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COMMUNITY NEWS 23 Jan. The Sentinel. February 2: Keele Concerts.
Eleftheria Kotzia and Patricia Rozario,
guitar and voice recital, Westminster Theatre, Chancellor's Building,
Keele University, 8pm. Tickets 01782 717058.
DEATHS 27 Jan. Mississauga, Canada. MARGARIDA
(Maggie) REMEDIOS. (aged 79, ex-Mombasa). Wife of John.
Mother of Aurora (Joe), Joey (Lucia), Felix (Yvonne), Tony (Ranji),
Xavier (Lynn), Rita (Harry), Tim (Rhonda), Laura (Tony), Lorraine
(John) and the late Matthew and his wife Rita. Grandmother of
16 grandchildren. Sister of Ursula Pereira, Francis Lobo and the
late Cajetan Lobo. Condolences to Tim & Rhonda, rhondaremedios@hotmail.com
or Felix & Yvonne, Yvonne.Remedios@tdsecurities.com 25 Jan. Arusha, Tanzania. Mrs CECILIA D'SOUZA. (aged 95, nee D’Souza, ex Mombasa and Arusha). Wife of the late Alex D'Souza. Mother of Anita Travas ( Arusha), Alfie (UK), Freddie D'Souza ( UK) and Edgar (Scotland/Spain). Condolences to: Anita ttravas@yahoo.com or Alfie & Freddy, DDsouza@abn.co.uk or Edgar zeniagolf@hotmail.com 25 Jan. Arusha, Tanzania. ERIC GOMES (aged 23 of injuries sustained from a motor accident). Son of Maria (ex-Nakuru) and Iggy (ex-Tanga). Brother of Zulehka Yusuf (Elsa) & Nelson Gomes. Condolences to gomesfamily@habari.co.tz 24 Jan. Kitchener, Canada. BEATRIZ ANNUNCIACION PINTO. Wife of the late Nicholas Pinto (1994). Mother of Allan (Imelda), Mario (Deirdre), Sheila (Eustace DeSouza), and Donald (Anita). FLIGHT INFORMATION 24 Jan. The Daily Telegraph. The price of a holiday to India is expected to fall by hundreds of pounds this year, following a decision by the Indian government to scrap a surcharge on holidaymakers and encourage charter flights. Several tour operators, including Somak Holidays, Kuoni and Travelpack, are planning to add charter flights from Gatwick to Delhi and to Ahmedabad. Ash Sofat, chief executive of Somak, said that his company expects to offer seven nights in Goa from pounds £399. 24 Jan. Daily Mirror. Seven nights at the three-star Resorte De Tio Carmino in Goa, on a bed and breakfast basis, costs £349 per person for departures on January 31. Cheapholidaydeals: www.cheapholidaydeals.co.uk GOA NEWS HEADLINES 24 Jan. Herald. The four-day Carnival festivities in Panjim are scheduled to begin on February 21. 25 Jan. Navhind Times. A recent Goa Tourism delegation
to Portugal evinced keen interest from Portuguese tour operators.
They favour direct charter flights to Goa. 25 Jan. Times of India. Preserving architecture
in unique Goan museum. A museum of houses of Goa has been established
at the sleepy hamlet of Salvador-do Mundo. See: 25 Jan. Deccan Herald. Goan implicates govt officials in kidney transplant complaint transplant racket. http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/jan252004/n2.asp
26 Jan. Times of India. Goans oppose foreigners
running shacks. See: 27 Jan. Mid-Day (Mumbai). Osho Fest in Goa. Osho lovers from the world over will arrive in Goa for a month-long festival beginning February 1. http://ww1.mid-day.com/news/city/2004/january/74921.htm 28 Jan. Navhind Times. A 22-year-old Swede national
was gang-raped on the Vagator hillock by a gang of three unknown
persons on Jan. 25 at knifepoint. See: IN THE NEWS 25 Jan. Contra Costa Times. (California), Bookstore
discussion: 7 p.m. Feb. 17 at Towne Center Books, 555 Main St.,
Pleasanton. 925-846-8826. The book to be discussed is "A
Girl From Zanzibar," by Roger King (Books & Co., 320
pages, $14.95). The girl in question - the beautiful and smart
Marcella D'Souza, a Goan Indian Portuguese Arab African of Catholic
Moslem parentage - doesn't stay in Zanzibar. She also takes us
to London and Vermont. For Marcella, life is a constant immigration.
See: 25 Jan. Channel NewsAsia (Singapore). Gamblers who visit casinos in Goa will now need to carry an extra US$4. The state government has recently announced its decision to levy an entry fee on all casinos in the state. Presently Goa has six casinos and each of them is fitted with twenty to thirty electronic slot machines. According to industry data, each casino does a business of around US$80,000 per month. For full text click here 26 Jan. Lochaber News (Scotland). Helen Finlayson (17) from Corpach is going to work in an orphanage in Goa for a few months. The Christian Fellowship in Fort William has links with Goa and has previously sent a donation to pay for bicycles. See: http://www.lochaber-news.co.uk/news.asp?storyvar=8803 26 Jan. Gulf Daily News (Bahrain). 39-year-old Luis Rodrigues received his first prize of two return air tickets to any Gulf Air destination and $2,500 in cash. Mr Rodrigues, who works as a seaman for Al Jazira Shipping Company, hopes to use the air tickets to visit relatives in Portugal and send the cash prize to his mother in Panaji, Goa. See: http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Articles.asp?Article=72543&Sn=BNEW 28 Jan. The New York Times. On Feb. 7 from 10
a.m. to 1 p.m., Floyd Cardoz, the chef at Tabla, FORTHCOMING See http://www.lanfranc.com/publications/location/directions.htm for help in locating Archbishop Lanfranc School, Croydon Fri. 30 Jan: YLGS (Young London Goans Society) MONTHLY MEET UP: 6pm till 3am. Free membership [18+] at WAX BAR, 4 Winsley Street, London, W1N 7AR www.wax-bar.co.uk Nearest Tube: Oxford Circus. New Members Welcome! For more Info, Contact: Alison 07799 586793 or events@ylgs.org.uk Sun 29 Feb. 4pm - The Asian Chaplaincy. Konkani Mass will be celebrated at Our Lady & St Christopher's Catholic Church, 32 High Street, Cranford, Middlesex. Sun 28 Mar. 4pm - The Asian Chaplaincy. Konkani Mass will be celebrated at Our Lady & St Christopher's Catholic Church, 32 High Street, Cranford, Middlesex. FOR LATER EVENTS SEE http://www.goanvoice.org.uk |
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