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Goemkarponn desk The Aam Aadmi Party Goa on Sunday condemned in the strongest terms the suppression of civil society protests against the rise of crimes against women in Goa. Citizens and youth of Goa had planned a silent candle march at Miramar circle on 1 August at 6:30 pm but this protest was prohibited and suppressed at the behest of Pramod Sawant. Citizens asked why this alacrity was not shown in protecting the lives of women. To add insult to injury the BJP and Sawant permitted their partners the Congress to take out a rally but denied the same to Goa’s civic society and…

Goemkarponn Desk VARCA: In two separate incidents, Dhrishti Marine has rescused eight people at Varca and Benaulim. As per information, in Varca, three males aged 26, 30 and 34 yrs were noticed in distress when their fishing boat overturned in the sea. lifesavers Gajesh and Prakash rescued with Jetski. In Benaulim, hree males age 20, 28 and 45 yrs were escued by Lifesavers Shashikant and Vikas with jetski. Further, two male aged 36 and 24 yrs. A fishing boat began to capsize and the two fisherman jumped into the water. Lifesavers Sarvesh Gaonkar and Pankaj Bhute, Rajendra Naik, Vikas Mehta…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Goencho Avaaz Party has expressed anger at Health Minister Vishwajit Rane’s deceitful strategy of covering up his government’s incompetence and mis-management of the pandemic, by denying that any deaths occurred due to oxygen shortages. Captain Viriato Fernandes, State Convenor of Goencho Avaaz Party said: ‘’Goa is experiencing its darkest days ever at the hands of the BJP. Every day, the BJP government in Goa plummets to new depths of callousness, heaping more and more misery on Goans. Perhaps, this shouldn’t surprise Goans as after all this isn’t a government of the people,” He further said that this…

Goemkarponn Desk MAPUSA: Mapusa Police today have arrested two persons for stealing away 45 metal centering plates worth Rs 1 lakh from a good carrier Mini tempo at dawn on Saturday. The accused confessed of the crime and a vehicle used to transport the stolen materials seized, metal plated also recovered. During the course of investigation staff after developing the information through sources and after meticulous efforts intercepted one TATA Ace Goods carrier Mini Tempo bearing registration No. GA-01-T-7659 along with two Males Mr. Rajuel Shaikh S/o Mohammad Naru Shaikh, aged 21 years R/o Merces, St. Cruz, Tiswadi, Goa and…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Goa Union of Journalists announced the GUJ JOURNALISM AWARDS for 2018, 2019 and 2020 at a well-attended programme at the GUJ headquarters in Panaji on Saturday. Goemkarponn Editor, Suraj Nandrekar, who worked for Herald newspaper then, has bagged three awards – Rural Journalism 2018, Environment Reporting 2020 and Investigative Journalism 2020. Unlike in the past when awards were announced directly, GUJ decided to give the participants a chance to speak to the judges about their entries. When announcements were made, the judges explained the thinking behind each award-winning entry. Two of the three judges — veteran…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The State government on Friday hurriedly passed the Goa Bhumiputra Adhikarini Bill 2021 (Bill No 14 of 2021), saying it is the Bill to benefit locals. According to the Bill, a Bhumiputra can be anybody who has been residing in Goa for the last 30 years. However, this Bill seems to be more to please the migrant vote bank ahead of elections rather than the actual “bhumiputra’s” Thousands and thousands of illegal dwellings exist in every constituency, and every politician wants to please them ahead of the 2022 Assembly polls. Be it Moti Dongor, Khandepar in Margao,…

Sadly on the last of the session, when everyone expected a bigger show from the Opposition and thought the Assembly would break the previous day record and go on up to 6 am the following day, the Opposition gave up the real advantage. It won’t be wrong to say the Opposition left Government off the Hook or forfeited the advantage. SURAJ NANDREKAR Editor, Goemkarponn It was one of the most gruelling Assembly witnessed in the last five years though only three days. The Opposition benches, spear-headed by Porvorim MLA Rohan Khaunte, a nemesis for Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant, held…