04/03/2014 ….A day after the Margao police booked Fatorda MLA Vijai Sardesai and Curtorim MLA Reginaldo Lourenco for obstructing police while discharging their lawful duties, the duo on Monday demanded immediate withdrawal of the cases or to register a similar case against Fisheries Minister Avertano Furtado for the loud music played at the Sinquetim dance till around 3 am on Monday.

 Coming down heavily on the government for police action against them, the duo said that the filing of false and malicious cases was nothing but an attempt to silence them on the eve of the beginning of the Assembly session..

 Mr Sardesai further said that the case was filed against him because he moved a resolution for sound relaxation during weddings and traditional events in a bid to end the politician-police nexus in extorting money from organizers.

He also questioned as to why the police did not file a case against Avertano Furtado for being present at a dance event in Sinquetim where loud music was being played.  

 Speaking about the issue, Mr Lourenco urged people to fight against the oppression of the BJP-led Govt. 

03/03/2014 …. PWD minister sudhin dhavlikar on Sunday laid the foundation stones for two water treatment plants – a 71 crore rupees 27 MLD Opa water treatment plant and the 115 crore rupees  27 MLD Ganjem water treatment plant in the presence of Ponda MLA lavoo mamledar.

 The entire 27 MLD of water at Opa is planned to be pumped to Panaji city, which presently gets only around 11.5 MLD. Once commissioned, the Opa plant is expected to supply 24 x 7 water supply to Panaji. The Opa project is being taken up under the Jawaharlal Nehru national urban renewal mission scheme.

The existing capacity of the Opa water treatment facility is 114 MLD but with the water getting distributed to the two talukas of Tiswadi and Ponda and some villages adjoining Ponda, there is a water shortage in Panaji.

The project will be taken up in two parts; one is the construction of the 27-MLD water treatment plant and the second is the distribution network. Both contractors will be given a deadline of 365 days to complete the works. The 27 MLD water treatment plant at Ganjem will add to water supply to areas in Sanguem and Ponda talukas.

02/03/2014 … Minister for Tourism, Dilip Parulekar today, laid the foundation stone for Colva Coastal Circuit at Colva under which development of tourism affiliated infrastructure and basic facilities and beautification of areas of Betalbatim, Colva and Benaulim beaches to boost tourism will be undertaken.

Rs 15 crore project under Central Finance Assistance from Ministry of Tourism, New Delhi and is scheduled to be completed within 270 days excluding monsoons.

Parulekar, speaking on the occasion said that the government is providing the necessary fillup for boosting the tourism related infrastructure by making available the basic facilities and amenities to attract tourist all round the year.

Referring to the ongoing taxi problem, he assured that the government will not permit any outside agency to establish their shop at the cost of the local taxi owners.

MLA Francisco Xavier Pacheco said that the project will give a face lift to three villages and will also benefit the people. He urged the people not to object this beautiful project. 

01/03/2014 ..the four-day Food and Cultural Festival 2014  organized by the department of tourism in collaboration with the Goa tourism development corporation  at the merces ground was inaugurated on Friday by deputy chief minister Francis D’Souza in the presence of tourism minister dilip Parulekar.

Many food stalls depicting various Goan cuisines are lined up for the visitors  to taste some delicious food and some goan bands provided some foot-tapping music to keep the audience entertained.

A dance performance by Darrel and Raquel was also the highlight of the evening.

The leading actor and actress from a new film youngistaan were also the attraction of the evening. Dr Varun Carvalho gave a musical  performance.

28/02/2014 … A delegation of clinicians, researchers and entrepreneurs from the United kingdom paid a visit to the new wing of the Manipal hospital to explore possibilities of working together.

 This multi-Specialty hospital is known across Goa and neighboring areas for providing top notch emergency, recovery and rehabilitative care.

It also houses a laboratory, radiology and pharmacy services. The hospital offers specialties in the fields of Medicine, Surgery, Cardiology, Orthopaedics, Gynaecology, Oncology, Urology, ENT, Dental, Pediatrics, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, Physiotherapy and many more.

Manipal Hospitals, Goa is run by a highly qualified team of doctors and supported by paramedic and nursing staff trained at various other Manipal Hospitals.  Oncologist Dr shekhar salkar took the delegation around the various departments in the hospital

 Dr Salkar gave more details about the visit of the UK delegation.

27/02/2014 … The consul general of the Federal republic of Germany has outsourced their visa application collection and delivery in goa to V.F.S global.

 the centre in goa was inaugurated on Wednesday by the consul and head of the consular section of the consulate general of Germany in Mumbai Alexander Thielitz , in the presence of  honorary consul of the Federal republic of Germany in Goa  Dean Menezes,  zonal manager of VFS global western India Monaz bilimoria and others.

The opening of this centre is aimed at providing high quality services to the residents of goa. VFS global will be responsible for accepting applications in Panaji at from applicants residing in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Daman and diu

 Speaking at the inaugural function, Mr thielitz said that  the opening of the visa application centre in Panaji marked a significant milestone for Indian Business and leisure travelers to Germany

26/02/2014 …. Attributing Goa’s big march towards education to the vision of first Chief Minister Dayanand Bandodkar, chief minister Manohar Parrikar said Goans today were  occupying high positions because of education imparted to them in Goa

he was Addressing a function after laying the foundation stone for a government college at the Multipurpose school complex, at Borda

 The Chief Minister said that the college building will be completed in three phases, with work on the ground floor phase expected to be complete by June and complimented the teachers and students of Multipurpose school for their excellent academic results.

Those present for the inauguration were Fatorda MLA Vijay Sardessai, former BJP MLA Damodar Naik and others

In his speech Fatorda MLA Vijay Sardessai said that the chief minister had to come out with a solution on the chowgule higher secondary by this year

20/02/2014 …. As there are hundred per cent chances of winning the upcoming lok sabha elections,  the state congress party is firm on fighting the elections alone and by not forming any coalition , stated Goa Pradesh congress committee president john Fernandes 

With talks going on about a possible coalition between the nationalist congress party and the Congress party to fight the upcoming Lok sabha elections, the GPCC president John Fernandes stated that the Congress high command was aware of the sentiments of its party members to fight the elections on their own without joining hands with the NCP.

 mr Fernandes also stated that since the NCP  and congress were not having an alliance throughout the country, the congress leaders in turn could help its coalition partner, the NCP party by conceding more seats in another state.

 mr Fernandes also stated that some state NCP leaders were in touch with him and had shown interest in  re-joining the congress party. 

19/02/2014 …If the , the corporation of the city of Panaji will stop the treatment plant, CCP commissioner Sanjit Rodrigues has stated.

 mr Rodrigues  was speaking at the general meeting of the Panjim city Corporation Tuesday. The opposition members led by Vaidehi Naik raised their voices over the stink emanating from the CCP garbage treatment plant.

The commissioner  requested the corporators not to politicize the garbage issue. He also stated that the CCP was  taking all the necessary measures to curb the odor problem. 

18/02/2014 … The director of information and publicity Swapnil Naik announced that the government planned to carry out development works of the Shivaji fort at Farmagudi, Ponda.

He said that a consultant would be appointed to undertake works and complete it within a year’s time. 

 He was speaking alongside a press briefing on Monday in Ponda, wherein he announced that dept of information and publicity in association with the village panchayat of bandora will be organizing the annual Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj jayanti celebrations on Febuary 19. 

Shri Mahesh Mangesh tendulkar a historian from Pune will deliver a key note address on the life and work of shivaji.