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- Former Goa Minister Pacheco acquired US visas on forged documents
- Goa government may provide tax rebate to filmmakers
- Goa education minister loses ‘face’ on Facebook
- Goa Pradesh Congress Seva Dal
| Former Goa Minister Pacheco acquired US visas on forged documents Posted: 09 Sep 2010 04:02 AM PDT Former Goa Tourism Minister Micky Pacheco is in deep trouble with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) booking him for allegedly acquiring US visas on forged documents. The CBI alleged that Pacheco entered into a criminal conspiracy with two persons– Pedro Antonio Joanes and Daniel Raymong Fernandes-along with other unknown people during 2007-2008. They obtained crew member visas from the US consulate in Mumbai in the names of Joanes and Fernandes, besides other unknown persons on the basis of forged documents and facilitated their travel to the US. The investigation agency has so far come across two such cases, but they suspect that more people were sent using the same modus operandi. The agency also fears that documentary evidence against Pacheco and his men could have been destroyed after media reports of his involvement in trafficking and money laundering. Earlier on July 23, the Goa police arrested Pacheco for his role in a forgery case filed against him by his estranged wife Sara. Sara, had filed four different cases of forgery against Pacheco in January 2009 in which she had accused him of selling her properties by forging her signature. Courtesy: sify |
| Goa government may provide tax rebate to filmmakers Posted: 09 Sep 2010 03:58 AM PDT Shooting at Goa, one of the preferred destinations to can movies, would now be more profitable as the state government is studying a proposal to provide tax rebate to the filmmakers. The Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG) chief executive officer Manoj Srivastava said the draft scheme recommends that state will pay back one to 5 per cent of the total spending by the filmmakers in the state. ”The filmmakers will be requested to submit copies of all the bills of their spending during shooting in Goa,” he said. The scheme, drafted by ESG and submitted to the state government recently, mentions that cap of 5% will be put on reimbursement. The bills will include all their expenses including hotel, food and and any other things on which they have spent here, he said. ESG CEO said the scheme aims to invite more filmmakers to shoot in Goa. Srivastava said such tax reimbursement schemes do exist in countries like the UK. As per ESG, 600 days of film shootings were reported last year bringing in revenue of Rs36 lakh. Courtesy: dnaindia |
| Goa education minister loses ‘face’ on Facebook Posted: 08 Sep 2010 11:05 PM PDT Interested in 'women' and looking for 'dating', is a succinct introduction to Goa Education Minister Atanasio Monserrate on his Facebook page. Only, the account is fake. The Panaji police are looking for the imposter who created Monserrate's fake page and used it to hurl a slew of abuses to several persons known to Monserrate, including sitting Curtorim legislator Reginaldo Lourenco, who brought the fake page to Monserrate's notice. "I am pretty much a computer illiterate. I cannot operate these sites. Somebody must have made an account using my name and has been chatting as well. I was informed about this by Reginaldo, who was abused by the impostor while chatting," Monserrate told IANS, adding, that all the while Reginaldo thought he was speaking to the education minister. The imposter, who seems to have a sense of humour besides his abusive streak, has linked Spanish singer Julio Iglesias' YouTube video "To all the girls I've loved before" on Monserrate's fake page. When a visitor to his page, Josephine S. Araujo commented on the video, pointing out that it was, in fact, "Engelbert's (Humperdinck) song", the imposter replied to her in a flirtatious tone: "But darling, this is Julio Iglesias singing". Posing as the education minister, the faker also assured Anthony Viegas, a Muscat-based Goan, that he was trying to re-introduce traditional Goan bull-fighting, 'dhirio', in which two well-bred and trained bulls lock horns and smash their foreheads until one bull emerges victorious and the vanquished scampers away. "I'm trying my best, I love the dhirio too," the imposter assures Viegas. Deputy Superintendent of Police Deu Benualikar confirmed the complaint filed by the Congressman. "He (Monserrate) came to us with a printout of the Facebook page and filed a complaint. We will find out who the imposter is as he is using the page to malign the minister," Benaulikar said. Courtesy: thaindian |
| Posted: 08 Sep 2010 10:58 PM PDT Shri J. T. Vaz, Chief State Organiser, Goa Pradesh Congress Seva Dal along with Minister for Power, Shri. Alexio Sequeira and Minister for Health, Shri. Vishwajeet Rane at inaugral function of Health Camp organised by Goa Pradesh Congress Seva Dal at Loutolim.
Shri J. T. Vaz, Chief State Organiser, Goa Pradesh Congress Seva Dal addressing the Seva Dal workers who participated in tree plantation programme at Martyers Memorial at Patradevi, Pernem, Goa. |
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