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Goemkaeponn desk MARGAO: Chief Officer Agnelo Fernandes put up a note to the concerned engineers and supervisors to confirm in writing that the Bills of the two agency’s were certified upon the agency’s fulfilling all the requirements. Taking a serious view of the notice of the Shadow Council for Margao alleging a Multi Crore scam in the waste management system of the Margao Municipal Council. In a press release issued by Savio Coutinho, convenor of The Shadow Council for Margao(SCM), SCM on the 11th of January served upon the Chief Officer and Chairperson of MMC a notice to refrain from…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has requested all the political parties in the state to follow all the restrictions put forth by the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the Collectorate in view of rising cases. “I request all the political parties in the state to follow all the restrictions put forth by the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the Collectorate given rising cases,” said Sawant. CM also welcomed the decision taken by the Election Commission to declare the elections keeping in mind the COVID situation in the country, adding that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will follow…

Goemkarponndesk PANAJI: With a larger number of deaths occurring among non-vaccinated people in the current third wave of COVID19, the State government has appealed to beneficiaries to get them immunized at the earliest. Chief Minister also said that most of the COVID-related deaths in the current wave include those non-vaccinated. As per State Immunization Officer, 98 percent of the eligible population is fully vaccinated in Goa. However, the response to the booster Bose jab is very poor as so far, only 10% have taken the shot. Today, the Chief Minister, Dr Pramod Sawant, held a COVID review meeting along with…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has announced its fourth list of 5 candidates for assembly elections in Goa. According to the list, Lincoln Vaz will contest Margao, Nanu Naik from Priol, Gabriel Fernandez from Curchorem, Rahul Pereira from Quepem and Manoj Amonkar from Sanquelim. The party announced to support Dr Chandrakant Shetye in the Bicholim constituency. “Happy to announce the 4th list of candidates for Goa Assembly elections 2022. Congratulations and best wishes to all these flag bearers of political change in Goa; AAP will be supporting independent candidate Dr Chandrakant Shetye in Bicholim constituency,” said Goa Incharge…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: On Sunday, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal unveiled his party’s ’13-point Goa Model’ ahead of the state assembly elections. Kejriwal said If AAP forms the government, then every Goan family will benefit 10 lakh over five years. Spelling out details about his ‘Goa Model’, Kejriwal said it will have a 13-point agenda which will include providing jobs for the Goan youth. He said, “Upon gaining power, AAP will provide government jobs on a merit basis, as well as unemployment allowance of Rs. 3000 each until they find work”. Moreover, he promised…

AERIAL VIEW There is no doubt, given the hasty decision, Reginald is all set to join the Congress in a couple of days. But the question now arises is whether the Congress leaders will welcome all the defectors who have deserted them since 2017? Since 2017, almost 15 MLAs have s\deserted the party, and the majority of them have been recruited by the BJP. Soon after their departure, the Congress has maintained that the door was closed for defectors and would get no re-entry into the party. In that sense, even Reginald is a defector, and he too has to…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: A day after quitting the Trinamool Congress in a dramatic turn of events, former Congress MLA of Curtorim Alexio Reginaldo Lourenco apologised and regretted his decision to leave the grand old party. Reginald had barely joined the TMC a month ago in Kolkata when he blamed Congress for sidelining him on important issues. Addressing a press conference, Reginaldo claimed that the new dawn, which he was promised, is far from the reality, and now his supporters have asked him to re-join the Congress party. “While I felt suffocated in Congress before and chose to join TMC expecting…