GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER FRI 02 OCTOBER, 2009
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| Video: Mumbai: Francis Gomes denies torturing family | |||
 2 Oct: Times Now. Francis Gomes, 60 confined his family in their house for seven
years… These were his wife Theresa, and three daughters, Elizabeth, Geneviev
and Barbara … Francis gave
them very little food and did not allow them to have any sort of contact with
the outside world… For text, click
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| Death: Niven Menezes | |||
25 Sep: Horwich, Bolton, UK. NIVEN ROMERO MENEZES (Ex. Nairobi; aged 58). Leaves
wife, Shuba + three children: Nina, Elena and Ben, and Mum-in-Law 'Dida'. Brother
to Sarita (UK), Braz, Blanche, Julio (Canada) and Cliff (USA). B-in-Law to Dave,
Leonie, Luiz and Allison. Funeral on Thu. Oct 8, 2009 at 2:30pm - Church Service:
St Mary's RC Church, 86 Chorley New Road, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 5QJ. Condolences
to shuba999@live.co.uk
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| Parents can seek up to Rs 10,000 per month towards maintenance | |||
2 Oct: Navhind Times. Parents can seek a maximum allowance of Rs 10,000 per month from their children towards maintenance under the Goa Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Rules 2009, which was unveiled on Thursday... The rules have also set the guidelines for setting up of old age homes besides other features including setting up of tribunals, conciliation officers, etc to safeguard the interests of senior citizens… 423 words. Photo: Herald 2 Oct. By Rozario Estibeiro | |||
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| Death: Maria Pires | |||
 1 Oct. Navelim, Goa. MARIA CLOTILDES XAVIER SOARES PIRES (Born 1915; Ex-Registo Civil – Panjim). Sister of late Elisha; late Dr Joao Filipe/late Virginia; late Eslinda/late Norberto and late Artemisia/late Julio. Funeral on 2 Oct. at Telaulim, Navelim.
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| Prabuddha Dasgupta: The Edge of Faith | |||
 1 Oct: Rediff. He's one of India's most famous fashion photographers and he's dating a supermodel 15 years younger. His new book, The Edge of Faith captures striking images of the Catholic community of Goa and their struggle to balance colonial Portuguese culture with their inherent Indianness, alongside written inputs from travel-writer William Dalrymple… | |||
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News Summary | |||
| Israel: Jacob Engel on success and failure in real estate 1 Oct. Globes - Israel Business News. Jacob Engel considers investments worldwide… He plans to float Venosa when the markets recover… Venosa is building projects with 1.7 million square meters of space altogether in Mumbai, Goa and other cities. "We're working flat out in India and Vietnam to obtain building permits and begin construction," says Engel… 1100 words. more details.. | |||
| Germany: Lotus Travel celebrates its 15th Birthday 2 Oct. Reisenews-online.de. Their first joint trip to India led Silvia and Horst Leibacher to the idyllic beach resort "Coquerial Holiday Home" [Goan Voice sponsors] in Goa. That was in 1987. Fifteen years ago they started Lotus Travel Service - and the "Coquerial Holiday Home" is an integral part of their program… 965 words. Text in German. more details.. | |||
| Charity fundraisers have royally good time on two wheels 1 Oct: Sevenoaks Chronicle (UK). Maggie Fox and Caroline Nimmo raised £1,000 after a Palace to Palace 45-mile cycle ride from Buckingham Palace to Windsor Castle. The Seal pair will split the sponsorship between the Prince's Trust and Children Walking Tall, an Indian charity based in Goa… | |||
| Goa's biggest offshore casino unfit, inferior: Ministry 2 Oct: Times of India. Casino Royale, Goa's biggest offshore casino, is technically "inferior" and "unfit" to carry 888 passengers says the union shipping ministry. 330 words. more details.. | |||
| No increase in beach shacks 2 Oct: Times of India. The Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) on Thursday almost unanimously rejected the proposal to increase the number of beach shacks from last year’s 305 to 437 as demanded by shack owners all over Goa… more details.. | |||
| Goa: Health and sanitation drive 1 Oct: Times of India. Churchill Alemao will launch "Science for Sanitation", a sensitization drive on health, sanitation and hygiene in Goa on October 2 … Alemao said that the drive is structured to enforce a deep sense of consciousness on basic sanitation and elementary hygiene practices for maintaining good health. 236 words. more details.. | |||
| Migration Redux 2 Oct: Herald. Vidyadhar Gadgil deplores the xenophobic turn that the debate on migrants has taken in Goa during the past few years … In a recent series of articles in Herald, Valmiki Faleiro has documented the successive waves of migration into Goa, and shown how various groups intermingled to create the Goan population that we have today… Working-class migrants are easy targets and are blamed for degrading Goan culture. In the search for scapegoats the migrants are the most convenient target… 1268 words. more details.. | |||
| Death: Sonny De Souza 30 Sep: Trinidad. JACINTO “SONNY” De SOUZA, Jacinto "Sonny" Mourned by his wife Angela and children Mark, Kirk, Rachel and Cristal and extended family. Beloved only brother of Dr. Henry de Souza (wife Joyce) of St Catharines, Ont. Canada. Funeral will take place in Trinidad. more details.. | |||
| Obituary: Toronto: Patrick Louis 1 Oct. Globe & Mail. Husband, father, freelance photographer. Born 1943, in Bombay. Died March 13 in Toronto … he studied at Mount Abu in Rajasthan … Pat followed a young student named Ida Mendonca to Toronto … Pat and Ida were married in Toronto in 1974 and had three children, Rhain, Meira and Skye. Pat embraced the challenges of life in his adopted country with typical enthusiasm… Nine months before his death, he went to Tanzania on a safari… 483 words + photo more details.. | |||
| Evelyn D'Souza Victim in Miami supermarket robbery 1 Oct: Miami Herald. Police hope a recently released surveillance video will help them find two men responsible for the armed robbery of a supermarket last month in North Central Miami-Dade. The two walked into the store holding guns about 8 p.m. Sept. 17. One held up the 52-year-old cashier, Evelyn D'Souza, and demanded she give him cash, the Miami-Dade Police Department said. Another pointed a gun at 61-year-old Azmi Mustafa. Click here. For the video clip click here. | |||
| Kenya: Raila Odinga wants Pio Gama Pinto’s killers to confess 1 Oct. The Nation (Kenya). Prime Minister Raila Odinga has warned those who have committed historical injustices that they will not be forgiven unless they confess their ills… he said the killers of Robert Ouko, Pio Gama Pinto, J M Kariuki and Tom Mboya will not be forgiven just because Kenyans are seeking reconciliation… 582 words. more details.. | |||
| UK: Forthcoming Events Sat. 3 Oct. Goan Welfare Society Black & White Ball at Archbishop Lanfranc School, Mitcham Road, Croydon. Contact: Norma Menezes-Rahim 020 – 8771 4457, Jacinto Fernandes 020 - 8542 5427. Sun. 4 Oct. Majorda Union is celebrating the Feast of our Lady of Boa Morte at Woodside High School (Ex White Hart Lane School Hall) opposite New River Sport Centre, Wood Green, London, N22 5QJ. Starts with Holy Mass at 12.45 followed by a Social. Music by Mustang. For tickets and further information please contact: Meredith: 0208 803 4173 or Bernadette: 0208 361 9417 or Roma: 0208 888 1400 Sat. 10 Oct. 6pm to 11pm. The Uganda Reunion. Archbishop LanFranc School, Croydon. Tickets from Christine DeSouza 020 8310 2332 Sun. 25 Oct. G.O.A. Trook Tournament at ATC Hall, South Wimbledon. Contact: Jacinto Fernandes 020 - 8542 5427 Sun. 25 Oct. St. Diogo's Association (UK) Guirim/Sangolda. Annual Social to celebrate the Feast of our Patron Saint Diogo at Archbishop Lanfranc School, Mitcham Rd., Croydon. Starts with Holy Mass at 12.15 followed by a Social. Music by Maz & Co. For tickets and further information please contact: Apolonia DeSouza: 020 8686 1876; Jane Gracias: 020 8543 5454 or Gilbert Fonseca: 020 8670 1955. Sat. 7 Nov. G.O.A. Shopping Trip To France. Contact: Norma Menezes-Rahim 020 8771 4457, Bernie Gracias 020 – 8723 1322. For help in locating Archbishop Lanfranc School, Croydon, click here. FOR LATER EVENTS SEE http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/forthcoming.php | |||
