FORTHCOMING

23 Feb. 12:30 Funeral of PIEDADE (PIETY) FERNANDES (ex. Nairobi) Husband of Zulema. St Barnabas Church, 28 Vine Road, East Molesey, Surrey

24 Feb. 11:00 Funeral of JOAQUIM CARDOZO (Star of Loutolim). Father of Felix, Flavie, Juliet and Carrie. St Paul's Church, Station Road, Wood Green, London N22.

4 Mar. 19:15 Assoc. of the Friends of Ven. Fr. Agnelo (UK). General meeting. Nina Pinto 020-8767 0663

4 Mar. Botwell Social Centre, Botwell Lane, Hayes. Fund raising dance for St Gabriel's Church. Live music by the versatile band "Future Quest". Food for sale by "The Punjabee" restaurant of Southall. Tickets: pounds 8 (children under 12 years: pounds 4) available from Ulric Pinto (0171 422 1479) or Ron Mathias (0171 422 5315).

5 Mar. 12:00- Mungul Union feast. White Hart Lane School, N22. Rosy D'Silva 020- 8352 9450.

12-19 Mar. Holy Land Pilgrimage. £499.50 (inc. flight, half board, tours and tips). Edna Moraes-de Souza 020-8672 1973

1 Apr. 19:00 - 24:00. Mothers Day Social. Botwell Social Centre, Botwell Lane, Hayes, Middlesex. £6. Food for sale. Licensed Bar. Music by Velvet Orchid. Tel. Greg 020- 8579 8154, Tessy, 01784-433 302 or Irene 020-8567 9155.

9 Apr. 15:00 Moira Assoc. Asian Chaplaincy, St. Augustine's Priory, 55 Fulham Palace Road London W6 Mass offered for the repose of the soul of Robert D'Souza.

23 Apr. 19:00 Goan Association UK and Dark Star Social Club. Grand Easter Ball. Lola Jones Hall London SW17. Irene De Mello 0181-567 9155, Edna Moraes-de Souza 0181-672 1973, Savio Pereira 0181-679 4331 or Hazel Rodrigues 0181-357 6776

23 Apr, 19:00-0100 Music Mania Dinner Dance Thamesmere Leisure Suite, Woolwich. Breakthru Band and Music Mania Disco. Tony/Roseline Joanes 0181 265 9644, Vincent/Sabina 0181 244 5598 or Paul/Veronica Barretto 0181 311 1195

COMMUNITY NEWS

The Goan Musical Society is taking part in the forthcoming BBC Music Live 2000 Festival to be held at the end of May. It needs 5 boys and 2 girls aged between 10-14 years to join the dance troupe. They will be trained to perform traditional folk dances from Goa and Portugal. Practices in Mitcham area. Tel. Mrs. Sandra Marques 0181 669 4615 (evenings)

goanet-uk presented Fred Noronha with a Kodak digital camera in December. The contributors were: $50 Sunila Muzawar (Dubai). £20 each: Dominic Correia, Steven Ferros and Uly Menezes (Kuwait). £10 each: Joseph De Souza, Melvyn Fernandes, Sally Fernandes, Flavio Gracias, Tony Joanes, Exano Pereira, Laura Pinto, Ricky Pinto, Magnus Rodrigues and Gordon Shepherd. Some of Fred's photographs can be viewed at http://www.goa-world.net/fotofolio

The "Special Intention" Mass for the soul of PETER (PEDRO) SANTAN FERNANDES at St. Boniface Church, Mitcham is on 23 April 12:00 noon and not 16th April as indicated in the last issue.

DEATHS

12 Feb. Taleigao, Goa: JOSEPHINE AMANDA RUFINA VIEGAS, wife of Cipriano, mother of Cedric, Aldrin/Aruna (UK), Jason, Gladys, sister of Lawrence/Lydia, Cyril/Olga, Fatima/Bento (New Zealand).

13 Feb. Surrey. PIEDADE (PIETY) FERNANDES. Funeral on 23 Feb. -see above

16 Feb. London. JOAQUIM CARDOSO Funeral on 24 Feb - see above.

16 Feb. London. BLANDINA MONTEIRO. (ex. Mombasa). Wife of Conrad.

16 Feb. Assagao, Goa. LUCIA VIEGAS (ex. Dar-es-Salaam). Mother of Olavo/Elma (Miramar), Celsa (UK), Tina/Valente (UK), and Gines Viegas (O Coqueiro, Porvorim).

LOOKING FOR

Andrew Rodrigues (S/o Natty and late Custodio [Bombay]) is trying to trace his Uncle, Caetan Rusario Rodrigues whose children are Cleta, Florie, Sarah and Francis. He would very much like to make contact with them and can be reached on Email: acebah@batelco.com or P O BOX 693, Manama, Bahrain.

FLIGHT CORNER

The Times (UK). 17 Feb. Travel. Goa seems to have gone up in price for no discernible reason…

Sally Intercontinental Tvl Ltd. has Mar. 4, 18, 25 Mar. 2w £279, 4w £359 . tel. 0181-777 0747 (9.30-6pm)

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

St Luke's Hospital, Bedford, Mass., USA, has opened a charity trust in the name of Goan doctor, late Dr Willie Magno de Melo, the Chairman of the Board of Surgeons when he died in December 1997.

A Brazilian TV team will be in Goa from the first week of March to shoot the Carnival and make other films

CM Sardinha said that his Cabinet agreed to accord industry status to tourism in view of problems faced by the hospitality sector.

IMPROVED INTERNET: A dedicated network super-highway, delinked from the current telephone network, is likely to be introduced for Internet users in Goa by March 2000.

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

10214 Computers for Goa Schools raffle crosses the $1000 mark !! Marlon Menezes
10198. Shame, the Virtual Weapon Campaign against corruption in India. Sunila Muzawar
10196 Goa: Industry status for tourism Cipriano Fernandes
10195 Indians succeed in countries ruled by whites but not in India. Swaminathan S Ankalesaria Aiyer
10193 New Goan-Portuguese Mailing List launched. Uly Menezes
10185 Call to Moira Citizens Abroad - About the Moira Website Jaime Demello
10168 City fathers blame public apathy for urban garbage woes... Frederick Noronha
10162 Interview: Old Feni in a New Bottle. Keith Vaz interviewed by the Times of India. Eustaquio Santimano
10155 Send letter to Archbishop of Calcutta re. Blessed Joseph Vaz. George Pinto
10149 Feb issue of GoaNow at http://www.goacom.com/goanow/ Marlon Menezes

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

* 7 Dec BBC Radio 1. No more partying for Goa .Organisers of dance parties in India's resort of Goa have been told to turn their music down after 10 o'clock at night. Locals were complaining that they couldn't get any sleep. But DJs and clubbers are worried that it will mean an end to one of the biggest outdoor party venues in the world. 428 words. Real audio and full text at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/news/main_news/000207_goa.shtml

*12 Feb. Daily Telegraph. Has Goa has been spoilt by tourism? Not entirely, says Rosemary Behan, who gets on a scooter to discover the old magic. (1558 words).

12 Feb. New Vision (Kampala). The remains of Prof. Joseph Carasco is believed to be among the over 60 still trapped in the wreckage on the sea-bed. Specialised equipment was expected from South Africa for the retrieval.

*13 Feb. Gulf Daily News, Young Goans Club (YGC) assistant general secretary Reginald Fernandes (51), was found dead in his office, apparently the victim of a heart attack.. (339 words).

14 Feb. Herald (Goa). Goan lyricist Basilio Magno was interviewed on television RTV 340 in Mijas, Spain, by Anna Haust on its programme "News and Views" recently.

15 Feb. Deccan Herald. President Clinton arrives in India on 20th Mar. American sources indicated that the US president may not go to Goa or Bangalore as highlighted in some reports.

*15 Feb, Rediff. Dream turns nightmare: Goa's tourism flounders after Millennium High by Sandesh Prabhudesai (543 words)