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Tuesday - Jan 2, 2024
As another year comes to an end it is a time for reflection. 2023 was a year for taking tough decisions including a personal one on the domestic front, which I did very thoughtfully and with an open mind. One must never procrastinate but must confront every challenging situation in life
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Saturday - Dec 23, 2023
For the sake of the health and well-being of the people the authorities must ensure that our parks and public gardens are in good shape. Everything possible must be done for the regular and proper upkeep of existing parks with appropriate flora, fauna, and facilities to benefit all like with park benches and conveniences before venturing into new ones
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Thursday - Dec 14, 2023
Every so often, this age-old issue about Dual Citizenship despite various utterances by different politicians over the years comes to the fore. It is an issue that has been of concern to many people. It would be in everyone’s best interests to put to bed this issue once and for all. The Government and the Courts need to find
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Tuesday - Dec 12, 2023
Let Interpol verify every Portuguese passport holder for the authenticity of their documentation at every country and airport in the world and imprison everyone with fake documentation and for impersonation. The nexus of the Portuguese passport issuing authorities in Lisbon, the Apostille in India and the connivance of the Registrars of various talukas in Goa as well
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Saturday - Dec 9, 2023
The multiple episodes of forced exodus of GEM diasporas has caused a re-migration of émigrés, which is a heartbreaking topic that many would rather overlook. Yet it is a recurrent experience, and we are likely to see them again. An early event was the Indo-Portuguese Christians in the Bassein-Vasai region who were affected
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Saturday - Dec 9, 2023
It is horrifying and ever so distressing that precious human lives in Goa which is India’s smallest State, continue to be snuffed away on a daily basis due to road accidents on the streets across the State. The government has done its bit by amending the law to make penalties for reckless driving and other violations of our Motor Vehicles Act substantially
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Wednesday - Nov 15, 2023
The Neurosurgery department at the Goa Medical College completes forty glorious years. Dr V.N Jindal must be credited with giving birth to the Neurosurgery department and remarkably over the years taking it to immense heights from scratch. What started with four beds and no equipment, the Goa Medical College is today one amongst only twelve hospitals in the country
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Tuesday - Jan 10, 2023
Someone rightly said to me before, how come the news makers collide with you first? I say I don't know, good things, good people are always first in my list. Today evening as I was riding my bullet motorcycle on the highways of North Goa, suddenly the hunger pangs overpowered me before I knew what was happening my growling stomach diverted my path from the
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Monday - Jan 9, 2023
Appeals under various Acts including Municipalities, Panchayat, Excise and others are heard by officers seating at the Secretariat in Porvorim. But with the entire bureaucracy led by the Chief Secretary having surrendered to the political class, it would be in the interest of justice that these appeals
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Monday - Jan 9, 2023
Goa’s public posture of not sharing water from the River Madei with Maharashtra and Karnataka has always been based on a doom’s day scenario. That is, the river will dry up if the two neighbouring states are allowed to divert its water. Goa’s environment will be adversely affected. River navigation will be disrupted. Ingress of salty sea water into the river will
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