FORTHCOMING

8 Sept. 18:00 - 19:00 YLGS (Young London Goans Social). New Members Coffee Meeting: POSTPONED.

9 Sept. 12:00- E.A. Customs & Excise Reunion. Church Hall of Our Lady of Assumption, opp. 282 Links Road, Tooting, SW 17. For further details contact Conrad Monteiro 020-8715 4034.

Help A Poor Child. 20 th Anniversary Gala Ball, Harrow Leisure Centre POSTPONED TO 28 Oct.

10 Sept. 12:00- 16:00 Cortalim Union London, Mass + AGM. St John Vianney Church Hall. West Green Road London N15.

10 Sept. 11:00-18:00. Festival of Our Lady of Health Vailankani. Thames Cruise. Rev. A.T. Moraes 020-8977 5682.

17 Sept. 2.00pm. St Andrew's Church, Brook Road, Thornton Heath. Sung Mass will be celebrated by Fr. Andrew Fernandes (Asian Chaplaincy) to pray for the beatification of Venerable FR AGNELO DE SOUZA. Followed by a reception in the Parish Hall. Please bring along a plate of finger-food. Soft drinks, tea and coffee will be available. Please inform your friends of this event by e-mail, phone etc. Enquires: Anthony De Souza 020 8689 6447

17 Sept. Goan Association (UK) Trook Tournament. ATC Hall South Wimbledon. Jacinto Fernandes 020-8542 5427

23 Sept. TIATR, TIATR, TIATR, Londonache famad teatrist ani kantorist fuddem sorleat adum tumchea mucar ek gomoticho ani comicacho tiatr zachem naum “ GUSPOT “. Vo tiatr zatolo, jistuc sanghecha 5 ora, St Monica's Hollant, Green Lanes, Palmers Green. London. For further details please call: Rosy - 020 8352 9450, Ida - 020 8881 2921, Gregg – 020 8907 0545

24 Sept. Mapuca Union Feast. Bishop Thomas Grant School, Beltrees Grove, Streatham, London SW16.

1 Oct. 12:45- Majorda Feast. Mass followed by a Social. White Hart Lane School Hall, White Hart Lane, Wood Green, London N22. For tickets contact : Eulogio Braganza on: 020-8888 9109 or Bernadette Dias on: 020-8361 9417.

COMMUNITY NEWS

The families of the late Joaquim Cabral in Canada, Goa, Kenya and the UK wish to express their sincere gratitude and appreciation for the thoughtfulness displayed by your offers of condolences.

The families of the late Jose Severino Fernandes also wish to record their thanks for the support and many messages of sympathy.

DEATHS

30 Aug. Benaulim: JOSE LEOPOLDO DO ROSARIO (Ex-East African Railways & Harbours & Ex-Leodeep Pharmacy), husband of late Remediana Mesquita, father of Tony/Venecia and Flora/Adolf.

LOOKING FOR

Wandsworth Arts Festival 2000 - The Goan Musical Society, London, needs the voluntary services of the following Goan child artistes (9-15 age group only): 1. One wind/woodwind player, Grade V upwards for a solo/duet performance (accompanist provided). 2. Players (strings/winds/percussion, Grade V upwards) to join the orchestra performance of 2 pieces specially composed for the festival by Emiliano D'Cruz (Goa). 3. Three boys and two girls to join the folk (Goan/Portuguese) dance group. Musicians please contact: 020 8646 6390, joao_cota@hotmail.com . Dancers: sandramarques@pgen.net

Female singer required for up and coming young Goan band in the London area, playing all styles of music including soul, funk, blues. Email Savio at SavFernandes@hotmail.com or telephone: 07776 146 217.

Two young ladies in Goa, a medical doctor and pharmacist would like to correspond for knowledge exchange. If you can help, contact Frank Carvalho, Welfare Director Goan Association. Tel: 020-8933 6927.

A firm in Morden, Surrey would like an office admin. clerk with knowledge of Windows 98. Preference for a Goan as the previous person leaving is a Goan. If interested contact Frank Carvalho, Welfare Director Goan Association. Tel: 020-8933 6927.

Vasco Fernandes and Cornelius Monteiro, both ex-Dr Ribeiro Goan School, Nairobi, wish to make contact with former schoolmates. Please contact Vasco on : Tel. 01908 661311 or e-mail fernandes@totalise.co.uk or Cornelius Tel. 0208 681 8716

FLIGHT CORNER

Heathrow - Mumbai. Dep. 7-11 Sept. £218.40 return inc. taxes. 3 days-1month stay. http://www.lastminute.com/lmn/default.asp?target=lmn_flights_home.asp

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

Sydney Olympics-Field Hockey: Kenneth Pereira of Toronto G.O.A. and Robin D'ABREO play for Canada. Photographs at: http://www.goacom.com/news/news2000/sep/msg00021.html and http://www.goacom.com/news/news2000/sep/msg00022.html

The Pune-based Sakal group has bought the "Gomantak Times" newspaper from the Chowgules However, the existing mastheads, staff and editorial policy will continue.

Goa was shaken awake by an earthquake of moderate intensity at 6.03 am on September 5. The tremor lasted for about 20 seconds, measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale, but caused no serious damage.

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

13373 Konkani Classes begin on Sept. 9 in San Francisco Marlon Menezes
13366 Konkani Folk Music Group formed in Perth, Australia. Albert Da Cruz
13344 Mayem Village in Goa is still fighting 'colonial rule' by Sandesh Prabhudesai and forwarded by Frederick Menezes
13319 Women can't be thrown out of matrimonial homes. Frederick Noronha
13275 Senior Citizens Home in Goa Joseph Falcao..
13242 Goa's First Auction Site Launched http://www.epawni.com/epawni Makarand Bhandari
13279 New Web Site for COMUNIDADES - http://www.goa-world.net/comunidades by Savio de Souza

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

The August issue of the GoaNow monthly magazine is online with interesting articles. See: http://www.goacom. c om/goanow

29 Aug. Daily Telegraph. BBC Proms ... It was sung here by soprano Patricia Rozario, whose timbre, extraordinary range and stamina enhanced the music's slow, almost ritual tread...

*29 Aug. Evening Standard 29 Aug. Experts from the Home Office, Foreign Office, the Met and the Attorney General's office will stage a crisis summit this week amid fears that the suspected killer of Edgar Fernandes may walk free...449 words.

30 Aug. Daily Telegraph. "Goan Christian sculpture is represented" in 'Human and Divine: 2,000 Years of Indian Sculpture' at the New Art Gallery, Gallery Square, Walsall (01922 654400) until September 17 and then tours Norwich and Southampton.

*31 Aug. Herald (Goa) Women in Goa whose marriages have ended in divorce are finding it "extremely difficult" to claim their rights as co-owners of matrimonial property, says a women's group that has done a detailed study of the issue. 640 words.

*31 Aug. The Guardian. "Bombay-born soprano Patricia Rozario has become something of a muse for a number of contemporary composers. She inspired John Tavener's The Protecting Veil and Simon Holt cast her as an adulterous sex-kitten in his erotic opera The Nightingale's to Blame. Rozario has now captured the creative imagination of Arvo" 344 words

*31 Aug. India will host an international soccer tournament next January. Teams from Europe, Africa and Asia are expected to take part. The semi-finals and final will be held in Calcutta with other matches in Goa and Cochin. 116 words.

1 Sept. The Guardian. Restaurants - Cheapskate ... where to eat out for under £15: Simply Spice, 53 Calthorpe Street, London WC1. Tel: 020-7833 9787... Focus on regional dishes, especially those of Goa, home region to the chef. You get the real, incendiary pork vindaloo and a classic chicken xacutti with its 21 spices...

*1 Sept. Gomantak Times. Goa born French citizen, Domingo Fernandes is to produce a 2 hour film about Goa called `Out of my country, I love you'. It has the support of the Film Society of France.. Domingo already has several films to his credit. 268 words

*2 Sept. The Tablet. (Sent in by Mervyn Maciel).Vocations are booming in the former Portuguese colony of Goa, which is now sending priests to the West. By Mark Tully. 1288 words. Quote: "The Pilar fathers, a Goan society of apostolic life, has more than doubled its membership in the last 16 years, and is now turning history on its head by sending priests to Europe. Pilar fathers have recently taken over the south London parish of Deptford" See:
http://www.goacom.com/news/news2000/sep/msg00027.html

*2 Sep. The Guardian. Travel: Cruise: P & O's Aurora. …Each cabin has a dedicated steward (shared with 15 other cabins). We had Jerry, a man of saintly patience, who spent 10 days trailing in and out with pots of fresh decaf coffee, extra blankets and fizzy mineral water. These stewards - who are, as is traditional on P&O ships, largely recruited from Goa - do up to nine months at a stretch onboard. They make most of their money - which Jerry, for one, uses to support family in Bombay - on tips… 1563 words.

*4 Sept. Times of India. By Cyril D'Cunha. Goa has a new Policy and Plan of Action for the Elderly who can now hope to age gracefully and respectfully. 714 words.