Political Carnival in GOA
TCP minister acted in a haste according to mafia CM Rane whereas resignation
is a eyewash according to communal Manohar Parrikar and he alone should not
be blamed for the Regional Plan according to the Don of goan
politicians,Babush Taliban Monseratte.
Mafia Rane is
Hi Joe, I just called you a Scarlet Pimpernel none of those
colourful terms you mentioned below. No offence meant, even if I'm
doing it for the 101st time now. Whatever the case, we do appreciate
the role you're playing (on Goanet and elsewhere) in sharing
information and updates about Goa. Th
On one hand, Herald report says that Faleiro used the
words, "Go to hell." On the other, JoeGoaUK informs
that he has been told my three NRGs that Faleiro
didn't use those words but ordered the security to
keep the mediapersons out.
If the meeting was indeed private or held "in camera",
then Faleir
Aires Rod's post
'Quote Freedom of speech was not the order of the day at the
Convention. Anticipating that I would raise the issue
of the Goa regional Plan 2011, Commissioner of NRI
affairs Mr. Eduardo Faleiro directed the Director of
NRI affairs Mr.Ulhas Kamat to summon the police and
arrest me.
In HERALD Jan 4 there is an op-ed page article titled "Mhadei: A Scientific
Perspective" by A.G. Desai a professor of the Geology department of Earth
Science, Goa University.In a nutshell he argues (and I quote): "the order
(type) of streams selected for impoundment and the quantum of water i
"Naval chief, Admiral Sureesh Mehta said that the air station at Dabolim is
its major fighting base due to its strategic location." Strategic? For what?
R& R? Sure it can do all the reccy it wants from there. But Dabolim is
definitely not a sine qua non for military flight training. Especially sinc
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1071856
Must you come to Goa at this time?
Friday, December 29, 2006 22:24 IST
Vivek Menezes
Let's start at the top. Why Goa? Why do all of you newly moneyed,
newly adventurous and aspirational Indians head here like lemmings
every New Year? Don't you
My old-time classmate and friend Jude Miranda (a Goanetter since way
back) passed on an invite for me. (He has shifted from SFX in Mapusa
to NIE at Altinho.) NIE, the Nirmala Institute of Education is
launching its Cambridge International Centre on Jan 9, 2007 at 3.30
pm. NIE's principal is Dr Rit
'Seabird' phase-II to start soon at Karwar
Rajat Pandit
[ 6 Jan, 2007 0052hrs ISTTIMES NEWS NETWORK ]
KARWAR: "Project Seabird", the Navy's ambitious but much-delayed project
to gain "strategic depth" through a futuristic Naval base in coastal
Karnataka, is all set to take the next step forward.
--- Miguel Braganza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Modern Allopathic medicine accepts the presence of
> psycho-somatic ailments; either directly or through
> enhancement or suppression of hormone production.
> These "ailments" can be cured without medicines.
>
Dear Miguel,
I have addressed most
On 06/01/07, Gilbert Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Some Goanetters had a field-day with Mario's post on the Iranian President's remarks
about Hitler. Given Mario's past writings, nobody can accuse Mario of being an
anti-Semite. The response to Mario's post highlight my point of "reading
Hey Aires (Rod)
You are casting aspersions about the Convention being
'Merry Making" without saying what its agenda or
planning should have been. You are not going to get
away with this. If I were the authority I would have
the likes of you, who try to 'HIJACK' a Convention,
for at least 'Three Da
Dear all goanetters,
I wish Goanetters would comment on the above named
topic.
I learn that this Aires Rod who was recently escorted
out by Police from The Goan NRI Convention, is nothing
but a 'Mischief Maker; he is sectarian in the cause he
purports to support, and does not really support or
lea
-- Forwarded message --
From: Herman Vaz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 03-Jan-2007 10:37
Subject: Youth Tabloid!
Do you want to be a part of the Coolest trendiest and Steaming Youth Tabloid
to hit Goa this month?
Has your College made it big at some event that makes you proud? Or ha
Indian Navy gets warship to ferry tanks
Indo-Asian News Service
Karwar (Karnataka), Jan 5 (IANS) Terming it a "step forward to fulfil
the nation's desire to indigenise naval ships", Defence Minister A.K.
Antony has commissioned the largest tank landing ship in the Indian
Navy.
"(INS Shardul) wil
"Fuss for New Farce" OR what's it Mr. CM?
Most Goans have many questions to ask to our honorable (?) Trashy Cheap
Minister (don't mind the slang used) for the New Year 2007! Most of the
questions and expressions raised here are percolated down from the memories
of general and middle class Go
Civilian aircraft may cruise into defence airspace
SUNNY VERMA
TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ SATURDAY, JANUARY 06, 2007 02:33:05 AM]
NEW DELHI: This could not have come at a better time. Airline passengers
facing erratic flight schedules and inordinate delays may get some
respite with the government plan
After a chaotic IFFI 2006 we have seen an extremely
controversial Global Goans Convention just conclude.
The Convention, like IFFI was also a State-sponsored
fiesta. This one hosted at a five star hotel and is
estimated to have cost the taxpayers almost fifty
lakhs if not more while just under 50 N
A record turnout witnessed the 40th Mando Festival
organised by the Goa Cultural and Social Centre at the
Dinanath Mangueshkar Kala Mandir (Auditorium) of the
Kala Academy at Campal Panaji this evening. The
function started at 3.48 p.m there were 23 groups viz;
8 in the Junior Group (comprising c
And, according to Jewish tennets any person born of a Jewish
woman is a Jew.
This rule applies, at present, for Israelli citizenship as well as a
basis for immigration threin.
AT
>
I hope it has not escaped his attention that, also in
Israel, a woman was the Prime Minister of the country
and t
My dear "is he here or, is he in h---" Joe,
I had also placed it right as well as the impossibility of
it being post. manueline.
AT
From: JoeGoaUk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!"
To: goanet@goanet.org
Subject: [Goanet] Talking Photos: Please Id
--- Gilbert Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> General Alexander Haig served six Republican
> presidents in high positions, including chief of
> staff in the White House, Supreme NATO commander,
> and foreign secretary. He claims in his recently
> published book, that the neo-conservatives (ne
--- Santosh Helekar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Gabriel,
> The retreats are not free. There are registration
> fees for all regular and special retreats. Miracles
>>are the main selling points to generate a large
>>volume of customers. Testimonies of people who
>>claim to have undergone various t
ne of the first to try Windows Live Mail.
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This refers to the article which Vivek Menezes wrote in the goanet. Its
excellent. Congratulations Vivek.
During the new year weekend it looked like the whole of Delhi descended in
goa. Went for a cocktail party with a friend at someone's mansion. guess
what, I was the only Goan Only Delhities a
How does Mario's absurd logic make a connection between those Jewish men
thanking their God for not making them women and the fact that an incredibly
tiny (or virtually insignificant number of Israeli women have made it to the
top?
Has this guy got nothing better to do or something more intell
On 06/01/07, Dr. U. G. Barad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
"Fuss for New Farce" OR what's it Mr. CM?
Most Goans have many questions to ask to our honorable (?) Trashy Cheap
Minister (don't mind the slang used) for the New Year 2007! Most of the
questions and expressions raised here are percolated
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Dear Dear Nasci,
I have to butt in on this malicious overtone against Aires Rodrigues, who is
now a qualified High Court Lawyer.
What you have picked up is nothing but a malicious campaign by Eduard
Faleiro, the shameless tom tom of the congress. And there are known tout
here on the net who would
Dear Albert
I laughed at the trash you wrote under 'reply to
Anthony M Barreto'
I also laughed at what Jerry wrote in response.
But for different reasons. I laughed at your posting
for its stupid and childish nature and I laughed at
Jerry's reply for calling you stupid without using so
many letter
CHURCHILL HEADS FOR DELHI TO MEET PAWAR
Likely to lay down preconditions to join NCP
By: Herald Reporter
MARGAO, JAN 5 - Following the resignation of TCP Minister Babush
Monserrate, the Congress camp has to wait and watch for further political
developments to unfold in the next three days as Mem
Simon Gonsalves greets all on the occasion of the
Feast of the Three Kings
"CHALLIS DIS ANI CHALLIS RATI"
The Konkani Lenten drama titled "Challis Dis ani
Challis Rati" written and directed by popular Simon
Gonsalves under his banner "God's Gift Everly
Productions" . The show will held for the f
Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org
Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories.
*** Paradise Found ; Georgina Rodgers Relaxes on Goa's Golden
Beaches (RedNova)
By Georgina Rodgers HURTLING along in our clapped-out 4x4
vehicle in the oppressive heat of the mid-morning su
--- Gllenda Viegas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The environment makes one feel for God and many
> cures do take place. One should not write anything
> against these retreats without attending the same.
>
Mario responds:
>
Glenda,
I have nothing against any retreat wherever it is
held, and if on
Dear Selma,
Thanks for your wishes and apologies for my tardy reply. Your
respectful disagreement notwithstanding, I can hardly see how you can
put religious and scientific thought on the same footing.
Organised religion evolved from tribal fears. Anything that could not
be explained was attri
Dear Dr. Barad,
Very good and inteligent questions raised by you. Let's see if the Cheap
Minister and his circus of cheap jokers care to answer.
Keep up the good works, God Bless you.
Regards
A. Fernandes
DID WE DESERVE THIS?
By Valmiki Faleiro
To those of my esteemed readers averse to Goa’s politics, my unreserved
apologies.
I’m aware our political scene is akin to a cesspool that any sane Goan would
prefer to
avoid with a long bargepole. But I am also painfully aware that our insulated
atti
- Original Message -
From: "Cornel DaCosta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!"
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 6:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Goanet] I am a Proud Goan from Goa,India-I am not from
Portugal's Lo Estado da India
Hi Pau
"Teotonio R. de Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Source: Correio da Manhã
> Lisbon, 5-1-2007
> Diaspora: A lakh of Portuguese abandon Portugal in
> 2006 Growing emigration crisis
> FIVE MILLION PORTUGUESE ABROAD
> According to the estimates of the Obra Católica
> Portuguesa das Migrações: t
Cornel DaCosta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Interestingly, when I was in Jerusalem, by the
> > Wailing Wall, there were Jewish men in long black
> > robes publicly thanking God for (among other
> > things), not making them women/female. Our travel
> > guide explained their prayers --- translate
Hey Francis,
Eduard Faleiro or any of the polis and bureaucrats are
not fellow villagers of mine! And more importantly I
am not not "Nasty' like you certainly are. My name, I
put down as Nasci, that is short for Nascimento! Just
shows how biased and 'ROD" loyal you are in this
mudslinging! In thi
Some of our Goanet ex-Africa Goans may be interested in this obit.
"Passed away peacefully after a courageous battle with cancer on Jan
4, 2007 at Oakville, Arthur Lobo in his 63rd year. Beloved husband of
Rita. Loving father of Ian and Colin. Loved son of Clara and the late
Damiao Francisco (Mic
This message below is one of the greatest drawbacks of organized
religion... the tendency of the followers of one faith to denigrate
others. Will any Christian/Catholic member of this forum have the
decency to tell Nasty that he is just PLAIN WRONG! I'm too ashamed of
his statements to ask him t
Hi Goans,
Santosh Wrote:
Hope is clearly being sold here. I submit to you that
even the mildest scientific scrutiny of these miracles
would prove that it is false hope. What we are
witnessing is not spirituality, but a spiritual
business based on deception and false advertisement.
This is also tr
Ana Maria: Why did you go for the cocktail party? To paraphrase VM,
"Must you come to (Delhi-oriented) cocktail parties this time (of the
year)?
Also I would like to comment on one of the comments you made at the
ICT-for-D debate (if you will excuse me for taking ideas from one
forum to another,
Santosh Helekar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Someone else said that the charge was Rs. 250. The
> website still claims that it is only Rs. 170. The
> mechanism for generating income is a tried and
> tested
> one, both in India and abroad. Thousands of faith
> healers, psychics and self-help gurus u
Is it a Christian value to abuse other religion on public forum such as
this?
Is it a crime to worship nature?
Cheers
JR
Hinduism and Hindu religious do not yet
comprehend what 'God' really is. They make a mockery
of themselves by believing that any thing and
everything is god except the harija
Wonders never cease in our wondeful Goa! Newspaper headlines
proclaim:"Government Orders Scrutiny of Regional Plan!" We
all thought that the Plan had been discussed/circulated in the Cabinet and,
after due scrutiny,it had been notified in the Official Gazette
in November 2006. This is the least
"Cut Politicians politically - New Mantra for 2007"
On the concluding day of NRI convention Governor Jamir appealed to
authorities in Goa to "Refrain from ideas of developing Goa on lines of
Singapore and Dubai. He also appealed to preserve Goa's unique identity"
While, Chief Minister Rane emp
Sachin, RKN,
CBI conducted raids against Isidore, when he defected from the Congress.
Once he rejoined the Congress Party, the case seems to have disappeared
into thin air! As I said in my original posting, there were rumours that
Digamber Kamat was threatened with CBI raids if he did not join th
The deadline the Supreme Court gave the States for affidavit on Police
Reforms is reported to be end December 2006. Many States including Goa have
not yet replied.Those who did, disagreed by and large ,on the grounds that
the Cabinet is responsible for Law and Order, and being elected
represent
When I came on Goanet in the third trimester last year, my first
reaction on seeing the name Joegoauk was; who is this Joe gawking at?
I even thought, doesn't this fellow know the spelling of gawk? After a
few posts, I realized his name was meant to be Joe Goa UK.
Joe is the guy who keeps us info
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas begins today
Press Trust of India
New Delhi, January 7, 2007
With an aim of encouraging Indian diaspora to be part of socio-economic
development in India, the government will have three-day face-to-face with
overseas countrymen from Sunday to discuss
Goa has its own top players who under poor conditions
did very well. GK Alexander Remedios, The Crasto
brothers who could have easily made any team, Michael
Fernandes top CH. All the these played for Goa as
Junior Nationals and the best showing was in 1978.
BC
Now this is Leo's list of the Top G
Hi Tony,
Many thanks for your note and I appreciate your effort in putting
together and presenting the gift for Ballu Velip which must have taken
your time.
Got your email re the costs and pls confirm I can send it to you by
Paypal. I ask this as you did not refer at all to my proposal as to
how I
--- Ana Maria de Souza-Goswami <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> During the new year weekend it looked like the whole
> of Delhi descended in
> goa. Went for a cocktail party with a friend at
> someone's mansion. guess
> what, I was the only Goan Only Delhities and a
> couple of government people.
--
Right on Eric and with reference to what Radhakrishnan, Sachin and
Naguesh wrote about the CBI;
Every retired senior Indian police officer who has written a book
about their career (I have read them all) bemoans the fact that the
police is structured to work under the orders of the Home Department
Aires comes from a revolutionary background. During
the ticket concessions in the seventies he managed to
bring down the communalist dictatorship of the
Bandodcars. At the moment Aires is in the wrong
direction and not doing enough for Goa, I feel he
should head the Quit Goa movement.
BC
I learn
Hi Valmiki,
Your article below was an excellent summary of Goa's past and present
predicaments. All Goans have one last chance to get out of this mess and
usher in Good Governance - to back the most highly educated Goan politician
and an authority on Good Governance IITian Manohar Parrikar to
Ana Maria de Souza-Goswami wrote:
During the new year weekend it looked like the whole of Delhi descended in
goa. Went for a cocktail party with a friend at someone's mansion. guess
what, I was the only Goan Only Delhities and a couple of government people.
Cecil:
And you were expecting what? K
The 125 include civil enclaves like Dabolim, numbering about 30. Anyway, the
main purpose of the proposal is to expand the airline/airport network . I
dont think the activities at existing civil enclaves would be touched. In
fact the military wants to even keep the civil enclaves out of the purv
Not so fast, Avelino. Phase I has
taken 7 years. Phase II has to get clearance in March. Its anybody's guess
as to how long it will take to complete. The prognosis is not good after the
7 year gestation period of Phase I. But an airport is likely to figure in it
after all thanks to the initiative
Plz Nasci don't pass your judgment sitting down under (the carpet) For you
to know all thats going on in Goa! you need to be there.
Just 1 question! when did you last come to Goa? & what have you done other
than criticizing others?
Atleast Aires got the 50% concession for all student commuters t
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