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Stand up and be counted When footballer Rovan Colaco refused to pay a bribe for a teacher’s job Bribe taking comes easy for most of us and for that matter bribe giving, but how many of us have refused to give bribes. If you put a search to find to locate persons who are ready to put their hands up and say no to bribes there are a select few. One of them happens to be a multi-talented man from Velim village – Rovan Colaco. An aspiring artist, a pile of his paintings lie in a heap in his house waiting for the outside world to have a view, Rovan is a dedicated sportsman who has now turned to football coaching.   As a goalkeeper Rovan have made many a saves for MPT, Rosary College Navelim, Guardian Angel HS Savordem, Don Bosco Physical Education College Panjim, Goa University, Goa Juniors and Cuncolim Union. But, when it came to finding a job as a physical education teacher despite his sporting and educational qualifications was not easy ride in the park. He had a mountain to climb...

Stray dogs menace in Goa Wayne Noronha aspired to be a medic and served society but fate has played a cruel twist on this 17-year-old from Cuncolim village in Goa, India. He aspired to heal the wounded and alleviate the sufferings of others but instead he is dependent on others and is force fed. Wayne has been fighting for his life unaware of the happenings around him. From April, the youngster has been in a coma, apparently from an anti-rabies dose gone wrong. No one is for sure at the moment the factors which forced Wayne into a coma. For the moment, the parents and his dear and near ones are not concerned to go deeper to unravel the mystery behind his sickness, all of them want is that their beloved Wayne comes back into consciousness. They have no time to dig deep into the medical case history. For the records, Wayne was a bitten by a stray dog in Veroda Cuncolim in the last week of March while on an evening stroll. To be on the safer side, Wayne was admistered five of the six a...