GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER TUE 01 DECEMBER, 2009
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| Death. Sabina Fernandes | |||
27 Nov: Oxford, UK. SABINA FAUSTINA SANTANA FERNANDES (Ex Dar-es-Salaam). Beloved
wife of Joe Fernandes. Mother of Janice, Jason, Jasmine and Joslyn. Grandmother
to Mark, Scott, Natasha, Chloe, Severita, Sabrina and Shantelle. Mother-in-law
to Don and Diana. Funeral details to follow. Condolences to Jasonfernandes51@hotmail.com | |||
| Goan diaspora youth group calls on Eduardo Faleiro | |||
1 Dec: Navhind Times. A group of 12 Goan diaspora youth called on the Commissioner for NRI Affairs, Mr Eduardo Faleiro as part of the ‘Second know Goa programme’ … The youth — seven from Canada, four from Mozambic and one British will be exposed to Goan lifestyle, culture, and heritage … 285 words. Navhind Times photo. | |||
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| Death: Victor Fernandes | |||
 27 Nov: Anjuna, Goa. VICTOR CONCEICAO FERNANDES (Born 1946; Ex-Tanzania). Beloved husband of Flora (Flory). Loving father of Farrell. Brother of Sr. Susan (Holy Cross); Maria/Damian; Late Thome/Carol; George/Safira; late Angeline/James; Pio/Puri; Claude/Ubaldine. Funeral on 1 Dec. at Anjuna. | |||
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| Auction: St. Christopher with child | |||
 2 Dec: Bellmans, Billingshurst, West Sussex (UK). Lot No 1477. A carved wooden polychrome figure, 17th century, Indo-Portuguese, St. Christopher with child, 66 cm high. Estimate: £250 to £350.
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| Video: 5 houses handed over to Canacona flood victims | |||
 30 Nov: Goa 365 via Navhind Times. Chief Minister Digambar Kamat handed over the keys to five houses for the flood –affected victims, at a function organised at a school campus at Poinguinnim recently. The houses have been constructed by the Canacona Flood Relief Committee but around 200 families still remain homeless and are yet to be provided the compensation assured by the government… 3m. 53s.
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| Death: Nesley Pereira 27 Nov, Bandora, Talaulem, Goa. NESLEY PEREIRA (Born 1991; died under tragic circumstances). Son of Belarmino (Belu) Pereira/Sacramenta Cabral. Brother of Nelisha. Grandson of Paulina D’Mello. Nephew of Salvador/Cecilia (UK), Agnel/Natal (UK), Antonio/Cristalina, Assis/Marelin, Ady/Daisy. Funeral on 1st Dec. at 3 pm St Anne’s Church, Ponda. | |||
| World AIDS Day: Indian Catholics at the forefront in the care for the sick 1 Dec: Asia News It. By Nirmala Carvalho: About 80% of centres that deal with HIV are run by the Catholic Church. 140 institutes across the country, for the treatment of disease and improvement in quality of life. More than one million children orphaned by HIV, discriminated against at school and abandoned by their family… 379 words. Full Text. | |||
| India blocks millions of mobiles for security reasons 1 Dec: BBC News. Millions of Indian mobile phones with no valid unique identification code have been blocked for security reasons… It is estimated that India has more than 25 million phones without codes… 263 words. Full Text. | |||
| Goa: Tata Wireless Broadband on prepaid platform 1 Dec: Telecom Tiger. Tata Teleservices Maharashtra Ltd (TTML) today launched its high-speed wireless data services, Tata Photon+ on the prepaid format with tariffs on some plans at Re 1 per MB and vouchers offering 10 GB free data usage… Full Text. more info... | |||
| India’s 7.9% growth spurt shatters forecasts 1 Dec: Financial Times (UK). The Indian economy grew by 7.9 per cent year on year, according to official figures released on Monday, well above expectations of 6.3 per cent… 452 words. Full Text. | |||
| Catholic India running out of would-be priests 1 Dec: The National (UAE)… Christian leaders in India agree that young and educated Catholic men are showing less interest in becoming priests… Unlike many countries in the West, India has never faced a shortage in priests, with many of them coming from large agricultural families. In the past, young men elevated their families’ status in society by becoming priests… Some senior church leaders believe that priesthood is now appealing more to young men who have found it difficult to find success in general life… 870 words. Full Text. | |||
| IFFI: Damu Naik's 'Zagor' to hold centrestage today 1 Dec: Times of India. A Goan film crew is actually getting the red carpet treatment on Tuesday. And the team that made Konkani film 'Zagor', which is being premiered at the International Film Festival of India (Iffi), is looking forward to it… 397 words. Full Text. | |||
| India wants to diversify migration base from Gulf to Europe: official 1 Dec: IANS. India is interested in diversifying the migration of its skilled workers from the Gulf region to European countries, a senior official of the overseas Indian affairs (OIA) ministry said in Goa on Tuesday… 321 words. Full Text. | |||
| Last Minute Flights UK - Goa Manchester to Goa, 7 December, 14 nights, £232.75 return East Midlands to Goa, 3 December, 7 nights, £234.00 return Gatwick to Goa, 10 December, 14 nights, £244.50 return more info... | |||
| California: SEC wants to question Romulus Pereira 30 Nov: NHBR. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission wants to question Craig Benson a former board member of Cabletron Systems in its civil securities fraud trial… it also wants to question seven former employees of Cabletron, including Romulus Pereira, the first chief executive of Riverstone Networks, another Cabletron spinoff… A pretrial conference is scheduled for Dec. 2. Click here. For a photo and profile of him, click here. | |||
| Goa: Hindu Pharmacy legacy lives on 1 Dec: Navhind Times. The Hindu Pharmacy was registered in 1911 … Dr Dada Vaidya was a gifted ayurvedic physician practicing with traditional herbs collected from the jungles and forest surrounding Keri-Pond. Even till this day, herbal medicines are being acquired from Hindu Pharmacy Panaji by consumers who know about its value… In the 1960s Hindu Pharmacy opened branches in Vasco, Mapusa and Margao… 606 words. more info... | |||
| Termites destroy valuable books of Govt Printing Press 1 Dec: Navhind Times. In what could be described as a case of utter callousness and total neglect, the officials of the Government Printing Press allowed some of its prime publications to be eaten away by termites (white ants), by apparently keeping one of its godowns located at Altinho locked for more than two decades… 442 words. Full Text. | |||
| ‘Goans not affected by job cuts in Gulf’ 1 Dec: Navhind Times. The Commissioner of NRI Affairs, Mr Eduardo Faleiro on Monday said that Goans have not been affected by recession and job cuts in the Gulf countries, even as news reports of fresh job cuts in Gulf countries were making rounds during the Eid holidays over the last weekend… 361 words. Full Text. | |||
| Eduardo Faleiro stresses on going back to one’s roots 1 Dec: Herald. “People who have no cultural roots have no identity and no self-respect”, said Commissioner of NRI Affairs Eduardo Faleiro while interacting with a group of young NRIs of Goan origin who are on a visit to Goa on Know Goa Programme. Addressing the youth from Canada, Mozambique, France and England at a function held at Miramar on Monday, Faleiro stressed the need for going back to one’s roots… This is the second edition of Know Goa Programme. After their stay in Goa till 9th December, the 12 youth will visit New Delhi and Agra… 331 words. Full Text. | |||
| UK: Man fined for racially abusing Nelson Fernandes 30 Nov: Ely Standard (Cambridge, UK). Gary McCarthy hurled racial abuse at Nelson Fernandes whilst berating him about his driving outside the Balti King takeaway in Ely … CCTV shows Nelson Fernandes taking off his jumper and shirt, in a clear indication he was ready and willing to fight … McCarthy was fined £65, with £85 costs and a £15 surcharge… 314 words. Full Text. | |||
| UAE: Menu prices reduced to attract customers 30 Nov: Emirates Business. Francis Lobo, Deputy General Manager, Karama Hotels said that almost "all hotels have slashed their food and beverages menu rates by 10 to 15 per cent”… Karama Hotels is planning to open a Goan fine dining restaurant on December 10 in anticipation of the Christmas and New Year revellery… 534 words. Full Text. | |||
| Video: “Government will save fishermen’s dwellings” 30 Nov: Goa 365 via Navhind Times. Environment minister Aleixo Sequeira has reiterated that each and every coastal dwelling of the traditional fishermen will be saved by the government as per the commitments given on the floor of the assembly house, earlier. The remarks of the minister came in the wake of the accusations made by the Convenor of Goenchea Ramponkarancho Ekvott Matanhy Saldanha that the state government is responsible for the confusion over the CRZ. 2m. 08s. Full Text. | |||
