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FORTHCOMING 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 25 June. 12:30- Benaulim Association - Feast of St John the Baptist. White Hart Lane School, Wood Green, London N22. Mass followed by Dance. Music by band Maz & Co. Tickets from Mrs Josephine Fernandes (020 8967 7471) 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. COMMUNITY NEWS Goanet-Canada Newsletter, Issue 2000-5, June 5, 2000, is out. It is packed with info on Goan events in Canada, the Canadian Goan Assoc., their purchase of a 10-acre site, the International Goan Directory and much more! Subscription is free! See the current issue at: http://www.goacom.com/news/news2000/jun/msg00025.html ChildLine has a new publication: Children and Racism. £3. It provides support, help and advice in coping with and tackling racism. Details at: http://www.childline.org.uk/news/raindex.cfm *Herald (Goa) on 3 June had a feature article on some prominent UK Goans: Keith Vaz Minister in the Foreign Office. Hazel Gomes of Salcete who is married to Johnny Moke, fashion shoe designer. Mavis D'Souza, editor in chief of Lloyd's Law Reports who was educated at St. Joseph's Convent School, Dar-es-Salaam. The three Barros D'Sa bothers (ex. Nairobi) : Leo whose qualifications and achievements are too varied to list here; Alban, the author of "numerous publications" in medical journals who after studying at the Teacher Training College in Nairobi, Kenya, began his career as a house surgeon and physician at the Bristol Royal Infirmary in 1967; Aires, vascular surgeon, Professor at the University of Belfast. (746 words). *27 May Navhind Times. T F D'Costa of Addington, UK, on the shabby treatment he and his family received following his complaint of theft to the Colva hotel he was staying at. 291 words *3 June. The Independent: Samurai Attack: Swordsman Must Stay In Secure Hospital. Extract: …Gregory Fernandez, 69, was the next victim, hit across the face, neck and shoulders. He lost the tips of two fingers. His friend Joseph Fernandez, 55, managed to duck as the crazed swordsman swung at his neck… 725 words. (St. Andrew's Church, Thornton Heath in Nov. last year). DEATHS 9
June. London (Earlsfield). ANTHONY (SONNY) BARROS,
husband of Carlotta, father of Ashby & Edric. Sonny was a
member of the Nairobi Heroes, see FLIGHT CORNER *4 June. Agence France Presse: Virgin to Launch India Flights in new challenge to British Airways. The first Virgin flight to India will be on July 6, operating between London-Delhi-London. The fares will be competitive and it is planned to offer an "introductory" fare . 464 words NEWS
HEADLINES A bomb went off on Thurs. 8 June at the Church of St Andrew in Vasco. Fortunately, there were no injuries. Reuters has reported that this morning there were 3 other bomb explosions in Indian churches http://www.reuters.com/dynamic/india_en_nSP111944.html All the 55 activists of the AMCAC, arrested during the trouble at Verna, have been released on bail The 4-member committee examining the Meta Strips Limited pollution aspects, is likely to submit its report this weekend. Meanwhile the Company has asked the Goa Government to pay its costs and it will abandon the plant. .Goa-netter and renowned Konkani Writer, Damodar Mauzo has been elected as President of Konkani Bhasha Mandal. Animal Husbandry Minister Victoria Fernandes, expressed concern at the spread of rabies. About 30,000 people die annually in the country due to rabies, which accounts for 81 per cent of the 37,000 deaths reported to WHO from all over the world. The flow of charter tourists into Goa registered a 4.03 per cent rise over last year with 405 flights offloading 94,289 visitors. According to Director of Tourism, S S Keshkamat 356 flights had brought in 90,635 charter tourists during 1998-99 season. Prof. Dr Verissimo Coutinho, who was instrumental in erecting a chieftains' memorial in Cuncolim amidst much controversy, has left for Rome on order to approach the Vatican on the vexed Gaonkar-non-Gaonkar issue. Leander Paes, last year's Wimbledon mens double Champion (partnered by Bhupati), will be out of action for about three months due to a wrist injury he suffered while playing the mixed doubles event at the French Open. Goa is one of the few places in India where citizens have the right to find out (some of) how their government works. For details about the Right to Information law that has been in effect in Goa for some time now, visit http://www.goacom.com/rti/ A control room has been opened at the office of the District Magistrate, Panjim, to receive messages of natural calamities like flooding, collapse of houses, falling of trees, etc. Ms Maria Sequeira has complained to the Director General of police that her neighbour, Michael Sequeira, along with the sarpanch of Curca-Telaulim, two police constables and two labourers came to her property on Saturday and cut seven branches of a mango (Mankurad) tree, without her permission. Visit Goanet at www.goacom.com/goanet. Some of the highlights: 11896
Goa's troubled children...Frederick Noronha on Childline service
in Goa aimed at tackling bullying, child abuse, exam stress, etc.
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June Observer (UK) How to eat a mango … 535 words. 4 June. The Hindu. Extract: …the Pathak family didn't earn their very considerable riches by being un-businesslike. The founder of the Pathak brand started off as a contract caterer providing palatable food for the refugees from East Africa back in the Seventies *5 June. Asian Age .By Pamela D’Mello. Goa chief minister Francisco Sardinha has said he would demand the exclusion of Goa from the proposed Christian marriage law reforms mooted in a controversial bill by the Union government… 322 words. *6 June. Deccan Herald Goa to maintain single language status, says Sardinha. 416 words *6 June. Evening Standard. By Fay Maschler. I went to Chutney Mary [Chelsea] near the end of its Goa festival … there is a practised hand at this most seductive of styles which, due to colonisation by Portuguese Catholics, has a range and remit quite unlike other areas of the sub-continent…the baked crab, masala chicken liver, lamb shank xacutti and sea-bass fillet … 6 June. The Independent India's South-West monsoon, which accounts for about 80 per cent of the country's rainfall, has hit some parts of the western Maharashtra state a few days ahead of schedule. The monsoon crossed Goa … *6 June. Navhind Times. A computer lab, which will eventually have 15 computers, was inaugurated at Our Lady of Divar High School. Ms Prisca Fernandes thanked all the benefactors, who helped her in making the dream come true. 242 words. *7 June. Times of India. Bombay Police team to nab sex scandal suspects operating from Goa. 408 words *7
June. Asian Age. St. Xavier’s alumni flock to London reunion.
560 words. Text at: *7. June Navhind Times. The Goan Organisation of America will be holding its biannual convention in Irvine, California, from July 1 - 3. The convention gives an opportunity to Goans settled in America and also in other countries to meet and exchange ideas. The focus of this year's convention is the Goan youth. 116 words. |
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