[Goanet-news]27 JULY 2004: GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS

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GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS
27 July 2004

    THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: "Vachpak vell kor - to eok budhicho darvontto."
(Make time to read - it is the gateway to knowledge.) "domnic
fernandes" <jyodom at hotmail.com>

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    GoaNEWS-19 Jul 04:
    H I G H L I G H T S:
   * CM assures all support from government to SSI * Media has become
image-building tool: Noted journalist K. Ketkar * All Goa ranking
badminton.

GTB CASH FREEZE GENERATES MAXIMUM HEAT: The Global Trust Bank crisis has
ironically been a great leveler in more ways than one. Or the next three
months, each one of its account holders will have the same drawing
capacity of Rs.10,000. For most, it was a fraction of what they had in the
bank. But yet they all lined up for the consolation amount. It didn`t help
though. Long queues of customers continued to swell outside the branches
where police personnel had to be posted following unrest among common
depositors. (GT)

GLOBAL TRUST TO MERGE WITH ORIENTAL BANK: Two days after placing Global
Trust Bank (GTB) under moratorium, the Reserve Bank of India on July 26
said that the crisis-ridden bank would be merged with the Oriental Bank of
Commerce. The proposal to merge GTB with OBC was mooted in the interest of
GTB depositors, RBI Executive Director Usha Thorat said. (PTI report in
Herald)

HDFC STAFFER HACKS ATMS: Close on the heels of the Global Trust imbroglio,
an employee of HDFC bank fled after withdrawing around Rs.5 lakh from
various ATMs of the bank. Margao police are looking out for one Penvin
D`Souza (hailing from Mangalore), who allegedly broke ATMs at Verna,
Fatorda, Candolim and Tonca. (H)

PM HAPPY WITH GOA`S PERFORMANCE: CM: The Chief Minister, Mr Manohar
Parrikar, called on the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, in New Delhi,
on July 24 and discussed various matters pertaining to the state. Mr
Parrikar said that Dr Singh hailed the state`s performance in various
sectors and assured full cooperation from the Centre. Mr Parrikar said
that he had broached the exemption in central excise duty to Himachal
Pradesh and Uttaranchal and requested the Prime Minister to grant a
similar concession to Goa. He informed that he had briefer Information and
Broadcasting Minister, Mr Jaipal Reddy, about the progress of the
International Film Festival in India related projects. (NT)

GOANS MAY DECLARE NO CONFIDENCE IN ALL MNC BANKS: With GTB virtually going
bust, Goans are likely to believe that the old world was better. It was at
least a safer world. A surer world. Now image the shock of a GTB customer
who has to get his daughter married, or send a draft to secure the
admission of his children or make a down payment for a flat. When these
realities hit them, they might not just revolt against GTB but against the
whole new system of plastic cards and quick banking. And return to the
days of taking a stroll to the bank. (Edit in GT)

GRACE CHURCH`S TABERNACLE DESECRATED: Unknown persons broke into the Grace
Church and desecrated the tabernacle and smashed five donation boxes on
Sunday ( July 25) night. The culprits first tried to break open the two
doors at the rear of the church and having failed, they then shattered the
window panes to effect entry into the church, according to parish priest
Fr Cleto Pereira...What has shocked the city residents is that the accused
have managed to commit the theft at the church premises just 200 meters
from the South Goa district police quarters. (GT)

GOVT PLANS POLICY ON SHACKS: Minister for Tourism Matanhy Saldanha, on
July 26, declared the State government`s intentions of forming a policy to
regulate the allotment of shacks along the coastal belt. Besides working
out guidelines pertaining to allocation of shacks vis a vis space
available, Mr Saldanha told the House that the policy would give top
priority to issues pertaining to free access for people to the sandy
shores. (H)

ASSETS DESTROYED: The state government incurred an expenditure of
Rs.1,01,66l,636 on the visit of four members of the International Film
Festival of India 2004 Core Committee along with two other delegates at
Cannes Film festival venue to promote Goa as a permanent venue for hosting
the IFFI. The Opposition MLAs grilled the government over the demolition
of the old Goa Medical College Campal buildings and charged that assets
over Rs.49 crore had been destroyed for creating multiplexes worth Rs.21
crore. (GT)

PRIORITY TO TILLARI: Water Resources Minister Felipe Neri Rodrigues told
the Goa Assembly on July 26 that the government would commission the
Tillari Irrigation Project in a planned manner by prioritising the works.
He said the estimates were revised and based on 2000 rates, the estimate
of the project worked out to Rs.955.44 crore, out of which the liability
of Goa worked out to Rs.698.97. (GT)

GOVT BLAMES MAHARASHTRA: Water Resources Minister Filipe Neri Rodrigues
said the State government was committed to see that the Tillari irrigation
project is completed, but lamented that the Maharashtra government was yet
to respond to the request for "re-negotiation" of the costs. (H)

SELAULIM SCHEME: PWD Minister Sudin Dhavlikar said that the government
proposed for augmentation of Selaulim water supply scheme costing Rs.440
crore by seeking the financial assistance from Delhi-based Jaico company.
(GT)

INTERACTIVE MEET ON TOURISM: In a bid to promote heritage tourism in Goa,
Maharaj Gajendra Singh of Jodhpur will hold an interactive session with
government officials, heritage home owners and investors at the Cidade de
Goa hotel on July 27. Mr Singh is hoping to influence the authorities in
Goa to formulate a heritage tourism policy. Goa is ideally suited for
heritage tourism in view of a number of its historic villages that are
relatively well developed, clean and usually have several large country
homes. IHHA (Indian Heritage Hotels` Association) sources also pointed out
that a number of Goan villages such as Assagao, Saligao, Aldona, Siolim,
Marcel, Savoi Verem, Mardol, Loutulim, Chandor and Rivona could be
designated as `heritage villages`.(H)

DISQUALIFICATION PLEA: The Supreme Court has called for the records within
four weeks vis-à-vis the disqualification petition filed by former MLA
Chandrakant Chodankar against Agriculture Minister Dayanand Mandrekar.
(GT)

SEMINAR ON VANILLA: The Dena Bank`s Pillar branch in association with the
Pillar Nature Farm organised a seminar-cum-exhibition on vanilla,
medicinal plants and herbs with the EM Technology. (NT)

PMC CHIEF VOTED OUT: Recently the BJP manage to snatch two panchayats -
Usgao and Curti-Khandepar - from the lap of the Congress. Yesterday, the
BJP added yet another feather to its cap by upstaging its sworn rival
Congress from the Ponda Municipal Council. The chairperson of the PMC
Damodar Naik and the vice-chairperson Jasmina Dias were voted out of
office. (GT)

IN PERNEM: Pernem taluka has 19 panchayats and about 28 villages and is
well connected with cities lying across two rivers - Terekhol and Chapora.
Surprisingly, the whole taluka has no central bus stand. At Pernem
junction, buses in transit to various destinations make a halt at the
bustling market places. Passengers with their baggage in the open in the
absence of any shelter...Prakash Talavnekar, who has studied the transport
problems of Pernem, said that more than 200 buses pass through Pernem town
where thousands of passengers board the bus for their onward journey.
(Suhas Parsekar in GT)

`PERFORMATIVE MYTHOLOGY`: Alito Sequeira, Goa University (Sociology), will
conduct a presentation on 'Performative Mythology: The Recreation of the
Ganv: Place, Community and Identity in Goa' at the Fundacao Oriente,
Panjim, on July 30, 2004 at 5.30 p.m.

INDOCO REMEDIES CMD HONOURED: Suresh Kare, chairman and managing director
of Indoco Remedies Limited was felicitated with the `Lifetime Achievement
Award` for his contribution to the Indian pharma industry. At a glittering
function held in Panjim recently, former state minister of health,
Digvijay Khanvilkar, presented the award to Kare. A panel discussion on
`Is Indian pharma industry prepared for the big bucks in R&D` was
conducted on the occasion. (H)

GOAN AWARDED "GAURAV PURASKAR": Prof Arvind Waman Joglekar, ex -Director
Technical Education, Government of Goa, was selected or Rashtriya Gaurav
Puraskar in recognition of his outstanding service, achievement and
contribution to social, educational and technical field progress at State
and National level. The award instituted by India International Friendship
Society was presented to him at Bangalore by former governor of Tamil
Nadu, Fatima Bi. Joglekar has been in the technical field since 1964. (H)

S P O R T S

BENAULIM IN QUARTERS: Young Strikers, Benaulim, got the better of St
Rock`s SC, Fatrade, 4-3 via tie-breaker to cruise into the quarter-finals
of Our Lady of Merces football tournament, organised by Sirlim SC at
church grounds, Chinchinim. (GT)

D E A T H S
   26 July: Santa Cruz: CHRISTALINA CORREIA: wife of late Alberto, mother
of Custodio/Maria Jose (Portugal), Alfredo/Feliciana, Cecilia,
Hilda/late Frank Vales.

G O A   W E A T H E R
   Max temp: 28.4 degC; Min temp; 22.7 degC; Humidity: 98% (Yesterday)
   Rainfall so far: 1118.7 mm
   Weather: Some rain showers yesterday. The weather is comparatively dry
this morning in Goa.

  Courtesy: GT=Gomantak Times; NT=The Navhind Times; H=Herald;
WE=Weekender; TOI=Times of India

JOEL D'SOUZA
Assagao-Goa-India.