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Great Festivals at Santo Estevam

1985 - International Year of Youth. Festival activities for three days. 1989 - Youth Fun Fair. 1993 - Summer Fete '93. 2010 - Silver Jubilee Year of Youth. Jua VCD and Mogachi Kanni CD released. Website put up. Events at Santo Estevam: 2009 - 250 Years of St. Stephen's Church. Grand celebrations. 2011 - 50 Years of Casa do Povo Community Hall. Grand celebrations. No festival was held at Santo Estevam in 1984.

PUBLIC PLEAD AGAINST REALIGNMENT OF CUMBARJUA, PONDA

This news item appeared in the December 16, 2004 issue of Herald Panjim, Dec. 15 - In one voice, raised at the second and final public hearing by the Delimitation Commission in North Goa on Wednesday, the general public including Opposition parties urged the Commission not to approve the alleged manipulated draft proposals pertaining to constituencies of Cumbarjua, Ponda and Pernem. The Public hearing on Wednesday morning witnessed a mass turnout of citizens from all three constituencies, the first of which demanded that Juem, (Jua Saza) currently a part of Cumbarjua constituency, should not be included as part of Mayem constituency. Secondly, there were major objections raised over the proposed removal of Usgao from Ponda constituency and its inclusion in Valpoi and the proposed removal of Ozorim from Pernem constituency and its inclusion in Tivim constituency. As far as objections to the inclusion of Juem with Mayem constituency, the views raised were that the said proposal was...

Goenkarank Fottoile

Composed by Jackson Dias Ch. Are fottoile amkam fotoile, montri babani Goenkarank amkam fottoile (twice) I Regional Plan sarko nam, soglleak zala boball Serkara plan sarko kor, nam tor poddot mal II Dongor zhaddam katrun soglleak Goem zalem kabar Azunui tum nhidlai tor, utth! Goenkar III Renvenche truck, minache truck, Goenchem zalam got'tthon Chorio-kirmi soglleak zatat, Goenchem nisontton