GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS 10 Aug 2003 GOOD NEWS FOR RETRENCHED WORKERS: Under the Retrenched Workers Assistance Scheme, a retrenched worker upto the age of 40 years will be eligible for monetary benefit of Rs.2,000 per month. Those between 40 and 50 years will receive Rs.2,500 per month and those above 50 and upto 58 years of age Rs.3,000 monthly. (WE-GT)
PROBE INTO CASTE DISCRIMINATION: The State police department has initiated an inquiry into incidents of caste discrimination at Sal, Bicholim. The inquiry follows a report in the Herald, which gave instances of discrimination on the basis of caste, towards the 100-strong mahaar community in Sal village. Last week, a police team questioned Vagho Parvaar, a village drummer and a mahaar by caste about whether he had been subjected to harassment or humiliation because of his caste. The report is being compiled by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Goa Police and the local Bicholim police station will be submitted later to the Home Department. (H) CRG APPLAUDS MOLCORNEM SARPANCH: The Children's Rights Group has appreciated the role played by sarpanch Sulaksha Talwadkar in promptly reporting the rape incident in a school at Molcornem, Quepem. (WE-GT) FISHING WORKFORCE YET TO ARRIVE: Worried about the delay in the arrival of the workforce, particularly from Orissa, the boat owners are camping near the railway station. The moment a train arrives at the station and a familiar Oriya is spotted around, he is picked-up, put in a vehicle and driven straight to the jetties. As reported by Herald earlier, the mechanised fishing industry is wholly dependent on the outside labour force, which is put up at around 15,000. While the labour comes from the coastal region of Karnataka, the new entrants in the market is the cheap labour coming from the coastal areas of Orissa and Andhra Pradesh. (H) KONKAN CASHEW CONFERENCE AT VARCA: The need to increase cashew production, processing units and value addition to cashew by-products, will be discussed by leaders in the industry at the 1st Konkan Cashew Manufacturers Conference at Varca today. About 150 cashew manufacturers from Goa, Karnataka and Maharashtra are expected to attend the conference. (WE-GT) BETTERMENT OF DOWNTRODDEN: Like any other kid, he too enjoyed playing with friends, but his hobbies took a different shape .He enjoyed making toy temples, palanquins and other religious artifacts. He found great delight in reading religious books and even coaxed his friends to do the same. Even though he grew up in Margao, the commercial hub of the State, the young boy was to transcend worldly goods and came to be revered as PP Parwadeshwar Maharaj, founder of over 140 muths all over India and with a growing following in America and Africa. Born at Shenviwada in Shiroda, his family soon shifted to Margao to run their business in that city. (H) CHORAO PHONES GO DEAD: A technical fault in the main centre located in Mapusa has resulted in the non-functioning of a few telephone exchanges including Chorao. (WE-GT) KABAB FESTIVAL: The North Indian Kabab Festival, which began at the Mughlai restaurant , Delhi Darbar, has received an overwhelming response. The festival, which began on 1 August, will continue till 17 August and will cater to lips-making North Indian delicacies from kababs to tandoories. (WE-GT) ROOFTOP RAIN HARVESTING: Fortunately, rains have been more than adequate this season but has the water gone down the drain again? One government department is of the view that rain water harvesting may not be very successful in Goa and that the "traditional" methods like constructing 'bandharas' besides small dams, etc, will take care of the problem. Dr Chachadi is totally for rooftop rain harvesting. He says urban areas including cities and towns occupying both plateau slopes and areas in the coastal belt should go for rooftop rain water harvesting to overcome water shortage problem. Rooftop rain harvesting should be made mandatory to be successful in Goa, suggested Dr Chachadi. (H) RAPE ACCUSED GRANTED BAIL: The Assistant Sessions Judge has granted bail to Peter Miranda of Carambolim, accused of rape, finding a number of discrepancies in the story of the girl. The offence was registered on July 31, 2003 following the complaint of the 18-year-old girl. She had stated that from 1999 to May 2002 that accused had raped her in the house where she used to work as a maid at Azossim. The Assistant Sessions Judge BK Thaly held that the complaint was filed after considerable delay, without disclosing reasons for the delay. (H) CHAPOLI DAM ALMOST FULL: The Canacona Rain Gauge installed at Chapoli dam site has so far recorded 95 inches of rainfall. The rainfall level attained this year is much higher than the level of 60 inches recorded during the same period last year and 88 inches in 2001, informed sources from Canacona Irrigation Department. Sources added that last year the overall rainfall this year it is expected to cross 120 inches, considering the recorded rainfall till date. Sources added that the water at Chapoli dam is just short of touching its full capacity, which is expected to be completed by another 10 days time. (H) RANE REBUKES DR WILLY: The Opposition Leader, Pratapsing Rane, has strongly objected to Dr de Souza quoting his statement made on the floor of the last budget session of Goa assembly. Dr de Souza had said yesterday "Mr Rane even told on the floor of the House, that he (Mr Rane) would not allow PWD minister Ramkrishna Dhavlikar's efforts to destabilise the government succeed," he informed. "Even if such a remark was made, what is important is to know in what context the statement was made", Mr Rane stated. "Looks like, he should go for a mental check-up", Mr Rane said. (H) TO PROTECT FROM FRAUD BY NBFCS: They were a motley group of gullible depositors who converged at the BPS club hall on August 9 in the hope to recover their hard earned money. Some suggested a gherao of the elected representatives as a solution to their woes, while others called for patience. Finally, the depositors decided to form an All Goa Depositors Action Front to pursue and protect the interests of hundreds and thousands of depositors, who stand cheated of around a thousand crore of rupees by the NBFCs. (H) DOCTOR KILLED IN PONDA MISHAP: A veterinary doctor, Balu Tulshiram Lokhande (30), died in a road mishap late Thursday night at Upper Bazaar. A native of Satara-Maharashtra, Lokhande was proceeding on his motorcycle to his rented room at Upper Bazaar, when he collided with a stationary tempo (GA-02-T-7643). He sustained head and neck injuries and succumbed on the way to ID hospital. He is survived by his wife and a child. (H) RESTAURANTS SHORT-LISTED FOR UNHYGIENIC CONDITIONS: Around 29 restaurants in Panjim have been short-listed for a crackdown by the Corporation of the City of Panaji for operating in unhygienic conditions. During the last four days, Corporation officials along with the PWD Sewerage and Water Supply Division officials have been inspecting various eateries in the city following complaints of overflowing sewerage chambers and apprehensions of contamination of water supply lines to restaurants. In many cases, according to the Commissioner of the CCP Sanjit Rodrigues, food waste is being flushed into sewerage chambers resulting in clogging of chambers. (H) VIRTUAL INSTITUTE FOR CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS: The three-day residential refresher course organised by Goa branch of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICA) began on August 8 with a positive note with the ICA national president, Mr R Bhupati, declaring the completion of 'virtual institute project' by next month. The project intends to link all the chartered accountants vide a network. (NT) DNA FINGERPRINTING: In a rare case of its type, the DNA fingerprinting conducted upon a Pernem rape-accused has ruled that he is not the father of the victim-girl's child. The victim-girl had become pregnant as a result of the rape and later delivered a girl-child. Following the results of the DNA fingerprinting, conducted at the Centre for Diagnostics and Fingerprinting Bureau (CDFB), Hyderabad, the case against the accused, Mr Joaquim Fernandes, resident of Bhaidwado, Korgao, has been closed by the Pernem police as 'A' Final (complaint true but case not detected). (NT) DECISION ON LAND PRICES SOON: The Revenue Minister, Mr Pandurang Madkaikar, said that the decision about fixing of minimum price for lands in the state would soon be taken by the government. A number of land owners in the state, while selling their land were using the under-valued stamp-paper, thus reducing the selling price. To end this practice, government had fixed the minimum price for lands, for each village. Mr Madkaikar said that the revenue of the government through such sales would increase substantially, after a related decision is taken. (H) PEOPLE'S CO-OPERATION: The Cuncolim MLA, Mr Joaquim Alemao said that despite being in the Opposition, it was only due to the co-operation from people his constituency that he was able to do the development work. Mr Alemao was speaking after distributing coconut saplings supplied by the agriculture department, recently. The PCC member, Mr Santosh Dessai lauded the work done by Mr Alemao. (NT) AWARENESS NEEDED TO CURB MALARIA: Migration of people from villages to towns, the emerged fast food revolution, increased use of plastic bags, wraps and pet bottles, increasing construction activities, migration of labourers from other states, unnoticed slums, etc are the by-products of urbanisation which create breeding grounds for mosquitoes resulting in the spread of malaria. A massive awareness is needed about the disease and to keep the premises clean and to take good sanitary measures. (NT) REMEDIAL TEACHING: A delegation of All Goa Secondary School Teachers Association (AGSSTA) called on the director of education, Mr Ashok Dessai, on Friday, and registered their protest against the recent circular issued by the education department for implementation of remedial teaching in schools. The delegation pointed out that "the Rule 14 provided extra coaching for slow learners and weaker students. Unfortunately the managements have implemented it for all students at random and coerced the teachers as well as students to be present in school from early morning till late evening." The delegation also informed the director about the poor infrastructure facilities in government-aided schools. (NT) DEMO ON REPTILES: Green Cross, a Mapusa-based non-governmental organisation engaged in wildlife rescue, conducted a live demonstration show of reptiles at the Smt Chandravbaga Tukoba Naik High School and Higher Secondary School and the Guardian Angel Higher Secondary School, Curchorem, recently. (NT) GOAN HISTORY: TO EACH HIS OWN: If tourism is one of the major lifelines of Goan economy, then history is its soul, one can safely say. However, the soul is distorted to a great extent, over the years, for the convenience of those who reveal it to others. The Archaeological Survey of India, Department of Archaeology and Archives, Department of Tourism, hoards of illiterate and untrained tourist guides and above all, the self-professed 'historians', all of them have their fair share in misinforming on Goa's heritage and history. The tendency to blindly follow what is available on coffee-table tourism books and avoid cross-checking of facts have made the Goan tourist spots and monuments lose the history linked to them and at the same time, acquire newly derived accounts which are clearly far from the truth. (Ramnath Raikar in NT) S P O R T S MAHINDRA CHAMPS: Mahindra United got the better of a dogged Mohamedan Sporting and 70,000 vociferous partisan crowd to set a date with history lifting their first ever Tata Federation Cup defeating the home side 1-0 in an absorbing final at the Salt Lake Stadium on August 9. (WE-GT) MAHINDRA'S GREAT ESCAPE: Mahindra's Great Escape rally, which witnessed five hours of rallying along the rocky and swampy terrain of South Goa, had all the trappings of high adventure but without the rigours of tough competition. Close to 600 fun-loving amd adventure enthusiasts set off from Club Mahindra, the venue. (NT) FOOTBALL IN BRIEF: Chandor SC defeated ICSC Paroda 5-3 via tie-breaker to enter the semi-finals of the Brunie and Brunet Cup at Curtorim. St Savio SC, Calangute, defeated Curtorim Gymkhana 5-4 via tie-breaker to move into the semi-finals of the Fr Basilio Andrade Memorial Cup football tournament at Majorda. Sangolda Lightning defeated CYA Mobor 2-0 to enter the finals of the Honeybee Friendship Cup football tournament at Navelim. COCONUT BREAKING CONTEST: Estrocio Brothers of Kerant Caranzalem will organise their all Goa 8th coconut breaking contest in memory of Piedade Bonifacio Estrocio at Caranzalem at 10 am today. (WE-GT) D E A T H S 09 Aug: Guirim: JEEVAN PRASAD LAD: wife of Dr Prasad Antaji, mother of Kunal and Deepti. 08 Aug: Canada: APOLLO (PAUL) D'SOUZA: husband of Flora, son of Monica/late Peter Vincent D'Souza, brother to Norbert, Joaquim, Father Theo, Philomena, Cajie and Theresa. Funeral Mass to be conducted at St. Jerome's Roman Catholic Church on Monday at 10 a.m. Flowers, Mass Cards or donations to the Canadian Cancer Society would be appreciated. 09 Aug: Pernem-Naibag: ANA CRISTALINA FERNANDES: wife of late Antonio, mother of Avelino/Alice, Luis/Fatima, Maria, Ismenia/Vicente. 07 Aug: Quepem: CAETANO ROSARIO FRANCIS PINTO: husband of Maria, father of Elifa/Felix, Joel and Alvo. 09 Aug: Raia: PIO RUMALDO SACRAFAMILIA, husband of Natty, father of Rania/Mauricio (Dubai) and Sonia. 09 Aug: Loutulim-Dovotee: ROSA AUROLA D'COSTA, wife of late Santan, mother of Rosy/late Rosario Conceicao, Rita/Carlos, Especiosa/Piedade, Filomena/Tibush, Sebastiao, Mariano/Sebastiana. 09 Aug: Panjim-Corte de Outeiro: THOMAS RODRIGUES: husband of Inez, father of Agnelo, Wilson/Edna, Lourdes, Celina/Tony, Elveno/Judy, Rina/Lester, grandfather of Ralph, Shaina and Sunaina, Aaron & Andre, Floyd & Kimburly. 09 Aug: Curtorim-Maina: CAETANO JOAQUIM JOAO CARNEIRO: husband of Ana Maria, father of Peter/Luiza, Piedade/Augustinho, Rosa/late Antonio, Martina (Muscat)/Benedict, Louis (Abu-Dhabi)/Janet, Salu (Saudi)/Rosy, Lauriana/Francisco, Quiteria/Cyril. G O A W E A T H E R Temp: 29.0 deg C (84.2 deg F) at 08.30 am in Assagao. Max Temp: 30.7 deg C; Min Temp: 24.3 deg C; Humidity: 852% (Official figures for yesterday) Rainfall so far: 2236.7 mm Weather: Likely to be a dry Sunday with occasional light showers. Courtesy: H=Herald, NT=The Navhind Times, WE-GT=Weekender-Gomantak Times JOEL D'SOUZA, Assagao-Goa-India. Website: www.goacom.com Goacom News Clippings at: http://www.goacom.com/news Webzine "GoaNOW": http://www.goacom.com/goanow ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
