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| Nairobi: Elizabeth Fernandes: 52 Years With Cooper Motors | |||
11 Sep: Daily Nation (Kenya). On February 26, 1957, young Elizabeth Fernandes,
then only 19, walked into the offices of Cooper Motor Corporation (Kenya) Limited
and started working as a copy typist. She is still working for the same company…
she now holds the position of senior secretary to the group management accountant…
849 words. For full text, click
here. Elizabeth Fernandes, analiz@wananchi.com is the wife of the late Alcantra Fernandes (tiatrist); mother of Anastasia /Vincent Azavedo, Alex and Alvina/Steve Fernandes; sister to late Joseph Fernandes and Avelino Fernandes. Elizabeth has catered for many a function in Nairobi. [Info from Marilyn Miranda in Nairobi] | |||
| Neil D'Souza: Duke's Headliners Comedy Club | |||
 17 Sep: Croydon Guardian. Duke's Headliners Comedy Club in Putney [London] has
been going along quite quietly for the last 18 months so we thought it was about
time we had a catch up to find out exactly what the club was all about. Neil D'Souza
answers Graham Moody's questions… 595 words. Click
here. Neil D'Souza regularly uses the comedy nights to weave hilarious tales of race and family issues. For a brief video check out the Clips section at www.dukesheadliners.com | |||
| Model student gets perfect marks in religious studies GCSE | |||
 14 Sep: Streatham Guardian. A 16-year-old West Norwood student got the highest mark possible in one of his GCSE exams as well as scooping 11 A* grades. James D’Costa scored a perfect 200 out of 200 in his religious studies exam this summer at the Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School in London. James said: “I am staying on at the school’s sixth form but would like to go to Oxford or Cambridge to study law." The diligent student did work experience at the Old Bailey … The student’s parents were ecstatic when he told them the news … 323 words. | |||
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| Why Indian guests are told to stay off Goan shacks | |||
 17 Sep: Rediff. Beach shack owners in Goa have justified their discriminatory behaviour against the Indian tourists as "the way out to save beachwear-clad foreign guests from lusty gazes"… "Some Indian guests tease the foreign tourists in the shacks. There are few people who get crazy seeing a woman in the bikini," Shack Owners Welfare Society, president, Cruz Cardoso said… 434 words. | |||
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News Summary | |||
| Italian TV Reality Programme Further Delayed 18 Sep: Television Ando (Italy). The Tribe-Mission India was to have been broadcast from Goa commencing 8 Sep. but there were visa problems. The Italian President and Minister of Foreign affairs were approached and the cast and crew left for Goa … 30 locals were roped in to educate the 13 VIP Italians about the Goan culture … 23 Sep. announced as the start date but now the Indian Government will not permit the transmission of the programme from Goa without a licence … the series may have to be abandoned after expenditure of three million lira … more details.. | |||
| Deaths 17 Sep: Majorda, Goa. JOSE SANTANA MASCARENHAS. (Born 1930; ex Zadco, Abu Dhabi). Beloved husband of Maria. Father of Franky (Bahrain) / Sandra; Christalina / Judas (Bahrain); Henry / Lydia; Eggy / Georgina; Nixon / Alexina. Funeral on 20 Sep. at Majorda. 16 Sep: Seraulim, Goa. CATARINA PIEDADE DA SILVA E FERNANDES. Wife of
Caitan. Mother of Xavier (Dubai)/Anita; Jancy/Rui(Saudi); Anita/Lawrence; Leslie
& Peter. Funeral on 19 Sep. at Seraulim. | |||
| High Court restrains Sesa Goa's mining operations 18 Sep: PTI. The Goa bench of Bombay High Court has restrained Sesa Goa's iron ore mining operations at Advalpal village in the state… This was hearing the petition filed by nine-year-old Advalpal village boy Akash Naik highlighting the grim future of a village due to dying resources… 148 words. more details.. | |||
| Video: National Institute of Technology to be set up in Goa 18 Sep: Goa 365. The union cabinet on Thursday decided to set up 10 new National Institutes of Technology all over India, one of which will be based in Goa. 1m. 51s. more details.. | |||
| Travel Feature: Exploring Goa's Glamour Oct. 2009. Travel + Leisure (USA). … traffic is kamikaze-style... Goa’s let-it-all-hang-out reputation … Indian and English tabloids still love to treat the state like a patchouli-scented den of iniquity … Goa is all about seclusion, gentility, and grown-up relaxation … Most Goans refer to themselves and their traditions as “Goan,” and people from the rest of the country as “Indian.” … native Goans often leave to seek their fortunes in the Gulf states or Canada… 3176 words + photos. more details.. | |||
| Goa's Tourism minister booked for extorting money from casino 18 Sep. IANS. The crime branch of Goa Police Thursday booked controversial state Tourism Minister Francisco alias Mickky Pacheco for extortion and threatening a casino employee … Mickky has already been chargesheeted earlier for assaulting a government servant and also been accused of bigamy by his wife Sara Pacheco … 218 words. Click here. Foa a BBC profile of Mickky Pacheco, click here. | |||
| Kaya Eldridge's Indian Court experience after being sexually assaulted 17 Sep: The Evening Standard (London). A London woman told today how she was humiliated in an Indian courtroom after allegedly being attacked in her home. Kaya Eldridge, 23, a charity worker from Dulwich, claims she was 'laughed at' in the witness box for accusing a plumber of molesting her… Her case, which has been adjourned until 30 September, has begun a media frenzy in India… 485 words + photo + comments. Click here. Video: 17 Sep: CNN-IBN. 1m. 35s. Click here. | |||
| India: When men on rails have a one-track mind 17 Sep: Toronto Star. Female passengers avoid gropers as India starts ladies-only service to fight harassment … As the morning commuter train rattled down the track, Chinu Sharma, an office worker, enjoyed the absence of men. Some of them pinch and grope women on trains, or shout insults and catcalls, she said… 608 words. more details.. | |||
| UK FORTHCOMING EVENTS 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 Sat. 10 Oct. 6pm to 11pm. The Uganda Reunion. Archbishop LanFranc School, Croydon. Tickets from Christine DeSouza 020 8310 2332 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 | |||
