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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today has requested the Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly to make efforts to digitize all the records of the state Assembly. CM Sawant was addressing the MLAs on the occasion of a 2-day orientation programme in the capital. “I request Speaker to make efforts to digitize all the records of the state Assembly; When I became Speaker in 2012, I had taken the initiative, but very sorry to say that many records were found to be destroyed or thrown away at the time of shifting the Assembly functioning from old Secretariat to…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – A total of 81 women got themselves screened at the Breast Cancer Screening Camp held at Palolem on Saturday. Community Health Centre(CHC) Canacona Organized Breast Cancer Screening Camp in Co-ordination with Mahila Morcha Canacona at Govt. Middle school, Palolem on Saturday. Besides the screening, Haemoglobin and RHSL tests were also conducted in which 23 Mahila (Women) were found with below 8% Haemoglobin. The participants were also given Health Education and proper advice on the importance of Diet, its adverse effects and the importance of total investigation of blood. Interestingly, Taluka health staff lauded the Canacona Mahila…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Vasco MLA Krishna Salkar assured to take Council into confidence while undertaking developmental projects in Vasco. Speaking to the reporters, Vasco MLA Krishna Salkar said that the new Chairperson and the Council should take up the new developmental projects in Port town. The fish market project is ongoing, the Baina powerhouse project has gone for the technical sanction, and it will get technical approval today. A consultant for the Chief Officer’s bungalow project has been appointed, and the day after tomorrow, there will be a tender opening of this project. All these projects have started, and other…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Sports Minister Govind Gaude today said that he will demand a two per cent reservation in government jobs for sportspersons in the state. “Many states have such a reservation for sports persons wherein there is two per cent is reserved in governments jobs; I will demand this,” said Gaude. Gaude said that 80- 85 per cent of the infrastructure for hosting the National Games in the state has been completed. Speaking to reporters, Gaude also said that the state government was giving the finishing touches to sports facilities for co-hosting the under-17 FIFA World Cup in the…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Cansaulim Panchayat, in its extraordinary gram sabha, passed a resolution to fetch additional funds and machinery from the government to make Cansaulim village garbage and Open Defecation Free. Gram sabha also resolved to go ahead with phase two of the Solid waste management plan. An Extraordinary gram sabha was held at Cansaulim panchayat on Sunday to discuss open defecation and garbage menace, and the Gramsabha later resolved to take forward phase two of Sold waste management plans and ODF schemes. A gram sabha member Simon D’Souza said that an extraordinary Gramsabha was held to discuss issues of…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Councillor Leo Rodriques was elected unopposed as a new Chairperson of the Mormugao Municipal Council on Monday during the special meeting convened in the Mormugao municipality. On June 23, Leo Rodriques filed his nomination for the post of Chairperson, and after that, nobody filed the nomination for the post except Leo. Therefore on Monday, he was officially declared a Chairperson of MMC in the presence of the council. Later speaking to the reporters, newly elected Chairperson Leo Rodriques thanked the Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant, BJP general secretary Satish Dhond, BJP Goa president Sadanand Shet Tanawde and…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: VACAD & Goencho Ekvott group’s founder member Orville Dourado Rodrigues expressed shock over the Chief Minister’s statement blaming the Non-Governmental Organizations for being anti-industry and anti-development. Goencho Ekvott group founding member Orville Dourado Rodrigues has expressed his disappointment over Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant’s statement, which went against the NGOs from Goa. Rodrigues took it to social media and posted, “It is rather surprising to learn that our Hon. CM Dr Promod Sawant has criticized NGOs for being anti-industry; CM has stated, “Every project has been challenged by NGOs. We are fighting in NGT, Supreme Court” while…