Panaji, December 11, 2012 …. Chief Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar has announced that by March next year four new Hospitals will be made operational to bumper ride in goa cater to the health care needs of the people of Goa.  These Hospitals he said, includes new Hospital at Ponda and Sanquelim which will be inaugurated on Liberation Day i.e. December 19, 2012 and subsequently new Hospitals at Bicholim and Valpoi will be opened in January and March next year.

The Chief Minister made this statement after inaugurating the first ever Football Development Centre started by Goa Football Development Council at Valpoi in Sattari taluka yesterday.

The Chief Minister said his Government will pay attention for  development of Valpoi on par with Panaji City.  Besides the New Hospital at Valpoi the work of two major projects in the area New Market Complex and Bus stand will be expedited he said and highlighted the need to identify talent in football from rural areas.

Stressing the need to produce talented Footballers the Chief Minister said the establishment of Football Development Centre will help to develop football skills among the budding footballers from Valpoi and its surrounding areas.

The Chief Minister who felicitated some former footballers from Valpoi areas on the occasion said that he was happy that the first Football Development Centre was started in Valpoi.  He further stressed for imparting proper coaching in football for rural youth and also provide them balanced diet for healthy physique.

Dr. Rufin Monteiro, Chairman GFDC spoke on the occasion.

The inaugural ceremony was attended by Shri Narhari Haldankar, Ex-MLA, Mr.Ishmeet Singh, Business Head, Maharastra and Goa, Mr. Mustufa Aga Football Centre Head Valpoi and Headmaster United High School and Mr. Shaikh Sulaman Karol, Chairman Unity High School, Valpoi.

Earlier Shri Elvis Gomes, Member Secretary of GFDC welcomed Femida Khan proposed the vote of thanks.

Panaji, December 11, 2012 …. Inauguration of romantic dinner cruise in goa Red Ribbon Club and a session on HIV/AIDS for students of Maria Bambina Higher Secondary School, Cuncolim recently organized by Goa State AIDS Control Society, Panaji.

Dr. Vijaya Halarnakar made a brief introduction about the programmes of RRC, which was followed by Dr.Prajakt Kamulkar who explained the risk and the sufferings of a HIV/AIDS patients.

Miss Jeunesse Fernandes, delivered her digital presentation and highlighted the importance of running a Red Ribbon Club in every Higher Secondary School where the youth are the most vulnerable lot in contracting this deadly disease.  Miss Fernandes said that since there was no cure to AIDS it is absolutely necessary to know the causes and adopt preventive measures.  She also mentioned that unconditional love should be shown to HIV/AIDS affected patients as they go through trauma and distress.  The audience asked a few questions and those were answered by the team.

Mrs. Anchita Pereira Mascarenhas compered.  The Principal Sr. Thresia accorded a warm welcome to the dignitaries.  The Principal also acknowledged the good work done by the GOA SACS in harnessing the potential of the youth by equipping them with correct information on HIV/AIDS prevention, care, support and treatment.  Mr. Celestino, Treasurer of the Club proposed a Vote of Thanks.

Panaji, December 11, 2012 …. The NSS Unit of M.E.S. College of Arts and Commerce, Zuarinagar, Goa inaugurated the Red Ribbon Club recently in College Campus.  The Inauguration of Red Ribbon Club marks the beginning of creating awareness of HIV/AIDS among the students and the community in the vicinity of the Institute through the NSS Unit in the College.

The Club was inaugurated by lighting the traditional lamp by the Chief Guest Ms. Jeunesse D. Fernandes, Consultant (Youth Affairs), Goa State AIDS Control Society, Panajim, Goa, Programme Officer Incharge Prof. Rajesh V. Shetgaokar and the NSS student Voluonteers.

The Chief Guest Ms. Jeunesse D. Fernandes, gave insight through a power point presentation about the HIV/AIDS, Prevention strategies and healthy behavior practices.  She also explained in detail the various causes for the spread of diseases.

After the presentation, the discussion was held about the various aspects of AIDS an questions were answered by the resource person.

A total of 138 NSS Volunteers were present for the Inaugural function.  The programme was compared by Miss Tejasway, TYB.Com Student.

The NSS Programme Officer Incharge Prof. Rajesh Shetgaokar delivered the welcome address and introduced the Chief Guest while the vote of thanks was proposed by Programme Officer Teja Temkar.

Panjim-Dec-10-2012 … The involvement of community at large in policing is a concept which has been recognized all over the world. Even in India this concept has been successfully implemented in different parts of the country. Unfortunately, police in India with a legacy inherited from British India had till date been perceived as an oppressive tool. There is a need to change this perception and to take initiatives for involving public at large in its own policing. Police has to approach the public and start taking initiatives to bridge the communication gap between public and police and make efforts to reduce the trust deficit.

            To have better  understanding  and communication between police  and public it has been decided to launch  a community  policing  pragramme  titled “ Saad  Samvad” District  Police  and Traffic  Police  are the  major  stake  holders with the  general  public   in this initiative. The objective of this community policing initiative is 1.) To bridge the communication gap between police and public.2)  To break anonymity of law breakers. 3.) To make law abiding citizens as   stakeholders in community policing. 4.)To improve police image. 5.) To make police accountable and transparent.

 To achieve the above objectives District Police chiefs have been asked to organize meeting with villagers especially in coastal areas where the staff of concerned police station should be introduced to the public. District SPs should sensitize the members of public against certain menaces like Drug Trafficking, Human Trafficking and other illegal activities affecting the social fabric and law and order. An appeal will be made to the public to assist police in curbing these menaces and be a partner in the prevention and detection of crime.

 Similarly  Traffic  police  have been told to  conduct traffic  education pragramme in schools  and sensitize  and educate young  minds on the observation of traffic rules and  discipline. SP traffic has been asked to organize different competitions for school children like essay competition, painting competition in which children should be encouraged  to express their  views about traffic  scenario  and other  road  safety issues.

SP North/South/ Traffic will chalk out a schedule to hold meeting with villagers.

A farmer’s training center was opened at Syngenta Krishi Mitr premises located at Mardol –Goa on 7.12.2012 at the hands of Mr. Satish Tendulkar, Director Agriculture and Site Manger of Syngenta Santa Monica Works Mr. Martin Ghosh. Present on the occasion were Mr. P.S.Jagadeesha, Mr. Sakharam Borkar, Mr. Keshav Mali, farmers and prominent citizens of Mardol.

Mr. K. M.Mali in his welcome address outlined various activities under taken by Syngenta “Krishi Mitr”. “This training center is the extension of Syngenta “Krishi Mitr’s” activities” he said.

Mr. Martin Ghosh in his speech said that the farmers should grow crops which profitable and catering to the needs of Goan consumers. “Training is the need of the hour’ he said and appealed the farmers to take maximum advantage of this training center.

Mr. Satish Tendulkar, Director Agriculture while thanking this initiative of Syngenta Santa Monica works outlined various schemes available with Agriculture Department and appealed the farmers to avail the same. He congratulated Syngenta “Krishi Mitr” for their innovative work in agriculture and promised all support to the center.

Mr. Vaibhav Bakhakle of Syngenta”Krishi Mitr” proposed the vote of thanks.

The Farmer’s training center has all the facilities including audio visual equipment, library and internet.

8th-Dec … The forty nine labourers who were arrested by the old goa police officials in connection with the illegal sand extraction activities in to the mandovi river in cumbarjua were produced before the sub divisional magistrate, tiswadi, Panjim on Friday morning

All the forty nine labourers who are mostly from bihar and uttar Pradesh and were arrested under section 41 were released on a surety of rs 2000 each after they were produced before the tiswaddi sdm …

It may be noted that on Thursday evening a police complaint to had been filed by Technical Assistant of mines and geology department Sudhir Malwankar, after he along with a team conducted a raid on the illegal sand extraction sites.

The officials later handed over the five canoes to the Marine Police, while the labourers were handed over to Old Goa police, following which they were arrested.

Meanwhile the Old Goa police have also summoned the owners of the five canoes for further investigation and reports are there that the old goa police officials are in the process of filing a cases against the owners under section 38 of goa miner minerals concession rule 1985, rule 2 (e) of goa daman and diu act and section 22 of mines and minerals regulation and development act …

 Chief Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar has greeted the people of Goa and Christian brethren in particular  on the joyous occasion of the feast of Mary Immaculate Conception which is celebrated all over Goa on the 8th of December. Mary Immaculate Conception Church at Panjim sees the feast in its brightest colors. Panjim celebrates the feast for three days  with great pomp and religious fervor.

The Chief Minister wishes that  the festival may fill everyone’s heart with hope, joy and much peace.

Stating that there was a need to upgrade the present Pre Plucked 360 Lace Frontal goa medical college hospital along with the two district hospitals of the state, state health minister laxmikhant parsekar on Tuesday mentioned that the need of the hour was to upgrade the major hospitals of the state so that the same hospitals could be well connected with a good network of 108 ambulances with educate number of doctors and nurses which are specialist and qualified ones ….

The health minister was speaking to goan reporter on the sidelines of the function held at the corlim primary health centre in tiswaddi taluka, where in a multi purpose van was donated by sygenta India limited to the corlim primary health centre as a part of their corporate social responsibilities on Saturday …

mr parsekar said “ though I personally feel that there may be need of small bedded hospitals in certain places in the state but goa being a small place what is important is that the goa medical college hospital which is also an education institute and which gives tertiary type of health care along with the two district hospitals was the need to be upgraded, maintained well so that these hospitals are in a position to cater to all the people of the state with a goods network of 108  and for that if need be we might add more vehicles to it but or we cant think of have hospitals independently in each taluka’s and in each constituencies as hospital is not just the structure or the building but manpower is also important and unless you have educate number of specialist and qualified doctors and nurses you could not have a hospital and you cant say that it is a hospital”

parsekar said “After I took over as the health minister my government has recruited about 100 nos of doctors in last eight and half months as well added 164 nurses in last week and in another forth-night  we are adding about 125 nurses, a fleet of about 300 nurses is being added to health sector and now as regards to medical education is concerned we have decided to increase the no of mbbs students from 100 to 150 and so from also next coming academic year we are also increase the nursing capacity from fifty to hundred and also we intend to start post graduation courses in nursing in goa which we do not have” ..

parsekar also mentioned “We have also initiated steps to have para-medical courses which we do not have here and one important decision we are taking is that the post graduate students after completion would be required to put in one year of service and with the help for these post-graduate specialist and consultants we would be in a position to see that all primary health centers and community health centers in rural areas function well