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Team Goemkarponn LONDON: The Colva Union UK commemorated the 49th annual Infant Jesus Feast at Our Lady Queen of Apostles Church, Heston, on October 19, blending faith, tradition, and festivity. This year’s event was made even more special by the heartfelt address from the Chief Guest, Mr. Clayton Barreto, S. Secretary to the High Commissioner, High Commission of India in the UK, who shared personal memories and deep connections to his Goan roots. Chief Guest’s Emotional Connection to Colva In his speech, Mr. Barreto expressed gratitude to Colva Union UK’s President, Elaine Fernandes, and the committee members for their unwavering…

Team Goemkarponn MARGAO: Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said that government-run nursing institution will be established in the upcoming academic year. “As promised to the people of South Goa during our last assembly session on the floor of the house, a government-run nursing institution will be established in the upcoming academic year,” said Rane In the interim, Health Minister said that he will utilise this time to complete all the necessary formalities. “This nursing institution will greatly benefit the people of South Goa, providing students who aspire to become nurses with opportunities to pursue their careers while strengthening the overall healthcare…

PANAJI: The Department of Tourism, Government of Goa, has been organizing the annual Deepotsav event at Porvorim, which celebrates the spirit of the festive season and showcases Goa’s vibrant cultural heritage. One of the highlights of this event for some years has been the popular Srikrishna vijayotsav Competition. However, this year, due to ongoing infrastructure projects like Fly over and associated challenges, the Department of Tourism regrets to announce to keep the Srikrishna Vijayotsav Competition on hold for Diwali 2024. The ongoing construction of the flyover in the vicinity, combined with the service road being occupied with heavy traffic, has…

Team Goemkarponn SANCOALE: In a strong show of solidarity, leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) including MLAs Capt. Venzy Viegas and Engr. Cruz Silva, AAP Working Presidents Gerson Gomes & Valmiki Naik, along with other party members met former Sancoale Sarpanch Premanand Naik, who is currently on an indefinite hunger strike. Naik is protesting against the proposed Bhutani Infra mega-project comprising almost 700 villas and flats, and is demanding its immediate revocation. Naik, a respected community leader, began his hunger strike on Monday and has vowed not to quit until the construction licence given to Parmesh Constructions for the…

PANAJI: The Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao demanded that the government should immediately implement ‘Disability Security SOP’ and should restart the exclusive helpline number to address their issues. In a letter to the Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, Congress leader Yuri Alemao has said that the government has failed to keep continuity of the helpline exclusively started in 2022 for disabled people. “There are around fifty thousand disable persons in our state. With the initiatives of people working for their welfare, then DGP Mr. I.D Shukla had launched this helpline. But after his retirement, this helpline stopped working. It should be…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: An ‘invasion’ of an affluent population, who have the liberty to party at night and spend their mornings in tranquillity in a luxurious lifestyle is not sustainable for Goa, according to Loutolim-based writer and anthropologist Katharina Poggendorf-Kakar, who maintains that the transformation of the Goan land and social scape was evident in the post-pandemic era, which has seen a bigger social influx and a rise in investments in Goa. “That fantasy of living in a space that gives you the freedom to (not only) party at night, but to (also) have your morning coffee to birdsong and…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: In a scathing attack, the Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao on Thursday said that Goa government has failed to combat sex trafficking, which is bringing bad name to the state and demanded to block escort service websites fostering this trade. Reacting to the statement of Chief Minister Pramod Sawant over combating sex trafficking, Alemao said that the BJP government has totally failed to take action. “There are hundreds of escort service websites providing services in Goa. They give their phone numbers and places where they can arrange this service. Despite this, the government has failed to take…