MUSICIAN AGGY DIAS - ONE MAN BAND.

 

 

Seen in the picture above is a well-known Goan musician Aggy Dias from Panjim Goa playing Sexaphone.  This was during the Picnic Party organized yesterday at Hotel Goan Heritage, Calangute, by the management of Gulf Goans Hotels Co. for its Shareholders.  It was a full day party where the attendees were entertained with different games including Housie and served with Buffet. 

 

Aggy Dias known as a "One Man Band" is not new to Hotel Goan Heritage, he was very much associated in rendering his musical service to this hotel in early nineties before migrating to Kuwait where he earned a good name for him as a very good musician. Yesterday to the delight of the attendees he played all the beautiful numbers - English, Portuguese and Konkani. Everyone enjoyed his music. 

 

Director Chef Jerry Cal was singled out by the management for special award for taking care meticulously in the preparation of the Buffet.  Chef Jerry Cal when requested by the attendees after receiving his award, rendered a beautiful song "Calangute" the title song of his maiden Album CALANGUTE where he describes the greatness of Calangute of yesteryears by  naming the real great Calangutcars who brought name and fame for Calangute village. 

A. Veronica Fernandes,
Candolim, Goa.
Tel. No: 7507394349.

MOYES SACKING - BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.

Though shocking the sacking yet it was expected not now but 6 months back the sacking of David Moyes the team manager of Manchester United when he failed to deliver the goods.  To step into the shoes of gigantic and brainy Alex Ferguson and attain success and that too in such a short time is not a joke.  For a manager to attain success lot of factors are required and not the game only that is played on the field. It is always the manager that is made scapegoat for the defeat of the team when he is not physically playing the game on the field.  He is only guiding the players how to play but the final action is in the hands of the players who are, if not more, then at least equally guilty of receiving defeats on the field. In view of this, along with the manager if not all then at least some players who play crucial role in the team should be sacked. If 11 playing members of the team cannot win the game then how one non playing member that is the manager can do the needful from outside the field?

A few years back, one prominent soccer club in Denmak replaced half a dozen managers within a dozen months when their team suffered spate of defeats, one after the other. In the Gulf they don’t keep the managers longer period if they fail to acquire the victories, they sack them by paying them their full financial settlement in accordance with the contractual obligation.

The team manager’s job is the most demanding job because every team wants victory and no team accepts defeat. Tele Santana the great manager of the great Brazil dream team of 1982 World Cup repented later on to accept this position because in Brazil’s defeat in this tournament made him realize how risky it is to be the team manager when your team suffers the loss. His woes became worse because in Brazil people are very emotional when soccer is concerned and for them a defeat for their team means an end to their dream. For this reason he later on remarked saying “nobody should accept the team manager's post in Brazil”. In Brazil, the team manager’s job of the national team is second to the post of the president of Brazil in terms of popularity and importance.

Tele Santana was such a genius manager that only the second time in the history of the soccer world that such a team was prepared and appeared on the soccer field. Some of the players of this team were not only soccer wizards but soccer magicians, namely Falcao, Zico, Eder, Dr. Socrates and Serginho. This team had everything in it required to win the World Cup except “LUCK” which is very imperative to win the Cup. Poor thing Tele Santana was unlucky not to have this factor called Luck.

Manchester United is one of the richest clubs in the world and it has a long history of playing excellent soccer by their excellent footballers of very high caliber recruited from all around the globe. It has its innumerable fans all around the world who cannot accept the defeat. The top management of this club spends millions with the expectation of victories not only at local level but also at national and international level. David Moyes as Manager has failed to gain the club the expected victories and hence the sacking which he accepted gracefully.

I wish David Moyes all the best in his next assignment but caution him to screen carefully the caliber of the players of the next team because it is the quality of the players that makes the success of the manager.  Mario Zagallo was given the charge of the great Brazilian squad of 1970 World Cup when Brazil won  the coveted Jules Rimet World Cup for the third time, just 6 months before the start of the tournament in Mexico and he became successful only because he had in his squad not only good players but super footballers such as rocky defender and skipper Carlos Alberto, attacking midfielder Rivelino, midfield maestro Clodoaldo who did super orchestrating with the ball and  all the attacking genius forwards, namely the great Pele, Jairzinho, Tostao and Gerson. Such forwards and such a team never appeared on the soccer field till now.  And probably even in future will not.  Such teams come to this planet only once in centuries. 

 A.      Veronica Fernandes,

Candolim, Goa.

Tel: 7507394349.

GULF GOANS HOTELS CO'S ILLNESS.

By: Special Correspondent.

 

Formation of Gulf Goans Hotels Company by Kuwait Goans was the unique experiment conducted by the Goans  working in Kuwait and so far this is the only such experiment conducted by the expatriate Goans, thanks to the excellent initiative of dynamic Kuwait Goan Mr. Vincente D’Souza.  Hotel Goan Heritage erected at Ghauravaddo Calangute is the first and the only baby so far conceived in the womb of GGHC. It is now about a quarter of a century that this Hotel is functioning at a very lucrative place but according to many who are directly and indirectly involved in its operation are disappointed that its management and administration is run by persons not fit to be there. Those who are running the day to day administration of this Hotel are irresponsible and unfit for the job. If this trend is not arrested now then there is every possibility for this great experiment to go to the dogs and God forbid  if it happens it will be a very sad moment for the patriotic Kuwait Goans.  The exorbitant unnecessary expenses done could have been avoided but the Board as a whole is not competent  because it comprised some inefficient elements whose job is not in the Board but elsewhere.

There is only one director among the twelve who is a very qualified and experienced person in running the Hotel business while the rest are having zero knowledge of Hotel business.  Majority of the directors are not fit to be in the board and  yet unfortunately they are sticking to their post shamelessly because they want  to avail of the free meals, free expensive drinks  and financial doles that they get for doing nothing worthwhile, besides they want to make show of their directorship. Most shameless directors are those who are based abroad and being outside India they are impotent to contribute anything. Two of the directors are known to have questionable character, one of them is Alex Wison Coelho  who was involved in financial irregularities of the community funds  besides  being  morally corrupt.  The other is Tony Cordeiro from Saligao who as per the information,  was disgracefully sacked for doing financial irregularities by his company in Kuwait.  Secondly up to now he has not disclosed the whereabout of the funds of Kuwait Goans Association of which he was one of the leading members.

When this is the case how one can rely on these  men to protect the interest of the Hotel? And as per the latest information Mr. Cordeiro  is aspiring to be the next Chairman of the Board when the current useless Chairman  retires permanently.  Entrusting the Chairman’s   Job to Cordeiro means a great risk.  During the invasion period of Kuwait he was at the helm of affairs for a few months in the absence of right man and during this period as per the available information he made a mess of everything in the Hotel,  good that Flav Pimenta the then Chairman was overseeing everything.   He was during this period feeding expensive food and drinks not only to his family and relatives but also to his Dogs and Cats, of course all F.O.C.  He got no knowledge of anything but he pretends to be a genius in running the Hotel business.  He is not even fit to be a Waiter and he is not adequately qualified academically having passed only SSC but speaks English as if he is come from Harward.  Share Holders must think very hard on this subject and take a very hard decision on this man if they want to save their Hotel.  He is the most selfish man and in this direction he will do anything.

The job of the Chairman is very important and currently to my assessment there is nobody in the Board who is competent enough to take up this job.  Shareholders have lost their hope in the Board to do right things to get better dividends for them.  Chairman’s job is not the job of a Ladru – Pedru type of a person.  It requires high competence and knowledge.  In view of this, Shareholders must be very assertive of their rights to express their views and not to leave this matter entirely into the hands of the Board.  GGHC is not the personal property of the Board to act irresponsibly.  This company belongs to the Shareholders whose voice must be sought.

On 26^th of this Month, Hotel is hosting a Picnic party to the Shareholders.  During this time the share holders must discuss this subject among themselves and try to find out the way to knock out the unreliable man not only from the next post but also from the board itself otherwise there is every possibility for this corrupt man to knock down the entire Hotel from its location.  He is a shameless thick skinned man, not even feeling shy to show his face openly in public for the scandalous life he faced in Kuwait. For him and for such others Hotel interest goes to hell as long as they get their quota.

To repeat it again, Hotel is not the personal property of the Board but the way some are exploiting the Hotel  it looks there is no one to question them.  A few of them feel they own not only the Hotel but also the Shareholders. Unless the entire Board is revamped by throwing out by the Shareholders the useless Directors the situation will not change.  Most of the Directors are not fit to be there, they are a shame on the Board.