Joel D'Souza
2003-05-04 07:39:11 UTC
GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS
May 04, 2003
KERI PLATEAU YET TO SEE DEVELOPMENT: It was a controversial project in the
mid-90s that triggered off state-wide protest and even led to the loss of
one life. And when the Thapar Du Pont company finally decided to abandon
their ambitious Nylon 6,6 project at Keri plateau in 1994, huge land
purchased by the company was then acquired by the government in a bid to
start other projects. Nine years have passed, but there has been no sign of
any industry in the area and the resentment is growing to the extent that
some youth are now repenting for having driven out the Nylon 6,6 project. (H)
NEW TEXTBOOKS FOR SECONDARY STUDENTS: The Chief Minister, Mr Manohar
Parrikar, informed that students of class VIII, IX and X would have new
textbooks from the academic year 2003-2004 as the Goa Board of Secondary
and Higher Secondary Education had decided not to follow the syllabus of
the National Council for Educational Research and Training in its entirety.
(NT)
FATAL FALL: Milagres Miranda, 55, of Agonda, Canacona, died after he fell
off from the scooter he was riding, while traveling to Margao along with
hawaldar Caitano Rodrigues, also from Agonda. On reaching Cuncolim, Miranda
suddenly lost control over the scooter and fell off. He suffered severe
head injuries. Pillion rider Rodrigues, however, escaped with minor
injuries. (WE-GT)
4-YR-OLD DROWNS: Selson Carvalho, 4, son of Lourdes Carvalho, of
Ambaulim-Quepem, met a watery grave yesterday when he fell into the
Selaulim Irrigation Canal. Selson, along with two of his friends, had gone
to eat jumblums. The deceased, who felt thirsty, had gone to the canal to
drink water when he suddenly lost control and slipped into it. (WE-GT)
BODY FOUND IN HOSPITAL WELL! An alleged suicide by a leprosy patient, Ashok
Shirodkar, at the Macazana leprosy hospital, has stirred a hornet's nest as
the body was found in a highly decomposed state in a water well located in
the hospital premises. Incidentally, there was no formal missing report
lodged with the police by the hospital authorities. However, the hospital
authorities now claim that they had telephonically intimated the Maina
Curtorim police station after the patient went missing. (H)
SHIRODA GIRLS MISSING: Their friendship may have cut across religious
barriers but two 14-year-old girls were unable to win the confidence of
their respective families. Reshma Makbur Sayyed of Bhati-Shiroda and Aarti
Vasant Pednekar of Baikadem-Shiroda, have been reported missing since April
30. Both were thick friends but the families of both girls were not happy
with their friendship. (H)
NARVEKAR TAKEN FOR A RIDE! Mapusa police yesterday arrested Gurudas
Narvekar from Mumbai on charges of cheating Aldona MLA Dayanand Narvekar of
Rs.2.26 lakh. Police are also on the look out for a second suspect, who is
absconding. (WE-GT)
JOURNALISTS BOYCOTT TOURISM MINISTER'S MEET: The members of the local
press, state correspondents of the leading national dailies as well as
representatives of the national news agencies boycotted the press
conference of the Minister for Tourism, Mr Francisco Pacheco, after he
failed to turn up at the venue on time, for a briefing on the forthcoming
Food and Cultural Festival. (NT)
GARBAGE DUMPED IN CHINCHINIM: When the Orlim bridge was planned, designed
and finally thrown open for the public some years ago, the avowed objective
was to connect the village of Chinchinim located on the East of River Sal
to the coastal belt. For unscrupulous garbage disposal contractors,
however, the connectivity has come as a blessing to offload tonnes of
waste, thereby virtually making the approach road to the bridge on the
Chinchinim side a dumping ground in recent times. (H)
WHY WE SAY GOANS FIRST: "Deserving Goans have been denied jobs in many
spheres by strong lobbies from particular states in particular fields. This
process began with non-Goans recruited in 1961 to the government,
semi-government and private establishments. The pattern of recruiting their
ganv-wallas continues till date as the 1960s-comers have reached top
influential and decision-making positions today. (Sandesh Prabhudesai in
Panorama-NT)
CALANGUTE'S ALLOCATION FOR GARBAGE COLLECTION: The Mecca of tourism in
North Goa, Calangute, has allotted a whopping Rs.18,20,000 for the
collection of garbage for the year 2003-2004. The neighbouring beach
village of Candolim has allotted Rs.4 lakh and other tourism-haunt of
Anjuna has allocated just Rs.10,000 for the same purpose. (NT)
BASIC COMPUTER COURSE FOR ASSAGAO CHILDREN: Computer training summer camps
(basic course) for the children of Assagao and Saligao villages in
association with the respective panchayats already commenced from 2 May
wherein 93 children registered. El Shaddai Charitable Trust working for the
betterment of the children had organised this course. (WE-GT)
TIATR FOR NORTH-EAST: People of Assam and neighbouring states may have
heard about a tiatr but not seen one. For the first time, a 20-member
troupe, led by Reggie Fernandes, will unveil this art form in north-eastern
states including Assam, West Bengal and Orissa, with their production
"Rater" (Trap) during their 22-day tour from 6 May. (WE-GT)
GALGIBAGA FARM LAND UNDER SALINE WATER: Around 35 hectares of land has been
inundated due to the entry of saline water into the agricultural fields and
the mainland from the Galgibagh river at Magdalle-Galgibagh and at
Sadolxem, claim officials or the Agriculture Department. (H)
LECTURE ON GOA'S DEVELOPMENT: The Padmashri Vaman Sardessai Memorial Trust
and the Institute of Indo-European Studies will jointly hold a public
memorial lecture on "Future Vision of Goa's development," at the convention
Hall Hotel Mandovi, on May 6. (NT)
CANDELARIA CHURCH: The Our Lady of Candelaria Church, Baina-Vasco, will
celebrate the silver jubilee of its elevation to the status of a church on
May 4 (feast day). It was elevated in 1978. On the feast day the high mass
will be celebrated by Fr Kyriel D'Souza. Built as a chapel in 1796, it was
rebuilt in 1905. (H)
GONSALVES ON GIDC BOARD: Mr JB Gonsalves, former minister for urban
development, has been appointed on the board of directors of the Goa
Infrastructure Development Corporation. (NT)
USHA UTUP AT FOOD FESTIVAL: Well-non artistes such as Usha Utop, Bali
Bharambhatt and group such as Bombay Viking will be the main attraction at
the Food and Cultural Festival at Colva from 15 to 18 May. (WE-GT)
REMO TURNS 50 ON 8 MAY: Goa's most famous pop musician Remo Fernandes will
be celebrating his fiftieth (50) birthday on 8 May in a free concert
dedicated to the people of Goa along with a social cause of creating
awareness on SARS. He will be performing live with his current band as well
as other well-known musicians in Goa. The concert will take place at the
Panjim Gymkhana grounds starting at 6.30 pm. This programme is being
supported by the Government of Goa and the Travel and Tourism Association
of Goa. (WE-GT)
TODAY'S QUOTE:
"When I sang mandos in pop-style, people did not encourage me. They
expect Lorna only to sing pop." (Goa's nightingale, Lorna, in an interview
in Panorama-NT)
S P O R T S
SPORTING ACCORDED WARM WELCOME: Haywards 2000 Sporting Clube de Goa,
winners of the Second Division National Football League, were accorded a
tumultuous welcome by a large number of football enthusiasts on the team's
arrival at the Margao railway station yesterday morning. (WE-GT)
SAVIO TO LEAD GOA U-21: A nineteen-member Goa team led by Savio Mascarenhas
of Dempo SC will leave for Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, today to participate in
the twelfth U-21 national football championship 2002-2003 for the Dutta Roy
trophy, which will bet underway from 9 May to 19 May. The rest of the team
includes Devraj Tari (Vasco), Milagrio Madeira (Salgaocar), Paul Fernandes
(Dempo), Agnelo Noronha (Raitura), Cedric Peixoto (Sporting), Zico Revelino
D'Souza (Sesa FA), Dylan Constance D'Souza (Vasco), Micky Fernandes
(Salgaocar), Valeriano Joseph Rebello (Dempo), Marcus Peixoto (Goa Police
SC), Nicolas Lewis Rodrigues (Fransa), Lector Caiado (Sesa), Bernard Pires
(Salgaocar), Rakshak Bansilal Naik (Goa Police), Irineu Pascoal Fernandes
(Fransa), Sameer Naik, Avinash Thapa and Philips Pereira (Vasco). (WE-GT)
FOOTBALL RESULTS: A number of village-level tournaments draw large crowds
of football fans in Goa these days. Navelim Sporting downed Raitura Sports
club 4-1 via tie-breaker to move into the semifinals of the Holy cross
Invitational tournament at Kakoda. Holy cross, Fatorda sailed past
Anthony's Goa Velha 3-2 via the tie-breaker to enter the finals of St
Mathew's soccer at Azossim. Parish Youth, Nuvem, defeated Young Boys of
Tonca 4-3 via the tie-breaker in the St Estevam soccer tournament. Parish
Youth, Morjim, thrashed Raitura Sports Club, Raia, 3-2 in the Lakhanpal
Novino inter-village football tournament in Candolim. Adarsh Yuvak Sangh
defeated Friends XI, Vaddem, 3-2 to move into the semifinals of the Jaidev
Kanekar Memorial soccer tournament in Sanquelim.
D E A T H S
03 May: Mungul: FLORINA RODRIGUES, wife of late Menino, mother of
Succorinha/Allya, Alex/Annie, late Raymond/Victoria, Agnelo/Veronica,
Theodore/Olga, Philip/Margarita and Linda/Arcanjo.
03 May: Paris: IGNACIANA (IGGY) ANTAO (ex-Mombassa), Mother of
Vincent/Tina (London); Natalie/Daniel Diaz (Paris); Tina (Paris); Daughter
of the late Diogo Manueland late Anna Maria; Brother of Seraphino (London);
Philu/Theo (Kent); Rozario/Matilda (Kent); Joe/Carol (Perth, Aus.) and
Leo/Ching
(Philippines). Funeral to be arranged. Condolences to Seraphino Antao,
antao_s at hotmail.com
03 May: Mumbai-Mahim/Parra: PAUL JESUS PEREIRA (born 01 Jan 1918), son
of Dominic Mario/Henriquitta D'Souza, of Bokianchi Arraddi, Parra, Goa;
husband of Sybil Martha Faustina Fernandes; father of Pamela/Sarito Gomes
(Mississauga, Ontario); Shirley/Vincent Picardo (Mahim, Mumbai);
Stephanie/Savio D'Souza (Mahim, Mumbai); Presley/Lumena Pereira
(Mississauga, Ontario, Canada); grandfather of Sheldon Gomes, Avril
Picardo, Christine & Simona D'Souza and Pierre Pereira. Funeral leaves
residence 14 Marydell-1, Soonawala Agiary Marg, Mahim, Mumbai 400016,
INDIA, Tel: +91 22 2445 0589, on 03 May, at 16:00 hrs, for Mass and burial
at 16:30 hrs at St Michael's Church, Mahim, Mumbai.
G O A W E A T H E R
Temp: 31.8 deg C (89.2 deg F) at 10.00 am in Assagao.
Max Temp: 33.0 deg C, Humidity: 68% (Official figures for yesterday)
Weather: You may be able to roast bangdde (mackerels) in the noontime
sunshine these days
.But one finds more ambe (mangoes) than bangdde these
days in Goa
Courtesy: H=Herald, NT=The Navhind Times, WE-GT= Weekender-Gomantak Times
JOEL D'SOUZA, Assagao-Goa-India.
Website: www.goacom.com
Goacom News Clippings at: http://www.goacom.com/news
Monthly Webzine: http://www.goacom.com/goanow
May 04, 2003
KERI PLATEAU YET TO SEE DEVELOPMENT: It was a controversial project in the
mid-90s that triggered off state-wide protest and even led to the loss of
one life. And when the Thapar Du Pont company finally decided to abandon
their ambitious Nylon 6,6 project at Keri plateau in 1994, huge land
purchased by the company was then acquired by the government in a bid to
start other projects. Nine years have passed, but there has been no sign of
any industry in the area and the resentment is growing to the extent that
some youth are now repenting for having driven out the Nylon 6,6 project. (H)
NEW TEXTBOOKS FOR SECONDARY STUDENTS: The Chief Minister, Mr Manohar
Parrikar, informed that students of class VIII, IX and X would have new
textbooks from the academic year 2003-2004 as the Goa Board of Secondary
and Higher Secondary Education had decided not to follow the syllabus of
the National Council for Educational Research and Training in its entirety.
(NT)
FATAL FALL: Milagres Miranda, 55, of Agonda, Canacona, died after he fell
off from the scooter he was riding, while traveling to Margao along with
hawaldar Caitano Rodrigues, also from Agonda. On reaching Cuncolim, Miranda
suddenly lost control over the scooter and fell off. He suffered severe
head injuries. Pillion rider Rodrigues, however, escaped with minor
injuries. (WE-GT)
4-YR-OLD DROWNS: Selson Carvalho, 4, son of Lourdes Carvalho, of
Ambaulim-Quepem, met a watery grave yesterday when he fell into the
Selaulim Irrigation Canal. Selson, along with two of his friends, had gone
to eat jumblums. The deceased, who felt thirsty, had gone to the canal to
drink water when he suddenly lost control and slipped into it. (WE-GT)
BODY FOUND IN HOSPITAL WELL! An alleged suicide by a leprosy patient, Ashok
Shirodkar, at the Macazana leprosy hospital, has stirred a hornet's nest as
the body was found in a highly decomposed state in a water well located in
the hospital premises. Incidentally, there was no formal missing report
lodged with the police by the hospital authorities. However, the hospital
authorities now claim that they had telephonically intimated the Maina
Curtorim police station after the patient went missing. (H)
SHIRODA GIRLS MISSING: Their friendship may have cut across religious
barriers but two 14-year-old girls were unable to win the confidence of
their respective families. Reshma Makbur Sayyed of Bhati-Shiroda and Aarti
Vasant Pednekar of Baikadem-Shiroda, have been reported missing since April
30. Both were thick friends but the families of both girls were not happy
with their friendship. (H)
NARVEKAR TAKEN FOR A RIDE! Mapusa police yesterday arrested Gurudas
Narvekar from Mumbai on charges of cheating Aldona MLA Dayanand Narvekar of
Rs.2.26 lakh. Police are also on the look out for a second suspect, who is
absconding. (WE-GT)
JOURNALISTS BOYCOTT TOURISM MINISTER'S MEET: The members of the local
press, state correspondents of the leading national dailies as well as
representatives of the national news agencies boycotted the press
conference of the Minister for Tourism, Mr Francisco Pacheco, after he
failed to turn up at the venue on time, for a briefing on the forthcoming
Food and Cultural Festival. (NT)
GARBAGE DUMPED IN CHINCHINIM: When the Orlim bridge was planned, designed
and finally thrown open for the public some years ago, the avowed objective
was to connect the village of Chinchinim located on the East of River Sal
to the coastal belt. For unscrupulous garbage disposal contractors,
however, the connectivity has come as a blessing to offload tonnes of
waste, thereby virtually making the approach road to the bridge on the
Chinchinim side a dumping ground in recent times. (H)
WHY WE SAY GOANS FIRST: "Deserving Goans have been denied jobs in many
spheres by strong lobbies from particular states in particular fields. This
process began with non-Goans recruited in 1961 to the government,
semi-government and private establishments. The pattern of recruiting their
ganv-wallas continues till date as the 1960s-comers have reached top
influential and decision-making positions today. (Sandesh Prabhudesai in
Panorama-NT)
CALANGUTE'S ALLOCATION FOR GARBAGE COLLECTION: The Mecca of tourism in
North Goa, Calangute, has allotted a whopping Rs.18,20,000 for the
collection of garbage for the year 2003-2004. The neighbouring beach
village of Candolim has allotted Rs.4 lakh and other tourism-haunt of
Anjuna has allocated just Rs.10,000 for the same purpose. (NT)
BASIC COMPUTER COURSE FOR ASSAGAO CHILDREN: Computer training summer camps
(basic course) for the children of Assagao and Saligao villages in
association with the respective panchayats already commenced from 2 May
wherein 93 children registered. El Shaddai Charitable Trust working for the
betterment of the children had organised this course. (WE-GT)
TIATR FOR NORTH-EAST: People of Assam and neighbouring states may have
heard about a tiatr but not seen one. For the first time, a 20-member
troupe, led by Reggie Fernandes, will unveil this art form in north-eastern
states including Assam, West Bengal and Orissa, with their production
"Rater" (Trap) during their 22-day tour from 6 May. (WE-GT)
GALGIBAGA FARM LAND UNDER SALINE WATER: Around 35 hectares of land has been
inundated due to the entry of saline water into the agricultural fields and
the mainland from the Galgibagh river at Magdalle-Galgibagh and at
Sadolxem, claim officials or the Agriculture Department. (H)
LECTURE ON GOA'S DEVELOPMENT: The Padmashri Vaman Sardessai Memorial Trust
and the Institute of Indo-European Studies will jointly hold a public
memorial lecture on "Future Vision of Goa's development," at the convention
Hall Hotel Mandovi, on May 6. (NT)
CANDELARIA CHURCH: The Our Lady of Candelaria Church, Baina-Vasco, will
celebrate the silver jubilee of its elevation to the status of a church on
May 4 (feast day). It was elevated in 1978. On the feast day the high mass
will be celebrated by Fr Kyriel D'Souza. Built as a chapel in 1796, it was
rebuilt in 1905. (H)
GONSALVES ON GIDC BOARD: Mr JB Gonsalves, former minister for urban
development, has been appointed on the board of directors of the Goa
Infrastructure Development Corporation. (NT)
USHA UTUP AT FOOD FESTIVAL: Well-non artistes such as Usha Utop, Bali
Bharambhatt and group such as Bombay Viking will be the main attraction at
the Food and Cultural Festival at Colva from 15 to 18 May. (WE-GT)
REMO TURNS 50 ON 8 MAY: Goa's most famous pop musician Remo Fernandes will
be celebrating his fiftieth (50) birthday on 8 May in a free concert
dedicated to the people of Goa along with a social cause of creating
awareness on SARS. He will be performing live with his current band as well
as other well-known musicians in Goa. The concert will take place at the
Panjim Gymkhana grounds starting at 6.30 pm. This programme is being
supported by the Government of Goa and the Travel and Tourism Association
of Goa. (WE-GT)
TODAY'S QUOTE:
"When I sang mandos in pop-style, people did not encourage me. They
expect Lorna only to sing pop." (Goa's nightingale, Lorna, in an interview
in Panorama-NT)
S P O R T S
SPORTING ACCORDED WARM WELCOME: Haywards 2000 Sporting Clube de Goa,
winners of the Second Division National Football League, were accorded a
tumultuous welcome by a large number of football enthusiasts on the team's
arrival at the Margao railway station yesterday morning. (WE-GT)
SAVIO TO LEAD GOA U-21: A nineteen-member Goa team led by Savio Mascarenhas
of Dempo SC will leave for Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, today to participate in
the twelfth U-21 national football championship 2002-2003 for the Dutta Roy
trophy, which will bet underway from 9 May to 19 May. The rest of the team
includes Devraj Tari (Vasco), Milagrio Madeira (Salgaocar), Paul Fernandes
(Dempo), Agnelo Noronha (Raitura), Cedric Peixoto (Sporting), Zico Revelino
D'Souza (Sesa FA), Dylan Constance D'Souza (Vasco), Micky Fernandes
(Salgaocar), Valeriano Joseph Rebello (Dempo), Marcus Peixoto (Goa Police
SC), Nicolas Lewis Rodrigues (Fransa), Lector Caiado (Sesa), Bernard Pires
(Salgaocar), Rakshak Bansilal Naik (Goa Police), Irineu Pascoal Fernandes
(Fransa), Sameer Naik, Avinash Thapa and Philips Pereira (Vasco). (WE-GT)
FOOTBALL RESULTS: A number of village-level tournaments draw large crowds
of football fans in Goa these days. Navelim Sporting downed Raitura Sports
club 4-1 via tie-breaker to move into the semifinals of the Holy cross
Invitational tournament at Kakoda. Holy cross, Fatorda sailed past
Anthony's Goa Velha 3-2 via the tie-breaker to enter the finals of St
Mathew's soccer at Azossim. Parish Youth, Nuvem, defeated Young Boys of
Tonca 4-3 via the tie-breaker in the St Estevam soccer tournament. Parish
Youth, Morjim, thrashed Raitura Sports Club, Raia, 3-2 in the Lakhanpal
Novino inter-village football tournament in Candolim. Adarsh Yuvak Sangh
defeated Friends XI, Vaddem, 3-2 to move into the semifinals of the Jaidev
Kanekar Memorial soccer tournament in Sanquelim.
D E A T H S
03 May: Mungul: FLORINA RODRIGUES, wife of late Menino, mother of
Succorinha/Allya, Alex/Annie, late Raymond/Victoria, Agnelo/Veronica,
Theodore/Olga, Philip/Margarita and Linda/Arcanjo.
03 May: Paris: IGNACIANA (IGGY) ANTAO (ex-Mombassa), Mother of
Vincent/Tina (London); Natalie/Daniel Diaz (Paris); Tina (Paris); Daughter
of the late Diogo Manueland late Anna Maria; Brother of Seraphino (London);
Philu/Theo (Kent); Rozario/Matilda (Kent); Joe/Carol (Perth, Aus.) and
Leo/Ching
(Philippines). Funeral to be arranged. Condolences to Seraphino Antao,
antao_s at hotmail.com
03 May: Mumbai-Mahim/Parra: PAUL JESUS PEREIRA (born 01 Jan 1918), son
of Dominic Mario/Henriquitta D'Souza, of Bokianchi Arraddi, Parra, Goa;
husband of Sybil Martha Faustina Fernandes; father of Pamela/Sarito Gomes
(Mississauga, Ontario); Shirley/Vincent Picardo (Mahim, Mumbai);
Stephanie/Savio D'Souza (Mahim, Mumbai); Presley/Lumena Pereira
(Mississauga, Ontario, Canada); grandfather of Sheldon Gomes, Avril
Picardo, Christine & Simona D'Souza and Pierre Pereira. Funeral leaves
residence 14 Marydell-1, Soonawala Agiary Marg, Mahim, Mumbai 400016,
INDIA, Tel: +91 22 2445 0589, on 03 May, at 16:00 hrs, for Mass and burial
at 16:30 hrs at St Michael's Church, Mahim, Mumbai.
G O A W E A T H E R
Temp: 31.8 deg C (89.2 deg F) at 10.00 am in Assagao.
Max Temp: 33.0 deg C, Humidity: 68% (Official figures for yesterday)
Weather: You may be able to roast bangdde (mackerels) in the noontime
sunshine these days
.But one finds more ambe (mangoes) than bangdde these
days in Goa
Courtesy: H=Herald, NT=The Navhind Times, WE-GT= Weekender-Gomantak Times
JOEL D'SOUZA, Assagao-Goa-India.
Website: www.goacom.com
Goacom News Clippings at: http://www.goacom.com/news
Monthly Webzine: http://www.goacom.com/goanow