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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Football Development Council (GFDC) Chairman Brahmanand Shankhwalkar and Vice Chairman Shrikant Ajgaonkar called on the newly elected president of the Goa Football Association (GFA) and extended their congratulations and best wishes on his election to the premier post. “I would like to congratulate Caitano on being elected as the  GFA President with a thumping margin. It is also a proud moment for GFDC to have its council member become the president of the state football association. He is a hardworking person with sheer dedication towards the state sport. He dreams of taking football to greater heights.…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: According to a research study conducted over the last month by the CPIE India (Centre for Promoting Indian Economy), several water bodies in Goa, including small ponds, lakes, rivulets and even river beds, are in drastic need of desilting as the silt build up in these water bodies has greatly reduced the carrying capacity of the water body basins over the years, which can lead to widespread flooding in future. According to Prof. Altin Gomes – who worked with the CPIE India on this study, locals and some environmentalists in Goa are against the concept of desilting lakes,…

AERIAL VIEW It is not yet known which airlines have shown a willingness to move to Mopa once it starts operations and which ones want to stay put at Dabolim? Will the airlines be given a choice? Has the Government even tried to approach the airlines to get these answers? Given the restrictions of space and facilities, it is understood that most airlines would want to make Mopa their home, which would have vast parking spaces and facilities. What if all airlines want to move to Mopa? What happens to Dabolim, then? In this case, the Government will say, we…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – Graves of the near and dear ones are decorated with flowers, while cemeteries are spruced up for All Souls Day (Wednesday) on Tuesday. Almost all the cemeteries in Canacona deanery were cleared of overgrown weeds and other unwanted growth. Respective parishioners of the individual parishes also cleaned the buried individuals’ graves. In a day-long activity, most of the graves were decorated in the Cemeteries of Chaudi, Sadolxem, Bhatpal, Ordhofond, Agonda, Loliem, Galgibaga and Chiplem. In most of the cemeteries, families of their buried members decorated the Graves of their near and dear ones according to their…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC) has on Wednesday issued a stern warning to owners of vehicles abandoned along the roads at many locations in Vasco MMC Chairperson Leo Rodrigues on Wednesday even threatened to scrap the vehicles if they are not cleared by the owners “I want to request people to please clear their vehicles that are lying abandoned at various locations in Vasco. These vehicles pose a danger to people, cause traffic congestion, eat up parking space and become an eye sore,” he said. He stated that he wanted to inform everyone that he had already met…

Goemkapronn desk CANACONA: In an attempt to shift Anganwadi from the premises at Polem, two groups involved in a fistfight resulted in a brutal assault of two people, including the husband of Loliem-Polem Sarpanch at Polem in Canacona. Sachin Bandekar (husband of Loliem-Polem Sarpanch Pratiza Bandekar) and Sameer Bhandari were assaulted in a group clash that reportedly followed after a rival faction in the locality approached the other faction over the application of a lock to the Anganwadi premises. According to Canacona PI Chandrakant Gawas, in a fight between two groups at Polem, two persons belonging to one group were…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: In continuation to the cashew surveillance drive, the Goa FDA team conducted inspections of the Food business operators in various parts of Calangute Bardez Goa on 1st November 2022. The vendors were inspected earlier, informed to obtain the FSSAI license, and warned not to indulge in selling substandard cashew. However, inspite of the warning, the following vendors were found operating without FSSAI licenses and were selling substandard cashew. 1) M/S Goa Kaju house shop no. 4 Calangute Association Umta Vaddo, Calangute Goa, were found operating without a license or Registration Certificate sample was drawn and analysed on…