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GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS
April 28, 2003

ONE DROWNS IN BENAULIM: Franky Fernandes (23) and Franky Rodrigues (15) 
both from Benaulim, decided to beat the heat by going for a swim at the 
Benaulim beach around 12 noon and were immediately in trouble, as the duo 
were caught in a whirlpool and dragged into the sea by undercurrents, on 
April 27. Pele Fernandes from Benaulim who plies a tourist taxi, and 
Chandar Bahadur Thapa, a Nepali cook, got into the rescue act, managing to 
save one, while their efforts in tracing Franky Rodrigues did not yield 
results. By 12.30 pm the body of Franky Fernandes was washed ashore. 
Tourism Minister Mickky Pacheco, who rushed to the spot on receipt of the 
tragic news, said that he would enquire why the life-guard was not present 
at the time of the incident. Pacheco also informed that henceforth he would 
post two life guards at Benaulim beach. (GT)

WHISKY PEG COST WIFE'S LIFE: On 26 April when, Romasco D'Silva, a seaman 
from St Jose de Areal, came to Margao he met one of his colleagues and 
decided to have a drink. On reaching home he informed his wife Succorina 
(27) and other family members that he had a peg with a friend. Infuriated 
by husband's "confession" the wife threatened to consume poison. Romasco 
did not take the threat seriously. But at about 4 pm his wife started 
complaining of abdominal pains. Later she confessed to having consumed 
poison. She was immediately rushed to the Hospicio where she breathed her 
last while undergoing treatment. (GT)

AIR INDIA SUSPENDS 15 MORE PILOTS: Toughening its stand against Indian 
Pilots Guild, Air India yesterday suspended 15 more pilots even as it is 
taking on contract five former commanders, who have valid licences and 
retired recently, to maintain its services. Meanwhile, Indian Airlines has 
stepped in to lift stranded passengers from Gulf after Air India cancelled 
37 flights from the region beginning yesterday till the end of the month 
due to the strike by its pilots over the SARS epidemic. (PTI report in Herald)

CM URGES SCRIBES: CM Manohar Parrikar yesterday urged journalists to 
maintain neutrality and to refrain from bias reporting and giving wrong 
figures. He was speaking after inaugurating a day-long seminar for 
moffussil correspondents organised by the Goa Union of Journalists at Shram 
Shakti Bhavan, Patto, Panaji. (GT)

ENVIRONMENT AWARENESS: Chorao Educational Society's Dayanand High School, 
Chorao, organised an "Environment Awareness Seminar" in collaboration with 
the Directorate of Education at the school hall recently. (GT)

COMMUNITY COLLEGES: Tribal girls working on sari designs? Salaries for 
those whom our academic system thinks of as drop-outs? This and more is 
possible if one adopts the system of "community colleges", as an 
educational system, says former Loyola College, Chennai, principal Dr 
Xavier Alphonse. Alphonse spent much of the past weekend interacting with 
educationists from Goa, and sharing ideas on how the country's elitist 
higher educational system could reach out to the neglected. (Frederick 
Noronha in Herald)

UTILISING THE PRE-MONSOON SHOWERS: "Rainfall in the second fortnight of 
April is a normal phenomenon. On an average, it rains less than a few 
centimeters in April. But that is a substantial amount of water in the 
midst of a scalding summer. But we permit it to just run off or 
evaporate?One centimeter of rainfall is a lot of water. An open tank with a 
hectare area can receive not less than a million litres of water after it 
rains a centimeter. Such quantity of water is sufficient to meet the needs 
of an urban residential colony of 400 households for 10 days. The correct, 
strategic planning and positioning of water harvesting or storage 
structures is essential to derive benefit from the pre-monsoon showers." 
(Nandkumar Kamat in Glimpses-NT)

WATER CONSERVATION: Sateri Yuvak Mandal, a youth organisation in Mandrem 
dedicated to social upliftment and protection of earth's resources, has 
launched a drive to create awareness about use of potable water, which some 
unscrupulous elements waste making others go without water. (GT)

BASTORA FLOODING/FACING DROUGHT: Bastora has been facing a paradoxical 
water problem, with some parts of the village receiving water supply in 
surplus while other parts receiving very little or no water supply at all. 
The village has been receiving irregular water supply for the third 
consecutive year. The Bastora Consumer Cell states that it finds itself 
besieged with the problem of non-supply of water. (H)

VELIM GRAM SABHA: Gram sabha of Velim village panchayat was held yesterday 
wherein steps to be taken for improvement of the village were discussed and 
few committees were constituted. The meeting was chaired by the village 
sarpanch, Mr Baptisto Fernandes. Over 150 villagers attended the gram sabha 
meeting and aired their grievances. (NT)

KIDS PLAY ON STREETS: With urbanization catching up fast in the cultural 
town of Ponda, most open spaces have been converted into concrete jungles. 
This worries citizens, mostly parents, who see their children risking lives 
on road to play. The number of children playing on roads, on which vehicles 
ply frequently, has increased with the advent of summer holidays. (GT)

TO CURB STRAY DOGS: The Indian Medical Association, Goa, has come out with 
the suggestion that the State government must play a pro-active role to 
curb the menace of the stray dogs and must not surrender to the animal 
activist's unreasonable demands which contravene the provisions of law. The 
IMA urged the government to demand from animal activists responsibility, 
accountability and liability, for failure to clear public areas of stray 
dogs. (NT)

KONKANI FILM "DAULAT": Apurbai Chitra's second Konkani film, Daulat, is 
expected to be released in a couple of weeks. The film based on a Konkani 
play, Disht Daulat, written by Pubndalik Naik, tries to attack the wrong 
traditions and superstitions prevailing in the Indian society. Producer of 
the film, Jyoti Kunkolienkar says, the film which has a total budget of 
over Rs.6 lakh, is financed by the Goa Konkani Academy. (H)

S P O R T S

DEMPO SURPRISE TOLLY: Dempo Sports Club, Goa, overcame a strong challenge 
from Tollygunge Agragami to prevail 3-2 in a seventh National Football 
League encounter in Kolkata. Clifford Miranda, EB Chenna and Stanley Colaco 
found the target for the winners, who finished (fifth on the table) their 
engagements with 32 points from 22 matches. (GT)

SPORTING HOLD MOHAMNMEDANS: Putting up a hugely disappointing performance, 
crowd favourites Mohammedan Sporting played a tame goalless draw with 
Haywards 2000 Sporting Clube in the National Football League Second 
Division final round match in New Delhi.

NARVEKAR RE-ELECTED GCA CHIEF: Dayanand Narvekar, was re-elected as the 
President of Goa Cricket Association defeating Vijay Chowgule in the 
election for the executive committee for the year 2003 to 2006 held at 
Kshatriya Samaj Hall, Porvorim, yesterday. (GT)

D E A T H
   23 Apr: Velim-Zaino Vaddo: COLETTE VERIATO ALMEIDA, wife of Sidney, 
mother of Anna/Jean Pierre, Bernadette/Emil, Donna/late Pique, late Ronald, 
late Ricardo, Zita, Capucine/Neil, Paulita/Olivier, Giselle/Salah, 
sister-in-law of Sr Ena.
   27 Apr: Oxel-Siolim: XAVIER LEO PAUL D'SOUZA, husband of Goretti, 
father of Valentina, son of Pauline/Fabian D'Souza, expired under tragic 
circumstances.
   27 Apr: Chinchinim: MARIA RITA FURTADO, sister/sister-in-law of late 
Eloisa/late Diogo Lourenco, late Lourdes, late Antonio Xavier/Dulcina and 
late Pulqueria.
   26 Apr: Sao Jose de Areal: SUCORINA D'SILVA, wife of Ramisco, mother of 
Roshell.
   24 Apr: Divar: CATHARINE GONSALVES, wife of Santan, mother of late 
Paul/late Agnes, Anthony/Rosy (London) and Felix/Sharon (London).
   27 Apr: Benaulim: JOSE TOMAS ANTONIO MESQUITA, husband of late Lira, 
father of Bernardino/Sylvette, Carmo/late Francis, Goretti/Oliver Silva, 
Serafico/Sunita, Agostinho/Maria Alice.

G O A   W E A T H E R
   Temp: 31.4 deg C (88.5 deg F) at 09.30 am in Assagao.
   Max Temp: 33.0 deg C, Humidity: 67% (Official figures for yesterday)
   Weather: Bright sun. Hot day.

Courtesy: H=Herald, NT=The Navhind Times, GT= Gomantak Times

JOEL D'SOUZA, Assagao-Goa-India.
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