GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER SUN 23 AUGUST, 2009
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| Freida Pinto: Unplugged | ||
22 Aug: Times of India. Spicy tid-bits from the life of the Slumdog actor … she is quite a butterfly in terms of hobbies and tries to find new ones to re-invent herself. At the moment, she’s interested in imitating people with different accents! 525 words. | ||
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| UK: 1,000 Illegals To Takeaway | ||
 23 Aug: News of the World. By Mazher Mahmood. A coach full of foreign slave workers were driven straight into the hands of police yesterday by the News of the World… Illegal workers taking jobs that should go to legitimate British workers are adding to the current jobless total of a staggering 2.4million… 734 words.
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| Goan Director's Konkani film at the Toronto Film Festival | ||
 22 Aug: Thalmann Pereira via Goa Net. Young Goan film director Laxmikant Shetgaonkar's Konkani feature film "Paltadecho Munis" ( The Man Beyond The Bridge) has been selected for screening at the prestigious forthcoming Toronto International Film Festival-2009, Laxmikant is born and brought up in Goa and lives at Headland Sada, Vasco-da-Gama, Goa. For details about the film, select the link below.
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| Nena Ristic: Italian TV programme set in Goa | ||
 22. Aug: Blic (Serbia). Nena Ristic, a Serbian who has been living in Italy since 2004. will star in “Mission India” a Channel 5 TV show set in Goa in September… The idea of the show is to learn the most about the culture, people and food of the local people … Nena previously declined an offer to pose for Playboy because they did not pay enough …
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| Goa said to have registered its first swine flu death 22 Aug: Top News. The coastal state of Goa on Saturday is said to have registered its first swine flu death when a 67-year-old man died at a private hospital here. State health authorities said Shiva Murthy, arrived in Goa from Bangalore on Friday. He was admitted with high fever and passed away this morning… more details.. | ||
| Goa: No advisory against foreign tourists 22 Aug: UNI. The Goa government today categorically ruled out issuing an advisory against foreign tourists visiting the state from next month during the season, and cancellation of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) at the year-end in view of the swine flu episodes in this international tourist destination… 510 words. more details.. | ||
| Death: Rosario Barretto 21 Aug: Chandor-Mena Cavorim: ROSARIO LEOPOLDO BARRETTO: Born 1925: Beloved husband of Catarina, Father of Inacio (UK)/Piedade, Dionisio (Dubai)/Lourdina, Joseph (Saudi)/Gimin, Santan/Joaquim Cardozo (Kuwait), Aramita/Francisco Pereira; Loving grandfather of Johnison, Jenecia, Delisha, Leon, Jolyn, Josie, Pearl, Velhoska, Asher and Christer. Funeral cortege will leave his residence on 23rd August 2009 at 3.30 pm to Nossa Senhora de Belem Church, Chandor, for mass and burial. | ||
| NGO offers Rs 21 lakh to any one claiming miraculous powers in Goa 22 Aug: UNI. The Goa Council for Eradication of Superstitions today challenged to offer Rs 21 lakhs to anyone who prove possessing miraculous powers during the massive blind faith education campaign to be launched in the first week of January next… 322 words. more details.. | ||
| Domestic air fares nosedive on swine flu fears 23 Aug: Economic Times. Air fares in several domestic sectors have crashlanded and flying to places such as Goa, Mumbai and Bangalore is once again possible for less than Rs 2,000 … GoAir, for instance, is offering Mumbai-Goa tickets for Rs 1,975; Spice Jet has pitched the same ticket at 2,000 … Even full-service carrier Kingfisher's ticket is priced at Rs 2,250… 505 words. more details.. | ||
| The complicated side-effects of Britain's mixed-race households 23 Aug: The Independent on Sunday. By Yasmin Alibhai-Brown. Britain has more mixed-race households than any other country in Europe. But the complications don’t end there. 3478 words. more details.. | ||
| Goa the new retirement destination? 23 Aug: Times of India. Retirement colonies for senior citizens are coming up … Says Michael Lobo, director, Bougainvilla Hermitage Pvt Ltd, “People who have the money do not want to live in lonely old age homes. So we are providing retirement homes like those offered in the UK, US and Japan, but to suit the Goan budget.” Vinay Bhasin, co-founder of the Palacio group, adds, “The pace of life and the infrastructure in Goa make it a desirable destination for retirement homes.” … 390 words. more details.. | ||
| NRIs want speedy justice in property matters 23 Aug: Peninsula (Qatar). Countless non-resident Indians have been driven to despair and dismay over disputes and wrangles related to property they raised back home from their hard earned money abroad… The Goa Buildings (Lease, Rent and Eviction) Control (Amendment) Act allows NRIs to recover possession of their rented premises through speedy summary trial… more details.. | ||
| Gera Developments coming up with premium apartments in Goa 23 Aug: Economic Times. Targeting the high networth segment of non-resident Indians, persons of Indian origin (PIOs) and upwardly-mobile businessmen, Pune-based Gera Developments is coming up with premium two/three bedroom apartments in Goa… adjoining Panaji … spread over 11,000 square meters… The project claims to have sold 150 of its total 224 homes … The cost begins at Rs 40,000 per sq m and goes up to Rs 80,000 per sq m. … 384 words. more details.. | ||
| Goa: 2 ministers likely to be dropped soon 23 Aug: Navhind Times… According to sources a senior minister was accused of demanding a bribe of Rs one crore from the owners of an industrial unit that is located in his constituency to allow them to reopen their closed unit in South Goa has been ordered to be dropped… there was also intense pressure for removal of Transport Minister, Mr Ramkrishna Dhavlikar for his alleged role in the high security registration number plates for vehicles… 283 words. more details.. | ||
| Governor unlikely to give assent to P’chayat amendment 23 Aug: Navhind Times. With opposition to the recently amended Panchayati Raj bill from various quarters rising as the time goes by, the Governor is unlikely to give assent to the bill and is expected to send it back to the government for reconsideration. 252 words. more details.. | ||