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Thought I'd open a new thread for all the press quotes.

Ensuring sustainability of Goa's Tourism.

http://www.navhindtime.com/articles.php?story_ID=092427

:rofl::rofl: they won't have tourists if they don't sort out the visa problems, people will just go elsewhere.

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Hi Babu/~Fuwid,

I read on one of the other sites that in the Herald to-day there was an article on Page 4 about Malaria - I cannot find it on Herald-on-line are things that bad out there with the Malaria?

Noni

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http://www.who.int/ith/countries/ind/en/

Malaria

Risk

Malaria risk exists throughout the year in the whole country below 2 000 m, with overall 40% to 50% of cases due to P. falciparum. There is no transmission in parts of the states of Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, and Sikkim. Risk of falciparum malaria and drug resistance are relatively higher in the north-eastern states, in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka (with exception of the city of Bangalore), Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra (with the exception of the cities of Mumbai, Nagpur, Nasik and Pune), Orissa and West Bengal (with the exception of the city of Kolkata) P. falciparum resistance to chloroquine and sulfadoxine—pyrimethamine reported.

© World Health Organization 2007. All rights reserved

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:frown:

How police corruption works in Goa :mad:

http://mangalorean.com/new.phb?newst...adcastid=53825

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From Goa herald yesterday.
Goa has come to a sorry pass with outbreaks of malaria, and other vector borne deseases which has brought into sharp focus the abysmal state of sanitation and filth in the States both Urban and Rural areas. The steady rise in vector borne diseases particularly Malaria epidemic is threatening to turn Goa into a Pariah State. In fact the state is reeling under a severe Malaria menace which has already claimed many lives and more and more cases are reported daily.

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Bloody Hell!!!!!

Dont like the sound of that at all!!!

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If the Goan Government don't get us, Be sure the mossies will. :p

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http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=09264

Addressing a press conference here today, Mr Kittur said he is running the restaurant Jazz House in Candolim for the last ten years. He said these people had ransacked his restaurant in 2006 but when he gave his complaint to the Calangute police station, it was registered as a case of simple mischief.

© Copyright Navhind Papers & Publications Ltd. All rights reserved

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Amazing story, not what I was told or led to believe at all, 2 sides to every tale so they say.
TP

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Could never understand why all the tables chairs refrigeration was thrown across the otherside of the road!! and no local took it home.

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http://www.oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=1758&cid=26

Kittur has alleged that five people, who are restrained by a court not to enter the property where Jazz House is situated, on September 20, 2007, were involved in assaulting his mother, the land lady Pia Lobo and two other women. My mother, along with the others, had gone to the place to spruce it up for the coming season, he maintained.

The five people entered the place in spite of two armed police guards placed at the entrance, he asserted. The two never budged a single inch when my people and mother were being assaulted, he stated.

© M/s Herald Publications Pvt Ltd, P.O.Box 160, Rua San Tome, Panjim-Goa 403001.
Editor-in-Chief: Mr R F Fernandes. Editor: Robin Abreu
Ph: 0091-832-2224202, 2224460, 2228083 Fax: 2225622.
Email: [email protected]

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http://www.oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=1767&cid=26

MMC may outsource house tax recovery

BY HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, SEPT 25 — The Margao Municipal Council is exploring the possibility of engaging the services of a private recovery officer to recover the huge outstanding house tax arrears.......

© M/s Herald Publications Pvt Ltd, P.O.Box 160, Rua San Tome, Panjim-Goa 403001.

FN's are willing to pay House Tax, except they said a couple of weeks ago that Agreements For Sale would not be accepted as eligibility to pay House Tax, therefore payment refused!

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above relates to
HC issues notice to Calangute MLA over illegal constructions.

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Hi Noni
are you in Goa now. Wen

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Hi Wen,

No unfortunately, booked for 10th November, but have to see if the new arrival and mum are o.k. first. We had booked our ticket in Goa before I knew another monster was on the way. At the moment have two bags packed.

Is the Teama bar open now? Have things started to open up yet?

Regards
Noni

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Not so much opened in Candolim yet, the weather is holding things back, rained hell of a lot this monsoon and more or less all day today. Don't know if you went to the Octopus Gardens opp Stone House, Ken and Jackie, they are not coming back

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:confused:
:confused: two articles from goan voice.
www.goanvoice.org.uk/index.php

1. Goa's 2.5 million tourist season

2. FEMA - VIOLATIONS DETECTED. :ohmy:

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Letter in The Herald about FEMA violations:

http://www.oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=1932&cid=15

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:confused: very interesting.
noni

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Strange that they haven't yet declared a single "non violation" or "all clear".

In other words, every case they have so far examined has been passed on to the D of E as a violation seeking further investigation!

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But ours came from the D of E in January :curse: :curse: :curse: so if we have violated god help the rest. :thumbdown:

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Should be a new thread maybe. Integration/Immigration in the UK : "The Inconvenient Truth" :

http://mangalorean.com/news.php?news...l&newsid=54302

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Hi Babu
Good story, maybe we should send this to the authorities so that they may appreciate that some migrants can be good for society.
Tony P

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Hi Tony,

Especially when those "immigrants" (FN's) to India would be entirely self financing, non dependant on Indian welfare, pay for their own health care, distribute foreign exchange amongst the local economy, introduce entrepreneurial ideas/methods from the West, improve the amenity by looking after their properties, and providing a cultural mix and hopefully integrating with local society.

Regards

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You read my thoughts.
TP

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http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles...tory_ID=100217

Calangute sarpanch voted out amidst high tension
NT News Service


Mapusa, Oct 1 High tension prevailed today at the special meeting that was called to discuss the no confidence motion against the sarpanch of Calangute, Mr Albert Fernandes and his deputy Ms Rupa Chodancar.

Amidst high drama that included an assault on some panch members and trading of charges and counter charges between the two groups, Mr Albert Fernandes and Ms Rupa Chodancar were ousted from office.

Mr Joseph Sequeira , who was the former Calangute sarpanch............These persons then came charging at him and assaulted him with a knife, the complaint says.

© Copyright Navhind Papers & Publications Ltd.

Albert's hardly been in the job 3 months!!

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And another one:

http://www.oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=2066&cid=26

Santa Cruz sarpanch ousted
HERALD CORRESPONDENT

MERCES, OCT 1 — The four-month reign of Santa Cruz Sarpanch Helen Lourenco came to an abrupt end, when she was ousted in a no-confidence motion by 6-1 votes on Monday......

.....Outgoing sarpanch Lourenco termed the no-confidence move against her as a political ploy by certain members with vested interests to cover corrupt practices in the panchayat.
She further informed that her objections to issue licences to illegal buildings and where there are CRZ violations contributed in a major way to bring her downfall.......

© M/s Herald Publications Pvt Ltd, P.O.Box 160, Rua San Tome, Panjim-Goa 403001.

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Editorial from the Herald : Goa Gone

http://www.oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=2027&cid=15

.....Goa has gone. There is nothing else to describe the situation in Goa and with the knife attack on panch and ex-sarpanch Joseph Sequeira, it appears that whatever vestiges of decency that were prevalent in Goa have vanished from the window. This attack has laid bare that nothing is sacred in Goa anymore and for that matter there is no respect left in the state......

......It is more than obvious that the Panchayati Raj system is a breeding ground for corruption and deceit and the attack at Calangute only highlights the desperation, people will go to remain in the chair. And this is because of the money involved and much more that is causing all these incidents to occur........

......What type of governance is expected when the leaders themselves break the law and flout all norms of decency?......

© M/s Herald Publications Pvt Ltd, P.O.Box 160, Rua San Tome, Panjim-Goa 403001.

Update on the incident :

http://www.oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=2049&cid=10

With the vote of no confidence carried against Albert Fernandes, it looks like Jack might be back!!

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what exactly is the role of the panchyat? is there a level of 'reporting' below this body? Obviously there must be loads of money involved for such aggressive moves to have been made.......can not be a matter of honour as no one has shown any for years!!!!.

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Goa Rolls Out Red Carpet For Tourists


http://mangalorean.com/news.php?news...adcastid=54480

.....Going by the statistics provided by Sanjith Rodrigues, Managing Director, Goa tourism development corporation (GTDC), nearly 25 per cent of the state's population is either directly or indirectly engaged in tourism activity.....

....Right from taxis to shacks or certain allied business like handicraft, the state's economy is bloated with the tourism revenue. The state brings in huge chunk of foreign revenue to the nation through tourism....

....If Goa starts losing on its tourists, the state's economy will slide down severely affecting the life here....

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Great article by well respected Goan about the serious issue of Goans losing their cultural identity, as well as their land due to the massive influx of outsiders, both rich and poor.

It's heavily contentious about Goans not being involved in illegal building on other people's land (the usual virtuous Goan story); and haven't Goans been arguing for decades anyway about the historical nature of their "cultural identity"?

Arguably, it has taken an invasion of a mixture of land grabbing out of State "investors" and impoverished homeless immigrants to give a wake up call to "real" Goans that they have a shared history and unique identity.

Somewhere in that mix he omits to mention a disastrous history of duplicitous pocket lining politicians and Government officials who manipulate or disregard the will of the electorate and hold onto power by whatever villainous means, even extending the vote bank to some of the very same people who are visibly despoiling Goa.

Foreign National residents are an insignificant fraction of the population increase he describes, and as Wheatsheaf argues, may even be beneficial to a minor extent in providing checks and balances. Although, unfortunately we have no vote :

http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles...tory_ID=092344

Quotes:

.....During these forty-six years the population of Goa has jumped from 6 lakhs to almost 13 lakhs, out which almost 40 per cent are non-Goans. The analysis of the present situation proves that over 5 lakh outsiders have settled in Goa since liberation. This means that the population of native Goans has increased by about 2.5 lakhs......

....One thing is certain, and that is that non-Goans, elite or labour class, rich or poor, who have come down to Goa and constructed palatial bungalows/houses/huts legally or illegally, have come to Goa to stay.....

.....The bitter truth is that the Goan identity is at risk......

© Copyright Navhind Papers & Publications Ltd.

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Hi Babu,
Once again great thread - you ought to be a journalist or are you :sneaky:
you could certainly make some money out of your talent.
Are you in Goa at the present?
:wub: Noni

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Hi Noni,

I will be in Goa as of end of this week with usual chores of opening up the house, arranging paints and painter, and hunting down that builder who still owes me on some incompleted alterations. :curse:

Thanks for the praise.:eek: I have no pretensions to being a journalist; just a pedant with too much time on his hands, though I do manage to get out sometimes (or should that be "out of it"?) :beer::wink_smile:, and I do have a genuine interest in Goa.

Cheers

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Hi All Partybashers,:thumbsup:

Please dont forget to fill in the RSVP Slip on 'meet ups ' for the Christmas Bash in December so that numbers can be finalised.

Sorry for crossthreading.

Regards,
Remy

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'Nightmare for foreigners buying Goan homes' (article in today's Herald please find link below):

http://www.oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=2343&cid=10

regards

TDK

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Nearly posted this one myself, but you got there first, and if read properly there is still contridictions. Quote According to rules, FNs who wish to buy property in India must fulfil the 182-day stay in the country in one financial year on a Tourist visa, I'm saying a lot of people are getting 1 year tourist visa's and they think you can do the 182 days, and you can't.:zzz: