GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER WED 09 SEPTEMBER, 2009
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| Ian Fernandes: Balancing Act | |||
 6 Sep: All Africa. Russell Southwood talked to Ian Fernandes, Managing Director of the Nation Media Group's Digital and Broadcasting Division about its multi-platform strategy. Ian Fernandes' career has come a full circle … Fernandes is also looking at offering a 12-14 channel Pay-TV bouquet that would reach the whole of East Africa… On the Internet front, the Nation's web site currently gets 1.9 million page views, of which around 50% (950,000-1 million) are local... 781 words.
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| TJ Lobo - 100 Not Out! | |||
Thomas Joaquim Lobo (ex-Nairobi), known to many as 'TJ' or 'Tom', will be celebrating
his 100th birthday on 22nd September, 2009. His family are preparing a Memory
Book as a gift on the special day. If you would like to send a birthday greeting
or memory about TJ Lobo to be included in the book, please click
here for more details or send it to Neil Lobo via email to neil-lobo@o2.co.uk
or to 5 Cowper Road, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 5NF. Submissions are required
by 15th September 2009. Read a biography of the past 100 years of TJ Lobo's life by clicking here | |||
| Goan School Mombasa: 1949: Class VI B | |||
From Seraphino Antao. Can you put names to the faces? For The School Calendar of 1962 with the list of successful students in the 1941-60 School Certificate examinations, select the link below. | |||
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| Video: Portuguese couple on a health mission | |||
 8 Sep: Goa 365. In order to create awareness among the youth to shun drugs and alcohol, Portuguese nationals, Eduardo Sounto and his spouse Maria Fernand, are proceeding on a tour of 22 states in India on a two-wheeler. 1m. 21s. | |||
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News Summary | |||
| Death: Harry Saldanha 6 Sep: Melbourne, Aus. HARRY SALDANHA (Aged 93). Husband of Merlyn. Father of Premila/Eddie Brito; Bernie/Ramona; Terence/Lorraine. [Times of India, Mumbai. 9 Sep. 2009]. | |||
| Aires Rodrigues: Court Case against Rane adjourned 9 Sep: Times of India. The high court stayed the criminal proceedings filed by advocate Aires Rodrigues against health minister Vishwajit Rane till September 17… Aires had alleged that he received threatening calls from a mobile phone number traced to the minister's wife, Divya Rane… 208 words. more details.. | |||
| Video: Joe Fernandes Murder: Suspect Turns Himself In 8 Sep: 39 News. Vondra Joseph, 20, turned himself at the Houston Police headquarters claiming he had nothing to do with it, and that he has the perfect alibi to prove where he was when Mr. Fernandes was killed … 1m. 29s. more details.. | |||
| Goa to focus on tourists in season amid H1N1 pandemic 8 Sep: UNI. With the tourist season set to begin next month, ushering thousands of tourists from across the globe, Goa government has focused its attention on the health of the visitors against the backdrop of swine flu pandemic… 871 words. http://www.in.com/news/readnews-entertainment-goa-to-focus-on-tourists-in-season-amid-h1n1-pendemic-10720889-765abb5b5e34bd7a801f0370dd64ccd7aa210eb1-1.html?utm_source=redirect&utm_medium=in.com | |||
| Video: Joe Fernandes Murder – Suspect appears in court 7 Sep: ABC Local. Dontreal Brown, made his first appearance in court overnight… Detectives have identified two other suspects -- Vondra Joseph and Neiman Nelson. Those two are believed to be in the Houston area. The fourth person involved has not been identified… more details.. | |||
| UK: New Event Announcements Sat 19 Sep. 10:30 am. G.O.A. Goan Hockey Festival. 9 - A side Tournament. Blackheath Hockey Club, Rubens Street , Catford London SE6. Playing Surface: Grass. www.blackheath.co.uk Contacts: Richard Fernandes: 0208 300 5347( H ) 07711401157 (M ); Blasco Goes: 07944771932; Glyn Alberqueque:: 0208 6802401; Cyril Rapose: 07817442470 Sat 19 Sep. 11:30 am. G.O.A. Carrom Tournament. Blackheath Hockey Club,
Rubens Street , Catford London SE6.Contact: Richard Fernandes- 0208 300 5347(
H) 07711401157-(M); Jose P Fernandes - 07783934460. Licensesd BAR and Food available | |||
| Zuri group to build villas in Goa 8 Sep: IANS. Zuri Group Global [Zuri in Swahili means 'far beyond expectation’] is foraying into the real estate sector in Goa… The company has already bought the land for Rs.200 crore (£25m) and plans to invest Rs.200 crore more in the project to construct 150 villas and 100 premium apartments along with a golf course on 300 acres. They plan to complete the project within the next 18 months… [The group also operates in Kenya] more details.. | |||
| Goa is ‘clean, cheap and cheerful’ 8 Sep: i-to-i. Goa is ''clean, cheap and cheerful'' People trekking around on their gap year in India may like to take in the myriad delights of Goa while they are away, it has been suggested… 168 words. more details.. | |||
| Drugs lord over Kullu wilderness 8 Sep: Himvani. Almost everyone in Kullu valley in Himanchal speaks fluent Hebrew … The Israelis have taken over the drug trade there … drugs are shipped to Goa and then abroad … Allan D’ Sa, Deputy Superintendent of Police and Anti-Narcotics chief of Goa, admitted that “Goa has become a transit point for all the drug peddlers … On the other hand ecstasy, LSD and cocaine are pushed into Goa from western countries.” more details.. | |||
| Casinos to remain shut in Goa on Wednesday 8 Sep: IANS. Offshore and onshore casinos in Goa will shut down on Wednesday in protest against the state government's decision to sharply hike the entry fee from Rs 200 to Rs 2,000 per person. 305 words. more details.. | |||
| India: Mothers-in-law fight abuse 7 Sep: BBC. A group of Indian mothers-in-law have come together to fight the harassment they claim to endure at the hands of their daughters-in-law…. A spokeswoman told the BBC that while there were 15 laws to protect the younger generation, there was nothing to protect mothers-in-law from abuse… 459 words. more details.. | |||
| Video: Collien Fernandes: Lady GaGa confrontation 7 Sep. You Tube (Der Spiegel). Berlin. 1m. 59s. Select the link below. more details.. | |||
