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Goekarponn desk VASCO: Goa Fishing Boat Owners Association president Jose Philip D’souza blames the state government for giving lip service to the Goan fisherfolk. The plan to form a fisheries corporation has not seen the daylight nor the promised boat repair scheme of the state government is reaching the boat owners as the bank staff are unaware about such schemes, says D’souza. Jose Philip D’souza, president of Goa Fishing Boat Owners Association, said if the fishing corporation had been there, it would have definitely benefited the fisherfolk. “I had heard that the corporation would come into existence and the pending…

Goemkarponn desk Canacona: People from Canacona taluka who lost their lives due to Covd19 infection during the pandemic were remembered, and solidarity with their families was expressed on the 60th liberation day of Goa by the Canacona MLA Isidore Fernandes. After the ceremonious unfurling of India’s national flag on the Liberation day of Goa in Canacona, at the function, MLA Fernandes paid his tribute to the martyrs, Covid warriors and also expressed his solidarity and sympathy to the families whose members succumbed to the Covid19 infection during the first and second wave of covid19 which came a few months back.…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa’s most popular and vibrant film club is back in action. The Cinephile Film Club of the Entertainment Society of Goa will resume its weekly screenings at Maquinez Palace, from 23rd December at 6.30 pm. The Alfred Hitchcock classic, The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) starring James Stewart and Doris Day, featuring the evergreen song Que sera sera, will be screened. Till March 2020, the Cinephile Film Club was hosting weekly screenings of Indian and foreign. Apart from the regular screenings, the film club has also hosted festivals like the European film festival, National award-winning film…

Says Goa would have been liberated much earlier if Sardar Patel had lived a little longer Modi showers praise on Goa Govt; urges Goans to set new goals to achieve greater heights by 75th year of state’s liberation Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today claimed that if former Union Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel had lived a little longer, Goa would not have needed so long to get liberated. Stating that Goa tops in good governance, the Prime Minister remembered his former colleague ex-Union Defence Minister and Goa CM late Manohar Parrikar and said that Seeing Goa prosper…

Christanand Pednekar/Goemkarponn desk CURCHOREM: Lakhs of rupees have gone down the drains as the Curchorem and Quepem markets are without CCTV cameras. The main component is CCTV cameras installed by the MPLAD scheme a few years back to keep watch on the town’s day-to-day happenings that were left without maintenance, which subsequently led to CCTVs non-functional. Locals felt that CCTV cameras in today’s era play a vital role in aiding policing agencies to track crimes, traffic violations and keeping an eye on suspicious activities. In Quepem and in Curchorem, an important issue is that the prime locations from both these…

Our daughters, mothers and sisters are not safe; they still not free to go out at their discretion. In 60 years, we see several rapes and murders, but the State Chief Minister blames parents for not controlling children. Is this called Liberation? The Chief Minister, who is in charge of law and order, fails miserably and blames the parents. Is this what we have achieved in the last 60 years? A Mapusa girl Siddhi Naik’s body is found in a semi-nude position six months ago, but the top Police Force in the Country, according to CM, fails to even get…

Aam Aadmi Party national convenor and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday extended greetings to the people of Goa on the 61th anniversary of the state’s liberation. Goa was liberated from around 450-year-long Portuguese rule on December 19, 1961. Kejriwal tweeted on Sunday saying “on the historic 61st liberation day, my best wishes to the people of Goa. Salute to all the people who made heroic sacrifice to liberate Goa from colonial tyranny. It’s time to liberate Goa from corrupt politics”. Meanwhile, AAP Goa Convenor Rahul Mhambre paid homage to our freedom fighters at Hutatma Smarak at Patradevi. Mhambre said,…