugal - A Complete Travelers Guide How to plan your trip to remember to Portugal. (PRWEB) March 6, 2006 -- Discover Portugal 2 day.com offers a comprehensive planning guide to assist the traveler in planning theirr trip to Portugal.

[Goanet] France, Germany... a young lady, and a senior gent

2006-03-07 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
From the other side of the phone came a strong French accent. It was Cheyryl Da Silva of Goa Velha cheyrylds at yahoo.fr She had email earlier asking who could teach her Hindi during her stay in Goa in an intensive way. This was one of the many queries that come your way, if you're a journo based

[Goanet] Alumni networks... Goa

2006-03-06 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Some of the schools covered in alumni networks from Goa. Check if yours is there: http://tinyurl.com/fa9eo High School Classmates Click on the district - village/town that contains the secondary school you wish to view: North Goa - Aldona North Goa - Bambolim North Goa - Bandora North Goa -

[Goanet] ILUG-GOA: Hit by the Carnival bug...

2006-03-05 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Well, not quite. Our meeting got shifted by one week, because the fourth Saturday of February was marked by the Carnival celebrations in Panjim. And traffic gets badly disrupted during this event! So we assembled on Saturday, March 4, 2006 at the Goa Science Centre for an interesting meeting.

[Goanet] Rane blames BJP and RSS for violence at Sanvordem

2006-03-05 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/00420060304.htm Rane blames BJP and RSS for violence at Sanvordem Panaji, March 4. (PTI): Goa Chief Minister Pratapsingh Rane today blamed BJP and RSS for violence at Sanvordem town, 60 kms from here, and hinted that para-military forces may be inducted

[Goanet] MEDIAWATCH: Diverse versions on Sanvordem... (long)

2006-03-05 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Deccan Herald, 5/03/06 Goa seals borders after riots By Devika Sequeira DH News Service Curchorem, South Goa: Goa on Saturday sealed its borders with Belgaum and Hubli to prevent people being brought in to fuel the riots, Deputy Inspector General of Police Ujjwal Mishra told journalists. Two

*** FROM GOA: Goanet News Bytes * Mar 4, 2006 * Communal tension stoked up in twin towns of Sanvordem-Curchorem...

2006-03-04 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
-- | OSTAD TIATRIST staged by KGTS in Kuwait| || | Read the report by William Fernandes and Gaspar Almeida at

[Goanet] FROM GOA: Goanet News Bytes * Mar 4, 2006 * Communal tension stoked up in twin towns of Sanvordem-Curchorem...

2006-03-04 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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*** FROM GOA: Goanet News Bytes * Mar 2, 2006 * Monte Music Fest begins at Old Goa this weekend... a mix of Western classical and Indian

2006-03-02 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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[Goanet] FROM GOA: Goanet News Bytes * Mar 2, 2006 * Monte Music Fest begins at Old Goa this weekend... a mix of Western classical and Indian

2006-03-02 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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*** FROM GOA: Goanet News Bytes * Mar 1, 2006 * Goa lobbies feel left out in the cold by Central budget

2006-03-01 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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[Goanet] FROM GOA: Goanet News Bytes * Mar 1, 2006 * Goa lobbies feel left out in the cold by Central budget

2006-03-01 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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*** FROM GOA: Goanet News Bytes * Feb 28, 2006 * Parrikar, Zuwarkar in marriage of convenience * DSS a drain on Goa's treasury...

2006-02-28 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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[Goanet] India's sea turtles lose out in tourism battle

2006-02-28 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/6a85f4b0-a7ff-11da-85bc-779e2340.html India's sea turtles lose out in tourism battle By Jo Johnson Published: February 28 2006 02:00 | Last updated: February 28 2006 02:00 From the tracks they discovered on the sands of Morjim Bay later that morning, forestry

[Goanet] FROM GOA: Goanet News Bytes * Feb 28, 2006 * Parrikar, Zuwarkar in marriage of convenience * DSS a drain on Goa's treasury...

2006-02-28 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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[Goanet] FROM GOA: Goanet News Bytes * Feb 27, 2006 * It's Carnival time in Goa... local identity showcased at Margao floats

2006-02-27 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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Re: [Goanet] Portuguese Passports

2006-02-21 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Does this have to do with nationalism or with economics? I think, given a good quality of life, a lot of Goans would end up on Mars too! FN On Tue, 2006-02-21 at 11:14 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Gabriel de Figueiredo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check the number of Goans, Damanense and Diuense

[Goanet] RE: Will someone please translate Gabe's latest signaturesign-off?

2006-02-21 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
If we are quick to poke fun at how others speak/spell Konkani, or the errors they make, then why should we complain when someone else says Antruzi is the only right dialect for the language, and Devnagari the only apt script? Konkani is still only working its way towards standardisation (which

[Goanet] FROM GOA: Goanet News Bytes * Feb 21, 2006 * Goa] * Monte music fest from March 3 ... chicken finds no buyers, fish becomes costly

2006-02-21 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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[Goanet] Sunday papers... some Goa links

2006-02-20 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
While visiting Uganda, where daily newspapers are priced the equivalent of 50 US cents (about 1000 Ugandan shillings), it suddenly struck me how inexpensive and affordable Indian newspapers are. A paper here costs Rs 2-3 on a weekday (under 10 cents US) and about Rs 5 on a weekend. But

*** FROM GOA: Goanet News Bytes * Feb 19, 2006 * Clinton leaves Goa for Bangalore... Official view: SEZ spells paradise for Goa

2006-02-19 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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[Goanet] Saligao site... saligao.goa-india.org

2006-02-19 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Kindly visit a new site on Saligao -- http://saligao.goa-india.org/ If you know of anyone who'd like to build a village site, do get in touch. My dream is to have a lot of villages and schools from Goa in cyberspace. But to make that happen, we need a lot of volunteers. It would probably also

[Goanet] FROM GOA: Goanet News Bytes * Feb 19, 2006 * Clinton leaves Goa for Bangalore... Official view: SEZ spells paradise for Goa

2006-02-19 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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[Goanet] Query about a tree...

2006-02-18 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Dear Tine Albinus, Thank you for your query. I'm forwarding the same to the Botanical Society of Goa Network, and also to Goanet. Hopefully someone there should have an apt answer. Also copying this to my friend Miguel Braganza, a former agricultural officer (who moved out for a career in other

[Goanet] Archbishop Moras’ Full Page Colour Advertisement In Newspaper Criticized (SAR News)

2006-02-17 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Has anyone seen the ad? What was it about? Is the CBCI's president's post so hotly contested? FN Archbishop Moras' Full Page Colour Advertisement In Newspaper Criticized BY SAR NEWS BANGALORE, Karnataka (SAR NEWS) -- A full-page colour advertisement issued by Archbishop Bernard Moras of

*** FROM GOA: Goanet News Bytes * Feb 16, 2006 * Cabinet okays voting rights for non-resident Indian citizens ... Guitar festival in Goa... Bill Clinton coming visiting

2006-02-16 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * Feb 13, 2006 * Feni going global... cyber-link for Vasco

2006-02-13 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Goanet News Bytes Summaries Feb 13, 2006 - o Five-day Goa assembly session begins today. (NT) o Konkani activists swear to remain united. (NT) Herald says: Konkani meet ends with unity call. o BJP to launch agitation against Goa government, if attention is not paid to Baina

*** BEST OF GOANET: RtI, artists from Goa, Devangiri script and more... (Feb 12, 2006)

2006-02-12 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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[Goanet] Re: GOA an EAST WEST FUSION -- CULTURAL POLICY NEEDED

2006-02-12 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Do we really want the State to be deciding by fiat what the culture of Goa is? Isn't it already determined by the multiciplity of cultural practices and wide range of products that pass the 'test of the market'? Governments, politicians and bureaucrats in Goa have shown their complete inability to

[Goanet] BEST OF GOANET: RtI, artists from Goa, Devangiri script and more... (Feb 12, 2006)

2006-02-12 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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*** Goanet News Bytes * Feb 10, 2006 * Architect Gerard da Cunha receives a national award... but in a funny mask!

2006-02-10 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Goanet News Bytes Summaries Feb 10, 2006 - o Panjim corporation polls turning into a family affair. Surendra Furtado contests Ward 10, with his wife Ruth Furtado expected to fight Ward 9. Rudresh Chodankar and his sister Babita Chodankar contest two more wards, so do Yatin

[Goanet] NEWS: Willy has an identity crisis in Saligao (Gomantak Times)

2006-02-10 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Willy has an identity crisis in Saligao By a Staff Reporter [EMAIL PROTECTED] PANJIM: Deputy Chief Minister Dr Wilfred de Souza has an identity crisis in Saligao. He does not know where he belong and what is his election photo identity card (EPIC) number, thanks to bungling during the intensive

[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * Feb 10, 2006 * Architect Gerard da Cunha receives a national award... but in a funny mask!

2006-02-10 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Goanet News Bytes Summaries Feb 10, 2006 - o Panjim corporation polls turning into a family affair. Surendra Furtado contests Ward 10, with his wife Ruth Furtado expected to fight Ward 9. Rudresh Chodankar and his sister Babita Chodankar contest two more wards, so do Yatin

[Goanet] There's a bomb in your shopping bag!

2006-02-10 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
S Gasper D'Souza of the Navhind Times has put up a photo exhibition at the currently underway 'Gagged by the Bag' event, on at the Municipal Garden in Panjim. Gasper writes: The garbage problem does not begin in the dumps. It begins in your shopping bag! Each time you go shopping, you are adding

[Goanet] Goa university develops new oyster mushroom strain

2006-02-10 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=274274ssid=26sid=ENV Goa university develops new oyster mushroom strain Panaji, Feb 08: The Goa university scientists have successfully developed a highly stable and fertile strain of the second most popular, commercially cultivated edible oyster

[Goanet] Query about Indian physical culture...

2006-02-10 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Hi Emerson, I'm copying this to my friend Rahul Alvares, who is into bodybuilding, and might be able to help. Best wishes from Goa. FN In a message dated 2/7/2006 8:06:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My name is Emerson Silva, from Brasil, and I am interested to do an

*** Goanet News Bytes * Feb 9, 2006 * Gagged by the bag, a festival gets underway in Panjim

2006-02-09 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Goanet News Bytes Summaries Feb 9, 2006 - Commercial floats to be banned this year in King Momo's Carnival parade to be held on February 25, in order to give a boost to traditional floats, said the government -backed organisers panel. (H) o Goa failing to respond to shortage of

[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * Feb 9, 2006 * Gagged by the bag, a festival gets underway in Panjim

2006-02-09 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Goanet News Bytes Summaries Feb 9, 2006 - Commercial floats to be banned this year in King Momo's Carnival parade to be held on February 25, in order to give a boost to traditional floats, said the government -backed organisers panel. (H) o Goa failing to respond to shortage of

[Goanet] Goanet wiki is working to build content for AVCC (Salcete)... can you help?

2006-02-09 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
http://www.goanet.org/wiki/index.php/Cuncolim#A_note_to_potential_contributors * 1 AVCC o 1.1 Assolna o 1.2 Velim o 1.3 Cuncolim + 1.3.1 A misunderstood lot + 1.3.2 Cuncolim nostalgia... and trivia + 1.3.3 Sports

*** Goanet News Bytes * Feb 7, 2006 * Punish those vandalising religious places, says GPCC

2006-02-07 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Goanet News Bytes Summaries Feb 7, 2006 - o Punish those vandalising religious places, says Goa Pradesh Congress Committee. Places of worship are being targeted by the culprits at the behest of certain people working behind the curtains to derive political mileage out of

*** Goanet News Bytes * Feb 6, 2006 * JMFC acquits four accused in Mala/Fontainhas vandalism casef

2006-02-06 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Goanet News Bytes Summaries Feb 6, 2006 - o Judicial Magistrate First Class Shekhar Parab today acquitted four accused in the Mala/Fontainhas vandalism case of June 18, 2004 -- Nagesh Karmali, Vilas Satarkar, Raju Velingkar and Datta Palekar.

[Goanet] Re: PICS from GOA!!

2006-02-06 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Indeed. And Goa has many different faces. Is it that we're not awake to this, or that we choose not to see these faces ourselves? FN [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am sorry, Mr. Noronha, that you can claim PICS from GOA on your recent BEST OF GOANET email and yet, not have one pic of a GOA church, a

[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * Feb 6, 2006 * JMFC acquits four accused in Mala/Fontainhas vandalism casef

2006-02-06 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Goanet News Bytes Summaries Feb 6, 2006 - o Judicial Magistrate First Class Shekhar Parab today acquitted four accused in the Mala/Fontainhas vandalism case of June 18, 2004 -- Nagesh Karmali, Vilas Satarkar, Raju Velingkar and Datta Palekar.

*** Only mines, no heart (Preetu Nair, Gomantak Times)

2006-02-05 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
--- | New on Goanet's website's Aamp;E section - http://www.goanet.org | | Book in Review: A Kind of Absence - Joamp;atilde;o da Veiga Coutinho| | POEM: SUSEGAAD -

*** BEST OF GOANET: What the others are saying and posting on Goanet (Feb 6, 2006)

2006-02-05 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
--- | New on Goanet's website's Aamp;E section - http://www.goanet.org | | Book in Review: A Kind of Absence - Joamp;atilde;o da Veiga Coutinho| | POEM: SUSEGAAD -

[Goanet] Kala Ghoda... and Rita Faria

2006-02-05 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Please visit -- The Kala Ghoda Gazette:: The official blog of the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival http://www.caferati.com/kgaf/ Currently, the latest entry is titled: Forgive me! For I mentioned Rita Faria Nice use of the New Media! --FN -- --

[Goanet] BEST OF GOANET: What the others are saying and posting on Goanet (Feb 6, 2006)

2006-02-05 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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[Goanet] Some neat photos from Goa...

2006-02-05 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
These pics are all by Rajan P. Parrikar [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.mac.com/parrikar/iWeb/GoaList/goalist.html Rajan writes: The page takes about 2-3 mins on broadband to load. You can then view the slideshow or view each picture individually. * 13th century Mahadeva temple at Tambdi Surla

[Goanet] Christians Welcome Antulay’s Appointment As Union Minister For Minorities (SARNews)

2006-02-05 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Christians Welcome Antulay’s Appointment As Union Minister For Minorities By SAR NEWS NEW DELHI (SAR NEWS) -- Major Christian organisations have welcomed the appointment January 29 of Barrister Abdul Rehman Antulay as the Union Minister in charge of minority welfare. “This appointment, we hope,

[Goanet] Brisa Resorts advert...

2006-02-05 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
This advert, in The Examiner (the Catholic mag from Mumbai, which has wittingly or otherwise played a significant role in the concretisation of the Goa coast) is perhaps indicative of the signs of the time: BRISA RESORTS, CALANGUTE, GOA. ATTN FLAT OWNERS: Mr Antonio Vaz, based

[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * Feb 3, 2006 * Speakers disagree over who is father of Opinion Poll...

2006-02-04 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Goanet News Bytes Summaries Feb 3, 2006 - o Speakers at a symposium on Opinion Poll, voice concern over influx of migrants into Goa. Disagree on who is father of Opinion Poll -- Jawaharlal Nehru or Jack Sequeira.(GT) o GMC has tied up with Global

[Goanet] Clinton... back from Morjim

2006-02-04 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
It's 3:30 am almost, and I've been chatting with Clinton (not the prez!) Here's what the young man wrote... --FN http://klintvaz.blogspot.com/ 2.54am, 130kmph, and 13 turtle hatchlings Thought i'd pass the blog phase in my life but i guess i was wrong. Got persuaded by a friend that blogs were

[Goanet] Grumbles in Goa: Book Review of Guardian of the Dawn by Richard Zimler (by Ashok Banker)

2006-02-04 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
http://www.epicindia.com/indianenglish/2005/11/grumbles-in-goa-book-review-of.html [Indian English spoken here -- a blog about books, movies and music - from a total desi point of view - the ones we loveofy and the ones we'd like to killofy (but won't really)] 07 November, 2005 Grumbles in Goa:

[Goanet] BOOK REVIEW: Criminal justice system in Goa

2006-02-04 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
[Strange. I had not noticed this book nor the review earlier! FN] http://www.hindu.com/br/2004/11/09/stories/2004110900101600.htm Criminal justice system in Goa CRIMINAL JUSTICE INDIA SERIES — Volume 9 Goa: N. R. Madhava Menon — General Editor; Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., National University

*** Goanet News Bytes * Feb 3, 2006 * Speakers disagree over who is father of Opinion Poll...

2006-02-03 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
--- | New on Goanet's website's Aamp;E section - http://www.goanet.org | | Book in Review: A Kind of Absence - Joamp;atilde;o da Veiga Coutinho| | POEM: SUSEGAAD -

[Goanet] Any Cuncolkars out there?

2006-02-02 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
See the URL below, which hopes to collate info about the village http://www.goanet.org/wiki/index.php/Cuncolim#Details_of_present-day_Cuncolim And also check out this just-in-its-infancy Yahoogroup:' http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cuncolim-net/ Don't forget: Goanet supports your village network.

[Goanet] Posting on behalf of Eric Pinto...

2006-02-02 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: NYTimes.com: How Curry, Stirred in India, Became a World Conqueror Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 23:47:08 +0530 Hi Fred, i could not get our website to accept this, and it features Goa a great deal, perhaps

[Goanet] Reporting on the Diaspora

2006-02-02 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Please see Reporting on the Diaspora: Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2006 floated the idea of having a global media network which can cater to the diaspora across the world. http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web591761212Hoot63306% 20PM1927pn=1 Not directly related to Goa, but of interest to us!

[Goanet] A martyr of Goa freedom struggle (The Organiser)

2006-02-02 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
This is from the Organiser, the RSS mouthpiece from New Delhi. It's a known fact that, after playing little or no role in the Indian independence movement, the religious right in India picked up pace to play a significant role in the campaign against Portuguese colonial rule in Goa. This is seen

[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * Feb 2, 2006 * Goa Knowledge Commission goes online, seeks your views www.knowledgeforgoa.com

2006-02-02 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Goanet News Bytes Summaries Feb 2, 2006 - Goa Knowledge Commission website launched to prepare a vision document on education in Goa. It has a bulletin board, which offers people to give their views on nine

[Goanet] Wency, documentary, Norman Mendes, etc...

2006-02-01 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
The other day, a young film-maker based in Delhi dropped over. Wency Mendes -- wency_mendes at yahoo.com -- says he is keen to make a documentary film on Goan music. Wency and Santana Issar had a long late evening discussion about their work, what they were planning to look at, how their costly

[Goanet] Five-minute talks... and a guest straight from the Dabolim airport

2006-01-30 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
On January 28, 2006, the GNU/Linux user group meet at the Goa Science Centre (alongside the scenic Miramar beach) once again showed that the five-minute lightning talks series does work well. As we waited to battle the unpunctuality syndrome, the topic floated towards RHCE/RCHT, 64-bit systems,

[Goanet] Goa weather: Monday afternoon 1 pm

2006-01-29 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Goa, India Latitude 15.5 deg N Longtitude: 79.91 deg.E --- Now in Goa, Sunny 25degC Wind NW, 2 m/s --- Monday day Plenty of sunshine 34 deg C Wind ENE 2 m/s --- Monday night Clear. 21 deg C Wind ESE, 2 m/s --- Tuesday

[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * Jan 29, 2006 * Curtorim group bags Mando Festival prize

2006-01-29 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Goanet News Bytes Summaries Jan 29, 2006 - o Marine police all at sea. Launched with much fanfare in 2002, the Marine Force is struggling to survive and function in Goa. Shortage of manpower, one police for every 13 km of coastline, the Marine

[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * Jan 28, 2006 * English to make a re-entry as a primary school subject in Goa ...

2006-01-29 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Goanet News Bytes Summaries Jan 28, 2006 - English, as a subject in Goa primary schools: To reduce the dropout rate in schools, and help students to switch- over smoothly to Class V from the vernacular-medium primary schools, English will be taught as a

[Goanet] OBIT: Dr Orlando Da Costa (author of O Signo da Ira, a novel about 20th century Goa)

2006-01-29 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
[The Goa papers have caried an advert mentioning the death of Dr Orlando Da Costa, of Margao/Lisbon. Haven't seen any obit to a writer of the novel 'O Signo da Ira' (Sign of Ire), a very telling story of the Goan reality in the early 20th century, from the viewpoint of the exploited subaltern

*** Goa features in 13-part serial on Portuguese RTPi

2006-01-28 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
--- | New on Goanet's website's Aamp;E section - http://www.goanet.org | | Book in Review: A Kind of Absence - Joamp;atilde;o da Veiga Coutinho| | POEM: SUSEGAAD -

*** Two percent of a Source camp... interview with Patrice Riemens

2006-01-28 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
--- | New on Goanet's website's Aamp;E section - http://www.goanet.org | | Book in Review: A Kind of Absence - Joamp;atilde;o da Veiga Coutinho| | POEM: SUSEGAAD -

[Goanet] Goa features in 13-part serial on Portuguese RTPi

2006-01-28 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Goa features in 13-part serial on Portuguese RTPi [The first episode will be broadcast on RTP International channel on Sunday, January 29, 2006, 8:15pm IST and again on Monday, January 30, 2006, 10:00am IST.] Announcing the broadcast of Contacto Goa, a unique thirteen part TV series that

[Goanet] Two percent of a Source camp... interview with Patrice Riemens

2006-01-26 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Two percent of a Source camp... interview with Patrice Riemens By Frederick Noronha We are two percent of this camp, Patrice Riemens [EMAIL PROTECTED] whispered, almost conspiratorially, as we walked down to the beach. Patrice was referring to the Africa Source II[1] event, we were part of

*** Goanet News Bytes * Jan 25, 2006 * NCP squabble hots up... Goa gets going on citizens' initiatives

2006-01-25 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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*** Goanet News Bytes * Jan 24, 2006 * Mopa land acquisition second phase lapses

2006-01-25 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * Jan 25, 2006 * NCP squabble hots up... Goa gets going on citizens' initiatives

2006-01-25 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Goanet News Bytes Summaries Jan 25, 2006 - o Nationalist Congress Party squabble hots up. We can do without Willy, assert rebels. Dotor loyalists claim majority. Nothing wrong with my personal life, says Mickky. (Herald) o Alergy testing from

[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * Jan 24, 2006 * Mopa land acquisition second phase lapses

2006-01-25 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Goanet News Bytes Summaries Jan 24, 2006 - o Second phase of land acquisition for Mopa lapses. (H) o Major fire in Margao's new market. 7 shops gutted. Rs 10 million loss. o Tillari project revival brings water to Pernem. (H) o Women voters to call the

[Goanet] NEWS: MMC TO BAN PLASTIC BAGS ON JANUARY 26 (Gomantak Times)

2006-01-24 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
MMC TO BAN PLASTIC BAGS ON JANUARY 26 By a Staff Reporter / Gomantak Times [EMAIL PROTECTED] VASCO: The D-day to stop using plastic carry bags within the limits of Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC) is set to be 26 January, when the nation celebrates Republic Day. MMC chief officer Elvis Gomes

*** Goanet News Bytes * Jan 23, 2006 * Janata Dal (S) legislators get some freedom in Canacona and luxury resort

2006-01-23 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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*** BOOK REVIEW: Secrets behind church facades

2006-01-23 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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*** Convicted Paedophile Given Catholic Burial In Goa (SAR News)

2006-01-22 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
--- | New on Goanet's website's Aamp;E section - http://www.goanet.org | | Book in Review: A Kind of Absence - Joamp;atilde;o da Veiga Coutinho| | POEM: SUSEGAAD -

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