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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI:According to those with knowledge of the situation, the GMR Group has started negotiations with lenders to refinance the about INR 4,000 crore in debt that the two operating subsidiaries that manage the airports in Hyderabad and Goa owe. A portion of the debt raised for the expansion of the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad would be refinanced with the help of INR 2,500 crore, which will go to GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited (GHIAL). The remaining INR 1,500 crore would be used to refinance the debt of GMR Goa International Airport Ltd (GGIAL), the company in…

Goemkapronn desk MARGAO: The Rotary Club of Margao organized a training session titled ’Unleash Your Potential.’ The resource person for the training was Dr Jyoti Hegde, an internationally published author, motivational speaker and corporate behavioural trainer. The training session was well attended by over 85 participants – executives, managers, entrepreneurs, college teachers and students from over 25 organizations from different parts of the state. Dr Hegde shared practical strategies based on internationally researched behavioural frameworks for unleashing one’s potential and emphasized the importance of having an Attitude of Gratitude. The training session was a practical and activity-based workshop. It included…

Goemkarponn desk CURCHOREM: Many people who are in need of marriage certificates and are not traceable in the marriage registrar’s office are facing severe hardships and agony. It is learnt that many people who need copies of these vital documents face severe problems as some records pages are in tatters or vanished from the register books in the Civil Registrar-cum sub-registrar office at Quepem. “Earlier, due to the rough handling of these books by the applicants while searching their records, some records were mutilated or disappeared from the books. That’s why we stopped that system now, and we search for…

Goemkarponn desk FATORDA: Goa Forward Party President and Fatorda MLA Vijai Sardesai today that BJP Goa must learn from Late Manohar Parrikar to always put Goa first and not Karnataka. “I always remember Manohar Parrikar as a chief minister who adopted, without hesitation, our principle of Goemkarponn in public policy and governance,” said Sardesai. He further said that Parrikar was a Goemkar to the end, and the current BJP Goa must learn that he always put Goa, not Karnataka, first. Vijai said that the collective incompetence of Pramod Sawant and the Goa government is exposed again. “Now by Goa CM’s…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Revenue Minister Babush Monseraat assured the various Panchayat bodies and their Sarpanchas to provide Communidade land for setting up Material Recovery Facility (MRF) and Garbage Disposal Facilities. He said Government is in the process of bringing amendments to the Communidade Act and will work with Communidade to get its land for Garbage disposal and MRF for various Panchayat. He spoke to the media after meeting various Panchayat Bodies in Ponda Taluka. The various Panchayat Sarpanch came up with problems, and a major among them was they faced land for garbage disposal as they needed help in getting…

Goemkarponn desk SALCETE: Tourism Minister Rohan Khaunge today said that he was against illegal guides in the tourism trade while stating that some MLAs are misguiding the Water Sports operators. “I am against the illegal guides in the tourism trade. I am with the water sports operators. We want to put a system in place. GEL helps to bring technology into the trade. They don’t take over anything,” said Khaunte. He further said that some MLAs are misguiding the Water Sports operators on various issues. Khaunte said that he had received many complaints against water sports activities on beaches. “Some…

Goemkarponn desk MAPUSA: A 53-year-old two-wheeler rider from Nagoa succumbed to injuries after an accident at Nagor. According to the police, around 7.45 am this morning, John Trindade D’Souza, age 53 yrs r/o H. No. 151/1, Rauta Waddo, Nagoa, Bardez Goa, was proceeding to drop his children at St. Joseph High school, Arpora. When he reached Holy Trinity Church near Nagoa junction, one i20 car bearing no. GA-03-W 8091 gave a dash to the Activa scooter from behind, due to which the rider of the Activa scooter John Dsouza and his two children sustained injuries. John D’Souza succumbed to injuries…