Re: [Goanet] Fyi: Article on Dabolim Airport

2006-12-01 Thread Philip Thomas
< where does MOPA airport plans currently stand? It was a hot topic for awhile and seems tohave dropped from the headlines. Regards,George> Yes, airline news itself is in the doldrums (to mix metaphors). The high level committeee under the PM was supposed to decide by October. But it has discovere

Re: [Goanet] Talking Photos: Goan Delicacies (some more added)

2006-12-01 Thread Bosco - Goanet Volunteer
On Fri Dec 1 08:04:36 PST 2006, Mario Goveia wrote: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2006-December/051163.html Mario responds: > > Roland, > It is not my loins that are looking forward to my next > trip to Goa with pleasant anticipation, only my eyes, > ears and taste buds. My

[Goanet] ASHRAM FATHERS RETURN TO PILAR SOCIETY

2006-12-01 Thread Diocesan Centre for Social Communications Media - Goa
The Representative of the Pope in India, Apostolic Nuncio Pedro Lopez Quintana, was in Goa on a day's visit, in order to preside over a historical Mass of Reconciliation in the Pilar Seminary Chapel, on Thursday, November 30, 2006. The Holy Mass celebrated the healing of a long standing divisio

[Goanet] Viva Futbol

2006-12-01 Thread Miguel Braganza
Editorial in the oHERALDo Profitable football Can Goan football be developed into a profitable venture? The suggestion by Portugal’s Football and Friends suggestions on how to develop football as a profitable industry in Goa should be considered seriously. On one hand the state government has d

[Goanet] Absence of women on Goanet

2006-12-01 Thread CARMO DCRUZ
Hi Cornel, Selma, I think we can get more of our Goan Women involved in Goanet if we recognize them for their genuine outstanding, achievements and contributions to Gioan Society. Jean and Marcus Catao have done a momumentasl job of recognizing the achievements of Great Goans - Conspicously

[Goanet] CHURCHILL PLEDGES FULL SUPPORT TO ROMI KONKNNI

2006-12-01 Thread godfrey gonsalves
At a special meeting convened for the tiatrists spearheading the movement for grant of official recognition for Konkani in Roman script on 30th November, at 9.30 p.m IST at the Furtado Hotel at Sernabatim Beach near Colva, by the South Goa MP Mr Churchill Alemao, tiatrists pledged their sup

Re: [Goanet] The Mess That is Goa - Personal Ramblings

2006-12-01 Thread Aristo
My apologies to the admin team & others for the long post below, but I have combined my reply to Roland & Selma in one post itself... Roland wrote: > Ha, Aristo, that little jewel embedded in all that volume: "I myself, will > eventually become one, I presume." > And may we presume from the tone o

[Goanet] My Video Clips: Some of the tradtional Portuguese songs played at Goan weddings etc

2006-12-01 Thread JoeGoaUk
My Video Clips: Some of the tradtional Portuguese songs played at Goan weddings etc It really reminded me the time I used to go for weddings late 1980s I don't think these songs are played now. I would also like to dedicate these songs to our Domnic Bab to go with his recently concluded serial

Re: [Goanet] Bleeding labour dry

2006-12-01 Thread Mario Goveia
--- Chris Vaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > THINK! -- IBM mantra > > TRUST but VERIFY! -- Ronald Reagan > Mario adds: > "A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." - Ronald Reagan > --

Re: [Goanet] Married Catholic priests in the UK

2006-12-01 Thread Cornel DaCosta
Mario, How interesting! Not only has my neighbourhood friend stated that, he stopped attending church for the reason he provided, he had also previously given up on Goanet for the "incessant nonsense" (his words), coming from you ceaselessly! I am sure he would not accept your further "nonsense"

[Goanet] (no subject)

2006-12-01 Thread Sunith D Velho
Hi Helga, I completely agree with what you said. There are very few resident Goan males on this forum so the absence of women from Goa is hardly surprising. Among the expatriate women, I hope the situation is not as glum as you paint it to be. Especially since Goan girls back home in Goa r

[Goanet] Just4U, Here comes Boney M live from Goa

2006-12-01 Thread JoeGoaUk
Believe me or not, it took me about 9 continuous hours to prepare this presentation (includes 3hrs uploading). Strangely, my Window Movie Maker won't accept the file format(mpg) so I try differently using Nero for the first time, I won't be able to remember how I did as several earlier attempts

Re: [Goanet] Is the "West" becoming intolerant of the "East"

2006-12-01 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 30/11/06, Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mario observes: > I live in one of the largest countries in the "West" > which has been attacked by Muslim terrorists, has > aggressively confronted Muslim terrorists directly and > indirectly, and gone to war on behalf of innocent and > bru

[Goanet] Mere pass Pass hai

2006-12-01 Thread Cecil Pinto
"Mere pass Pass hai!" Deewar, Delegates and what to do with Delegate Passes By Cecil Pinto In the 1975 hit movie Deewar the brother-gone-bad, Vijay (Amitabh Bachchan), asks the good cop, Ravi (Shashi Kapoor), "Mere pass gaadi hai, bangla hai, paisa hai. Tumhare pass kya hai?" Ravi replies, "Mer

[Goanet] Goa news for December 2, 2006

2006-12-01 Thread Goanet News Service
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061201/ennew_afp/afpentertainmentindia_061201145049 *** Goa gears up for Marcia Barrett's performance (New Kerala) Panaji, Nov 30 : Hits like "Ma Baker", "Daddy cool" and "Rasputin" will resound Goa as Marcia Barrett of the

Re: [Goanet] Absence of women on Goanet/response to Selma

2006-12-01 Thread Radhakrishnan Nair
<> Helga, Do you think the right-wing know-alls will allow their womenfolk to see their verbal diarrhoea on Goanet? Perish the thought, they will be exposed in no time! Deep down we're all Indian, dear! No matter whether you're in Goa, Toronto, Toldeo or Timbuktu. Hope that answers your query.

[Goanet] DRAG to feature on FM Radio

2006-12-01 Thread George Pinto
>From our World G.O.A.N. network partner --- "Disability Rights Assoc, Goa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dear Friends, The President and Secretary of Disability Rights Association of Goa (DRAG), Mr. Avelino de Sa and Mr. Victor Fenandes will feature on FM Radio in Hello FM on Saturday, 2nd D

Re: [Goanet] Talking Photos: Goan Delicacies (some more added)

2006-12-01 Thread Mario Goveia
--- Roland Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Methinks something has been responsible for stirring > your loins. Could it be some conservative political > omen, or some hunger for Goan sweets or banish the > thought, have you seen and hanker for some > sashaying Goenche mana that has cross

Re: [Goanet] The CHEERFUL Mess That is Goa

2006-12-01 Thread Alfred de Tavares
Mightilly depressed by the awesome tales of: Messing Lies My Land, I am moved to wish, friend & foe, this season with a verse of doggerel Mario (who else) Miranda had sent me one far away winter, on a piece of toilet flimsy: A MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR... wished MM Water is sca

Re: [Goanet] Is the "West" becoming intolerant of the "East"

2006-12-01 Thread Frederick \"FN\" Noronha
*Becoming*? I thought they've been that for a long time! One of the fascinating books which I got a chance to review is about an eighteenth century "shampooing surgeon" (what does that mean? check it out...) from Patna, who settled in Ireland and England. Read more about Dean Mahomet at http://www

[Goanet] "Police Action"

2006-12-01 Thread Philip Thomas
I was intrigued by the following sentence in an article by Brig. Ian da Costa in yesterday's HERALD: "The liberation of Goa was not a war; it was more of a police action ..." I leave it to military historians to decide on the exact nomenclature for what happened 45 years ago. But what strikes me

[Goanet] Raffle tickets for Goa Sudharop - update

2006-12-01 Thread George Pinto
Tickets are selling well and we are excited about the enthusiastic response. Thanks to Santosh Helekar, Sunith Velho, Gabe Menezes, Lawrence Fernandes, etc. for buying tickets today. So far 114 tickets have been sold. Please support this worthy cause. Your odds of winning one of the 21 prizes is

Re: [Goanet] Fyi: Article on Dabolim Airport

2006-12-01 Thread Frederick \"FN\" Noronha
Philip, nice to have you back! Yes, George is right. The process of making (and unmaking) news and priorities in Goa is a very strange process. There's often no madness to the method; at least one which the average citizen can't understand. We'll need to wait till election-time when Goa's political

Re: [Goanet] Entertainment Society of Goa to issue NOC's for Shooting of films in Goa

2006-12-01 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
On Thu, 2006-11-30 at 15:52 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > From: Goadesc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Goanet] Entertainment Society of Goa to issue NOC's for > Shooting of films in Goa > Category of Police Officer Rates of charges payable >

[Goanet] The Mess that is Goa ..

2006-12-01 Thread Jason Monserrate
Selma writes http://new.mail.yahoo.com Goanet supports BMX, the alumni network of Britto's, St Mary's and Xavier's -- three prominent institutions in Mapusa, Goa. Events scheduled from Dec 16 to 21, 2006 For more details vi

Re: [Goanet] Holland considers saree ban

2006-12-01 Thread Bosco D'Mello
On Thu Nov 30 02:05:02 PST 2006, Sachin Phadte wrote: Incidentally, a friend of mine is in France on a short term IT assignment, nothing big. He said that he has not heard anything about the French Socialist Party candidate making a statement about banning the saree. He thinks that the report i

Re: [Goanet] Goanetters meeting on 21st December

2006-12-01 Thread Vivian D'Souza
I dont mind, but we have had several requests for change in venue. In the past we have had it at Kala Academy, and Clube Vasco da Gama as well as the Quarterdeck./Riviera. Because of the various requests I was advised to look for a change in venue,. though I personally prefer the Quarterdeck/R