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Standing on their feet Thanks to GBE

Standing on their feet Thanks to GBE

Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott helped four sons of the red soil of Goa to stand back on their feet and boldly face their lives ahead and while three of them hail from the twin villages of Chandor-Cavorim and Guirdolim one has relatives there. 21 year old Austin Lobo from Vasco whose two aunts live in Chandor-Cavorim has been provided with an ‘Advanced Reciprocative Gait Orthosis’ that has enabled him to stand on his feet after being totally bed ridden for over a year. On 7th April 2021 Austin who was pursuing a course in Hotel Management was coming to Margao along with his friend as a pillion rider on the gearless electric two wheeler Aprilla to visit the Enfield showroom where he had contacts to help his friend. However, as they reached the new District Hospital at...

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Ravisha excels

Ravisha excels

Ravisha Kudchadkar got 548 out of 720 marks at the MEET exams thus becoming eligible for admission at prestigious medical colleges in the country. She was studying at Mustifund Aryan Higher Secondary School, Panjim. She hails from a studious family as her brother Ravindra is studying at IIT Delhi.

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Chandor Schools gets cent percent results

Chandor Schools gets cent percent results

  St Joseph’s Educational Institute, Chandor secured cent percent results at the recently conducted Secondary School Certificate Examinations conducted by the Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, Goa. Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott congratulates all the students for earning this distinct record and while complementing their parents also thanks all the staff of the school for their hard and dedicated services that made this possible. While 19 students passed with distinctions, 36 obtained first class and 40 passed with second class. Only three students passed in the pass class while one student had migrated. Eva Fizardo daughter of Benny and Valerie from Anthoi ranked first in the school having obtained 92.2 % marks followed by Danielle D’Mello who...

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Chandorkar becomes Herald Editor

Chandorkar becomes Herald Editor

It is indeed a matter of great pride for Chandorkar that a Ganv Bhav has become the editor of the popular English daily Herald. This is the first time 1983 when the paper turned into an English daily. The new Editor is Alexandre Moniz Barbosa son of Sebastiao and Otilia Moniz Barbosa from Anthoi Guirdolim. Alexandre became a journalist in 1990 and was the Assistant Editor the magazine Goa Today till he joined Herald in November 2014. He is married to Joan da Costa and has a daughter named Nicole.

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Guirdolim gets a new Panchayat member

Guirdolim gets a new Panchayat member

Janety Georgina Cardoso e Silveira was elected as the new member of Guirdolim Village Panchayat representing ward No. 3. The bye elections were necessitated following the resignation of Flavia da Costa who was elected from this ward at the general elections to the panchayat held in 2017. Janety who was backed by local MLA Clafacio Dias polled 101 votes while her nearest rival Sunita Gonsalves polled 92 votes. The other candidates in the fray were Ana Piedade D’Costa who polled 52 votes and Rosen Frenzila D’Costa who got 28 votes while two votes were rejected. In all 275 of the registered 425 voters in the ward voted giving a voter turnout of 64.71 per...

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Ludovina presented Global Teachers Award

Ludovina presented Global Teachers Award

Ludovina Menezes a government school teacher from Goa who was born and grew up at Molla Guirdolim, was presented the prestigious Global Teachers Award recently by MVLA Trust at a function held at Hyderabad making her the only Goan to get this award. Ludovina hailing from Velim has been a teacher right from the time she was studying at Chowgule college when she started teaching the primary classes. After working in the primary school for four years she taught at Chandrabaga Tukoba Higher Secondary School for two years. Then she was appointed a teacher at a Government High School for the last 30 years has taught at different high schools in Quepem and Sanguem talukas. She taught at the Rivona Colomb school for 12 years. Ludovina who has Masters degree in English...

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