GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER TUE 13 OCTOBER, 2009
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| Antonio Gracias: Into the Fast Lane | |||
 12 Oct: Crain’s Chicago Business. Antonio Gracias is the CEO of Chicago's Valor Equity Partners L.P. He built his $500-million private-equity firm on the quiet, making hefty profits by turning around small manufacturers… The 38-year-old’s car, a Tesla Roadster, puts him in rarified company… The son of a neurosurgeon [Dr. Vicente Gracias of Michigan] from Goa and a pharmacist from Spain … 1046 words
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| Hockey: Wayne Fernandes scores twice for Canada | |||
12 Oct: Mississauga News. Mississauga's Wayne Fernandes scored twice for Canada's
national field hockey team in yesterday's 4-3 loss to the eight-time Olympic champions
from India. The Canadians provided some stiff opposition for one of the world's
best teams in match played before a capacity crowd of 1,500 at the University
of Victoria… 196 words. Click
here. Wayne is the son of Ed (ex-Dar-es-Salaam) & Shirley (ex-Uganda) Fernandes; brother of Tara & Joanna For a video clip of a recent Wayne Fernandes interview, click here. | |||
| Death: Martin Da Rocha | |||
9 Oct: Mapusa, Goa. MARTIN MILAGRES DA ROCHA (ex-Uganda). Husband of Belmira. Father of Alex/Maaike (UK) and Mario/Oxana (USA). Funeral Mass at St Thomas Church, Aldona, Goa on 14 Oct. at 4 pm. Condolences to adaroc@gmail.com Fill details at the link below.
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| Hansel D’Souza nominated “citizens’ candidate” in Mumbai | |||
 10 Oct: Indian Catholic. Celebrities are campaigning for a Catholic in Mumbai, who has been nominated as a “citizens’ candidate” to contest Maharashtra state election. Hansel D’Souza, 51, will contest from the newly-created Andheri West constituency, which includes the upscale locality of Juhu, middle-class Jogeshwari and 40 percent slums… 402 words. | |||
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| Potential Disasters in Goa 13 Oct: Herald. By Samir Kelekar. Constant audits of prevention mechanisms, not just reactive crisis management, are needed to handle disasters … We need to have disaster prevention rather than management… Dangers: The Vasco oil tanks … Open low-lying power lines … the Zuari and Mandovi bridges … The ferry services … Malaria, dengue, H1N1 … Mining and water supply … If we don’t take proactive action on all these things, it will not be long before we face a serious calamity. 1232 words. more details.. | |||
| 2 months on, chargesheet filed in Fatorda sex racket 13 Oct: Times of India. Margao town police have filed a chargesheet against 11 persons-six men and five women, including the woman who allegedly ran the brothel from her private apartment… The woman who allegedly ran the brothel had a Portuguese passport ... 401 words. more details.. | |||
| Eye on foreign markets, state promotes Malcorado Mangoes 13 Oct: Times of India. | Orlando Rodrigues, managing director of the Goa State Horticulture Corporation (GSHC) says that the Goan malcorada mango has potential markets in Japan, United States, Australia, Singapore and the whole of Europe … There is tremendous demand outside India for the malcorada, which is also commanding a very good price, he added … 455 words. more details.. | |||
| Tragedy of baby Arun 13 Oct: South Wales Echo. Property developer Johanne Rees and restaurateur Krishna Govekar met in Goa in 1998 and planned to start a family…. They have now been awarded a six-figure [£160,000] out-of-court settlement by Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust after it admitted liability for the errors after the couple took legal action following the death of their baby …The couple, who are soon planning to start a new life in Goa... 604 words. Click here. 13 Oct. BBC Audio report. 3m.59s. Click here. | |||
| Mumbai Elections: “Dolphy D’Souza misleading community” 11 Oct: Express India. Mumbai Pradesh Youth Congress secretary Agnelo Fernandes has written to the Archbishop of Mumbai, Cardinal Oswald Gracias, that Independent candidate Dolphy D’Souza is dividing the 12,000-strong Christian votes in Malad West … “Dolphy, being denied the ticket, is cleverly playing the communal card...,” states Fernandes in the letter… 292 words. more details.. | |||
| Kampala (Goan) Institute: Help Us Trace Our Founder Members From Antonio Mascarenhas: The 100th Anniversary celebrations of the Kampala (Goan) Institute are to be held in Toronto, June 25th to 27th, 2010 and we are asking our former members to help us trace the names of our Founder Members. If you have the Golden Jubilee Souvenir Booklet of 1960, which has the list, please forward the information to Antonio Mascarenhas, Chairman, Organizing Committee-100th Anniversary, e-mail: villa.fatima@sympatico.ca Website: http://www.kampalagoaninstitute.com/ | |||
| India: Sex workers donate for flood victims’ relief 12 Oct: IANS. A group of sex workers in Karnataka Monday donated Rs.50,000 to help flood victims, a move that prompted the Chief Minister to say the gesture is worth Rs.50 crore… more details.. | |||
| Vedanta told to 'change behaviour' by UK Government 12 Oct: Ecologist (UK). Vedanta Resources has been criticised by the UK Government for failing to properly consult tribal populations about plans for a bauxite mine in a remote part of eastern India. The British mining company is attempting to break ground on a massive bauxite mine in the eastern Indian state of Orissa… 381 words. more details.. | |||
| Travel your way out of the recession 13 Oct. Dominion Post (New Zealand). You can still insulate yourself from the recession by heading offshore for a while… Go to Goa … Travelling in Goa was where I first encountered people who choose to work just six months of the year in so-called "first world countries", and then actually saved money being on holiday in India… 1107 words + photo. more details.. | |||
| Promotion of Goa as educational hub: tread with caution 13 Oct: Navhind Times. Should Goa be made into an education hub? … Readers are invited to send their views on current topics exclusively to The Navhind Times for the My Take column to mytake@navhindtimes.com … The views should be in about 500 words. A one line introduction of the writer is a must… 766 words. more details.. | |||
| Airport authorities gear up for arrival of charters 13 Oct. Navhind Times. The first charter flight of this season, ‘Orion’ is scheduled to land at the Dabolim airport from Russia on October 14… three additional chartered flights operating from Moscow directly to Goa are ‘Aeroflot’, ‘Nodrwan’, and ‘Scat’. One more new flight, ‘Kuoni’ from Zurich, Switzerland, would be added during this tourist season. Qatar airlines will also start flights to Goa from Doha by October 26… 310 words. more details.. | |||
| Shack allotment likely to be delayed 13 Oct: Navhind Times. With the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority declining to accept the requests of the coastal MLAs and the tourism department to increase the number of shacks, the allotment of shacks for the current tourist season is likely to be delayed considerably though the tourism season has already begun… 483 words. more details.. | |||
| pdf: Goan Contribution to Indian Culture 11 Oct: Herald. Vivek Menezes tells us how the contribution of Goans has been vital in shaping the cultural expression of modern India, particularly in music, which flows through the blood of every Goan, but also in literature and art… Text + Photos more details.. | |||
