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You can get your fill of news from Goa by going to www.goacom.com/news and following the links to the Goa newspapers. If you are confused by the choice, try option 4 or telephone me at 020-8883-4786 (evenings & weekends) PLEASE RETURN THIS PORTION TO ME: I select OPTION … COMMUNITY NEWS Keith Vaz resigned his appointment as Minister for Europe because of ill health after being hounded by the media. The Sun, on 12 June commented, " Mr Vaz had infuriated Asians and blacks when he claimed complaints about his links to tycoons, including the Hinduja brothers, were racist." I wonder who voted him in. Henry Castellino is participating in his third London to Brighton bike ride, on 17 June, in aid of the British Heart Foundation. Sponsorship pledges to Henry_Castellino@computacenter.com ASAP please. The St. Luke's Assoc. of Young Goan Doctors is being formed with the idea of linking young (under 35 years old) Goan Doctors and Dentists. Pass the word. e-mail goandoctors@hotmail.com now if you qualify. DEATHS 6 Jun. Porvorim: SILVESTRE CARVALHO, Husband of Crinia…Uncle of Nicholas Duncan/Andrea (England) etc. LOOKING FOR Know of any Solicitors in the UK who deal with Goa-related legal matters or have links with lawyers in Goa? Please e-mail eddie@fernandes.u-net.com or tel 020-8883-4786 NEWS
HEADLINES "Advocate
Albertina Almeida the fire-breathing champion of Bailancho Saad"
is interviewed by Gomantak Times about the Miramar Sex Scandal.
Dr Wilfred de Souza, the president of the Nationalist Congress Party (Goa), has flayed the decision of Chief Minister Parrikar to send the legislators on trips to neighbouring countries under the guise of exposing them to developmental activities there. A working
group on tourism has agreed in principle to set up a golf course
in Goa. The Chief Secretary claimed that Goa did not have any
water or electricity shortage. The monsoon has broken over Goa. Goa has FM
Radio service for 11 hours a day. Cyril D'Cunha in Times of India
13 June. Two die and three go missing after a Singapore tanker explodes and sinks off the Goa coast Danone, owner of Evian and Volvic is in discussions regarding buying a stake in Bisleri. Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar claims that the primary schools that are being privatised, had on their roll only two or three children while in some schools there were no students at all. IN
THE NEWS The June 2001 issue of Goanow, the monthly webzine, is at http://www.goacom.com/goanow Among the highlights: Musings: Dr Carmo D'Souza at Heathrow airport. Crime: Melita Noronha on Paedophilia in Benaulim 3 Jun. Sunday Herald (Glasgow). Book Review: Coast by Matthew Branton. Bloomsbury, £6.99. Excerpt: ….Bay's last summer as a teenager is spent planning crystal meth-fuelled sex parties. The drugs are cheap and plentiful, courtesy of child prodigy friends. Bay scarpers to Goa when the local drug lords shut his friends' operation down. Staying with his divorced mother, he discovers some home truths about how his parents pay the bills… 8 Jun. Times of India. Goa to offer medical tourism. By Frederick Noronha. http://www.timesofindia.com/today/08mpan11.htm *8 Jun. Business Line English speakers in India are being gobbled up by large Indian corporates with ambitions in the call (or now, 'contact') centre business… GE, the biggest success story in the business here, say recruitment agents, has exhausted New Delhi and is now pounding the streets of Goa looking for English speakers… *9 Jun. Western Morning News (Plymouth). Anita Edgar, a 55-year-old grandmother from the Westcountry has already rescued more than 100 street children from the slums of Goa. She has now set up two children's relief centres in the earthquake-hit state of Gujarat. It was five years ago while she was on holiday with her daughter in Goa that she met a local pastor and set up the El Shaddai. charity. Anita Edgar will be in the Westcountry for the next two months. You can contact Anita on 07813345367 or e-mail her at anita@elshaddai-trust.org Alternatively you can check out the charity's website on: www.elshaddai-trust.org 787 words. 10 June. The Guardian. Tennis. Unseeded Indian pair Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi won their second French Open doubles title with a 7-6, 6-3 victory over 13th seeds Petr Pala and Pavel Vizner *10 Jun. Times of India. Feature on Mediterranean Fiesta, the Calangute restaurant recommended by The Lonely Planet, Tatler, Times, Independent, Herald, Cosmopolitan, Elle etc. It also has a 37-foot cruising catamaran called Viva Fiesta which "has the elite queuing up for off-shore private parties". 648 words. *10 Jun. The Toronto Sun. Travel. The weirdest things I saw in Asia … Nothing could beat the bike we saw on a Goan highway though, which boasted not only three adult men squeezed one behind the other, but three large squealing pigs bound at the feet and stacked like tires off the back seat-post-- and a sack of grain… The sign on the back of a bus in Goa: "Two-wheeler riders: Do not overtake from left of the vehicle. You may land in Hell." 1062 words http://www.canoe.ca/TravelNews/wierd_010612-sun.html 11 Jun. The Independent. Goa: The former Portuguese colony on the west coast of India is one of the global centres for trance music, with huge raves taking place outdoors on the beaches. The Indian authorities are taking an increasingly hard line against drug taking at such events. *11 Jun. Aberdeen Press & Journal. Four Aberdeen University students of Zoology heading off to Goa to look for new forms of life, perhaps new species like frogs and toads, seek sponsorship. 217 words. 13 Jun. Indian Express Goa's new food fad is frogs and they are fast disappearing! 306 words. http://www.indian-express.com/ie20010613/top7.shtml 13 Jun. The Age (Melbourne). In a report from Dona Paula it is claimed that Green mussels are the key to anti-Aids drugs. 614 words. http://www.theage.com.au/breaking/2001/06/13/FFX49XHZVNC.html 14
Jun. Agence France Presse. Police in Goa, the 60s hippy haven
that still has its old pulling power, are clamping down on the
drugs and rave scene. 583 words. "Once I went with a friend to India for a month …I ended up in Goa and had a marvellous time…I went solo to Kenya - to the Masai Mara, and Mombasa." Ann Widdecombe, Conservative Party Leader hopeful (?) in the Sunday Times April 30 2000 FORTHCOMING 17 Jun. 12:00- Siolim Union. Feast of St. Anthony of Padua. Merton Hall, 76 Kingston Road, London SW19 (Tube: South Wimbledon) Music by Breakthru. Derick Fernandes 020 8395 1084. 23 Jun. Noon 4:00 p.m. The International Goan Pilgrimage to Aylesford Priory. Kent. Art and craft, drama, story telling, music and debate workshops, culminating with Mass. Full details at: www.goanpilgrimage.homestead.com Contact Shirley Gonsalves xuelian55@hotmail.com 01634 843510. 24 Jun. 1.45 p.m. - 6 p.m. Asian Chaplaincy. Festival of Our Patron Saints Multicultural Programme at the Asian Chaplaincy, 55 Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith. Tel. the Chaplaincy 020-8563 9102 24 Jun. Benaulim Association - Feast of St. John the Baptist. White Hart Lane School, Wood Green - White Hart Lane, London N22 opposite New River Sports Centre. Commences with Mass at 12.30 p.m. followed by Lunch. Music by MAZ & Co. For details contact Josephine Fernandes - Tel: 020-8967 7471. 1 Jul. TIATR, TIATR, TIATR - Brought by public demand, Larryboy's highly acclaimed " FARICPON" now South of the river and also enjoy the after-show Dinner and Music at Merton Town Hall. Tickets and further information:- Jo D'Silva - 020 8296 8332, Audrey D'Silva - 07796 35019 or Bella Fernandes - 020 8352 0373. 1 Jul. Calangute Feast at Bishop Lanfranc School, Mitcham. Music by Say One Do One. Contact Ian and Rose Remedios Tel:- 0208 658 7769. 1 Jul.. 12:00- Aldona Association (London) will be celebrating the Feast of their Patron, Saint Thomas, The Apostle, and their 25th Anniversary at the White Hart Lane School Hall, Wood Green. N22. For tickets please Contact Luis Gracias on 020 8764 4353, Felix Fernandes on 020 8800 5413 or Tony Fernandes on 020 8804 5276. Dancing to the music of " Karibu" from Leicester. 21 Jul. 7.30pm 12:00 Leicester Goan Association. Charity Dance in Aid of the Earthquake Appeal for Gujarat. The Jungle Club, Checketts Road, Leicester. Dress Smart Casual. Admission, inc. meal Adults £10.00. Children £5.00. Closing Date for booking tickets is 7th July. Annie Mandricks 0116-273-9210 or Joyce D'Souza 0116-266-4202 NEW ENTRY 29 Jul. Goan Festival in conjunction with Goan Organisations. Archbishop Lanfranc School. Mitcham Road, Croydon. Diego Pinto 020-8767 0663 or Cornelius Monteiro 020-8681 8716. For stalls contact Bernie Gracias 020-8723 1322 |
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