GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS
August 31, 2002
BRUNO ACCORDED HERO'S WELCOME: Arjuna awardee Bruno Coutinho was accorded a
warm welcome on his arrival at the Dabolim airport yesterday afternoon. A
number of sports personalities including officials and sports enthusiasts
were present to receive international footballer, the second Goan to win
the Arjuna award after Brahmanand Shankawalkar. Bruno was led in a
motorcade from the airport to the port city of Vasco. (GT)
PETITION TO REJECT PANAJI BILL: Governor Mohammed Fazal was yesterday
petitioned to reject assent to the City of Panaji Corporation Act, recently
passed by the Goa legislative assembly, by a delegation of leaders of three
political partiesthe Congress, Nationalist Congress Party and the
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party. (H)
BYPASSED CLAUSE ON PEOPLE'S VIEWS? The haste in which the City of Panaji
Corporation Bill 2002 was passed in the just concluded Goa Assembly seems
contrary to what is stated in the bill requiring the government to invite
objections from the general public for inclusion or exclusion of areas into
or from the corporation. (H)
CORPORATION BOUNDARIES DO NOT MAKE SENSE: More than half of Goa is situated
in the southern part. However, the government has moved the assembly
complex across the Mandovi river, thus shifting the fulcrum of the state to
north. The northern areas like Morombi O Grande, Murda, Pilar and Dongri
should have also been included in the corporation limits, if at all a need
was felt for forming a corporation. (Percival Noronha in NT)
F A R OF 200 UNSUITABLE FOR PANAJI: A liberal and high Floor Area Ratio of
200 for the small city of Panaji is unsuitable and is destroying its
fabric, members of the environment panel of Goa Chamber of Commerce and
Industry felt. (GT)
CASES OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT: The Goa Police has appointed a committee to
look into complaints of sexual harassment in the police department. (H)
MAN OF PASSION: Wild passion caught up with Namdev Naik when he found
himself behind bars for one year with a penalty of Rs.1000 for outraging
the modesty of a married woman. (GT)
COUNTERMANDING CASE DRAGS ON: September 28, 2002, will mark 12 years of the
sensational 1989 Countermanding of Elections conspiracy case, dragging on
and on, with the case once even reaching the Supreme Court on the point of
law�Of the 51 witnesses, a total of three of them are already dead, while
another two are bed-ridden. (H)
BULLDOZERS ROLL: The Colvale Comunidade bulldozers rolled over 22 illegal
houses, which were standing tall on Comunidade land. (GT)
PADRE CONCEICAO COLLEGE: The Padre Conceicao College of Engineering,
Agnelganv-Verna, has been approved for conducting Graduate Aptitude Test
for Engineering by IT-Bombay. (GT)
IN SUPPORT OF MOPA AIRPORT: "I am a strong champion of the Mopa site. It is
strategically located. It would have the benefit of the industrial, sugar,
daily belt of Belgaum, Sangli, Kolhapur, Miraj and the Sindhudurga tourism
district. It is wrong to say that only north Goa hospitality business would
benefit form the Mopa airport�From Mopa a monorail service could connect to
an inland water transport facility on Chapora river from where hovercrafts
or motor-launches would transport passengers and goods at high speed to any
northern or southern coastal destination." (Nandkumar Kamat in Zest-NT)
DRIVE AGAINST SMOKING: The second phase of the awareness campaign against
smoking and spitting in public places was carried out yesterday with the
enforcement team visiting areas near educational institutions and central
government organisations in Panjim. (H)
SPARES UNUSED: Absolute stock of 1925 varieties of spare parts worth Rs.14
lakh dumped in the Central Stores of the Kadamba Transport Corporation
being unused for the past over six months, was unearthed by the newly
appointed Managing Director Arun Dessai recently. (GT)
BANK FRAUD CASE: The bail application of Leann Cabral alias Jennifer
Fernandes alias Disha Patel involved in the bank fraud case, was rejected
for the fifth time yesterday, by the North Goa District and Sessions Judge.
(GT)
THAKKER DONATES TO KA: Mr Nagindas Thakker, industrialist and social worker
from Vasco, has donated an amount of Rs.30,000 to the Kala Academy in
memory of his wife, late Shantaben Thakker, to run the scheme
"Sanskar-Infusing Perfection" for the year 2002-2003. Under this scheme,
programmes of Indian classical music and dance will be performed on monthly
basis. (NT)
SNAKES OVER "KAANTE": Taking its opposition to film "Kaante" to strange
heights (in Jaipur), the Shiv Sena on Friday threatened to let loose
venomous snakes in theatres showing the movie, allegedly financed by people
having connections with the underworld. (PTI report in GT)
S P O R T S
FOOTBALL RESULTS: SAI Hostel boys defeated Assagao Anjuna Football Academy
2-1 at Duler, Salcete Football Club downed Sirlim SC 3-0 at St Jose de
Areal, in GFA's Under -19 tournament.
D E A T H S
30 Aug: Naquelim: SEBASTIAO ROSARIO BARRETO, husband of Rosa, father of
Jessie/Caje, Carmelina, Emelia/Alarico, Caje (Pilar Seminary.
27 Aug; Raia: MARIA REBELLO E GRACIAS, wife of Floriano,
sister/sister-in-law of Carma/Gabriel, Joana, Tereza/Cleto, Rafael/Paulina,
James, Xavier/Maria, Peter/Esperanca.
30 Aug: Cuncolim: FLORA FERNANDES, wife of late Bernado, MOTHER OF
Sumira/Demiterio, Marcelino/Joyce, Siatra/Filon, Cyril/Susie.
25 Aug: Ribandar-Fondvem: ROQUE PAUL C FERNANDES (Kuwait), husband of
Cynthia, father of Molay and Brandon, brother/bro-in-law of Francis/Flora
(Kuwait), Pedro/Espy (Kuwait), Anthonio (Kuwait)/Jenny, Conceicao/Santan,
Miku/Regi (seaman).
30 Aug: Cortalim: CAMILO COLACO, husband of Salvacao, father of Sissy,
Bincy and Klein.
30 Aug: Pilerne-Volwado: JOSEFINA MARTINS, relict of Constantino,
mother of late Anthony, Benedita, Clemente/Florinda, Francisco/Dustiana.
G O A W E A T H E R
Temp: 24.0 deg C (75.2 deg F) at Assagao at 7.30 am today.
Max temp: 30.7 deg C, Humidity: 84%, Rainfall 1983.7 mm (Yesterday)
Weather: A somewhat rainy day.
Courtesy: H=Herald, NT=The Navhind Times, GT=Gomantak Times
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