24 Oct 2020| 05:15am ISTLetters to the editor (24 Oct 2020)Govt staff must be punctualThere is a need to ensure that in every government office all staff from the peon to the director is very punctual in reporting for work. Even in the Secretariat at Porvorim we very sadly see staff merrily walking in past 11 am if not later. Every step possible must be taken to also ensure total transparency, efficiency and honesty in the working of every department. Matias Lobo, TivimWorld Goa Day todayAmid the pandemic, Goan communities across the globe will connect at a virtual celebration today October 24, in order to mark the 20th anniversary of ‘World Goa Day’. Therefore to aim for a 16-phase/bin garbage segregation seems to be absolutely an Alice in Wonderland concept for a nation, a state and a town which did not practise any garbage segregation, even into two phases, dry and wet, until a few years ago.

Source: The Herald October 23, 2020 19:52 UTC