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| Herman Carneiro: We Don’t Have To Be In Goa To Improve It | ||
 10 Sep: Times of India. GoaNet which today brags of 12,000 subscribers was started by young and dynamic doctor-in-the-making Herman Carneiro who was born in Kenya and brought up in the US… he has just graduated from medical school and has launched an online network of Goan doctors and health professionals … 667 words, | ||
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| Wendell Rodricks: 'No star has the guts to wear my showstopper' | ||
 10 Sep: Rediff. The Guru of Minimalism is back and this time he invokes the Earth Goddess through his collection at Kolkata Fashion Week (KFW). Text + 6 photos.
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| Matteo Ricci Honoured In Venice Film | ||
10 Sep: ANSA. The extraordinary life of a 16th-century Italian mathematician and missionary is portrayed in a film being screened at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday… The documentary tells the tale of Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), a Jesuit priest and academic … He spent four years in Goa before travelling to China … 607 words+ portrait | ||
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| UK: Pharmacy Student to Help Charity in Goa | ||
10 Sep: Press Association. Shailen Karia, 20, who has just finished his second year of study at De Montfort University (DMU), will head out to Goa later this month to spend two weeks testing people for diabetes… During his time in Goa, Shailen will travel around in one of the charity's Mobile Diabetes Assessment Units offering free testing …
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| Travel challenge: A winter break in Goa 12 Sep: We invited competing companies to give us their best deal a two-week holiday in Goa, departing in the first week of December. Prices are for two people travelling together and include 14 nights' accommodation and transfers… 360 words. more details.. | ||
| Australia: Angela Albuquerque: Guiding light at hand 12 Sep: The Australian. Perth artist Angela Albuquerque's background is as colourful as her bold and vibrant paintings. She's a first-generation Australian of Portuguese, Malay, Goan, Irish, English and French ancestry… She has been a radio and television producer and, more recently, an administrator, property manager and interior designer… 986 words. Click here. For a sample of Angela's art, click here. | ||
| Goa business chamber criticises government’s ‘callous’ policies 11 Sep: IANS. In a scathing criticism of the state government’s “callous” policies and “purposeless” high-expenditure projects, the Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has warned that investors were losing faith in Goa… 341 words. more details.. | ||
| Walk will help pets in Goa 10 Sep: Evening Herald (Plymouth, UK). A sponsored walk will take place this Sunday in aid of International Animal Rescue. Burrator Reservoir is the venue for the four-mile walk, organised by Ken Stephens of Wembury, Entry cost is £5. All donations go direct to the charity, personally delivered by Ken when he returns to Goa. For further information call Ken on 01752 862793. 152 words. more details.. | ||
| Charity fete does a roaring trade 11 Sep: Thanet Extra (Kent, UK). Charities boosted their funds at the Thanet Lions Club summer fete at Victoria Gardens in Broadstairs … It was a successful fete which has helped many charities including the appeal by students from King Ethelbert's School in Birchington to raise funds for Aids orphans in Goa and also to support young carers which raised £1,500 … more details.. | ||
| Portugal's colonial past is a comparative advantage 10 Sep: Diario de Noticias. Boaventura Sousa Santos is the Director of Centro de Estudos Sociais (CES) da Universidade de Coimbra. He discloses the plan to create a CES / Asia in Goa. | ||
| UK FORTHCOMING EVENTS Sun. 13 Sep. at 2 pm. Goan Chaplaincy: Tiatr! Tiatr!. Copland Community School, Cecil Avenue Wembley, HA9 7DU. 'Punn…Tum Goykar'. Written and directed by Fr. Lucas Rodrigues. This thought provoking Konkani drama includes inspirational songs, rib-tickling comedy and a powerful script featuring stalwarts of Konkani stage from Goa and UK. For tickets please contact: Francis D’ Silva 07908591759, Pilar Fathers 020 86482101 Damacian Moniz 020 83761609 07940501196 For the flyer click here. 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 Sun. 20 Sep. 2nd NAKURU DYNAMOS RE-UNION 'Due to poor response, this is now cancelled. The organisers very much regret taking this action and thank those who booked and paid for the tickets. Arrangements for return of the payments will be made shortly' 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 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. For help in locating Archbishop Lanfranc School, Croydon, click here. FOR LATER EVENTS SEE http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/forthcoming.php | ||