G O A

By Special Correspondent.

Alex Wilson Coelho from Curtorim and ex Kuwait presently settled in Canada while on vacation in Goa, yesterday attended the Board meeting of Gulf Goans Hotels Co. (Hotel Goan Heritage), at Calangute. As per the available information from the confidential source, during the heated Board Meeting argument, one of the directors threw the glass of water on Coelho’s face. Unable to bear this humiliation, Coelho got up from his chair whence his opponent threw 3-4 heavy punches on the face of Coelho while Coelho retaliated with 1-2. The other directors attending the Board Meet with a surprise to witness such an ugly scene first time in the history of this company, separated both the fighters. The meet then abruptly called off and immediately thenafter Coleho fled from the scene fearing further assault on him while all other directors waited. This was at the Hotel premises at about 11.30 AM.

Alex Wilson Coelho who was a PT Master in Goa before going to Kuwait was also once assaulted by his own PT student as per the information gathered by this correspondent. While in Kuwait, he created a very bad image of himself by demanding Sex from one young Goan girl in exchange of a job. The mother of the young girl then publicly in one of the meetings Coelho attending disgraced Coelho who had no choice other than to put his head down in shame in total surrender.

The worst crime of Coelho against Kuwait Goan community was to be a part of the gang that looted the heavy sum of money collected from Kuwait Goan evacuees on behalf of Kuwait Goan Evacuees Society. This Society was formed to make arrangement to send Kuwait Goan evacuees back to Kuwait after the liberation of Kuwait in February 1991. Up to now there is no account of this money.

Coelho was also involved in withholding about a crore of rupees from Goan Welfare Society, Kuwait,. This fund was collected with the help of the Kuwait Goans to use for the welfare of the Kuwait Goans.

Coming back to the fight yesterday, according to my source, Hotel company has purchased a plot at Dhargal for “X” price but actually as alleged the bill given to the Hotel management was heavily inflated giving a suspicion that the mastermind of this deal Coelho and current chairman Justine Coelho are responsible for this loot. This was the topic that resulted in the fight.

The share holders of this company established by Kuwait Goans about 35 years back and who are settled in Goa, Kuwait and elsewhere in the West must know how corrupt Alex Wilson Coleho is. Such a fraud man does not deserve a palce in the Board and if given an opportunity he will loot the entire Hotel from top to bottom.

On 27^th of this month in Panjim there is going to be an Annual General Body Meeting of the shareholders scheduled to re-elect some Board members. There is as per my information a panel silently initiated by Coelho to field his own candidates to support his corrupt ways. If the Shareholders are interested in this Hotel from disaster, they must defeat the candidates pushed by Coelho’s panel. Alex Wilson Coelho means corruption.

Further to the write-up in this column on 10.09.14 on physical assault on Wilson Coelho in Calangute at Hotel Goan Heritage, it is nothing but a disgrace for the Directors to behave like animals. Coelho is the real animal for acting like a bull. He wants to dominate the board but the new directors are not yielding an inch and for this reason he resorted to the fight, as I was told.

Regarding Dhargal property, as per my information, it was purchased under the pushing of Coelho for a very heavy price and a part of it was pocketed by Coelho and Chairman? This is a true habit of Coelho since he was working in Kuwait where he was nicknamed as "Commission Coelho' because of his greed to get commission for any transaction he does.

Dhargal property purchase was a waste of over 50 Lakhs because it falls into the category of “Orchard” land, this means it cannot be developed. I CANNOT understand how the other members of the Board approved this deal. Are they too not partners in crime? Share holders must hold the entire board responsible for this wrong move.

Moreover, it is wrong and dangerous to make Alex Wilson Coelho the Vice Chairman of the Board when he is such a corrupt man.

In view of this, the question comes now is, why it was purchased without doing proper home work? Who is responsible for this waste of money? Surely Wilson Coelho and his partner in crime the Chairman Justin. Both these persons must be sacked from the board before they do more financial damage to the Hotel Company.

ONE CONCERNED SHARE HOLDER.

By Special Correspondent.

What for the cause of Goa the Goans from Kuwait have done, none other expatriate Goans have done. Two big experiments Kuwait Goans have performed, one in support and promotion of Konkani mainly thru the establishment of “NOVEM GOEM DAILY” movement and the other thru business venture by erecting “HOTEL GOAN HERITAGE” at Calangute. One experiment of Novem Goem has failed not because of the fault of Kuwait Goans inspite of giving a huge donation for this project in lakhs of rupees in late seventies and early eighties but it failed because of the irresponsibility of the members of Novem Goem committee comprising learned Goans such as Doctors, Lawyers, Journalist and Social activists. The management of Novem Goem with excess of money at their disposal beyond their requirement, sent as donation by Kuwait Goans not only failed this project but they have also failed the Kuwait Goans and other donors as well.

The second experiment is the huge Hotel Goan Heritage project which is in existence and functioning almost since last three decades. It looks shaky now in the hands of board of directors comprising some impotent directors including corrupt ones. Vincente D’Souza then a highly dynamic and a prominent Goan working at Kuwait Customs was the initiator and the founder of Gulf Goans Hotels Company that built the Hotel Goan Heritage at Calangute. Flav Pimenta was the first Chairman of this company who left Kuwait by leaving his very lucrative job in the Oil company in Kuwait to take care of this company and in fact he did so till his retirement. Because of his sincerity, knowhow and dedication with hard work the Hotel came up. He was supported well from Kuwait by the entire board based in Kuwait including the Managing director Mr. Vincente D’Souza.

The early Board based in Kuwait was very sincere and dedicated to the development of the company. The board members worked tirelessly even by spending money from their own pockets to develop this project. They worked sincerely because everyone had a genuine interest and a high stake as directors in the company, none had peanuts as his stake. Because they had high stake they worked responsibly, some of them not even taking any personal benefit for them, on the contrary they made lot of sacrifices for the sake of this Hotel. Service to the company was their goal. Their main motto was the unity of the board and collective responsibility. But now the situation is totally different and the board is a devided lot. There are factions now in the board, one of which is allegedly working under the direction of Alex Wilson Coelho who is based in Canada but was involved when in Kuwait in scandals and corruption. It looks he doesn’t like upright persons in the board for this reason he is as informed, from behind the curtain implanting his own tainted candidates against good and productive sitting directors in the forthcoming board election scheduled on 27^th of this month.

Hotel Goan Heritage is the baby of the share holders around one hundred who originally came forward to form this company to erect this edifice of Hotel Goan Heritage. It is a symbol of expatriate Goan entrepreneurship. These shareholders were all based in Kuwait though many of them are now permanently settled in Goa and in the West. All these shareholders have great responsibility to save this project from going into the hands of rogues supported by Coelho who otherwise as a resident of foreign country has got no right to be in the board because by being abroad he cannot contribute in anything for the development of the project. So too the other two board members based in Kuwait. For this reason since last 25 years there is not much development.

It is a pity that all the three board members stationed outside Goa are not showing any concern for the company. If they had any concern they would voluntarily abdicate their chairs in the board and allow somebody more productive from Goa to replace them. Theirs is the attitude of the shameless Goans who are crazy after power and honour just like our cheap politicians. Ultimately what great one can expect from the persons coming from the “hoi polloi” background and intellectually backward tribe? Their association in the board is detrimental to the development of the Hotel Company because they are useless in the board.

As given to understand, two of the persons contesting the forthcoming election allegedly backed by the Coelho panel are Wilson Rodrigues and Verlekar who earlier were both thrown out by the AGM for not being upright in their dealings as directors. Since their antecedents were bad and yet they are contesting again that means they have their eyes on something else which they can acquire for themselves only by entering into the board because the board is become very lucrative for some to gain financial benefits and cheap prominence. Hence, the Shareholders must make a point not to elect such defective candidates and instead elect the good, efficient and productive sitting directors one of them is Filipe Ferdinand the second highest stake holder and the other Chef Jerry Cal who is the greatest asset to the Hotel as he is the only director having vast knowledge of Hotel line.

There is a sizeable number of shareholders settled outside Goa, some of them are in the West while a few of them in Kuwait. When they send their proxies they must make sure that their votes do not go to the corrupt and to the rogues who are all out to devour for themselves the financial benefits meant for the shareholders. One of the perfect examples of the loot was the purchase of Dhargal property with the initiative of Coelho, Verlekar and Rodrigues. This property falls into the Orchard land category which means useless for development.

By Special Correspondent.

On 27^th of this month, the AGM of Gulf Goans Hotels Company (Hotel Goan Heritage – Calangute) is scheduled at Hotel Mandovi, Panjim. This company and its Hotel Goan Heritage is the brainchild of Kuwait Goans and it contained the blood and sweat of Kuwait Goans.

However, some people are trying to misuse the facilities offered to them by the company thereby trying to take personal advantage of the company for them by infiltrating into the Company Board when they don’t deserve a place into the Board. They don’t deserve a place into the Board because they are corrupt.

For example, two of the contestants for the coming Board election are Wilson Edmundo Rodrigues and Ramakant Loximan Verlekar. According to the available information both were considered as corrupt and as such they were thrown out from the Board in the last AGM. Mr. Rodrigues was deeply tainted in corruption when he was a leading man in duping the Kuwait Goan Evacuees Society in the aftermath of the invasion and liberation of Kuwait. He was one of the persons responsible as a member of KGES to collect funds from Kuwait Goan Evacuees. Up to now there is no accountability of this fund which according to one source was in lakhs of Rupees. Can any sensible shareholder rely on this corrupt man to do good for the Hotel Company?

The second man of questionable character is Verlekar who according to the available information was responsible to broker the deal to purchase the Orchard land at Dhargal possibly with the intention to corner a huge commission for him thru this deal. Purchasing of Orchard land is like dead investment which means a big loss for th company ultimately a great loss for the Shareholders. In this scam according to inside source he was ably supported by Mr. Rodrigues.

Hence, both Rodrigues and Verlekar should not be voted into the Board. Those Shareholders who submitted their proxies – votes – for these two persons must now review their decision and withdraw their proxies and instead support Mr. Ferdinand and Mr. Tiburcio (Jerry Cal) whose records are clean and both are beneficial for the development of the Hotel, both being uncorrupt.

Those who wish to support Rodrigues and Verlekar are going to make a big mistake because by doing so they will destroy their own Company. The affairs of the company will never be in the safer hands if these two corrupt shareholders are elected in the Board. All the Shareholders must take note of this caution especially Kuwait based Sam Alphonso who has highest stake. If he is really interested in the development and protection of this company, Mr. Alphonsoo will act rightly by giving his proxy to the uncorrupt candidate otherwise he will be treated as the promoter of corrupt candidates for the destruction of this company built by true and genuine Goans.

IS THE COASTAL BELT OF GOA GEARED UP TO COPE UP WITH THE COMING TOURIST SEASON?

Definitely not, at least Candolim where you find a mess on the road without proper personnel manning the road to control the excess flow of traffic especially at the crucial places and not erecting Speed Breakers at the very important busy spots mainly at the Tinto Junction and in front of the Primary School near Panchayat Ghar. No doubt the local MLA Michael Lobo is doing a good job of widening the roads yet there are lot of hurdles on the road due to rough and immense traffic flow by the irresponsible Indian tourists who ignore the road safety rules. Most of the injuries happen to the Two Wheelers not because of the non-wearing of Helmets but because of the bad roads. Even in Sinquerim on way to the Light House in front of Vijay Malaya’s private Jetty the concerned authority erected the Speed Breaker to please Malaya but failed to erect the same at the required places.

The vehicles parked on the main road for the guests of Hotel “Grand Mercure, Goa Shrem Resort” in Pintos Vaddo Candolim, opposite to the Asilo and next to the well-known miraculous Holy MAND were till yesterday a hindrance to the smooth traffic flow on the main road. These cars belonged to the locals and being so they should have been given preferential treatment by the Hotel management by also accommodating them along with that of the Hotel’s cars where especial place is provided in front of the Hotel. Or it was the duty of the local Panchayat to provide a suitable place for parking these cars to avoid hindrance to the smooth flow of the traffic on the main road.

As per the available information, one portion of the property where this Hotel is built was originally the property of Candolim Communidade. But I am not aware that this part was sold by the Communiidade and neither I am aware that Candolim Communidade is selling its land. Now, the question is: How did this land reach into Hotel’s hand? Will the Communidade answer this question?

This Hotel is a big inconvenience to the Holy MANDD located since a century back, next to the Hotel. Also its loud music is creating disturbance not only to the neighbours but also to the surrounding areas. Secondly the Hotelier must know the piercing power of the Mandd and its Miraculous Cross. According to the tradition if any inconvenience is done to this Holy Mandd’s sanctity or any sinful and vulgar acts are performed in its vicinity, the Mandd maintaining its ruthless tradition liquidates not only the persons responsible but also the venue where the sinful and vulgar acts are committed. If the Hotel is going against the sacred tradition of the Mandd then it surely is going to face its doom with the effect of the mighty Sunami created by the mighty traditional power of the Mandd. Even those who are involved in assisting the wrong doer directly or indirectly will not be spared of the Mandd’s punishment. This is as per the tradition and history of the Mandd. And as we know, history repeats itself and surely it will. Time alone will justify this statement.

It is nice to know that big chain of Hotels is investing heavily in Goa that creates job opportunities to the locals. As per my information this same Hotelier earlier has also constructed one more Hotel in Candolim and in that Hotel locals were hired but within a few months most of them were retrenched. Now, my question to the local Panchayat is this: Did it not put the condition to the Hotelier at the time of issuing license to employ more locals in that Hotel? By replacing the locals with outsiders the Hoteliers are upsetting the demographic structure of Goa in favour of outsiders. This anti-Goan trend must come to an end and every local must raise his voice against this anti-Goan trend.

Finally, is this the same Hotelier constructing one more Hotel in Candolim in CRZ belt? If yes, which authority gave license for constructing this Hotel in CRZ belt? The local MLA Michael Lobo must immediately investigate this incident if he is interested in the wellbeing of Goa. I also request the concerned NGO’s to look into this matter without any further delay.

A. Veronica Fernandes,

Candolim,

Goa.

At the time of the construction of Taj Hotel at Sinquerim falling under Candolim Panchayat, it was agreed by the Taj Management to provide maximum number of jobs in the Hotel to the locals and to the Goans as well. However, when Hotel started functioning, it was brought to our notice that locals as well as Goans were ignored in employment there though a few of them were appointed in the secondary and tertiary jobs while outsiders and non Goans were employed in greater number and also on important positions. This was somewhere in 1974. That means I was then 40 years younger with full of energy, knowledge, daringness and youth eager to fight for justice for locals and Goans. Since I was very active in local affairs, locals expected me to fight for justice for them against Taj Management.

Alex Pinto from Candolim Ximer was my friend having vast potentials to fight for justice, joined me to wage a war against Taj Management for ignoring the locals in the employment. Candolim Panchayat and the prominent bigwigs remained silent because they got their quota from Taj and hence they decided to accept the injustice meted out to the locals and to the Goans by the Taj management. However, myself, Alex Pinto and very many like minded locals refused to accept this injustice to the locals. Alex Pinto had vast influence in Goa and elsewhere and thru his contacts he got the news that the big boss of Taj, JRD Tata is scheduled to pay his first visit to Goa to see his Hotel at Sinquerim built on Candolim Communidade land; this was the first 5 Star Hotel of Goa. As an intelligent planner, Alex Pinto nicely put his trap to catch Tata at the entrance of Sinquerim while on his way to Taj Hotel and submit a Memorandum of our demands to him. Our main demand was employment in greater number to locals and to Goans.

As planned, we both stopped Tata’s Mercedes Car, greeted him with welcome to Goa and handed over to him our Memorandum explaining to him our disappointment over injustice to the locals. Knowing this, Tata felt very bad and showed his disappointment to his Taj management asking to satisfy the locals first. Immediately then the Taj Management changed its policy in favour of the locals including an offer for me to go to UK for further studies in Hotel Management which I politely turned down. When this news started spreading far and wide, many politicians and political parties started approaching me to join them some even with an offer of election tickets but this too I declined politely.

If Taj Management had not to change its policy in favour of locals, we devised one more strategy which means to stop all the vehicles taking guests to the Taj and informing them not to patronize Taj because Taj is anti – local. Then we would print pamphlets to ask everyone not to patronize Taj Hotel and distribute the same to all over Goa starting from the Airport, thru our contacts. Then we would ask everyone to give total non-cooperation to Taj and its non-Goan staff. Somebody suggested even to stone their vehicles but we declined such methods.

Our other plan was to organize Rallies right up to the Taj and for this we thought of creating an army of like minded locals. In this fight we were firm to keep the local Panchayat out of our circle because members of Panchayat were cunning and as such we could not trust them. If you want to organize any strong movement then you must try to keep the politicians away because they have their own political and money making agenda for which sake they will at your movement cost pursue their own agenda.

Panchayat is the nursery of corruption where most of the members of ruling faction make money thru illicit means and because of this almost everywhere Panchayat members headed by the Sarpanch amass wealth beyond one’s imagination. If one sees below and around his nose, till yesterday a person coming from poverty stricken family background suddenly today by joining Panchayat becomes crorepoti. This can be proved from the lifestyle they live with Bunglows, posh cars, sophisticated wives and huge Bank Balance. How is this possible? Only thru looting and on top of it they move in society with their heads high of course shamelessly and act like Saints in the Church even by receiving holy communion. And unfortunately, all the rascal Pe. Vigars in their respective villages support them of course against Christian doctrine. The greatest Devils are some of the Pe. Vigars.

In our locality we are suffering from corrupt political leadership. Our so called leaders are not static in their fight for justice, they are only interested in their own personal goals and secondly because they are selfish the locals in general don’t trust them. They are not sincere to the cause of justice. In every village there should be a group of movement makers for the good of the villagers without involvement of the politicians. If such groups exist with dedicated members, in every village there would not be injustice to the villagers. Such groups are imperative in the coastal belt where the leadership of some of our villages is gone into the corrupt hands. Can in my village first somebody come forward to Bell the Cat because upright villagers have lost their faith in the current leaders and also in Panchayat to do justice and real good? All those local politicians coming from Ladru-Pedru type of background will amass looted wealth not only for them but also for their children and grand children.

In view of what I wrote above, it is very easy to handle the injustice done to the locals by the non-Goan Hoteliers (as described in my previous article) who got no right to dictate terms to us and to act with us as our landlords. The non-Goan Hotliers and their non-Goan employees are looting Goa.

A. Veronica Fernandes,
Candolim.

By Special Correspondent.

As scheduled, the Annual General Body Meeting of Gulf Goans Hotels Company was held at Hotel Mandovi, Panjim, on Saturday 27^th of this month at 10.30 AM.

It was a very chaotic meeting from the start itself when the ageing chairman Justine Fernandes from Saligao failed to control the proceeding because he is crippled physically and also crippled vocally. Cannot walk freely and cannot talk freely and yet shamelessly sticking to the chairman’s chair. The way he was seen at the dais it looked he lost his sanity.

When there was a chorus in the House for the resignation of chairman, like a typical Saligao Fox he handed over the Mike to Alex Wilson Coelho and escaped from his seat. Was it right on his part to hand over his responsibility to Coelho when he is present? If he is unable to deliver the goods then why he accepted the chairman post? There was no proper person even to take down the minutes of the meeting.

It was a very pitiable scene to watch the directors seated at the dais arguing and fighting – not fist fight – like Cats and Dogs, shouting and howling abuses at one another at the top of their voices. This showed that there was no unity in the Board and it was proved to be in total disarray. The Board looked to be devided into two factions, one faction owing allegiance to Alex Wilson Coelho and both the factions without any shame and decorum were accusing each other of lies, cheating and robbery. It was a scene where you saw people without caliber fitting to be the Directors. They have lowered the dignity of the term “Director”.

The meeting erroneously ended without completing the Agenda and election for the Board members was conducted fraudulently allowing the Proxy votes even much after the end of the meeting officially. Proxy votes of over 35,000 were disqualified on technical grounds as per the acting chairman but how and on what ground was not properly explained and by which legal authority. It looked it was done purposely by the acting chairman to lower the upper hand gained by the opponents of his faction. The chairman and also the acting chairman Mr. Coelho totally failed to maintain the required discipline and system and procedure. The election was a total farce, the meeting was a total joke. According to the information to create unruly situation in the hall even some Bouncers were brought but fortunately no untoward incident occurred. The whole meeting was contestable.

The election results are not declared yet since counting of votes will be completed on Monday as it was too late last night to complete this job. The question now comes: Were the Ballot Boxes sealed officially and kept in safe place where there is no room for tampering? Since there are two mastermind crooks around to grab the company affairs, everything is possible.

More news will follow.

1st of October, yesterday was observed as International Day for “SENIOR CITIZENS”. To mark this day, Government of Goa, Directorate of Social Welfare, felicitated 14 prominent Senior Citizens of Goa at Hotel Fidalgo, Panjim, at 10.30 AM, thru the hands of Minister for Social Welfare Shri Mahadev Narayan Naik. The renowned Tiatrist and the well known Freedom Fighter Cyriaco Dias was one among the 14. The function was very elegant and also attended by most of the elegant, reputed and seasoned senior citizens.

Minister M.N.Naik seen felicitating Cyriaco Dias.

Seen standing 5th from left is Cyriaco Dias with other 13.

After completing the felicitation ceremony, the Chair asked the attendees to air their grievances and suggestions if they have any, openly for 5 minutes. In response to this, the first person to take the Mike to express himself was Cyriaco Dias who highlighted in “bold capital letters” the rudeness and arrogance of Goa Police in handling the senior citizens while dealing with them. He said he travelled worldwide but never seen anywhere as rude policemen as in Goa, adding further by saying that even in Bangladesh Policemen are more civilised. Listening carefully, the Minister promised to look into this matter by speaking to the Goa Police Chief.

Cover page of the Brochure.

Inside page of the Brochure.

Cyriaco Dia the resident from Calangute was a renowned Tiatrist whose name and fame was enough to attract a huge crowd for the Tiatros a few years back. A qualified man academically and a highly literate having vast knowledge of different subjects, an expert in Goan history, CYRIACO Dias was also a great Freedom Fighter taking active part in the freedom movement of Goa even by risking his life.

ID Card of Cyriaco Dias indicating his status as Freedom Fighter.

Disguised as Hindu Shambu Kankoncar, Cyriaco Dias seated 4th from left during the Opinion Poll Meeting in Bombay along with other speakers. Seated 7th from left is Dr.Jack Sequeira.

Cyriaco Dias also took active part in the Opinion Poll movement from Bombay by being an Executive Committee member of UG, Bombay Branch, headed by Doctor Simon Fernandes. Disguised as a Hindu and named as Shambu Canconcar a Timber Merchant from Cancona, because of the need of the hour, he addressed a number of public meetings in Bombay and in Goa in support of Goa and against merger. He even helped many Bombay Goans to go to Goa and to vote for Two Leaves. The different photos seen above speak volumes of his involvement in the Goan affairs.

A. Veronica Fernandes,

Candolim, Goa.

By Special Correspondent.

As scheduled and as disclosed in this forum earlier, the Annual General Body Meeting of Gulf Goans (Hotel Goan Heritage) started and ended in a chaotic situation with the election of three Board members turning into a farce. The chairman Justine Fernandes was forced to get down from the chair by the shareholders and hence the chair was handed over to Alex Wilson Coelho the so called vice chairman. It was a shame for the chairman to disgracefully leave his chair. When this was the case, Justine Fernandes had no moral right to continue as a chairman and play around with shareholders assets. The acting chairman Coelho tried to act like a Hitler as if the company is his father’s property. So much so, one of his colleagues in the board getting annoyed on him loudly shouted at Coelho saying “SHUT UP-SHUT UP”. When things were going out of hand for the board when it was exposed of its misdeeds, the share holders demanded from the board to resign and get out.

The meet started with the prayer by Coelho but it was not a proper prayer, it was a politically motivated prayer like a Tiatrist giving a “Zupatti” to his opponent. Such prayer will only bring a curse on the hotel and not a blessing. The prayer of an unblessed person who duped Kuwait Goans of their money will never be fruitful.

The acting chairman disclosed that the meeting will discuss all the 12 points in the Agenda but the meeting took up only one point and that was of Statement of Account which itself was incomplete while the remaining points remained undiscussed. This proves that this meet was nothing but a big joke.

It was first time in the history of this company that the board members were disgraced openly not only by the share holders but more than that by themselves washing their dirtry linen publicly even accusing one director of using Hotel’s property for his personal use and unfortunately the accused director failed to defend himself. At one particular moment, 4 directors were accused by the acting chairman of barging into the office of chairman demanding his resignation prematurely and yet again this accusation went unchallenged.

The chair disclosed that this time the profit has gown down but failed to cite the proper reason which according to this writer is due to shutting of hotel for a certain period of course unnecessarily thereby cheating the shareholders of worthy dividends. The dividends given this time was only 2.5 and incidentally earlier too was the same as per the available information. Now the question arises, are things moving in right direction in the company managed by the board of directors? Is this board under the ageing and incompetent chairman Justin Fernandes is competent enough to run the affairs of the Hotel properly? What is the capacity, qualification and contribution of Justin Fernandes and other directors to hold their seats in the board? What was their contribution in the promotion of Hotel Goan Heritage? Are they there for prestige issue or for productive purpose? The shareholders want to know the answer from each and every director to decide on the future course.

As per the beans spilled out during the course of meeting, almost for the last two years the company is running without the Chief Accountant and in this case who is controlling the finance of the company? Is it a Cashier or a Waiter or a Buttler? In this case it is bound to be a mess in the company for which every board member must be held responsible and every shareholder must be held accountable for electing the incompetent directors.

How stupid the outstation shareholders were proved thru the proxy forms they sent to idiots to elect idiots only. Were the proxy shareholders aware that their proxy forms would be utilized for the right candidates or they will be used by the receiver for his personal victory by ignoring the shareholders interest? Every shareholder’s interest is better dividend. The major shareholders stationed abroad are guilty of allowing their proxy forms to be misused by the person whom they relied in Goa. If these proxy votes were to utilize properly for the productive candidates, the meetting would not have been started and ended in a sour note. For this reason the blame should be on the shoulders of the proxy shareholders. Otherwise, for the next AGM the major proxy shareholders should present themselves and have a feel of their investment. In view of this, I salute the shareholders present for this AGM and voted for the right candidates for the betterment of the hotel

48 Hours before the election all the proxy forms were scrutinized and checked by the concerned parties along with the legal authority and they found everything in order. However, 12 hours before the election, one party of Coelho found some proxy forms not properly filled and thus these forms were disqualified. This was disclosed just before the election making other party to believe it was nothing but a trick to reduce the votes of Coelho’s opponents. Naturally the votes of Coelho faction was increased because the other side votes were decreased. But what was the legal authority of Coelho faction to disqualify the proxy forms and that too when everything was found to be in order 48 hours before the election? This has to be contested by the opponents of Coelho faction thru legal process, if necessary.

In the ensuing election as per the witnesses Coelho put a bunch of proxy forms in the ballot box much after the end of the meeting which is illegal. Jerry Fernandes and Filipe Ferdinand were declared as clear winners by defeating their rivals Verlekar and Wilson Rodrigues while Felix Ferrao was defeated by Lobo of Coelho faction.

In Candolim there is one Vaddo called Araddy where there is a small Chapel. This is an ancestral Chapel for the Catholics from this Vaddo. Today, the Church Pe. Vigar while preaching his Sunday sermon in the Church, told the congregation that “ there are troubles going on there among the faithful who are fighting and not allowing the prayer to take place by closing the door of the Chapel”.

As a resident of this Vaddo, I reject the above statement of the Pe. Vigar because there is nothing truth in it. What Pe. Vigar said is nothing but a pure lie because Pe. Vigar is a BIG LIAR. If not, he should justify his statement with concrete evidence otherwise he must apologise to the faithful of Araddy for unnecessarily spoiling their name.

If Pe. Vigar is a real son of his real father he will justify his statement otherwise he will prove who he is.

A. Veronica Fernandes,
Candolim.
Tel: 7507394349.

A few years back to mark his 250^th birthday, Portugal released a special Postal Stamp of Abade Faria (as seen below), the great and world renowned Goan hypnotist from Candolim, Pintos Vaddo, Bardez, Goa. In his honour as per my information France has erected a Statue of him there. The Portuguese government in Goa also erected his Statue in Panjim and the same government named the Primary School in Candolim next to his ancestral house after him as “Escola Primaria de Abade Faria” where I did my Portuguese schooling. This school is still existing and functioning.

Postal Stamp of Abe Faria

His ancestral house was a big mansion with big concrete pillars and very thick walls of big Stones which were not cement plastered. It looked this house was built by the Paulists. Surrounding this house there were different types of fruit bearing trees which we as students used to pluck and eat since 50 years back it was left unattended by any human being. Only Bats and Snakes were frequenting the area. Though we as small boys ignorant of the grandeur of the great man born in that house yet by observing minutely the magesticity of this house we could still realize that this house belonged to some great person and as we later on realized that this great person was none other than the great Abe Faria the pride of Candolim and Goa.

Renovated house of Abe Faria

In sixties this ancestral house was taken over by the government (Provedoria) and converted it into an Orphanage for girls. But currently, there are no girls there but instead it houses young poor and orphan boys. This house where the world renowned Goan was born is renovated and given a new looks as seen in the picture above. At the entrance fixed to the wall are two Plaques as shown in the photos below. Inside in the Parlour you will find a Bust of Faria placed on the big table as also shown here in the photo below.

Plaque 1.

Plaque 2.

Calangute Panchayat carry an unique distinction of erecting the Statue of great Goan Dr. Jack Sequeira who though was not an internationally known personality like Abade Faria yet Dr. Sequeira was duly honoured by the Calangute Panchayat for his support for the Goan cause by erecting his full size Statue. Likewise can’t the Candolim Panchayat erect the full size Statue of Abade Faria at a strategic location in Candolim to honour this great son of the Candolim soil?

Bust of Abe Faria.

Surely Candolim Panchayat can do and it must do it now without any delay. Money should not be a hindrance. First of all it is an honour for Candolim to give birth to such a mighty globally recognized personality. Hence, it is imperative to honour this man by erecting his Statue in Candolim.

A. Veronica Fernandes,
Candolim,
Goa.

It was an excellent Tiatro with excellent message full of patriotism towards Goa. In this Tiatro the script writer and director Anil Pednecar played an excellent role of an elderly father in which capacity he gives an excellent message to those Goans who with the help of Portuguese Passports surrender their Goanness to settle down in London while in Goa outsiders come, engage in business and settle down in Goa permanently as citizens of Goa. The Tiatro reaches its climax in the last scene where Anil himself in his beautiful oratory on the theme elevates the Tiatro to its crescendo. Never in the past I heard in any Tiatro such an excellent message delivered with perfect clarity and precision as it was done by Anil Pednecar in his Tiatro "Open Jail" at Kala Academy, Panjim, yesterday at 7.00.

Seen above Rosario de Benaulim singing his solo

Seen above Olga singing her duet with her partner.

The title of the Triatro “Open Jail” is used in figurative sense where one full family of 4 members with Portuguese Passports by surrendering their family house and property goes to London where they like others live in an unGoan style befitting the vulgar western style. Thru this way of life they become prisoners of this system converting themselves into as prisoners of that uncultured way of life full of immorality and vulgarity. They live there as prisoners of that system not in a closed door Jail but in an “Open Jail” where they act freely without any hindrance.

Seen in the picture above vulgar party life in UK

The maximum credit goes to the young small girl who played the role of a grand daughter of Anil. To play such an excellent role at that so young age with so much of confidence without any stage fright means something unimaginable. The director carries major credit to groom this young girl to such a perfection. Pretty looking Olga does her role very well and in comedy both the seasoned comedians Bachan and Brian excelled very well.

Seen above Fermino & his partner sing their duet.

In the side show songs, Rosario de Benaulim rendered a nice solo “Dollo” while the duet “Soro” rendered by Fermino with his partner and also another duet “AID” by Olga with her partner were worth admiring as both these duets were meaningful and rendered also well.

As a whole this Tiatro was very well performed.

A. Veronica Fernandes,

Candolim,

Goa.

Gone John Fernandes and in his place came Luizin Faleiro as president of Congress Party in Goa. Kudos to John for displaying his guts to show the door to those so called Congressmen for doing anti-party activities. With such anti-party members in the party, Congress will never make progress when it is required especially now when its image is very low. There should be some discipline in the party and those who infringe on this discipline deserve reprimand and this is what exactly John did but unfortunately resulting in his replacement not by any messiah but by the one who was earlier got himself rotten in the mess of Congress misrule.

Come Luizin or his father or grandfather from the grave but Congress will never resurrect from the Hell it was confined by the Goan voters in the last Assembly and Parliamentary elections unless the Congressmen firmly resolve to change their attitude. In the last Assembly election it got heavy drubbing from the voters not because they love BJP but because they hated pride, arrogance, dadagiri, looting and feudality of the elected representatives of Congress party. Every elected Congressman acted and lived like a feudal lord surpassing the life style and behavior of Maharaja. They all in Goa kicked the discipline of socialism as preached by their earlier party stalwarts.

By virtue of being Congressmen every Congressman must imbibe at least some minimum qualities of Gandhiji by living a simple life thereby identifying him with the masses. But once they got power they forgot their humble past and started living as aristocrats by looting the public money and leading the pompous life. When Luzin Faleiro was the Chief Minsiter of Goa he lived the life of a Viceroy with heavy police escort as if somebody is coming to kidnap him. So much so, I was told even his cats and dogs were provided with police escorts in addition to his domestic servants. And after his exit from CM chair he became a commoner and yet nobody kidnapped him nor touched his shadow. So why the pomp when he was CM? Can’t it be eradicated thereby saving the government coffers? What was the need to live at Altinho in a posh government provided Bungalow when he was CM? Was it a status symbol? It is not only he but all the ministers do the same once they got the fortfolios. It is thru this life style they create a wedge between them and the common people forcing them to vote them out in the election as they did in the last elections.

What I noticed from below my eyes was that almost every congress representative who was kicked out by the voters was a deserving loser because of his pride, arrogance, feudality, dadagiri, loot and sinful life when he was Congress MLA or Minister. These defeated Congressmen in the last election should never be renominated, it is they who got the image of Congress soiled, they are not only a disgrace on society but also a curse on Congress. Will Luizin act appropriately in sidelining all these curses? If not, history will repeat itself and Congress will once again face the most humiliating defeat in the next general election. Will Luizin work to avert this defeat? I doubt very much knowing from past experience of Luizin’s politics of defection into Goa Congress for his selfish benefit.

The High Command and Low Command of Congress do not want Congress to win the next election and precisely because of this both the Commands sacked John Fernandes and backed Luizin Faleiro whose potential to bring back the glory to Congress is finished unless he himself changes to his humble living of his pre-MLA era and not of post MLA/Minister era like a prideful feudal lord.

A. Veronica Fernandes,
Candolim – Goa.
Tel: 7507394349.

It looks “Redde – Padde” joined together in the name of betterment of Congress in Goa thru the fresh leadership of Luizin Faleiro. Though it looks positive for Congress to gain thru this home coming of “Prodigal Sons” yet it looks next to impossible for Congress to gain with this superficial unity and as such I can rightly say just the opposite which means R.I.P. Congress Party’s victory in Goa under the leadership of Luizin Faleiro. He spoke yesterday a lot about many things including demand for Special Status and non-requirement of Mopa Airport.

When Congress in power at the Centre when his Madame Sonia was all powerful, where was Luizin sleeping to get this demand materialized? Why he did not raise this issue forcefully with Madame and Congress Party then? Similarly Mopa Airport. Why he did not insist with the Central leaders of Congress then to scrap this project? Why now he is spilling Crocodile tears? Mopa is the baby of Congress leader from Goa, Prataphsingh Rane in which case it is Congress alone responsible for the idea of Mopa. Congress is a crook party inhabited by crooks only and now that it is out of power and looking hungry to regain it, Congress under Luizin with Ranes and others are desperately seeking a way to dislodge BJP from the power. It is not possible because Congress’ chicanery and lies are the electoral gains of BJP.

Rane is the traitor who was yesterday barking in Panjim by showing his concern for Goans. But as a matter of fact it was he who was responsible during his long tenure as Chief Minister of Goa to work against the interest of Goa and Goans. I still have pains on my shoulders from the Lathis I got from Rane’s Hawaldar for opposing Rane’s decision to grant recognition for Konkani and Statehood, at Azad Maidan Panjim, during the last days of language agitation in which I participated by especially coming from Kuwait. Rane was an opponent of Konkani, Statehood and everything that was good for Goa and Goans and precisely because of this he was favouring outsiders.

In the photo above you can see the politicians wearing Congress Scarf but are they all true Congressmen? Can you trust Sardinha to be a true Congressman when he worked against the Congress candidate in the last Parliamentary election? Besides he was a known Congress deserter who earlier defected from Congress and with the help of Parricar formed his government thereby giving a base to BJP to grab power in Goa.

Was Rane a true Congresman? Never, even though he now sings Hosannas in praise of Congress because in the ouster of John Fernandes he got his “Eureka”. Rane was a MGP baby brought up in the cradle of MGP under the late D. B. Bandodcar and his affiliations are still with MGP, for this reason he is anti-Goan.

Can these Congressmen disclose the source of their wealth and how they amassed the same in such a vast quantity? Do all of them possess a good moral character for the voters to trust them? It is time now for the voters to make preparations to throw out all the corrupt Congressmen of the corrupt Congress party because this Congress party wants to promote corrupt people only. For this reason John Fernades was sacked and along with Luizin Faleiro all the corrupt persons were brought back, these corrupt persons were reprimanded earlier by the Congress party headed by John Fernades who is more upright than Luizin Faleiro who will surely send the party into the grave. R.I.P. Congress Party in Goa.

A. Veronica Fernandes,
Candolim,
Goa.

Yesterday on 15.10.14, at Kala Academy Hall, Panjim, at 7.00 PM, I watched the “AM ADMI” Tiatro written and directed by Tomazinho Cardoso of Kala Mogi, Candolim. It was well attended by the audience and also enacted well by all the artistes where especial mentioned must be made for the roles played by Irene Cardoso and Sheikh Amir.

Rendering a solo

Eugeno Cardoso singing his solo

Though the story was not extra ordinary yet it carried some message where poor are exploited by the politically ruling class of people, namely the Ministers by demanding Money and Sex for Jobs. Tomazinho Cardoso is the name and fame in this particular field and from his track record of past scripts many in the audience felt that Am Admi would also fall in that track, but no, Am Admi did not come to the expected level though it was good.

One of the scenes

Rendering Opening song by Eurgeno-Tomazinho - Anton Joao

In the side show songs, Eugeno Cardoso’s solo “Noxib” was very good composition, so also his duet with his wife Sandra whose mellifluent voice brought an extra flavour to this song.

Rendering one Canto

The musical score was very well provided and Mike system was flawless.

Another scene

Eugeno & Sandra seen singing a Duet

A. Veronica Fernandes,

Candolim,

Goa.

As announced, the villagers of Candolim under the dynamic leadership of Candolim youth organized a Rally followed by a Public Meeting held at the Candolim Tinto in the presence of a large number of villagers, all coming from all over the village and belonging to all segments of the society. The Rally started at 10.30 AM from Candolim Health Center and ended at the Tinto for the Meeting which was addressed among others by Mr. Edwin of NGO Human Rights Defenders, Mr. Prakash of NGO Pilerne Citizens Forum, Mr. Benedicto Pinto, Ruskin and Damaciano who in their speeches highlighted the arrogance and “dadagiri” of the Migrant Labourers in dealing with the locals.

Rally in progress

According to the official rates every migrant has to charge Rs 250/- per day for doing the labourer’s work but these migrants are charging even Rs 800/- per day and on top of it doing dadagiri with the locals. Some of them are demanding accompaniment of 2 labourers for one man’s job thereby incurring heavy financial burden on the locals.

People gathered for the Meet.

In their speeches, all the speakers especially Edwin and Prakash demanded from Goa government and especially from the Labour Minister for whom the organizers have already submitted their memorandum of demands, to streamline the daily wages of the migrant labourers with the instruction to follow these wages very rigidly. They have also requested the government to display the Wage Rates at the strategic locations not only in Candolim but also all over Goa. Mr. Prakash in his hard hitting speech demanded action from the government on this issue within the next 10 days failing which this campaign will be spread all over Goa.

Edwin seen addressing the Meet

On 19^thDecember 1961 Goa was not liberated but conquered as per the Supreme Court judgment. Going a step forward, I can rightly say now that Goa is now invaded by the Non-Goan Migrants and to tackle them is not easy even though to tackle the Portuguese was easy For this reason, every village must form a group to handle the menace of Migrants and all these village groups must federate into a Federation with common aim.

Prakash seen addressing the Meet

Though most of the locals attended the Rally and the Meet but none from the elected representatives; nether present nor ex. This shows how much they love such issues of public importance. Next elections are approaching fast and the locals must not forget the non-cooperation of all these representatives. They may be expecting especial invitations from the organizers. If yes, then why? Are they Heavenly creatures? Their regimes are only temporary and surely most of them will be thrown out in the next elections. They should know that they are public servants and not masters. They must stop acting like Maharajas.

While concluding, it is my sincere request to every village in Goa to form such organization as Candolim did to combat the dadagiri of migrants otherwise they will strip us to nude because the quality of migrants in Goa is very low. They are selfish and cruel.

A. Veronica Fernandes,
Candolim,
Goa.

Yesterday, 17.10.14, at Panjim Kala Acdemy Hall, at 7.30 PM, I had the opportunity to watch Prince Jacob’s latest Tiatro “SUKHANT TOXEM DUKHANT” which was attended almost by the capacity crowd.

Opening Song

It was an excellent Tiatro, well scripted and very well enacted by all the artistes but especial mention must go to the veteran and still attractive Annie Quadros whose role as a devoted and faithful wife was spotless. Opposite to her as her unfaithful husband Jose played an equally appropriate role and as their school going daughter, kudos to youngster Sonia for playing a magnificent role at this young age. Bright future is in store for her on Konkani Stage. New entrant in this troupe Valencia did right justice to her role with her attractive presentation and appropriate acting.

Seen Annie Quadros singing her solo

Comedy roles were beautifully handled by Humbert, Prince Jacob and Hazl who nicely and appropriately synchronized into the bracket of two well known comedian brothers. She showed all the smartness and caliber to rise to the occasion and in fact she did rise.

One of the scenes

The central idea of the story reverberate the words the newly married couple utter in the Church at the time of their marriage to remain firm to each other thru thick and thin – “SUKHANT TOXEM DUKHANT”. But do they remain firm? No and Yes and to see the correct answer one has to personally see this Tiatro which is going very well all over Goa.

Seen Humbert & Prince Jacob singing on Brazil janket

In the Side Show songs Annie Quadros renders a very good solo, so also her song she beautifully sings with Valencia. Ignatius de Xelvon’s both the solos are worth admiring, so too Cajetan de Curtorim’s solo on looter Policeman. Prince Jacob duo with Humbert on Ministers Brazil World Cup junket was very well accepted by the audience, so too their trio with Cajetan de Curtorim on Dawlikar and Bikini.

Seen above Annie Quadros & Valencia singing

Humbert-Cajetan-Jacob singing a trio Dawlikar - Bikini.

Though the Side Show songs were good but presence of one or two more well-known songsters would have given an added booster to this already well enacted Drama.

Last scene of the Tiatro

Well done Prince Jacob and his troupe.

A. Veronica Fernandes,
Candolim, Goa.
Tel: 7507394349.

Since the time of exit of Portuguese from Goa I have been promoting the cause of Konkani, first as a small school going boy and later on as a young man from Kuwait. When the issue of Statehood for Goa became known to prevent merger of Goa with Maharastra, fighting for the cause of Konkani became imperative. When I went to Kuwait in 1975, the first movement of mine was for the cause of Konkani and that was to establish a Konkani Daily owned by the people. The late Evagrio George was my link who was the man on the field in Goa. All the earlier Roman script Konkani Dailies lacked the required funds to sustain and failed. Uzvadd was surviving on fringe but it was owned by Chowgules who were pro-mergerists and pro-Marathi. While busy in campaigning for starting of one people’s Romi Konkani Daily, suddenly I got the news that Evagrio George met with an accident and died.

Immediately then Gurunath Kelekar a freedom fighter, a staunch lover of Konkani and the editor of Romi Konkani Weekly "Goencho Mog" from Margao initiated his movement in Goa under the banner of Novem Goem Pratishtan (A trust) to establish a people’s Daily in Konkani in two scripts – Romi and Nagri. For this project some of the Trustees along with the supporters of this cause travelled on foot all over Goa asking donation for this project.

According to all the learned NGP Trustees comprising Doctor, Lawyers, Journalist and activists, all selected by Kelekar, the budgeted amount required for this project was Rupees Five Lakhs. Once one lakh was collected they promised to start first the Romi Daily and when the collection reaches to 5 lakhs, the Nagri script Daily would start. This was the written assurance NGP given to the public and this view in mind they went all over Goa for money collection, this Yatra lasted for about a month.

Since Kelekar was aware of my move for the people’s daily thru the late Evagrio George before his death, Kelekar asked me to support NGP which I immediately did by forming a new association in Kuwait known as “Novem Goem Pratishthan Kuwait Somiti” to raise funds for NGP project. The Kuwait Somiti was formed with highly influential and intellectual Kuwait Goans of which type are not existing now in Kuwait. Mr. Alexander Menino Fernandes from Colva was also responsible in the formation of this Somiti which was headed by one senior and highly reputed Goan, A. B. Fernandes also from Colva. Me as an initiator was appointed as Jt. Secretary along with Alexandre M. Fernandes.

Then we as a team worked very hard to raise funds for this cause first by contributing money from our pockets and then from others thru donations and also by organizing Tiatros. Within a short time we managed to collect one lakh which we sent to NGP, Goa and later on more. The final amount we collected from Kuwait for NGP was a little less than 5 lakhs of rupees. This was our money from Kuwait alone but besides Kuwait, donations came also from other parts of the Gulf and elsewhere, however the Kuwait donation was much higher.

To raise the fund in this way from Kuwait we the then Kuwaitcars worked day and night doing extreme sacrifices even putting our jobs and other facilities into problems, inconvenienced our personal and family life because to struggle to raise such a huge fund in a country like Kuwait where the local laws are so rigid is very difficult, especially during that particular time. But we all did it for the cause of Konkani. Inspite of doing so much what was the result? Not only Romi Daily NOT survived but Nagri Daily never realized even though we from Kuwait itself sent the required money as budgeted by all the educated trustees of NGP.

It is very much hurting to write here that NGP trustees frittered away recklessly the people’s money by fighting among them like Cats and Dogs. They failed miserably to maintain the trust people invested in them by acting irresponsibly. If it was their personal money they would act very cautiously but since it was from the public they made wrong use of it. In the bargain we from Kuwait lost our credibility in front of the people while thru NGP movement some trustees gained foothold in public life. The two main trustees Dr. Rebello started accusing Kelekar and Kelekar to Dr. Rebello. In the bargain not only NGP came into extinction but with it the great ideal behind NGP also came into extinction thru the Criminal Injustice to Konkani Cause.

After NGP move, in coordination with the late Mathanay Saldanha, I, as proposed by Mathanay, was to go to the Goans in Kuwat again with an idea of purchasing Goan land for Goans only thru their contribution just as we did for NGP. The time was very ripe then to venture into this project but when NGP failed us on Konkani front I felt shy to approach our people in Kuwait again and thus our second project of purchasing Goan land remained unfulfilled otherwise a good portion of Goan land would remain in our hands instead of going it into the hands of Delhivalas and other non-Goans who are become big Bhattkars in Goa.

A. Veronica Fernandes,
Candolim, Goa.
Tel: 7507394349.

It was a wonderful football match yesterday between Goa and Kolkatta and the proceedings of same displayed there were vast improvement in Indian soccer, thanks to the induction of some non-Indian oldies who are past of their prime though still going strong. Their presence in this tournament in fact in reality changed the standard of Indian soccer and also the mindset of the spectators and viewers who are glued to their TV sets watching the games of their favourites. Besides the involvement and presence in the Stadia of the celebrities namely Bollywood Stars, Cricketers and the Business Magnates gave a strong booster for this tournament to further the promotion of Indian soccer. The first step taken this season by the organizers will surely pave the way for the better days ahead for Indian soccer which will definitely improve vastly.

For better results the teams in the next season must make extra efforts to rope in some of the top footballers from Europe and South America even by spending some extra money if there is benefit for the improvement of Indian soccer standard and I am sure there is going to be benefit. If necessary, FIFA’s assistance should be sought to help recruit top world class players on loan basis for a short period to make the sleeping giant awake in soccer.

Zico is not a God to change things for Goa team within a very short time even though he changed the standard of Goa team a lot as seen from the level of the game yesterday played by the Goans. They had more possession of the ball, they had better control of the ball, their passing was more accurate thru the available gaps, their feinting techniques were vastly superior, their ball control was better and their stamina was enormous. They had everything in their favour to win this encounter except luck just as Zico’s Brazil team of 1982 World Cup trained by that genius coach Tele Santana had everything in their favour except luck otherwise the Italian team trained by Enzo Bearzot and dominated by the newly resurrected Paolo Rossi would never win that crucial encounter against the mighty Brazil when the great white Pele played an heroic role. If it was not for the two missed chances in the second half, yesterday Goa would surely get the maximum points.

The Goan team was also unlucky for not getting a Red Card to Fikru when he clearly head butted Goan defender. If the American Referee was a bit strict he would have shown Red Card to Fikru and Kolkatta would be in a weaker position thereby Goa getting into better position to win this match. All the three goals scored by Santos of Goa and Cavin of Kolkatta were excellent deserving highest accolades. However, the second goal scored by the Goan boy from Cancona for Kolkotta against his motherland Goa was more beautiful. Cavin a rejected stone by his team for earlier matches finally turned out to be the cornerstone in yesterday match. No doubt spirited Goan team lost the match but standard of Indian soccer won a lot.

A. Veronica Fernandes,

Candolim, Goa.

Tel: 7507394349.

After successfully organizing the Rally and public meeting in Candolim on Saturday, 18^thof this month, against the dadagiri of the migrants, somebody asked me “what benefit you people got by shouting on the street in Candolim?” “Bobo marun kitem melta tumkam”? My reply to such negative thinking people who are the living worms among us was this: “Bobo marun kaim mellona pun ogui ravon tori kitem mellta”? At least by shouting there is a chance to gain something but by keeping silence you will never gain anything. We have people among us who will do nothing for the cause of society neither will they do anything good, on the contrary they will only discourage others from doing something good.

Candolim village is unique in Goa, in India and in the world in the sense that it produced unique sons of this planet, they are Pintos and Abade Faria (Jose Custodio de Faria) in the same Vaddo called Pintos Vaddo where the public meeting against Migrants’ dadagiri was held on 18.10.14. Abade Faria was born in Pintos Vaddo Candolim and he was the world renowned Hypnotist and the Pintos were the people from the same Vaddo that created Pintos revolution first of its kind in India against the foreign power rule over our land. Pintos and Abade Faria were renowned revolutionaries who daringly fought for the cause of freedom and justice.

In this same Pintos Vaddo, there was another daring man whose daring act in Kuwait somewhere in 1958 at KOC Center, Ahmadi, drew the attention of Portugal and its premier Salazar, so also of other European powers towards politically intellectual mind of Goans. The name of this man was Antonio Maria Fernandes (Lapit Anton) while working in Kuwait for Kuwait Oil Company, on the National Day of Portugal, he collected some Goans and BOLDLY hoisted the Portuguese Flag and rendered the National Anthem of Portugal in the KOC Compound in the presence of people from different parts of the world employed at KOC. The next day this news flashed everywhere and thus Anton got instant publicity especially in Portugal and in its colonies even drawing the attention of Salazar and British Throne.

The beauty, the peace and the greatness of Goa was destroyed by the non-Goans especially the lower level who descended on Goa immediately following the annexation of Goa by the Bharat Serkar. In fact most of the non-Goans who are coming to Goa since 19.12.61 are of third rate with very low human character. The first brutal twin murders committed on Goan mother and her child at Taleigao was by a non-Goan migrant labourer from Kerala, Kumar by name and he was the first to be hanged in Goa at Aguada, in 1979.

These migrants rejected in their States come to Goa as slaves in search of better avenues and income and soon become masters of the places where they reside. There is a saying in Konkani, “sankvar boson – boson khuim ghanvkar zalo”. This is what it is happening to these migrants. In Candolim at new Araddy there is one full tribe of them and during their Hindu Festivals they display their dadagiri by firing crackers at the residential places of the original locals thereby provoking the locals to confront them and thus create a Migrants – Locals clash. During the last Ganesh immersion procession, to show their dadagiri, the New Araddi migrants started firing not only Firecrackers but also the “Gonnal” and “Suring” at the doorsteps of the locals by ignoring the pleas of the locals not to do the same, to prevent fire catching the houses of the locals. This dadagiri of the migrants went to so far that one of the Ghanntti migrants was telling the other to throw the Firecrackers and “Suring” on the small Chapel situated close by there.

These migrants are preparing to wield a strong power in them in their respective localities like in New Araddi, Candolim where they are a strong group with strong money and muscle power. The financial power of the migrants living in New Araddi is very strong, there are migrants living there who are driving posh cars. They are made citizens of the locality with all the legal documents by the local politicians who are ruling the village. The migrants in Goa are a serious threat to the locals but our local politicians do not care for these threats. In every village where there are pockets of migrants there are bound to be notorious migrants taking shelter there. These migrants are even given voting rights in Goa without canceling their voting rights in the places from where they came. It is all because of the corrupt politicians. Some of the worst politicians of Goa are from Candolim who are living a sinful and luxurious life by extorting heavy bribes for any local government job.

If Candolim villagers want peace in their village then they must dislodge the corrupt local bribe prone politicians some of whom are become crorepotis by extorting bribes for the government services they render for the people. They are so shameless that they don't even feel shame to ask for bribe. Some of these disgraceful politicians coming from disgraceful family background till yesterday were living like beggars but today they own Bungalows and other rich amenities by robbing the innocent people. And on top of it they are performing religious rites in the Church like saints and such fake saints are good friends of the local priests. Because of such priests Believers and other sects are mushrooming in Goa.

Coming back to the migrants’ dadagiri, they are in the process of dictating terms to us even for their daily wages. Shortly they will boss over us with their physical might and act just as Nigerians did in Porvorim last year by calling their colleagues scattered all over to slaughter the locals. The same thing will happen in every Goan village where the migrants are settled in big number like in Candolim and Calangute. For this reason and to prevent the dadagiri of migrants the locals in every village must form a vigilante group linking these groups to every other such group so as to be a help to each other if there is any need at any time. As on now the villagers of Candolim has given a good lead and example for others to emulate but for their success the politicians in their localities must be kept out just as Candoicars did otherwise with their ulterior motives the politicians will destroy these groups.

The quality and the character of the migrants and other non-Goans are very ugly. They are ruthless and hard hearted. They are morally corrupt, they don’t possess basic discipline and they are uncultured and uncivilized though exceptions are there. They speak harsh language like “Sala Banchot” and “Chaku dalenga” and when time comes they put Chaku in your stomach and disappear from Goa in Konkan Railway which is a safe escape route for such people. It is from this non-Goans influx into Goa after 19.12.1961 that Goans have learnt all the bad habits and finally gained superb mastery.

Coming back to the Candolim Rally on 18^th of this month, during the meeting it was announced that “if the government does not take the necessary action within 10 days to control the wages of migrants, this movement will spread all over Goa”. Hence, it is time now for the organizers to honour their word and move ahead as promised. Otherwise, the local corrupt politicians as informed will destroy this movement for their selfish end. As it is, as per my information, some local politicians with their ill gotten wealth are on prowl to purchase some of the persons involved in organizing this movement. The outcome will be known soon.

A. Veronica Fernandes,
Candolim,
Goa,

SHAMELESS WILSON COELHO ASSAULTED.

THROW WILSON COELHO OUT OF BOARD.

HOTEL GOAN HERITAGE & CROOK IN THE BOARD.

HOTEL GOAN HERITAGE - AGM.

TOURISM SEASON-MESSY ROADS & ANTI-GOAN HOTELS.

"DADAGIRI" OF NON-GOAN HOTELIERS.

AGM OF GULF GOANS HOTELS CO.

CYRIACO DIAS FELICITATED BY GOA GOVERNMENT.

UNETHICAL AGM OF GULF GOANS HOTELS CO.

CANDOLIM PE. VIGAR IS A LIAR.

HOUSE OF ABE FARIA IN CANDOLIM.

TIATRO "OPEN JAIL" BY ANIL PEDNECAR.

GONE JOHN FERNANDES AND CAME LUIZINHO FALEIRO.

REDDE - PADDE EK ZALET?

TIATRO "AM ADMI" BY TOMAZINHO CARDOSO.

CANDOLIM RALLLY AGAINST MIGRANTS.

TIATRO "SUKHANT TOXEM DUKHANT" BY PRINCE JACOB.

CRIMINAL INJUSTICE TO KONKANI.

GOA LOST AND SOCCER WON.

MIGRANTS AND THEIR "DADAGIRI".