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(GT/Weekender) PROVORIM's HIGHWAY OF FEAR: no dividers from Porvorim to Guirim. Heavy traffic to Mumbai and Karwar (via this highway). Rampant overtaking from the left side. Lack of traffic signals, writes Ayesha Pereira describing the situation in the Herald. HEALING TOUCH FOR HOSPICIO: Finally, health minister Dayanand Narvekar made his presence felt at the neglected Hospicio Hospital in Margao, and sought three months time to put the ailing hospital in order. He promised a state-of-the-art ambulance. Deadline to plug leaking roofs. Adequate supply of medicines. An end to manpower shortage, and a hike for diet budget.(H) o Oil sparked Berger Paints factory fire at Kundaim, say police.(H) o HIV awareness programme to be implemented in schools. (H) o 13-year-old charged with unnatural sex offence at Britona(H) o Congress leaders are hypocrites, says Churchill. (H) o Navelim does not need Churchill, says block Congress. (H) o Plans in offing to amend Town & Country Planning Act. (H) o Velim to launch community hall at Bapsora on Apr 30. (H) o 300=bedded district hospital in Margao in 2 yrs: Narvekar.H o Work on Poinguinim substation from May 1: Digambar Kamat.(H) o Delhi trying to ensure return of body of Carmo Dias (32) who died in the Cayman Islands on March 8. (H)ks o Foxes nite to be held at Saligao on May 7. (H) o Interlan cybercafe opens at Comba, Margao. (H) o World Veterinary Day celebrated in Panjim. (NT) o Ingo Grill withdraws suit against Gomantak Times. (GT/W) o Dr Jaime Rangel talks about his memories of Bastora. GT/W o Cuncolim citizens condemn withdrawal of garbage bins. GT/W o Verna Fun Fete to be held from May 5, football grounds. GT/W o Debate on premarital HIV tests on May 11, Fidalgo. 4 pm. o Bollywood Masti on May 6 at 5 pm onwards, Pnj Gym Campal. o Leonoras Twist Night, Apr 30 from 7 pm onwards. Savour Portuguese delicacies. Entry free. o Counter of food, ice-creams and gift items called Celebration Corner opened in Agassaim market. (H) o Chinchinim assistant parish priest Fr Joaquim Fernandes has released a book 'Hattricks', of poems, priced Rs 30. o Prabha Mohanty, NIFT, FIT, New York will conduct a workshop on terra-cotta organised by the Handicrafts Development Commissioner (GoI) and GHRSSIDC during May and June 2006 at Common Facility Centre, Bicholim.H o Launching in Goa: Campal Clinic and Criticare Children's Hospital Opposite Parade Grounds. Ph 2421575. WILL PRE-MARITAL HIV TESTS SERVE GOA'S OBJECTIVE? A group of NGOs concnered with HIV/AIDS awareness says it could instead by counterproductive. The Lawyers' Collective HIV/AIDS Unit and Positive People (Goa) are currently organising a nationwide campaign against the mandatory testing of HIV/AIDS. NGOs say mandatory testing would create an illusion and give a false security that the prospective bride and wife would be protected. Instead of making it mandatory and spending huge amounts on testing facilities, focus should be laid on empowering women by educating them and informing them about HIV/AIDS so that women can say 'no' to unsafe sex, whether it is pre-marital or not, said lawyer Anand Grover. Also, in Goa, there is no evidence to suggest that women are predominantly infected during marriage, said Grover. (Herald) SEXTA AS SEIS: Consulate General of Portugal in Goa is to host 'Sexta as Seis' (Fridays, at Six) where every Friday, during the month of May, cultural events will be hosted at the cultural space of the consulate in Altinho-Panjim. The aim: to promote creative projects and boost intercultural exchanges. (Herald) GOA'S ROAD CARNAGE, MORE VIEWS: Valmiki Faleiro continues his write-up on this issue, this time citing the views of many Goanetters -- Melinda Coutinho Powell (in Goa), Mario Gouveia (US), Elisabeth Carvalho (US), Nasci Caldeira (Melbourne), John Eric Gomes (Porvorim), Martinho de Souza (Australia), Dr Gilbert Lawrence (US). APOLLO VICTOR HOSPITALS in Margao has issued a public advert countering the view "that the hospital is 'expensive' and that even Mediclaim patients are charged extra". It says: "It has come to the knowledge of the management that certain misinformation is being spread by vested interests." NEWS YOU CAN USE: Available care takers and home nurses for elderly people and the sick. Contact Sr Maria Ph 244 9156 or 9890 237558. Ancestral house furniture for sale: chairs, dressing, dining, writing tables, stands etc. Inspection on Monday May 1 from 8 am to 1 pm at Flat FF4, first floor, Mascarenhas Apartment, before Merces Chapel, Vaddem, Vasco. Owner will also consider offers for outright sale of flat with furniture. Contact 9324490970. Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] QUOTE... UNQUOTE: It is said when the first American hippies -- or beatniks as they were then known -- came to Goa around the Christmas of 1965-66, they found themselves on the silver sands of Colva. Why they then did not stay on and turn Colva into a hippy haven is oneof those mysteries which will never be solved because, had that to happen, the flea market would have been in Colva. -- Joseph Zuzarte in Herald. Shantadurga equals Goa, she's a widely accepted embodiment of the Mother Goddess whose veneration is near-total in Goa. She is a central aspect of our religious worship, deeply embedded -- for example -- in veneration of the Virgin Mary. This Goan affinity is pre-Brahmanical, easily traced before the arrival of Gaud Saraswats; early inhabitants of Goa worshipped Santeri, their rituals were adapted and blended by Saraswat migrants from Bengal to their own favourite, Durga. The highly syncretic result was Shantadurga, one part ancient fertility goddess, one part Aryan-ized wife of Shiva, one part newly coined aspect of peace, in keeping with the tolerant ancient culture of Goa. The Christians who came later, imbued the Virgin will all these qualities. It is no surprise that Goans of all communities feel perfectly comfortable venerating the mother goddess in all her religious guises. -- Goanetter V M de Malar, writing in PlanetGoa in Herald.l;. -------------------------------------------------------------- WORLD OF BUSINESS -------------------------------------------------------------- o Sesa Goa's sales and income from operations (consolidated and unaudited) touch Rs 19498 million for the year ended March 31, 2006 as against Rs 16770 for the previous year. -------------------------------------------------------------- EDUCATION IN GOA -------------------------------------------------------------- o Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to visit Goa on May 6-7 to officially inaugurate o Don Bosco College has declared FY/SY BCA (Com) results for the year 2005-06. (H) -------------------------------------------------------------- JOBS IN GOA -------------------------------------------------------------- o Cosme Farma needs a software developer with skills in PHP, JavaScript, HTML, MySQL, Linux Mandriva etc [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------------- GOOGLE EARTH... AND GOA -------------------------------------------------------------- CECIL PINTO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: For the past three days I have been absolutely freaking out with Google Earth. Log on to: http://earth.google.com/ Download the free version (11.2 Mb). Install the Software. Enjoy! Keep in mind you need quite a fast system to really enjoy the experience. The area around Panjim (Ilhas/Tiswadi) is covered in High Resolution. It's incredible to see landmarks so clearly. You can even discern vehicles on the road. Of course the satellite photos are not in real-time but that doesn't really matter. The Campal swimming pools, Miramar Circle, Azad Maidan, both the Patto and Mandovi bridges... every possible landmark -- close up! In fact if you check out Dabolim (which fortunately is within the same rectangle) you can see not just the runway but the parked planes too! Once you've figured out the navigation do tell me where you live and where you work. Give me the exact co-ordinates from Google Earth and then I will be able to better understand when you write to me about what you did and where you went. -------------------------------------------------------------- DEATHS/REMEMBRANCES -------------------------------------------------------------- COLVA: Inacio Fernandes (Inas Poder), Grande Vanelim. DIVAR: Stephen D'Cunha. Lar Santa MP Aged Home. NAGOA: Miss Borgia Dias, Dias Vaddo,b 1924. ASSOLNA: Crasto Joshino Damaso Jose Inacio de Loila, Passagem. First death anniversary. BENAULIM: Pascoal Fernandes, Vasvaddo, month's mind. CHINCHINIM: Marcos Dias Mendes, 1st anniversary. FATORDA: Maria Goretti Fernandes, 1st anniversary. MERCES: Lourenco Esteves, month's mind. NUVEM: Jerry Gomes, Murda Grande. 1st year. PILERNE: Lawrence Liban Thomas de Souza, 3rd anniv. ST ESTEVAM: Louis Manuel Afonso, happy birthday. ST INEZ: Amata Dias Fernandes, first anniversary b 1918. VELIM/NAVELIM: Enrica Fernandes, month's mind. --------------------------------------------------------------- ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ||g |||o |||a |||n |||e |||t || Issue compiled by ||__|||__|||__|||__|||__|||__|| Frederick Noronha |/__\|/__\|/__\|/__\|/__\|/__\| [EMAIL PROTECTED] Copyleft Goanet 2006 http://www.creativecommons.org You may reproduce this ezine in its entirety, with credits retained. -------------------------------------------------------------- Goanet, the net-worker of all networks. Stay in touch. --------------------------------------------------------------