GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER SAT 08 AUGUST, 2009
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| Death Diana Da Costa | |||
 7 Aug. New Zealand. DIANA DA COSTA (Born 1921; Ex Uganda). Loving mother of Lewellyn (Brazil), late Lester/Valerie (Canada), Leslie/Bridgie (New Zealand), Lincoln/Jessie (Australia). Sister to late Mary, Aninha, late Fanchu and Georgina. | |||
| London Launch: Greatest Konkani Song Book | |||
 Sat. 15 Aug. 7.00pm to 11.30pm. The Greatest Konkani Song Book, will be officially
launched and sold by the author, FRANCIS RODRIGUES, at a dance at St Peters Church
Hall, Laleham Road, Staines, Middlesex, TW18 2DY. Open Come and dance to the music
of "MUSTANG" Admission: Adults £ 10.00 children, 5yrs to 12 yrs
£ 5.00. inclusive of Snacks and Goan Buffet. For details contact: Frank
- 0178422577, Matais - 0781017206, Rene- 02088688524, Joe- 02087649419 and Gregg
07931753653. For the book details, click
here. For the event flyer and programme details click here. | |||
| Dubai celebrates World Goa Day with pomp | |||
7 Aug: Radio Goa. Dubai celebrated the World Goa Day on 7 Aug. with much fanfare at the Renaissance hotel in Deira… The tickets were sold out and many had to go home disapointed…World Goa Day is celebrated in over 30 countries worldwide and was hosted in Dubai by Cynthia Fernandes and friends. 7 photos. | |||
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| Goa: Work and Travel | |||
7 Aug: Neue Zürcher Zeitung (Switzerland). Support working with disabled
children and old people in Goa … The project cost about 1000 euros a month.
Further information is available on the Internet … no specific prior knowledge
required. 902 words. Fot the German original, click
here. For a machine translation into English, click here. | |||
News Summary | |||
| Goa: Foreigners not doing illegal business 8 Aug: Times of India. The opposition benches on Friday challenged the data provided by the home ministry with regards to foreigners illegally carrying out business along the state's coastal belt. The home ministry, on the floor of the house, denied that a large number of foreigners were illegally doing business in the state… 181 words. more details.. | |||
| Deteriorating Goa. By Ernest DaSilva, UK 8 Aug: Herald… Earlier this year I attended a family wedding in Goa, and this was my first visit back ‘home’ for 10 years. I could not believe what has happened during that time … Goa is now becoming a byword for all that is bad… I recently signed a petition raised in the UK about the persecution of a few hundred British people who want to live in Goa in peace… 214 words. more details.. | |||
| Goa: Major credit card racket busted, 6 held 8 Aug: Times of India. Panaji police busted an international credit card fraud involving cloning of cards and using them to gamble in offshore casinos in Goa on Friday… Police suspect this to be just the tip of the iceberg and hundreds of credit and debit cards owners, especially from Europe, could be affected… 248 words. more details.. | |||
| Furtados adds label to music store biz 8 Aug: Radio & Music.com. Renowned music store Furtados recently announced the launch of its new record label 'Furtados Records' by releasing its first compilation album Because You Love Music – Vol 1 … The music store has been around for over a 100 years now, and has presence in major metros like Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Bangalore, Mangalore and Goa. 1096 words. more details.. | |||
| My Life In Travel: Rob Da Bank 8 Aug: The Independent. … Q: Where has seduced you? A: India. Goa has been tainted by the tie-dye and rave crew but there are beautiful places like Palolem, too. We'd get up at six in the morning and do yoga with a proper yogi and live a very healthy lifestyle when we were there. It's not all burgers and ecstasy. At the time I thought I could live there… Photo + text. Rob da Bank is a presenter on BBC Radio 1, Mondays midnight-4am. more details.. | |||
| Myths We Believe. By Christina Viegas 8 Aug: Navhind Times… The Goan grandma also has a cure for every ailment… If your baby has colic, Ms Mary Fonseca from Chorao cure is to rub warm feni around the navel of the baby… Another grandma asserts the use of cardamom while cooking to stimulate your husbands and to whiten teeth… more details.. | |||
| MARG: Years of Dedicated Service. By Gurunath Kelekar 8 Aug: Navhind Times. On Aug 4 my son, Samir, wrote an article, ‘Politicians and Martyrs’. On the same day Narvekar said that I was the Convenor of MARG “which is a body on which the government spends large amounts of money”…. Samir is the former Director of Info Tech Corporation, and a Doctor of the Columbia University, New York in computer technology. I am compelled to also state that the government is not spending any money to benefit MARG… 406 words. more details.. | |||
| High Court rejects bail plea of accused in foreigner rape case 8 Aug: Navhind Times. The High Court at Goa has rejected the bail application of Lawrence Dias resident of Merces who was accused of raping a foreigner…. the victim was given lift by the accused person from Kala Academy on the pretext of dropping her to Mapusa and took her to unknown place and later assaulted, threatened and raped her. 426 words. more details.. | |||
| Goa: Chief Minister “always travels economy class” 7 Aug. Times of India. The state legislative assembly on Thursday passed the Rs 5,939.32 crore budget for 2009-10 … chief minister Digambar Kamat that being aware that government money is public money, he has always travelled by economy class and even refrains from taking his secretary with him it is absolutely necessary… 352 words. more details.. | |||
| British spirit beats summer blues 6 Aug. Leicester Mercury. The British 'stiff upper lip' spirit is shining through this summer – even if the sun isn't… Owner of Apex Holidays Asif Vindhani, said: "We've especially noticed a lot of interest in packages to the Far East and Middle East, and Goa and Mombasa." more details.. | |||
| Off the beaten path with new travel magazine 7 Aug: Vancouver Sun. Greg Sullivan, an American entrepreneur is lauching a new travel magazine, called Afar, this month… Sullivan conceived the idea for Afar with co-founder Joe Diaz over a beer on a beach in Goa, India in 2007… 530 words. more details.. | |||
| Hockey: Tanzania: TPDF edge out Dar Institute 28 Jul: The Citizen (Tanzania). Reigning champions TPDF stunned Dar es Salaam Institute 2-1 in a friendly hockey match … In the 14th minute, Dar Institute came close to levelling the matter, but Olvin Gomes squandered a clear-cut chance… Dar Institute responded strongly to score their consolation goal through Anthony Fernandez… more details.. | |||
