FORTHCOMING

4 June. Wandsworth Town Hall Ex Students from Catholic Parochial and St Teresa's Boys and Girls School, Nairobi. Millennium Reunion. Norma Menezes 020-8771 4457 Menezrahim@aol.com or Tonyjo Fernandes 01895 259947.

9 June. 11:00. Shepperton, Middx. Funeral of JOE D'SOUZA (ex Nairobi). See Deaths section.

11 June. 13:00 - G.I. Nairobi Millennium Reunion. Bishop Thomas Grant School, Beltrees Grove, Streatham, London SW16. Jacket & Tie essential. Aires Fernandes 020-8488 0194, Eddie Caldeira 020-8503-9468 or Crescent Fernandes 020-8954 0435.

18 June. 12:00- Siolim Union. 20th anniversary & Feast of St. Anthony of Padua. Bishop Thomas Grant School, Beltrees Grove, Streatham, London SW16 Mass followed by Dance. Maz & Co. and Fantasy Disco. Members and guests welcome. Derrick Fernandes 020-8395 1084 or Eugene Fernandes 020-8240 0818

2 July. 12:00- Aldona Association London. Feast of Saint Thomas the Apostle. White Hart Lane School Hall, White Hart Lane, London N22. For tickets please contact Tony Fernandes 020-8804-5276; Felix Fernandes 020-8800-5413; Luis Gracias 020-8764-4353; or Joanita Fernandes 01908-696-882.

9 July. 12:00- Calangute Assoc. celebrate their feast commencing with Mass. Venue: Shamyana Restaurant, 429 London Road, Norbury, SW16. Contact Ian Remedios 020-8658 7769

22 July. 20:00-24:00. Thames Cruise + Dinner Dance. Westminster Pier. Limited numbers. Edna Moraes-De Souza 020-8672 1973

23 July. 12:30- Tivim Social. Bishop Thomas Grant School Hall, SW16. Norma Menezes-Rahim 020-8771 4457

23 July 12.00 - 20.00. Annual Guirim/Sangolda BBQ. Ewell Sports Ground, Banstead Road, Ewell. Jane Gracias (020) 8543 5454 or Laura Pinto (020) 8644 9588.

30 July. GOA Annual Goan Festival. Bishop Lafrance School, Mitcham Road, Croydon. Diego Pinto 020-8767-0663 (offers of help). Norma Menezes-Rahim 020-8771 4457(organisational arrangements). Bernie Gracias 020-8723 1322 (stall applications).

30 July 12:00 Aylesford Pilgrimage. Rev. A.T. Moraes 020-8977 5682

13 Aug. Bastora Union. Feast of St. Cajetan. Mass followed by Social at Merton Hall, 76 Kingston Road, South Wimbledon. Breakthru Band. Caesar D'Souza 020-8550 0615 or Cornelius Monteiro 020-8681 8716.

13 Aug. Justice for Edgar Fernandes Campaign. Fund-raising benefit social. Red Rose Club in Finsbury Park.. The event will also be a celebration of Edgar's birthday. Kids will be welcome. There will be a (cheap) bar and a free buffet. Contacts: Theo Russell: 020 8356 5230/5231 (W); 020 7244 9779 (H); e-mail theorussell@hotmail.com. Chris Broadhead: 020 8356 4350/435/4352 (W); 020 7688 0061.

COMMUNITY NEWS

From Antonio Mascarenhas, President e-mail: Villa.Fatima@sympatico.ca The Calangute Association of Canada invites goanet-uk subscribers to the Annual feast of Patron Saint Alex on Sunday, July 23, 2000 at Mississauga, Ontario.

The Goan Association Annual Goan Festival takes place in Croydon on 30 July. The closing date for stall applications is 13 June. Contact Bernie Gracias 020-8723 1322.

The South East Goans committee thanks those who travelled with them to France on Bank Holiday Monday. A special thank you to Rosario Fernandes & Family , Myra Mendes and Ronald Fernandes. A list of future events will be distributed by the end of June. For membership details contact Lloyd at southeastgoans.d-souza@virgin.net or Tel: 020 8301 5242.

DEATHS

May 15. New York. CECILIA VAZ (92) Wife of Late Sebastian Vaz ( Concertmaster of Bombay Symphony Orchestra and of the Queens Symphony in New York); Mother of Dominic Vaz and Lea Vaz Rangel-Ribeiro; Mother-in-law of Victor Rangel-Ribeiro and Marilyn Wright.

May 24. Dar-es-Saalam: NATALINA FILOMENA FERNANDES, wife of Natalino Simplicio, mother of Cheryl/John, Edwina/Tom, Emilia/Andrew, Theresa/Elvis, Brandon/Hycinta, Priscilla/Akhtar, Roy, Angelo, Michael and Justina,

May 28. Merces: MARIA CONCEICAO DIAS E JOAO, wife of Francis Xavier, mother of Peter/Francisca, Johnson/Flavia, Sebastian/Deodita, Juvenal(UK)/Umelina, Vicent/Emma, late Fatima/Bruno,Aleluia (UK)/Palmira,

May 29 Panjim JOHN DOMNIC FERNANDES (ex Teacher of Don Bosco, Panjim, St Paul's Belgaum and Loyola - Margao)
Husband of Aurora, Father of Sandra and Andrea / Ganesh.

May 31 Shepperton, Middx. JOE D'SOUZA (ex Nairobi), husband of Augusta, brother of Piedade/Diego Mascarenhas (Leicester), Jane/Tony D’Douza (Houslow), Philo/Agnelo Dacosta (Toronto), Carmen/George Moraes (Toronto), Catherine/Caje Rodrigues (Bombay), brother in law of Malcolm Preston of Feltham. Funeral on Friday 9 June at 11 am at St. John Fisher Church, 15 Wood
Road, Shepperton, Middx.

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

Civilian aircraft will now be allowed to use Goa's Dabolim airport, which is controlled by the Navy, for 18 hours instead of merely six hours, in a bid to increase tourist inflow.

Internet services are improving in Goa but the State needs to ensure that adequate infrastructure is built to take care of future needs and give the State its due. This view was expressed by members of the Goa Internet Users' Club at a meeting at the office of the Computer Society of India (Goa) in Panjim on May 27.

Fifty-five Anti-Meta Strips Citizens Action Committee (AMCAC) members were arrested near Verna on Wednesday 31 May. Three buses and a police vehicle were stoned by the demonstrators.

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

*27 May Herald (Goa) Aires Rodrigues interviewed by Fred Noronha. 1454 words. See: http://www.goacom.com/news/news2000/may/msg00101.html

27 May. The Telegraph. Wexford Festival Oct 19-Nov 5. An opera planned for this year is If I Were King, a classic French comic opera set in Goa by Adolphe Adam (1803-1856), better known as the composer of Giselle…

29 May The Herald (Goa). Frederick Noronha: Recently, the Kenyan Energy Minister, Francis Lotodo, called for a posthumous trial of the late Jomo Kenyatta for complicity in the 1965 assassination of Pio Gama Pinto. Full text at: http://www.goacom.com/news/news2000/may/msg00089.html

29 May. Times of India. …Goa is a prime example of a state which seems to have gotten out of hand. Locals are outnumbered by yellow-haired zombies which seems to rule the kingdom and have now even managed to convince the locals' children about the magic of the mushroom. Aged Goans residing in their ancestral homes, now live in constant fear and can hence no longer take their afternoon nap with the porch doors open as they used to. This is a sad reflection on today's youth which seems to be directionless…

*31 May Navhind Times. The Chrysalis Finishing School is run by Ms Jean Rodrigues and Ms Charmaine Godinho and Seventeen ladies passed out from the regular course held in the month of May. 539 words.

*31 May. Reuters. Jason Rebello will join Sting in playing world chess champion Garry Kasparov at an exhibition game in New York's Times Square.on June 29. 223 words.

*1 June. Asian Age. Goa's Civic groups solve local problems. By Pamela D’Mello. 441 words.

*1 June.Times of India Story of the grand old man of Goan industries (Pascoal Menezes of Cosme Matias Menezes) 730 words

5 June. Time Newsmagazine, Asia edition. Everyone's a star.com. "Remo Fernandes, one of India's best-known pop singers, offered Cyber Viber exclusively on the Net via MP3. Fernandes released the song on Fabmart.com, an online music store. Within a month, listeners had downloaded 16,000 copies. Remo, who lives in the rural elegance of Goa, says he loves the flexibility of the Net." Full text at: http://www.cnn.com/ASIANOW/time/magazine/2000/0605/cover1.html

Gomantak Times 31 May 1990 (ten years ago) "A Save Goa campaign has been started at the behest of the Goan Overseas Association (GOA) in Beckenham, Kent, UK with its stated aim to protect Goa's unique environment for future generations "