GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER SAT 19 DECEMBER, 2009
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The Goan Chaplaincy Christmas Party on Saturday 19th December 2009 HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER CONDITIONS
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| Video: Lisa Barros D'Sa Thanks Fans | ||
 18 Dec: RupertGrint.Net. Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn, have recorded a special
thank you message to fans for the continual support of the film throughout this
past year! As an added treat, they also introduce a new clip from Cherrybomb
where the trio of Malachy, Luke, and Michelle are spending their night at a club…
Lisa is the daughter of the late Prof Aires Barros D'Sa (ex-Nairobi, 1939-2007) and Elizabeth; sister of Vivienne, Miranda and Angelina. Wife of Glenn Leyburn. | ||
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| Video: Mario Coelho: A bard from Goa | ||
 18 Dec: Mario Coelho, singer and songwriter, finds his voice in talking about the little-discussed contemporary problems of Goa ... including increasing pressures of 'development' on this tiny region in western coastal India, and iniquitous structures of the past from the place that was a Portuguese colony for 451 years. 7m. 53s. | ||
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| Video: Brahmani Yoga: Clean up Goa | ||
18 Dec: HCN News. 3 Day Karma Yoga launched. About 100 foreign tourists volunteered to clear up garbage from the Anjuna area. 2m. 14s.
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News Summary | ||
| Fight back attempts to 'defame' Goa: Chief Minister Kamat 19 Dec: PTI. Goa Chief Minister Digamber Kamat today appealed to the citizens to unitedly fight against "attempts to defame the state highlighting certain incidents". In an apparent reference to the Russian girl rape case in which a politician, John Fernandes, is the accused, he said there are a few incidents about which he feels ashamed… 240 words. Full Text. | ||
| Rape accused a known face in Goa party circles. 19 Dec: Indian Express. 516 words. Full Text. | ||
| Goa to host pageant for eunuchs 19 Dec: Herald. India’s first ever beauty pageant for eunuchs, Nazakat Queen-2010, is to be held in Goa on February 10 … auditions will be held in nine cities across India, from January 5… 220 words. Full Text. | ||
| Need Some Rehab? 19 Dec: Marie Claire. It's got to be karma, baby. Hippies and ravers have been flocking to Goa for sun, sand, and illicit substances for decades. Now this druggie beach haven has become the latest destination for the country's booming medical tourism industry--as a center for cut-price rehab… 473 words. Full Text. | ||
| Video clips: Xmas Carols from Goa 18 Dec: You Tube. 22 Video clips from the Festival of Carols, Kala Academy, Goa. (Dec 18, 2009)... Full Text. | ||
| The Many Menus of Mumbai 19 Dec: Wall Street Journal. The New Martin Hotel Eating House here is off limits to many Hindus because it serves beef and to Muslims because it serves pork… it offers the distinctive and delicious food of Goa, the Indian coastal state that was once a Portuguese colony. Outside of New York and London, finding a restaurant serving Goan cuisine can be a challenge… Full Text. | ||
| Lost in transition. By Hartman de Souza 18 Dec: Hindustan Times. The feeble prevarication of Goa’s MP, Shantaram Naik, following his ridiculous comment in Parliament, is symptomatic of a deeper malaise. To those who have known this once-beautiful state from the ’60s and have seen it being systematically destroyed by politicians, Goa itself has been raped, and not just once, not just by one man, and not just last month… 459 words. Full Text. | ||
| Son took official vehicle without my knowledge: Goa IGP 18 Dec: PTI. Facing allegations of misuse of official vehicle, Goa IGP K D Singh has informed the police department that his son took the vehicle without his knowledge. Singh's son Siddharth, who was travelling with a state minister's son, had rammed the car against an electricity pole during wee hours of December 5 on Panaji-Vasco highway… 253 words. Full Text. | ||
| Goa-Israel Joint Venture for new Hospital 19 Dec: Navhind Times. The government on Friday afternoon signed a memorandum of understanding with Elbit, a huge conglomerate and number one diagnostic company in Israel to set up a super specialty hospital at Bambolim, under public-private partnership and joint venture…250 words. Full Text. | ||
| Video: News Hour Debate: Why is Shantaram getting away? 18 Dec: Times Now TV. Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami debates the issue as to why Shantaram Naik is getting away and why there is no action against the MP who justified rape with Poornima Advani, Fmr Chairperson, National Commission for Women, Abhishek Manu Singhvi, National Spokesperson, Congress and Dr Oscar Rebello, Convenor, Goa Bachao Abhiyan. 13m. 39s. Full Text. | ||
| Video: Russian Rape Case: 'I'm hurt by Shantaram Naik's comments' 18 Dec: Times Now. TV. The Russian girl, who was allegedly raped by Goa politician John Fernandes, reacted to Goa MP Shantaram Naik's earlier statement in the Parliament, where he said that cases like Scarlett Keeling and the Russian National's rape were to be treated differently since such women moved around with men for long hours. 1m. 53s. Full Text. | ||