GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER THU 20 AUGUST, 2009
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| WORLD GOA DAY 20 August 2009 | ||
 Viva Goa Resounds Across the Globe 20 Aug: Times of India. By Joeanna Rebello Fernandes. On 20 August, 30 International cities via 40 global Goan associations will gather Goenkars to celebrate World Goa Day started by the London-based, Goa originated Rene Barreto in 2000… Tony Luis from London says the city and its suburbs have over 25,000 Goans, and preparations for G-Day have been on for six months… In Kenya, the Goans will accommodate the party… In Toronto, communal excursions such as these do more than just bring out the banjo… The Tanzanians have upped the adrenaline … There’s prayer and pulao for these Goan Britons who will have a pilgrimage-picnic to The Friars-Aylesford Priory in Kent… For photo + 619 words select the link below | ||
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| Death: Sister Colette | ||
 13 Aug: Mumbai. SISTER COLETTE (born Leocardia Dantas in 1915 at Goa) At age 18, she left home and moved to Rajasthan to join the Mission Sisters of Ajmer (MSA). She reached Mumbai in 1981 and set up a small building to provide medical help to the poor and destitute. She was known as ‘Florence Nightingale’. For an obituary, 478 words, select the link below. | ||
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| Gabrielle Menezes: Kenya in desperate need of food aid | ||
 18 Aug: Associated Press. Kenyans are not getting the food aid they desperately need according to the U.N.'s World Food Program spokesperson Gabrielle Menezes… She appealed to donors come forward to help alleviate the situation…219 words. | ||
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 17 Aug: India Today. Deeba Awasty (pic), had a concrete plan for preganacy sketched out… Unlike other women, she didn't rush to doctors to map every step or stress about a period within which she should conceive. "I didn't want my child to come out as a result of a mechanical function. We went from Delhi to Goa," says Awasty, who is now six months pregnant… Photo + 817 words. | ||
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| Lisa Barros D'Sa: 'Cherrybomb' to hit LA Irish fest | ||
 17 Aug: Variety (USA). "Cherrybomb" will bow at the Los Angeles Irish
Film Fest, held Sept. 23-27. Directed by Lisa Barros D'Sa, "Cherrybomb"
is a thriller that tells the story of two best friends in Belfast who partake
in illegal activity to win the affection of a troubled beauty…. Click
here. For a link to video clips of the film, click here. Lisa is the daughter of the late Prof Aires Barros D'Sa (ex-Nairobi) and Elizabeth; sister of Vivienne, Miranda and Angelina. For a link to an obituary of her father see GVUK 20007-11 | ||
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| Death: Wilfred Pereira 18 Aug: Mumbai. WILFRED PEREIRA. Husband of late Doris. Father of Cassy/Alonzo (NZ); Cecil, Strandlin/Heather. Funeral on 20 Aug. at Malad, Mumbai | ||
| 100 Years Ago 19 Aug. 1909. The Goan seamen who venture through the oceans in quest of a better life decided to erect an altar in honour of their motherland, consecrated to St. Francis Xavier , in the Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Crooms Hill, Greenwich, SE10 8HG. [Info from Herald (Goa), Antonio Menezes & Cliff Pereira]. | ||
| World Goa Day: A Celebration of True Goan Flavour 20 Aug: Navhind Times. By Christina Viegas. World Goa Day serves as an appropriate opportunity for the residents of the state to assert their identity and conserve their exclusivity. This is a unique global event whereby many locals in the state and NRGs the world over have their own little celebration to mark this day, calling upon people to show their support and express their solidarity with Goa and Goans… the Goa Heritage Action Group celebrated this year in Panjim Inn, Fontainhas… 553 words. more details.. | ||
| PWD to promote total sanitation campaign in Goa 20 Aug: Times of India. The public works department has written to all 189 village panchayats in Goa urging them to contribute to the centrally-sponsored "total sanitation campaign" (TSC) and to eliminate open defecation to minimize risk of contamination of drinking water sources… 433 words. more details.. | ||
| Prof Joseph D'Cruz: Ontario's electric-vehicle plans 18 Aug: Vancouver Sun. The Ontario government's plan to promote early adoption of greener vehicles in the province with rebates of up to $10,000 for people who buy plug-in hybrid and battery-electric vehicles was met with mixed reaction Wednesday … Joseph D'Cruz, professor of strategic management at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management said the inducement is "absolutely essential." … Click here. For a photo and profile of Prof D'Cruz (ex-Karachi) click here. | ||
| Forex staff fear swine flu contaminated currencies 20 Aug: Navhind Times. The staff of some 18 money exchangers in Goa collecting foreign currencies, have been cautioned that the currencies they are handling could be covered with disease causing agents… 340 words. more details.. | ||
| CBI finally pins down Scarlett's mother 18 Aug: MidDay (Mumbai). Fiona Mackeown's statement was recorded late last month, almost a year and a half after the Brit girl was raped and allegedly killed. CBI sleuths probing the Scarlett Keeling (15) rape and murder case have finally managed to record the statement of her mother Fiona Mackeown, who came to India recently… Meanwhile, an NRI filmmaker based in the UK has approached Fiona about making a film on Scarlett. Fiona is yet to decide on this … The mortal remains of Scarlett continue to remain with the coroner in Britain and await a burial… Photo + 407 words. more details.. | ||
| Vedanta Resources and Goa’s iron ore resources 28 Aug: Forbes India. In 2007 Vedanta Resources owned by Anil Agarwal paid $1 billion to buy Sesa Goa… In June 2009 Vedanta acquired another iron ore business in Goa, this time from V.S. Dempo. Today, the mine-scape of Goa is being changed forever by Agarwal … The Goan government has recently come down heavily on mining companies, saying that the fragile ecosystem of the state cannot bear further mining. Though mining employs a lot of the locals, citizens have been against industries. Anil Agarwal's plan to dig up the state may turn them against him… 3,472 words. more details.. | ||
| Subodh Kerkar not to withdraw controversial Ganesh paintings 19 Aug: Daily News & Anaslysis. “I am going ahead with the exhibition,” Kerkar told reporters after lodging a police complaint against the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS) for allegedly threatening to chop off his fingers … The painter, however, had to curtail his exhibition from 12 days to two owing to the protests… more details.. | ||
| Major Joaquim Silva: Escape from Kabul 19 Aug: Journal da Madeira. Major Joaquim Silva is from Madeira has been with the Army for 17 years. He is currently posted with the UN Agfan mission … He misses his family and the smell of the sea … He arranged for his family to travel from Madeira to Goa and he arranged to meet them there at Easter … The two weeks he spent with them gave him strength for months of work… Text in Portuguese more details.. | ||