GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER SAT 12 DECEMBER, 2009
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| Death: Maria Aguiar | ||
 7 Dec: Nuvem-Belloy/Colva-Sernabatim, Goa. MARIA LUZIA COSTA E AGUIAR (Born 1917; Ex Tanzania). Beloved wife of late Jose Menino J Aguiar (Ex. W.H.O., formerly of Pemba & Zanzibar). Mother of Angelo/Pete (Tanzania), William/Goldie (Canada), Arnaldo/Mary (Ireland), Oscar/Yvette (Australia) and Norbert/Carolyn (USA). Sister of Mariquinha/late Prof Antonio Soares, late Nativity (Natu), late Adolfo, late Antonio. Funeral on 13 Dec at Colva.
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| Kenya: Chris Diaz Honoured | ||
11 Dec: Coastweek (Kenya). Mombasa born Chris Diaz has been honoured as 'Warrior of the Marketing Society of Kenya' at the MSK gala dinner awards ceremony hosted at Carnivore Restaurant Nairobi. Chris Diaz who is the President of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and Board member of CIM UK and a well known marketing 'Guru' in the region was recognized for his 20 years of top marketing professional development in the country… 552 words. Chris Diaz is the son of James and Linda Diaz; brother of Martin. | ||
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| Tara D'Souza: Kingfisher 2010 Calendar | ||
 11 Dec: One India. Tara D'Souza is up in full force to emerge victorious in the
Hunt for the Kingfisher Calendar Girl 2010. She is in The Zuri Varca, in Goa competing
with eleven other sizzling beauties who would want to be on India's most sizzling
calendar… Click
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News Summary | ||
| Scholarship for Goan diaspora youth 12 Dec: The Hindu. Commissioner for NRI Affairs Eduardo Faleiro has said that the Goa Government has formulated a Goa scholarship programme for diaspora children. The scholarship will be available every year to four students of Goan origin, two each from NRI and PIO (Persons of Indian Origin) categories… 140 words. Full Text. | ||
| Sanatan says govt keen to implicate it in Margao bomb blast 12 Dec: PTI. Sanatan Saunstha (SS), the Right Wing Hindu organisation, on Saturday termed the decision to hand over the Margao bomb blast case to National Investigation Agency (NIA) as a desperate attempt to indict it in the case… 228 words. Full Text. | ||
| Miramar: Shifting sands 12 Dec: Times of India. According to Satish Shetye head of the National Institute of Oceanography in Goa Miramar beach is now growing by more than one metre every year and many Indian beaches are either expanding or shrinking at a discernible rate…. Miramar has widened more than three times over the last four decades. Civic authorities have tried to use some form of fencing to keep sand from being thrown up on to the road adjoining the sea… 1191 words. Full Text. | ||
| Confusion in Goa over blast case investigation 12 Dec: IANS. Confusion prevailed over the status of the Diwali-eve blast in Goa, with Chief Minister Digambar Kamat Friday saying the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has been handed over the probe and the state police saying they were not aware of this yet… 231 words. Full Text. | ||
| Southeast Asian nations pose threat to Goa tourism 12 Dec: IANS. “Goa’s share in the regional tourism market is rapidly shrinking because of tough competition from Southeast Asian countries,” said Travel and Tourism Association of Goa president Ralph de Souza… According to Bush Miranda, a ground-handler for German charter flight airline Condor, business has dropped by nearly 50 percent over the last two years … 353 words. Full Text. | ||
| Media obsessed with white skin: Goa minister 11 Dec: IANS. Churchill Alemao has blamed foreigners for roaming in Goa at unearthly hours for the increasing number of rapes and assaults … “I have five daughters who return home at 11pm... max by midnight," Alemao said…. He has publicly backed John Fernandes, main accused in the Dec 1 rape of a 25-year-old Russian tourist… 368 words. Full Text. | ||
| Russian Operators are happy with New Year sales to Goa 11 Dec: Туринфо (Russia). According to Marina Zaikin, head of the company "Russian Express", the price war peaked in mid-November when flights to Goa were half full….by early December the packages were sold out … However tour operators are confused and unhappy about the changes to visa rules … 451 words. Machine translation. Full Text. | ||
| 13 Konkani tiatre artists to be honoured 11 Dec: UNI. Tiatre Academy Goa (TAG) will honour 13 Konkani tiatre artists, including seven from Mumbai, with 'Lifetime Contribution Awards' on the occasion of the 138th birth anniversary of Father of Tiatrist Joao Agostinho Fernandes on December 14… they are Shalini Mardolkar, Clara Merciano Ophelia Cabral alis Ophelia, Antonette D Souza e Mendes, Anita Maria Joana Vianey Pereira, Flipe Mascarenhas, Lidvinda Anastasia, Clara Correia E Dias, Antonio Xavier Francisco Dias, Luciano Dias, Philomenza Braz e Crasto, Cajetan Pinto, Titta Pretto, Lorna Cordeiro and Santano Filomento Cyriaco Comilo Dias… 365 words. Full Text. | ||
| Video: Russian Rape Case: Hearing of Bail challenge Postponed to Monday 11 Dec: The High Court postponed the hearing on the anticipatory bail challenge filed by Goa police against the Russian rape case accuse John Fernandes to Monday Dec. 14. 1m. 22s. Full Text. | ||
| Video: BJP refutes accusations that the Party supports Sanathan Saunstha 11 Dec: Goa 365 via Navhind Times. State wing of Bharatiya Janata Party accused MP Shantaram Naik of making false statements in the Rajya Sabha. General Secretary Govind Parvatkar refuted the claims of Shantaram Naik that the BJP is supporting the Sanatan Saunstha, the Hindu outfit linked to the Diwali-eve blast in Margao. In Konkani. 2m. 54s. Full Text. | ||