The Goa Governor Dr. S. S. Sidhu highlighting the role of media in strengthening of democracy said in today’s era of information revolution, the Media represents a healthy and powerful element in the functioning of democracy.

Commissioner for NRI Affairs has said that there is urgent need for restoration of the priceless murals on the walls of the Rachol seminary which he said will be completely destroyed unless immediate steps are taken to restore them.

Stating that Mahatma Gandhi and Babasaheb Ambedkar were among the great’s journalists of our, firebrand journalist and Magsaysay award winner Mr P Sainath said that this was because they interacted and wrote about the processes of the time.

The 4th Global Goan Convention opened with flair and finesse, the location was well set within the Indian Embassy in Oman, within close proximity of the British and the American Embassies, for once I felt proud to note that the Indian Embassy had a much bigger area than the rest.

Panaji Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) Mr. Edgar Fernandes today directed Goa’s advocate General Mr. Subodh Kantak to pay Social activist Adv. Aires Rodrigues costs of Rs 500 for seeking an adjournment of the cross examination which was scheduled for today. It is for the first time in India’s history that a court has had to impose costs on an Advocate General.

Ten days after the Margao bomb blast, no arrests have been made and no discernable action is being taken, either by the police or on the political front. The perpetrators and accomplices, besides the two dead, are as yet unknown. This has led to an increase in the sense of insecurity in the still shaken people of the state.

A function was organised at St Francis Xavier's School Auditorium on October 14, 2009, which was addressed by India's top fashion designer and chairman of Green Goa Works, Wendell Rodricks, Clinton Vaz (environmental consultant), Seby Rodrigues (mining activist) and others.

The interactive session was preceded by an entertaining cultural programme with "village environment" as the theme. 

The event was a part of the nascent Club's ongoing initiative to safeguard Siolim's environment and heritage.