GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER TUE 22 DECEMBER, 2009
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| Video: Hema Sardesai sings Goa Zai | ||
 21 Dec: You Tube. Goa Zai, a Konkani song sung by Hema
Sardesai in Kuwait on 27th Nov 2009 with the live band of Derrick Alexander's
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| Laila Rouass: Keep the Christmas calories down | ||
 17 Dec: Hello Magazine. Laila Rouass stays in shape by dancing as much as she can at Christmas parties … "I eat little meals throughout the day rather than one huge one that makes you feel stuffed. If I’m going to a party, I dance for as long as possible to burn the calories – the jive is great because you’re on your toes a lot so it works your calves, thighs and bum … | ||
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| Stereotyping of Goa | ||
 21-27 Dec: Indian Currents. Goans seem to have meekly accepted the stereotype made of them in the movies and the media. In most of the Hindi movies, the Christian character is usually presented as a drunkard or if it is a female role she would be depicted as a woman of loose morals… Goan hospitality, their happy-go-lucky ways and openness to people of other cultures have been largely misrepresented… 686 words.
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News Summary | ||
| Death: Colin Crasto 20 Dec: Perth, Australia. COLIN CRASTO. Husband of Melinda. Father of Jacqueline, Lynn and Candice. Memorial Mass on 22 Dec. in Bandra. Full Text. | ||
| West Ham: Tony Fernandes rules out bid 22 Dec: Evening Standard (London). Tony Fernandes has today ruled out making a bid for West Ham despite having held talks with the East End club… At one stage, it was hoped that Fernandes, the owner of airline Air Asia, who is also heading up Lotus's return to Formula One next season, was on the verge of buying a 51 per cent share in the Hammers. 555 words + photo. Full Text. | ||
| Getting the most out a visit to Goa 22 Dec: Vancouver Sun. The beaches, the countryside, the food and the lively night life make this one of the country's biggest draws for tourists… 900 words. Full Text. | ||
| Western permissiveness no licence to rape: High Court 22 Dec: Times of India. Even as Goa’s politicians denounced foreigners for fraternizing with locals after the alleged rape of a Russian girl, the high court recently held that permissiveness of the western society promotes “individual liberty” and that rape violates that liberty… 347 words. Full Text. | ||
| Wanted: People who will vote for honest politicians 22 Dec: Times of India. Goa should blame not its politicians, but its people, for the mess the state wallows in… 1207 words. Full Text. | ||
| Govt to crack down on subletting of beach shacks to foreigners 22 Dec: Navhind Times. In a move that could help prevent subletting of the shacks to the foreigners, the tourism department has decided to crack the whip and take strict actions against those shack owners who hire foreigners as managers without an employment visa… 568 words. Full Text. | ||
| Techies lament their plight in Goa 22 Dec: Navhind Times. Many an information technology graduates, who have preferred to stay back in the state and work in the IT companies here, lament lack of opportunities here as well as the apathy of the government and others in alleviating their “plight”. 545 words. Full Text. | ||
| Ketamine export racket busted in Goa 21 Dec: IANS. Customs officials Monday busted an international ketamine export racket operating from a post office in the state, an official said Monday… pharmacist Norman Azavedo has been arrested for smuggling ketamine to some European countries through parcels dispatched from the post office in Mapusa … Azavedo, who was booked once for a similar offence last year, runs three pharmacies in north Goa… 235 words. Full Text. | ||
| Take action on Goa rape: Russian envoy 21 Dec: IBNS. A visibly peeved Russian envoy to India on Monday criticized the Indian authorities for their "insensitive" stance on the rape of a Russian girl in Goa allegedly by a prominent local politician and demanded action against the guilty… 272 words. Full Text. | ||
| Video: Russian Rape Case Victim offered money to withdraw the case 21 Dec: Goa 365 via Navhind Times. The Russian girl, who has complained of rape by a local politician, John Fernandes, has claimed that an associate of the accused offered her money to withdraw the case. The Crime branch investigating the case has however said that they had not received any written complaint of to that effect from the alleged victim. 4m. 16s. more info... | ||
| Britain and US protest after India tightens tourism rules 21 Dec: The Guardian (UK). Britain and the US have lodged a diplomatic protest with India regarding new rules barring tourists from returning to the country within two months of any visit. The new visa rules also apply to other foreign nationals … reports in India suggested that people of Indian origin living in the UK will also be caught up in the rule change… those with Person of Indian Origin cards will also be subject to the no return for two months rule… 958 words. Full Text. | ||