Am forwarding a message I received from a Goanetter (Goenkar 'A'), who
received the preceding message from a second Goanetter (Goenkar 'B').
- Bosco
On 1/1/07, Goenkar 'A' wrote:
Hi Bosco,
Happy New Year 2007!
Just thought I would send you a link to the local newspaper about Larry
Mendon
http://www.savegoa.com/about_goa.html
WHAT WILL IT DO TO GOA?
Deplete natural resources like forest cover, etc. leading to ecological
imbalances. (Link)
Allowable FAR of 80% for the new settlement areas will turn green areas into
concrete jungles, e.g. the Tata Housing Complex at Betim which
The only thing I know about Manohar Parrikar
is that he CREATED a 'mess' in the run up to IFFI 2004. Its going to take
Goa a long time to get IFFI back on track after that. What Goa needs is
someone who can handle a mess without creating a fresh one. I would give the
worthy a thumbs down. Cheers.
Doctor Carmo Dcruz:
Why do you still use a portuguese name if Portugal and our culture is so
negative?
Henrique Salles da Fonseca - Lisbon
Albert writes
M/S Selma does not believe in miracles taking place at Pota because she has
no faith in Jesus. The church may say many things but I will not. Miracles
do take place every day in our lives and we do not need the authority of the
church to judge the works of God through Jesus. Bann
On Mon Jan 1 23:58:25 PST 2007, Albert Desouza wrote:
There is one sunday of october that is called Mission sunday. People are
asked to donate generously towards mission but no one knows how much
money is spent on mission.
RESPONSE: Have you tried approaching the Archdiocese offices to enquire
Dear Readers.
It's very good to express each one's opinion on any topic. But the feedback
on Archibishop's address by some has to be appreciated while other's have
gone too far criticising the church/ priests and their way of living, which
in actual has no relevance to the subject matter. Let
Confining myself to commenting only on academia,
science, health and creative talents, my criticism of
this list would be that it is drawn in a rather
arbitrary, cursory and sloppy manner. There does not
seem to be any consistency or uniformity in the
criteria used for selection.
For example, a ro
Hi Goans,
Carmo wrote:
From: "CARMO DCRUZ"
So I am not really a new fan of Manhoar Parrikar. I have known him long
before he graduated from IIT, long before he became an untimely widower,
long before he decided to give up the lucrative scholarship opportunities in
the US (despite being a world
Mr Silvano
How do we get hold of the karaoke Cd . Please let me know and the cost .
Kind regards,
Cyril Pereira
_
http://www.savegoa.com/regional_goaplan.html
WHAT IS THE REGIONAL PLAN??
The Regional Plan is an exercise undertaken by the Government and more
specifically the Town and Country Planning Department (TCPD) which takes
into account the changes occurring in the population, economy and physical
de
Hi Cornel,
Happy New Year to you and all the Goanetters.
In some of your posts you make a point about reading (other people's writings
and reasoning) taking more importance that using common sense (one's own
reasoning). To a point you are correct in that, reading other perspectives
helps crit
--- Cornel DaCosta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Mario
> Just some quick points in reply to yout post.
> 1. Commonsense by itself cannot compensate for
> serious reading. Commonsense comes in before,
> during and after the substantial evaluative reading
> and not instead of it!
>
Mario responds:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3347309,00.html
With respect to the discussions that flare up on Goanet from time to time
about Hitler's religious affiliation, or lack thereof, I wonder what Cornel,
an ardent proponent of the discredited notion that Hitler was a PRACTICING
Catholic, has
http://www.globalgoans.org.in/
Programme:
January 3, 2007
1000 AM : Morning Session - Inauguration by Hon. Chief Minister of Goa Shri
Pratapsingh R. Rane.
0100 PM : Lunch.
0300 PM : Afternoon Session - Interaction with Hon. Chief Minister on
Government policies with accent on those concerning
XVIIth Navelim Y.C Rolling Trophy Semis
DHL shock Kuwait Goans; AVC win 4-0
Kuwait: Assolna Velim Cuncolim (AVC) Overseas Association and DHL, two of
the best teams this season will clash in the finals of the XVIIth Navelim
Youth Centre Rolling Trophy tournament to be played Friday 5th January
--- Vidyadhar Gadgil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Question everything -- Karl Marx
Vidyadhar,
It so happens I was driving by Trier, Germany, today on the way through Mosel
wine country
(Germany) when I stopped by Trier which is the oldest town in Germany. Although
I have studied
Marx, I had n
Talking Photos: X'mas Cribs with beautiful Palaces etc
This is my first Christmas in Goa after 12 years.
Today we left for visiting South Goa Cribs.
I was really impressed to see some of the beautiful cribs with palaces etc.
Cribs not only attract locals but foreign tourists too usually after 7
As requested by Canada-based Roland Francis, when I
visited Ballu's place with the Christmas/New Year
gift-package (A kg Swiss cake from Monginis, a bottle
of wine, a home-made bouquet, a Christmas/New Year
card and cash Rs 500/-) a few curious children
followed me to his house.
I gave a one-minut
edward desilva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I do not believe that a priest attending my funeral
> is going to lead me to heaven any more than giving >
him money to say a Mass to my dead Mother-in-law
> (who prosecuted me and tortured me every minute of
> her life) will take her to Heaven, frankly
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2527431,00.html
Times OnlineJanuary 02, 2007
The yard in the village of Malsai, deep in the Indian countryside,
where Stephen Bennett was beaten to death (Ashling O'Connor / The
Times)
Briton killed over 'misunderstanding' in Indian village
--- Albert Desouza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Sir
> Many people specially the Roman Catholics want a ban
> on religious writings in the goanet specially
> written by one albert de Souza.
>
Mario responds:
>
Albert,
I will defend with my life your right to write
anything you want within Goanet
HERALD, Jan 2 had an interesting article titled "Common sense lacking in
Goa" by Joseph Zuzarte. It began dramatically with a story about the fight
between fisherwomen of Canacona and Karwar. The author points out that it
was simply about competitive forces that Goa was beginning to have to cope
wi
St. John's University, New York, in collaboration with the Diocesan Centre
for Social Communications Media (Goa), is organizing a Conference on
"Information and Communication Technologies and Development" at Hotel
Mandovi, Panjim, from 4th to 6th January, 2007.
The Conference, which will be in
Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org
Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories.
*** Regional plan: Goa artists join protests (NDTV)
Goa partied hard as the New Year arrived but there were
protests over the governments regional plan. The plan allows
vast areas of land to
--- Albert Desouza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I cannot
> understand why lay people are
> kept out of it. They can preach the word of God
> better than the priest.
> Albert
>
--
Dear Albert,
Would you like a lay person without a medical degree
to operate on you? Then
Hi Joe
It was half sarcasm, half zest but certainly there was
not even a grain of offence in my posting.
Best regards
Tony martin
--- Anthony M Barreto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear JoeGoa de UK
>
> If the life of a priest is so much of a luxury that
> you picture in you post, you should
Gabe Menezes wrote ".Beside the vegetable are the potters from Bicholim,
from whom you can buy yourself a combo, the rooster-shaped water jar that is
in every Goan kitchen."
Hi,
I believe the word used for the combo which Gabe used is Gurguret. This
gurguret was found in households as a storage f
Hello all Goanetters,
Cajetan Rego, Joe Goa Uk, and Dr. Carmo please take
note of this news item from Frederick below. Your M.
parrikar is a member of the notorious RSS; and he
openly admits this; They are the Gandhi Killers!
Parrikar wears those Khaki shorts at parades; only he
thinks he has 'goo
ALERT!! Animal Violation in South Goa by the Forest Dept!!
Dear Goanetters!
Thanks to timely action of 3 WildGoans, and Paresh, working at the forest
department, on 30th December 2006, 1 python, 2 mongoose and 1 palm civet was
rescued from a crib site at Aquem, Margao. The animals were in a real
I have spoken of the nomination of Super Goa in the
list. As for leading edge, I hope you do not mean the
toilet mess that Goa is in?
Visit www.savegoa.org
Regards
BC
--- CARMO DCRUZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> much for your "Aao Portuguese" Podhi and Patrade !
> Remember, if your
> prayers,
To the best of my belief the moving force behind the Mapuca new market,
vision & execution, was Dr Pinto Rosario, Fatima´s Pappa.
Alfred
From: "domnic fernandes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!"
To:
Subject: [Goanet] New Mapusa Municipal Market turns
While passing through a hotel in Bangkok recently, I came across this
nice brochure explaining the local fruits. It had photos, availability
details, and "to eat" instructions for custard apple, guava, longan,
longkong, lychee, mango, mangosteen, papaya, pinapple, pomelo,
rambutan, rose apple, sap
Please keep your reax to the 101 cybergoans list coming in. I'm not
ignoring the same... just waiting to respond in a consolidated manner.
The debate this throws up is as interesting as was the task of
compiling the list itself. FN
--
101 cybergoans: Recognising people of Goan origin making a diff
<< (despite being a world class metallurgical researcher in his
undergraduate program)>>
Undergraduate and world class! Which world? Third or Fourth World?
-- RKN
Andre,
In case I didn't make it clear enough in my previous post, the article
was about the Casting Couch in the Indian fashion industry and Ignatius
Camillo was asked for his opinion/view regarding the same.
I don't see any ambiguity in the first reply. What other way can it be
interpreted
Dear Friends
There is one sunday of october that is called Mission sunday. People are
asked to donate generously towards mission but no one knows how much money
is spent on mission. According to me mission involves the awareness of the
word of God. People of Goa are really starving for the wor
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