FORTHCOMING

8 Aug. 11:45- Trook. SE Goans. Welling. Helen D'Souza 0181-304 5585

8 Aug. 14:00-20:00 Coin Street Festival's Indian Summer. South Bank, London SE1. Entertainment + Food+ craft

11. Aug. 18:00- Shoreditch Library, Hoxton Street N1. (Old Street tube). Plaque and portrait of Edgar Fernandes to be unveiled by the Mayor of Hackney. Refreshments provided. Chris Broadhead 0181 356 4350. See: http://www.goacom.com/goanow/99/july/probe.html

13 Aug.12:00- Streatham. Funeral of William Cleto Menezes. See below. Juliette De Menezes 0181-765 0258

16 Aug. Coach trip to Legoland, Windsor. SE Goans. Lloyd D'Souza 0181-301 5242.

21 Aug Chorao Social. Southfields, SW 19. Claver D'Mello. 0181-767 3786

27 Aug. Asian Chaplaincy. Lourdes Pilgrimage. Derek Gomes 0171-263 5203

28-30 Aug. Zee TV Asia Live. Wembley Conference Centre. Fashion, Music, Food & Culture. 0181-795 9548

29 Aug. 11:15- Goan Association. Sports Day. White Hart Lane School. N 22. Peter Rodrigues 0181-399 4883

30 Aug. 11:30 Teenagers & Singles picnic at the Boating Lake, Hyde Park. Meet at the Dell Restaurant. No booking! No charge! Bring food and soft drinks. Raymond Lobo 0181-654 0268

IN THE NEWS
(e-mail eddie@fernandes.u-net.com for the full text of items marked *) .

*BBC News Online 5 Aug. (743 words). British Asian nurse Manjit Basuta is still awaiting sentence on the charge of shaking to death the baby in her care. The media has been relatively silent as opposed to the Louise Woodward case. PR guru Max Clifford forthrightly says: "She's Asian. Simple as that" Basuta, 44, was born in Mombasa. Full text of the article can be found at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_412000/412542.stm

*The Boston Globe Thurs. 5 Aug. Hindu group says Vatican is acting hastily to canonize Mother Teresa (195 words).

*Herald (Goa) 4 Aug. Feature on goanet-uk newsletter. (710 words).

* Coastweek (Mombasa) 30 July. Joseph T. Coutinho coutinho@excite.com who worked at Barclays Bank Mombasa 1983-90 and is now in Holland would like to contact his rafikis. (243 words).

The Sunday Telegraph Magazine of 8 August 1999 is expected to feature Alexia Stewart who is serving a 10 year Rigorous Imprisonment term in Goa on drugs charges. The appeal hearing is imminent.

DEATHS

2 Aug. Norbury, London. WILLIAM CLETO MENEZES (Ex Uganda) Beloved husband of Elvira, father of Mario, Juliette, Mathias, Ursula, Cynthia, Linda and Bernadette. Grandfather of 11 children. Died suddenly. Funeral service will be held at 12:00 on Friday 13th August, at St. Bartholomew's Church, 159 Ellison Road, Streatham, London SW16. Burial at Croydon Cemetery and Crematorium, Thornton Road, Thornton Heath, Surrey.

29 July Nerul, Goa. JOSEPH ANTHONY DE SOUZA (Joey) (Ex Uganda and Watford) Husband of Rose, Father of Heather-Gail and Howard- Gareth.

28 July Anjuna, Goa. QUIRINO MENEZES (ex East African Airways, Dar-es-Salaam)

27 July. Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. EDDIE D'SOUZA (the trumpeter) of a heart attack.

The UK Goan Festival of 1st August was a resounding success with about 2,000 people attending. There have been requests for using the same venue next year.

GoaNOW July 1999 issue is out. See http://www.goacom.com/goanow/ Some highlights:
Alexyz at the House of Commons at http://www.goacom.com/goanow/99/july/alexyz.html
UK's EuroMP Claude Moraes at: http://www.goacom.com/goanow/99/july/personality.html
EDGAR FERNANDES Campaign Vigil at http://www.goacom.com/goanow/99/july/probe.html
LITTLE GOA IN TORONTO at http://www.goacom.com/goanow/99/july/overseas.html
Fourth North American Goan Reunion at http://www.goacom.com/goanow/99/july/reunion99.html
Book review of GOANS OF KENYA at http://www.goacom.com/goanow/99/july/books.html
The Steffi Appeal at: http://www.goacom.com/goanow/99/july/last.html

NEWS HEADLINES
( mainly from Joel D'Souza in Goa, courtesy of GOACOM, e-mail: goanow@sancharnet.in )

The Goa Rajiv Congress, headed by former Chief Minister Willy D'Souza, has merged with the Nationalist Congress Party led by Sharad Pawar (the Sonia Gandhi opponent).

Derisive laughter greeted Goa's Tourism Minister Churchill Alemao after he told the Assembly." I do not want to be punished from the Almighty if I fail to fulfil my assurance given to the House".

The Goa government will give more importance to computerise all the land records in the state, announced Chief Minister Luizinho Faleiro.

Postbox, at http:/business.vsnl.com/postbox enables NRI Goans to communicate with their friends in Goa at Rs 15 to be paid by the recipient of the letter to the courier deliveryman.

The stunning Jimmy Gazdar house in Aguada designed by Gerard da Cunha, is featured in “Indian Interiors” book, published by the German publishers Taschen. Price at Rs.2,200

Mormugao Port Trust has initiated efforts to revive the Old Palace Hotel at Mormugao Harbour.

The Evening Times, a Gomantak group publication has folded.

Power Minister Nirmala Sawant told the Assembly that officials were unable to check on power pilferage by industrial units as they were afraid of being thrown into the furnaces.

Goa weather: Rain has subsided. Humidity 95%. 2820 mm of rain since June 2 . (968 mm above normal)