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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Secretary of Goa Legislature Secretariat Namrata Ulman, also the designated First Appellate Authority under the Right to Information Act (RTI), will, on Friday, August 19th, hear the appeal filed by Adv. Aires Rodrigues, against the order of the Public Information Officer (PIO) at the Legislature Secretariat Mohan Gaonkar, declined to furnish the information sought by him. Adv. Rodrigues, on June 28th, had sought a copy of the file notings and correspondence pertaining to that two-day training workshop for MLAs held on 27th and 28th June at the Taj Vivanta and also complete details of the expenditure incurred…

Goemkarponn desk Panaji: Congress in Goa has asked BJP government to stop boasting of ‘Swayampurna Goa’ programmes, when it has shut down the Sanjivani Sakhar Karkhana, only sugar factory in Goa. Congress leader Mahesh Mhambrey on Wednesday addressed a press conference here and said that Goa was always ‘Swayampurna’ and will always remain ‘Swayampurna’. “Sanjivani Sakhar Karkhana has been shut, still BJP boasts of Swayampurna. They say 16 thousand liter water will be given free, but they loot through bills,” he said. “BJP is stressing on Swayampurna Goa. Our state was always swayampurna, and will remain swayampurna. During ‘Purumentachem fest’…

Goemkarponn desk Hyderabad: A man from Goa, Priteesh Narayan Borkar (36) of Anjuna Bardez, was arrested on Wednesday with Ecstasy pills, LSD blots and MDMA that he was allegedly smuggling into the city from Goa being seized. According to the police, Priteesh and one Manzoor Ahmed, also from Goa, teamed up and were procuring the drug from Thukaram Salgovkar, Vikas Naik, Ramesh, Steve, Edwin Nunis and Sanja Gowekar, all from Goa at low prices and selling the same in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Following a tip-off on Priteesh visiting Habsiguda to hand over drugs to local consumers, he was tracked…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: State Immunization Officer Dr Rajendra Borkar today informed that 56% of the COVID deaths in Goa have been among fully unvaccinated. “It is shocking to know that of the total 3956 total deaths, 56 per cent were fully unvaccinated. DHS is receiving a very poor response for the precautionary dose program,” said Dr Borkar. He further said that the third COVID wave is still not over and people here asking and questioning whether there will be a fourth wave. “The cases are still not zero. I must say we are receiving a lukewarm response to the precautionary…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: In what could be termed as the trailer of the Bollywood sequence film Dhoom, thieves wreaked havoc in Ponda taluka, striking temples, ATMs and shops. Posing a challenge to Ponda Police, the gangs of various thieves created havoc on the intervening night of 17 and 18 August. Police said that gold and silver ornament, including cash worth Rs 10 lakh, were stolen from Mahaganapati Temple at Khandola. The thieves broke open the front door, gained entry into the Sancto Sanctum of the temple and fled with silver and gold ornament on the idol. The incident occurred today…

AERIAL VIEW Even when the world was grappling with the COVID19 pandemic, certain “tasks” for citizens were given such as banging plates from balconies to commemorate the contributions of health workers at 8 pm on Janata Curfew or lighting candles for 9 minutes at 9 pm on April 5 to beat coronavirus. On both occasions, the requests were met with equal proportions of love and brickbats on both social and legacy media. Nevertheless, Indians actively participated in both the “events”, some even violating the lockdown in misguided attempts to fulfil the PM’s wish (read mass gatherings, bursting crackers). Answering Prime…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: In yet another illegality, PWD has laid unauthorised rumblers on Manohar Parrikar Canacona Bypass Road (MPCBR) 4-Lane expressway to prevent accidents on the illegal Road Crossing at Kolsar-Galgibaga. Incidentally, PWD (Highway) responding to a 15th mishap (which left a 2-wheeler rider severally injured after his motorbike was hit by a Car proceeding on the expressway) at the Kolsar-Galgibaga road crossing (@Hotel Matoshree) 3 days ago, have laid rumblers on the Margao bound 2-Lanes and later painted them with reflective white colour. According to sources citing Highways road manual, Rumblers or Speed breakers are not permitted on Highway…