5-april-2013 … Former revenue minister jose phlip dsouza has sought to know from the state government the reason of transferring elvis gomes from the post of executive director of sports authority of goa to the director of municipal administration ….

addressing media persons in the capital city the former revenue minister jose philip dsousa said that it was surprising to know that a dynamic officer like elvis gomes who had done exceptionally well in sports administration was transferred from one office to another without any reason

Jose also said that there ha to be a reason for the transfer of elvis gomes from the sag post who had done a lot for get the state sports infrastructure in to place

The state tourism department is has said that it would ask the owners of the playboy club in goa to give in a written affidavit to the state government stating that there wont be any vulgarity inside the playboy club …

It may be noted that Adult entertainment company Playboy is set to open its first club in India in north Goa’s Candolim beach .

According to sources the club will open by mid-December on a 22,000 sq ft of space and The costumes of the bunnies which are integral to the Playboy culture, will be based on Indian sensibilities and morals

Speaking to goanreporter tourism minister Dilip Parulekar said that if the club indulges in any obscenity or nudity, the government would withdraw their permission.

Parulekar said though the state government was facing a lot of problems due to many things that were going in and around the state coastal beaches and therefore would ask for a written affidavit from the party swearing in that there wont be any type of vulgarity in the playboy club

Meanwhile Former Congress MLA of Calangute Agnelo Fernandes who is a partner of the cafe said that there wont be any nudity in their café and they would not have any problem to give in a written affidavit to the government over the required proposal

03-04-2013 … The office of Goa’s first Lokayukta, headed by Justice B Sudershan Reddy, will now begin functioning from April 5.

Though presently the office is located at the government guest house at Altinho which is a temporary arrangement state government has allocated a part of the Old GMC building at Ribandar as the permanent office of the Goa Lokayukta.

Justice Reddy, former judge of the Supreme Court, took the oath of office two weeks ago.
Speaking to media reporter’s justice reddy said lokayukta day to day function would start from 5th of April from 10 am onwards and would be received everyday from Monday to Friday

Appealing to the various sections of the society in goa Reddy said that all should work together in helping the institution in consolidating itself so that corruption was eradicate from the land of goa

Meanwhile even though justice reddy had said that the office would take complaints from 5th of April social activist advocate Aires Rodrigues became the first complainant to file a complaint at the office of lokayukta in goa

Adv. Aires Rodrigues on Wednesday filed a complaint before the Goa Lokayukta against Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar who is also the Planning Minister and Dattaprasad Kholkar, Deputy Chairman of the Goa State Planning Board.

in his complaint under Section 11 of the Goa Lokayukta Act aires has accused Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and Planning Board Deputy Chairman Mr. Dattaprasad Kholkar of having misused their office to high-handedly, illegally and fraudulently appoint one Diksha D. Pednekar as Peon in the office of the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Board. .

02-04-2013 … Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday handed over amount sanctioning letters to 100 beneficiaries registered under the goa mining scheme at the conference hall inside the assembly complex in porvorim …

Under the scheme the present 100 beneficiaries whose forms have been processed by through gel includes tipper owners whose livelihood has been affected due to the closure of the mining industry and would get an amount of rs 8000 per truck while a person having two trucks would get an amount of rs 12,000 with the benefits coming up right from the month of October 2012 …

In the present sanctioned letter the state government has given the installment amount of march 2013 while the remaining months amount would be directly credited in to the beneficiaries bank account though hdfc bank

Though Parrikar said that he was hopeful of mining industry to start this year itself he asked people to look out for other alternative than mining in to the state of goa

Industries minister mahadev naik who was also present on the occasion blamed the erstwhile congress government for the mess created in to the state mining industry

01-04-2013 … With more than a year left for the 2014 exposition of the relics of st francis Xavier to begin at old goa in the state of goa, roman Catholics in goa and around the country could get a glimpse if possible of watching closely the newly elected roman catholic pope francis during the 2014 exposition of st francis Xavier at old goa according to rector of basilica of bom jesus fr savio baretto ….

The Jesuit society in goa has been upbeat and excited after Jorge Mario Bergoglio who is the first Jesuit pope, the first pope from the Americas, and the first pope from the Southern Hemisphere who was on 13 March 2013 elected at the papal conclave as the new pope Following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, on 13 March 2013 and are feeling that pope francis should visit goa during the 2014 exposition of the relics of st Francis Xavier next year….

Speaking to goanreporter rector of basilica of bom jesus fr savio baretto said that he as a member of the Jesuit society in goa was happy to know that a Jesuit who is a follower of st Francis Xavier has been chosen to lead the roman Catholics in the world and since 2014 exposition is coming closer and closer he felt that pope Francis should visit India specially goa during the 2014 exposition next year

Fr baretto said that a request should also come from the people in and around the country for pope francis visit to goa and in that line many people have also shared their feeling with me even with phone calls asking me as why we don’t call the pope for the 2014 exposition

01-04-2013 … Governor of goa Bharat vir wanchoo on Monday said that there was a need for institutes like Indian council for agricultural research old goa to take up the research work on effects of climate change on agricultural commodities …

Governor wanchoo was speaking on the occasion of ICAR-old goa foundation day celebrations where the governor was informed about the various activities taken up by icar goa by icar director by dr n p singh along with the presence of other icar officials ….

Speaking on the occasion governor of goa Bharat vir wanchoo said that he was deeply impressed about the research work carried out at this Institute especially the scientist and their supporting staff and emphasized on the need to educate goan farmers so as to overcome existing and future problems in agriculture in order to get maximum production with high productivity.

Director of Indian council for agricultural research old goa icar dr n p singh gave more details about the icar institute at old goa

Also an Award distribution programme was conducted on the occasion where in awards in different categories like best employee award, Best technical person, Best KVK worker and Best field worker, Agriculture Technology Dissemination Centre and Integrated Farming System were given to the institute workers on the occasion

St cruz mla babush monsoratte on Thursday said that his panel had no hesitation over the reservation policy which was amended by the state government for the post of mayor or deputy mayor’s elections which was schedule for 4th of april next month …

It may be noted that the urban development minister francis dsouza recently had Though there were speculations that the ccp elections for the post of mayor and deputy mayor could be held probably with no reservations to either post urban development minister francis dsouza speaking to media reporters had earlier said that reservations for a women was a must and the schedule ccp elections would have to take the concerned factor of reservations in to its account starting it from the schedule elections

Speaking to goanreporter st cruz mla babush monsoratte said his panel was prepared for any challenges to be faced at the time of the elections as the fear was in the opposition panel of losing the ccp mayor and deputy mayor post

meanwhile commenting over the issue chief minister Manohar Parrikar said that the issue of reservation would start once the amendment was done to the ccp act and there was no reason for opposition to go in to the well of the house to create chaos over ccp issue

Chairman of goa electronics limited dattaprasad naik along with his officials handed a list of 100 beneficiaries registered under the goa mining scheme to the director of mines and geology prasanna Acharya in the presence of chief minister Manohar Parrikar at his altinho residence …

The first pilot list of 100 beneficiaries has been processed through the office of Goa Electronics Ltd which is the nodal agency for accepting the forms under the two mining schemes such as people, who have lost employment due to the closure of mines, and another one for tipper owners, whose livelihood has been affected due to shutting of mining industry and the present 100 beneficiaries whose forms have been processed by through gel includes tipper owners whose livelihood has been affected due to shutting of mining industry

Speaking to media reporter’s at his officials residence at altinho chief minister Manohar Parrikar said by 15th of April the office of goa electronic would be able to process at 4000 to 5000 forms under the two mining schemes but the benefits to the mining affected people would be given right from 1st of October 2012 …

Chairman goa electronic limited dattaprasad naik said his office had received a total of 2709 applications from which a total of 100 were processed in the first list

Meanwhile director of mines and geology prasanna Acharya gave more details about the amount that the beneficiaries would receive from the scheme …

28-02-2013 … A total of 18,500 students from all over goa made their presence at various examination centers to answer their Secondary School Certificate examinations which started from Thursday..

The examination which started from Thursday would go up till April 8, at 24 centers located in big, small towns and villages of the state, with the first paper being English.

On the first day of the examination, candidates were advised to be present at the place of examination not later than 9.30 a.m. while on the other days of the examination the candidates have been asked to report 15 minutes before the commencement of the examination in the subject.

Parents along with the children were seen at the don Bosco examination centre before the start of the first ssc examination paper giving their child hope and courage for answering their exams

The board has also warned of strict action against examination malpractices.

27-02-2013 ..  With few months left for the completion of the infrastructure facilities for hoisting the lusofonia games 2013 St Andre MLA Vishnu Surya Wagh has once again raised his opposition of the state hoisting the games stating that there was a need from the state government side to clear as when the treaty was done and signed and on what basis the state was participating in the lusofonia games

It may be noted that Goa government is organising Lusofonia Games of 12 Portuguese speaking nations in November this year by spending over Rs 220 crore to build infrastructure from which an athletic ground is about to come up at Bambolim in st andre constituency.

The st andre mla has been raising his voice asking the state government not to participate in the Lusofonia Games saying that the participants for lusofonia games were from Portuguese-speaking countries and has always wondered as how a state like goa could join in such games when goa is a part of a country like India and not a part of Portuguese speaking countries …

Speaking to goanreporter st andre mla vishu wagh said that he was opposed to lusofonia games on the basis of principle though he had no personnel grudge against Portugal but the state had to maintained its identity as a state of India

Vishnu said he would anyhow oppose the conduct of of the lusofonia games though he had no problems of lusofonia infrastructure coming up in his constituency

Vishnu also stated that it was wrong to host such games on the cost of losing its self identity and respect and was not bothered to oppose it weather it was his government or any other government