FORTHCOMING

The longer-term listing will appear on the last Friday of each month.

22. Jan. 06:30 to 07:00. Goa. TV Travel Shop (cable and satellite). Repeated 29 Jan 02:30-03:00

22 Jan. 10:15- Funeral of PETER (PEDRU) SANTAN FERNANDES (80), ex-Kampala, of Ashbourne Grove, Mitcham, who passed away on 15 Jan. Husband of Martha (Catherine), father of Agnelo /Pam, Roy , Bernie/Dennis. St. Boniface Church, 185 Mitcham Road, Mitcham followed by burial at the London Road Cemetery.

28 Jan 18:30-20:00 Goan Association (UK) Public Relations Dept. India Club, 143 Strand, London WC2. Speakeasy brainstorming evening. £1 (optional). Open to all. Melvyn Fernandes 020-8378 6600 melrose@dial.pipex.com

12 Feb. Goan Association UK. Valentine Special. Lola Jones Hall London SW17. Admission £7. Irene De Mello 0181-567 9155 or Edna Moraes-de Souza 0181-672 1973

COMMUNITY NEWS

From John Paul Cota: A music CD entitled "One World" Mass, written by the noted UK-based Goan composer Dr. Joel Almeida, has been released in aid of CARITAS. This is the first Mass setting to include musical traditions from around the world. Free sound samples are on the web: Oneworldmass.homepage.com The CD is available by mail order, £9.99 plus post/packing £1 - see the website or telephone John Paul Cota 020-8646 6390.

Raffle launched in aid of the Computers for Goa Schools Project aimed to promote the exchange of teachers and ideas between Goa and the UK. Payment by secure online credit card. Try it! The URL is:
http://www.goacom.com/community/schools/raffle/ A Goan Institute of San Francisco member anonymously donated $3,000 and George Pinto also of SF has contributed $750. Full details of the project at http://www.f-w-a.demon.co.uk/goa/

Dr Melville da Cruz, (Saligao), Clinical Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, was among the privileged few taking part in the worldwide BBC broadcast from Kings College, Cambridge, recently. He is an accomplished violinist too.

Re. Goanet news team Cheques had also been received from Joseph De Souza, Melvyn Fernandes and Magnus Rodrigues. Sorry!

The PIO (Persons of Indian Origin) cards, priced at $1,000 and valid for a period of 20 years has had very limited success. Only 66 have been issued in the UK so far. Full details of the scheme at: http://www.indiaemb.or.th/PIO_Card/pio_card.html

DEATHS

Velsao: MARINHA LETICIA INACIA FERNANDES, wife of late Herculano, mother of Johnny/Doris (UK), Vince/Cursina (UK), Teddy (UK), Latina/ Reggie (UK), etc,

Dec 26. Benaulim: MINGUEL XAVIER COLACO, husband of Maria Ines Rodrigues. Father of Paixao/Christine (UK) etc.

Dec 23. Mapusa: EULALIA SOUZA MACHADO BRAGANCA, mother of Terezinha/Jose Miranda(London) etc.

Dec 15. Betalbatim: IGNATIUS MATHIAS FERNANDES (SUNNY), ex. E.A.R.& H. husband of Isabel. Father of Cyril, Philo/Selina, Robert/Julie(London), late Alex/Liza (Kenya), Mary/Alex(London), Cedric.

LOOKING FOR

From: Jude John Lobo jjlobo@clara.net I want to contact an old school friend IAN FERNANDES from Nairobi

From: chemv@total.net (Victor Fernandes) I wonder if you know a Goan called Joe Lobo. He used to be in Mombasa (1955 - 1963 or thereabouts), then went to India. I hear now he has been in the UK for some years.

FLIGHT CORNER

S.I. Travel (Sally) has Gatwick 22 or 29 Jan 2w £299. Manchester 10 Feb. 3w £289. Tel: 020 8451 0777
Bargain holidays, tel.01222 330 052, http://www.bargainholidays.com/a_flights.shtml and Travel-Travel, Tel: 01268 453725 http://www.travel-travel.co.uk/flightenq.htm have Manchester 20 Jan 1w £119; 21 Jan 1w £189, 2w £199. Gatwick 23 Jan 1w £199.

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

The High Court has banned the playing of amplified music between 10 PM and 7 am in open places in Goa until further notice. Dances, weddings, beachside parties have been hit.

Blessed Joseph Vaz was formally proclaimed as the patron saint of the archdiocese of Goa and Daman at a religious function at Se Cathedral, Old Goa.

CM Francisco Sardinha's government intends to make ferry crossings free.

Representatives of the hotel industry have demanded that beach shacks be demolished immediately.

The Carnival will be celebrated in Goa from March 4 to 7.

A British girl aged 22 was raped by a group of six youths, all of whom worked as cooks and waiters along the beachbelt. Police arrested the six.
The crime was committed less than 12 hours after a city judge had pronounced seven-year jail terms in a case where two Swedish tourists had been gang-raped three years ago.

Goa has deferred implementation uniform sales tax rates as prescribed by the Central Government, which was to have come into effect last Friday.
Tax on computers would have risen from nil to 8 per cent, cars and two-wheelers 4 to 12 per cent and alcoholic beverages from 8 to 20 per cent.

Goan Soccer World Cup semi-final results: UAE Goans 4 Oman Goans 0; Goa Goans 3 India Goans 0. Finals on Sat. 22 Jan.

The Supreme Court last week stayed construction of a five-star resort at Rajebaug beach, Canacona.

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

9908 and 9888 Goa - Paedophile Haven. Mario Mascarenhas
9901 Worldwide Goans meet Goa's Governor. Aires Rodrigues:
9881 Computers for Goa Schools - UK Project. Malcolm Muir
9837 Please Come to Canada - Canadian immigration regulations eased. John D'Souza

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

*From Cynthia Correia, spar@net2000ke.com 14 Jan. East African Standard. Feature on Cajie Fernandes, artist, who was born in Nairobi in 1927. He won the Esso calendar competition in 1967 and 1975 and was an art lecturer. 406 words.

15 Jan. The Telegraph (UK). Deborah Moggach, (novelist): The best hotel I have ever stayed at is Coco Huts on Palolem Beach in Goa. Each room is woven into a palm tree and you climb up a ladder to get in. They only cost £4 a night so it's not luxurious but in the morning you just climb down on to the beach.

16 Jan. The Observer. Goa listed as one of the top 20 getaways.

16 Jan. Chicago Tribune . …This tropical oasis (Kerala) has replaced an overcrowded Goa as the holiday destination for a new generation of Europeans and Americans…

16 Jan. Mail on Sunday …Long-haul destinations are increasingly popular for winter breaks. Mike Beaumont, commercial director of travel agent Thomas Cook, says: "People are going farther afield to places such as Goa, Sri Lanka and Cuba, and fares for these destinations are becoming more competitive."…

17 Jan. The Guardian Paris spring/summer 2000 couture shows. Jean Paul Gaultier's collection celebrated the Indian subcontinent... Each outfit had a witty name. Thus, Goa Connection was a pair of faded jeans stitched through with crystals - in homage, perhaps, to the scruffy western travellers who make a beeline for that part of India. Price? £10,000…

*17 Jan The Statesman. Feature on the Goan Soccer World Cup. Quote: Players from countries like the USA, Canada, UK and Australia were reportedly keen on participating but due to logistical reasons, their teams could not be fielded. 843 words.