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I think you are right. VFS (a UK based operation subject to Trading Standards) is simply the "handling agent", with the illegal actions being carried out by HCI, who are not subject to UK laws.
I thought this was the main reason, rather than that no-one was prepared to lodge a complaint due to fear of retaliation?


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Atanasio (Babush) Monserrate and his 'panel' have won the Panjim election 16/14. (Goa Voice).

AndyD 8-)#

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Meeting for British property owners in Goa
7 Mar: Trip Advisor. Mr. Beckingham of the British High Commission office in India will host a meeting with the British community in Goa on 21st March 2011. The venue has yet to be confirmed ... The meeting is open to all British Nationals. Kindly pass this information on to any other British nationals who might want to attend...

made the goanvoice.org.uk

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:scaredhair::scaredhair::scaredhair:

India takes action against pilots 'using fake licences'
14 Mar: BBC. The licences of all airline pilots in India will be checked after at least four people were discovered flying aircraft with alleged fake documents. Two other pilots are still being investigated. The licences and other documents of 500 airline pilots have been checked so far. A total of 4,000 pilots will be checked... On Friday the authorities said that they were taking action against 57 pilots who had reported for duty drunk over the past two years. Over the same period there have also been reports of pilots falling asleep while flying and pilots fighting with air crew.
www.goanvoice.org.uk

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Tourism and Revenue ministers resign from Goa Cabinet
14 Mar: IBNS. The political stage is changing in Goa with two Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) minister on Monday evening tendered their resignations... Tourism Minister Nilkant Halarnkar and Revenue Minister Jose Philip D’Souza resigned from the cabinet accusing ‘lack of development in the state.’ ... Three months ago the two faced pressure to resign in order to make way for the former tourism minister Francisco Pacheco in the cabinet...
(goan voice)
They would not be forced out, could they have been bought out, to make room for Metal Micky :thumbdown::thumbdown:

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Fleecing the Goan customer. By Frederick Noronha


16 Mar: Herald. ... Why do customers have to walk with fear anytime they approach anyone for a service or some product? Whether it is our cobblers, our taxis and motorcycle ‘pilots’, our retailers, or our doctors — chances are that the buyer in Goa ends up badly overcharged, and feeling cheated. Goa has long been known to have higher inflation levels than much of the rest of India. But this made only worse due to the attitude of overcharging customers here. ‘Catch one customer, hit him hard. It doesn’t matter if he never returns.’
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11-year-old raped on Goa beach
16 Mar: PTI. An eleven-year-old girl was allegedly raped at South Goa's Colva beach, police said on Wednesday... the minor was waiting for a bus along with her elder sister when the accused lured both to the beach for a stroll... The girl told the police that her elder sister went away with her friend for a while, following which the accused assaulted her sexually on the beach. The accused, in his twenties, is on the run ...

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Hang on, there is a major credeibility gap developing here.....

http://www.sify.com/finance/britons-...qtapcdege.html

So now the same "so-called" authorities who, a few months back, were telling us that the Reds outnumbered the Brits.............have suddenly realised that there are three times the number of British to the toal "saviour of tourism" Ruskies?

Or could it all be a load of inaccurate b*ll*cks?

Yeah, sounds about right!

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"Lies, damned lies, and statistics"

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BREAKING NEWS........Helicopter tourism coming to GOA!!!!!!

Recruiting pilots with or without proper LICENCE......

Helipads wanted do you have a FREE car park. Contact GOV.PVT.LTD.GOA

Only GOANS need apply.........?????

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My first thought on reading about the helipads was that it was a joke! Any tourist with their own helicopter can afford their own helipad but then I realise, it is probably not really for tourism. The helipads will be built in places where people like D. K. find them to be most useful then they will spend some of the budget on helicopters to ferry the mp's around so they can avoid the traffic. There is plenty of space on the beach they could cordon off for helicopters to land and take off if they want to sell flights to tourists.

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When referring to an article in the press (or elsewhere), could you please provide a link? It makes it a lot easier for those interested to read the actual article.
Many thanks, and heres the link to the helicopter cr*p......

http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/t...-beaches-92482


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The article I read was in hard copy and was about the budget as I get the Herald delivered each day. But next time I refer to an article I will look for it on the net and provide a link.

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I think that's unduly cynical, it's more likely that the govt. have heard that both of the foreign tourists coming to Goa next year want to come by helicopter!

AndyD 8-)#

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both of the foreign tourists coming to Goa next year want to come by helicopter!

AndyD 8-)#[/QUOTE]

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

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you are all so funny:rofl: