[Goanet] Feast Day of Saint Joseph Vaz

2018-01-13 Thread George Pinto
>From the Joseph Naik Vaz Institute ... January 16 is the Feast Day of Saint Joseph Vaz (Patron Saint of the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman) and January 15 is Martin Luther King Day. As America celebrates the life and work of the great human rights activist, Martin Luther King Jr., let us

[Goanet] Fwd: Alfred Braganza Funeral Announcement and Bio

2018-01-13 Thread goansofamerica
Hi All, Forwarding you information on Alfred Braganza's Funeral Announcement. The GOA LA thanks you for offering the S.A.T. award to the 11th and 12th grade scholars for 19 years, and for also being the pioneer in our community out here. R.I.P. Alfred the GOA LA will miss you! Thanks,

[Goanet] 'Even pregnant women were not spared from assault'

2018-01-13 Thread Marshall Mendonza
Roland Francis: All I am saying is even in democratic and hospitable India, you have to watch your back and tread carefully. Response: Perhaps if you read Arun Ferreira's autobiography you will get a still deeper understanding of how kafkaesque the Indian judicial and justice system operates.

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2018-01-13 Thread Aires Rodrigues
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/cabinet-ministers-should-speak-up- like-sc-judges-yashwant/articleshow/62486378.cms -- Aires Rodrigues Advocate High Court C/G-2, Shopping Complex Ribandar Retreat, Ribandar – Goa – 403006 Mobile No: 9822684372 Office Tel No: (0832) 2444012

[Goanet] 2018: The Year of living Dangerously (original text) Times of India, 12/1/2018

2018-01-13 Thread V M
https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIGO%2F2018%2F01%2F13=Ar00408=D55E291A=text Just a few days into the New Year, and it is already clear this is a critical juncture for Goa. Ever since the new millennium dawned nearly two decades ago, India’s

Re: [Goanet] The Emperor's New Airport (Times of India, 11/1/2018)

2018-01-13 Thread Bernice Pereira
If I’m not mistaken something similar happened in Kuala Lumpur. Bernice Sent from my iPhone > On 11-Jan-2018, at 12:28 PM, Gabe Menezes wrote: > >> On 11 January 2018 at 02:36, V M wrote: >> >>

[Goanet] JUDICIARY NEEDS TO ACT AS TRUE WATCH DOGS OF DEMOCRACY AND GOOD GOVERNANCE

2018-01-13 Thread Aires Rodrigues
The mutiny between the four brave senior most Judges of the Supreme Court and the Chief Justice of India was long overdue. This must act as a warning and an alarm to every Indian that our very democracy is in peril. Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer had said “Even so, the creed of judicial independence

[Goanet] DR WILFRED DE SOUZA HAD DIAGNOSED VIJAI SARDESAI'S GREED FOR WEALTH 20 YEARS AGO

2018-01-13 Thread Aires Rodrigues
In 1998 when Dr Wilfred de Souza formed the Goa Rajiv Congress Party he had anointed Vijai Sardesai as the President of the party’s youth wing. But very soon the renowned political surgeon that he was, Dr Wilfred de Souza swiftly assessed Vijai Sardesai dubious traits. “If power ever slips into