Assembly assurance remains unfulfilled as gig workers policy stalls, Opposition silent
THE GOAN NETWORKPANAJIExactly a year after the Goa government promised a comprehensive policy to regulate gig workers, the proposal has disappeared into official silence, with reportedly no draft, timeline or public update.
Public outcry fades, but Samuel Braganza’s death probe remains incomplete
More than a month after the suspected suicide of 22-year-old college student Samuel Braganza of Gaunsavaddo, Mapusa, the investigation appears to have reached a standstill, with police yet to make any significant breakthrough in a case that had triggered widespread public outrage and demands for accountability.Samuel allegedly died by suicide...
'Amchi Poti' scheme fades away as plastic bags remain in Panaji market
PANAJI: Launched with much fanfare and projected as an innovative step to rid Panaji of plastic bags, the "Amchi Poti" initiative was meant to become a model for other cities. However, nearly two years later, and after a new set of 30 councillors took charge following the Corporation of the...
One of Vasco's abandoned CCTV cameras overlooks a busy city junction, years after the surveillance network fell into disrepair.
As Goa rolls out AI cameras, Vasco still awaits a basic CCTV network
VASCOAt a time when the State government has rolled out Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled cameras across Goa to curb rash driving, detect traffic violations and reduce the growing number of fatal road accidents, the port town continues to remain without even a functional basic CCTV surveillance network.Mounted high on electric...
Margao CCTVs are watching but who is enforcing
GUILHERME ALMEIDALong before the Goa government decided to introduce the Electronic Enforcement of Traffic Violations through the Intelligent Traffic Management System (ITMS), the Traffic Police relied on Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) surveillance cameras as an electronic tool to detect traffic violations and prose
