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Goemkarponn desk CHINCHINIM: The Primary Healthcare Center (PHC) is the basic structural and functional unit of  public health services. PHCs were established to provide accessible, affordable and available primary health care to people. This PHC Chinchinim has several villages mini PHC under its jurisdiction, namely Assolna, Ambelim, Carmona, Orlim, Varca and Cavelossim. The present PHC was constructed in the year 2009. And it’s time to upgrade the services offered by it mainly due to the rising population of locals and the migrants who avail of the services of the PHC. Theoretically, there is one PHC for over 30,000 population. Each PHC has five or…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Goa Badminton Association in collaboration with Ponda Shuttlers and the Sports Authority of Goa, organized a 10-day coaching camp at Ponda, comprising RCC trainees from Navelim, Margao and Ponda. In the joint sessions between the different centres, trainees could engage and compete with one another. This event was an exercise by GBA to spot and bring fresh new talent to badminton. The camp witnessed various pertinent events such as a pep talk session with former India number one player Anura Prabhu Desai, skipping race, lively fitness and on-court sessions, and a friendly league tournament that gave the…

Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: Goa Cricket Association (GCA) provided a big boost to its coaching education initiative during the Covid-19 pandemic by conducting a ‘Level 1’ course for coaches. GCA has now also planned a concerted focus on developing its human resources and creating employment opportunities. 16 coaches participated in the course held on ‘online’ mode from December 7 to December 12, and physically on December 8 at GCA Academy at Porvorim. Faculties from the National Cricket Academy (NCA) – Apurva Desai, K. Jeshwant and Murlidhar R. – conducted the course. Elaborating on the future plan, GCA President Mr Suraj Lotlikar…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: Chandan Caro, Dhruva Kamat, Khushal Naik, Siddhant Parsekar and Akshan Lawande have moved into the finals of the MCC All Goa Major Ranking Table Tennis Tournament organised by MCC Margao under the aegis of Goa Table Tennis Association, at MCC Hall, Margao. In the third Ranking tournament of the 2021-22 calendar season, Chandan, playing in Hopes U11 category, eased past Arha Sahakari 3-0 in the semi finals to set up a title clash with Dhruva who was made to sweat hard before prevailing to a 3-2 win over Chinmay Bhakre in the other semis. In Cadet Boys…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Goenchea Raponkarancho Ekvott President Agnelo Rodrigues slammed the Fisheries department who has continuously failed to curb bull trawling by Malpe fishing trawlers in the territorial water of Goa. GRE stated that the fisheries department in 2016 and the central government in 2017 have banned bull trawling in the territorial waters and Indian Exclusive Zone(EEZ). However, today, more than a hundred Karnataka trawlers are operating within the territorial water of the state and continue to use these banned destructive gears without the fear of law or government of Goa. If this continues, there could be a law and…

          Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Government officials need to understand that once there is a final decision on any subject, nothing remains confidential as it reaches the public domain, stated Lokayukta Retd. Justice Ambadas Joshi. He spoke at a conference on ` Dissemination of Information under Section 4 of the Right to Information Act 2005` organised to commemorate RTI day jointly by Goa State Information Commission and Goa Institute of Public Administration and Rural Development (GIPARD) at Old Goa today. In his keynote address, Justice Joshi highlighted that Government officials need to be mentally prepared for providing…

PEOPLE’s VICTORY… “The government has decided to allow the Goa Bhumiputra Adhikarani Bill to lapse and a fresh Bill to be introduced once a new government takes over next year.” Mauvin Godinho Panchayat Minister On backfoot over the Bill; BJP Govt to allow Goa Bhumiputra Bill to lapse Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: With an eye on upcoming elections, the BJP led government has decided to allow the controversial Goa Bhumiputra Adhikarani Bill to lapse and a new Bill to be introduced once a new government takes over next year. “The government has decided to allow the Goa Bhumiputra Adhikarani Bill to…