Appeal From The Elected Representatives.
While going through today’s news paper an appeal caught my eye, a so called appeal from the elected representatives of the village panchayat of Navelim to the Chief Minister of Goa. I presume that this is the Bardez, Navelim and not the Salcette one. It’s an impressive appeal, five of them pleading with joined hands, while the hands of the other three are out of sight most probably holding on to the booty given by the mine owners for their treachery. They called themselves elected representatives of the Village Panchayat, in more ways than one similar to the elected representatives of the Goa Legislative Assembly and most probably backed by the higher ruling elite authority and in all matters no better than them. They both seem to suffer from amnesia of convenience, they both promise to be faithful to their voters but once elected they seem to conveniently forget their promises and become slaves of their masters for the colour of greenbacks.
Today most of our elected representatives are well and truly infected by an incurable syndrome, even worse than AIDS, once transmitted, so far there is no cure and the medium of transmission in this case is money. Once their money is passed from hand to hand, you have it and once you have it, you are stuck with it for life, in its wake no doubt you become rich but then, you slowly but surely strip yourself of all your self-respect, sense of decorum, ethics, conscience, integrity, dignity, uprightness and does not leave around even a modicum pity and sympathy for yourself.
In this appeal too, it is very evident that the so called elected representatives of the Village Panchayat have sold their souls to the devil and are trying to woo and influence the very residents who are bogged down and buried under the atrocities of mining and miners, they are selling the very people that elected them and it surely shows their apathy and their lack of responsibility towards their own. May I ask, why are they only interested in the welfare of all the mines employed people and least interested in the welfare of all the mines affected people ? Why are they only interested in the economic viability of mines and least interested in the devastation of our environment and our ecology caused by incessant mining ?
Why are they only aware that mining unemployment could cause starvation and least interested in the damage that mining has caused to our rich fertile fields and to the water bodies that could lead to even a worst situation than starvation ? Why do they want zero buffer zones around wild life sanctuaries when protecting these sanctuaries should have been the need of the hour ? I am sure that more than fifty percent, if not all of these elected members, have no idea or even a clue of what the order of 27th September by the Mines Department is all about and that says it all.
The answer is very clear, they are certainly not interested in either the socioeconomic viability or welfare of the mines employed people nor the safety of the mines affected people, but are only interested in the economic viability of their own pathetic selves. This is just a ploy to appease their mining and senior political masters at their behest. Nothing more, nothing less ! Goans please beware of such pawns that our miners and politicians use against their own and then go on to call themselves elected representatives. Shame on you elected representatives of the village panchayat of Navelim, Bardez.
Freddy Agnelo Fernandes.
November 14, 2011
Assumcao D'Sa (Assumption) - Remembrance Mass
Assumcao D'Sa (Assumption) - Remembrance Mass
REMEMBRANCE MASS
A Remembrance Holy Mass will be offered for the repose of the soul of Assumcao D'Sa (Assumption), ex-employee of Yacoub Yousuf Behbehani–Kuwait and team manager of Goa Maroons (G.O.A–Kuwait) by the family members at the Holy Family Cathedral, Kuwait City, on 15th November 2011 (Tuesday) at 6:30 p.m.
Friends, kindly accept this as the only intimation.
The family members thanks all in advance all for your prayers.
Info source: G.O.A.
For all the Faithful in Kuwait, you may now email:
Holy Family Cathedral, Kuwait City - avona.hfc@gmail.com
Our Lady of Arabia Church, Ahmadi - avona.ola@gmail.comSt. Thérèse Church, Salmiya - avona.stc@gmail.com
St. Daniel Comboni Church, Jleeb Al Shuyoukh - avona.sdc@gmail.com
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