PDA OFFICE IN CALANGUTE.

The recent news of the formation of Calangute PDA Office under The North Goa Planning and Development Authority is creating debates among the villagers of Candolim and Calangute. Some interested persons are shouting at the top of their voices against its formation by saying that all the illegal houses built mainly on the coastal belt will be demolished once PDA Office is formed.  But first of all who authorized the concerned authorities to allow illegal constructions?  Were the local authorities sleeping when the illegal houses constructed?  Was it done by accepting bribes or no with the silent nod of the local authorities?  Very many of the ignorant locals succumbed to the monetary greed of the local authorities with a false promise saying “you pay us so much and construct your house”. In this way they have converted innumerable settlements of non-Goans mainly of the migrant labourers and made them the citizens of Goa to gain their votes.

 

 

It is these illegal dwelling owners who mortgaged themselves to the threats of the corrupt local authorities who say during the election time,  “if you do not vote for our candidates then we will demolish your illegally built houses”.  In this way some of the corrupt candidates are continuously getting elected by blackmailing the innocent guilty voters and thus accumulating ill gotten wealth about which the concerned authorities must conduct thorough investigation.

 

 

From the noise that is going on now in our locality it looks formation of PDA Office in Calangute is going to be a big threat.  Will Heaven fall if PDA Office is formed for our locality?  Who will lose more?  It is the local corrupt authorities and their corrupt elected members who are extorting heavy bribes for issuing licenses for any construction in the locality. It is these people who will lose their illegal bribe taking business.

 

 

By accumulating enormous wealth thru extortion of bribe some of the local politicians are acting like village “Dadas” and feudal lords though till recently they were acting like beggars.  However, when political and financial power came into their hands, as sons and daughters of hoi-polloi parents, they started acting like local Maharajas.

 

 

Those who are opposing the establishment of PDA Office in Calangute must first declare openly the genuine ill effect of it. 

 

I have today spoken to the local MLA Michael Lobo on this subject and he assured me that no houses built illegally will be demolished and he will try his best to regularize the same.

 

About bribe taking as it is done currently by the local authorities, he said he will see that this does not happen once everything is come under the PDA.    

 

A. Veronica Fernandes,

Candolim, Goa.

Tel: 7507394349.

 

NEW CD - INDIAN PASSPORT - BY XAVIER GOMES.

 

Xavier Gomes one of the well-known songsters of Konkani Stage is currently a name and fame and also a much sought after by the Tiatro audience.   He came into popularity somewhere in 1974 in Kuwait immediately after landing in there.  It was in the Church Hall in Kuwait City in 1975 that I saw him singing solos and also Duos with another the then famous songster Marcus Fernandes popularly known as Dost Kumar.  Both these singers were very popular and much sought after by the audience. Both these Tiatrists were also good musicians, Dost Kumar being an amateur Violonist while Xavier Gomes was a professional Drummer.

 

Xavier Gomes was a very good singer and there was none in Kuwait till his retirement from Kuwait a few years back to emulate him. He knows to sing in different voices but very beautifully and melodiously with very good clarity.  He knows to beautify his voice while singing. Most of his songs are very interesting and meaningful.  For this reason in Goa now he creates ripples on Konkani Stage.

When there was a move in Kuwait for the cause of Novem Goem Konkani Daily, he supported this move by participating in the fund raising Tiatro.  And when Kuwait Goan Evacuees under Goa-Kuwait Solidarity Center organized a movement in Goa to raise our voice against invasion of Kuwait, he also supported this move, he was one of the few top Kuwait based Tiatrists to participate in this movement.

Recently he released his new Konkani Audio CD comprising 14 songs rendered by different singers, namely himself, Lawry Travasso, Marcus Vaz, Aniceto, Francis de Tuem, Rosy Alvares,  Rioma and others.  The title song rendered by Xavier Gomes is the best and worth admiring.  His other 3 solos are also good. The other remaining songs are also worth admiring but more credit deserving songs are the duet rendered by Socorro and Rosy, solo by Aniceto and a Trio by Tony-Rosy-Maythan. Musical score for this Album was provided by Norman Cardozo.

Among the Konkani Albums currently released and available for sale in the market, this Album “INDIAN PASSPORT” is one of the best.

I wish this 6^th Konkani Album of Xavier Gomes all the best.

A.  Veronica Fernandes,

Candolim, Goa.

Tel:7507394349.

 

PORTUGUEZ SALAZAR'S RAJ AGAIN IN GOA?

Banner of Human Rights Defenders

 

Portuguez Raj of Salazar’s dadagiri was officially  over in Goa in December 1961 but its traces are still found in Curchorem at the Police Station there.  The notorious Monster Portuguez Police Officer Agente Monteiro was no doubt deported from Goa much before December 1961 yet it looks his products like his illegitimate children and grand children are still existing in Goa. The way Curchorem Traffic Police Inspector Edwin Colaco and his 2 constables acted with young boy Fahim Sayyad on 1^st of this month near Curchorem Market first and later on at the Police Station,  it looked they are the replicas and reincarnation of Agente Monteiro who used to assault innocent Goans even on the roads followed by the worst beatings at Police stations on false allegations.   In this way he even killed innocent Goans with false allegations. 

One of the Posters saying:Suspend the erring Policeman

 

According to my information, Fahim Sayyad was stopped by the said Police Inspector and his 2 constables who were in their Jeep, in order to check Sayyad’s Bike documents.  When they found all documents are ok, they then demanded Rs. 100/- as bribe to allow him to go.  When Sayyad refused, the notorious PI started to assault Sayyad till he was put into their Police Jeep.  Then they drove him to the Police Station where they again assaulted him even by kicking him and banging his head to the wall till his body got bruises  and shirt  torn.  Then in the evening Sayyad’s sister came and pleaded with the Police to release her brother from whom even his Mobile was confiscated by the Goan Agente Monteiro.  Then Sayyad was sent for medical check-up on the insistence of his sister,  where the doctor certified that Sayyad was heavily assaulted  leading to the injuries to his eyes, ears and other body parts including his shoulders.

 

Advino addressing the Media personnel

 

Moreover, the same Policemen have even  confiscated Sayyad’s  Bike which they are using for their Police work.

Meantime, Fahim Sayyad  submitted on this brutality  the Memos to the Director General of Police, DIG Panaji and Suptd. of Police, South Goa, describing the whole incident and requesting them to arrest and suspend the culprit Policemen for misusing their power like Agente Monteiro during Portuguese regime in Goa. 

Victim of uncivilized & unchristian, Christian Policeman's barbarity

 

When Portuguese government of Goa came to know how Agente Monteiro was misusing his power to harass the innocent Goans, he was arrested and immediately deported to Portugal. Though the Portuguese Government of Goa was following the dictatorial laws yet it still gave justice to the common men of Goa by punishing its own personnel Agente Monteiro. Can we expect such a swift justice to the innocent Fahim Sayyad?  If not, then is it better to remain under Portuguese dictatorship and get life security which is of paramount importance?  In this so called liberated Goa there is no respect for rules and laws and Policemen are the worst culprits. For this reason I say to Hell With the Liberation of Goa. 

Seen the torn shirt of the victim due to beating 

 

Before leaving Goa, Agente Monteiro remarked saying “Even after my deportation, my presence in Goa will always remain alive thru my seeds sown in Goa illegitimately and they will act exactly like me to prove that they are my products”.  How prophetic words are these!!  From here, can one deduce the conclusion that all the Policemen taking law into their own hands are the products of Agente Monteiro’s seeds? Action proves. 

 

 Seen Policemen & attendees for Dharna

 

In connection with this incident, on 27^th of this month, from 3.00 PM to 4.30 PM, opposite Captain of Ports Jetty, Panaji, to condemn this incident of assaulting Fahim Sayyad by  PI (Traffic Dept.) Edwin Colaco and his 2 Constables, an awareness progamme (Dharna) was held and the same was attended by a huge crowd as seen in the photographs.  A posse of Panjim Policemen was also attended to control any untoward incident. This Dharna was conducted peacefully by NGO “HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS” under the leadership of its president Advino Fernandes.  Speaking there to the gathering and media personnel, Fernandes gave an ultimatum to the concerned authorities to arrest and suspend PI Edwin Colaco and his 2 Constables immediately or else they may even take the law into their hands the way the culprit Policemen taken.  

                                  Advino seen addressing the gathering. To his left is victim boy.

PI Edwin Colaco is a practicing Christian regularly going for the Church Service. What type of Christian is he?  To act like a Goonda? A Lucifer in the garb of a Police Officer?  It is a shame on him to be a Christian when he acts like a Devil. We don’t want such Christians in our midst.

A.     Veronica Fernandes,
Candolim, Goa.