Cultivating organic vegetables passionately
After working for 26 years on board a ship, Milton Gomes from Molla, Sailabhat in Cavorim is creating ripples in the village with his organic farming and has even succeeded in getting his cousin to also take up vegetable farming in the village. Fed up of working under someone for so long, and burning with a desire to be his own master Milton gave up his lucrative job and settled down at home. He took up gardening including kitchen gardening at his house originally and then went in for vegetable cultivation at his plot admeasuring 1,200 sq mts at Fatranmoll. Vexed with the chemically treated vegetables available in the market especially after witnessing the good quality vegetables used on the ship, he went in for totally organic cultivation and has gained a few...
Read MoreWhile being just, taking law to all
Sayonara Telles-Laad is the daughter of Alzemiro Telles and Maria Lena Estebeiro Telles who grew up in Jitlem, Guirdolim. After passing her SSCE from Guardian Angel High School, Curchorem, she graduated in 1984 from Smt. Parvatibai Chowgule College in English and Philosophy and then joined the Kare College of Law, Margao and became a lawyer. Incidentally she was ranked second in the Law Exams amongst all those who answered their exams that year. Sayonara started practicing law on the day the world celebrates Goencho Saib’s feast i.e. 3rd December in the year 1987. She first worked with Adv. Bernard D’Souza and later joined Adv. Jagdish Prabhudesai. On 28th September 1992 she joined the Department of Prosecution as Assistant Public Prosecutor and thereafter in...
Read MoreChandorkann secures Ph.D in Sociology
Biula Cruz Pereira, a daughter of the red soil of Chandor, which was once the capital of the Kadamba dynasty, has earned the distinction of being the first woman with roots in this village to have obtained a Doctorate in Philosophy or PhD as it is commonly known, thus earning the title of a Dr. in Sociology. Daughter of Agostinho and Elsie da Cruz from Cotta who lived close to the St. Tiago chapel, Biula did her schooling at the village school, namely St. Joseph’s Educational Institute and then moved to Smt. Parvatibai Chowgule College of Arts & Science where she graduated in Sociology. After graduation, she first taught at the Parochial School at Carmona during which time she did her Masters. Armed with the Master’s degree she taught at the Cuncolim...
Read MoreJohn Fernandes’ success in composting kitchen waste
As garbage management is emerging as a major problem all over the State with even the Chief Minister of Goa Dr Pramod Sawant admitting that his administration has failed to find a solution to this problem as funds allotted by the government are being misused or manipulated, Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott President John Fernandes, has successfully created over 100 kgs of compost over the last two years by only using the vegetable and fruit waste generated in his house. John shared his experience in preparing compost at home and it was published in the January edition of the Chandor Church bulletin titled Prokas, under the heading “Home Composting”. “I find people throwing their wet waste by the roadside and in open space which is such a waste and trouble for the...
Read MoreGBE inspires Guirdolim Dy Sarpanch to clean dirty spots
Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott’s sustained efforts to keep the twin villages of Chandor-Cavorim and Guirdolim clean has resulted in not only making the two villages cleanest amongst nearby villages but has also spurred Guirdolim Deputy Sarpanch Joao Peixote to personally clean up dirty areas in his ward with the help of some volunteers who are basically his supporters. Another noteworthy feature is that people have now started segregating their waste on a large scale and giving mixed garbage has reduced drastically. On 22nd September Joao along with his friend Menino Peixote cleaned up the area around a culvert at Roinibhat which was much covered with all type of garbage. It took the duo three grueling hours to clean the place and resulted in a lot of other people...
Read MoreExcelling at SSCE
They fill us with pride for their excellent performance at the Secondary School Certificate Examinations conducted this year by the Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education. Master Swaylon Frangel Fernandes who scored 93.5% marks achieved the distinction of being the first ranker from the 110 students of St. Joseph Educational Institute who answered the exams He is the son od Santan and Greta Fernandes from Mena Covatem. Incidentally Santan is a member of Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott. Master Sudanshu Naik, son of Ajay and Apurva from Cupamoddi, Assolda who bagged 91.5% was ranked second in the school. Coming at the third position was Wayne da Costa who got 89.6%. He is the child of Nazareth da Costa and Natalina Estebeiro from Moll, Guirdolim. 97.2 % of the...
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