Leopard trapped in Chandor
Chandorkars have been living with the leopard for quite a long time now. People have been losing their pets to the leopards for many years now. In fact leopards have been spotted at various occasions not only on the hillock at Ghottmorod but even at Oilem Tollem. However, for the first time now, on 17th July a leopard was trapped in Chandor at Molla just behind the house of Sita Antao where incidentally the trap was laid for the third time in three years. What was trapped is a baby leopard which according to the forest officials is about a two year old female. Sita’s husband Bernardo Mascarenhas says he saw two leopards earlier and one entered the trap. Their maid claims that in the night when she peeped out of the window she could see the trapped leopard in the...
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Chandor Club at its general body meeting held on 19th April in the club premises resolved to give top most priority to collect funds so that the club premises may be completed in the next one year before the term of the current managing committee expires. It is learnt that during the last one year the club has spent around Rs. 17,00,000/- on the building premises taking the total amount spent on it so far to around Rs. 75,00,000/-. It is learnt that the club needs another Rs. 35,00,000 to complete the premises in all aspects given the fact that the ground floor or the basement is lying bare at the moment. Various suggestions were received at the general body on how to collect the funds and it was argued that unless the premises are completed immediately they may...
Read MoreChandor Crib wins at State level contest
The beautiful crib prepared by those living at Pallotti Jyoti Niwas at Ponsabhat in Guirdolim has won the first consolation prize at the all Goa crib competition organized by the Directorate of Art & Culture, Government of Goa making all of us proud. The 17 seminarians and three priests living at Jyoti Niwas worked for over two months to prepare the mesmirising tableau that attracted many people from different parts of Goa. The entire tableau consisted of leaves either stuck or stitched to create the manger, a house and other structures including plain walls. But the beauty lay in the fact that each of the leaf was painstakingly painted. They were dry leaves of wild trees around the house that were painted in different hues of green to give them a very...
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As Goa celebrates its Liberation Day, the Village Panchayat of Guirdolim took a major step to liberate its inhabitants from the menace of plastic waste as the panchayat launched its door to door plastic waste collection drive. A cycle with a trolley to collect the plastic waste from households and a metal cage to store the collected plastic till the contractor appointed by Goa State Pollution Control Board collects it was commissioned on 19th December 2014 with the parish priest of Chandor Church Fr. Saude Pereira blessing both the things. Guirdolim Sarpanch Sonia Dias thanked Damu NIstani for giving the place to store the plastic and revealed that this was possible only because of the initiative taken by panchas member Balu Nistani. She also thanked former Zilla...
Read MoreBenedito Fernandes
Benedito Fernandes, more commonly known as Benny, founder member of Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott and one of its most active member ever present for any and every activity died of a massive heart attack on 13th December 2014. The final rites were held on 15th December which was attended by a very large crowd. At the eulogies rendered during the funeral service, the two speakers were unanimous that Benny’s love for the village and its people could never be questioned. Joy D’Silva, general secretary of Chandor Club said the smile that captivated people, the wise words that he uttered and the smiling face has been obliterated forever. General Secretary of Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott Julio D’Silva listed out some of the significant works done by him in the village and added...
Read MoreAlma Khuris desecrated once again
The Iconic Alma Khuris at Cavorim was vandalized once again on the intervening night of October 18 and 19 making this the third time when the cross has been desecrated. Residents of Cavorim who were trudging to the Chandor mount to celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Piety were shocked to see the vandalized cross in the early morning. This is the third time the cross has been vandalized. The last time it was vandalized was in 2010 where along with the Cross, the bandstand near the church and the cross at the altar at the cemetery was also vandalized. Incidentally the concrete seal installed by Maria Menino Nunes near his general store at Mena Cavorim was also vandalized on the same night. Being a concrete structure the miscreants found it difficult to damage the...
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