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COMMUNITY NEWS
| Howard de Souza: New Year’s
resolutions to get fit |
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2 Jan: The Guardian. … Excerpt:
According to Howard de Souza, spokesman for the
Fitness Industry Association, there are three main
reasons people don't stick to their get-fit resolutions
… Click
here. |
Howard de Souza: Health innovations
put to the test
16 Jan: The Guardian. The Nokia 5500 Sport is a mobile
phone that doubles as a personal fitness trainer. …
The expert's view: Howard De Souza, a spokesperson for
the fitness industry, says that gadgets "are never
going to replace the knowledge of fitness professionals",
but "if they light your fire and get you moving,
that is great". Click
here.
Howard de Souza. Entry in Debrett's People of
Today
Parentage: s of Joseph Anthony de Souza, and Rose de
Souza. Date of Birth: 1 October 1956. Education: Watford
Boys' GS, Lancaster Univ (BSc). Marriage/Children: 1995,
Nicole, nee Stalker; 1 s (Joseph), 1 da (Kitty). Recreation:
enjoying myself
Howard de Souza. Additional Information
Howard was born in Uganda – he traces his Goan
roots to Nerul (Dad) and Guirim (Mum). He is a Marketing
Communications Consultant who has spent over 20 years
advising multinational corporations such as BP, Honda
and Sony, as well as small and medium sized enterprises.
His clients range from the fitness industry, to healthcare
specialists and to corporate/commercial organisations.
His dream, however, is to advise Goan clients.
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| Sylvia Fernandes: Send RJs to Britain
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8 Jan:
Business Standard. Tourism boards have turned innovative
in radio advertising when it comes to promoting their
destinations. Said Sylvia Fernandes, representative,
Visit Britain, "We are looking at other options
of marketing. While we would be looking at advertising
through radio in a big manner by sending radio jockeys
to Britain and report from there, we would also be promoting
our online marketing venture through the radio.”
Full text at click
here
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Sylvia
Fernandes, 27, is based in Bombay and looks after Marketing
& PR, West India (Maharashtra, Goa & Gujarat)
for VisitBritain (British Tourist Authority), click
here She is very much a Bombay girl though she traces
her Goan roots to Saligao. Her hobbies include dancing,
swimming and reading. |
| Mississauga: Dale D’Souza
finds that portion control helps his ‘middle’ |
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12 Jan:
Toronto Star. Dale D’Souza, a food service accounts
manager, is a single parent of three daughters, ages
13, 16 and 17. He does all the family cooking and wanted
to learn how to put together a well-balanced menu using
Canada’s food guide … after 12 weeks on
his new menu — and getting regular exercise —
D’Souza has lost 13 pounds, reduced his bad cholesterol
by 34 per
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cent and raised
his good cholesterol by 24 per cent. For text and photo
of the new Dale click
here.
Dale was born in Karachi and he traces his Goan roots
to Tivim. Check out his website at click
here. |
Mumbai: Bishop Agnelo Gracias
13 Jan: Daily News & Analysis. The Christian Workers'
Movement (CWM), Mumbai will be celebrating its 50th year today.
The inauguration of the celebration will be done by Bishop
Agnelo Gracias, who will also release the Golden Jubilee Year
issue of Workers' Choice, a CWM Mumbai newsletter.
[Bishop Agnelo Gracias, ex-Mombasa, is the brother of Flavio
Gracias, Goan Association (UK) President] For more information
about Bishop Gracias
click here.
Seraphino Antao: Awareness Lacks
in Mombasa Contest
13 Jan: The Nation (Nairobi). … we are about to host
the World Cross Country Championship in Mombasa in about two
month's time … Mombasa residents have not been part
of this country's athletics mainstream for the past 40 years
… Mombasa residents once owned one of the world's fastest
sprinters in Seraphino Antao, the Commonwealth champion of
the early 1960s. By the 1968 Mexico Olympics they had produced
an Olympic standard girl in Lydia Stephens. While Antao headed
to Britain, Lydia, injured before running in Mexico City,
is still around … Click
here.
For the GVUK Seraphino Antao Supplement see click
here.
Rebecca Mascarenhas: Restaurant Review
13 Jan: The Guardian. 11 Abingdon Road Abingdon Road, London
W8. Given the wide experience of owner Rebecca Mascarenhas,
it was inevitable that this local brasserie would take off
… Two-course set menu £13 … Service 9/10.
Value for money 10/10. Click
here.
Rebecca Mascarenhas was born in Mombasa, daughter of the late
Sonny and Carmen (nee Freitas); brother of Vernon (who owns
a farm in Surrey and was featured in GVUK 2005-26). The family
emigrated to Norwich, Norfolk, in 1967. She named her restaurant
chain after her father. For more info about Rebecca Mascarenhas
click
here.
Goan diaspora makes a mark worldwide
14 Jan: Times of India. The Goan diaspora is notching up a
range of achievements worldwide. This point gets underlined
in a listing put out here recently … Compiled based
on information thrown up by cybernetworks such as Britain-based
website goanvoice.org.uk and Goanet.org, the list of 101 'cybergoans'
aims to "acknowledge the contributions by people of Goan
origin, regardless of where they are located, and in what
field they work". 544 words. Click
here.
NRGs: “Pay Your Debt to Goa”
14 Jan: Earth Times. IANS. Goa has everything going for it.
It is well located. It has a good brand image. It is able
to run institutions. But the state also has inertia. There
is an imagination deficit, says Goa Knowledge Commission chairperson
Peter Ronald de Souza … De Souza also called on Goans
living abroad to 'pay your debt, not just lament the state
of Goa, and be free riders'. 351 words. Click
here.
| Video Clips: Toronto: Goa Street
Eats on Sun TV |
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blogTO.
16 Jan: Street Eats TV continues with its second season
- visiting and sampling some of Toronto's multi-ethnic
cuisines … Upcoming shows will focus on …
Goa. Street Eats airs on SUN TV Mon to Fri at 11:30
am and on Sat at 2:30 pm.
Details of the Goa programme can be found at click
here Excerpts: It’s party all night at the
Viva Goa Festival! Hosts PJ & Sora are invited to
the annual fest
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where
they learn about Pork Sorpotel, Bebinca cake and high-octane
Feni liquor. Places Featured: Viva Goa, Konkan Delite,
Mississauga, North Star Fisheries, Scarborough and Dom’s
Kitchen, Mississauga. For a preview of the programme
(4 video clips) click here. [The photo is a still from
the Viva Goa clip.] Click
here. |
Kenya: Alarm over plan to grab the grave of former
VP
18 Jan: Daily Nation (Nairobi). The grave is unmarked and
except for the slab covered with overgrown shrubs …
That is all there is to show the resting place of Kenya’s
second vice-president Joseph Murumbi … Mr Murumbi, his
wife Sheila and freedom fighter Pio Gama Pinto are buried
at the site and none of the graves are marked. The graves
are behind the Goan World War I cemetery in Nairobi’s
City Park. Mr Murumbi was born to a Goan father and a Maasai
mother, and received much of his education in India …
a private developer who has been allocated part of the serene
park was back on site. 940 words. Click
here.
No currying favour with Keith
18 Jan: The Independent (UK). The must-go event in
Labour MPs’ diaries for February is the 50th birthday
party of Keith Vaz, the exuberant former minister and friend
of the Hindujas. The invitation to the trendy Soho curry house
The Red Fort on 21 February is adorned by a charming sepia
photograph of the cherubic young Keith (aged seven?) astride
what appears to be a rocking camel. (Like a rocking horse.)
Guests are promised “amusing anecdotes” from the
Lord Chancellor Charlie Falconer, Tony’s old flatmate.
But what to do about the delicate subject of gifts? In 2001
the Parliamentary standards watchdog found Vaz guilty of failing
to properly declare a donation; he was cleared of other severe
charges. So bravo to KV, who asks his friends to send money
to the Silver Star Mobile Diabetes Screening Unit in the Midlands.
Who says a leopard never changes its spots?
DEATHS
16 Jan: Vancouver, Canada: VERA NAZARETH
(ex Dar es Salaam, Tanzania). Beloved wife of the late Peter.
Loving mother of Denzil/Lorraine Nazareth (Perth, Australia),
Kenneth/Desiree Nazareth, Elsa/Francis D\'Lima (Vancouver)
and the late Eileen Nazareth. Funeral mass on Saturday, January
20th at 10:00am at Immaculate Conception Church, 8842-119th
Street, Delta. Burial at 12:30pm at North Delta Cemetery located
on the corner of Brook Road & Dunlop Street, Delta. Condolence
to djn@sfu.ca
15 Jan: Wickford, Essex. JOHN SENNEN NAZARETH (age
91, born in Aden: ex Bombay: ex Nairobi). Husband of Olivia.
Father of Dolores/Silvano Gomez, Carmen/Arnold do Rosario,
Rosemarie/Peter Lunn and Peter/Nicola Nazareth. Grandfather
to Carl, Brendan & Valerie Gomez, Kenneth, Marguerite
& Andrew do Rosario and Hannah Nazareth. Funeral on Thur.
18 Jan. at 2.15pm at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church: London
Road: Wickford: Essex. Condolences to olivia@onazareth.wanadoo.co.uk
[Info from Mafalda de’Sa]
14 Jan: Toronto. OLGA PIRES
(aged 80, ex-Tanga). Wife of Alfred. Mother of Ashley/Shirley,
Alan/Levita, Audie/Safira and Christopher/Louella. She will
be greatly missed by her grandchildren, family and friends.
Condolences to chrispires@rogers.com
Phone Contact: Chris/Louella 905.508.4414. Funeral at Our
Lady Queen of the World, Richmond Hill, on Thu, Jan 18 at
11am [Info from Stephen DeSouza]
14 Jan: Bandra, Mumbai. REV. FR.
FRANK NORONHA (aged 90). Brother of late Letty D’Souza,
Late Till Menezes, Late George Noronha, Queenie Coelho (Canada)
and Ena Phillips (Canada).
14 Jan: Ponda. Goa. FELIX JOSEPH
FERNANDES. Husband of Luiza. Father of Albert/Hilda
(Kuwait), Joseph/Helen, Oswald/Santana (Kuwait), Fredrick/Cynthia
(London), Rosy/Patrocinio Fernandes.
13 Jan: Sawantwadi, India. FR DONATO
FERNANDES. Brother of late Cassiana/late Roque Fernandes
(East Africa/Assagao), late Clement/late Lolita Fernandes,
Pelagio and late Maria. Uncle of Christie/Uma (Brent, UK),
Melba/Fanquito (Parra), Fr Ayres Fernandes (New Delhi), Yolanda/Deryk
(UK), late Roland, Orlando, Dr Oswald and Olivio/Susie.
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12 Jan:
Toronto. JUDITH D'SOUZA (Ex Mombasa).
Wife of the late Arthur D'Souza. Mother of Marie Hogg
(David), Norbert(Melba), late Agnel(Melba), Austin(Maria)
and Anthony(Flavia). Sadly missed by her 18 grandchildren
and 24 great grandchildren. Funeral Mass at 10.30 am
Monday January 15, at St. Thomas the Apostle Church,
14 High Gate Dr. Markham Ontario. Condolences to:
flant25@hotmail.com In lieu of flowers the family
would appreciate donations made to: Friends of the Poor
(Canada) Inc. PO Box 356 Markham ON L3P 3J8. Charity
Registration No. 89057 1466 RR0001 |
12 Jan: Brooklyn, New York. ROQUE
SANTANA FERNANDES (Ex-MLA of Cuncolim). Husband of
Emerita. Father of Sanjay/Jenita, Sahaji/Lovina, Suhashini/Dr.Francis,
Dr.Sanjit/Dr.Deborah. Funeral will be held on Monday at 10
am in USA.
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10 Jan.
Croydon, UK. MANUEL JOHN NUNES (ex
Nairobi). Beloved Husband of Clara Nunes. Much loved
father of Pio, Roy and Clive. Grandfather of Anna and
Emma. Brother of the late Stanley, Albert, Lily, Mary
and Clara. He is also survived by his sisters Martha,
Antonette, Philomena and Ursula. Funeral on Tuesday
23rd January 2007 at 10 am, St Andrews Catholic Church,
45 Brook Road,Thornton Heath, UK. Condolences to roynunes@hotmail.com |
10 Dec: Bandra/New York. CLAIRE MENEZES
(nee Fernandes). Wife of Late Dr Polly Menezes. Mother of
Ajoy/Anna (London), Miriam (NY), Maya/Cledwyn (Houston), Manora/Hemant
(Minnesota), Manita/Dorel (NY). Funeral will be held in New
York.
9 Jan: London. JOSEPH (CARLOS) CALAZANCIO PIRES.
Husband of Maria Estela.
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8 Jan.
Calgary, Canada ANNA PASCOELA DE MELLO
(Ex-Dar-es-Salaam). Wife of late Anthony Everest de
Mello. |
3 Jan: Lafayette: California: PAUL
JUDE FERNANDES (aged 84. ex Nairobi). Husband of
the late Carmen Fernandes. Much loved father of Flora, Alan
& Christopher. Grandfather of Heather, Marissa, Crystal,
Andrew, Ryan and Nicholas. Funeral on Saturday 13th January’07
at St. Perpetua’s Catholic Church, Lafayette. Condolences
to florafern@sbcglobal.net
Paul’s father was the founder of Peter & Sons (photographers)
of renown in East Africa. [Info from Mafalda de’Sa]
24 Dec: London. JOYCE DE MENDONÇA
(born 1928, neé Dias) Wife of late Tomé (Oct
2003). Mother of Rudolf (Margaret, Nyani), Preston (Rachel),
Morel (Megan) and André (Rebecca). Sister of Emma Gama-Pinto
(Canada) and late Douglas Dias (Jan 2004), of Canada. Aunt
of Tereshka, Malusha Marie and Linda Annette (Linette). Sadly
missed by her all her relatives. Joyce struggled with Progressive
Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) for the last 4 years of her life.
Funeral service was held in London, England on Monday, January
15, 2007. A memorial tribute to Joyce is being organized for
Spring 2007 in Toronto. Condolences to cottier@sympatico.ca
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From Mr Llewellyn Paes of Atravio: Air Slovakia has pulled
their entire programme to GOA for 2006/2007 season. Unfortunately
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Take a Cruise from Goa
11 Jan: The Times. MS Ocean Odyssey will sail from Goa at
fortnightly intervals from Saturday until April 21, calling
at ports along the Malabar coast before heading for the
Lakshadweep islands. It will continue to Cochin and Trivandrum
before returning to Goa. Combining days aboard the 250-berth
vessel with a land-based holiday is now possible with GoaWay,
which offers a series of fortnight-long packages. Fly from
Gatwick on January 25, for example, and enjoy a week's tour
of Kerala, five nights on the cruise and two at a hotel
on Kovalam Beach, for £1,299. A holiday starting on
March 10 includes six nights on the cruise with visits to
two of the islands and eight at a beach hotel in Goa for
£1,199. Tel 0870 8907800
Recent cases of falciparum
malaria imported to Europe from Goa
11 Jan: Eurosurveillance Report (UK). Vol.12. no.1.
An increase in numbers of malaria cases has recently
been reported in travellers returning from India,
in particular from the state of Goa, on the west coast.
These cases have been reported to the European Network
on Imported Infectious Disease Surveillance (TropNetEurop,
http://www.tropnet.net). In the past two years,
there have been no reports of malaria in European
travellers to Goa. However, since late November 2006,
the malaria surveillance map of the network has show
an unusually intensive signal from that region. By
10 January, eight patients had been reported: two
in Germany, four in Denmark, and two in Sweden. [Details
provided of each case].
The risk of infection will presumably
decline with the coming dry season. Currently, however,
there may be increased risk of malaria transmission
and therefore all travellers who intend to visit this
region of India are advised to use mosquito bite avoidance
measures. Visitors may consider using WHO type IV
prevention [5], which is mosquito bite prevention
plus chemoprophylaxis with atovaquone/proguanil, doxycycline,
or mefloquine, or they may consider travelling with
emergency standby treatment. Anyone who becomes unwell
while on holiday or shortly after their return should
seek medical attention promptly. Falciparum malaria
can be a life-threatening illness. The diagnosis can
only be made if a careful travel history is taken,
and testing done early, even for regions where malaria
is not normally recognised. The risk in Goa will be
monitored and we expect transmission to cease as the
rainy season ends in early 2007. 1,492 words. Click
here.
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Goa malaria advice causes confusion
13 Jan: The Telegraph (UK). An outbreak of malaria cases
in Goa has prompted the Health Protection Agency (HPA) to
modify new guidelines which had told visitors to the area
that they no longer needed medication against the disease.
The guidelines were published earlier this month as news
of the malaria cases emerged. The holidaymakers who contracted
malaria include a Briton, a Dane and a Swede. Two Germans
have a serious form of the disease. The HPA malaria guidelines
can be downloaded at click
here For full text of article, 639 words, click
here.
Late Holiday Deal
13 Jan: The Sun (UK). Good Value Goa: Two weeks B&B
at Resort Village Royale in Calangute is from £351,
flying from Gatwick on January 18 or 25. Try a Jungle Book
overnight excursion (£79pp). You sleep in a hut, ride
an elephant and bathe it! Call Jewel in the Crown Holidays
on 0870 067 2352 [Was also featured in Mail on Sunday on
14 Jan.]
Hungry Traveller
14 Jan: Sunday Telegraph (UK). Goa: Breakfast on the beach
is the perfect way to ease yourself into a languid Goan
day … Lunch … Zeebop, a restaurant where richer
locals go for their seafood … Dinner: Paper dosa,
a gauze-thin crêpe served with vegetable curry and
a variety of chutneys or dal, is a speciality at the Kamat
Hotel in Panjim city. In the modest upstairs restaurant,
young Goan businessmen sip on lassi or lime juice in air-conditioned
ease … Do It Yourself: Judy Cardoza’s cookery
classes pass on culinary secrets and tips on technique for
dishes from all over India. You join her in the kitchen
of her breezy family mansion on the banks of the Mandovi
River. Text, 403 words and 4 photographs click
here.
Fly Nairobi-Mombasa for $50
15 Jan: the Nation (Nairobi). Book on-line and print your
e-ticket. www.airkenya.com
Drop in tourist arrivals
15 Jan: Times Now TV. … Goa was under a terror threat,
which lead to an alarming drop in tourist arrival this year.
Though, industry biggies admit that it is a cause of concern,
they say they are not worried … Goa Tourism authorities
have admitted that the terror threats have indeed affected
tourist arrivals in the state. Commenting on the deteriorating
number of tourists visiting the state, Sanjit Rodrigues,
MD, GTDC said:" It is not an internal threat. It is
the global phenomenon of terrorism. But definitely, foreign
tourist arrivals are sensitive to such threats. However,
there is still time into the season, and I hope, we can
make up and look forward to Goa as a safe tourist destination."
Click
here.
Holidays of tomorrow?
16 Jan: Green Futures (UK). Excerpts … don’t
call it ‘eco-tourism’. That label became associated
in the 1990s with so much greenwash that travellers have
become immune to its claims. In the UK at least, the term
‘eco-tourism’ is rarely used these days in marketing
green holidays … any trip that came remotely close
to wildlife would be trumpeted as an ‘eco-experience’.
From Cancun to Goa, there are companies that have tried
to ride cheaply on the green wave; ‘eco-hotels’
that pollute their environment and ‘eco-trips’
that are little more than a walk in a national park …
Click
here.
Goa: Hue and cry against dual taxi tariff
16 Jan: Herald. The Travel and Tourism Association of Goa
(TTAG) today came out strongly against the dual tourist
taxi tariff mechanism introduced last December and has requested
the government today to have a uniform tariff instead. In
Dec 2006 a separate tariff at double the normal rate was
created for taxis operating in the coastal belt. This would
effect locals living in the coastal areas and tourists will
take the bus outside the coastal area before hiring a taxi.
352 words. Click
here.
Hassle free tourism in Goa
18 Jan. The Economic Times. Tourists coming to Goa will
no longer be hassled by travel agencies and taxi operators.
The Goa bench of the Bombay High Court has ruled that all
tourist coaches will be allowed to carry business and other
activities on all seven days of the week. For many years
now, there's been a clash of interests between Taxi operators
and Tour coaches in Goa, as taxi operators have been demanding
that tourist coaches should not be allowed to ply on every
Wednesday and Friday. Taxi operators also wanted to prevent
tour coaches from operating near beaches and five star hotels,
as this affects their business. 282 words. Click
here.
GOA NEWS HEADLINES
Goa: Real estate firm flays move
to stop project despite clearances
11 Jan: PTI. A Mumbai-based real estate firm has alleged unjustified
action against it by Goa government officials following agitation
by a local group against their eco-friendly construction project
in north Goa. Emgee Group had invested in a property at Goa
Velha in north Goa for a project, which was opposed by a NGO,
Goa Bachao Abhiyaan, which is also spearheading anti-Regional
Plan 2011 agitation, alleging environmental degradation which
led to district administration closing the project. Click
here.
| Child sex abuse in Goa. By Shekhar
Kapur [Film maker] |
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11 Jan:
Shekharparour.com. While everyone is ga ga over India's
10% pa economic growth, and cell phone companies are
valued at $ 25 Billion, little children are killed for
their organs while the parents are still searching for
them a year later. And now a new report says that Goa
is taking over from Cambodia and Thailand as the child
prostitution capital of the world. What's going wrong
with our society? 145 words. Click
here.
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Child Sex Abuse in Goa. By Peter De Souza and Preetu
Nair
13 Jan: Gomantak Times. Peter De Souza and Preetu Nair go
behind the statistics and zeros in on the men and women who
add to the traffic on Goa's sex highway. And it's piling up
… investigations reveal that organised crime of trafficking
revolves around two master traffickers: Carlos, the Jackal
in North Goa and Raju in South Goa … in Calangute and
Sinquerim alone there are at least forty rich and elderly
foreigners who openly live with children … Raju's main
accomplice is a shack owner in Colva nicknamed Sex whose job
is to provide bikes and young children to foreigners …
his godfather is a top and controversial politician from South
Goa. They also have an Italian partner, who runs a prominent
Italian restaurant near the fish market in South and has connection
with rich foreign tourists along the entire beach belt in
the South. For full text, 1983 words, click
here.
Goa: Willy for Cong-NCP tie-up for
polls
12 Jan: Navhind Times. The state president of the Nationalist
Congress Party, Dr Wilfred de Souza has advocated an alliance
with the Congress party for the forthcoming assembly elections
in Goa to prevent the Bharatiya Janata Party from regaining
power. Click
here.
Goa: Alemao seeks NCP ticket, but
Pawar's response cold
13 Jan: Indian Express. Churchill Alemao, Congress MP and
one time strong-man from the Christian heartland of Salcette
is finding it tough to find a new home just ahead of the assembly
polls. 464 words. Click
here.
Portugal President to arrive in Goa
today
13 Jan: Navhind Times. The President of the Republic of Portugal,
Prof Anibal Cavaco Silva accompanied by his wife Dr Maria
Cavaco Silva, and a 70-member official delegation arrives
in Goa on Saturday on a three-day visit to the state. Click
here.
Portugal, a gateway to EU for Goan
business: trade body
13 Jan: Indian Express. The business community of Goa is looking
forward to forging new bonds with Portugal … The Goa
Chamber of Commerce and Industries (GCCI) president Nitin
Cuncolienkar said, “Wine can be imported from Portugal
and distributed in India. Similarly, Goan food products can
be exported to that country, which is a promising market.”
252 words. Clck
here.
Portugal, India to share expertise
on archiving heritage
13 Jan: Daily News & Analysis. India and Portugal, which
have cultural ties dating back to the colonial days, have
agreed to join hands to conserve their shared heritage and
architecture. As part of a wide ranging agreement collaboration
between museums and libraries of both countries has been emphasised.
223 words.
Click here.
Goa Univ defies protest, confers
D.Lit on Silva
15 Jan: Indian Express. Even as a group of people protested
against the Goa University decision to confer D.Lit on Portuguese
President Prof Anibal Cavaco Silva, the university today went
ahead and conferred the title on him. Click
here.
Top guns race for Sesa Goa
16 Jan: Hindustan Times. Leading steel and mining companies
from around the globe — including Arcelor Mittal, the
world's largest steel makers — are locked in a race
to acquire Sesa Goa, one of the biggest mining companies in
India. And the bids that have been placed are expected to
give the company equity valuation of nearly Rs 10,000 crore.
331 words.
Mopa Airport: Portuguese show Investment Interest
16 Jan: Diario Digital. The Delegation accompanying the Portuguese
President’s India tour have come across interesting
investment opportunities like the construction of the new
Goa airport which is estimated to cost 1.2 billion euros.
[Translated from the Portuguese by Paulo Colaco Dias] 366
words. Click
here.
Goa: GBA intensifies its fight against
the Regional Plan 2011
17 Jan: Navhind Times. Intensifying its fight against the
Regional Plan 2011, the Goa Bachao Abhiyan today exhorted
the people of Goa to gherao their MLAs and seek their opposition
to the plan in writing, repeatedly restraining them until
they agree to support the scraping of the Regional Plan by
January 22. Click
here.
No organised criminal gangs in Goa,
says DIG
17 Jan: Navhind Times. The deputy inspector-general of police,
Mr Ujjwal Mishra today said that there could be some criminal
gangs operating from outside Goa but there are no organised
gangs in Goa. Click
here.
Andrews New Cable and Antenna Manufacturing
Facility in Goa
18 Jan: New York Times. Andrew Corporation, a global leader
in communications systems and products, has become the first
company to manufacture both radio frequency cable products
and antennas in India with the opening of its newly-built
production facility in Goa … The custom-built 19,400
square meter facility in Goa is ISO9000 certified and began
operation this month. Click
here.
Mafia against scrapping of Regional
Plan 2011: BJP
18 Jan: PTI. The opposition BJP today alleged the Russian
mafia was involved in Goa's land deals and was forcing the
ruling Congress not to scrap the Regional Plan 2011. Click
here.
IN THE NEWS
Football: Curtorim Fixed it
11 Jan: Evening Express (Aberdeen). Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho
is convinced there is a conspiracy to stop his side winning
the Premiership. But if Mourinho reckons the Premiership is
fixed, then he should look at the Indian State of Goa.
Two clubs - Curtorim Gym and Winifred Leisure - were level
on points at the top of the Second Division ahead of the last
game of the 2004 season. Winifreds had to win by at least
six clear goals to have any chance of lifting the title due
to their rivals' superior goal difference. At half-time Winifred
were leading Sangolda 6-0, and everything looked rosy. But
news quickly filtered through that Curtorim had gone 1-0 up
in their match. Winifred would have to score more. They did
just that - in fact they scored 49 more to win 55-1. So Winifred
romped to the league title? Not quite. With news of Winifred's
match fixing emerging, Curtorin upped the cheating ante and
bribed their opponents. They scored 60 second-half goals for
a 61-1 win. The ridiculous scorelines attracted the wrath
of the Goan FA, who banned all four teams for a year. Click
here.
British national gets 5 years RI
for drug trafficking
12 Jan: PTI. A Delhi court has sentenced a Georgina Mathew,
a British woman to five years rigorous imprisonment for drug
trafficking after she was found guilty of sending a parcel
containing 1.125 kilogram of hashish from Goa to London addressed
to one Mrs Brooks. The parcel was found to contain two packets
of pickles, two packets of agarbattis (incense sticks) and
one statue each of Lord Buddha and Lord Shiva. The contraband
was hidden inside the statues. Click
here.
Keith Vaz: Video-Game Battle Grows
12 Jan. Leicester Mercury. An MP is taking the campaign to
clamp down on violent computer games to senators in Washington
DC. Keith Vaz, MP for Leicester East, is hoping to meet presidential
hopeful Hillary Clinton when he flies out to the US to continue
his campaign to toughen up the law on violent video games.
360 words. Click
here.
London: Disenfranchised Indians take
to the streets
12 Jan: Times of India. Hundreds of Indians have launched
a formal street protest campaign against the British government's
allegedly broken promises to an estimated 30,000 embattled
Indians who left the mother country to work here under the
Highly-Skilled Migrants Programme (HSMP) … The protest
which ended with the demonstrators handing a petition into
Downing Street, coincided with a new, combative defence of
the government position by immigration minister Liam Byrne
… 476 words. Click
here.
Cricket: Nairobi: Railway Goan Institute
13 Jan: The Nation (Nairobi). In 1965, George Kasonga, of
Uganda, playing in his only second match of the season for
the Railway Goan Institute side against Nairobi Wanderers
was the first African ever in the region to hit a maiden century
… Click
here.
Home is where the money’s going
14 Jan: The Sunday Telegraph (UK). Reversing the route of
their parents who came to England to seek their fortune, young,
second-generation British Indians are investing in property
on the subcontinent in search of huge returns … Many
of those who moved overseas are now looking homeward for the
same opportunities that originally prompted them to leave
… India’s property market is hot now. It offers
returns of more than 30 per cent, compared to the 10 per cent
offered by the London market … During a three-month
period in 2006, non-resident Indians in London invested more
than £50m in cities such as Delhi, Bangalore, Goa and
Mumbai … the currency exchange differential makes Indian
property affordable to many non-resident Indians … Rajesh
Gupta, an accountant with retail firm Argos, is another second-generation
Indian who has recently taken the plunge. He bought two houses,
one in Noida, near New Delhi, and the other in Goa, for a
total of £120,000. 1407 words. Click
here.
Nothing grey about retirement homes
14 Jan: Business Standard. Kerala and Goa have designed serviced
apartments tailor-made to suit the needs of senior citizens.
UK-based Goldshield is developing homes in Goa, Kerala and
Dehradun … Developers are also looking at a big NRI
retirement market and building homes for the high-income couples
working abroad in the US, Canada, Europe and even the Middle
East who will retire in the next the 3 to 5 years. Depending
on the requirement, retirement homes are likely to spread
across the country. Some people may want to spend their retired
life near places such as Goa, where you have good ambience
and surrounding … 839 words. Click
here.
Legacy of Goan jazz music continues
15 Jan: NDTV. Eighty-year-old Joe Pereira was witness to a
crucial but rarely known musical turning point in India. In
the 1950s, jazz musicians, like Joe, mostly Goan Christians,
were gravitating towards the Hindi film industry …
Click here.
| Blessed Joseph Vaz: Death Anniversary
on 16 Jan. |
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16 Jan:
The death anniversary of the Blessed Joseph Vaz falls
today, Jan 16th. Blessed Joseph Vaz, the Apostle of
Sri Lanka came from Goa to Sri Lanka in 1687 when the
Catholics in Sri Lanka were undergoing severe persecution
under the Dutch, who had ousted the Portuguese in 1658
and occupied the territory held by them-who had made
many converts to the Catholic faith. Fr. Vaz not only
saved the faith, but also built it on a new foundation.
For full text, 1256 words, click
here.
For links to more information on Blessed Vaz, click
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Keith Vaz urges Parliamentary debate
on Shilpa Shetty’s treatment
16 Jan: The Sun (UK). Labour MP Keith Vaz has tabled an early
day motion in the House of Commons about the treatment of
Celebrity Big Brother contestant Shilpa Shetty. For text click
here.
For Video Clips and the latest news check the Celebrity Big
Brother website, click
here
| The Shilpa Shetty Saga |
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Keith
Vaz raises Big Brother “racism” in Commons
17 Jan: The Guardian. Labour MP Keith Vaz tabled a motion
in the House of Commons after members of his Leicester
East constituency contacted him. 520 words. Click
here.
Germaine Greer: Shilpa is a “pain in the ass”
17 Jan: The Guardian. [For a different spin on the controversy
check out this article]. 1068 words. Click
here.
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STEPHEN BENNETT MURDER
Stephen Bennett Murder: We Aren't
Liars - Indian Police
13 Jan: Gloucestershire Echo. The detective leading the inquiry
into the murder of Stephen Bennett has fiercely denied allegations
of police corruption. Inspector General Satyapal Singh, the
Indian region's most senior officer, insisted: "I know
we have caught the right men. We are a professional police
force, so there is no question that we might have lied or
made up facts." 812 words. Click
here.
Briton was murdered three days before Indian police
claimed
14 Jan: The Sunday Times (UK). The Indian police investigation
into the murder of the British tourist Stephen Bennett is
in disarray after senior detectives there accepted he was
killed three days earlier than they had first announced
… Last week local detectives were relieved of the
case and senior officers from the state’s Alibaug
crime branch took over the inquiry. One of these detectives
said he now accepted that Bennett was killed on December
7 … 397 words .Click
here.
Was our son killed because his joke upset local
mafia?
15 Jan: The Times (UK). Carol Bennett and his wife, Maureen,
have become leading investigators into the murder of their
son in India. Their living room in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire,
is packed with computers, telephones, satellite maps, photographs
and piles of witness statements. They appear to have asked
more people what happened to their son, Stephen, than the
police did. In doing so, they have uncovered vital clues
in the search for his killer and forced the police to reopen
the investigation. 804 words. Click
here.
Bungling Detectives in Murder Inquiry Replaced
15 Jan: Western Daily Press. Police officers investigating
the brutal murder of West tourist Stephen Bennett have been
replaced, it has emerged. Pressure from the parents of a
West tourist murdered in India, backed by Western Daily
Press investigations, has led to a more senior team of detectives
taking over. Click
here.
Was Tourist Killed Over a Joke?
16 Jan: Western Daily Press. The parents of murdered holidaymaker
Stephen Bennett fear their son was killed because of a joke
that was taken seriously by India Mafia … they said
witnesses had told them their son had joked about being
a drugs investigator while drinking in a bar in Goa. They
now think the local Mafia heard about this and took it seriously
by abducting, torturing and killing the father-of-two. Stephen
Bennett’s funeral is tomorrow. 551 words. Click
here.
Goa Police have no hand in Bennett murder probe
16 Jan: Indian Express. The Goa Police are not investigating
the death of British tourist Stephen Bennett, according
to Goa DGP V S Brar. He said today that his force would
not conduct a probe in this regard unless the Maharashtra
government requested it. 278 words. Click
here.
Washington: Workers Allege Abuse by Kuwaiti Attache
18 Jan: Washington Post. Three Indian women who worked in
the home of a Kuwaiti military attache filed a lawsuit yesterday
alleging that they were brought to the United States illegally
and abused and exploited by the diplomat and his wife …
two workers, Joquina Quadros and Gila Sixtina [Tina] Fernandes,
fled the home pretending they were going upstairs to do
laundry but instead ducking out … the women came from
impoverished backgrounds in rural India … Now living
in New York state, the women have been granted special temporary
visas issued to victims of human trafficking … The
exploitation of foreign domestic workers is a pervasive
problem in Kuwait, the lawsuit claims … 691 words.
Click
here.
Stephen's light will still shine on us
18 Jan: Western Daily Press (UK). Hundreds packed
the small chapel at Cheltenham Crematorium yesterday for
the funeral service of Stephen Bennett … the grim
nature of Stephen's death were not touched upon as everyone
had gathered to celebrate his life. His parents did not
want to comment after the service except to say how touched
they were to see so many people. 820 words. Click
here.
RECENT ITEMS OF PARTICULAR
INTEREST ON GOANET. BY CORNEL DACOSTA
Goan Voice (UK) are invited to read some
interesting observations by George Pinto on Goans and Martin
Luther King. George, says and asks "... if US Goans
understand the debt they owe people like MLK and other civil
rights fighters/organizations...Goan prosperity owes a great
deal to the
opportunities and freedoms created by the Civil Rights Act
and the people (mostly African-Americans) who gave their
lives so others can be free. But have US Goans stopped to
reflect on our own good fortune? Do we appreciate the African-American
community or are racist towards them?"
A lively discussion has begun on the origins of Goan names
in Goa. One would be surprised at the diversity of views
expressed on this theme.
On his visit to Goa, the Portuguese President Prof. Anibal
Cavaco Silva is reported to have said that Goa can act as
the gateway of India to Portugal to establish and promote
activities linked to trade and industry. Goa University
conferred the honorary D. Lit degree on the President despite
protests from some local people.
The account of the death of the British tourist Stephen
Bennett, travelling from Goa to Maharashtra has featured
widely in the UK, the Indian press and on Goanet. The account
is very intriguing indeed.
Do note a new book that sounds fascinating from its title---
Global Nomads: Techno and New Age as Transnational Countercultures
in Ibiza and Goa. We are told about this book in hardback,
published by Routledge Series International Library of Sociology,
by the author Anthony D'Andrea.
Once more, but well worth reading, is a succinct account
titled Prelude when "Goa was integrated into the Indian
Union in 1962" This is by Valmiki Faleiro.
Finally, do read an interesting exchange between Glenda
and Selma. It concerns the suggestion/possibility of a propagation
of myths about issues in Goa.
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 & RADIO HIGHLIGHTS By Lira Fernandes
Travel: Planet Food. Travel Channel
Fri 19 Jan. 22:00 to 23:00. Padma Lakshmi takes to the road
to Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Bangalore.
Documentary: Idi Amin. Biography
Channel
Fri 19 Jan 23:00 to 24:00 Idi Amin was responsible for the
killing of as many as half a million in Uganda between 1971
and 1979.
Travel: Bombay. Travel Channel
Tue 23 Jan. 06:30 to 07:00. Short Richard Hall reveals the
extraordinary contrasts to be found in this immense country.
Documentary: Should I Really Give
Up Flying? BBC 2
Wed 24 Jan. 21:00 to 22:30. An examination of air tourism
and its impact on the environment. Also explores the impact
that the explosion in budget airlines both in Europe and India
could have on the environment.
Talk Show: Immigration. BBC Radio
Five Live
Fri 26 Jan: 12:00 to 13:00. Stephen Nolan is joined by a panel
of experts and an audience for a debate on the subject of
immigration.
Cookery: Samosas. UKTV Bright Ideas
Fri 26 Jan. 12:30 to 13:00. Sanjeev Bhasker and Reza Mahammad
with all kinds of mouthwatering, easy-to-prepare recipes.
Some special samosas are enjoyed this time round.
FORTHCOMING
See http://www.lanfranc.com/lanfranc_location_2000.pdf
for help in locating Archbishop Lanfranc School, Croydon
Sun. 18 Feb. Viva Goa Entertainment presents
Traditional RED & BLACK evening
in West London - Old Actonian Assc. Sports Club, opp. Gunersbury
Park, Ealing, W5 4LL. Music by – “LEVEL 4”
and "CHICO" one man band, Doors open 2.30 onwards.
Early bird 2 tickets @£18.00 ends 20th Jan 2007.Thereafter
£10/adults & £3/child. Contact Francis/Norman
on 0208 932 9375/ 07957206169/ 0208 647 1887.
Sun 18 Feb. Mungul
Union (UK) celebrates the Feast of Our Lady of Mount
Carmel at St Ignatius College, Turkey Street, Enfield, EN1
4NP. Band: Maz & Co. For tickets and details, please contact
Rosy D'Silva - piadsilva@hsbc.com/0208
352 9450 or Rosalind Rebello on 0208 767 8652; ros.rebello@amserve.net
Members note cut-off date 4 February. Public transport to
Hall: Buses 217 from Turnpike Lane or 121 from Wood Green.
Overhead train from Liverpool St. Station to Turkey St.
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