30/10/2015 …. sarpanch of calangute village panchayat  joseph sequiera has questioned that the state government over the upcoming saligao garbage treatment plant trying to know as how could the garbage treatment plant take garbage from other villages when calangute itself was generating garbage to the tune of 100 tonnes per day

speaking to media reporters in panjim mr sequira said that the garbage load from calangute village itself was to the tune of 100 tonnes and therefore it was difficult to understand as how many more tones could the treatment plant take in when the government had been trying to play hide an sick over the issue

mr sequiera said that it would be difficult for the garbage treatment plant to take garbage from other villages due to its capacity of taking only 100 toness

former calangute mla agnelo fernandes said that the present calangute mla was only completing his unfinished work and though he was not objecting the garbage treatment plant he wanted to know as how the garbage treatment plant would take care og garbage from other villages

meanwhile calangute mla Michael lobo said that his dream has been to make coastal belt from calangute constituency and coastal villages to be free from garbage and that was what the chief minister had also promised him to do so

29/10/2015 … With less than a month left preparations are in full swing around old goa for the upcoming feast of st francis Xavier which begins from 24^th of November next month and would bring in over lakhs of visitors to old Goa …

This year bishop would be the main celebrant for the feast mass of st francis Xavier would be bishop domnic savio fernandes auxiliary bishop of Mumbai while the preparations for novenas and liturgy are done by the family centre goa …

The nine-day novenas in preparation for the feast of Goa’s patron saint, Francis Xavier, will commence on 24^th of november next month with the first mass starting at 6am and seven more daily throughout the day at Old Goa till the feast day where in masses start at as early as four in the morning.

A special pandal is always been erected outside the Basilica of Bom Jesus to accommodate the devotees thronging the former capital from various parts of the state, country and world.

Speaking to goanreporter.com rector of bam jesus basilica fr savio baretto said that the this year the theme for the feast of st francis Xavier has been focused on mercy of goa chosen by the church as let us honour st francis Xavier and let us also be fountains of gods mercy

Fr baretto also stated that thinking of gujrati and trying to find out the number of people who could come for mass and if request come then we could think about it

The nine-day novenas in preparation for the feast of Goa’s patron saint, Francis Xavier, will commence on 24^th of novermber next month with the first mass starting at 6am and seven more daily throughout the day at Old Goa till the feast day where in masses start at as early as four in the morning.

As always a special pandal has been erected outside the Basilica of Bom Jesus to accommodate the devotees thronging the former capital from various parts of the state, country and world.

26/10/2015 … Member of the pilerne citizens forum have warned the state government of not allowing any garbage vehicle to pass along the saligao pilerne road to the garbage treatment plant at saligao plateau other than the garbage vehicles of saligao and calangute constituency …

Addressing media persons in panjim prakash bandodkar of pilerne citizens forum said that the bjp government had fooled the people of saligao constituency by stating that the garbage treatment plant would be used for entire north goa

Mr also bandodkar also sought to know as how the saligao garbage treatment plant could handle the capacity of 210 tones of garbage of entire north goa when the plant had a capacity of handling only 110 tonnes of garbage

25/10/2015 …. President of the state bharatiya janata party vinay tendulkar has expressed confidence of forming its party panel in all the 11 state municipalities which are going in for elections on sunday

Addressing media persons at the party head office in panjim state bjp president vinay tendulakr said that his party was confident of gaining success in all 11 municipalities due to the developments that had been done by the state bjp led government in past three and half years

Mr tendulkar said that like earlier as his party had gained success at lok sabha, panchayat and zilla panchayat elections he was confident of having its party candidates elected as chairperson and deputy chairperson in all 11 municipalities

october/2015 …. state nationalist congress party has criticized the union defence minister manohar parrikar for campaigning in municipal wards in the ongoing state municipality elections terming it as disrespect towards the dignity of the union defence ministry to its lowest level

 Addressing media persons in panjim party spokesperson trojano dmello said that the state bjp party were so nervous that they had to take the support of the union defence minister manohar parrikar to use the same lies to garner votes for the candidates in the ongoing municipal elections

 mr dmello said that showing BJP’s entire machinery at work in the ongoing municipal elections was a clear indication that the bjp party was fully aware that it did not had the confidence of the people particularly because of its U-turns, corruption and communalism which were at its peak.

 mr dmello also stated that the BJP party in goa should also give an assurance that it would not accept any winning Councillor that it has worked against to form their Council if they would fall short in numbers for making its council in the upcoming municipal elections.
 

October /2015 … Asking for a free and fair investigation in to the sez case the state nationalist congress party has asked the state government to hand over the sez case to cbi instead of the anti corruption bereau handling it mentioned that the acb was under the state government and there were indications that political interference could be involved in to the sez case

Addressing media persons in panjim ncp spokesperson trojano dmello said that the recent notices served by the ACB to the two top main Opposition leaders was a clear indication that the vengeance of the BJP does not even spare the most tolerant Opposition leaders towards the BJP’s communal and corrupt politics.

Trojano said that ncp hoped that the sez case investigation would not turn out like the Louis Berger case wherein one leader was persecuted and the other was left scot-free.

trojano also stated that there were reports stating that the Goa government intends to shift the NGT Bench from Pune to Delhi which only proved that the state government was out to destroy the pristine land, eco-sensitive land coming under CRZ which is being protected today by the NGT and therefore demanded that an NGT Bench to be established in Goa

24/10/2015 …. Criticizing the former calangute mla agnelo fernandes having failed on all fronts in developing calangute constituency Calangute mla Michael lobo has once again said that the upcoming garbage treatment plant at saligao would be used only for the coastal belt in north goa and instead of entire north goa

Speaking to media reporters in panjim calangute mla Michael lobo said that agnelo was frustrated due to the developmental works he had undertaken in his present tenure in calangute constituency which mr fernandes had not done in his last two tenures

Mr lobo said that his first priority as a calangute mla was to put garbage issues in place and would also help neighbouring villages where in the plant can take 100 tonnes of garbage every day

Mr lobo also stated that the garbage treatment plant was fully scientific and the outburst of mr fernandes was nothing but out of frustration seeing his government undertaking developmental works in calangute constituency

24/10/2015 …. Calling it another scam in the making St cruz mla babush monsoratte has criticized the state government for failing to get the Miramar- donapaula road completed and has now personally asked for information under RTI from gsidc as when and why the road has not yet been completed till date

Addressing media persons in panjim st cruz mla babush monsoratte said that he had stood in the sun and had slogged to see that the beautification of road was done in a proper way but the present government had totally damaged the road for reasons best known to them and had deprived senior citizens from their good evening

Mr monsoratte said that he was surprised that the concerned contractor who was carrying out the work of Miramar donapaula road was himself not sure of when the road which was being repaired in the past three and half years would get completed

Mr monsoratte also stated that he failed to understand as what were the main priorities of the state government