GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER WED 05 AUGUST, 2009
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| International Launch of New Konkani Music Album | ||
 5 Aug: Asian Age. By Pamela D'Mello. … Things are happening in Konkani music
… transcription of 30 favourites along with a DVD of piano renditions …
by Toronto-based transcriber and published Francis Rodrigues … Click
here. Launch dates: Goa (Kala Academy) - 9 Aug. U.K. (Staines) -15 Aug. Canada - 20 Aug and U.S. - 30 Aug. For full details of the book go to http://www.konkanisongbook.com/ | ||
| Peter Fernandes and Samir Kelekar draws ire from Assembly Speaker | ||
5 Aug: Navhind Times. Demanding an apology from Mr Peter Fernandes and Mr Samir
Kelekar, for insulting the House through their articles as published in the daily
'Herald' dated August 3 and 4, 2009, respectively, the Speaker of the Goa legislative
assembly, Mr Pratapsing Rane on Tuesday decided to summon the two writers in the
assembly, to seek an explanation about their write-ups… 373 words. Click
here. 3 Aug: Herald. Goan Political Tragicomedy. By Peter Fernandes. 1264 words. Click here. 4 Aug. Herald. Politicians and Martyrs. By Samir Kelekar. 1264 words. Click here. | ||
| Alberto Colaco: Indian football has made progress | ||
 4 Aug: Times of India. After serving two terms as All India Football Federation's (AIFF) general secretary, Alberto Colaco will step down next month. In an exclusive interview to TOI, the 61-year-old techno-savvy Goan, asserted that Indian football is in for good times and wished his successor success. 534 words.
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| UK: Dr Agnelo Fernandes slams no-show patients | ||
 4 Aug: Croydon Advertiser. A doctor has slammed the huge number of his own patients
who repeatedly fail to show up for appointments. Dr Agnelo Fernandes' surgery,
Parchmore Medical Centre, suffers from an infuriating 10 per cent daily no show
rate… he believes the surgery - and Croydon as a whole - still has far too
many people not keeping appointments… 406 words. Click
here. For a GVUK profile of Dr Fernandes, click here. | ||
News Summary | ||
| Now, Churchill Alemao forays into hockey 5 Aug: Times of India. Churchill Alemao is a name you immediately associate with football. Would it conjure images on the hockey pitch in time to come? … the owner of Churchill Brothers football club, I-League title holders, has been elected president of “Hockey Goa” (HG) at a meeting at the Sports Authority of Goa (SAG). | ||
| UK: Clint D’Mello Murder Trial: Jury is out 05 Aug: Newham Recorder. An Old Bailey jury heard how Adnam Patel was knifed to death… Alleged gang leader Clint D'Mello, 24, is said to have rounded up a posse of thugs to attack and kill Patel … 264 words. more details.. | ||
| Goa to invoke epidemic act to tackle swine flu 5 Aug: IANS. Goa will invoke the Epidemic control Act. 1897 once the tourism season gets underway in October, Health Minister Vishwajeet Rane said Wednesday… The epidemic act gives health authorities the power to forcibly admit and treat any swine flu patient at a government-run hospital… There are presently seven swine flu patients under quarantine in Goa… more details.. | ||
| Video: Bollywood Film Trailer: Daddy Cool 5 Aug: You Tube. It’s the funeral of Douglas Lazarus, but apart from tears, sad speeches and melancholia, there’s a wrong dead body, drug induced relatives, knife wielding wife, doddering old uncles and an underworld don… the story resolves around Good Son Steven trying to give his father a decent funeral by delivering a eulogy that includes a description of the rivers of Goa… 01.06s. more details.. | ||
| Video: Francisco D'Souza: Cognizant Beats the Street 4 Aug. CNBC. Information technology consultant Cognizant beat the Street in its second quarter report. the company's CEO Francisco D'Souza, discusses the results with CNBC. 04:14s. more details.. | ||
| Stuck on UK motorway, Sikhs face racial abuse 4 Aug: Times of India. A group of 66 Sikh women and children on an outing to the seaside miraculously escaped from a burning double-decker bus in southern England but became victims of racist jibes from passing motorists… 245 words. Click here. BBC Video clip. 00.56s Click here. | ||
| "World Goa Day" Toronto, Canada 15 Aug. 2009. The Goan Overseas Association, Toronto and the Alliance of Overseas Goan Village Associations of Canada along with sister associations from around the World, will be celebrating "WORLD GOA DAY" by hosting a "PICNIC" at Coronation Park, Oakville, Ontario, Canada. For more details see the GOA Website at the link below. more details.. | ||
| Funeral arrangements for Maria Jasmina (Mina) Fernandes Funeral of Maria Jasmina (Mina) will take place on Wednesday, 12th. August 2009 at 11.30 a.m. at St. Michael's Catholic Church, 112 Clarendon Road, Ashford, Middlesex. TW15 2QD. Enquiries to clubmen@hotmail.com | ||
