GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER FRI 28 AUGUST, 2009
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| Norway: Football: Thomas Pereira throws in the towel! | |||
27 Aug: Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad (Norway). Thomas Pereira (36) is to retire from
First Division Viking Football club at the end of the season. He has been playing
for Viking for 13 years…. Viking will honour him with a special testimonial
match … 395 words. Click
here. Thomas is the son of Kirstin and Austin Pereira (ex Masaka, Uganda). He is married to Hanne and they have three sons. For the Times of India article - Norway's Soccer Goan Viking click here. | |||
| Wanted: Freddy Mascarenhas | |||
 26 Aug: Royal Gazette (Bermuda). The hunt to track down former India international Freddy Mascarenhas begun for Bermuda's football clubs following reports the star striker has migrated to the Island. Mascarenhas' arrival in Bermuda would certainly add some spice to the upcoming season …the powerful 28-year-old who is renowned for his heading ability, quit domestic football in India recently after helping his team, Goa, win the state championship… 424 words. | |||
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| Video: Goa: Police bust sex racket | |||
 27 Aug: Goa365. Maina-Curtorim police have arrested 4 persons and rescued four girls after a raid on a guest house in Curtorim on Wednesday. The girls were brought from Mumbai on a promise of providing jobs in beauty parlours and were subsequently inducted into flesh trade. 2m.39s. | |||
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| Death: Bella Pereira 27 Aug: Mississauga, Canada. BELLA PEREIRA. (Aged 87). Wife of late Custodio. Mother of Rev. Martin Pereira (Pastor, St. Pius X Church, Toronto), Manuel (Lydia) and Maurice (Fatima). Grandmother of Anastasia, Terence, Leon and Glynis. Vigil at Turner & Porter “Peel” Chapel, Mississauga, 6 – 8:30 p.m. on Sun Aug. 30. Funeral Mass at Sts. Peter and Paul Parish, 4070 Central Parkway East, Mississauga at 10 a.m. on Monday August 31. Interment Assumption Cemetery. Full details at the link below. more details.. | |||
| From Alvaro Collaco: Two Goa Government programmes The Government of Goa, through the Department of NRI Affairs, has launched two schemes for the Goan diaspora youth. Under the first it invites applications from Goan youth aged between 18 to 28 years to participate in the KNOW GOA PROGRAMME under which 12 youths worldwide will be selected to tour Goa and a neighbouring State between 30 November and 14 December 2009. Applicants will have distinguished themselves in some community activity and must NOT be Indian citizens. Selected applicants can expect all their travel, accommodation and meals expenses to be paid. Closing date for receipt of applications is 15 September. Under a GOA SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME a total of six children of Goan Persons of Indian Origin and of NRI's of Goan origin, will be assisted to undertake undergraduate studies in professional and general courses offered in 2009/10 by institutions affiliated to the Goa University or the Goa Board of Technical Education. The scholarships will cover 75% of the tuition fee up to a maximum of Rs.40,000/ per student per annum. Applicants will be required to appear for a written test on 12 October 2009. Closing date for receipt of applications is 30 September 2009. Both sets of application forms are obtainable from the High Commission of India at Aldwych, London WC2 (http://www.hcilondon.net) or from Alvaro Collaço (Tel: 020 8670 3812) | |||
| Death: Joe Coutinho 27 Aug. Cuncolim, Goa. JOSE ANTONIO CARMELITO COUTINHO (JOE). (Born 1914; ex- Mumbai). Husband of late. Alice. Father of Vilma/Subash Kantharia (Mumbai); Lygia, Dr Joel/Janice (Muscat); Peter/Angela (Mumbai). Funeral at Cuncolim on 29 Aug. | |||
| Weekly Weather & Exchange Rates 28 Aug: Navhind Times. Weather: Max = 29.9; Min = 23.7. Rainfall 4.8 mm. Humidity 89% 27 Aug: Times of India. Exchange rates: £= 79.93; $ = 48.93; Euro =69.75. | |||
| Panaji Coucil stores garbage in underground parking lot 27 Aug: Times of India. On Wednesday, vehicle owners found to their dismay that the underground pay parking at the new market complex, was emanating foul stench… the new city commissioner Elvis Gomes said that the waste was kept there due to rains, as a temporary measure … more details.. | |||
| Father Raymond J. de Souza: Why priests don't have kids 27 Aug: National Post (Canada)… if children are such a good thing, why does the Catholic priest remain celibate? 745 words + Comments. more details.. | |||
| Goa forest officials who probed tiger poaching are charged 27 Aug: IANS. The three Goa forest department officials who have been booked for wrongful confinement and causing grievous hurt to tiger poaching accused Suryakant Majik have been backed by their employers … 385 words. more details.. | |||
