GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER THU 29 OCTOBER, 2009
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| Death: Les Noronha | ||
 27 Oct: Cambridge, Canada, LESLIE NORONHA (Born 1947; ex-Kampala, Uganda). Dear son of Dorothy and the late Sebastian. Survived by his wife Mozina (Zina); his son Gary (Warren); his grandson Jalen; and his brother Lionel. He will be sadly missed by all his relatives and friends. Visitation at T. Little Funeral Home & Cremation Centre, 223 Main Street, Cambridge on Thu. from Friday. The Funeral Mass at St. Clement's Parish, Cambridge on Sat. Oct. 31 at 10 o'clock. Cremation to follow.
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| Death: Dr Renato Gracias | ||
 27 Oct: Pune, India. DR RENATO GRACIAS (Born 1912). Husband of Prudencia. Father of Winston, Oscar, Doreen, Freddy, Alcina, and Mario. Funeral on 29 Oct. at Pune. | ||
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| Joseph Rocha to star in French music festival | ||
 28 Oct: Times of India. By Preetu Nair. Joseph Rocha, fondly called Slow Joe,
wasted the best years of his life doing drugs … he de-addicted himself and
devoted himself to singing at shacks in the area… He met Cedric de la Chapelle,
a young musician from France … Today, Rocha (67) is waiting to fly out to
Paris to play live at the Trans Musicales De Rennes Festival 2009 (2 Dec. 2009)
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here. For video and info about his performance at the festival, click here. | ||
| Gavin D'Costa: Christianity and World Religions | ||
 22 Oct: Tablet (UK). Book Review by David Burrell… D'Costa is the professor
of Catholic theology at Bristol University … Gavin D'Costa's theology is
always both meticulously creative and creatively meticulous… … one cannot
find a more thorough treatment of these issues to date… 1010 words. Click
here. Gavin D'Costa was born in Nairobi, the son of Francis Bernard and Lucy Mary Elizabeth D'Costa; brother of Audrey. For a Goan Voice profile of him click here. | ||
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| Death: Anne Fernandes 28 Oct: Cawthra Gardens, Mississauga, Canada. ANNE FERNANDES (Aged 94; ex Dar-es-Salaam). Wife of late Francis. Mother of Alvito/Olga, Edward/Violet, Mira/Araujio and Edwin/Shirley. Grandmother of Jason/Shilpa, Vanessa, Kevin/Maria, Conrad/Sheliza, Ian, Daryn/Lisa, Tracy/Havier, Wayne, Joanna and Tara, and 6 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be as follows: Viewing on Nov 1 at Scott Funeral Home, 420 Dundas St E., Mississauga. Funeral Mass on Nov 2 at 9.30 am, at St Peter and Paul's Church, Mississauga. Interment Assumption Cemetery. more details.. | ||
| Expats set up shop in India 28 Oct: Economic Times. Severe economic crisis in rich nations can be turned into an opportunity in India. Compared to the US or Europe, where there are products and services in every segment, even niches, India is a big market, with few or no players … there are an estimated 50,000 expat workers in India … Red tapism in getting permits to start a new business is the biggest headache… 922 words. more details.. | ||
| Civilian war memorial to be erected in Goa 29 Oct: PTI. Five decades after they laid down their lives for the liberation of Goa from the Portuguese rule, a civilian war memorial is to come up soon to commemorate the Indian soldiers' sacrifice… 278 words. more details.. | ||
| Ajay Kaushal: 'had been in Thailand' 29 Oct: Lancashire Telegraph. Ajay Kaushal, a kidnapper dubbed ‘Burnley’s most wanted man’ has been detained by magistrates until Monday in Goa… Kaushal is understood to have run his own business in Bangkok and entered Goa using a Thai passport… 287 words. more details.. | ||
| Ajay Kaushal: Bail plea rejected 28 Oct: Herald. Goa police on Wednesday heaved a sigh of relief as the Magistrate rejected the bail application of UK national Ajay Kaushal and further remanded him to five days judicial custody… 458 words. more details.. | ||
| Ajay Kaushal lived in Goa for 3 years 29 Oct: Deccan Herald. By Devika Sequeira. Briton Ajay Kaushal who was detained by the Goa police late on Monday night had lived in Goa for three years, in Colva with a British woman … Had the Lancashire police notified Interpol, Kaushal might have been nabbed much earlier, senior officials here say. His passport had been recently renewed at the British embassy in Thailand… 339 words. more details.. | ||
| Ajay Kaushal takes angry swipes at photo journalists in Goa 28 Oct: IANS. Ajay Kaushal, 50, the Britain-based NRI who was arrested in Goa, lashed out at media photographers twice within 24 hours, once even yanking at a photographer’s shirt … 313 words. more details.. | ||
| Battle over shacks takes a legal turn 29 Oct: Herald. The tussle between the State government and the shack owners over allotment of shacks has now reached the corridors of High Court. And, shack allotment which was slated to be made today has been deferred till November 5… 276 words. more details.. | ||
| New York: Floyd Cardoz on Tabla's New Menu 28 Oct: Village Voice. The Danny Meyer restaurants formerly known as Tabla (upstairs, haute New Indian) and Bread Bar (downstairs, casual New Indian) have been unified into one entity, which is now simply called "Tabla." … more details.. | ||
| Curry is a 'cure for cancer' 28 Oct: The Sun (UK). Scientists have discovered a potential cure for cancer — CURRY. A molecule located in a spice from the Indian dish was found to kill the diseased cells within 24 hours… Researchers at the Cork Cancer Research Centre in Ireland found cancer cells died and began to digest themselves after being treated with tumeric … 223 words. more details.. | ||
| Skin-bleachers are as bigoted as the BNP 28 Oct: The Times (UK). By Anjana Ahuja. There are still those in the Asian community who buy into the harmful myth that lighter skin is preferable to dark … A BBC investigation showed last night that brown women up and down the land still feel the pressure to be pale… 1089 words. Click here. For a recording of the BBC investigation, 40 min. Click here. | ||
| UK: Dursley man bought ketamine in Goa 28 Oct: Gloucestershire Gazette (UK). Michael Thomas Harney, 56, bought the illegal drug ketamine in Goa and then posted it back to himself. He was caught because customs officers intercepted the parcel and found ketamine worth £4,500 and also some Viagra. He said he paid only £200 for the drug in Goa and wanted it for his own use to help with back pain … Recorder Don Tait gave Harney an eight-month jail term suspended for two years… 326 words. more details.. | ||