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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:

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Yep as you say Wen full of contridictions - why can't somebody tell us what we can or cannot do. Do they know themselves. :curse:

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Hi Wen/Noni,

I realised after i posted the link above that it was already on the 'visa' threads.
Anyway i agree theres still contradictions/confusion over getting residential status on a 1 year T visa (i personally don't think this is possible even if one leaves and returns on a new T visa and does the required days, but i hope i'm wrong for many peoples' sake including my own!) Interesting also that the Indian embassy in Columbo aren't being too helpful with granting new visas from the sounds of things.

Regards
TDK
ps Wen-please check you PMs

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Been there answered, don't worry

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Hi Everyone,

Please dont be wearing blinkers here.:blink:

Just look at the quote from the Chief Secretary JP Singh on this link.....

"The rules and regulations are clear. They are not given a tourist visa for the sake of living a retired life here. A tourist visa is given for the purpose of coming here and seeing the country for a limited time period. The government of India is clear that this (tourist visa) is not meant for continuing and for the purpose of spending retired life here. So we are not giving any extension in visas."


what part of this message are we not getting ?:confused:

Regards,
Remy

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Hi Sweetie Pie,

What part of the message do they not understand, next year they will find that the tourists are missing because of their Visa policy :curse::curse::curse: so many of the goan people will suffer.
There are many places in the world to go and enjoy without the hassle and obstacles they put in the way of our every day life out there.

:wub: Noni

:wub: Noni