Persons in Public life are expected to be moral exemplars of morality and ethics as they have pledged to uphold and defend that realm. There is no dividing line between their personal and public life. Private lives of public figures are wide open to public scrutiny. What they do in their private life matters and does […]
Month: July 2021
GSIDC CANNOT BE A DEN FOR CORRUPTION
Our High Court is yet to move to the new building at Porvorim. It was very disturbing and awful to hear this evening that part of the false ceiling of the Court Library caved in yesterday. The Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation (GSIDC) should ensure that our new High Court building is free from any […]
MAY THE NEW AYUSH MINISTER NOT HINDER OUR PROPOSED RIBANDAR HEALTH CENTER
With Shripad Naik having been stripped of the Ayush portfolio, there is now a ray of hope for medical facilities to be restored at the Old Ribandar hospital. Let us hope that the new Ayush Minister Sarbananda Sonowal will respect the wonderful past of the Old Ribandar Hospital which was Asia’s first Medical school having […]
GOVERNOR PILLAI HAS A HUGE TASK AHEAD
The people of Goa look forward to a ray of hope with PS Sreedharan Pillai now as our new Governor. Our State having been without a full-fledged constitutional head for almost eleven long months, Governor Pillai has an arduous task at hand with the backlog of issues to grapple with. But with his track record, we […]
QUO VADIS JUSTICE?
On 17th July while we observed International Justice Day, it was time to reflect on the fact that in a small State like Goa there is a very huge pendency of cases. As on 31st May this year a whopping 60418 cases were pending across various Courts in our State. Of these 2164 cases have been […]
OLD GOA POLICE STATION IN A DESPICABLE CONDITION
The Old Goa Police station, despite its very wide jurisdiction, has not been provided with proper premises. The condition at the Police Station is very pathetic with the staff working in an inhumane environment which should have been a matter of concern for the authorities. A total of 11 villages come under the Old Goa […]
GOVERNOR PILLAI IS NOW GOA’S HOPE
With the swearing in of PS Sreedharan Pillai, Goa finally has a full-fledged Governor. The State had to wait for almost 11 long months but finally the day dawned. Our new Governor is intellectually very sound and we have high hopes that he would diligently serve the best interests of the State. Governor Pillai from […]
THE VIRUS OF VIP CULTURE MUST BE ELIMINATED
In a democracy there can be no room to foment VIP culture. With the red beacon now gone, it’s time to stop all that money from being squandered on providing police security for Ministers and their kin. Politicians who are apprehensive about their personal safety should either hire their own personal body guards or fade […]
RAJENDRA ARLEKAR IS NOW HIMACHAL PRADESH GOVERNOR: IT WAS COBBLING ASSETS IN GOA – A CLASSIC TALE OF RAGS TO RICHES
A person with Eminence in Public life and impeccable integrity should be entrusted with the very high Constitutional post of Governor of a State. The BJP which had lectured loud and sermonized on Zero Tolerance to Corruption has been acting to the contrary. The latest is the selection of the grossly tainted Rajendra Arlekar as […]
ALLEGED SCAM AT PWD
The Goa Government’s Public Works Department (PWD) runs various Water Treatment Plants in the State. Strangely for the treatment of raw water the chemical used is not uniform at all the plants. While at some plants they use Alumina Ferric (Alum) which costs around Rs 22000 a tonne, the PWD engineers at some plants are […]