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COMMUNITY NEWS
| Jason Lobo: £450k to probe
£90 bill |
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12 Aug: Sun (UK). A
cop today attacked bosses for wasting £450,000
investigating him over an expense claim for just £90.
PC Jason Lobo was suspended on full pay for three years
while a probe was carried out into the petrol bill.
A court cleared him of any wrongdoing last year —
but Lancashire police pressed ahead with their own investigation
... PC Lobo, 37, from Blackburn, is now suing the force
for racial discrimination. Click
here. |
Jason Lobo is a former
British international runner. He was the UK 800m champion
and took part in the 1998 Commonwealth Games and 1999
World Championships. |
| Patricia Rozario has fans spellbound
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11 Aug. The Harrogate
Advertiser. Internationally acclaimed soprano Patricia
Rozario and her accompanist Paul Turner offered a programme
of British songs to the audience at their concert ...
Patricia Rozario's repertoire ranges from Baroque to
contemporary music and her versatility ranges from the
operatic stage to the concert platform. In this concert,
supported by the excellent accompaniment of Paul Turner,
Patricia displayed her variety of vocal tone colour
with its clarity of articulation and warmth. |
| Ian D'Sa: Honest Talent |
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12 Aug: Montreal Gazette.
..."We try to differentiate ourselves from the
rest by not falling into genre traps," said Ian
D'Sa, guitarist, backup vocalist and co-songwriter for
the group, and co-producer on the new album. "A
lot of bands write music because they want to be part
of a scene. That's not what fuels us. We like to write
music that breaks boundaries, and that is challenging
to us personally. |
That gives us a unique
style, and it's more gratifying." ... The combination
of hefty riffs and pop hooks might seem incongruous,
but D'Sa is strategic about fusing the disparate elements
of the band's sound ... While ear-splitting volume is
the main objective of many hard rock acts, D'Sa prioritizes
songwriting. Click
here. |
DEATHS
Funeral Notice
4 Aug. Basingstoke, Hants, UK. JOANITA GOMEZ.
Wife of Oscar. Mother of Audrey and Carl. Grandmother to Holly
Jessica Pyne. Sister of Olive, Leandro, Alex, Alba, Bertha,
and Marjorie. Funeral will be held on Fri. 18 Aug. at St Joseph's
Roman Catholic Church, Basingstoke, at 11.00hrs, and burial
at Worting Road Cemetery and thereafter the wake at The Hampshire
Centrecourt Hotel. Condolences to marjiefernandes@hotmail.com
2 Aug. London. CELINA (SYLVIA) MENEZES.
Wife of late Avelino (Paklu) Menezes, Mother of Rosaline/Fermino(London),
Maggie/Tony, Diana/Antonio, Tereza/Emidio. Funeral was on
11th Aug. in Bastora, Goa.
HOLIDAY INFORMATION
Get away from it all
12 Aug: Financial Times ... A couple of months ago, a friend
recounted her annual trial booking a room at the end of
the year in Goa. She had just been told by one boutique
hotel that they would not take a booking during that period
for a stay of less than seven nights. She eventually paid
$600 a night at another hotel ...
What I love...and hate
12 Aug:Scottish Daily Record. By Alex Carter - who plays
Lee Hunter in Hollyoaks ... I went to Goa, right, in India
last year. That was quality because you don't have to worry
about anything. You can just get out there and relax. It
was nice living in a beach hut and taking it easy.
Goa To Retire
12 Aug: Mirror (UK). Q: I have taken early retirement and
I have always envied people who spend several weeks abroad
in the winter. Do you have any suggestions?
A: I would try Goa. It's hotter, cheaper and friendlier
than Spain. Specialist tour operator Goa Way features weekly
scheduled flights from Heathrow on Sri Lankan Airlines via
Colombo. Long stays are on offer from three to six weeks
with prices starting from £539pp. Contact Goa Way
on 0870 890 7800 or www.goaway.co.uk
GOA: PROPERTY PURCHASE BY
FOREIGNERS
RBI to check foreigners’ land
deals
12 Aug. Navhind Times. The Chief Secretary, Mr J P Singh today
said that the government plans to hand over all the 438 cases,
pertaining to purchase of land by the foreigners in Goa to
the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Click
here.
CM Warns Against Land Deals
16 Aug. Herald. Chief Minister Pratapsing Rane has called
for efforts to create an awareness both among the tourists
and locals that immoveable property cannot be bought by foreign
tourists. The chief minister said there are several cases
where tourists have bought land in Goa. http://oheraldo.in/node/17912
Do Not Target Foreigners. By P. Smith
The current situation regarding Foreigners seems to me as
though racism is being stirred up in the community in Goa.
Now the Western Newspapers have taken up the handle and are
warning people of the unrest and downright intolerance of
some Goan Politicians and it's people... http://oheraldo.in/node/17744
GOA NEWS HEADLINES
AIDS Discrimination
11 Aug. Reuters A growing number of countries are supporting
coercive or discriminatory HIV testing programs that fail
to ensure confidentiality, a U.S. human rights group said
on Thursday ahead of an international AIDS conference …
Human Rights Watch also cited the government of the Indian
state of Goa for wanting mandatory premarital testing …
Goa Cabinet Gives Nod to Austrian
Drug Peddler’s Release
11 Aug: Austria Today. Favourably responding to the mercy
petition of Bernard Mooshammer, an Austrian under-trial arrested
on the charge of peddling drugs, the Goa government today
decided to recommend commutation of his sentence, facilitating
his early release on humanitarian grounds. He had already
undergone eight-and-a-half years of imprisonment at Fort Aguada
Central Jail. He was arrested on November 30, 1996, for possessing
1.3 kg of charas and sentenced to imprisonment for about 11
years. 142 words.
Real estate firms on expansion path
12 Aug: Asian Age. With the total investment of Rs 55.40 crores,
the Delhi-based Parsvanath Developers Limited will be constructing
shopping malls and hotels in Panjim, Goa, where the company
has won the auction for a prime plot of land with its bid
at Rs 45,100 per sq. metre for the entire 12,290 sq. metre.
Goa airport turns a fortress
12 Aug. Herald. With the introduction of closed circuit TV
cameras, added CISF personnel, armed patrol teams, a new security
drill that includes biometric measures and frisking of passengers,
international and domestic passengers may find Dabolim airport
turned into a fortress. While the terror threat at London’s
Heathrow airport has reverberated at Dabolim airport and set
up a slew of security checks on all domestic and international
flights. http://oheraldo.in/node/17707
Goa Witnesses Spate of Drownings
14 Aug: NDTV. During the past week 12 tourists have drowned
while swimming at sea in Goa … With lifeguards on the
beaches going on an indefinite strike the tempting holiday
season is now slowly turning into a nightmare … The
number of tragedies along the Goa coast is a grim reminder
to the state government on the safety of tourist visiting
the state. Click
here.
Sly Dealing
15 Aug: Express Hotelier. Recently, a very prominent plot
in Goa owned by settlers of Portuguese origin managed to free
itself from the hands of a crooked politician through the
intervention of its embassy … the politician decided
to literally tear panchayat records in order to claim that
land as his own … However, strong resistance and intervention
by an international government helped the owners to save their
land.
Rajan Narayan. By Philip Knightley.
21 Aug: India Today. Rajan Narayan is a journalist in Goa.
He came across some questionable practices among local politicians
and thought his readers ought to know. The politicians warned
him off, but he took no notice. Late one night a group of
goondas set on him and beat him within an inch of his life
… Rajan Narayan became a people's champion, and when
he decided to start his own weekly, Goan Observer, a couple
of years ago, they backed him with their savings.
IN THE NEWS
Mass-marketing sex tourism
11 Aug. Le Monde Diplomatique, France. Sexual tourism, a mercantile
form of extreme leisure with its roots in prostitution, is
on the rise … There is a specific geography of sexual
tourism: women go to Goa, Jamaica and Gambia …
Book Review: Invisible Armies by
Jon Evans. HarperCollins. $19.95
12 Aug. Montreal Gazette ...It all starts when Danielle Leaf,
rich but aimless, agrees to do a favour for a friend. She's
studying yoga in India when her pal Kieran asks her to take
something to a woman in a remote rural region. Near her destination,
Danielle is abducted and hurled into a shadowy world where
nothing is exactly as it seems. She meets a sexy former French
Legionnaire named Laurent who helps her escape from her captors
to Goa, where she and Laurent begin a passionate affair ...
Travel industry braces for big drop
in air traffic
11 Aug: National Post. Canada. ...''The age of convenient,
cheap travel may well be over,'' said Joseph D'Cruz, a strategy
professor at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of
Management who follows the airline industry. ''I think this
thing is one of the most significant events in aviation history.''
Click
here.
RECENT ITEMS OF PARTICULAR
INTEREST ON GOANET. BY CORNEL DACOSTA
We are told via Goanet that, Indra Nooyi working for PepsiCo
will replace Steve Reinemund as chief executive in October,
making her one of the most powerful women in American business.
Madras born Ms Nooyi,50, who is currently chief financial
officer at the fizzy drinks-to-snacks producer will take
over on Oct 1, 2006. Hopefully even more women will reach
dizzy heights traditionally available to men.
The tourist season in Goa is now open 365 days a year and
a particular problem has been highlighted on Goanet. Are
tourists made sufficiently aware that it is dangerous to
venture into the sea during the monsoons? Apart from the
fact that life guards are not generally available during
the monsoons, too many deaths among tourists occur because
of a lack of awareness of the dangers. There is an urgent
need to rectify the situation in Goa.
An interesting point came up on Goanet as to why Muslims
of Pakistani origins are linked to terrorism in the UK and
not (as far as we know), Muslims of Indian origin. Several
fascinating observations on this issue emerged on Goanet
from sources in the Goan Diaspora.
Well, do Goan Voice (UK) readers delve into the issue of
whether there is something called a soul and whether there
is life after death? Strangely, I am not sure if our ageing
and increasing awareness of our mortality has got people
to raise such issues. But there is so much on Goanet to
help us unravel such issues. Indeed, nuggets from Goanet
are likely to encourage wider reading on the above and related
issues. Hopefully, GV(UK) readers will follow up such reading
and then make their own contributions to Goanet.
Finally, is it fair and reasonable to see Adolf Hitler as
a Catholic believer and a practising Catholic for all of
his life? This may sound like an outrageous proposition
but it most certainly made it on Goanet. This is because
Goanet is a mine of information for material one may not
find elsewhere. It is my contention that, GV(UK) readers
simply can't afford not to switch on to Goanet on our computer
screens.
More details can be found at the Goanet archives at http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/
Or to subscribe to Goanet, send an email to subscribe@goanet.org
UK: TV HIGHLIGHTS By Lira Fernandes
Film: Sea Wolves. Channel 4
Sat. 19 Aug. 16:30 (130 mins). Factually based World War II
action drama about a mission to knock out a German radio transmitter
aboard a ship docked in neutral Goa which is devastating Allied
shipping in the Indian Ocean. Starring David Niven, Gregory
Peck, Roger Moore and Trevor Howard. 1980. (Repeat)
Idi Amin: The Man Who Ate His Archbishop's
Liver. Channel: History
Tue. 22 Aug 06, 00:00 (60 mins). Documentary about Idi Amin,
who was responsible for the killing of as many as half a million
people during his eight-year Ugandan dictatorship between
1971 and 1979 (Repeat)
Living the Dream: Goan Bonkers. Channel:
UK Style
Wed. 23 Aug 01:00 (60 mins). Series following people who set
up their dream businesses. A couple who left the country to
open a pub in Goa, India run into chaos - they arrive in monsoon
season, do battle with Indian bureaucrats, must learn to cope
with the vagaries of the local workforce and find their feet
in the expat community (Repeat)
FORTHCOMING
See http://www.lanfranc.com/lanfranc_location_2000.pdf
for help in locating Archbishop Lanfranc School, Croydon
Sat. 26 Aug South East
Goans Day Trip to Dunkirk & De Panne. Family &
Friends day out. Shopping and Seaside Tour - picnic at the
beach. Closing date- 29-05-06. Contact Chris 01322 400 732
or Ron 0208 303 3386
Sun. 27 Aug. G.O.A.
Sports Day at Archbishop Lanfranc School. Contact:
Peter Rodrigues 020 - 8399 4883. For stall applications: Norma
Menezes-Rahim 020 - 8771 4457
Sat. 2 Sep. G.O.A.
Ruby Thames Boat Cruise & Disco in conjunction
with YLGS. Reporting time 6.15pm, sailing at 7.00pm. Contact:
Norma Menezes-Rahim 020 - 8771 4457, Alison Braganza 07799
586793 or any member of the Social Committee.
Sat. 10 Sep. G.O.A.
Ruby Whist Drive from 1pm – 7pm at St Boniface
Social Club, Tooting. Contact: Diego Pinto 020 - 8767 0663,
Felix Pereira - malawifelix@hotmail.com
Sat. 30 Sep. G.O.A.
Ruby Shopping Extravaganza. Day Trip to France. Pick
up points at Greenford, Tooting & Norbury. Contact: Norma
Menezes-Rahim 020 - 8771 4457, Bernie Gracias 020 –
8723 1322.
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