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| Canada: Windsor International Film Festival lineup | ||
13 Nov: Windsor Star. Saturday 14 Nov: The Pool: (English and Hindi - with sub-titles).
A Chris Smith film. A room boy working at a hotel in Goa sees a luxuriant garden
and shimmering pool from his tree perch. Not content to simply dream about a different
life, the boy is inquisitive about the strange new world around him. Saturday
at 2 p.m. Click
here. The film releases in the UK next year. For a trailer, synopsis, reviews etc. go to http://www.thepoolfilm.com/thepool/ | ||
| Dancing in the Sun | ||
 13 Nov: Daily News & Analysis. The Sunburn Festival is back in its third edition
to lure electronic music fans to Goa during the peak party season of December
… The festival will be held from December 27 to 29 at Candolim Beach. 252
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here. The Sunburn Festival website with mp3, photos and video is at http://www.sunburn-festival.com/2009/ | ||
| Goa gets ready for Xavier feast | ||
 12 Nov: Indian Catholic. An inter-religious prayer meeting for peace and special Masses for the youth and the sick would be among highlights of this year’s St. Francis Xavier’s feast in Goa. Preparations for the feast will start with a novena on Nov. 26, and end on Dec. 2, the eve of the feast… 298 words. | ||
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| Video: Advance warning about the cyclone could have saved lives | ||
 12 Nov: Goa 365 via Navhind Times. Search and rescue operations are in full swing for 39 people and 5 trawlers still missing,. Fishermen have however alleged that many lives and trawlers could have been saved had they received a timely warning from the authorities concerned… 2m.25s.
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News Summary | ||
| John Gomes: Funeral details added 12 Nov: Toronto. JOHN I. GOMES (ex-Nairobi). Beloved husband of Adelaine. Loving Brother-in-law of Divina (late Jules) Gomes. Brother of Rosie (late Roque) Fernandes, Luiza (Michael) Fernandes, Eusebio (Lynn) Gomes, Elvina (Frits) Heemskerk. Cherished Brother-in-law of Hillary (Elvira) Gonsalves, Avelino (Flavia) Gonsalves, and Hilda (Clifford) Gonsalves. Loving Uncle to several nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews. John passed away peacefully with his whole family by his bedside at Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto Nov. 12. Funeral details: Friends may call on Friday, Nov. 13 from 6 - 9 p.m. at the R.S. Kane Funeral Home (6150 Yonge Street, at Goulding, south of Steeles). A Funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, November 14, 2009 at St. Gabriel's Roman Catholic Church (670 Sheppard Avenue East). Condolences to cliffgonsalves@hotmail.com Full Text. | ||
| UK: Gordon Brown's immigration speech 13 Nov: The Guardian. Prime minister's speech follows poll showing immigration is biggest issue cited by defecting voters … So we have the spectacle today of a Labour prime minister boasting in a speech in Ealing, Southall, the historic home of London's Indian community, that overall net immigration is down 44% on last year and promising that in the coming months thousands more jobs in shortage occupations will be closed to overseas skilled workers… 677 words. Full Text. | ||
| Canada: Father Raymond de Souza: Immigration and values 12 Nov: National Post (Canada). Jason Kenney, the Citizenship and Immigration minister, told National Post columnist Father Raymond de Souza that one of the factors that encouraged him to rewrite the citizenship guide was a column, titled Immigration and Values, that Fr. De Souza wrote in 2006… 851 words + comments Full Text. | ||
| Goa: Power dept to start monthly spot billing 13 Nov: Times of India. Power consumers in Goa will heave a sigh of relief as the power department is poised to start the monthly spot billing system from the next financial year… Full Text. | ||
| Goa: Finally, rival shack groups see eye to eye 13 Nov: Times of India. Shack owners competing for a total of 346 allotments on public space along Goa's beach belt have realised that the feud has been a blessing in disguise for the cyclone would have blown away the makeshift structures… 429 words. Full Text. | ||
| Death: Joe Gracias 3 Nov: Guirim, Goa. JOE MARTIN GRACIAS (JUMBO). (Born 1937). Brother of Sr. Dorothy (Philomena) (UK); Francis/Jane (UK) & Monica/Basil (UK). Funeral on !4 Nov at Guirim. Photo and full details at the link below. more info... | ||
| Video: Margao blast probe on right track, claims home minister 12 Nov: Goa 365 via Navhind Times. Home Minister Ravi Naik has stated that the state police team probing the Diwali eve blast in Margao was on the right track with the arrest of three persons allegedly involved in the blast activities… 4m. 02s. Full Text. | ||
| UK: FORTHCOMING EVENTS: Sun 15 Nov. Navelim Feast at Bishop Thomas Grant School (BTG), Belltress Grove, Streatham, London SW16 2HY. Commences with Recitation of Rosary and Holy Mass at 12pm, followed by a social - music by a live Band "Rainbow's End" and a Disco "Magic Moments". For tickets and further information contact Vince Fernandes 020-8764-8780, Violet D'Silva 020-8642-3283, Loy Rebello 020-8241-9246 and Amelia Gomes 020-861-2073. Raffles prizes include Nintendo Wii + Wii Fit, iPod Nano, Magnum of Whisky, Hamper and many more. All proceeds donated to charities. For the flyer, click here. Sun. 22 Nov. FR. AGNELO'S DAY. 82nd Commemoration Mass. St Boniface Church, Tooting. SW17 at 1.30PM and thereafter at St. Boniface Social Club. Principal Celebrant Bishop Patrick Lynch ss.cc. Mass sponsored by the Goan Association (UK) in conjunction with the Village/Club Organisations Sun. 29 Nov. G.O.A. Feast of St Francis Xavier at St Boniface Church, Tooting. Contact: Alfred Rebello 020 - 8337 8022. For the flyer with details click here. Sat. 5 Dec. G.O.A. Children’s Christmas Pantomime – Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs at Fairfield Halls in Croydon. Contact: Norma Menezes-Rahim 020 8771 4457, Bernie Gracias 020 – 8723 1322 Sun. 6 Dec. North London Goans invite you to celebrate
the 30th Anniversary of The Feast of St. Francis Xavier at Woodside High School
Hall (Formerly White Hart Lane School, Opp. New River Sports Centre), White Hart
Lane, Wood Green, London, N22 5QJ. Holy Mass at 12:45pm.Followed by a social gathering.
Music by Rainbows End (Band) & Say-One-Do-One (Disco) Sun 20 Dec from 1pm - 4.45pm. SE Goans Christmas Special.
Children's & Senior Citizens party. St Stephens Hall, 26 Deepdene
Rd, Welling, Kent DA16 3QL. Senior citizens meal + wine, £3.50 member,
non member £4.00 - everyone is welcome. Kids £2.00 each includes
buffet & soft drink, kids under 2 years - FREE. Fun afternoon for all ages-
music, bingo, raffles, licensed bar, navity play, kids fun time and games, magician
and meet Fr Xmas. Tickets & Information: Ronald Fernandes 0208 298 9263,
Sharon Pinto 01322 400 732 or mobile 07990 821108, Tatanya D'Souza 0208 316
1473. Email- c.pinto2@ntlworld.com For help in locating Archbishop Lanfranc School, Croydon, click here. FOR LATER EVENTS SEE http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/forthcoming.php | ||
