FEW
CLUES TO PARISH PRIEST'S MURDER
 MACASANA,
Mar 19: The shock and fear waves that ripped the rather
obscure South Goa village of Macasana with the killing of
parish priest Fr Eusebio Ferrao in the wee hours of March
18, spread throughout the State by the evening. Based on
the information provided by the mess boy Sunil Rodrigues,
hailing from Sirsi in Karnataka, the police are investigating
on the theory that two youths from Uttar Pradesh - Amit
and Manish - were responsible for strangulating the 61-year-old
Chinchinim-born priest. It has also been revealed that his
abdomen, chest and back had 27 stab wounds. The funeral
has been scheduled for tomorrow. Fr Eusebio's body will
be brought to Macasana church and thereafter taken to his
ancestral village Deussua-Chinchinim for the last rites.
(GoaNewsClips)
ARCHBISHOP
FERRAO MOURNS FR EUSEBIO'S DEATH
MACASANA: During his visit to the parish church, Archbishop
Felipe Neri Ferrao said that the unexpected and painful
death of "a fairly young priest", was an irreparable
loss. The Archbishop said that Fr Eusebio Ferrao served
the parish with loving care, and has appealed to the entire
Catholic community to remain calm. “While as a community
of faith we accept this painful and unexpected death, with
total surrender to God’s will, knowing that Jesus
has obtained for us eternal life through his death, which
eternal life this priest will share in all its fullness,
we expect that the concerned authorities will look in the
painful death and will undertake the necessary investigation
to identify those who are responsible for this very violent
and painful death," he added. (GoaNewsClips)
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A
call of all Goa
The murder of Fr. Eusebio Ferrao should open the eyes of
all Goans - Catholic, Hindus and Muslims - that our places
of worship are not safe either from burglary or death. Our
nation, although secular in principle, is not the same in
practice. The damage to the crosses and churches, damaging
of mosques and bombs in Varanasi temple, causing the death
of innocent citizens, should make us all ashamed. It is
my firm conviction that the Archbishop, Fr. Filipe Neri
Ferrao, and the heads of other religious communities in
Goa should join and discuss the issues of safety with an
open mind. In today's modern times the installation of electronic
safety alarms, smoke detectors, burglar alarms, and uniformed
security are easily available and the security consultant
if employed will provide a viable solution. On behalf of
all the Goans in Hong Kong our heart felt sympathies to
the family of the late Fr. Eusebio Ferrao.
Tom de Sousa
Hong Kong
(tomandcarolina@netvigator.com)
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"THE
PARISH WAS HIS WINDOW TO GOD"
An eloquent tribute to the late Fr Eusebio Agnelo
Ferrao (1944-2006) by his dear friend and colleague
Fr. Nascimento Mascarenhas
With profound grief and sadness we mourn the untimely death
of our beloved companion, Fr. Eusebio Agnelo Ferrao, on
17th March, 2006, at the age of 61 years, while serving
his Christian flock as the Parish Priest of St. Francis
Xavier's Church in Macasana, Salcete, Goa. Fr. Eusebio's
death has robbed us of a dear friend, prolific writer, a
lively yet simple priest and an able administrator....MORE
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Uniquely
Goan
THE
VERSATILE GOAN ABROAD
By Eric Mendonca
The early settlers in Karachi started chummeries or bachelor
establishments, to house the incoming migrants. Each chummery
took the name of their respective Goan village or village
saint. On the feast day of the saint there were regular
do's - in fact, they were gala days. Those Goans, who had
moved out into independent houses and tenements, never forgot
the first chummeries which had housed them, and they now
came with their families, in their Sunday best, bringing
hampers filled with "bibica", "koiloios",
"dodol", "batika", "vorhes",
"sorpotel", "neureos", "kul-kuls",
and bottles of "fenni" - "cajel" and
muscatel. They sang their folk songs and danced the "mando"
and dakni" and "kunbi dances" - preserving
their age-old folk-ways. (Courtesy: Je Me Souviens -
I Remember)
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Let's
provide a sincere alternative: Nitin Kunkolienkar
 MAPUSA,
Mar 18: Let us come up with a sincere alternative of an
NRI forum rather than criticise what has been done so far.
Goa has a tremendous potential to develop but we are in
a rather weak condition. The government has to seize the
opportunity right away to make it big at the all-India as
well as global level since the State has been blessed with
an excellent tourism potential. NRGs should demand a totally
secular state though it doesn't concern as to whole rules.
Deficiencies in the educational syllabus need urgent attention,
while the health hub needs a relook. NRIs need to be provided
with a trustworthy system for directing their investment.
We also need to provide a proper forum to link up all the
NRG-related activities and the Goa Chamber of Commerce &
Industry is ready to provide the necessary cooperation.
GCCI president Nitin Kunkolienkar told this to the gathering
at the Global Goan Meet convened by UK-based NRI Rene Barretto
at Braganza Hotel in Mapusa today.
Sharing the dais was GCCI's Manguirish Pai Raikar, Mathew
Braganza and Rene Barretto, while Vivian (Shenji) D'Souza
compered ably the proceedings. Rene Barretto emphasised
on the need to think positively in what way we can contribute
towards Goa's development and spreading of goodwill in a
positive manner. Speaking on the setting up of an IT Club,
young computer programmer Jason Monserrate provided the
details of the new website to be set up by Vertical Solutions
to meet the information needs of the large NRI community.
The meet concluded with an interactive session wherein the
GCCI president explained how the proposed NRI forum would
be set up. (GoaNewsClips)
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Want to marry?..do the HIV test first
PANJIM, Mar 17: The Goa government has decided to make the HIV
test mandatory for both the bridge and the groom for registration
of marriage. The Goa Cabinet today gave its nod for bringing the
amendment to the Goa Daman and Diu Public Health Act, for the
purpose, Health Minister Dayanand Narvekar told reporters after
the Cabinet meeting. In view of the strong public opinion on "privacy"
in social life, he said, the government has decided to throw the
amendment to public debate before bringing a bill in the Assembly.
(H)
Mickky
fires salvos at Churchill
MARGAO, Mar 18: Political differences between arch rivals - Agriculture
Minister Mickky Pacheco and MP Churchill Alemao - came to the
fore at Dando grounds, Benaulim, on Saturday evening when the
duo shared the platform of Save Dabolim Action Committee. While
making his stand clear that Dabolim is centrally located and that
Mopa will ruin the economy, Pacheco, however, said there's no
need to bring the people on the streets. He sought to know why
Churchill has not asked Sonia Gandhi or made noise in parliament
to scrap the Mopa airport. (H)
Goa
Chamber strongly supports Mopa airport
PANAJI, Mar 18: The Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry has strongly
supported the construction of Mopa airport even as it hailed the
Information Technology policy of the government, as well as the
initiatives in the health sector, including the compulsory human
immuni virus testing for couples intending to marry. Addressing
a press conference this afternoon, Mr Nitin Kunkolienkar, the
president of GCCI, told reporters the opposition to the Mopa project
has come now, after eight years from the date the idea was mooted
and went on to add that the opposition was not in the interest
of the state or its economy. (NT)
House
burgled at Assagao
PANJIM, Mar 18: A house was burgled to the tune of Rs.65,000 in
Assagao on March 17 evening. US national, William Estevan, has
filed a complaint in this regard. (H)
Mapusa
Council in grip of instability
MAPUSA, Mar 17: With hardly four months since the formation of
the new municipal council in Mapusa, political rumblings seems
to have begun with two councillors, including the vice-chairman,
severing ties with the BJP backed ruling action and joining the
opposition camp. The defection of MMC Vice-chairman Ryan Braganza
and Councillor Sneha Bhobe is a short in the arm for the Congress-backed
Mapusa Progressive Civic Front, which is all set to take over
the reins of the Mapusa Municipal Council. (H)
Holi
revelers body traced
PERNEM, Mar 18: The body of Viraj Sadanand Kavthankar who
drowned off the Chapora river at Dhumase-Bicholim on March
15, was traced by Pernem Police at Alorna river on March
17 evening. (H)
Man
dies in road mishap at Majorda
MARGAO,
Mar 18: One Clement Andrade (35) died in a fatal road accident
reported yesterday at Majorda. (NT)
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Consumers
should start complaining
PANJIM,
Mar 17: Consumers should 'stop grumbling and start complaining',
to realise their rights in the capacity as consumers. Discussion
resolved around this issue on the occasion of World Consumer
Rights Day held at the Kala Academy on March 17 by the Department
of Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs. The member of the
Consumer Protection Council, Roland Martins, said now the
time has come to have resolutions in the gram Sabhas to
install cameras in the public places to keep vigilance on
government bodies. (H)
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'Demolish
all illegal religious structures in Mormugao'
The Murgao Samaj Seva Samiti of Vasco has demanded
that all illegal religious structures - be it a mosque,
temple or church - in Mormugao taluka be demolished by the
concerned authorities and that there should not be interference
from any quarters. The Samiti has also requested the Hindus,
Christians and Muslims to support the authorities in this
task. (WE-GT)
Goa's
intelligence agency failed: CS
MARGAO: Agreeing that the recent riots that took place in
Curchorem was a failure on the state intelligence agency,
the Chief Secretary, JP Singh, disclosed plans to strengthen
the state's intelligence units as well as provide para-military
training to the Goa police to prevent the recurrence of
such incidents. He also informed that 'super cop' Julio
Ribeiro would be arriving next week and would oversee the
formation of the Mohalla committees in Goa similar to those
started by him (Ribeiro) in Mumbai. (WE-GT)
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SHIGMO
Parade in Mapusa
Mapusa Shigmotsav Samiti in association with the Directorate
of Tourism will organise 'chitrarath', 'romtamel', folk
dance and fancy dress competition in the city today. In
the morning, there will be 'Rangotsav' from 9.30 am onwards
near Shri Bodgeshwar temple. In the evening at 6.30 pm,
the Shigmo Float Parade will start near Alankar Theatre.
(WE-GT)
20th March: Vasco
22nd March: Curchorem
25th March: Panaji
26th March: Margao
27th March: Cuncolim
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Zambaulim
Gulalotsav on March 21
MARGAO,
Mar 18: The famous Gulalotsav of Lord Damodar in Zambaulim
will be celebrated with religious fervour on March 21. The
colourful and traditional event of Gulalotsav is being organised
by Mathagramstha Hindu Sabha of Margao for the past several
years. (NT)
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Veluskar
to participate in Raj Bhasha conference
PANAJI, Mar 18: Veteran Konkani poet, Ramesh Veluskar, will
participate in the 2-day regional Raj Bhasha Conference
to be held in Mumbai on March 22 and 23. Veluskar has been
invited to present his Konkani poems and also to participate
in the conference, organised by the Department of Official
Language, Home Ministry, at the Tata Institute of Fundamental
Research Centre, Mumbai. (NT)
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Padri
to be screened at KA
MARGAO, Mar 18: Prince Jacob in association with the Kala Academy
will screen his Konkani film Padri's 280th screening at
the Kala Academy on March 19 at 10.30 am. This will form part of
the last two shows of the Konkani film in Panaji. The second screening
will be held on the same day at 3.30 pm. (NT)
Programmes
to commemorate 500th birth anniversary year of St Francis
PANAJI, Mar 17: The Jesuits of the Goa Province have organised
a number of programmes to commemorate the 500th birth anniversary
year of St Francis Xavier, beginning with a national conference
on 'Jesuit Presence in South Asia: Identity, Discontinuity, Initiatives'
on April 6 and 7 at Xavier Centre of Historical Research, Porvorim.
The Jesuit Jubilee Year also coincides with the 450th death anniversary
of St Ignatius of Loyola and 500th birth anniversary of Blessed
Peter Faber. (NT)
E
Bengal pip Sporting Clube de Goa
KOLKATTA: East Bengal pipped Sporting Clube de Goa 4-3 in a closely
fought encounter to win the opening tie of Phase II in the 10th
National Football League here yesterday. (WE-GT)
JCT-Salgaocar
tie ends goalless
LUDHIANA: JCT MIlls, Phagwara, muffed rosy chances and finished
goalless with Salgaocar Sports Club of Goa in a ninth round mach
of the 10th ONGC National Football League played here yesterday.
(WE-GT)
FC
Siolim pip Sangolda
PANJIM: Last year's runners-up FC Siolim scored a 2-1 victory
over Sangolda Lightning to move into the quarter finals of the
4th London Trophy Soccer organised by Goa Velha Sports Club, played
at Goa Velha grounds. (WE-GT)
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B I T U A R I E S |
17 Mar: Chinchinim-Palmar Grande/Kenya: HORMELIO
FURTADO RIBEIRO; Husband of Ninfa, father of Neil/Melanie,
Nuala/Faheen, Nigel/Fahrin.
18 Mar: Quepem-Condi: JOANA GOES: Wife
of late manuel, mother of Menino/Piedade, Socorina/late
Thomas, Filipina/late Joao Antonio, Feleciano/Carmelina,
sr Fatima (HC), Tony/Wilma (Dubai), Paulina/Menino and Pobrina/Domnic.
17 Mar: Camorlim-Loutulim: FRANCIS D'SOUZA:
Son of Monica/Andrew, brother of Liberata/Mario, Theresa/Cyril
and Jose.
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GOA
WEATHER |
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Weather:
Bright sunshine this Sunday morning in Goa.
Max. temp: 33.1
DegC; Min. temp: 24.0 DegC; Humidity:
60%. (Yesterday
in Panjim) |
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GT=Gomantak
Times, WE=Weekender, H=Herald, NT=The Navhind Times |
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19
MAR
2006
