The Santo Estevam Blog

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.

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...

Jackson Dias Mhaka iead ieta mhojea bhurgeaponnachi. Bhurgem jivit tem ani Portugez xikop tea Portugez kallar. Mhojea jivitant zaite Professor ieun gele pun mhaka chodd avoddlo Prof. Mario Filomeno Pereira ganvant Sirlim, Chinchonnecho. Atam thoinsor Panchayat asa. Vorsak don-tin tiatr zatale Konkani-Portugez kantaram ason. Adim tiatr vo kazaram ugttea zagear matvan zatalim. Jedna Casa do Povo toiear zalem tiatr and kazaram thoim zavpak laglim. Goemchi suttka (liberation) zali teach vorsa (1961) Casa da Povo toiear zalem ani ondum 50 vorsam bhortat. Goemkarank toxech Zunvemkarank borem ies anvddetam. Forear (ganvant) adim ek bhatt (property) aslem tantunt gonzareo, chinchechim zhaddam, ambeachim zhaddam adi aslim. Ami interval poddtoch tea bhattant vetaleaum follam khaunk. Khuxeal dis te! Hanv St. Theresa iskolant ek “boarder” koso aslom punn Portugez xiktalom. Atam iskol-konvent bandla thoinsoruch punn adim Joesager, Konvent aslo Filomena saddiekarniger. Te...

Composed by Jackson Dias I Kherit Devachem denneani Soimbacheam kirnani, bhorlam amchem Goem Bhonvddekaram Goeam ietat Veller boson tim astat Goenchea saibache poddtat paiem Kazu, ambe, ponnos, chiku, sabar follam, orixtt zhaddam Portugezani ghatlelim biam Sobitaien kantoilam, scenerini nettoilam Ekuch amchem xakechenm Zunvem Ch. Xitoll marta varem Jivak ekdom borem Zunveam pollounk ietat bhonvddekaranchem bhirem II Adlea amchea lokani Ekdom te asle xanni amcho ganv sambhall’lo Vavr korun xetani, vochun porsam-bhattani Mogall lok amcho adlo Ganvche kosle proxnn aslear kedinch te bhienasle Ekvott tedna aslo Matiechea ghorani jiele, fott te marinasle bhavart tankam titlo III Kallzant ami sodanch udar Konnakui ditat adhar Zunvemkar sodanch moipaxi Devan amkam zaitem dilam Zaiteanch denneani bhorlam Zunvemkar sodanch visvaxi Bore mhunn soglleakuch sangtat Voita thuim vakhanddtat, khoisorui tum voixi Devachem nanv vhodd zanv Bhagivont Estevan ghatlam besanv Zunvemkar sodanch dhadoxi