Panaji: Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane on May 11 said 26 Covid-19 patients died at the state-run Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) in the early hours and sought an investigation by the High Court to find out the exact cause. He said these fatalities occurred between 2 a.m. andContinue Reading
Chennai: Indian activists and politicians in Goa are opposing a plan by the federal government to turn the southwestern state known globally for its pristine coastline and dense forests into a coal transportation hub. Locals and activists protested against three infrastructure projects – the expansion of a highway, railway andContinue Reading
Vasco, Sept 13, 2020: A parish in Goa has urged the state government to return a lake it had given to a municipal corporation for beautification. “The Vaddem Lake belongs to the Church,” says Father Gabriel Coutinho, parish priest of St Andrew’s Church of Vasco. In a letter sent onContinue Reading
Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, April 27, 2020: Even as tourism, mining, and real estate take center-stage in the coronavirus-triggered lockdown in Goa, a scholarly new book sheds light on the rapid spread of Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity. Dubbed the world’s fastest-growing movement, the New Religious Movements (NRMs) co-exist in a state whereContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, Nov 19, 2019: What a word! My word, it isn’t. Ask our very own wordsmith – Shashi Tharoor. So why did I choose such an obnoxious sounding word? It is actually a combination of three words – Grape, Gripe and Rape; with which I have taken poeticContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Nov. 1, 2019: Father Romuald D’Souza, a renowned Jesuit educationist and thinker, died on November 1 in Goa, western India. He was 94. Father D’Souza “will always be remembered for his contribution to the field of education. He will always be an inspiration to allContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, August 17, 2019: When Robin D’Souza and friends thought of beginning a cable TV channel in Goa to promote Gospel values, it seemed an impossible dream at first. “The impossible dream has become a reality now,” D’Souza, who oversees the day to day function of theContinue Reading
By Fr. Nelson Lobo OFM Cap Panaji, August 8, 2019: Goa is gone to dogs is the common refrain we hear from not only Goans but also from foreigners. Frustrations and disappointments are seen on their faces. A kind of angst situation exists all over. In moments of disillusionment oneContinue Reading
Panaji, July 29: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on July 29 assured the state legislative assembly that he will look into complaints of police harassment by church-goers in Colva, a village in the coastal state’s southern region. Raising the issue, NCP MLA Churchill Alemao said traffic police personnel were penalizingContinue Reading
By Danuska Da Gama Panaji, April 7, 2019: The tenth successor of Don Bosco, Rector Major Ángel Fernández Artime was in Goa. The head of more than 15,000 Salesians the world over spent time with youngsters while visiting the Panaji Province. It wasn’t the first time Father Artime visited India.Continue Reading
