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

Forty three year old glen peter son of issac peter was found hanging to a tree opposite alua’s at merces on Wednesday morning..

the incident was brought to the notice of the old goa police officials at around 9.45 am in the morning by an unknown caller who informed about a person seen hanging to a tree after which the old goa police rushed to the site and conducted the panchanama of the body …

The name of the deceased was identified through his voter’s identity card which was found by old goa police officials from the deceased while conducting panchanama and was fond to be a resident from dhanva tivim …

Later the body was taken to the goa medical college hospital for inquest which was done in front of glen’s wife, brother and his son

Sources from old goa police station informed that glen was the prime accused in guru pujari murder case which has been registered at the margao police station and was registered in 1999, though glen was acquitted from the said case the state has filed an appeal in the high court which is still pending while glen was granted bail in the same case and due to the same the case is being looked up by sub divisional magistrate under whose supervision post mortem would be conducted on Thursday …

The old goa police officials have ruled out the case of murder and have registered the case as unnatural death case and further investigations are on

The feast of Saint St Francis Xavier, popularly known as Goencho Saib, was celebrated on Monday with great pomp, joy and gaiety at old Goa with lakhs of devotes being a part of the feast mass,

Bishop Anil Couto, Archbishop-elect of Delhi was the main celebrant along with Archbishop Goa and Daman Felippe Neri Ferrao, Archbishop Emeritus Raul Gonsalves and Bishop Alwyn Barreto of Sindhudurg and hundreds of other priests

In his homily speech Bishop Anil Couto said “We are in the year of faith which pope Benedict XVI inaugurated on October 11 2012 in rome and which will conclude on November 24 , 2013 this year of faith is a beautiful opportunity for us to renew our personnel relationship with our lord jesus Christ and our fidelity to the teachings of the Christ

The church is called to be a sign of god’s kingdom in this world and we will be such a sign only when we remain faithful to the gospel of our lord Jesus Christ and walk on that path despite the pain and difficulties it entails …

The world in which we are living today calls for courage to live a life contrary to the prevailing materialistic consumerist and hedonistic culture that does not believe in eternal values but considers the gratification of all sensual appetites as the primary and most important value .

Individualism selfishness and greed are the pillars on which this culture is based end justifies the means is the basic slogan by which it sustains itself in the midst of such a situation , Christians are called to live another set of values the values of kingdom of god which Christ or lord has proclaimed …

They are the sure way to eternal life and a witness to the truth of all that Christ has taught , st francis Xavier gladly embraced the path of kingdom of god in all its radicalism and so has become a model of Christian discipleship for all of us as we celebrate the 460^th anniversary of his saintly death we are ready to say the same yes to Christ as he did although in our own different contexts let us look deep in to our hearts for the answer for it lies there “

Thanking Bishop Anil Couto for having accepted the invitation to be a part of the feast of St Francis Xavier Arch Bishop Felipe Neri Ferrao in his speech said “We thank Bishop Anil Couto and invoke gods abundance blessings on his future Episcopal ministry as the new archbishop of Delhi and also thanked specially the rector of basilica fr savio baretto who coordinated all the efforts of organizing the novenas and feast with lot of patience and also acknowledged by the help led by volunteers to collect the donations for the the kruis of milagres spiritual renewal project and also thanked the basilica committee for allowing the volunteers to do so  and for having offered them the necessary facilities”

Bishop ferrao also said “I  wish all those present a truly spiritually joyful and graceful feast of saint francis xaiver and I wish and pray that this year which would end at the end of this liturgical year on 24^th November 2013 the year of faith may be for all of us a  privilege time of gods grace to experience as a holy fathers says the profound beauty and the perennial newness of our faith in Jesus to celebrate it in more devoutly in the liturgy and to witness with more joyfully more courageously in our day to day life may god bless all of us ..

Also present on the occasion were governor of goa bharat vir wanchoo, minister for fisheries avertano furtado, st andre mla Vishnu surya wagh, fatorda mla vijai sardessai, vasco mla carlos almeida, aldon mla glen ticlo and other’s,

The state government has tightened security, deploying hundreds of police personnel and traffic personnel around old goa so that proper law and and order along with traffic arrangemnts are maintained.

On the feast day mass had started as early as 4 am in the morning followed by 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 with the feast mass at 10.30 am later followed by 12.30 pm in the afternoon and later at 4.15, 5.15 and 6.15 in the evening ….

OLDGOA: In a way to provide better training facilities to the students of monfort industrial training institute situated in to the village of corlim, santa monica works corlim recently held an exposure training programme for the students of Electronics and Electrician trades for developing their practical skills so as to improve students employability and also to help the iti students become industry ready technicians …

It may be noted that Montfort ITI is an effort of the Montfort Brothers of St. Gabriel international Educational Society to contribute to the industrial development of Goa by providing sound moral and technical education to the youth of this state.

Presently, Montfort Institute, Corlim gives Electronics, Fitter, Electrician, Automobile, Secretarial Practice, Catering, Welding and Computer courses for the youth in and around Goa.

Management of Montfort ITI had requested Santa monica works to have an exposure training programme for their students of Electronics and Electrician trades and sygenta Company had accepted their request and made detailed SOP of the programme in collaboration with Montfort Institute.

Around 17 students from 2nd year students from Electrical and Electronics specializations were selected for training from the monfort iti institute who were a part of the training programme where in the students undergoing training at SMW where in topics such as the use of PPE’s safety item’s, Do’s & Don’ts during emergency, work culture and environment at Santa Monica Works was addressed by Mr. P.S. Jagadeesha, Mr. S.G.S.Borkar and Mr. Gaurish Bhende.

On 7th September the day of actual training, the students were given introductory lecture by Mr. Abhinandan Hukeri, Manager automation Department and were given all the PPE’s before the actual training started where in Mr. Andrew D’Souza facilitated all requirements of the training session.

Later it was decided that students would also undergo training once in a week from Friday – 8:30 am to 5:30 pm. till the students could go for their 2nd year final examination for which the company also decided to give certificates once the students successfully completed the training.