PANJIM: Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) Mayor Uday Madkaikar on Wednesday informed that three casinos had applied for renewal of trade licenses, which as of now has been kept on hold. “Three casinos have applied with the CCP for renewal of trade licenses but as of now we have kept it on hold. I stand with my leader Panjim MLA Atanasio Babush Monseratte and we are with same stand that trade licenses should not be renewed.” Said Madkaikar He said, “We have kept the renewal on hold. If we combine all 3 renewals, our revenue will be 25…
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It’s been seven months since the death of four tigers (one female and three sub-adults) around New year. Following the deaths, the Central government was quick to send a two-member team to Goa to know the facts and submit a report, satisfied that the killing was for revenge, put the onus on the State Forest Department for their failure to convince the ‘Dhangar’ family who lost their cattle. The NTCA report submitted revealed that not all is well with the management of Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary (WLS). The report alleges that over the years, the Forest Department has not taken any…
Around 200 residents of the containment zone in Zuarinagar demanded freedom from the containment zone as no proper food supplies were provided nor mass testing was being carried out. The residents alleged that neither panchayat members nor the MLA Alina Saldanha were sympathetic to their issues. “Our MLA has even refused to meet us. We have been waiting to meet her since morning,” the residents said. The residents demanded that either the government carry out mass testing or release them from containment zone. “Our will our families survive with this limited groceries?” they asked. Reacting to the development Saldanha said…
A day after nailing the government over poor infrastructure for Online Education, Porvorim MLA Rohan Khaunte has initiate a unique scheme requesting people to donate a smart phone for the pupils. “Donate a Smartphone and sponsor a needy child’s e-schooling”, says Khaunte’s initiative. Thereafter, the former IT Minister tweeted that bluff of Goa CM Dr Pramod Sawant on online education was easily seen by every Goan in the one day Assembly session. “However, now we know that we absolutely cannot rely on this Govt. any more and we must come together to make ourselves #Atmanirbhar for an equal, fair society.…
Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat on Tuesday asked whether BJP will produce minutes of All Party meeting with signatures of Opposition MLA’s substantiating their claim that Opposition had unanimously agreed for one day session of Goa Legislative Assembly? “Our acceptance was conditional as clearly mentioned in my dissent letter to Business Advisory Committee,” claimed Kamat. He said the blatant lies of the BJP alleging that Opposition had unanimously accepted for One Day Assembly Session are out of frustration and failure of the government in handling Covid Pandemic and their inefficiency in reviving the economy of Goa. “The BJP Government stands…
PANJIM: A delegation led by AAP Convenor Elvis Gomes today submitted highlights of the model adopted by the Kejriwal Govt that was proving to be successful so far that had begun with the 5Ts ‘testing, tracing treatment, teamwork and tracking and monitoring ‘. Speaking to media, Gomes said that in his discussion with the CM he had emphasised on teamwork that had brought huge positive results despite all constraints and called upon him to engage with everyone who matters. “I told the CM at the outset that there are a lot of other issues to fight over. But fight against…
After recording seven deaths and 579 positive cases in last three days, Goa got some respite as 168 cases were reported on Tuesday with no deaths. The recoveries were also more than positive cases. The total recoveries were 185. The total confirmed cases are now 5287 while active cases come down to 1656. The recoveries are now 3595 while 36 persons have lost their lives to COVID19. Reports of 5934 is still pending. Vasco and Coralim health centres continue to lead the chart with 340 active cases in Cortalim while 381 in Vasco. In North Goa, Sankhali has higherst number…