It would be very appropriate that a statue of Goa’s first Leader of the Opposition Dr Jack Sequeira finds a place alongside the first Chief Minister Dayanand Bandodkar at the Secretariat Complex in Porvorim. Successive governments despite their assurances have done nothing in memory of Dr Jack Sequeira. But for Dr Jack Sequeira’s then tireless efforts during that historic Opinion Poll which was […]
Month: January 2018
ENOUGH OF TALK, WE NOW NEED SOME ACTION TO SAVE GOA
In her Republic day address Governor Mridula Sinha has finally publicly admitted what we have all known for years that Goa is plagued with the social evils of the drug trade and sex Tourism. The government should realize that the Casinos are a malady to the State and must depart for Goa to remain […]
IS IT END OF THE ROAD FOR MAUVIN GODINHO?
After over a decade the Supreme Court has finally cleared the decks for Mauvin Godinho to face trial in the infamous 1998 Power Scam case. The case against then Power Minister Mauvin Godinho who is now Panchayat Minister was pending before the Supreme Court since 2007. It was on Manohar Parrikar’s complaint that the power scam case was registered against […]
OUR POWER KNOWLEDGED MLAs
Extremely appalling is the very sad admission on 16th January at Lohia Maidan by the Goa Housing & RDA Minister Jayesh Salagonkar that he was totally unaware about the historic 1967 Goa Opinion Poll and had just surfed the net to learn about it. A very sad state of affairs that we choose to elect […]
GOEM AND GOENKARPONN WILL NOT SURVIVE WITHOUT GOENKAR
When the earlier BJP government assumed office on 9th March 2012, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar had rightly pointed out that Goa’s exploding population needs to be frozen. “Unrestricted migration and whole-scale transfer of land is beginning to submerge the unique Goan identity” is what Manohar Parrikar had exactly said. He had further stated that “The apprehension […]
WE SHOULD BEAWARE OF VIJAI SARDESAI’S POLITRICKS
50 years ago on January 16th 1967 many Goans led by Dr Jack Sequeira and other leaders toiled relentlessly to save Goa’s Asmitai. But on 11th March last year in that very shameful late night political Zagor that Goa witnessed at a five star Hotel in Panaji, the quartet led by Vijai Sardesai sold Goa’s […]
JUDICIARY NEEDS TO ACT AS TRUE WATCH DOGS OF DEMOCRACY AND GOOD GOVERNANCE
The mutiny between the four brave senior most Judges of the Supreme Court and the Chief Justice of India was long overdue. This must act as a warning and an alarm to every Indian that our very democracy is in peril. Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer had said “Even so, the creed of judicial independence is our constitutional […]
OPINION POLL – A LOLLIPOP OSMITAI CELEBRATION
The very belated move by the Goa Government to celebrate the January 16th Opinion Poll day is yet another political stunt that will fool no self-respecting Goan. This theatrical move has been orchestrated by the Goa Forward Party to try in vain to deflect people’s attention from the credibility crisis the party is facing across Goa. […]
DOES MANOHAR PARRIKAR NEED TO BE REMINDED OF HIS PROMISES TO RIBANDAR
In August last year amongst a mountain of other assurances, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar whilst luring us for votes had promised the residents of Ribandar that he would ensure that within three months Medical services and facilities are made available at the old Goa Medical College Hospital in Ribandar. It will soon be six […]
GOA FORWARD A VERY SERIOUS THREAT TO GOEM, GOENKAR AND GOENKARPONN
For any prudent person, joining the now disgraced and dubious Vijai Sardesai led Goa Forward Party it would be a political suicide. Waiting to mount on the third Mandovi Bridge would be a far better option. Only scoundrels and rogues who have skeletons to hide and need protection will join the birds of the same […]