GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER SAT 14 NOVEMBER, 2009
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| Photo update: John Gomes | |||
 Death: 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. 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 details at the link below. | |||
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| Canada: Diane Nalini: Guelphites helped Habitat celebration | |||
13 Nov: Guelph Mercury. Editorial by Rev. John Borthwick: The inaugural Habitat
for Humanity Wellington County celebration dinner on Nov. 5. Over 300 people attended
… Close to $30,000 was raised … Our featured entertainer was University
of Guelph physics professor, Diane Nalini and her band. Diane's musical stylings
captivated the gathering and made it a night to remember… For Diane Nalini's Goan links check her bio on her website which includes video, music samples, news, etc. go to www.dianenalini.com/ | |||
| Dubai: Konkan Sports Meet Gets Under Way Next Week | |||
 13 Nov: Khaleej Times (UAE). A focussed sports tournament gets underway next week in Dubai … Konkan Sports Meet 2009 has been organised to promote excellence, respect and friendship among Konkani-speaking people, most of whom live on the western coast of India and hail from Maharashtra, Goa and Mangalore… 277 words. | |||
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| Death: Clarence Rego 13 Nov. Toronto. CLARENCE FRANCIS REGO. (Ex Parra, Goa & Bombay). Beloved husband of the late Jean. Loving father of Robin (Linda), Viola (Romesh) Athaide and Maria (Benjamin) Lobo. Dear brother of Mona, Bishop Gilbert, Bob, Carmen, the late Mercia, Bernard, Patrick, the late Cecilia, Connie and Rudi. Visitation on Nov. 20 at the R.S. Kane Funeral. Funeral Mass on Sat. Nov. 21 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Luke's Roman Catholic Church, Thornhill. Interment to follow at Holy Cross Cemetery. Full details at the link below. more info... | |||
| Wendell Rodricks showcases his exquisite collection at Goa 14 Nov: ANI. Celebrated fashion designer Wendell Rodricks exhibited his superb collection of whites, Bossa Nova (new trend) and the Cubist in Goa on Friday… 370 words. Full Text. more info... | |||
| Police station in Goa inaugurated with belly dance 14 Nov: IANS. The entire Goa Police top brass was treated to a belly dance performed by a scantily clad Russian dance troupe at a newly Anjuna police station, late Thursday evening… the dance had to be called off after the crowd got unruly and tried to climb onto the stage on which the belly dancers were performing… 345 words. Full Text. | |||
| Using your roots to flavor Thanksgiving dinner 14 Nov: San Antonio Express (USA) ... chef Floyd Cardoz … His stuffing spikes a cornbread base with Goan-style pork sausage, redolent of vinegar, garlic, cloves and cinnamon… there are plenty of Indian specialties as well, like rice pulao and a Goan pork stew full of pork belly, shoulder, liver and chili. Full Text. more info... | |||
| Four senior Goa cops create stir aboard offshore casino 14 Nov: IANS. The Goa police department was left red faced after four Superintendents of Police and three other senior police officials created a stir by locking themselves up in a bar at an offshore casino to avoid a media contingent. The four superintendents of police - Bosco George (North district), Atmaram Deshpande (CID), Arvind Gawas (Traffic) and Vishram Borkar (Headquarters)- locked themselves up onboard MV Casino Royale, to avoid the press … 364 words. Full Text. | |||
| Advocate General and Aires Rodrigues battle it out in court 14 Nov: Times of India. |For nearly two hours Aires Rodrigues questioned Kantak over his performance in the high court, the fees paid to him by the government, his character in society … The next hearing has been fixed on November 20, 2009… 384 words. Full Text. | |||
| Goa: Hospital’s effort to dump medical waste foiled 14 Nov: Herald. An alert activist foiled efforts by a hospital to dump medical waste in North Goa on Friday evening, when a pickup was intercepted by Mapusa police … 129 words. Full Text. | |||
| Colva beach craving for attention 14 Nov: Herald. The beach is all littered with algae … concrete wall damaged … disposal of waste remains unresolved… menace of stray dogs … presence of Lamanis … 369 words. Full Text. | |||
| Organs disappearing from GMC? 14 Nov: Herald. Strange things seem to be happening in the Anatomy Department of Goa Medical College & Hospital. Some cadaver body parts mysteriously disappear … it is suspected that there is trading of the organs and there are fingers being pointed to a senior member in the department… no one has dared to file a complaint because of the immense clout he enjoys... 427 words. Full Text. | |||
| Video: Goa to give Rs 1 lakh compensation for each missing trawler crew member 13 Nov: Goa 365 via Navhind Times. The Goa government has announced Rs 1 lakh compensation to each missing trawler crew members. As per the reports, so far 2 trawlers sunk off Goa coast and three others are missing. Altogether, 67 crew members have gone missing in the cyclone-affected Arabian Sea…2m. 06s. Full Text. | |||
| Video: Minimum wage rate: Workers threaten agitation 13 Nov: Goa 365 via Navhind Times. The Goa Convention of Workers, comprising the major trade unions of Goa, has expressed their resentment over the increase of minimum wages from Rs 103 to Rs 150 per day. Pressing on their demand to raise the wages to Rs 275, Goa Convention of Workers said it would launch a joint agitation across Goa to protest against the inadequate hike in minimum wages… 2m. 53s. Full Text. | |||
