[Goanet] Sao Joao celebrations

2019-06-23 Thread Nelson Lopes
The catholic community celebrates the feast of st John the Baptist martyr It is a spiritual and religious event. meant to honour him and pray. The celebration has taken a different hue contrary to the belief The only and slight reference is to the baby jumping in the womb with joy when

[Goanet-News] Creating new festivals in Goa... and then going beyond that

2019-06-23 Thread Frederick Noronha
A couple of village festivals were held on the weekend, at Socorro and Saligao. For coverage of the latter, check out the crowdsourced images on the Saligao-Net page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saligaonet/ Interesting visuals from Clarice Vaz, Edu's World, VM and others. Also, a

[Goanet] Creating new festivals in Goa... and then going beyond that

2019-06-23 Thread Frederick Noronha
A couple of village festivals were held on the weekend, at Socorro and Saligao. For coverage of the latter, check out the crowdsourced images on the Saligao-Net page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saligaonet/ Interesting visuals from Clarice Vaz, Edu's World, VM and others. Also, a

[Goanet] Schedule for Monday 24th June 2019

2019-06-23 Thread CCR TV
CCR TV GOA Channel of God's love Kindly pass around the word to your friends and relatives in any part of the globe that they can keep track of all the CCR TV output (including our archives) via the simple-to-use, free-to download CCR TV app from the Google Playstore.

[Goanet] Quo vadis the expat Goan association?

2019-06-23 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
Frederick Noronha writes: So has Goa lost its collaborative gene? Are we unable towork together like we once did? Or is it just that overall ‘affluenza’ in thecommunity has decreased the need for people to cooperate, collaborate, and worktogether? -- GL responds: Kudos to a

[Goanet] ZERO ACTION AGAINST CORRUPTION

2019-06-23 Thread John Eric Gomes
ZERO ACTION AGAINST A LOT OF THINGS (Corruption in the background) With democracy receding into the background and no Opposition worth the name, transparency and accountability is fast changing color! A simple thing like laying service lines is getting messier with zero action against those

[Goanet] Day 6: GM Petrosyan Manuel in sole lead

2019-06-23 Thread carol
Dear all, Greetings of peace! Below, kindly find the press release for Day 6 at the 2nd Goa International Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament Round 8 Category A results. Kindly consider and publish the same in your esteemed daily. After a stunning Round 8, which saw plenty of set-backs and

[Goanet] Day 6: GM Petrosyan Manuel in sole lead

2019-06-23 Thread carol
Dear all, Greetings of peace! Below, kindly find the press release for Day 6 at the 2nd Goa International Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament Round 8 Category A results. Kindly consider and publish the same in your esteemed daily. After a stunning Round 8, which saw plenty of set-backs and

[Goanet] IT CAN’T BE ZERO ACTION AGAINST CORRUPTION

2019-06-23 Thread Aires Rodrigues
Will Chief Minister Pramod Sawant please investigate as to how a BJP henchman is offering to fill direct Dy S.P posts due to be recruited shortly at a rate of 75 lakhs by claiming that it will be a donation towards the party’s funds. Any post must be filled on merit by the best man or woman for

Re: [Goanet] Meet Roy de Souza, the tech entrepreneur who turned a personal crisis into a war against cancer (Viswanath Pilla, MoneyControl.com)

2019-06-23 Thread Bernice Pereira
Amazing breakthrough. Bernice Pereira Sent from my iPhone > On 22-Jun-2019, at 11:56 PM, Goanet Reader wrote: > > Meet Roy de Souza, the tech entrepreneur who turned a personal crisis into > a war against cancer > > The engineer from University of > Oxford started evaluating the > possibility

[Goanet] Beyond the Grave: Looking Back at International Yoga Day

2019-06-23 Thread Joao Barros-Pereira
For the week which passed by (17/7/21 -14) when I was alive on Planet Earth. International Yoga Day gave yoga international recognition, I remember saying with pride at the time. Adding, how the popularity of the art and science of yoga has gone beyond our wildest imagination! GLOBAL HATHA

Re: [Goanet] Quo vadis the expat Goan association?

2019-06-23 Thread George Pinto
Goan expat organizations have been in their death throes for many years now. Sadly they do not recognize their terminal state and hence have not taken steps to prolong their lifespan. The vast majority of Goan expat organizations are social clubs with the usual mix of picnics and dances (at