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Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Bombarded with several demands and requests from gram sabha members, Agonda Sarpanch Fatima Rodrigues informed that all decisions cannot be taken by Panchayat alone but needs government support and the cooperation of the MLA. Sarpanch ofAgonda Fatima Rodrigues chaired the well-attended gram sabha on Sunday in the presence of Panchayat Secretary Amol Naikgaunkar and in the presence of all the six panch members, including Dy. Sarpanch Prettal Fernandes In the 7-member Agonda panchayat. Panch members Ramnath Velip, Canisha Fernandes, John Fernandes, Nilesh Pagui and Karuna Phaldessai attended the gram sabha, showing 100 presence of the elected body.…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Strongly condemning the highhandedness of certain Khola residents and the Khola sarpanch and denouncing their attempts to illegally take over tourism trades on Agonda shore, Agonda gram sabha on Sunday passed a unanimous resolution not to entertain outside elements in doing tourism activities in the village at the cost of villagers. Alleging non-villagers are attempting to capture the tourism trades began with so many efforts by the villagers in Agonda, led by coastal panch Nilesh Pagi; the Agonda fishermen community led a scathing attack in condemning the highhandedness of some of the Fishermen community of Saleri in…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: FC Goa head coach Carlos Pena labelled Mumbai City FC’s ruthlessness in front of the goal to be the decisive factor as the Gaurs lost 5-3 to the Islanders in the latest fixture of the Hero Indian Super League (ISL) at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Goa, on Saturday. The high-octane fixture lived up to the billing with Noah Sadaoui opening the scoring in the fifth minute of the match. Greg Stewart scored the equaliser in the 18th minute with a brilliant free-kick from the edge of the box. Jorge Diaz gave the lead to the visitors in…

  A joint team of the flying squad and Ponda police seized a huge quantity of explosives. The incident came to light after vibrations at Sun Temple with gelatin blast for hill cutting. Goemkarponn desk PONDA: The Joint team of Bomb disposal team, along with the dog squad and flying squad from South Goa Collectorate and Ponda, seized a huge quantity of 672 stocks of gelatin stock explosives besides trucks, JCBs with breakers and other explosive material, including ammonia powder on Sunday morning to late night after reports of Massive Hill Cutting Using Gelatin blast at Wadi Talavalim. The incident came…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Salcette Zonal Agriculture Officer Sheriff Furtado made a major announcement on Saturday that the long pending demand of the farmers to have a dedicated Zonal Agriculture Office (ZAO) for Mormugao had been fulfilled with a new office opening up in Cortalim soon. Sheriff was addressing a large gathering of farmers at an awareness camp organised by the ZAO in association with Velsao Panchayat and Pale Tolem Xetkar Association (PTXA), where a lot of agricultural schemes and subsidies were explained to farmers. Furtado said that ZAO had the awareness camp in Velsao at the request of the Velsao…

Goemkapronn desk MAPUSA: With every passing day, the opposition to Mhadei Diversion is growing louder. On Sunday, people from different walks of life united under the banner of ‘Save Our Avoi Mhadei’ in a symbolic Candle Light protest at Mapusa. People gathered at the Gandhi Chowk, accusing the government of failing to protect the Mhadei river. They garlanded the statue of Mahatma Gandhi and began with the candlelight rally shouting slogans against the government and demanding the protection of Mhadei. Citizens participating in the protest included Rajan Ghate, Zygal Lobo, Sanjay Barde, Norman Azavedo, Rahul Mhambre, Aishwarya Salgaonkar, Chandan Mandrekar,…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Goa State Commission for Protection of Child Rights, in collaboration with Sabrcare Trust, organized a programme for children with cancer and their families to mark International Childhood Cancer Day on 12th February 2023 at Hotel Novotel Resorts & Spa, Candolim. The programme, which was attended by over 30 children, aimed to raise awareness and promote an increased appreciation and deeper understanding of the challenges faced by children and adolescents with cancer, the survivors, and their families. The event, which was sponsored by Novotel Resorts & Spa had fun-filled activities, i.e. dance and games driven by the…