SURAJ NANDREKAR PANAJI: With the elections fast approaching, the Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant has once again played the recruitment card, which he has been doing for last one and half year. The Chief Minister on Goa Revolution Day announced the government would soon advertise around 10,000 jobs. Interestingly, the Chief Minister has been playing the same card to woo the voters since January 2020 when the Zilla Parishad polls were just announced. He again made the same announcement earlier in 2021, when the Municipal Polls were held this year. Inquiries by Goemkarponn revealed that the government indeed have 10,226…
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Goemkarponn desk SANGUEM: Sanguem constituency MLA Prasad Gaonkar wrote to the Higher Authorities about Non- Implementation of reservation for Schedule Tribe candidates for Goa State Assembly Elections as prescribed under Article 332 of the Constitution of India, Section 9 of the Delimitation Act, 2002, and Section 17 of the Goa, Daman and Diu Reorganisation Act, 1987. The letter was a representation from the members who belonged to the Schedule Tribe community from various constituencies in the State of Goa and had time and again has raised issues pertaining to the injustices meted out to the Schedule Tribe community and have…
Goemkarponn desk CANCONA: With rains arriving ahead of the normal schedule, the farmers all over Canacona are busy tilling their land since last week. For some, the pre-monsoon rains brought by the Tauktae cyclone in mid-May, may have brought headaches, but for the majority of the farmers in Canacona taluka it’s a blessing in disguise and all of them are seen busy in their fields since last week. Farmers feel that it will be a good rainy season and they are hopeful of a good harvest. Farmers are preparing their fields to grow paddy, vegetables, chillies and seasonal fruits. Considering…
Goemkarponn desk QUEPEM: Goa is well known for its serene places, one of them is Dudhsagar Waterfall which is visited by the tourists and the Goans too. The waterfall is also surrounded by the places which are immensely beautiful. One of them is an old dam or embankment which is located on the river Kushawati at Sonarbhat Quepem. This embankment was built during Portuguese reign in 1960, and has gained popularity for its scenic beauty in the monsoons. Due to heavy rainfall in Goa for last three days, this embankment has reached its highest capacity and poses danger to the…
Goemkarponn Desk Panaji : Aam Aadmi Party noted with disgust that schools have started on line today but with the same problems that were prevalent last year and the BJP government has done nothing to rectify the position in the last one year. AAP convener Rahul Mhambre pointed out that in Sattari and other remote places in Goa, connectivity continues to be a problem and hence students cannot participate in the online classes. “This problem was there last year also and chief minister Dr Pramod Sawant had promised to install broadband connectivity in remote areas so students could participate in…
Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Aam Aadmi Party got a boost in Pernem, Saligao & Porvorim constituencies when a number of BJP and Congress workers joined the party in the presence of State Convenor Rahul Mhambre and State Vice-President Adv. Surel Tilve. Sandeep Pednekar, senior BJP functionary from Saligao constituency, joined Aam Aadmi Party today with his supporters, after working for BJP for more than two decades. Pednekar has been a State Executive Committee member of BJP, and was the Youth President of Calangute Mandal in 2004. Pednekar is a well-known social worker and businessman, and is currently the vice-treasurer of Gadevansh…
Goemkarponn PANAJI: The Tika Ustav 3.0 by the state has been receiving enormous response as nearly 1,36, 408 people in the 18-44 category were vaccinated with first dose of Covid-19 vaccine. As per information by the health department, 18, 662 were vaccinated on day of the Ustav (June 13) , 14,873 people on June 14, 18,505 on June 15, 15,911 on June 16, 14959 on June 17, 16,218 on June 18, 21, 624 on June 29. While 15,656 were vaccinated yesterday. The Goa government had announced that it will host “Tika Utsav 3.0”, a vaccination festival across the state to…