Clearing jungles may have led to Goa Forest fires: Conservationist
Panaji, Sep 2023 – Attempts to expand cashew plantations by clearing forested areas may have led to the series of forest fires which ravaged Goa’s hinterland this summer, according to Alex Carpenter, a conservationist and British expat settled in Goa. Speaking at his recent talk on ‘Tropical Forest Conservation and Sustainability’ at the MOG Sundays talk […]
Serendipity Arts Festival 2023 launches video montage ahead of event; after Goa debut, ‘The Money Opera’ to be staged in Delhi
Panaji, September 2023 – The Serendipity Arts Festival (SAF) 2023 has set the tone for its sixth edition in Goa with the launch of a video montage, even as ‘The Money Opera’ a popular immersive theatre production which made its debut at the festival’s last edition, is all set to be staged in the national […]
Healthway Hospital, Old Goa Trains Doctors in Post-Accident Trauma Protocol
Panaji, September 12 – Sixteen doctors, including allopathy professionals and dentists, from India and abroad were certified in a course specially designed to manage emergencies, especially accident-related trauma, which is globally endorsed as Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) at the Healthway Hospitals in Old Goa. ATLS protocols are considered the gold standard in the management of […]
Fr. Rob Galea All Set to Rock Goa!
By Steve Antao Fr. Rob Galea, a charismatic Catholic priest, singer-songwriter, and author who has captivated audiences worldwide with his contemporary worship music, is set to enthrall Goa with a live concert at Pilar. The concert, which is being organised by the Pilar Music Academy under the auspices of the Goa Province of the Society […]
Joy Fernandes Appointed as Director of Recruitment at Kamaxi Overseas Consultants
Panaji, Sept 2023 – Joy Fernandes, a hospitality and cruise line industry veteran, has joined as the Director of Recruitment at Goa based Kamaxi Overseas Consultants. He will be based at and heading the Mumbai office. Over 32 years, Fernandes has developed an impressive track record, having worked with prominent cruise industry leaders like The […]
Time to Pay Serious Attention to Business Strategy: Implications from Go First’s Bankruptcy
By Prof. Rohit Prabhudesai, Assistant Professor, Program Chair (PGDM-PT & Online) at Goa Institute of Management (GIM) Go First Airlines, which employed around 7000 people, filed for bankruptcy in May, the second after Jet Airways in recent times. The Mumbai-based airline pointed fingers at the Pratt &Whitney engines in its Airbus aircrafts, faults in which, […]
One-third of Goa’s population dependent on Tourism: Ex-GCCI President
Panaji, September 2023- Following the collapse of the mining sector in Goa, nearly one-third of Goa’s population banks on the hospitality and tourism industries directly and indirectly for their livelihood, according to Ralph De Souza, former president of the Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry. De Souza was speaking at a state-level seminar on ‘Addressing Skill […]
Weaving His Culinary Magic in Goa
By Team ItsGoa Chef Aloysius D’Silva, popularly known as ‘Chef Aloo’, is one of the most well-known chefs in Mumbai. After years of tantalizing the taste buds of Mumbaikars with his amazing recipes, Chef Aloo decided to move to Goa in 2022. Having made Goa his new home, he felt that he had a good […]
Goa CM releases Children’s Book At GIM, Sanquelim
Panaji, Aug 2023 – The story of the Indian textile industry and the importance of sustainable practices when it comes to clothing, can now be read in the form of a children’s book in Hindi which was published following an international collaboration between the UK-based University of Leeds and the Goa Institute of Management (GIM). The […]
Music is an agent which binds African Goans: Filmmaker
Panaji, August 2023: Over the years, migration has been a recurring theme in Goa’s socio-political scape right from colonial times.The 19th century saw waves of Goans migrating to East Africa in search of jobs in the ‘new world’, where Portuguese colonists also held sway, but according to filmmaker Nalini Elvino De Sousa, music was a […]
