Re: [Goanet] Goanet:: Expats desperate in Dubai

2020-06-12 Thread Vivian A. DSouza
It is gutwrenching painful to find out from Roland's posts, about the situation for Goans in Dubai and presumably the other Gulf emirates.The question therefore is - what should we as Goans do  ?.  Surely some of these individuals have cooked their own goose by living beyond their means.  I will

Re: [Goanet] Goanet:: Expats desperate in Dubai

2020-06-12 Thread Roland Francis
Vivian you are right in saying that Goans are similarly affected in all the other Gulf countries. I commend you for asking what we can do for them. The truth is very little, this is a huge financial problem and the Goa Govt seems to be doing nothing. When things were good, they reaped the bene

Re: [Goanet] Goanet:: Expats desperate in Dubai

2020-06-13 Thread Frederick Noronha
Goa isn't doing nothing. The politicians here are busy with their power struggles, often going mostly unnoticed thanks to a largely supportive media too. Please don't misunderstand all the "work"they put in. There's little time for anything else.FN On Sat, 13 Jun 2020 at 03:14, Roland Francis wro