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Mind you, Ricky never wanted to sell Tito’s, but circumstances forced him to reach this decision. This development comes at a time when every Goan businesses are going into the hands of outsiders, this was yet another setback. Slowly but steadily, we are losing Goemkarponn, we are losing our identity and who is to be blamed?… Some corrupt politicians, corrupt cops, excise officials, panchayats, bureaucrats. While the government alone cannot be blamed for the development, the onus is on it to find out why Goans are exiting Goa? Why outsiders are being preferred over Goans? Why illegalities by outsiders are…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The High Court of Bombay at Goa has asked the Deepak Vaigankar, the Deputy Collector appointed to attend to the complaints in North Goa, to file an action taken report on unauthorised sand mining. At the hearing, a contempt petition filed by the Goa Rivers and Protectors Network, through their secretary Dr Claude Alvares, the court Advocate General Devidas Pangam stated that in any case, the status report of the Deputy Collector will be positively filed by the next week. Accordingly, the court placed this matter for further consideration on 05.07.2021. “If for any reason, the affidavit…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The BJP Govt in Goa is once again jeopardising the education of Goan children with it’s heartless and mindless policies & its failure to build up Goa’s infrastructure. Due to the pandemic students have been asked to attend online classes. However for the Sawant Sarkaar this seems to have just been a decision on paper. Many students, especially in rural Goa have no access to the internet for their studies jeopardising their future. Students are forced to walk miles, climb mountains and stand in the rain just to get a basic education. Is this how the future…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Many earning family members, in some cases the sole family member,  have succumbed to Covid in recent times leaving the family to deal with the loss of a loved one as well as the financial crunch which follows. Verna based Kamaxi College of Culinary Arts (KCCA)  is offering 20 such students a full scholarship to the Integrated Cruise Culinary Programmes (ICCP). “Covid has had an adverse impact on the learning and development milestones of students. We believe that it’s important to keep passion and education going through the pandemic. In an effort to support students, we at…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Congress Spokesperson Adv. Shrinivas Khalap has said that the BJP Government in Goa has turned into a garbage dump with its filthy administration. “The failed and defective government under Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant has no right to continue in power after receiving repeated blows from the High Court on various issues. We demand that Dr. Pramod Sawant must step down immediately,” he stated. He was referring to the order of the High Court of Bombay at Goa in which the Court has pulled up the BJP Government for hounding a whistleblower for exposing the dumping of…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Calangute MLA Micheal Lobo today said that he will be urging Ricardo D’Souza not to sell of Tito’s. “I will urge my friend Ricardo not to sell of Tito’s, it has been a Goan brand; He was telling me for last two years that he will sell it but now I guess he has made up his mind,” said Lobo He further said that he will take action against that officer if named by D’Souza. “He can sell around 3-40 per cent stake and keep the remaining with him; He has been my dear friend and I…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The BJP State executive committee today unanimously condemned the machinations and false propaganda against its government. The State Executive Committee also expressed full faith in the leadership of Dr Pramod Sawant. “We condemn the machinations and false propaganda against our government and we have full faith in the leadership of Dr Pramod Sawant and the state government,” the committee said. The BJP held its state executive meeting to discuss the political situation of the state and strategise for the upcoming assembly elections next year. The Bharatiya Janata Party has kick-started preparations for the next year’s Assembly elections…