08-12-2013 … Member of goans for dabolim only on Saturday warned to take forward their agitation of asking for only dabolim airport in goa by asking the goan voters not to vote for those candidates in the upcoming lok Sabha elections who had not supported the forum in retaining the dabolim airport as the only civilian airport in goa ….

Addressing media person convener of goans for dabolim only fr eremite rebello said that with the inauguration of the new terminal at the dabolim airport the state economy would go forward and criticized the state government for not taking any steps to take over additional land for the navy for the extension of the dabolim airport ….

Fr eremito said that there was no need for another airport at mopa and therefore the land had to returned back to the farmers

Member of the forum rajendra kakodkar said that there was no need for mopa airport in goa when the central aviation minister had already promised of having a parallel taxi way at the airport while some politicians and government minister had been making false statements over the extension of dabolim airport

07-12-2013 … Every one should inculcate the habit of dealing with books which could shape ones life Said cricket commentator and a sports journalist ayaz menon ..

Mr menon was in goa to be a part of the ongoing Goa Arts and Literary Festival which is presently going on at the kala academy starting from 5^th to 8th of January

Ayaz Memon has been a journalist for more than 32 years and has written extensively on sports with cricket in particular along with politics, and cinema.

Speaking to goanreporter the well known cricket commentator spoke ayaz menon said that he loved to be in goa as he had certain cultural affinity towards goa …

Menon informed about the series of books titled cricket wala series which was about to be published in the next few months and also spoke about his views on the festival

Menon also stated that the old ear in the Indian cricket team had gone and it was down to the future generations which the Indian cricket team would see coming from smaller cities of the country

06-12-2013 : Goa government will seek Centre’s intervention in alleged ‘political chicanery’ over the citizenship of state legislator caetano silva saying it has affected the future of around one lakh Goans, who have their birth registered in Portugal.

Mr Parrikar was speaking to media reporters on being asked about the issue mf benaulim mla caitu silva case related to Portuguese citizenship

 Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said he would write to Union Home Minister seeking the order of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) related to a case filed against Silva, claiming that since his birth is registered in Portugal, he should be debarred as an Indian citizen.

 Parrikar said that the activities of some of the senior congress men to settle their scores with the issue of portuguese citizenship had opened a pandoras box for all those goans who had registered their birth in portuguese

Mr Parrikar also stated that it was up to the special authority such as joint secretary home to decide on the citizenship issues and not the state police department who could act in the matter

05-12-2013 … The Directorate of Social Welfare, in association with the Ashadeep School for differently abled children, on Wednesday celebrated the World Disabled day at Dr. Ambedkar hall, Headland, Sada.

The function began with the lighting of the traditional lamp by Industries and Social Welfare Minister Mahadev Naik in the presence of Meena Goltekar, Director for Social Welfare, Headmistress of Ashadeep school Vinney Fernandes and other officials of the Directorate of social Welfare.

In his speech, Mr. Naik stated that the government had come out with many social welfare schemes for the people of Goa. Commenting on the DSS scheme,  he stated that from 2011 to 2013 the government cleared most of the applications that were forwarded by the people. He further added that the government under the new policy was  trying to provide wheel chairs to those children who could not  walk. 

 Speaking to Goanreporter the Director for Social Welfare stated that besides tapping the cultural talent of the differently abled children the Directorate of Social Welfare provided various schemes to the children and their families.

Earlier, the differently abled children entertained the audience with a spectacular musical performance in the form of traditional, cultural and western dances.

02-12-2013 : … The long pending demand of supply of treated ground water by locals of kalem kulem in Dharbandora would be fulfilled by next year stated Sanvordem MLA Ganesh Gaonkar.

 For the past several year’s untreated ground water was being supplied to the locals of kalem-kulem Dharbandora Taluka from the Dudhsagar river using various mechanisms. As such locals were receiving contaminated ground water through their taps.

 Mr. Gaonkar further added that most of the villages in Dharbandora would come under the JICA project, which would solve the problem    

 Speaking to Goanreporter P.W.D minister Ramakrishna Dhavalikar also assured of starting the work of supplying treated ground water on a priority basis. He said that by 2014 the entire constituency of dharbandora would receive treated water.

01-12-2013: …  locals of morle, sattari fought pitched battle with personnel of karnataka Reserve police force on Saturday evening whose vehicle was also damaged in the process.

According to locals, the trouble started when the allegedly inebriated karnataka police while returning home after a day out in Goa threw  a beer bottle out of bus window which landed on a private car. When the car owner accosted them, the cops thrashed him.

when the locals came to know of the incident, they gathered and   questioned the Karnataka police men who targeted the locals.

Police later escorted the karnataka police vehicle to the Bicholim police station. A case was registered against both the sides.

01=12-2013: …   the people of tiracol in Pernem taluka who have settled there as fisher folks have been let down by the state government, said Curtorim legislator Aleixo Reginaldo lourenco.  Their rights to carry out agriculture have been taken away and instead the place has been given to set up a hotel and golf course.

addressing  media persons on Saturday at Margao, Mr Lourenco said that the people of tiracol had been betrayed by the BJP-led state government.

reginaldo said the very existence of these people have been threatened as they could not carry out their agriculture in the land they tilled for a long time.

reginaldo also stated that justice should be given to these unfortunate people.

22-10-2013 … Chief minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday said that valid documents such as voter’s identity card as well as passport of an Indian citizen should be accepted while availing information uder rti act in state while swearing an affidavit was not mandatory …

Chief minister Manohar Parrikar was speaking to media reporters after Right to Information activists and Goa RTI Forum had slammed the State government over its circular according to which a seeker of information under the Right to Information Act should produce an affidavit from a notary stating s/he is a citizen of India before submitting a request for information under the RTI.

A government circular which was issued late Tuesday had asks all Right to Information applicants to mandatorily attach a copy of the affidavit swearing that the applicant is an Indian national.

 Parrikar also stated that the circular was issued keeping in mind some of the foreign nationals trying to ask information under rti when they were not Indian citizens and therefore had to sworn in an affidavit for availing rti information

21-10-2013 … The Goa Legislative Assembly’s House Committee, investigating the drug trade and its link with politicians, has completed its comprehensive report but the calangute mla Michael lobo who is also the member of the house committee seems to be pretty not satisfied with the harsh language being used in the committee report

The house committee constituted to inquire in to the police politicians drug nexus case under the leadership of nuvem mla micky Pacheco had other members members of the committee comprised of BJP MLAs Michael Lobo, Vishnu Wagh, gvp mla Caetano Silva and MGP member Lavoo Mamledar.

according to available sources the committee’s voluminous report which runs to around 10,000 pages, had made serious allegations against some of the senior police officers who have failed to take action on drugs related issues and have also asked to take stern action on such police officers

Sources also stated that the report also ask for the arrest of a son of a senior political leader who seems to have been involved in the drugs related issues within fifteen days from the time the report is approved

Speaking to goanreporter member of the house committee constituted to inquire in to the police politicians drug nexus case and calangute MLAs Michael Lobo said though the draft report of the house committee was ready he was not satisfied with some of the harsh language that was used in to the preparation of the draft report

Michael said he felt it was wrong to accuse someone for wrong reasons and therefore he would like to see certain corrections being made in to the report if it had to be made

Michael also stated that he would give his findings once he would go through the report