GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER WED 12 AUGUST, 2009
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| Funeral details: Dominic D'Souza | |||
10 Aug: Dar es Salaam. Tanzania. DOMINIC D'SOUZA. Son of Lina & the late George D'Souza. Brother of Tootsie, Billy, Desmond, Greg, Loney, Gina, Joey, Elaine & Kenneth. Funeral service on Friday, 14 Aug. at Imaculate Conception Church
at 4 p.m. followed by the burial at Kinondoni Cemetery and Rosary at the Don Bosco Youth Centre. [Info from Brendan Abreu]
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| Death: Maria De Souza | |||
 10 Aug: Panjim. MARIA ANA XAVIER SOARES DE ALMEIDA E SOUZA (Born 1921). Relict of late Jose Maria Remigio De Souza. Mother of Antonio/Celesia; Vasco/Monika, Lira/Benedicto Rodrigues; Ivone/late Antonio Queiroz; Germana/Henrique Fernandes, Paula/Andre Fernandes and Maria Jose. Funeral date to be announced later.
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| Hindu outfit wants Goa museum to remove Husain painting | |||
11 Aug: Times of India. Goa State Museum officials will meet later this week to decide whether artist M F Husain's painting titled "Standing Buddha" should continue to be displayed, after a right-wing Hindu group sought its removal… 271 words.
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| Audiobook: A Stranger in Goa | |||
10 Aug: Notícias Lusofonas (Portugal). The book, by José Eduardo
Agualusa tell the story of Plácido Domingo former agent of PIDE, the Portuguese
secret service in Goa. The work is now available on CD (Euros 15.50) and mp3 (Euros
9.50) from the site www.boca.pt You can listen to a free excerpt. For full text
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| Death: Joanita D'Souza 11 Aug: Toronto. JOANITA D’SOUZA (ex Tanzania). Wife of late Thomas D’Souza. Mother of Trevor/Ellie, Stephen/Thelma, Denzil/Elfreda, Henry, Melvyn/May and Joyce/Keith. Funeral details to follow later. [Info from Claude Fernandes]. | |||
| Goa: Private firm to make bill payments easier 12 Aug. Times of India. Suvidhaa Infoserve allows consumers to pay power, electricity and other bills without waiting in queues… You can pay through local stores, STD booths, mobile outlets, pharmacies and neighbourhood stores… The service, however, is not free and comes at a small premium. … The starting service charges are Rs 5… 283 words. more details.. | |||
| Lamanis target tourists at Palolem beach 12 Aug: Herald. Lamani traders have started to target unsuspecting tourists at Palolem beach… over 200 lamanis frequent Palolem and other coastal beaches … There are various allegations that Lamanis are freely engaging in the drug trade … 443 words. more details.. | |||
| Poona: Diocese braces for swine flu outbreak 12 Aug: Indian Catholic. Poona diocese has closed all its educational institutions as swine flu claimed its fifth victim in the western city on Aug. 11… The city’s first victim was a student of St. Anne’s High School and two more girls at the school tested positive sparking panic in the city... 539 words. more details.. | |||
| AirAsia: Stansted/Kuala Lumpur £241 return 11 Aug: Saffron Walden Reporter. Tony Fernandes’ airline AirAsia is offering a return fare from Stansted Airport to Kuala Lumpur for £241… passengers can fly on to exotic destinations such as Australia for only £29… it is also offering reduced rates on hotels …The booking period is for August 12 and 16 - for travel between January 11, 2010 to July 31, 2010…. more details.. | |||
| Konkani Songs Codified 12 Aug: Navhind Times. Commissioner of NRI affairs, Mr Eduardo Faleiro launched the book 'The Greatest Konkani Song Hits Volume I' by Francisco Rodrigues [ex Nairobi] at a function held at the Kala Academy … Mr Rodrigues, of Goan origin based in Toronto is a lawyer, writer, poet and musician. This book is yet another addition to his repertoire of achievements… Although the book focuses on Konkani songs it does contain songs in Portuguese and Swahili… 367 words. Click here. For details of Francis'London launch of the book on 15 Aug. click here. | |||
| Video: Goa’s Health minister admits to sale of illegal drugs 11 Aug: Goa365. Health Minister Vishwajit Rane has admitted to the sale of illegal drugs at the Medical stores in state and blamed the lobby in the State, who use pharmacies for the illegal sale of Ketamine. 2m. 17s. more details.. | |||
| FlyDubai India journey runs into rough weather 11 Aug Economic Times (India). FlyDubai, the low-cost airline has been forced to defer its India plans with government clearances not coming through… FlyDubai was offering fares as low as Rs 4,700, including taxes, on the Dubai-Lucknow sector. Other destinations, including Goa, were likely to be added subsequently… The civil aviation ministry is going very slow on further negotiations with foreign countries as it has come under fire for allegedly compromising Air India’s interest… 397 words. more details.. | |||
| Fancy Pantry 11 Aug: Melville Times (Perth, Australia). With Fathers Day around the corner, custom-made hampers filled with goodies are available to order. A range of popular gift packs from Goan Cuisine, including The Bloody Hot Pack … more details.. | |||
| Seasonal tango 1-15 Aug: Express Travel World (India). With the monsoons playing truant, travel operators in West and South India were beginning to brace themselves for another lean period… Ralph de Souza, president of the Travel & Tourism Association of Goa (TTAG) is looking to intensify its marketing campaigns and also explore new possibilities of enticing the NRI community in the Gulf, USA, Canada and South Africa to visit their homeland for a holiday... more details.. | |||
| Goa acts tough on drug lobby for Ketamine abuse 11 Aug: Deccan Herald. The Goa government has begun a serious crackdown on ketamine abuse with a series of raids by the Food and Drugs Administration on pharmacies holding illegal stocks of dissociative anaesthetic, which is a popular rave party drug. 356 words. more details.. | |||
| Mumbai: The Goa Portuguesa Cookbook 1 – 15 Aug: Express Hospitality. We celebrate the twentieth birthday of Goa Portuguesa with the publishing of The Goa Portuguesa Cookbook ... there were several myths about Goan food that needed to be dispelled, the first being that all Goans eat is fish and pork, and that vegetables have no place on a Goan menu… 407 words. more details.. | |||
