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COMMUNITY NEWS Mombasa Goan Community celebrates the Club Centenary. Article by Natasha Tavares and photograph of the Mombasa Institute Centenary Managing Committee 2001. Excerpts: … At the Club's heyday, the membership roll amounted to over a thousand people…Serafino Antao, the first Kenyan to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in 1962, was a Mombasa Goan and an honorary member of the Institute…Gold souvenirs of the MI logo were presented to Albert Castanha and Mrs. Meldrita Laurent Viegas now in Canada, who had been nominated Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Century…175 former members and their families from places as far-flung as Australia travelled home to join in the celebrations… Full article, 1690 words, in Coastweek 23 Nov. at http://www.goacom.com/news/news2001/nov/news16.htm Thanks to the generosity of the Municipal Corporation of Lisbon, Casa de Goa, the Association of Goans settled in Portugal now has ample and luxurious new purpose-built headquarters. The inauguration took place on the 28 Nov. From Paulo Colaco Dias: Photographs of the new excellent premises of Casa de Goa are now available from the Casa de Goa web page at: http://www.goacom.com/casa-de-goa/novasede.html The youth from the GOA [Goans of Arusha] have set-up a goa_youth group at Yahoo. To learn more about them, please visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa_youth From Tony Correia-Afonso, President, World Wide Goans: All Goans, wherever they may be, are invited to attend the Third International Goan Convention 2001 and Art Exhibition on "Goan Cultural Heritage" at the Kala Academy, Panjim on Saturday, 29th. December 2001 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mr. Victor Menezes, Chairman & CEO of Citibank n.a. will be the Chief Guest and Shri Pratapsingh Rane, Hon'ble Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly will preside. Among the Guests of Honour are Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and Mr. Charles Correa, eminent architect. Entrance is free and open to all. Further info: tonyca@goatelecom.com From John J. D'Souza, Toronto: For the Goans in Toronto, the celebration of the feast of St Francis Xavier on 8 Dec. will be a special event. It is being celebrated for the first time by the community in the newly consecrated Church of Saint Francis Xavier in Mississauga. The mass celebration will be preceded by a procession of the relic of the Saint brought to the Church by its founding Pastor, Fr. Terence D'Souza. The feast will be followed by a "Family Fair" in the Church hall with food and gift stalls, all catering to Goan tastes. From Time Out 28 Nov: Wed. 5 Dec. 8 pm Diane Nalini, Half-Belgian, half-Goan vocalist from Montreal - a runner up in this year's Perrier Young Jazz Musician awards, performs at Spice of Life, 6 Moor Street W 1. Her forthcoming performances includes: Fri, 14 Dec. 9pm The Salena Jones Restaurant, Jazz and Music Room, 184 Uxbridge Road, Shepherd's Bush Green, London W12. Photographs, biography, downloads, contact details etc. at http://www.dianenalini.com/ …She's a twenty-something Montrealer, Rhodes Scholar, Doctor of Applied Physics (lunches with Richard Dawkins!)… Tom Terrellin in "All About Jazz" "Maybe it's her mixed parentage - a Belgian father, a Goan mother - or maybe it's having spent most of her life in cosmopolitan Montreal. Whatever it is, Diane Nalini possesses a musical curiosity (not to mention a trilingual fluency) that immediately sets her apart from most fledgling jazz songstresses…" Planet Jazz Magazine. 2001 Elegant, intelligent, and a sultry songstress to boot, this is the kind of woman that makes grown men weep..." Isis magazine, 2001 DEATHS 26 Nov. Toronto. HENRY MONIZ (ex. Nairobi), aged 82. Husband to Elsie. Father to Debra/Denzil Noronha, Trevor/Karen, Kevin. Grandfather to Megan & Melissa. Survived by brother-in-law Anthony & Elma De Souza, niece Valerie Moniz, nephew Alfred Moniz. Source: Toronto Star. LOOKING FOR Update on the Goan Community Centre, Tottenham: Toilets are in! And now we are looking for volunteers to help paint the Centre." Also, skilled volunteers wanted to lay the floor tiles. Candy Fernandes 020-8245-4513. Thank you to those who responded to the appeal from Goa for unwanted software on CD-ROM - the kind included free in Computer magazines. Others intending to contribute are asked to post items BY 3 Dec. to me : Eddie Fernandes, 1 Onslow Gardens, Muswell Hill, London N10 3JT. NEWS
HEADLINES Eliminating
Goa's Transportation Woes. Navhind Times 24 Nov. 'Thomas
Cook has suggested further liberalisation in the chartered airlines
policy in India to allow chartered companies to carry outbound
passengers from India. Navhind Times 26 Nov. Goa Su-Raj political Party is to be launched in Goa on 19th. December, 2001. *In 1988 a four-year-old Nigerian child was raped in Anjuna. The police were reluctant to act and top politicians had connived to protect the assailants it is claimed. The parents managed to press charges after their Embassy intervened. The verdict of the Court is imminent and last week the whole family was subjected to a brutal assault. The wife was gagged, stripped, had chilly powder rubbed into her eyes and was subjected to an attempted rape. Their property was burnt and stolen and they were evicted from their house. Gomantak Times 25 Nov. A fuller account is at: http://www.goacom.com/goanet/ message 18845 A webpage of Novenas & Feast of St Francis Xavier, with timings of Mass and Novenas from 24 Nov.to 3 Dec. is at www.goacom.com/culture/religion/sfx/novena.html Thanks
to the preference for a male child, India today has one of the
largest markets of `sex-determination techniques'. Now available
is an imported kit claiming to ensure the conception of a `child
of choice.' Hindustan Times 25 Nov. The
three accused in the murder of UK National, Eamon Peter Helly
at Hotel Nova Goa in 1991 have been discharged this week owing
to the lack of evidence. Navhind Times 29 Nov. Goa turning into a destination for sex tourists: Child Rights for Goa. Herald 28 Nov. http://www.oherald.com/Goanews/news2.htm#6 Panjim is to have a modern market complex in a year's time, disclosed Chief Minister, Manohar Parrikar. "This will be the best market in the whole of Asia", he claimed. IN
THE NEWS 25 Nov. The Observer. Review: Living: Nothing to get smiley about: Police attitudes to Ecstasy may be softening, but some old ravers are beginning to worry that there's a price to pay for the good times they had 10 years ago…Serena, a teacher in her late thirties told me: 'I got into Ecstasy much later then anyone else I know. I was nearly 29 and had a 20-year-old boyfriend who dealt it. We used to go to Ibiza and Goa and had the most fantastic time… 26 Nov. Daily Record (Scotland). Annie Brown Column:…there are lots of other healthy ways to beat the bulge - I found 10 days of dysentery after a trip to Goa did the trick… 26 Nov. Yahoo News. . Hip hop superstar Sean 'P Diddy' Combs (formerly known as Puff Daddy) launched a documentary on the perils of AIDS, to be beamed to almost 600 million people by the pop music channel MTV on Dec.1, World Aids Day. The documentary tours the world from Stockholm to Goa … http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011126/re/aids_mtv_dc_2.html 27
Nov. Times of India. UK to boost trade ties with Goa. 28 Nov. Neue Zürcher Zeitung (Switzerland). New restaurant at Market Lane, Zurich. …The kitchen boss Mesquita Sainora is only 25 years old. She was born in Goa … the culinary art speaks of the young woman from Goa. Article in German at: http://www.nzz.ch/2001/11/28/zh/page-article7TG0T.html 28 Nov.Travel Trade Gazette. …Commercial manager of Freedom Direct, Nick Jackson said that long-haul holidays, particularly to Goa and the Maldives, were selling surprisingly well… FORTHCOMING Sat. 1 Dec. 7.00 pm - 11.00 pm. THORNTON HEATH GOANS. Feast of St Francis Xavier. St Andrew's Church Hall, Quadrant Road, Thornton Heath. Music by "Say One Do One" Anthony D'Souza 020 8689 6447 for details. Sun. 2 Dec. G.O.A. Feast of St. Francis Xavier. Archbishop Lanfranc School, Mitcham Road, Croydon. Choir by the GOAN MUSICAL SOCIETY Tickets: £3.00 (single) £5.00 (couple) Senior Citizens £2.00 (each) Children (under 16 yrs) Free. Contacts: Diego Pinto 020 - 8767 0663 Bernie Gracias 020 - 8723 1322 Cyril Rapose: 020 - 8874 8329 Sun. 2 Dec. 2:30 - 8:00 pm. HARROW & EDGWARE GOANS. Feast of St. Francis Xavier. St. Anthony's Church, Garrett Road, Edgware. Mass followed by social at the church hall. Music by Dark Star. Licensed Bar and Raffles. Tickets Adults £5 Children £3.50 ( incl. meal). Derrick Pereira 020-8952 8899. e-mail daxpereira@aol.com. Sun. 2 Dec. 11.15 am. The Goan parishioners of St. Anselm's Parish from TOOTING are celebrating the feast of St. Francis Xavier. Holy Mass followed by a social in the Lower Hall of the Parish Church. Tickets £4 inclusive of meal. Music by Chico. Contact Claver or Fatima D'Mello 020 8672 4562; Tom Gomes 020 8767 1545 Mon. 3 Dec. 19:45- SOUTH EAST GOANS. Feast of St. Francis Xavier. Mass at 7.45pm at St. Stephens Church, Deepdene Road, Welling Kent. Principal Celebrant: Rt. Rev. Bishop Charles Henderson. Food & Refreshments will be served in the Church Hall following mass. Any queries call 020 8301 5242 / email: southeastgoans.d-souza@virgin.net Sat. 8 Dec. G.O.A. Shopping Trip to France by coach. Cost per passenger: Members £12.00 Non-Members £18.00 Contacts: Norma Menezes-Rahim 020 - 8771 4457 Flavio Gracias 020 - 8723 1322 Collection Points: Tooting Broadway LT Station & Norbury BR Station. Sun. 9th Dec. 3 pm Children's Mass. Asian Chaplaincy Hall, St. Augustine`s Priory, 55 Fulham Road, Hammersmith W6. Contact Fr. Oliver Antao 020-8563 9102 Sun. 9 Dec. NORTH LONDON GOANS. Feast of St Francis Xavier. White Hart Lane School Hall, White Hart Lane, Wood Green, London N21. Mass at 12.30 followed by Social. Music by 'Mustang'. Tickets are available from: Johnny Fernandes 020-8881 4579. Seby D'Silva 020-8245 5463 Tony Gomes 020-8245 1364 Meridith Soares 020-8803 4173 Manu Fernandes 020-8809 1128 Constance Fernandes 020-888 8659. XMAS EVENTS SUPPLEMENT Sun. 23 Dec. 1.00 - 6.00 p.m. G.O.A. Christmas Tree Party at Archbishop Lanfranc School for children aged 2 years to 9 years. Members : £3, others £5. Meet Father Christmas, Mother Christmas & the Elves. Face painting, an Entertainer, games, dancing and loads of fun, fun, fun. Contact Richard Fernandes 020 8300 5347; Juliette DeMenezes 020 8765 0258 jules4jas@yahoo.com or Bernie Gracias 020 8723 1322 berniegracias@aol.com Sun 6 Jan.12.30 - 8.00 GOAN COMMUNITY ASSOC., North London. Feast of Epiphany. Keston Rd. N17. Mass followed by Social. Music by Angelo, Licensed Bar and Raffles. Food available. Tickets Adult Members £4/Children £1.50; Adult non members £5/children 2.50; Sen.Cit./unwaged members £2; Sen.Cit./unwaged non-members £3. Last date 5/1. Contact Candy candyrose2000@hotmail.com Edward 020-8889 9771. Proceeds towards new floor. Donations much appreciated. |
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