GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER TUE 29 DECEMBER, 2009
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| Video: Menin Rodrigues... on the Goans of Pakistan | ||
 28 Dec: You Tube. Frederick Noronha interviews Menin
Rodrigues explains the situation of an expat community of Goa... from Karachi.
5m. 30s. Click here.
27 Dec. 2003: GoaNet. Goans in Pakistan... looking ahead. By Menin Rodrigues. 1790 words. Click here. | ||
| Video: Sunburn 2009 Its Hot Hot Hot... | ||
 29 Dec: Navhind Times. It was big, and it got bigger, with the crowds pouring
in even after 9 p.m., even after the designated stoppage time was supposed to
be 10 p.m… This festival, a mix of Indian and international performers on
a classical beach setting, accompanied by an awesome man-made setting saw thousand
grooving till late night. 348 words. Click
here. Video Clip 4m.01s. Click here. | ||
| Jacqueline Nazareth Tomaschko: We won’t let a little cancer dampen our lives | ||
 27 Dec: The Standard (Kenya). Jacqueline Nazareth Tomaschko is an accomplished composer, vocalist, pianist, dance and lyricist … Jacqui was discovered with breast cancer five years ago, but she has refused to let her sickness bog her down… Jacqui who is of Goan descent started performing early in life… She went to school at Loreto Convent, Valley Road Nairobi and Star of the Sea, Mombasa... 1287 words + Photos
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| Headley aide 'stayed back' in Goa for 9 yrs 29 Dec: India Today. … The American even operated a massage parlour, a beer bar and a tourist information centre in Goa, twisting visa rules to prolong his stay in the country… “As the tourist visa limit for a single visit is 180 days, the man used to stay in Goa for 179 days and then take a flight to Kathmandu or Maldives for a day or two, before re-entering India for another 179 days. He did this for nine years," a home ministry official said on Monday… 614 words. Full Text. | ||
| Headley was drawing plans for attack in Goa 29 Dec: Rediff. The case pertaining to David Headley seems to be getting murkier with each passing day. The latest on Headley is his Goa connection where he stayed for a couple of weeks and was closely associated with an American couple… investigators are not ruling out the possibility that the couple could have been in the know of what Headley was up to… he had visited a shack and a massage parlour that were being run illegally by the American couple… 628 words. Full Text. | ||
| Indian MP attacks tougher visa laws 29 Dec: The Telegraph (UK) An Indian minister has criticised new visa restrictions that will force thousands of long-staying Britons to leave the country… Sashi Tharoor, Indian minister for external affairs, has supported the British position in a series of statements on Twitter. He said: "Dilemma of our age: tough visa restrictions in hope of better security or openness and liberality to encourage tourism and goodwill? I prefer latter."… 198 words. Full Text. | ||
| No internet sex please, we're Indian 29 Dec: The Guardian. Yahoo, Flickr and Microsoft introduce access filters. It may have given the world the Kama Sutra and the Bollywood wet sari scene, but it appears that India is not yet ready to be exposed to the delicate subject of sex on the internet. A Guardian investigation has discovered that several internet companies have quietly introduced filters to prevent Indian users from accessing sexual content. 664 words. Full Text. | ||
| Politician got me axed: Russian rape victim 29 Dec: Times of India. The Russian girl who has alleged rape by a local politician and subsequent victimization by the police has now claimed that she has been fired by her employer at the instance of a "senior politician"… However, the hotel dismissed her claims. A senior representative from the hotel said, "The girl never worked with us. I don't know what she is talking about." … 263 words. Full Text. | ||
| Audio: Living with the in-laws 28 Dec: BBC News. It's still tradition for newly-married British Asian women to live with their in-laws. For many this rite of passage can be tough… 1070 words. Click here. Audio. 30m. Click here. | ||
| Goa: Colva Priest Accused of Live-in Relationship 28 Dec: PTI. Allegations against a Catholic priest of having live-in relationship with a woman sparked off protests in Colva this afternoon. An angry mob marched in protest towards a local police station and pelted the house of a local with stones to express their anger over an audio CD which leveled these allegations… 163 words. Click here. 29 Dec. Herald. Violence erupted in the coastal village of Colva on Monday over the controversial Konkani audio CD Dogui Bodmas produced by Colva panch Calvert Gonsalves as irate villagers took to the streets… 758 words. Click here. | ||
| No rape bid on Russians: police 29 Dec: In a new twist to the tale, the Goa Police today refuted reports that there was any attempted sexual assault on the two Russian women by the private vehicle driver Pramod Shirodkar… 222 words. Full Text. | ||
| Video: Clean Up Goa 27 Dec: You Tube. An inspiring initiative to clean up Goa. 3 days – in Dec. Jan. and Feb. have been earmarked for collecting garbage. 4m. 54s. more info... | ||