GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER SUN 15 NOVEMBER, 2009
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| Video: The Goan and Polish Communities of Swindon | |||
 12 Nov: BBC World via Rockhopper TV. The Migrant's Story deals with the effects of the global jobs meltdown on the Goans and the Poles of Swindon, the city with the highest concentration of Goans outside of Goa (est. 4.44%). Pictured here is Fr Francis Rosario, the Goan Chaplain who is featured conducting a Konkani mass service in Swindon… 22m. 06s. | |||
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| UK: Event Announcement | |||
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 | |||
| Video: Belly Dancers inaugurate Anjuna police station | |||
 14 Nov: Goa 365 via Navhind Times. Home Minister Ravi Naik has ordered an inquiry into the incident in which police officers were found in a casino … half a dozen Russian belly dancers performed at the inauguration of the new Anjuna police station immediately after the Home Minister had left … the performance had to be called off after the crowd got unruly and tried to climb onto the stage … 2m. 03s. | |||
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News Summary | |||
| Deaths 14 Nov: Margao, Goa. ANA SEVERINA VALADARES PEREIRA (Born 1925). Wife of late Vicente. Mother of Matildes/Urban (Canada), Vincent/Fatima (Bahrain), Victor/Marianinha; Grandmother of Elrich, Joshua, Jessica, Gwyneth, Griselda, Raul and Rochelle. Funeral on 15th Nov. at Margao. 14 Nov: Margao, Goa. AUGUSTINE RAPHAEL RODRIGUES. Husband of Treza. Father of Lawrence (Lawry)/Joanita (Canada), John & Aurvile/Trisca. Grandfather of Logan, Sasha, Lauren, Zia and Zarah. Funeral date to be announced. | |||
| Edna Fernandes: Asylum seekers are told Britain is Heaven… 15 Nov: Mail on Sunday (UK). … Those who can afford it and cannot easily fly to Britain and claim asylum will often turn to traffickers… Britain is known as 'The Last Stop'. It commands one of the highest prices because it offers one of the best chances of asylum. Between 24 and 30 per cent of people claiming asylum in Britain win their case… Photo + text, 3094 words. Full Text. more info... | |||
| Canada: Father de Souza came, saw, and communicated 12 Nov: The B.C. Catholic (Canada). Father Raymond de Souza ended his whirlwind visit to Vancouver with a talk to about 50 priests of the Archdiocese of Vancouver, and beyond. The popular National Post columnist was in Vancouver to speak about the importance of the Church using modern means of communications… 205 words + photo. Full Text. more info... | |||
| Toronto: Names are music to father's ears 14 Nov: Toronto Star. Chris D'Souza and wife Maria Ranieri decided they didn't want their kids to have hyphenated last names but still wanted to pay homage to her family somehow. First, the girls: Dakota, then Cadence. And, in February, a boy, Jamie whose second middle name, Alex, is D'Souza's father's middle name and D'Souza's great-grandfather's first name… Photo + 417 words. Full Text. | |||
| Standards of Goan tourism industry falling 15 Nov: Navhind Times… it’s a disgrace to see the chaos at the Goa airport… the shack policy and its implementation by the department has become a bone of contention since its inception… 642 words. Full Text. | |||
| Heavy rains lash Goa 15 Nov: Navhind Times. Goa witnessed heavy rains accompanied by thunderstorm and lightning on Saturday evening, which put the public life including traffic out of gear, besides failure of power in many parts of the state… Full Text. | |||
| Goa Govt to seek opinion on loud music 15 Nov: Herald. With night music coming under the High Court scanner and the police cracking a whip on loud music after 10 pm, the government has decided to seek the opinion of the Law Commission to work out a solution … Some local sources are asking for a two hour relaxation in playing loud music given that tourism is the main stay of Goan industry… 356 words. Full Text. | |||
| Fisheries Department blamed for not warning on cyclone 15 Nov: Herald. The fishermen community was taken off-guard while gigantic ‘Phyan’ cyclone was about to create havoc in Arabian Sea, there was no official communication about the impending disaster… five trawlers with 39 crew members are still missing… 403 words. Full Text. | |||
| Tourism dept accused of delaying shacks allotment 15 Nov: Herald. A Shack Owners Association has alleged that the Tourism department was purposely delaying the allotment of shacks despite the High Court ruling to allow time for Shack Owners Welfare Society to appeal in the Supreme Court… 298 words. Full Text. | |||
| Lorna set to make waves with 'Ooh-Va-Veh' 14 Nov: Times of India. 'Ooh-Va-Veh', Joaquim D'Souza's forthcoming album produced by Sinaris, is all set to revive Goa's golden musical tradition… Lorna belts out the opening number "Intensanv Nachpachem". The song seems to be a lament on club music invading the wedding halls… 264 words. Click here. For links to some of Lorna's videoclips, click here. | |||
| Video: Children’s day celebrated across Goa 14 Nov: Goa 365 via Navhind Times. Although Children’s Day is celebrated universally on 20th November, in India it is celebrated on the late prime minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's birthday on the 14th of November, as a celebration of childhood. 2m. 50s. Full Text. | |||
