Panaji Traffic cops trying to take cover about the traffic chaos in the city due to their mismanagement claiming that it has only 59 staff is indefensible. Panaji is a very small city and can be well managed if the cops dutifully perform their duty with honesty and commitment within a well thought out traffic […]
Month: November 2022
HAS THE MANOHAR PARRIKAR – PRAMOD SAWANT BONDING FALLEN APART?
One fails to understand that despite there being experienced leaders within the party that the then Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar in March 2019 anointed Pramod Sawant to be his heir. Despite being in the Chair for over three years Pramod Sawant has failed on all fronts and has not been able to effectively administer India’s […]
RAJ BHAVANS CANNOT BE REDUCED TO BEING POLITICAL DENS
It is high time that the nation reflects on and debates the manner in which Governors are appointed and whether we need ornamental puppet Governors who needlessly burden the taxpayer. Constitutionally the Governor possesses executive, legislative, financial and judicial powers. The role of the Governor is very important and essential for the healthy functioning of […]
IFFI HAS BEEN OF NO BENEFIT TO GOA
Yet another edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will commence on 20th November. An already bankrupt Goa Government will be squandering crores on this needless extravaganza. From 2004 this annual over week long nightmare has in no way benefited the State but only been a big window of opportunity for the politicians […]
PROBE INTO LAND GRABBING AN ABSOLUTE EYEWASH
Very suspect are the bonafides of the Goa Government in appointing a one-man Commission headed by a retired High Court Judge to examine the issue of land grabbing in Goa. The Judge has come from Aurangabad and it will take him time to study the ins and outs of Goa and the restrictions placed on […]
NAME OUR AIRPORTS AFTER GOA’S IMMORTAL HEROES
It would be very appropriate for the new Airport at Mopa to be named after Goa’s first Chief Minister Dayanand Bandodkar and the Dabolim Airport after Goa’s first Leader of the Opposition, Dr Jack Sequeira. Though Dayanand Bandodkar may have initially been for merging Goa with Maharashtra, he respected the people’s verdict and later with […]
PRAMOD SAWANT NEEDS TO WALK HIS EMPTY TALK ON CORRUPTION
In the Vigilance Week that is currently being observed, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has publicly claimed that his government professes to Zero Tolerance to Corruption and that every corrupt official would not be spared. So what action does he propose against every Police Sub-Division and Police Stations including Outposts that are allegedly collecting a huge […]
SHARING OUR VIEWS IS EMPOWERING
In life we have mentors and detractors. Both play a role. But our critics are more valuable as they point out our follies thus helping us correct ourselves when we go wrong. We are within our rights to have a particular view and opinion on any issue, but we must diligently respect that others can […]
VIGILANCE DEPT HAS GONE FOR A TOSS
This week we are farcically observing the Vigilance Awareness Week. The ground reality is that the Goa Vigilance department and its Anti-Corruption Branch is virtually defunct. A now mere paper tiger totally controlled by the Ministers with the officials having no independence whatsoever to discharge their mandated role and duties. The Vigilance department is remote […]
SMRITI IRANI MUST APOLOGISE OR BE PUNISHED FOR PERJURY
Union Women & Child Development Minister Smriti Irani must tender a public apology to the nation for lying that her family had nothing to do with that controversial Silly Souls Café & Bar at Assagao village in Goa. There is enough undisputed documentary evidence that Silly Souls was infact being run by Eightall Food and […]