Goa is attracting a new class of people
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Since 2000, the number of foreign visitors to Goa has dropped by 7 percent, to 272,000, while the number of ''domestic'' visitors has jumped by 36 percent, to 1.3 million. ''With all the publicity they made in India, Goa is attracting a new class of people,........ ''The British fellow counts his paise and argues over a 10-rupee bottle of water. The Indians come down from Bombay. They don't look at the price sheets. They just say they want this or that.''

Goa to be malaria-free within two years: Amonkar
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PANAJI: Goa Health Minister Dr Suresh Amonkar on Thursday spelt out measures the government has taken in drive against malaria and called for people's participation to supplement the efforts to make Goa malaria free in two years time.
3. Goa - Goan Christians face shortage of burial land
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GOA’S PRIDE: REMO HONOURED
	“Appreciation is not for the person as such but is always about his work,” said Remo at a felicitation function wherein he was honoured by the Goa Cultural and Social Centre, at SFX Higher Secondary School, Siolim, yesterday morning, “in consideration of the tremendous contribution done in the field of music and song, and for being India’s greatest rockstar”.
Remo Fernandes
Cartoonist Alexyz was the chief guest and he presented Remo with a memento and a shawl. Prof Isabel de Santa Rita Vaz, Agnelo Fernandes, Jean D’Mello, Celine Braganza e D’Souza on Remo, Bhau Daji Lad, Francis Luis Gomes and Abade Faria respectively, while Alister Miranda spoke on eminent Siolkars, music maestro and legendary band leader Johnson Carvalho and hallmark of Konkani novels and musician Reginald Fernandes.

Mopa on its way
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has confirmed that the proposed Mopa airport in Pernem is already on its way and would be ready by 2007-09. Parrikar says that Goa being an international tourist destination, the State needed another airport to the handle the burgeoning international tourist traffic, which he expected to go beyond the 13-14 flights handled by Dabolim airport daily so far. Parrikar also disclosed on July 11 that the land acquisition for the proposed airport is underway. In this connection, the Chief Minister already had discussions with the Civil Aviation Minister, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, when he visited Goa recently. In the meanwhile, the work of the expansion of the Dabolim airport was also in progress.

Return of instability
Goans seem to be returning to familiar times with the instability factor returning to Goan politics after a somewhat long sabbatical. Obviously, there is pressure on the MGP and UGDP legislators, who have lent their support to Manohar Parrikar to remain in the Chief Minister’s chair, to join the BJP. The Congress Party, which had been lying low for some time, seems to be pulling up their socks to attempt an assault to capture the treasury benches. The common feeling that persisted among politicians and the public that the Congress Party is a disunited house seems to be gradually disappearing. Within a week, Babush Atanasio Monserrate, the Taleigao MLA belonging to the UGDP, and the two MGP MLA Pandurang Madkaikar and Ramkrishna Dhavlikar have given indications that they are about to jump on the BJP bandwagon. The UGDP seems to be non-committal in their uttering on the issue, though their other MLA, Mathany Saldanha from Cortalim, lays stress on the fact that he will not join the BJP.

11 FT KING COBRA CAUGHT
	In a rare act of courage, Range Forest Officer Prakash Salelkar along with one Amol Ashok Naik, caught a king cobra, 11 feet long, at Gouliwada, Satpal, Mollem, on Saturday. Later on Sunday the king cobra was released. The public can contact the Forest Department officials on 2612211 or 2605872 if they spot a snake in their residence.
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GOAN PROFESSIONAL GET INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION
World-renowned book publishers Davis Healthcare International Publishing LLC, reputed for publishing house pharmaceutical and technology books and PDA, a world renowned “International Association for Pharmaceutical Technology” in USA, have jointly taken up four books written by Goan professional UG Barad (MPharm, PhD), for co-publication and for global sales. Dr Barad is the first Goan and first Indian to get such appreciation from DHI and PDA for his books.