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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Trisha Verlekar, Khushal Naik and Anshuman Agarwal bagged double crowns each at the Rotary Geno All Goa Major Ranking Table Tennis Tournament 2021, held at Peddem Table Tennis Hall. The 4th edition of the tournament was organised by Rotary Club of Mapusa in collaboration with Goa Table Tennis Association and the Sports Authority of Goa. Dilip Salgaocar, Managing Director of Geno Pharmaceuticals Ltd was the chief guest for the prize distribution ceremony. Sachin Mense, Event Chairman, Siddhesh Kotkar (President, Rotary Club of Mapusa), Amey Varerkar (President, Rotract Club), Vishnu Colvalkar (Vice President, GTTA) graced the finals. Following…

The Aam Aadmi Party’s Rozgar Yatra reached Cuncolim today and was led by AAP Cuncolim Assembly incharge Prashant Naik. Naik was joined by 100s of AAP volunteers who took out a huge rally. Naik then conducted Booth level meetings across the Assembly in Balli, Demani and Pazorconi. The meetings were attended by large number of residents who were angry at being betrayed by their MLA Clafasio Dias who sold their mandate and joined the BJP. Many Goenkars were curious about the Kejriwal model of Employment. Goenkars are already impressed by the Kejriwal model of electricity, school and healthcare amongst other…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Disturbed over the news of the destruction of trees along Caranzalem- Miramar road, Minister for Revenue Jennifer Monserrate took up plantation drive along the stretch. The Minister, who is also a local MLA, said that no permission was granted of any nature to undertake such illegal activities. A 5-star hotel located at Caranzalem had allegedly violated norms by making a pathway by cutting trees to make way for hotel guests to the beach. “We don’t know who made it wider. We came to know of it yesterday and came here at 8 am to plant the trees,”…

GAURANG PRABHU/ Goemkarponn MARGAO: Salcete is known as the powerhouse of Congress. In 2017 congress won 6 out of 8 seats, one went to Goa forward, and one went to NCP. Congress lost in Benaulim and Fatorda and won Cuncolim, Velim, Navelim, Margao, Nuvem and Curtorim. However, the situation is changed now, three MLAs from Salscet joined BJP, and recently the senior Congress leader and Navelim veteran strongman Luizinho Faleiro joined the TMC, which is considered as a major shock to Congress. If Congress is to form the next government in Goa post-2022 elections, all hopes of Congress wrest on…

Goemkapronn desk BICHOLIM: The children’s park at Bicholim is dilapidated and has become a favourite place for rendezvous. The park, located in front of the Hirabai Zantye hall sponsored by the Mineral Foundation of Goa and was inaugurated on August 22, 2004, by then CM, late Manohar Parrikar in the presence of Shrinivas Dempo`, Bicholim MLA, Rajesh Patnekar; Satish Gaonkar and others. Today the condition of the park is terrible. It is covered with shrubs, and almost all the things in the park are either rusted or are falling into pieces. Neither the government nor the municipality is taking any…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Anjali Noronha, a Goan whose family has migrated out of Goa for four generations, is sharing her skills online this week in an attempt at “selling school education”. She talks at the Collaborative Learning Cafe on October 12 and 14, 2021, from 6.30 pm, which is free and open to all. Registration can be done at collaborativelearningcafe.org The talk will focus on roles for school teachers — as teachers, researchers, curriculum developers, education administrators, or even intervening in the policy. It will explain the challenges, preparation needed and opportunities in these fields. “Education is like a microcosm…

It is surprising that almost three days after the expose, there has been no police complaint yet. The Corporation of the City of Panaji, the Town and Country Planning Department and the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority seem to have gone into a deep slumber. The GCZMA, which is otherwise very active to erase ordinary people’s houses, has failed to take cognizance and has tactfully ignored the illegalities. Why has the CCP not filed an FIR yet? Why is Mr Rohit Monseratte, the Mayor of Panaji, not willing to take legal action to the destruction? Simply because the allegations are…