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GBE cleans Chandor Cavorim roadside garbage
In a two hour long effort 25 villagers of Chandor Cavorim filled up over 30 big black bags with plastic and paper lying by the roadside. The exercise was initiated by GBE and supported by Chandor Club, Chandor Guirdolim Veterans, Chandor Seamen Association, Guirdolim Club and Villa Marex. The drive started at 8:30 am and concluded at 10:30 am. The main road from Cotta bridge to deputy sarpanch Arlinda’s house at Bindimoll, Misamer and the market square were cleaned. The collected waste was disposed off through Goa Solid Waste Corporation...
read moreGBE gets a new committee
John Fernandes was unanimously elected President and Sita Antao the General Secretary of Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott, Chandor at the general body meeting held on Saturday. Maria Maccarenhas and Irene Antao were elected as Vice Presidents while Anand Shirodkar was retained as the Treasurer and Francis Coutinho was elected as the joint secretary. The following were elected as managing committee members: Basil Fernandes,Eslinda Henriques, Micheal Pereira,Serena Antao,Sebastiana Cardozo,and Fiel Dias As the outgoing President Julio Dsilva is sick and...
read moreRavisha 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.
read moreSonia’s achievement in defeat
While Bharatiya Janata Party’s may have won from Guirdolim at the Zilla Panchayat elections the actual victory lies with Sonia Fernandes who as the Congress candidate lost by only 593 votes in a constituency that was carved out to benefit the BJP. But there is no denying the fact that complacency amongst her supporters led to her downfall What is more significant is that the turncoat MLA Clafasio Dias has no reason absolutely to gloat and claim any credit in the victory as the three villages of his Cuncolim constituency rejected the BJP and...
read moreChandor 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....
read moreSuccessful Blood Donation Camp
Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott in association with Chandor Seamen’s Association organized a blood donation camp at Chandor today where 29 pints of blood were collected while 11 potential donors were rejected. Dr Ravin Rego of the Hospicio Blood Bank who led the team said the blood donation camp has come at the right moment as presently the blood bank was in dire need of blood and also applauded the organizers for getting such a high number of donors. Various reasons were attributed to the persons who could not donate blood with most of them rejected...
read moreGBE donates convex mirrors, water filter
Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott keeping with its motto of making life easier for the people gave five convex mirrors to the Chandor Cavorim Village Panchayat and a water filter to the Andanwadi for use of the tiny tots visiting it. The convex mirrors will be installed at places where there are sharp turns so that oncoming traffic can be viewed to avoid accidents and Chandor Cavorim Sarpanch Edward D’Silva thanked GBE for donating the mirrors. GBE also donated a water filter to the anganwadi where around 20 tiny tots come every day so that they can...
read moreChandorkar 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...
read moreChristmas Party for Senior Citizens
Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott held its annual Christmas Party for Senior Citizens of Chandor, Cavorim and Guirdolim village at the Guirdolim Club premises on Goa Liberation Day with around 200 senior citizens participating. Well known musician from the village Cypriano who is also the choir master in the church entertained the senior citizens with his troupe that included top performers in the Voice of Goa contest over the years. The senior citizens actively participated in the ‘Bombing the Cities’ game organized for them which was finally won by...
read moreGuirdolim 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...
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