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Sept 26- Oct 02, 2026, WEEKEND UPDATES September 25, 2026 , by

VACCINATION FOR ADULTS

HEALTH Minister Vishwajit Rane continues to impose unnecessary vaccinations on residents of Goa on the instigation of pharma companies. The Goa Health Department will soon offer immunisation vaccines against flu, pneumonia, hepatitis, and other chronic diseases. The health ministry already offers vaccination against TB and cervical cancer to young women. Please note that these are subject to the patient consent and you don’t have to take them if you don’t want to.

PORVORIM FLYOVER ACCESS

THE PWD authorities in Goa have opened an access to the Porvorim elevated corridor near Neo Majestic Hotel for the motorist arriving via Mandovi bridge. Till recently, the exit from Atal Setu towards Porvorim was blocked. However, the new traffic arrangement has further narrowed the service road near the merging point, affectively reducing it to a single lane. The restricted access could be another danger zone. A Porvorim resident suggests that those travelling from Panaji to Mopa should take the route via Santa Cruz to access Atal Setu. The road along the Santa Cruz bandh will come out next to Dempo House. The service road will take you to Atal Setu, thus you’re avoiding the traffic congestion at the Merces circle.

FANCY VET HOSPITAL AT CAMPAL

A NEW private veterinary hospital has come up at the Campal Trade Centre at St Inez, Panaji. The Fairy Tales veterinary hospital is open 24 hours. It includes veterinary treatment but also emergency care diagnosis, pharmacy, boarding for  dogs when you are out of town and a beauty parlour for dogs. It is owned by a non-Goan who employs a dozen vets around the clock. It is expensive and has limited ICU capacity for man’s best pet friends.

TRAFFIC NUISANCE

WRITES RYAN MENEZES, “Whilst returning from Vasco to Panjim on the evening of September 23, I reached the Merces junction on the outskirts of Panjim at about 17:40 hours. By 18:40 hours, I had managed to travel only halfway from there to Dwija Circle. Exasperated, I got out of the car and walked to my office opposite Azad Maidan, where I reached a little after 19:00 hours.  My driver, meanwhile, was trapped in the chaos at Patto beyond 19.30 hours.

“What we are witnessing is nothing less than a complete abdication of duty, obligation and responsibility towards the people. We were asked to endure the enormous disruption caused by the construction of the elevated road because it was supposedly only temporary. We were promised that, once completed, life would become immeasurably better. That was the justification for the enormous expenditure and the suffering imposed upon everyone who lived in or travelled through these areas.

“Then came D-Day. The road was completed and opened. And the second disaster began.

What makes it particularly difficult to understand is that a project of such magnitude, involving such staggering expenditure and affecting the daily lives of so many people, is now being subjected to expert study only after the situation has descended into chaos. Was it not precisely the purpose of expert advice to identify these problems before the project was completed and enormous public money spent?

“And now, to add to the absurdity, the Porvorim exits from both the Atal Setu and the new elevated road have been blocked. Anyone wishing to reach Porvorim is effectively required to travel towards Mapusa and then retrace the distance towards Porvorim. The inevitable consequence is a massive concentration of traffic on the roads and bridges below the Atal Setu and the elevated road, thereby defeating much of the very purpose for which these multi-crore projects were constructed.

“The consequence for ordinary people is no longer merely inconvenience. It is a daily ordeal. A journey that ought to take five minutes can now take two hours.

“And this is entirely a man-made disaster. It is the consequence of administrative apathy, of a don’t-care attitude and, most disturbingly, of an apparent belief that those entrusted with governance cannot possibly be held accountable for getting things wrong.

“I have suffered this agony for two consecutive days. I reckon that the overwhelming majority of those trapped in the chaos at Patto were people returning home to their families after a hard day’s work. The misery inflicted upon innocent citizens is avoidable, unjustified and, in my view, utterly unforgivable. A government genuinely concerned with the welfare of its people cannot, under any circumstances, permit such unnecessary suffering to be inflicted upon such large numbers of its citizens.

“How much longer are we expected to endure this sort of negligence from those entrusted with securing our welfare? Or are we simply paying the price for the apathy and irresponsibility demonstrated by the majority at election time?

“Perhaps the administration can hardly be blamed for its complacency. The people have repeatedly demonstrated that however badly a government performs, however much inconvenience and suffering its failures impose upon them, they will continue to reward those failures with re-election to the Legislative Assembly.

“There was a time when Goa was far better before all this was called `development.’ Development ought to improve the quality of people’s lives. When it does the opposite, perhaps it is time we stopped asking the people to adjust to the failure of governance and started asking those who govern why they have failed us.”

`FUL ANI SAULI’ FOR MUMBA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

GOAN short film “Ful Ani Sauli” directed by Glen Cardozo has been selected for the MUMBA International Film Festival. The film will screen at 2:59pm on October 8, 2026 in Audi 1 at the NFDC – National Film Archive of India in Pune, Maharashtra.

This Konkani film directed by Glen Cardozo is also written by him, also the screenplay. Cinematography is by Tejas V Naik and Raghav Komarpant, editing by Yuri Brito Carvalho. Film star cast is made up of Rati Bhatikar and Nidhi Amonkar, with Rajendrakumar Nipanikar as the gaffer.

The five day Mumba International Film Festival is scheduled from Oct 6 to 10,  2026. It is a celebration of cinema, showcasing films across multiple screening venues and is officially supported by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (government of India), the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC), and the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII).

In a quiet village, a young artist and a solitary woman form an unlikely bond over tea, sketches, and silence. As their connection deepens, strange echoes of familiarity emerge, blurring timelines and memory — revealing that some friendships may bloom across more than just distance or age.

Glen Cardozo is a 30-year-old filmmaker and cinema enthusiast from Goa. A Fine Arts (Audio Visual) graduate from Goa College of Art, he currently works as an in-house film studio director and is a two-time consecutive winner of the Waves 60-Hour Short Film Competition.

His film is about silences — the kind that grows between people and the kind that linger within us. It is set against the stillness of an old Goan house and the gentle companionship of nature. “Ful Ani Sauli” explores an unlikely friendship that slowly unfolds between two women of different generations, hinting that they may not be so different after all.

With its delicate narrative, evocative Goan backdrop and reflective direction “Ful Ani Sauli” stands as a quiet yet profound exploration of human connection. Its official selection at the MUMBA International Film Festival 2026 offers audiences a unique opportunity to experience a piece of Goan cinema that transcends conventional storytelling, leaving behind a gentle, lasting impression long after the screen fades to black.

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