Re: [Goanet] Goanet Digest, Vol 15, Issue 42

2020-02-06 Thread Bernado Colaco
Brazil is in BRICS. Supposed to be 9th economy in the world. Besides beautiful girls, samba, bossa nova and football brasil builds planes, cars and has large amount of mineral wealth, the amazon and animals. BC I Think Gilbert is not well aware of this country called Brazil. In South America

Re: [Goanet] The Song of Solomon (GQ, February 2020)

2020-02-06 Thread Mervyn Lobo
YM,A lovely description - and history. Hats off to you. Mervyn Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad On Tuesday, February 4, 2020, 8:05 AM, V M wrote: https://www.gqindia.com/entertainment/content/the-song-of-solomon Even as 2019 faded to black, I became complicit in a fast-paced project playing

[Goanet] “Unexplained Wealth Order”

2020-02-06 Thread Roland Francis
Courts in the UK have issued an Unexplained Wealth Order against a woman who spent £16 million at Harrod’s. She is the wife of a corrupt banker in Azerbaijan who has been arrested in his country for financial crimes. Her appeals have been rejected and even leave to approach a higher court have

[Goanet] GOVERNANCE IN GOA HAS SUNK

2020-02-06 Thread Aires Rodrigues
In 2012 the BJP in Goa rode to Power with a very clear mandate after promising Good Governance and Zero Tolerance to Corruption. But nothing more needs to be said on what happened once Manohar Parrikar became the Chief Minister. It was an unending string of U-turns and rank Corruption galore. As

Re: [Goanet] Farming land For Sale or Is it Farmers For Sale

2020-02-06 Thread Bernice Pereira
I agree with your views 100%. Specially in north Goa huge tracts of land have been converted to non Agri with full connivance of government bodies. This must be stopped at once. Bernice Pereira Sent from my iPhone > On 05-Feb-2020, at 5:39 AM, Joao Barros-Pereira > wrote: > > AN OPEN

[Goanet] [Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar] Stroll on the Beach

2020-02-06 Thread Rajan Parrikar
Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, 'Stroll on the Beach' Life in the Sub-Arctic. It is the middle of winter right now with its attendant servings of icy winds, gales, blizzards, snow, sleet, and rain. For the hardy souls who make Iceland's far-flung northeast corner their home,