THURSDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER 2026

Time to vote wisely today


The Panaji MLA Babush Monserrate has been controlling the Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) for over a decade. While the CCP has been embroiled in many scams it has been enveloped in huge corruption at all levels.

While Goa celebrates 60 years of Liberation, the voters of Panaji need to liberate themselves from the shackles of corruption on the voting day March 20.

Let us put ourselves, Panaji and Goa first to stop the decay, the chaos, the broken promises and the stench of corruption that we have suffered for too long. Let us have the courage to vote wisely and decisively in the CCP polls.

As Martin Luther King said, ‘Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter.’ Our Vote is our Voice. Panaji deserves better!


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No point in shutting liquor shops during elections

MELVILLE X D’SOUZA, Mumbai
Published Mar 19, 2021, 11:19 PM IST
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The government has recently issued an order that all restaurants, bars, tea shops, pan shops, eateries etc situated in jurisdiction of municipal council areas, CCP will remain closed on voting day and the counting of votes thereafter. This is the practice during all elections in the country, whether they are municipal elections, Assembly or general elections, liquor stores are the first casualty.I fail to understand the connection or the logic of the EC. Needless to…

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