Goanet Digest, Vol 21, Issue 320

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Today's Topics:

   1. Watchdogs activists or public advocates (Nelson Lopes)
   2. Ms Nifa 0.l grace felicitated (Nelson Lopes)
   3. Fwd: He preferred humans: the Lake Tanganyika Crocodile
      (Mel de Quadros)


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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2026 10:19:51 +0530
From: Nelson Lopes <[email protected]>
To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!"
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Subject: [Goanet] Watchdogs activists or public advocates
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**Watchdogs, Activists or Public Advocates?**

The media, legislators and citizens play an important role in highlighting
issues that affect society. However, beyond exposing problems, what
ultimately matters is timely and effective action that provides lasting
solutions.

In recent years, social media has given rise to a new breed of public
activists who bring grievances to light through videos and online
campaigns. In some instances, they have succeeded in drawing attention to
neglected issues and have given hope to those who feel unheard. Their
efforts deserve appreciation where they genuinely serve the public interest.

At the same time, it is worth reflecting on whether publicity alone is
enough. Recording incidents and making them viral may create awareness, but
it does not always ensure that the underlying problem is resolved. Real and
lasting remedies usually require the involvement of the appropriate
government departments, statutory authorities and the legal process.

Public confidence in activism is strengthened when it is guided by
transparency, credibility and accountability rather than by personal
recognition or social media popularity. Citizens naturally expect that
those who champion public causes will act with integrity and pursue issues
until meaningful solutions are achieved.

History has shown that organised public movements have often brought about
significant reforms. Individual interventions, too, have their place,
especially in drawing attention to genuine grievances. Their true value,
however, lies not in the number of views or followers they attract, but in
the positive and lasting outcomes they help to achieve.

Constructive engagement, responsible advocacy and cooperation with public
authorities remain the surest path towards addressing the concerns of
citizens and strengthening public trust.

**Nelson Lopes**
Chinchinim

Nelson Lopes
Chinchinim
https://lopesnelsonnat.wordpress.com


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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2026 13:41:34 +0530
From: Nelson Lopes <[email protected]>
To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!"
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Subject: [Goanet] Ms Nifa 0.l grace felicitated
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Nelson LopesP.C.Trust
Fr Joao Antonio Da Costa award
Ms Nifa Khalil Sayed, O.L.Grace H. S., Bicholim stood FIRST  with 555 marks
at SSC,GBSHSE  2026, from amongst the DSE schools  Chinchinim, Navelim,
Vasco and Bichlolim.For  the last 3  years in a row the award is claimed by
O.L.Grace student
The award of Rs 5000= with citations is founded by grateful Parishioners of
O.L.Hope Church
It is an  extremely rare gesture of goodwill unprecedented as similar
awards are instituted in his honour, for StdXII Science MMHSS  toppers at
MMHS and SMA Chinchinim
Nelson Lopes
Chairman
Chinchinim
https://lopesnelsonnat.wordpress.com


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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2026 10:26:37 -0400
From: Mel de Quadros <[email protected]>
To: Goanet <[email protected]>
Subject: [Goanet] Fwd: He preferred humans: the Lake Tanganyika
	Crocodile
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20 ft long, 2000 pounds.

The villagers. Ones close to Lake Tanganyika saw him first, this was 87. He
was taking people off the banks.
He was too heavy to capture quick fish. Too large for antelope. He needed
sluggish prey. Men are slow. They die easily.

War came. Soldiers killed many. They cast the dead into the river. Bodies
came to him down the river. He ate the dead men. He took a liking to our
meat.
He hunted the living, too. He took fishermen out of their wooden boats, He
took women washing in the shallows. He became a real slayer of men.

He ate 300 men. That?s the legend. Many experts say the figure is nearer
sixty. Sixty is still a lot of dead men for one animal. During the conflict
there were dead floating down the Ruzizi river. He fed on what the troops
left.
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No one knows how he died. The last time he was seen was 2015. Later the
story went that a hunter eventually shot him four years later. But no one
revealed a skin. No one came back with a giant skull. A croc that size
doesn't end without a prize. He just sank into the dark mud of the delta
and never came back.
You learn to fear the deep water. They named him Gustave.


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