[Goanet-News] Goa news for June 29, 2012

2012-06-28 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Illegal mining: Goa to review all files cleared in 10 years - NDTV TVIn an effort to weed out illegal mining activity, Goa government is reviewing all files cleared by the State Mines and

Re: [Goanet] The Prayers of Orphans

2012-06-28 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
What next!?! Sweets for migrant kids instead of flowers for funerals? Tinto gossip as a substitute for books? Replacing the kaskar with a schoolteacher, and caju with healthy bottled milk? Just joking Actually I quite support the idea of deprofessionalising the media, contrary to what my

Re: [Goanet] The Prayers of Orphans

2012-06-28 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Cecil Pinto wrote: Earlier this month my Kuwait based friend, Ulysses, wrote to me saying that it was the First Death Anniversary of his father, Anthony Menezes, and he needed to release some adverts in the local Goan newspapers. These adverts would be to remind people about the Anniversary Mass.

[Goanet] MAY THE LAW PREVAIL

2012-06-28 Thread Aires Rodrigues
The Right to Information Act is a people’s legislation, rather a 'probono publico' legislation, to ensure transparency in governance which politicians in power frown at. After his foiled bid to foist Pandurang Nadkarni as the State Information Commissioner, a visibly infuriated Chief Minister

Re: [Goanet] Poskos and poskems of Goa (correction)‏

2012-06-28 Thread Domnic Fernandes
Domnic Fernandes wrote: It is a KNOWN FACT that during the Portuguese regime Goa was governed by bhattkars or landlords. From: J. Colaco Dear Domnic, Would you please expand upon the above opener from you? RESPONSE: I have rephrased the first sentence to read thus:

[Goanet] SBS On Demand - Indian Ocean With Simon Reeve S1 Ep4 - Pakistan, India, Maldives

2012-06-28 Thread Con Menezes
Watch the Ganesh Festival in Mumbai. http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/2249827465/Indian-Ocean-With-Simon-Reeve-S1-Ep4-Pakistan-India-Maldives

[Goanet] Fwd: Song for the day

2012-06-28 Thread Gabe Menezes
TRÍO LOS PANCHOS - CIELITO LINDO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVQGxFDINngfeature=related g -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.

Re: [Goanet] Poskos and poskems of Goa

2012-06-28 Thread J. Colaco jc
[1] Domnic Fernandes rephrased the first sentence of his previous post ...to read thus: It is a known fact that the Portuguese ruled Goa through bhattkars or landlords. [2] re: the question: Who exactly were these bhatcars who governed Goa? , What posts did they hold, AND what did they do?

[Goanet] The Adopted Ones (Response to Roland Francis by Rose Fernandes)

2012-06-28 Thread Melvyn Fernandes
Dear Roland Thank you for your response. According to Wikipedia, as at 2011, Canada had a population of approximately 33.4 million and according to the Adoption Council of Canada the number of overseas adoptions in 2010 was 1,946 in total. Of this total, 472 were from China, 172 from Haiti

Re: [Goanet] Ram Sene: Coming to Goa

2012-06-28 Thread Gerald Fernandes
Goans should consider welcoming the so called Ram Sene  of KARNATAKA to GOA so that their BOSS Mr Muthalik and his Goons can be given a taste of their own pudding, should they take it upon themselves to muddy the polity and culture of Goa. The CM of Goa rightly referred to them obliquely as

[Goanet] Dom, in Love and at War

2012-06-28 Thread Marshall Mendonza
** http://www.indianexpress.com/news/dom-in-love-and-at-war/965603/0

[Goanet] Goans finally NIT - Goa got 50 % exclusive seat resevation

2012-06-28 Thread U. G. Barad
Goans finally got exclusive 50 % seats at National Institute of Technology (NIT - Goa) from this academic year i.e. 2012 - 2013. Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar who had strongly taken up the issue with central government succeeded in getting this rightful exclusive reservation for Goan student.

[Goanet] Goa news for June 29, 2012

2012-06-28 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Illegal mining: Goa to review all files cleared in 10 years - NDTV TVIn an effort to weed out illegal mining activity, Goa government is reviewing all files cleared by the State Mines and

Re: [Goanet] The prayer of orphans

2012-06-28 Thread Vivian A. DSouza
Kudos to Cecil Pinto and Ulysses for showing us an alternative way to honor people. The ostentatious one-upmanship practiced in Goa, whether it is weddings, First Holy Communion, Confirmation, Christening or death anniversaries, is disconcerting if not downright distressing.  What is the

Re: [Goanet] The Adopted Ones (Response to Roland Francis by Rose Fernandes)

2012-06-28 Thread Roland Francis
Rose, Try as I could, I failed to make any sense of what you are trying to say. And I say that without any intent to deprecate. How did you come to the conclusion that couples in Canada who are adopting are mostly mixed race. You have given no fact or observation or deduction to prove this. As

[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (29Jun12)

2012-06-28 Thread alexyz fernandes
~ Inter College Quiz on Drug Abuse ~ In which part of India are Drugs easily available? And why? Easy! Goa because of the Politician...Police...Drug Peddler nexus! To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org