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Goemkarponn desk VASCO: The first showers in Vasco on Thursday created havoc after trees were reported to have fallen across various locations across the Port Town Sources in the fire station said that they had tendered to around five calls since the early hours of Thursday. “We have had calls from various locations, including Baina, where a coconut tree fell on the fishermen’s house. We have been clearing trees since morning with the help of the electricity department and other authorities. Fortunately, there is no loss of life reported in any of the incidents as of now,” said the Fire…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Goa Liquor Traders Association has alleged that the state government is in the process of granting a wine shop license to a corporate company from Mumbai at the Manohar International Airport in Mopa, objecting the move. Addressing reporters after meeting the Excise Commissioner on Thursday, the Association’s president, Dattaprasad Naik, said they came to about the state government’s move to publish a notification relaxing norms to allow wine shops at the airport premises. “There is a prohibition in certain areas where permission can’t be granted. But now notification is supposed to come stating if the Chief…

  Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: In a most bizarre and highhandedness by Landlords, more than 100 years old ‘Bhatti’ (Toddy Distillation Unit) of a Toddy – Tapper (Render) of Palolem is razed down and burnt to ashes by a landlord on Wednesday. Angered at the highhandedness of the Landlord’s family member on Wednesday, the Render Community of Palolem has called an urgent meeting of the members on Thursday evening to discuss the serious issue where a registered distillery (Bhatti) of a member was forcefully demolished by the Landlord without any formal notice, terming it as a serious atrocity against the minority. According…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Goa is heading for a major water crisis if it does not rain in the next few days as Mhaisal Dam at Shiroda and Panchawadi level dropped significantly. Water stock will last for just a few days. A water Crisis has developed at Mhaisal dam with the existing stock of water that will last for a few days and not more than a week. The 10 MLD water treatment plant is based on the naturally formed Mhaisal Dam at Panchawadi Shiroda, which caters to the need of Shiroda and Panchawadi Village Panchayats and parts of nearby areas.…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Consider this Irony, teh Ponda taluka has four Ministers in a 12-member Cabinet, yet the taluka craves a full-fledged quality bus stand. Irked by this pathetic condition of the bus stand, the POnda locals have set a 15-day deadline for roofing of KTC Bus Stand or face agitation in peak monsoons. Locals pointed out that the commuters have been facing hardship for one year with no roofing to the KTC Bus stand. Ponda locals, including the Goa Forward Party leaders, today protested and criticised the Government for neglecting to complete the renovation work of KTC Bus stand…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The first edition of the ‘Goa Environmental Film Festival’ (GEFF) will begin on June 3 with the Oscar-winning documentary ‘The Elephant Whisperers’. Addressing a press conference on Wednesday, state Environment Minister Nilesh Cabral said that more than 50 films would be screened during the three-day event at Maquinezes Palace in the capital city. He said that GEFF had been organised on the sidelines of G20 meetings in Goa. However, it will be an annual event this year. Cabral informed that films from Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Finland, Ireland, Oman, Portugal, Russia, Spain and other countries would be screened…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Just on the eve of June, when the monsoon season begins, Canacona MLA and Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar reviewed the monsoon works in Canacona. In the review meeting held on Wednesday in the hall of the office of Canaocna Deputy Collector, Tawadkar sought to know from the officers the present progress of the pre-monsoon works and the preparedness of the administration to meet any exigencies that could arise during monsoons. Tawadkar categorically told the administration that the emergency workers should not be lazy, besides asking the panchas and responsible citizens to inform the Panchayat Secretary, Sarpanch and get…