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Goemkarponn desk He said Ponda should lead Goa by adopting measures to prevent drowning cases, as most drowning cases occur in Ponda. He said five drowning cases occurred in Ponda in less than two months. In response to its appeal, Ponda Police installed a danger board at Okambi Dharbandora, where there there were incidents of picnickers drowning. Ponda DySP CL Patil, PI Vijaykumar Chodankar were present for the meeting. The meeting was called today by Ponda SDM (Deputy Collector) Pradeep Naik at the request of GOACAN to discuss the Prevention of Drowning in open Tanks, well and rivers in Ponda…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – Calling on the parishioners to help increase the number of Priests, Sindhudurg Bishop Rev Alwyn Barretto sought gifts of priests to his diocese, which was short of Priests. Bishop of Sindhudurg Bishop Rev Alwyn Barretto interacted with the Parishioners after conferring the priesthood Ordination to Deacon Neville Fernandes of Agonda. Agonda village gave its second Priest to the Society of Pilar after a gap of two and half decades as Deacon Neville Fernandes is ordained as Sfx Priest on Sunday. ‘Love one another as I have loved You’ is the theme taken by the newly ordained…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: Miss Radha Vivek Naik, daughter of Vivek & Jennifer Naik, bagged the Gold medal at Bharati Vidhyapith University for securing the first rank with a GPA of 9.21/10 in Master of Law (LLM). Radha studied In Samaj Sevak Sangh’s Shishu Bharati Vidhya Bharati and passed her SSC from Mahila and Nutan English High School Margao in 2011. She passed her Higher Secondary School from Carmel Higher Secondary School, Nuvem, in 2013 and stood first in Commerce Stream. She did her Diploma in Cyberlaw through Government law college, Mumbai, in 2013. She did her Bachelor of Socio-Legal Science…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – Residents of Galgibaga cry foul as authorities fail to remove a jungle tree uprooted and dangerously lying hanging to a coconut tree for the last 21 days. Fire Services came, and saw but claimed they did not have the required expertise to cut and remove the huge tree without causing side damages in the vicinity, and left without doing anything. At the same time, there is no response from Taluka Disaster management authority, claims a neighbouring family claiming a severe threat to life and property if the tree is not removed safely before monsoon fury. “Otherwise,…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: For a village girl – one of Goa’s little known sports stars – Bharati Gaonkar’s achievements in sports are indeed breathtaking. A member of India’s team that participated in the Women’s Baseball World Cup 2016 held in Gijang, South Korea, Bharati, has left a trail of achievements few would even dream of while still in school. Despite the lack of infrastructure and other limitations to hone her multiple sports talents, Bharati excelled in baseball, cricket, football, kho-kho, kabaddi and athletics. From 2005 when she first represented Goa’s Kabaddi team at a tender thirteen at the 51st National School…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: It’s now certain that the elections to 186 panchayats, due next month, will be postponed in view of the recent Supreme Court directives asking all States and State commissions to follow the triple test on the reservation of seats. The term of the existing panchayat bodies will expire on June 19, and as such government intends to hold polls within six months after that. The Chief Minister, Dr Pramod Sawant, today chaired a meeting attended by Panchayat Minister Mauvin Godinho, Chief Secretary P K Goel and Secretary (Panchayats) Sanjay Gihar and others. During the meeting, it was…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Locals expressed displeasure over the increasing number of beggars in Port town. ARZ NGO feels there is a need for in-depth investigation, implementation of law and prevention related to begging and related crimes. Arun Pandey, Co-founder of ARZ NGO from Vasco, said that their NGO is mainly working in the field of human trafficking, and their NGO has also done studies about the begging. “There are three categories wherein begging takes place; first, if a person is poor and is mentally or physically disabled or for survival. Second, the category is if a person wants to earn…