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Goemakrponn Desk PANAJI: Goa’s beach shacks aren’t expected to be open to tourists until the first week of December because the owners still need to finish the payment process and get the necessary licenses to open. The tourism department has made the decision to extend the deadline for successful applicants to pay the beach shack license fees until this Saturday. Goa Tourism Minister Rohan Khaunte announced on Thursday that the state has begun installing beach shacks and has begun providing temporary No Objection Certificates (NOCs) to shack owners. Goa’s tourist season has already begun, but the construction of shacks has…

Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA: Canacona Municipality, though classified as B Class Category Municipality in the State of Goa has an outstanding record to pay its workers from its own coffer/funds/revenue earned by this civic body, has an overwhelming outstanding of 2.8 crores of rupees due from the various establishments/traders in the municipal area. The issue was hotly discussed in the recently held Council meeting, where councillors demanded stringent measures to make the recovery from the erring traders/establishments. While the citizens of the municipality have been regularly paying their house rent, business tax, advertising board rent, rent of municipal shops, rent of…

Goemkarponn Desk OLD GOA: A senior police official stated that in advance of the novenas and feast of St. Francis Xavier, which begin on Saturday, the Goa police and other state agencies have carried out a fictitious security drill around the Basilica of Bom Jesus in Old Goa. He claimed that during the fictitious exercise on Wednesday, authorities apprehended two fictitious terrorists and neutralized a fictitious bomb in a bag close to the Basilica of Bom Jesus. About 800 people, including tourists and devotees, were safely evacuated during the fictitious exercise in seven minutes without any incidents of panic. In…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant retained the Public Works Department (PWD) portfolio and gave Nuvem MLA Aleixo Sequeira the portfolios of Environment and Climate Change, Law and Judiciary, Captain of Ports, and Legislative Affairs three days after Sequeira was sworn in as a minister in the state cabinet. Sequeira vowed to do his best to live up to the people’s expectations. When questioned about his conversation with the Chief Minister about portfolios following the swearing-in ceremony at the Raj Bhavan, Sequeira responded, “If I were the CM, I would have chosen the portfolio I wanted.” It is…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: On December 11, the High Court of Bombay in Goa is expected to hear a plea regarding the tiger reserve. An NGP has filed a plea with the High Court, claiming that the state government disregarded the court’s directive to declare the Mhadei wildlife sanctuary a tiger reserve within three months, despite the fact that the court’s deadline passed on October 24. A miscellaneous civil application has been filed by the government to extend the deadline for notifying a tiger reserve. According to the application submitted by the non-governmental organization Goa Foundation, the government failed to issue…

Goemkarponn Desk MARGAO: After LoP Yuri Alemao’s 20th October 2023 and my subsequent meeting with South Goa Collector on 20th November 2023, Deputy Collector and SDO-II finally issued Order on 21st November 2023 directing Global Ispaat Limited, Cuncolim to remove the entire Structure cum Shed in Survey Number 303/3 and restore the Land to its original condition. This Order once again exposes the Illegalities in Cuncolim Industrial Estate, stated Cuncolim MLA and Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao. Reacting to the Order No. LRC/Illegal-Conv/37/2023/2626 dated 21/11/2023 issued by Deputy Collector and SDO-II, Salcete, Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao has reiterated his…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today directed the officials of DMG, Forest, Environment to expedite the next round of auction of mining blocks and other pending issues. CM Sawant chaired a High Level Meeting on Mining in the presence of Chief Secretary Puneet Kumar Goyal, DGP_Goa Jaspal Singh and other officials. He further also reviewed issues related to mining of major minerals. “Discussed issues related to minor mining industry like obtaining environmental clearances, lease renewal, approval of quarry plan, issue of royalty/transit pass, fines, etc” he added Sawant also gave directions to officials to clear pending issues in…