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Welcome to this first issue of the graphical version of the newsletter. This has been made possible by your donations which has been used to obtain paid assistance in Goa. Marilyn Abreu, marilyn@goacom.com has been responsible for designing this newsletter and the website, www.goanvoice.org.uk. In future the newsletter will be issued on Fridays by 1pm GMT. Urgent messages will be posted in the What's New section of the website. COMMUNITY NEWS Badminton: Plymouth's Ben
Ferrao won two titles at the English Schools' Badminton
Association South West event. In the boys' standard under-13 singles,
Ferrao recovered superbly from 14-7 down in his opening match
of the day to defeat Alix Deakin (Dor) 15-14 to go on and take
the title. In the boys' main doubles, Ferrao teamed up with regular
partner Xavier Bramley (Crediton) and their five-match unbeaten
run to the title saw a decisive 11-9, 4-11, 11-3 win over Tom
Mansbridge and Alix Deakin of Dorset. It was a second successive
title for the Devon pair after winning in Harrow recently. Evening
Herald (Plymouth) 16 Dec. Charmaine de Souza is the new media learning executive at BBC Training and Development. De Souza explains that people often Internet 'snack' - conducting quick searches, looking for bite-size chunks of information. 272 words. 1 Jan. Infomatics. Aires Rodrigues airesrod@goatelecom.com has long been a man of many roles. Student leader, rabble-rouser, a youngster growing up in the confused 'seventies searching for a role in life, expat Goan, public-spirited lawyer, the helpful soul... you could see in him one or more of these identities, depending on which face of Rodrigues you've encountered. One of the few Goan expats who actually returned back -- to live with all the myriad of difficulties of a dysfunctional, far-from-efficient Third World society -- Rodrigues was one of the key moving spirits behind trying to network Goan expats in the late 'nineties. Once seen as a supporter of the BJP when he was based in the UK, leading to a whisper campaign that he was eyeing a career in politics, Rodrigues was quick to change his stand on returning home and encountering the reality more closely. So, his conspicuous absence from the 2002 Overseas Goan Convention didn't come as a big surprise. But perhaps this occasion could be a peg on which to hang on a Q-and-A to gain an understanding of how he perceives issues. The Fred Noronha interview appeared on GoaNet and is at http://www.goacom.com/news/news2002/dec/msg00074.html
Malcolm Fernandes, Dartford, Kent, Ballroom DJ, has a new dance web site http://www.mrwonderfuldancing.com. There are ballroom and latin dances nearly everyday of the week. The web site has times and locations of the dances.
DEATHS 27th Dec. Boston - USA: CARLOTA FERNANDES (formerly of Zanzibar & Dar-es-Salaam), wife of the late Pedro Rozario Fernandes, mother of Matilda/Effie (London), Francis/Cecilia (Sudbury, MA., USA), Veronica/Oscar (London), Laura/Kovi (Concord, MA., USA), Nazareth-Joe (Concord, MA.,USA) and Cecilia (London). Grandmother of Valerie, Brenda, Caroline, Melanie, Sharon, Ashley, Dywane, Deidre, Ryan, Vasu and Melissa. Great-Grandmother of Graham, Diana, Emily, Sarah, Jean Luc and Alison. Funeral was on 31Dec. in the US. Condolences to m.fernandes@zoom.co.uk 30 Dec. Toronto. DIANA VAS (nee de Barros) [ex-Mombasa]. Wife of Joey. Mother of Tanya/Eric. Sister of Roosevelt, Rommel, Noel (all Australia) and Eva (UK). Funeral Mass on Fri. Jan. 3, 2003 at 1:30 p.m. at St. Ignatius Loyola Roman Catholic Church, 2300 Burnhamthorpe Rd. West. [Info. from John J. D'Souza, Toronto]. 1 Jan. Sydney, Australia. LUCY COUTINHO (ex-Air India, Nairobi), wife of late Damian. Mother/Mother-in-law of Myrtle/Clifton Carrasco, Ronald/Sara Coutinho, Myra/Iggy Almeida, Marilyn/Aubrey DeSouza and Raymond Coutinho. Sister of late Dominic, and Fr. Juliao (Perth). Requiem Mass at St. John, the Evangelist Church, Campbelltown on Tuesday 7th Jan at 10.30am. Condolences: saracoutinho@telstra.com or Fr. Juliao, carrasco@freemail.com.au 1 Jan: Anjuna, Goa. GREGORY D'SOUZA, (ex Machakos, Kenya). husband of Antoinette, father of Eulalia/Joaquim and Mario/Marilyn.
LOOKING FOR From Harry Minetree: I am a retired American journalist, living in the US. Back in the late 70s, I met a Goan expatriate in Nairobi who had served as a bodyguard to Jomo Kenyatta. He was a lovely fellow, with dreams of returning to Goa and entering politics. Do you have any idea what his name might be? Or how I might get in touch with him? Reply to MinetreeH@aol.com
FLIGHT INFORMATION Indian passport holders are now allowed to use the charter flights to Goa. Direct scheduled flights to and from Goa to the Gulf countries, Europe and the USA will operate by September 2003. http://www.goanews.com/30dec02.htm
GOA
NEWS HEADLINES Fred Noronha reports on the International Goan Convention, 29 Dec. 2002 which was chaired by Victor Rangel Ribeiro. Among the speakers were Edgar Martins from Canada and Alex Homem from Nairobi. http://www.goacom.com/news/news2002/dec/msg00072.html The
Goa to Bombay Konkan Railway Service successfully completed its
trial run at a speed of 150 kmph cutting the journey time to three-and-a-half
hours. Indian Express 30 Dec. India's Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who was on a holiday in Goa, offered to fund the "Skybus Metro" project worth about £46 million as his new year's gift to the State. The project will link Mapusa to Panaji by high speed monorail and be later extended to Dona Paula. Goa to start social security scheme for expatriates. By Frederick Noronha. Hindustan Times 28 Dec. http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_128255,0009.htm Sir Dennis Foreman, ex-Chairman of Granada Television, aged 85, spends the winters in Goa. It is claimed that you can describe a location in Goa to him and he will come up with the name of the vaddo, the roads leading there, etc. He has undertaken a project to map the entire State of Goa. Asian Age. 28 Dec. Police
display brutish callousness to foreigners. Herald 31 Dec. Goans
across the globe have diverse problems... Fred Noronha. Marlon Menezes, director of Goacom Insys, and Aldila Lobo tied the marital knot on 27th Dec. The nuptials were at the Bambolim Cross followed by the wedding reception at Cidade de Goa.
The Central Government has approved an expansion plan of Dabolim airports costing about £17m. It would include a new passenger terminal building and is scheduled to be completed within two years. Outlook 30 Dec. http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=108302 The Goa Civil Code, collectively called Family Laws, was framed and enforced by the Portuguese colonial rulers through various legislations in the 19th and 20th centuries. After the liberation of Goa in 1961, the Indian State scrapped all the colonial laws but made the exception of retaining the Family Laws because all the Goan communities wanted it. Outlook 30 Dec. Full text at: http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=107963 Goa still groping to find out size and spread of its diaspora. By Frederick Noronha. http://www.goacom.com/news/news2002/dec/msg00067.html NRI
Goans want hassle-free govt to invest in state. Navhind Times
30 Dec. Red Bull Energy drink has now come to Goa, imported directly from Austria and retailing at Rs.95.
IN THE NEWS 20
Dec. The Western Mail. Mystery surrounds the death of David Williams
who was found hanged at his flat in Goa in Aug. 2001. He went
to Goa and in 2000 he phoned home and told his wife he had met
someone else and wanted a divorce. However, despite repeated attempts
by police in Pembrokeshire to learn more about the case, Indian
authorities have failed to reply. 27
Dec. The Morning Call. Allentown, PA, USA. Dr. Daniel Mascarenhas
is Director of the cardiac catheterization laboratory at Warren
Hospital in Phillipsburg. In two months he has collected thousands
of dollars worth of cardiac medical supplies intended for the
garbage bin. He has estimated that he has delivered more than
$500,000 in medical supplies during the past several years to
hospitals in India. ''People ask me what I do for my hobby. This
is my hobby,'' said Mascarenhas, who also is helping raise money
to open a cardiac care center near his hometown in Goa. 28 Dec. The Guardian. Ian Holland writes: My girlfriend and I are visiting Goa in March. As an insulin-dependent diabetic, will it be safe for her to take the anti-malarials proguanil hydrochloride and chloroquine phosphate? Dr Jules Eden replies: Yes. A diabetic can take any of the available anti-malarials. My only concern would be with Lariam, which is known to cause a few psychological side effects, including confusion, depression and irritability: these could be mistaken for the warning signs of a potential hypoglycaemic attack. But remember, there are other problems for a diabetic abroad. She must avoid diarrhoea, carry a doctor's note for customs if she has needles, and keep insulin at the correct temperature 28 Dec. The Globe and Mail (Toronto). Indian fusion is hot, hot, hot. Two of the coolest restaurants in the country right now are Toronto's Xacutti (Bombay fish and chips) and Vancouver's Vij (lamb chops with fenugreek)….the streets of London today, where the very popular Brit-Indie takeaway is ubiquitous. In that city, Chutney Mary's serves some of the best. JOANNE KATES 30 Dec. Wichita Eagle, Kansas. Without Josephine Gomes, residents of Sedan could get physician care only two or three days a week. But Gomes was nearly deported after the Sept 11, 2001, attacks. She trained at the medical college in her hometown of Goa and had been in Kansas for almost five years, completing her residency and a fellowship. Wanda White, treasurer of the town's senior center, said the new doctor made a good first impression. "She's very nice, very efficient," White said. Gomes said she's glad it worked out for her and her patients. "It's been going good -- even better, maybe," she said. "The people here are very nice." Full text at: http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/4837211.htm 30 Dec. La Vanguardia (Spain) Thirty years after settling in Barcelona, the Goan writer Vimala Devi has completed a new book, "Monso", a set of stories on Goa. Vimala Devi, daughter of a lawyer and "batcar" lived in Goa until 1959 after which she emigrated to Lisbon. She married the writer and translator Manuel de Seabra, and in 1973 moved to Barcelona. 617 words. http://www.lavanguardia.es/web/20021230/133309014.html [The article is in Spanish. Click here for the machine translation in English.]
31 Dec. Herald Express (Torquay). Anita Edgar, the founder of a Newton Abbot based El-Shaddai Charitable trust Ltd., delivered a talk at the India Evening organised by Dartmouth's Christians Together organization and raised £230 to provide homes and education for street children in Goa.
31 Dec. LifeClinic (USA). Newborns whose mothers become depressed within the first six weeks after delivery may grow and develop more slowly than other babies, according to a study conducted in Goa. http://www.lifeclinic.com/healthnews/article_view.asp?story=23716 3 Jan. The Sun. Paul and Heather McCartney left London yesterday for a three week holiday in Goa. Text and picture at: http://www.thesun.co.uk/
FORTHCOMING SOLD OUT - NO TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE GATE: Sat. 4 Jan. Goan Association (UK) 2003 Extravaganza at Wandsworth Town Hall, Wandsworth High Street from 7 pm to 1 am. In attendance Maz & Co and Dark Star Disco. Sun. 26 Jan. at 1.30pm - Commemoration Mass to honour the Birth Anniversary of VEN. FR. AGNELO DE SOUZA will be held at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Wellesley Road, West Croydon. For details please contact Felix DeSouza on 020 8686 1876 Sat. 15 Feb. G.O.A. VALENTINE BALL - Further details to follow. Contact: Bernie Gracias 020-8723 1322. Sun. 23 Feb. 2.00p.m. Goan Heritage (U.K), formerly Youth Of Goa (U.K). By public demand, second show of the Tiatr "Asro" (Shelter). At Archbishop Lanfranc School Hall, Mitcham Road, Croydon, Surrey. For tickets please contact Felix Gonsalves on 020 8450 2129, Jimmy Braganza on 020 8450 5623, Fr.Oliver Antao on 020 8563 9102 Sun. 20 Apr. G.O.A. EASTER EGGSTRAVAGANZA - Further details to follow. Contact: Bernie Gracias 020-8723 1322. Mon. 5 May. The Goan Cultural Society UK proudly presents "TUJEA PASSOT" Written and directed by Goa's award winning writer JOSE I ROD at St Monica's Hall, Green Lanes, Palmers Green, at 3.00pm, For further information contact : - Bella Fernandes 020 8352 0373, Rosy D'Silva 020 8352 9450 and Ida D'Souza 020 8881 2921. |
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