GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER SAT 19 SEPTEMBER, 2009
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| Distant Horizons - Eric C Bartholomew | |||
 19 Sep: Ilford Recorder (UK). Eric C Bartholomew has written Distant
Horizons (£8.99, Kavanagh Tipping), a family soap opera about life,
love, and fishing. It is about Joe and his young son Pedro who live in a small
village on the coast in Goa and make a meagre living from fishing. … one
of the sons falls in with gangsters sparking tragedy… 258 words + photo | |||
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| Laila Rouass: Meet The Strictly Sex-Pot | |||
 18 Sep: Daily Star (UK). Laila Rouass, 34, will be hot-footing it across the dancefloor
in suitably revealing skin-tight Lycra in the hit show, which kicks off tonight…
Steamy scenes in the drama's naughty 'Extra Time' late-night spin-off rocketed
the saucy mum-of-one to telly stardom… For photos + text click
here. For the Laila Roass Goan Voice supplement, click here. | |||
| Sep. 2009 Newsletter of St Xavier’s Society – Tanzania | |||
Newsy, Vol.2 no.3. Ser - Nov. 2009. Among the highlights: Celebrating Goa Day in Tanzania: Report and Photos … 50th Anniversary celebrations of the DI new building (photo) takes place 3rd – 6th Dec. 2009 – details at the link below … Joe Devine: an Obituary by Salus Fernandes who writes “At Barclays, Joe distinguished himself as the “fastest bank teller” in town (perhaps in the world)” … To get your copy of this and future issues write to the Editor, Michelle Furtado,
at socials@goans.or.tz
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| Nisha Grayson: Skin deep | |||
 19 Sep: Mint. Adopted by an all-white American family 25 years ago, Goa-born Nisha
Grayson is coming back 'home' in search of her birth mother and herself …
She and four of her friends will travel to India and make a documentary about
Nisha's search for her birth mother… The Society for Child Development orphanage
in Caranzalem, Goa, no longer exists. All she has is her mother's name, Amruta
… For details on Nisha Grayson's trip to India, log on to http://myindia09.com/.
2057 words + photos + comments. Click
here. 19 Sep: Mint. Insider's view. Frederick Noronha, long-time Goan resident and journalist, on why adopted children such as Nisha Grayson find it tough to locate their birth parents in Goa. 375 words. Click here. | |||
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| Death: Jack Pais 16 Sep: Toronto. JOAQUIM "JACK" PAIS (Age 64). Loving husband of Valerie. Father to Danford (Danny) and sadly missed by his granddaughter "Alexis Rose". Loving brother to Anne and Charlie. Visitation on Sun. Sep. 20 from 2-6 p.m. Funeral Mass on Monday, Sep. 21 in St. Joseph Highland Creek Catholic Church at 10 a.m. Interment to follow at Christ the King Cemetery. Photo and full details at the link below. more details.. | |||
| Aspiring writers from India 19 Sep: The Guardian... By Anita Desai. … By the number of manuscripts that arrive daily and hourly from India on the desks of British and American agents and publishers, I would guess no country has more aspiring writers than ours… 1288 words. more details.. | |||
| Aires Rodrigues urges probe into Rane case 19 Sep: UNI. Social activist and Advocate Aires Rodrigues today urged Goa Chief Secretary Sanjay Srivastava to order an inquiry as to why state police could not find Health Minister Vishwajit Rane… he has stated that the whole episode was a sad reflection of the collusion between some police officials and the Health Minister… 219 words. more details.. | |||
| Bandra Fair: A melting pot 19 Sep: Daily News & Analysis. This year, there are about 3000 pitch-up stalls selling sweets like guava cheese and kadio bodio (crystallised ginger and savouries) from Goa … Rev. Frank J. D'Souza, a pastor from Abu Dhabi, who comes every year especially for this fair, said "The multi-community and multi-religious hues that the fair has taken on is nowhere to be found in the world." … 590 words. more details.. | |||
| Clint D'Mello: Jailed for 4 years 18 Sep: BBC. … Clint D'Mello , 24, of Stratford, London, was jailed for four years after being convicted of violent disorder in an incident which lead to the death of Adnan Patel … Mr Patel and his brothers had confronted D'Mello, who is alleged to have supplied drugs … For a photograph of Clint D’Mello see Goan Voice of 6 Aug. 2009. more details.. | |||
| Marianna Dias: I really like Goan food 18 Sep: Rediff. Marianna Dias the stunning 6'0 Brazilian model is a favorite with Indian designers thanks to her striking features and long-limbed frame… she says, When I first came here, I was very adventurous with the food, but now I'm missing my food from home. I really like Goan food though! … Photo + text. more details.. | |||
| Goa's monsoon sosegade 19 Sep: Business Standard. ... Goa has shed its garb of a crowded, noisy, cosmopolitan resort to shyly display the colours of an intimate backwater… Goans dawdle on their balcaos boasting of nephews who’ve made a killing in property or fretting over rare orchids and heliconias brought from Bangkok or Bali that may not take root … I am happy to change my annual plans to savour Goa’s monsoon pleasures. 655 words. more details.. | |||
| Rare Konkani Film Gains Toronto Festival Spotlight 18 Sept: New York Times… "Paltadacho Munis," or "The Man Beyond the Bridge" is the first ever film using Konkani -- a language only spoken in the tiny state of Goa in Western India and a few surrounding areas -- to be selected among the some 300 movies playing at the The Toronto International Film Festival … the film is about one man's struggle to accept and love a mentally ill woman … 509 words. more details.. | |||
| Adding a little Sparkle to India 18 Sep: Dentistry.co.uk. Kavita Verma, manager at Sparkle Dental Boutique in Hanwell, west London, will head for Goa next week to carry out voluntary work for the charity, Children Walking Tall … she'll be keeping us updated on her travels via a blog … 361 words + photo. more details.. | |||
| British tourists warned against travel to Goa 18 Sep: Stavanger Avisen (Norway). British authorities have warned British tourists not to travel to Goa after it found reports of imminent attacks against Western tourists… Israel has also asked its nationals to stay away from Goa as it believes that Al Qaeda is behind the threat … Click here. 18 Sep: Sky News. Brit Tourists Warned Over India Terror Plot. Click here. | |||
| Video: Miscreants desecrate a chapel in Calangute 18 Sep: Goa 365. Desecration of the religious places in the state continues unabated with the police being made helpless spectators which not only hurts the religious sentiments of the people but also throws a challenge to the authorities. The latest incident of vandalism of St. Terezinha’s idol at Holy Cross chapel, Agarwado in Calangute on Friday proves that the desecration incidents were spreading in North Goa as well. 1m. 24s. more details.. | |||
| Video: Francisco Pacheco accuses Congress Party of conspiracy 18 Sep: Goa 365. Reacting to the charge sheet filed against him, Tourism Minister Francisco Xavier Pacheco has termed it as a conspiracy by the congress party. The congress party has not taken kindly to his recent reconciliation with the Alemao family, says Mr Pacheco. 4m. 97s. more details.. | |||
