FORTHCOMING

15 Oct. 12:00 Croydon. Funeral of ANITA MACIEL, (ex Mombasa), widow of Luis Maciel, mother of Noella. Tel. 0181-689 8671

16-17 Oct. Path to Rome Conference. Birmingham. The Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay, Most Rev. Ferdinand Fonseca in attendance. He would appreciate meeting Goan families in the Birmingham area. Contact: Steve Ryan 0181-764-0341. He will be in Twickenham 18-28 Oct. at St Margaret's Church, Twickenham. Contact Fr. Napoleon Gonsalves, Tel 0181-892 3902

21 Oct 10:00 Funeral of Janim Fernandes (Ex African Marines, Mombasa) St. Andrews Church, Thornton Heath, Surrey.

22 Oct. 12:15 Funeral of MINA D'MELLO (nee D'Silva, ex Mombasa). Died Oct 12, Chatham, Kent. Wife of George. Sister of Jovito, Bonny, Joel, Martha, Melba & Mona. Sacred Heart Church, Street End Road, Chatham. Followed by cremation at Medway Crematorium. No Flowers - donations, in aid of Imperial Cancer Research Fund, to George D'Mello, 276 Castle Road, Chatham, ME4 5JA. Tel 01634 306 889

24 Oct. Colva Union Feast. Bishop Thomas Grant School, SW16. 0181-674 2266.

31 Oct. 15:00 Konkanim Mass + Get-together. Asian Chaplaincy.

1 Nov. 18:30 Meditation. 34 Potterne Close, Castlecombe Drive, London SW19

5 Nov. 19:30 Meditation + Mass. Asian Chaplaincy

7th Nov. 12:00- Guirim/Sangolda Feast Streatham. Joe Figueira 0181 653 7611.

7 Nov. 13:00 Mass for deceased members of Goan Association(UK). Followed by a 3-course fish curry meal. £5. ATC Hall, South Wimbledon. Tel Bernie Gracias 0181-723 1322 by 3 Nov. to book lunch.

7 Nov. 14:00-17:30 Goan Cultural afternoon. Goan Musical Society in collaboration with the Wandsworth Arts Festival. Elma Cota 0181-540 6660 (answerphone)

7 Nov. 15:00 Mass at St Anslems, Southall.

URGENT!!! The Goan Soccer World Cup is taking place in Goa, 8-22 Jan 2000, with teams participating from around the world. If you play football and would like to represent UK in this unique event, please contact Milton Rodrigues, m1goa@aol.com or tel. 07932-047248. [special fares available]. Please forward this information to anyone who may be interested.

Ulysses Menezes of Kuwait, spear@ncc.moc.kw has prepared A Beginner's guide to Goa related information on the Internet, which is at: http://www.goa-world.net/links/

Mwalimu Julius Nyerere died at St. Thomas' Hospital, London on 14 Oct.

DEATHS

Oct 8. Cortalim. VISILDA DOURADO, wife of Josinho Martin, mother of Mario/Ancy, Flavia/Larry (UK), Dr Renato/Jane (UK).

Oct. 9. Moira. MARIA BRIDGET RODRIGUES D'SOUZA. (ex Mombasa) Widow of the late Moses (ex. Customs). Mother of Maria/Florence (Texas), Anthony/Bernadette, Joaquim/Mariette.

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

Filomena Giese, a US-based Goan, said that overseas Goans campaigning for the canonisation of Blessed Joseph Vaz will meet the Papal Nuncio in Washington next week.

The first batch of charter tourists for the season arrived in Goa on Sunday 10 Oct. from UK. There will be 16 flights per week from the UK, Holland, Finland and Germany.

The father of Cortalim MLA, Mauvin Godinho, hanged himself. It is suspected that threatening calls he received from the anti-Meta Strips agitators prompted this.

FLIGHT CORNER

From David Futers David@f-w-a.demon.co.uk While trawling the web for cheap flights I came across the Syrian Airlines UK-Bombay-UK fare of UKP 298 for departures to 15 Nov. Check out http://www.farebase.net

Visit Goanet at www.goacom.com/goanet. Some of the highlights:

8270 Computers for Goa schools featured in Demon Internet UK magazine. Gordon Shepperd
8246 Cost and procedure in UK for Indian Visas. Ciril DeQuadros
8216 NEWS-INDIA: 3 Christians arrested for conversion. Frederick Noronha
8218 Goa Church prefers BJP's Angle than Alemao. Carlos Rodrigues
8155 An Ode to Sorpotel. Vivian Coelho
8156-8158 Eminent Goans of the millennium.. Frederick Noronha

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

*Coastweek (Mombasa) 8 Oct. 1999 East Africa Goans held a 3-day convention at Mombasa in Kenya recently. There were nearly 400 participants with 180 from Zanzibar, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanga, Arusha, Nairobi and Uganda. The meet signals the spirit of a rebirth of a new and united East African Goan community, said Chairman Ivan Fernandes (702 words)

*10 Oct. Sunday Standard (Nairobi) Following the murder of an Asian on Friday, over 200 angry members of the Asian business community shut their premises in the city and marched to the Central Police Station to protest against insecurity in Nairobi. They issued a two-week ultimatum threatening to permanently close down their businesses if the Government does not improve security. [That night in Nairobi thieves murdered another Asian].

11 Oct. The Independent. Pope John Paul visits India between 5 and 8 Nov. and VHP, the fundamentalist Hindu party is campaigning to get him to apologise for forced conversions. It is staging a 15-day procession from Goa to New Delhi.

The Guardian Oct. 12. Cabinet reshuffle. Younger generation on the move. New blood Cooper and Vaz climb the ladder. Keith Vaz, was also promoted, taking over the politically sensitive post of Minister of State, Europe. Mr Vaz, 42, became the first MP of Asian descent to hold a ministerial post when he became the Lord Chancellor's Junior Minister in May. Now in his new role he will be the first minister of Asian descent to represent Britain on the top tables of international negotiations.

*Boston Globe 14 Oct. The head of the Roman Catholic Church in New Delhi denied Hindu fundamentalists' charges that Christians had engaged in forced conversions. (412 words)