[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] G o a n e t - N e w s B y t e s MARCH 18, 2005 DATELINE: GOA
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ||g |||o |||a |||n |||e |||t || Issue compiled by ||__|||__|||__|||__|||__|||__|| Frederick Noronha |/__\|/__\|/__\|/__\|/__\|/__\| [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-news Goanet-News Archives http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet Goanet Archives http://www.goanet.org/mailman/listinfo/goanet-news To subscribe (c) Goanet 2005 Creative Commons -- http://www.creativecommons.org Feel free to reproduce this compilation in its entirety, with all credits retained. [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] o Goa budget presented in Lok Sabha http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1283239,0002.htm Government on Thursday presented the budget for Goa now under President's Rule, which estimates a revenue deficit of Rs 41.79 crore despite a 16 per cent rise in tax mop up during 2005-06. However, the state is slated to end with an overall surplus of Rs 104.64 crore for next fiscal. The state's fiscal deficit was budgeted at 8.98 crore but the revised estimate shows a surplus of Rs 75.74 crore for this fiscal. Presenting the Goa budget, he said revenue receipts of the state has been budgeted at Rs 2,872.94 crore while revenue expenditure was pegged at Rs 2,914.74 crore, which leaves a revenue deficit of Rs 41.79 crore for 2005-06. o Political appointments in corporations withdrawn. Governor Jamir has withdrawn the political appointments to state-owned coroporations, made by the Rane government during its brief period (in power), and directed the secretaries of these corporations to oversee their functions. (NT) o Congress MLAs as Corporations heads to be out. (NT) o Parrikar puts up a brave front. Says vote bank not affected. Parrikar said the victory of Congress-supported candidates at the recently held zilla panchayat polls has not affected the BJP's vote bank and, instead, the party's base has expanded. "BJP's vote bank has always been urban oriented," he said, adding, "the results were as expected by us and so I was not surprised." Interestingly, it may be recalled that party president Rajendra Arlekar, on election eve, had said that the BJP-supported candidates would not only win a majority of the seats but the chairpersons would also be from the BJP. (H_ o Goa's Employment Exchange to be revived, now that the Pre-Employment Training Scheme (PETS), launched by the Parrikar government, would be virtually discontinued. (H) Staff on their toes as Jamir pays surprise visit to Hospicio Hospital in South Goa. (Gomantak Times) Parrikar swears by the Pre Employment Training Scheme. Vows to reverse decision if returned to power after by-polls. Chief Secretary Ms Kiran Dhingra had said the government is spending more on the salaries and wages of its employees and it was necessary to downsize the expenditure. (GT) No definite clues yet over the cause for the suicide by three siblings at Bagwaddo, Sanvordem on Wednesday. Their father Salin Fernandes is yet to be traced in Hospet, Karnataka. He works at a mining site. (GT) Seaking a divorce is simple: lawyers suggest framing false charges. (GT) FOR MASSAGE AND WOMEN: CHALO SINQUERIM TO BAGA (Team GT/Gomantak Times) NO FEAR OF COPS; HE GREASES EM ALL: SINQUERIM: He could pass off as a suntanned version of Lalu Prasad Yadav. Dressed in a bright yellow T-shirt, matching track-pants and a streak of vermilion on his forehead, Ashok (name changed) blends easily into the group of Indian tourists strolling at Sinquerim beach ogling at a couple of bikini-clad foreigners. What few people know is that Ashok runs the entire masseuse-prostitute-hawker-vendor racket in the northern coastal belt and claims to have the police under his control. Perhaps that would explain why female masseuses have a free run of the beach from Sinquerim to Baga. When Team GT, posing as prospective shack owners, approached him on Thursday morning, Ashok boasted, "I make a minimum of Rs 20,000 everyday. Now that I am sitting with you I must have lost about Rs 1000." "Time is money and money is honey. I come to the beach only with vermilion on my head and go back with this," he said, unrolling a bundle of notes which included one thousand Rupee notes and several five hundreds at 11 am. Explaining that he is a migrant from neighbouring Maharashtra who lived off the beaches for the last 25 years, he says he knows every nook and corner of Goa like the back of his palm. Apparently, his hands have a magical effect, ensuring that foreigners pay through their nose to be massaged with them, while the police -- allegedly -- eat out of them. When asked to arrnage for masseuses and murgis (the codeword for prostitutes) for a shack in Pernem, Ashok explained the deal: "You will get 30 percent but I will come only if there are 100-200 foreigners and about 20 beach beds. I can arrange murgis from Rs 500 to Rs 25,000. Whatever you want I will get you. Even if you want naked dancing girls I will get them for you." Bargaining is not entertained as Ashok shoots down a plea for a 50 percent share in the revenues even as he is assured that it was his responsibility to ensure quality and competitive prices. He even said that he would take care of the police and claimed, "I pay them Rs 11,000 every month as hafta and they will not touch my people." However, keeping in line with his own self-imposed code of conduct, Ashok says minor children for paedophiles are a strict no-no. "All the girls are from 20-years-old and onwards. Dealing in minor girls is not good," he says. Meanwhile, a tour of the stretch from Sinquerim to Candolim revealed that a large number of masseurs are still operating even as policemen were not to be seen in the area. Even a beggar with a bandaged arm and a disheveled woman in tow freely mingle with sunbathing tourists. Near the River Princess, a foreign couple openly violated the Goa Children's Act by playing with naked children in sea, as three Lamani women sat on a sun bed looking at one of their colleagues massaging a foreign tourist. [Gomantak Times] --------------------------------------------------------------------- SPORTS --------------------------------------------------------------------- o ALL INDIA FOOTBALL FEDERATION asks players to maintain a safe distance from referees. This follows a report in the Herald that three Mohan Bagan players had stormed the Referees' Room during half-time, ostensibly to use the toilet facilities. (H) o PRESSURE ON SALGAOCAR, MOHAN BAGAN: Salgaocar has a miserly 12 points in their kitty from as many encounters and face a must-win encounter against Kolkata giants Mohan Bagan on Friday at Fatorda. (H) o JULIANA FOR KOREA: Ex-India captain and flag bearer of women's football in Goa, Juliana Gorjao e Colaco, has been selected as Disciplinary Representative for the AFC U-17 Women's Championship, in the Republic of Korea, starting Apr 16(H) --------------------------------------------------------------------- OBITUARY COLUMNS: KEEPING TRACK OF THOSE WHO LEFT US -------------------------------------------------------------------- * AGASSAIM-DANDIM: Artimisa Candelina do Rego: Wife of late Nicolau Rodrigues, mother/in-law of Lourenco Rodrigues (ex-Collector's Office, Panjim), Joaquina Bernardo/Ana Francisco (UK), Cruz Abu Dhabi)/Maria Anthony de Agassaim (GMC Bambolim, Procurador of St Lawrence Church), Sucurin Ruzadin/late Jose D'Costa (St Jose de Areal), Rosalin/Alvaro (Goa Velha), grandchildren, and family. Funeral 9.30 am on March 18. b 1921 * DIVAR: Conceicao 'Connie' Vaz, b 1948. Wife of late Paul Vaz, mother/ in-law of Savio/Sandy, Sammy (P&O Cruises), sister of Rosalin Coelho, Gerald Pires and Maggie Fernandes. Funeral on March 18 at 4 pm for Piety Church, Divar. * MARGAO-PEDDA: Anant B Nagarsenkar. Husband of late Hirabai, father/ in-law of Dr Jeetendra/Milan Nagarsekar, Ajit/Shubhangi Virginkar, grandfather of Nikhil, Suhel, Rajas, Rucha. Funeral 10 am March 18 to Margao crematorium. * NUVEM-MURDA PEQUENO: Carlos Ferrao Fernandes. Husband of Maria Honorata Fernandes, father/in-law of Roy Cruz (Bahrain)/Shamin Fernandes, Jesus Kennedy (seaman)/Velly Fernandes, funeral at 3.30 pm to Mae dos Pobres (Holy Family Church), Nuvem. --------------------------------------------------------------------- We need your help to promote Goanet, a volunteer-driven network: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Discuss the news. Send your views to goanet@goanet.org ... . ... .... .. ... .... .||. Founded in 1994 || || .| '|. 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