[Goanet] 2007 WILL SEE GOA'S LIBERATION

2006-12-29 Thread airesrod
May the endeavour of the people of Goa to Save our land grow stronger & bear fruit in 2007 when new, good & vibrant legislators relieve the current bunch of looters. With a firm resolve together we shall win. Aires Rodrigues, Convenor, Save Goa Front Send instant messages to your online frie

Re: [Goanet] US Military may recruit foreigners

2006-12-29 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Ed Furtado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Boston Globe December 28/2006 > Foreign citizens serving in the US military is a > highly charged issue, which > could expose the Pentagon to criticism that it is > essentially using mercenaries to defend the > country. Other analysts voice concern that a lar

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Digest, Vol 1, Issue 673

2006-12-29 Thread Bernado Colaco
The first one is a plunderer the rest are puppets in the game. Poor those Ladies and Gentleman. Honouring plunderers and thieves is some new style, a few days ago praises were sung to the Monster Rat (BC). BC Our Dear and Honoured Guests: Your Excellency, Shri S.C. Jamir, the Governor of Go

[Goanet] Navy demands land .....

2006-12-29 Thread Philip Thomas
1. [Roland Francis]. I dont see this at all. What is the threat perception? The Navy itself has been reduced to playing up "economic" threats to/from oil tankers etc in the Arabian Sea, not military threats. For this some maritime patrolling may certainly be required. No one objects to this being d

[Goanet] Goa news for December 30, 2006

2006-12-29 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa a victim of selfish politics: State Archbishop (NDTV) The fight For Goa just got a booster shot from the church that has been at the forefront of the fight. On Thursday night, at a d

[Goanet] St Xavier's College?

2006-12-29 Thread Miguel Braganza
Dear Tony, If Garth likes to call his venture "Gato loco", where is the point in 'correcting' the spelling? Kool Katz is as cool as the Gurlz showroom. I had a subordinate named Odry. If I spelt her name as 'Audrey' she thought the correspondence was addressed to someone else ;-( The same is t

Re: [Goanet] Archbishop's Speech at Annual Christmas Civic Reception - Dec 28, 2006

2006-12-29 Thread Floriano
Dears, Kindly hit www.goasu-raj.org (comments on news reports) for the comments on the Archbishop's address. kind regards floriano goasuraj

Re: [Goanet] [Goanet-news] A feeling of Goan separateness from therest of thecountry

2006-12-29 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 28/12/06, Cornel DaCosta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Fred I too would like to order a copy. Please can you let us have the Penguin Books India postal address for such an order? Many thanks Cornel RESPONSE: Available at Amazon.co.uk http://www.amazon.co.uk/Reflected-Water-Writings-Jerry-P

[Goanet] President APJ Kalam's innaugural address at PAN IIT Conference 2006 (Dec 23)

2006-12-29 Thread CARMO DCRUZ
Hi Everyone, I attended the PAN IIT Conference at the Bandra Kurla Complex this year and was fortunate to be present at the innaugural address by President Dr. APJ Kalam. Here is a link to Dr. APJ Kalam's Innaugural Address at PAN IIT 2006. He is truly an inspiring guy ! India is really fort

[Goanet] Mapxem Sunkrara Bazar (Mapusa Friday Market)

2006-12-29 Thread JoeGoaUk
Mapxem Sunkrara Bazar (Mapusa Friday Market) A selection of few pics of Goan Traditional items from the 'Friday Market' at Mapusa. Clothing, Lamani products etc are ignored. (duration: less than 3 minutes) A visit to Mapusa Friday Market... http://youtube.com/watch?v=2HjdMBpQLqI Home work: If

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Should be Kept Secular/to Mario (2)

2006-12-29 Thread Mario Goveia
--- Cornel DaCosta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Selma > For a little while, there seemed to be an eerie > silence from Mario on Goanet, but I agree with you > entirely on your rebuttal of his contention > that, religion and culture are separate entities. > But then, with much respect, is Mar

[Goanet] Save Goa Campaign: Sign in

2006-12-29 Thread Miguel Braganza
Dears, Please visit http://www.savegoa.com/signature_campaign.html and register your protest against the Regional Plan 2011 in its PRESENT FORM. THE CAMPAIGN IS PUSHING FOR DISCUSSIONS WITH STAKE HOLDERS, SPECAILLY THE LOCAL SELF GOVERNMENT BODIES [MUNICIPALITIES AND PANCHAYATS] before THE

[Goanet] Ileana D'Cruz ... Telugu actress

2006-12-29 Thread Frederick \"FN\" Noronha
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ileana_D%27Cruz#External_links Ileana D'Cruz From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Categories: Indian film actors | Tollywood | Tamil actors | 1987 births | Living people | Indian actor stubs Ileana D'Cruz Birth name Ileana D'Cruz BornAugust 19, 1987 (age

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Should be Kept Secular/to Mario

2006-12-29 Thread JOANITA FERNANDEZ
Is it not that Community is an Independent Entity (independent of Religion and Culture)? And, Is it not that a Culture (not religious culture) dependent Entity? Likewise, Is it not that a Religion dependent Entity? Just a thought Cip Cornel DaCosta wrote: Hi Selma For a little while, ther

[Goanet] Goan identity faces risk of obliteration, says Archbishop

2006-12-29 Thread Gabe Menezes
http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=122912 Goan identity faces risk of obliteration, says Archbishop NT Staff Reporter Panaji, Dec 28: The Archbishop of Goa and Daman and Patriarch of the East Indies, Rev Filipe Neri Ferrao, today said that 'the private plans and the pet projects

Re: [Goanet] [Goanet-news] A feeling of Goan separateness from therest of thecountry

2006-12-29 Thread Cornel DaCosta
Hi Fred I too would like to order a copy. Please can you let us have the Penguin Books India postal address for such an order? Many thanks Cornel - Original Message - From: "Frederick "FN" Noronha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Fatima Pais" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Thursday, December 28,

[Goanet] US Military may recruit foreigners

2006-12-29 Thread Ed Furtado
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[Goanet] BBC Radio: Goa's Sex For Sale Orphanages

2006-12-29 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Date: Friday 5 January 2007 Time: 9.05-9.30am GMT Channel: BBC WORLD SERVICE RADIO. Also online and broadband - see http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ Synopsis Child sex tourism is on the rise in India, but the authorities are in denial about the problem. Allan Urry travels to the Indian

[Goanet] Why the Silence - II

2006-12-29 Thread Philip Thomas
Sure. Anybody in his right mind would be against haphazard development. But we need to know about the 'extent' of CRZ violations, hill cutting, deforestation, the "uncalled for" new satellite townships and SEZs, the usurping of communidade lands etc. Then we would be in a better position to judg

Re: [Goanet] Goanet: Archbishop's Speech at Annual Christmas Civic Reception - Dec 28, 2006

2006-12-29 Thread JoeGoaUk
Re: Archbishop's Speech at Annual Christmas Civic Reception - Dec 28, 2006 I LIKE TO THANK HIS GRACE ARCHBISHOP FILIP NERI FERRAO FOR THIS WELL WRITTEN SPEECH. I GUESS, THIS WAS HIS FIRST TIME AND IN FACT, AT THE RIGHT TIME. TOP MINISTERS INCLUDING TCP MINISTER, CM, DY.CM, GOVERNOR, LUIZINHO, D

[Goanet] Some figures...

2006-12-29 Thread Frederick \"FN\" Noronha
* 6861 ... number of sharable photos in my Flickr account http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/ * 30442 .. number of views for the above photos * US$24.95 ... amount to renew the above account with 2GB per month bandwidth for a year. If you feel like extending this account (which expires Jan 6),

[Goanet] Archbishop's Address

2006-12-29 Thread Bonefacio Lopes
With the highest resepect i have for Archbishop Filipe Nerri Ferrao and the entire Diocese, i would like to point the following:= 1. Please ensure that today's Generation/ Catholic Community specially the youth are made to honour and read the Word of God (BIBLE), otherwise due to lack of relig

Re: [Goanet] Manohar Parrikar for CM, PM !

2006-12-29 Thread Mario Goveia
--- Bosco D'Mello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > With an eye on Election 2007, Carmo appears to have > initiated the Manohar Parrikar cheerleading squad > on Goanet. And why not? > > Electorates in general have very short memories. > Goa's electorate is no different. Just like any > employee anyw

[Goanet] Bullfights?

2006-12-29 Thread Joel Moraes
I ll really love to watch if the two top bulls from Salcette,Churchill Alemao and and Luizinho Faleiro go for a fight.It would be one of the best bullfights to witness.Only time will tell us whether this bullfight will go on or be banned? Regards, Joel Morais

Re: [Goanet] Navy demands land .....

2006-12-29 Thread Roland Francis
Joe, As you may know, the Indian Armed Forces is India's sacred cow. A law unto it's own. It is probably a legacy from British rule when the Indian Army was the single, most important instrument of the British raj that colonised India. No doubt their civil administration played an equally if not m

Re: [Goanet] Jawaharlal the hero of India - His action on Goa 1961

2006-12-29 Thread Mario Goveia
--- Bernado Colaco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Both the U.S. and the U.N. rushed to head off the > impending conflict. In an ironic reversal of roles, > Nehru, who savors the part of international > peacemaker, found himself on the opposite side of > the table. U.S. Ambassador to India John K

[Goanet] Proof of Goanness

2006-12-29 Thread Cecil Pinto
Proof of Goanness Different tests for different British folks By Cecil Pinto This week I interview researcher, lecturer, writer and engineer, Jose Lourenco, who has been appointed by the Government of Goa to design various levels of "Goanness Tests" for UK citizens wishing to settle in Goa.

[Goanet] "Must be ink fell on it..."

2006-12-29 Thread Frederick \"FN\" Noronha
Those Good Ol' Days Stories From Two Schools and A College in Mapusa, Goa December 2006 Price (in Goa) Rs 150. Pp 84 (large size) BMX http://www.bmxgoa.com "Must be ink fell on it," commented three-year-old Aren, struggling to get his words right after gingerly asking permission to see the book.

Re: [Goanet] Manohar Parrikar for CM, PM !

2006-12-29 Thread Bosco D'Mello
With an eye on Election 2007, Carmo appears to have initiated the Manohar Parrikar cheerleading squad on Goanet. And why not? I too have met Mr. Parrikar and so have thousands of fellow Goans. So what ? In person he does come across as an affable individual. So what ? Being a politician, first

[Goanet] Talking photos: Poder Poder Ponk Ponk

2006-12-29 Thread JoeGoaUk
Talking photos: Poder Poder Ponk Ponk http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=337323623&size=l As part of my 1970s memory. [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Goa & NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ Konkani Songs, Goan Photos, Tiatr/Film VCDs, Bank interest rates etc

[Goanet] Collective Responsibility

2006-12-29 Thread acafonso
ame? Benaulim, Goa: 29th.Dec.2006.---Tony Correia-Afonso. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/attachments/20061229/e11a92ee/attachment.htm

Re: [Goanet] Archbishop's Speech at Annual Christmas Civic Reception - Dec 28, 2006

2006-12-29 Thread Nasci Caldeira
Hello all goanetters, This is a 'wonderful and meaningful Speech at an appropriate Function, in the true spirit of Christmas, and what 'Christmas' should mean to the world and more specifically to Goans and Goa. I specially liked: "The Church envisions social transformation as a step by step proc

[Goanet] Why the Silence - II

2006-12-29 Thread Goanet News Service
Why the Silence - II Savio Falleiro, Borda, Margao Are the opponents of the Regional Plan (RP)-2011 indeed against the development of Goa as is mischievously imputed by some including certain builders, section of media and some members of GCCI? NO. The people of Goa are only against haphazard

Re: [Goanet] Archbishop's Address

2006-12-29 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 29/12/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... Enough is enough. It is time we called a spade a spade and gave a fitting reply to those responsible at the next elections. ---Tony Correia-Afonso. RESPONSE: Unfortunately, nothing but a heap o

[Goanet] 14th Annual Home Garden Competition & Poster Competition

2006-12-29 Thread Miguel Braganza
14TH ANNUAL HOME GARDEN COMPETITION & POSTER COMPETITION. Entries are invited for the fourteenth annual All-Goa Home Garden Competition organised by the Botanical Society of Goa [BSG] in association with its institutional and individual members from all over Goa. The Directorate of Social Fore

[Goanet] NRIs lend a helping hand to poor Dhangar family in Goa (Preetu Nair)

2006-12-29 Thread Goanet News Service
Editor's Note: Preetu Nair's first article on this subject titled "Living on 7 rupees a day!" was posted on Goanet in October 2006. Preetu Nair consistently draws our attention to social issues that are sometimes neglected in Goa: http://www.goanet.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=art

[Goanet] Archbishop's Address

2006-12-29 Thread tonyca
Goa's Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao deserves all praise for his bold and forthright address at the annual Archbishop's H House Christmas reception, during which he blasted the powers-that-be for the miserable state of affairs in Goa. Many of them, including the Governor, Chief Minister, Ca

[Goanet] Carol-Singers Arrested, Church Burned in India

2006-12-29 Thread goa world
Carol-Singers Arrested, Church Burned in India Vishal Arora & Nirmala Carvalho Compass Direct News Christmas Eve services disrupted in several states. NEW DELHI – Hindu extremists burned down a church in India on Saturday (December 23), arrested carol-singers on Christmas Eve and disrupted

[Goanet] Scrouge #1 of Goa?

2006-12-29 Thread Philip Thomas
"New Year Goa flights on a high" http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=150220 > A bright idea: Why doesnt the Navy give its flight training program a break for two weeks say from Dec 22 to Jan 4? Then civilian flights can be added during the vacated time slot and prices hop

[Goanet] OBITUARY - AVERTANO FURTADO (Cuncolim-Goa/ex-Kuwait)

2006-12-29 Thread Goa's Pride Goa-World.Com
OBITUARY - AVERTANO FURTADO (Cuncolim-Salcette-Goa/ex-Kuwait) The President and Managing Committee of the Goan Welfare Society (GWS)-Kuwait expresses deep grief on the sad demise of its patron member, Avertano Furtado. Our condolences to Mrs. Rina Furtado and the family and p

[Goanet] I wouldn't be caught dead....

2006-12-29 Thread Frederick \"FN\" Noronha
Even when going for something related to music, one needs to find some other 'peg' in it. Say, some photos to be clicked or the promise of an interview. Thursday evening was different. Longtime cyber-friend (even if we disagree over some issues) and Goa Engineering College alumni John Paul Cota, n