Re: [Goanet] British citizens buying property in Goa

2009-08-04 Thread Eddie Fernandes
* G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Sangath, www.sangath.com, is looking to build a centre for services, training

Re: [Goanet] British citizens buying property in Goa

2009-07-29 Thread Eddie Fernandes
* G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Sangath, www.sangath.com, is looking to build a centre for services, training

Re: [Goanet] British citizens buying property in Goa

2009-07-29 Thread J. Colaco jc
* G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Sangath, www.sangath.com, is looking to build a centre for services, training

Re: [Goanet] British citizens buying property in Goa

2009-07-29 Thread George Pinto
* G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Sangath, www.sangath.com, is looking to build a centre for services, training

[Goanet] British citizens buying property in Goa

2009-07-28 Thread J. Colaco jc
* G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Sangath, www.sangath.com, is looking to build a centre for services, training

Re: [Goanet] British citizens buying property in Goa

2009-07-28 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक न ोरोन्या
* G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Sangath, www.sangath.com, is looking to build a centre for services, training

Re: [Goanet] British citizens buying property in Goa

2009-07-28 Thread Eddie Fernandes
* G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Sangath, www.sangath.com, is looking to build a centre for services, training

Re: [Goanet] British citizens buying property in Goa

2009-07-28 Thread George Pinto
* G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Sangath, www.sangath.com, is looking to build a centre for services, training

Re: [Goanet] British citizens buying property in Goa

2009-07-28 Thread George Pinto
* G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Sangath, www.sangath.com, is looking to build a centre for services, training

Re: [Goanet] British citizens buying property in Goa

2009-07-27 Thread Eddie Fernandes
* G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Sangath, www.sangath.com, is looking to build a centre for services, training

Re: [Goanet] British citizens buying property in Goa

2009-07-27 Thread George Pinto
* G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Sangath, www.sangath.com, is looking to build a centre for services, training

Re: [Goanet] British citizens buying property in Goa

2009-07-27 Thread Eddie Fernandes
* G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Sangath, www.sangath.com, is looking to build a centre for services, training

Re: [Goanet] British citizens buying property in Goa

2009-07-27 Thread George Pinto
* G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Sangath, www.sangath.com, is looking to build a centre for services, training

Re: [Goanet] British citizens buying property in Goa

2009-07-20 Thread George Pinto
--- On Sun, 7/19/09, Eddie Fernandes ed...@fernandes.u-net.com wrote: ** Take care - your bias is showing! Dear Eddie My bias in FAVOR of law and order is showing. Guilty as charged. See article below from today's NAVHIND TIMES about ILLEGAL land purchases by foreign nationals, including

[Goanet] British citizens buying property in Goa

2009-07-20 Thread Cajetan Alvares
Hi, Why can't the British Citizens buy land in Goa? Indians as Commonewalth Citizens can do so in UK! Secondly, are the people from the rest of India any previlaged to buy land in Goa? But they are, and paying more for it. How come this happens? - Simple. One Govt. employess are transfered to

Re: [Goanet] British citizens buying property in Goa

2009-07-20 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Dear George You wrote: My bias in FAVOR of law and order is showing. Guilty as charged. ** I was expecting that response. So do you favour the punishment of the victims and that the perpetrators get away scot free? Do you favour the retrospective application of legislation that was in any case

Re: [Goanet] British citizens buying property in Goa

2009-07-20 Thread George Pinto
Dear Eddie I see you are trying to wiggle out of the core issue about the claimed legality of real estate transactions by British nationals (others nationals are also involved but the subject line focused on British). I don't recall when or who posted an email about a petition that British

Re: [Goanet] British citizens buying property in Goa

2009-07-20 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Dear George, I have already made it clear that 100% are legal taking all factors into account, till they are proved to be illegal. Read the text of the petition carefully and you will wish to support it too! Now if you can answer the questions, please, sir! Thanks Eddie

Re: [Goanet] British citizens buying property in Goa

2009-07-19 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Dear George, My responses are preceded with ** Your quotations are preceded by **On 16 July you wrote: in many cases some builders refuse to sell to Goans... **So, how many is some? Can you name and shame many? Or some? Or many of some? You now write: IF a legal transaction occurred . I

Re: [Goanet] British citizens buying property in Goa

2009-07-18 Thread George Pinto
Eddie, sorry for my late response. I agree with you that IF a legal transaction occurred and the Goa or India govt. is trying to reverse it, I would be outraged. But I question HOW MANY of these real estate transactions by British nationals in Goa were legal. Given the illegal cesspool of

Re: [Goanet] British citizens buying property in Goa

2009-07-07 Thread Eddie Fernandes
From: Frederick [FN] Noronha Can you imagine a Digambar Kamat being painted as a Robert Mugabe? For one, he lacks the oratorial skills that Mugabe once had! FN Dear Frederick As you say, it is you who is imagining Digambar being painted at Mugabe. I wonder why. Is it a case of no smoke

Re: [Goanet] British citizens buying property in Goa

2009-07-07 Thread George Pinto
Eddie Fernandes ed...@fernandes.u-net.com: The Government has acted on the concerns of British nationals about the purchase of property in Goa. We have made clear to the state authorities in Goa that we would be extremely concerned if there were to be any question of property acquired

Re: [Goanet] British citizens buying property in Goa

2009-07-07 Thread J. Colaco jc
Dear George, You have raised good questions. However, if you would (please) review, Eddie refers specifically to a: property acquired legally b: (property) being expropriated through the retrospective application of any new legislation I suggest to you (and you may disagree) that Eddie's

Re: [Goanet] British citizens buying property in Goa

2009-07-07 Thread Eddie Fernandes
George - My responses prefaced by ** Again you have written property acquired legally by British nationals as if the LEGAL part is a given. ** I did not raise it again. FN quoted my earlier post which reproduced the British Govt. response to the question. 1. Were any bribes paid in these

Re: [Goanet] British citizens buying property in Goa

2009-07-06 Thread Mario Goveia
Roland Francis wrote: All things being equal, foreigners are better neighbors - if they are not riff-raff, they have been brought up to respect the law, they will beautify their homes and the houses in the neighborhood will ultimately fetch better prices because of this Date: Sun, 05

Re: [Goanet] British citizens buying property in Goa

2009-07-06 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक न ोरोन्या
Can you imagine a Digambar Kamat being painted as a Robert Mugabe? For one, he lacks the oratorial skills that Mugabe once had! FN 2009/7/2 Eddie Fernandes ed...@fernandes.u-net.com: The Government has acted on the concerns of British nationals about the purchase of property in Goa. We have

Re: [Goanet] British citizens buying property in Goa

2009-07-06 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 13:47:59 + From: SANTANO VAZ santano...@hotmail.com there are so many ways NRI goans can help goan comunity but not by selling goa to outsiders, I am sure there are many NRI's who are now experts on garbage bisposals and recycles this will be a best coause to come

Re: [Goanet] British citizens buying property in Goa

2009-07-06 Thread Ashley D'silva
Hello Santano, What you sat makes sense. Why ? ; If the infrastructure is not ready or created in advanced ; namely Water , electricity, roads, sewer lines, telephone lines, gas lines ,garbage disposal system etc there is going to be helluva a problem and all living there will be inconvenienced

Re: [Goanet] British citizens buying property in Goa

2009-07-05 Thread SANTANO VAZ
Reply to: British citizens buying property in Goa (Gabriel de Figueiredo) We goans don’t have problem when our fellow goan brothers and sisters buy properties or settled in other countries, as their government encourages migration and hence their government are obliged to make law as per

Re: [Goanet] British citizens buying property in Goa

2009-07-05 Thread Roland Francis
Santan, Welcome to the Gobal Village: Where Goans can go to work in the Gulf, cruise liners, Cayman Islands, Swindon and then return to Goa to settle down. Where Goans can emigrate overseas and the never return to Goa to settle down. Where Goans can remain in Goa and work for someone else at

Re: [Goanet] British citizens buying property in Goa

2009-07-05 Thread Frederick Noronha
Roland Francis wrote: All things being equal, foreigners are better neighbors - if they are not riff-raff, they have been brought up to respect the law, they will beautify their homes and the houses in the neighborhood will ultimately fetch better prices because of this By foreigners do

Re: [Goanet] British citizens buying property in Goa

2009-07-05 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
who have given Australia a bad name. Regards, Gabriel.   - Original Message From: Frederick Noronha fredericknoro...@gmail.com To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Monday, 6 July, 2009 3:10:44 AM Subject: Re: [Goanet] British citizens buying

Re: [Goanet] British citizens buying property in Goa

2009-07-03 Thread Mario Goveia
From: Mario Goveia I live in the USA which has perspicaciously become an economic and military superpower by gladly using other people's brains and other people's money and every resident, whether citizen or not, is provided with all the considerable constitutional rights, other than the

Re: [Goanet] British citizens buying property in Goa

2009-07-03 Thread Mario Goveia
Mario Goveia wrote: India has traditionally been ultra paranoid of foreign investment for reasons that escape me, because it prevents badly needed investment money flowing into the country. We are seeing this narrow minded attitude in some of the comments on Goanet. Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009

Re: [Goanet] British citizens buying property in Goa

2009-07-02 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
, 1 July, 2009 9:32:05 PM Subject: [Goanet] British citizens buying property in Goa Bravo Jane Gillian, Your mail is really some explanation to put the arguing heads to rest. I have been following many of the posts for quite some time, especially the arguments that Ex Goans in UK used to put

Re: [Goanet] British citizens buying property in Goa

2009-07-02 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 20:44:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Gabriel de Figueiredo gdefigueir...@yahoo.com.au I was able to purchase two properties in the UK without ever having been a UK national Mario observes: Doesn't this depend on the laws of each country? India has traditionally been ultra

Re: [Goanet] British citizens buying property in Goa

2009-07-02 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक न ोरोन्या
2009/7/2 Mario Goveia mgov...@sbcglobal.net India has traditionally been ultra paranoid of foreign investment for reasons that escape me, because it prevents badly needed investment money flowing into the country. We are seeing this narrow minded attitude in some of the comments on Goanet.

Re: [Goanet] British citizens buying property in Goa

2009-07-02 Thread Bosco D'Mello
-Original Message- From: Mario Goveia I live in the USA which has perspicaciously become an economic and military superpower by gladly using other people's brains and other people's money and every resident, whether citizen or not, is provided with all the considerable constitutional

[Goanet] British citizens buying property in Goa

2009-07-01 Thread Elvino Rodriques
able to purchase it because they are thecitizens of that country and therefore they are no longer Foreigners to UK but to India yes. I hope I am clear. Message: 4 Date: 30 Jun 2009 16:50:33 - From: jane gillian rodrigues janerodrig...@rediffmail.com Subject: [Goanet] British citizens buying

[Goanet] British citizens buying property in Goa

2009-07-01 Thread Cajetan Alvares
Hi, I hope I am clear. said Elvino Rodriques. Reply: I suppose you missed my post, here it is again: Hi Romeo Ferns, Easily said than done. When the East Africans/ Kenyans in particular applied to come to India. India refused them entry saying that you have a British Passport - Go to Britain.

Re: [Goanet] British citizens buying property in Goa

2009-07-01 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Goa-Properties - UK Prime Minister's Office response 1 July 2009: UK Prime Minister's Office. Excerpts: The Government has acted on the concerns of British nationals about the purchase of property in Goa. We have made clear to the state authorities in Goa that we would be extremely concerned if

Re: [Goanet] British citizens buying property in Goa

2009-07-01 Thread Eddie Fernandes
RE: I have heard that some of our MLA's are 'metric fail'. Response: Caj: Are you Imperial fail :-) Eddie === -Original Message- From: Cajetan Alvares Hi, I hope I am clear. said Elvino Rodriques. Reply: I suppose you missed my post, here it is

[Goanet] British citizens buying property in Goa

2009-06-30 Thread jane gillian rodrigues
Hi Goankars,anamari...@dataone.in My reply to e-mail below:-(1)When buying in the Company name, should company be of foreign origin or have an Indian partner or wholly owned by Indians? (2)The female friend, may have been of Indian origin, but now is a British citizen, so under what laws of