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A RAMPAGING SEA CAUSES
DEVASTATION
Sea waves swallow portions of Nerul
beach
 PANJIM:
Amidst rising fears of global warming, the small but
beautiful Nerul beach, popularly known as Coco Beach, is
witnessing fearsome devastation as huge waves have felled
nearly 50 coconut trees and are carving closer into the land
to expose a dozen houses nearby to a worst ever danger. In
less than a fortnight - and less than a week after steady
rains - the coconut tree cover and a compound wall of a small
hotel has been destroyed by the rampaging sea even as
villagers recount that effects of the erosion had been hardly
felt last year. But what has alarmed the occupants of the
ten-odd houses dotting the 300-odd metre long beach, is the
collapse of the shore within a few days of moderate rains.
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RAIN PLAYS HAVOC IN
PERNEM
PANJIM: Gusty winds that
accompanied the rains damaged two houses, blew away roof-tiles
of several dwellings, uprooted trees and disrupted power
supply at Terekhol, Pernem, on Saturday (June 16) night. The
stormy winds continued for about 20 minutes and officials
estimated that the total loss to be around Rs.5 lakh. However,
no casualties were reported. One terekhol resident, Diogo
Francis Rodrigues, suffered a loss of about Rs.2 lakh when a
coconut tree fell on his house while another coconut tree,
which was uprooted, fell on the house of Anthony Dias causing
a loss of about Rs.1 lakh. Diogo's minor daughter had a narrow
escape as she rushed to safety when the coconut tree fell on
their house. Another villager, Ermelina Rodrigues, suffered a
loss of about Rs.80,00 when the wall of her house collapsed.
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Sao Joao festival to be
celebrated at Carambolim
The traditional and popular Sao Joao festival will be revived
with a day's celebration on June 24 at Carambolim at 11 am
under the banner of Panjim Traditional Festivals Committee in
collaboration with Noberto Rodrigues alias Babush of
Carambolim. The revelry will be held at Jorichem Bhatt,
Tankant, Carambolim, and as per the custom and old traditions,
the newly wedded couples wearing a copel (a crown made of
flowers and leaves) on their heads, will gather in the village
near the well for merry making. When the couple is taken to
the well, the bride carries fruits like pineapples, mangoes,
jack fruit, bananas, etc. The groom carries hard drinks like
caju feni, whisky, wine, etc and all these items are thrown in
the well. Typical Goan food like sorpatel, pulao, san'nam,
etc, is served at the venue, to celebrate this unique festival
of yesteryears.[GT] |
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St Jose de Areal still
tense
MARGAO:
Tension continues to prevail in St
Jose de Areal regarding a religious prayer service being held
at the private residence of a parishioner that does not have
the sanction of the local church authorities. It may be
recalled that on Tuesday angry locals protested over a group
of Believers sect pursuing their religious activities in St
Jose de Areal village. Trouble broke out when Brother Robert
Dasturi was preaching to his congregation at Padribhatt ward
on Sunday, June 17. The group of locals tried to forcibly stop
Brother Dasturi, according to Maina-Curtorim police.
Meanwhile, the parish priest of St Jose de Areal, Fr Evarist
Gomes, as well as the South Goa Episcopal Vicar Fr Joseph
Silva refused to offer any comment on the recent controversy.
But when contacted, the official spokesperson of the church,
Fr Joaquim Loiola Pereira, who is also the Secretary to the
Archbishop, said: "No specific directive has been issued by
the church authorities with respect to permission to be
obtained from the local parish priest regarding the conduct of
such activities." [GT] |
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Woman's body found
floating at Assolna
MARGAO:
The body of a 24-year-old married
woman was found floating on the banks near NUSI, Assolna, on
Wednesday morning. Police disclose that the deceased, Tina
D'Cruz, originally hailing from Deussua-Chinchinim, and
married to a Margao-based Adv Noel D'Cruz, was reported to
have jumped off the bridge in the River Sal. [GT] |
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Killing of frogs rampant
in Canacona, Salcete despite ban
CANACONA, June 19:
With the first monsoon showers hitting the state in the last
couple of days, young and old alike have gotten into the mood
of catching frogs despite the ban against such activity.
Canacona and Salcete are no exception with locals engaging in
this activity round the clock. According to reliable sources,
around 150 to 200 frogs are being caught daily with the help
of some migrant labourers, who have settled in Canacona. The
frogs are being sold to the hotels at Margao and Panaji,
through agents. [NT] |
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Margao continues to
stink
MARGAO:
Tall promises are being made by
the city fathers when it comes to clearing the city of the
stinking garbage nuisance yet one sees heaps of waste lying
scattered in the market with flies and stray cattle
surrounding the muck whilst the visiting public is left
holding their noses in disgust. [GT] |
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FATHER KILLS SON IN
VASCO
Case revealed after a year
PANJIM: The
skeleton of a 35-year-old man was recovered from a nullah at
Vaddem, a suburb of the port town, more than a year after he
had been allegedly killed by his father and thrown into the
water body behind his house in one of the most bizarre murders
in recent years. A resident of Bandhar-Vaddem, Mariano Rosario
Joao D'Silva allegedly murdered his son, Rodney D'Silva, on
June 7, 2006, and as his daughter-in-law Maria was aware about
it, he threatened her into silence with dire consequences,
police sources said.
Rodney (35) was married and was staying with his wife Maria,
father Mariano and a three-year-old son Jonathan at Vaddem. On
the night of June 7 last year, he came home in an inebriated
state and picked up a quarrel with his wife Maria. He also
beat her up. Maria reported this to her father-in-law Mariano,
who decided to teach his son a lesson. As Rodney complained of
being indisposed the same night, Mariano administered a dose
of sleeping pills and on realising that he was fast asleep,
struck three fatal blows on Rodney with a pickaxe. Rodney
succumbed on the spot. Later, Mariano covered the body with a
bed-sheet and dragged it to a nullah and dumped it there. He
also covered it with some asbestos sheets and mud to prevent
it from floating. [GT]
"HE BROUGHT THE SKULL"
The sight of her husband's skull on the table, is what
triggered the fear-struck wife to break her silence and blow
the lid on her father-in-law's cold-blooded crime. On Thursday
(June 21) Mariano D'Silva's cup of emotions spilled over. His
son's loss finally got to him and he rushed to the nullah and
returned with his son's skull and placed it on the table.
[Nilesh Khandeparkar, GT] |
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