GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER WED 30 DECEMBER, 2009
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| Death: Roque Coutinho | ||
 29 Dec: Dongorim. Majorda, Goa. ROQUE FRANCISCO COUTINHO (Ex Tanzania): Son of late Jose/Late Rosalina.. Husband of late Valerie. Brother of Antoneta, late Victoria and Threza. Brother-in-law of Juliet/Remmie Colaco, Sr Piola, Uncle to Servita, Belmira, Angela, Anthony, Hanny, Agnelo/Emilia, Francisco, Bernadetta, Peter, Silter/Edna, Poly/Threza, Ivan/Sid, Janet/Cyrilo, Blanche, Sandra, Valerie Colaco. Funeral rites at Mae de Deus Church, Majorda, at 4 pm on 30th December 2009. | ||
| UK: Dr Mel Lobo: Revolutionary operation could 'cure' high blood pressure | ||
 27 Dec: The Telegraph (UK). A revolutionary new operation which could effectively
cure high blood pressure has been developed by scientists, offering hope to hundreds
of thousands of sufferers. Dr Mel Lobo, a specialist in clinical hypertension
at Barts and the London NHS Trust, said: "This is the most exciting development
in hypertension since the advent of anti-hypertensive medication 50 years ago…
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| Video: Colva remains tense over the CD maligning the parish priest | ||
 29 Dec: Goa 365 via Navhind Times. Colva village remained tense on Tuesday as protests over an audio CD purportedly portraying a local priest in bad light snowballed into a major controversy. The villagers have maintained that they will enforce Colva bandh till the producer of the CD, Calvert Gonsalves is arrested… 3m. 30s.
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| Goa gears up for New Year celebrations 30 Dec: Macau News.Net. Goa, which boasts of colonial Portuguese charm, sun-kissed beaches and great seafood, is gearing up to welcome domestic and international tourists during New Year celebrations… Millions of foreign and domestic tourists visit Goa every year. 230 words. Full Text. | ||
| Loud music during minister's daughter's wedding irks citizens 30 Dec: Times of India. People have complained about loud music being played on Monday night during the wedding of PWD minister Churchill Alemao's daughter beyond permissible hours at Navelim venue. Alemao has denied the allegation… 717 words. Full Text. | ||
| Man held with 12 crude bombs in Goa 30 Dec: PTI. A man was on Wednesday arrested and 12 crude bombs recovered from his possession … The preliminary investigations did not point to a terror angle to the bombs seizure and said that these bombs were being ferried for a hunting mission… 120 words. Full Text. | ||
| Goa: The hippie trail ends 29 Dec: The Jewish Chronicle. By Roma Felstein. Idyllic but flawed would fairly sum up Goa’s reputation. On the one hand reliably perfect, warm weather when the rest of the northern hemisphere is in deep winter; on the other, a haven for crazy hedonists and party animals… However in the last 10 years Goa has seen a transformation - the combination of legislation to restrict the most annoying parties and anti-social individuals, with an upsurge in the alternative health facilities, has seen Goa become a far more acceptable destination… 923 words. Full Text. | ||
| Video: Malaika... a song from Africa popular among Goan expat communities 29 Dec: Frederick Noronha. Jus Leo's one man band performs in Goa (Calangute), Dec 29, 2009 at Sharbelle and Luanna's silver wedding function … 3m. 49s. Click here. Full Text. more info... | ||
| Goa, the mafia land! 30 Dec: Economic Times. Russian land mafia, Israeli drug cartel and now American “tourists” staying on to start their own business, Goa is once again in the limelight for all the wrong reasons… Currently there are 94 registered foreigners, mostly British and Russians, doing business in the state. Unofficial numbers are much higher, say immigration authorities… 475 words. Full Text. | ||
| India’s clumsy visa curbs 29 Dec: Financial Times (UK)… A story from the UK tells of sheer misery of a young visitor who was inefficiently pushed around for nearly three weeks by India’s visa officials in London. An internet application system did not work, an application was lost, officials gave conflicting messages, the applicant was told to contact the wrong office, and a pre-paid courier service for returning the passport was not used, and the passport was almost returned to the wrong address… 943 words. Full Text. | ||
| UK Goans: The year gone by... 30 Jan: Herald. By Eduardo Rodrigues. … Goans in Swindon were hit by the recession … Elishma Fernandes won the Miss Wiltshire title … the death of Scarlet Keeling still makes headlines … Goa participation in the annual World Travel Mart was a laugh… 610 words. Full Text. | ||
| Russian Tourists in Goa Pay for Something They Never Expect 29 Dec. Pravda. The Russian Embassy in India released an official statement December 27 in which it was said that Russia was seriously concerned with the growing number of attacks against the Russian tourists vacationing in India’s Goa… 591 words. Full Text. | ||
| Tourists bear the brunt of Colva strike 30 Dec: Herald. Caught in the cross-fire between the agitating villagers and the police were the scores of tourists who had a harrowing time in view of the Colva bandh on Tuesday in the absence of transport facilities… 201 words. Full Text. | ||