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Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Communidade of Chicalim-Vaddem-Chicolna-Dabolim rejected a proposal of 1 lakh square metres for the garden in Chicolna during its general body meeting on Sunday. Only two of the 26 members present for the meeting supported this proposal. The dream of building a garden in Chicolna on the 1 lakh square metres of Communidade land went down the drain after the proposal was shown a dustbin by the Communidade members of Chicalim-Vaddem-Chicolna-Dabolim during their general body meeting. According to the information available from reliable sources, out of 26 members present during the general body meeting, 24 members opposed the…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: South Western Railway Hubballi Division has invited applications for the ‘One Station One Product’ Scheme at 10 railway stations, including Vasco Railway station from Goa which comes under the Hubbali division. In a press release issued by SWR, it said ‘One Station One Product’ (OSOP) aims to encourage indigenous and specialized products and crafts of the local region through providing display and sales outlets at railway stations. Hubballi Division of South Western Railway intends to extend this scheme to 71 Railway stations across the Division. Already, a stall for the ‘One Station One Product’ scheme is operational…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: Union Minister of State for Tourism and Ports, Shipping and Waterways Shripad Naik attended and addressed the Seafarers Day. Goa Seamen Association of India today celebrated Seafarers Day at Margao. Commissioner for NRI Affairs Narendra Sawaikar was present on this occasion. Addressing the seafarers, Union Minister Shripad Naik said, Government has initiated various policies for the welfare of seafarers in the last few years, and a lot more needs to be done in the future. The minister said,“In order to promote ‘Ease of Doing Business, all the processes related to seafarers has been made online. To bring…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: As the town and country planning board is in final stage of making necessary corrections in the ODPs, Minister Vishwajit Rane today said that the people holding high positions will be exposed for all illegalities. “I would like to say that, we are in the final stages of closing the issues, making necessary corrections & reverting them back to its status in ODPs & Regional Plan 2021 in ODP areas where illegalities have been done & areas have been wrongfully converted for personal gains,” said Rane He further said that illegalities of people in high holding positions…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa was shaken by two back-to-back gruesome murders in the past 24 hours. While a female teacher was murdered at Old Goa in North Goa yesterday, a male dead body was found in Margao on early Saturday morning. On Saturday morning, police found a male body, stabbed to death in a tempo, having Maharashtra registration. The tempo was parked near Raviraj hotel, Margao. No further details were available by the time the edition went for print. The police team were on site with the forensic team. The police are currently going through the CCTV footage available from…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Fr. Bolmax Pereira, parish priest of Chicalim and Viresh Borkar of Revolutionary Goans both, feel that their counterparts are making baseless allegations against each other. The social media war between the Revolutionary Goans and the Fr. Bolmax Pereira day after day turned bitter. For many days, posts against Fr. Bolmax Pereira and Revolutionary Goans are taking rounds on social media platforms. Arguments and comments are being made from both sides of the people, some supporting Fr. Pereira, whereas some defending Revolutionary Goans. Goemkarponn made an effort to talk to both sides to know what went wrong and…

AERIAL VIEW A closer look at the shows that 85 per cent of migrants are involved in the crimes in Goa. However, migration happens when the demand for manpower increases in any region and Goa is one such place where migration is rampant due to the development of the State’s infrastructure. Goans are leaving Goa with the help of Portuguese Passport in search of better opportunities, and that creates the gap between skilled and unskilled manpower, which is filled by the people coming from the neighbouring states. Besides this, many non-Goans have invested in big businesses that have been set…