GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER FRI 16 OCTOBER, 2009
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| Panjim murders cracked: 4 arrested | |||
16 Oct: Herald. Goa Police on Thursday claimed to have cracked the case
involving four deaths in Panjim … four persons were arrested - Babu Reddy
(28), Pritesh Bicchoo (19), Videsh Karmalkar (21) and Sudesh Keshavkar (19)…
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here. Goa Police deny arresting serial killer, reproach media 16 Oct: IANS. Goa Police Friday denied arresting anyone in connection with the heinous serial killings that have rocked this state. 336 words. Click here. | |||
| UK: Carmen Miranda: 2009 International Green Pen Award Winner | |||
 15 Oct. Sri Lanka Environmental Journalists Forum. Carmen Miranda, carmitamiranda@gmail.com,
one of 3 winners of The International Green Pen Award 2009 was
born in Goa in 1943 and studied in the UK at Ravensbourne College, Kent and City
University, London Her unusual and varied carrier in the communications
field expanded into 10 countries (6 in Asia and 3 in Africa and UK) and that ranged
from an award winner designer, to TV documentary making, to university lecturer
in UK, to working as an interpreter for UK asylum seekers and Director of the
Asia Regional programme of Panos Institute in the 90s. Now retired, she
lives in London and has turned her attention to the impact of mining on the environment
in Goa as well as Campaigns for the prevention of climate change. 1047 words.
[Alert by Frederick Noronha, via GoaNet]. | |||
| Death: Tony Triplet | |||
9 Oct. Nairobi, Kenya. ANTONIO ARTHUR MAXIMO FERNANDES (Born 1936; fondly known as Tony Triplet). Son of late Constance and Lilia. Brother of Lina D'Souza (Nairobi); Henry Fernandes (Northampton, UK) and Reggie Fernandes (Nairobi). Requeim Mass at 1.30p, on Friday 16 Oct. at St Francis Xavier's Church, Parklands followed by cremation at Langata. Donations to Little Sisters of the Poor. Full details at the link below.
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| Israel issues new India travel warning 16 Oct: Jerusalem Post. The Counter-Terrorism Bureau at the National Security Council issued a new, more severe warning Thursday against traveling to India. The warning states that there is a concrete threat against places frequented by Israelis and Westerners, specifically mentioning Chabad houses and synagogues across the country, including in Goa. more details.. | |||
| A Passage to Paradise 16 Oct: Birmingham Post. At bustling Margao there's a busy, colourful market, where the sweet aroma of spices fills the air and strings of bright red chillis and spicy sausages are for sale. And in the sedate river-front capital of Panjim, Portuguese baroque-style buildings lend an air of former graciousness. 965 words. more details.. | |||
| Goa: Governor's move to return panchayat bill hailed 16 Oct: Herald. The people of Goa have hailed the Governor S S Sidhu's move to return the controversial Goa Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Bill back to the legislature with his recommendations. 330 words. more details.. | |||
| UK TV Highlights: Additions to previous listing FILM: The Last King of Scotland. Channel 4 HEALTH: Ayurveda. BBC 1 | |||
| Listen Online before 20 Oct. 2009 BBC Radio 4. Home Grown. Investigates the growing trend among second-generation British Asian men to marry women from their parents' native countries, often leading to culture shock, unhappiness and divorce - and a generation of unmarried British Asian women. 30 min. Select the link below. more details.. | |||
| Suspects in Goa women murder cases elude cops 16 Oct: Deccan Herald. By Devika Sequeira. The police interrogated over 26 people on Thursday in connection with the murders of four women which has shaken Goa for the extent of the brutality, but plausible suspects have eluded them so far. The police also released the photograph of one of the victims. 300 words. more details.. | |||
| Goa Police scanning missing persons' complaints 15 Oct: PTI. Goa Police are scanning the entire list of 20 people who were reported missing in the state since October 1, a senior official said. Of these two were murdered, both women, and five traced. 186 words. more details.. | |||
| Police crack four murders in Goa, arrest one 15 Oct: IANS. The police said Thursday that all four people found dead in a Goa city creek were murdered and they had arrested one suspect. "One person has been arrested and we have detained some more people in this connection," Superintendent of Police Atmaram Deshpande told a press conference here. 344 words. more details.. | |||
| Warning issued in India over milk-based sweets 15 Oct: CBC News (Canada). Doctors in northern India are warning residents to avoid eating dairy-based sweets after police raided two factories and found them using detergent and animal fat in milk products... Caustic soda could prove fatal according to Dr. Lalit Saxena, a scientist at Biomab Pharmaceuticals Private Ltd, in Goa... more details.. | |||
| Terry Ong: "That means you're Chinese" 15 Oct. The Nut Graph (Malaysia). At five foot five, Terry Ong says he has been made to feel insecure about his own heritage. Ong, 29, is an emcee, a voiceover talent and a vibrant, forthcoming radio producer � He was born in Penang. He says, "My mum was a mix of Portuguese and Indian... My maternal great grandfather came here from Goa and settled in Penang. The Portuguese who settled in Goa married the locals, and so my great grandfather was Portuguese-Indian" Text 1466 words + photos. more details.. | |||
