GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER SUN 13 SEPTEMBER, 2009
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| 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
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| Football: Churchill lifts IFA Shield | ||
 12 Sep: India Football. Churchill Brothers, Goa, played an impressive opening session to prevail over Mohun Bagan 2-0 and win their maiden Indian Football Association Shield football tournament title here Saturday… Churchill's victory is yet another example of the gradual decline of the once all-conquering Kolkata clubs … | ||
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| Live Auction: Coins: Baldwin’s | ||
 29-30 Sep. Baldwins, UK. Lot 1871 to 1885. Portuguese India Coins: Rupia, ½-Pardão and Pardão. 1807 – 1857. Estimated value £60 - £500 each.
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News Summary | ||
| Death: Carlotte Pereira 12 Sept: Agassaim, Goa. CARLOTTE PEREIRA (Born 1919). Beloved wife of late Antonio Lourenco. Most loving mother of late Ignatius Xavier/Tina Pereira, Bertha/Miguel Gracias, John Rosario/Maria Verediana Pereira, Agnel Rocha/Assuciana Pereira, Socorro Hugo/Annie Pereira (Swindon, UK). Funeral on 13th Sept 2009 at 4.00 pm St Lawrence Parish, Agassaim. | ||
| Plea challenging PIO card cancellation dismissed 12 Sep: Times of India. The petition filed by British filmmaker Craig Maxwell Sterry, husband of supermodel Ujjwala Raut, challenging the cancellation of his Person of Indian Origin (PIO) card has been dismissed by the high court of on Friday... 393 words. more details.. | ||
| No religious name for liquor outlets in Goa 13 Sep: The Hindu. The Goa Government has begun the implementation of a recent amendment to its Excise Rules which prohibits liquor outlet owners to give any religious name to their liquor outlets… Goa state has nearly 8,000 licensed liquor outlets of different categories and it is not uncommon to find many of them named after gods. 180 words. more details.. | ||
| Demand from NRIs, north Indian buyers keeps Goa's realty mkt abuzz 13 Sep: Economic Times. Goa, known to be the best remedy for one to de-stress, detox and recoup, has in recent years attracted lot of investment in holiday homes by non-resident Goans (NRGs), non-resident Indians (NRIs) and domestic buyers mainly from north India… owning a place in Goa has now become a style statement… Land value in Panaji has doubled in the last one year… 594 words. more details.. | ||
| Indians 'welcome' in Goa now 13 Sep: Times of India. Racial discrimination against Goans and Indian tourists by beach shacks has happened for years, but now the government wants to introduce a rule to prevent it. Goa’s tourism department say that shack licences could be cancelled if they profile customers on the basis of race… On many beaches shack owners brazenly favour dollar-powered tourists… ‘‘Drunk Indian tourists do not know how to behave when they see white women. They ogle, make passes and even attempt to molest and proposition them,’’ a shack owner said… 414 words. more details.. | ||
| Tourism dept plans to lure more tourists to state 13 Sep: Navhind Times. The Goa Department of Tourism has started working on a overdrive mode to lure tourists from all over the world. It has called for quotations from five TV channels which include the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC… From October to December, the TV channels, possibly BBC, will broadcast the latest jingle `Go Goa A Perfect Holiday’ … 375 words. more details.. | ||
| Death: Ana Afonso 11 Sep: Agassaim, Goa. ANA FRANCISCA AFONSO (Born 1926). Beloved mother of Antonio de Melo/Mary de Melo, Late Milagres de Melo. Aunt of Socorina Gonsalves, Pauline de Melo & Inacio Gonsalves (UK). Funeral on 12 Sep. at Agassaim. | ||
| NRI body demands welfare measures 12 Sep: UNI. Welcoming the proposed Welfare Fund Bill by the Goa Government touted to provide pensionary benefits to its citizens working abroad, a Sharjah-based NRI group today urged the Centre and State Government to come up with a similar measure for others in India. 246 words. more details.. | ||
| Yasmin Alibhai-Brown dishes out delicious food tales 10 Sep: South Asia Observer (Canada). Food tells important stories of immigrant lives in adopted countries, remarked Yasmin Alibhai-Brown during her reading of her book, The Settler's Cookbook at the McNally Robinson bookstore, Toronto. She said that her own children are disconnected with India, unlike her generation, and felt it could be the same with many immigrant children… 753 words + photo. [Forwarded by Eugene Correia]. more details.. | ||