GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER THU 17 DECEMBER, 2009
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| Video: Goa: Is The Party Over? | ||
 17 Dec: 11.54 IST. CNN-IBN. Face The Nation discussion chaired by Sagarika Ghose with Oscar Rebello, convenor of Goa Bachao Abhiyan, Ranjana Kumari, director of Centre for Social Research, and Congress MP Naik, who made those controversial statements in the Rajya Sabha… Results of the a poll: Has Goa been ruined by the foreign tourist? … 941 words + comments. 5 Video clips.
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| Panjim: A Luso-Goan flavour | ||
 17 Dec: Jornal Digital. (Portugal). "Horseshoe" restaurant in Panjim
was started nearly 30 years ago by Vasco Silveira, a Goan who was born in Angola
and lived in Portugal and Germany before returning to Goa... 1839 words. For the
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| Jeffrey Monteiro: Things Start to Stir at the Blass House | ||
 16 Dec: New York Times. This week, Jeffrey Monteiro, a relative newcomer was chosen
from roughly 100 applicants to become the new design director at Blass House.
He will be responsible for bringing back a high-end Bill Blass ready-to-wear collection
to stores next winter … Mr. Monteiro, who is 40, was born in Qatar and raised
in India and Australia, where he studied fashion and had a signature line for
four years… 571 words.Click
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| Video: Debate: What exactly did he mean? | ||
 16 Dec: Times Now TV debates the issue with Shantaram Naik, MP, Congress ( Rajya Sabha) and Flavia Agnes, Women Rights Lawyer 14m. 01s.
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| Newspapers and the Invasion of Goa | ||
 16 Dec: Diario de Noticias (Portugal). By Valentino Viegas. The invasion of Goa
began on December 18, 1961. Newspapers published misleading information about
that invasion and hid the truth from the Portuguese people… 827 words + photos.
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News Summary | ||
| Russian Rape Case Developments Russia steps up India rape dispute. 17 Dec: Financial Times (UK). 359 words. Click here. Women who have been raped the night have only themselves to blame. 17 Dec. China News Review. (In Chinese). Machine translation. Click here. Goa chief minister asks tourists to follow 'code' for safety.17 Dec: IANS. 194 words. Click here. Home ministry bringing Goa a bad name: Tourism minister. 17 Dec: IANS. 217 words. Click here. | ||
| UK: Maya de Souza: Copenhagen climate conference branded a 'mess' 17 Dec: Hampstead & Highgate Express…. Highgate green councillor Maya de Souza wants the richer countries to put more money on the table to support the developing countries. She said: "The amount being offered is still a paltry sum - less than the money poured into energy efficiency in the UK - and that's for the whole world… Click here. Maya de Souza is ex-Nairobi; daughter of Fitz & Romola de Souza; sister of Veena, Mark and Roy. For her photo and blog go to http://mayadesouza.blogspot.com/ | ||
| India: 20,000 Christians refugees at Christmas? 17 Nov: Inspire (UK). Up to 20,000 Indian Christians face Christmas as refugees – two years after a wave of attacks by militant Hindus in the state of Orissa… 457 words. Full Text. | ||
| Rohan Sippy to capture real Goan ethos in next film 17 Dec: IANS. Inspired by the realistic style used in Steven Soderberg's "Traffic", Rohan Sippy is set to direct a film about drug-peddling in Goa and he is looking at a cast that can look as Goan as possible… “I want to capture the real Goan ethos and spirit. And for that I need my actors to act, look, behave, dress and speak like Goans," he said… 431 words. Full Text. | ||
| Goa’s special force to combat crimes against tourists 17 Dec: IANS. The Goa tourism department is in the process of setting up a Special Tourist Security Force (STSF) to tackle the rising number of crimes against tourists in the state… Goa attracts nearly two million tourists annually - almost twice its population. About 450,000 of the tourists are foreigners. 272 words. Full Text. | ||
| Death: Placy D'Souza 7 Dec. Welwyn Garden City Herts, UK. PLACIDA (PLACY) D'SOUZA (nee Lobo; ex-Kampala, Uganda and Anjuna, Goa). Passed away after a long illness. Wife of Oswald D'Souza. Daughter of the late Phillip & Palmira Lobo (ex-Kampala & Porvorim, Goa). Funeral service on Wed. 23 Dec. at 11:00am at Church of Our Lady, Queen of Apostles, 141 Woodhall Lane, Welwyn Garden City, Herts. AL7 3TP. Condolences to lesmendonca@hotmail.co.uk | ||
| Google Maps India adds Landmarks for Driving Directions 16 Dec: Techie Buzz. … Google Maps driving directions for India, focuses more on landmarks, which is usually how people get through from one place to another … 331 words. Full Text. more info... | ||
| Norms tightened for US tourists with long-term visas 16 Dec: Business Line… Essentially, Americans with five or 10-year tourist visas would not be allowed to enter India within two months of their last departure from the country if their last visit was longer than 90 days. The same norm would apply for long-term visa holders if their stay extends beyond 180 days during the past year. 387 words. Full Text. | ||
| A Hindu surgeon salutes the Goa Church 16 Dec: Zenit (French). At the time of the annual gathering of the All Indian Mission Seminary at Pilar, Goa, last December, Dr Jindal, a Hindu neurosurgeon and Head of the eminent Goa Medical College, praised the Catholic Church for its major role in the domain of health, explaining that faith and medicine could unite to serve humanity best. During his talk, he hoped that unexplained miracles continued to take place despite medical advances. [translated from the French by Selma Carvalho]. 986 words. Full Text. | ||
| Russian Rape Case Developments Goa MP says rape after midnight 'not crime'. 17 Dec:The Independent. By Andrew Buncombe. 335 words. Click here. Video: What Shantaram Naik said. 16 Dec: Times Now. 8m. 49s. Click here. Cong distances itself from Goa MP's rape remark. 16 Dec: 21:24 IST. PTI. 215 words. Click here. Video: I have no time for this issue: Goa CM. 16 Dec: 20.40 IST. Times Now. 2m. 01s. Click here. Video: Krishna on Goa rape: Foreigners should also be cautious. 16 Dec: Times Now. 0m. 52s. Click here. Brickbats, support for Goa MP over rape remarks. 16 Dec: IANS. Click here. Russian Consulate suggests 10 pm curfew in Goa. 16 Dec: INFOX (Russia). Machine translation. Click here. | ||
| Congress MLA laments police-politician nexus in Goa 16 Dec: PTI. Goa's former law minister and Congress legislator Dayanand Narvekar today lamented on the alleged police-politician nexus in the state, saying it was clearly visible in the recent incidents. 146 words. Full Text. | ||
| Russia: Indian Visa Application Center bans punctuation 16 Dec: RATA News (Russia). The Indian Visa Application Center has once again surprised by Russian tourists - the form must not have any punctuation marks…. Machine translation. Full Text. | ||