GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER FRI 25 SEPTEMBER, 2009
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| Glenn Saldanha: New Drugs, India-Style | |||
25 Sep: Forbes Asia Magazine. Glenmark Pharmaceuticals offers the kind of cost structure only India can offer … For its financial year ending in March, Glenmark netted $75 million on revenues of $450 million… Chief Executive is Glenn Saldanha, 39. Gracias Saldanha started the company in 1978 and named it after his two sons—Glenn and Mark. The family's Portuguese ancestors settled in Goa in western India generations ago… 1535 words. | |||
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| Italian TV Reality Show Axed | |||
24 Sep: Blogosfere.it (Italy). Canal 5's series, La Tribu' (The Tribe) had been
axed because of a series of sensational obstacles - from the contestants not having
entry visas for India, to the fear of the local people in Goa to appear backward,
to the request of the Indian government to postpone the transmission. The numbers
of obstacles grew with the passing days and were irresolvable, not even with the
intervention of a TV executive and the Italian embassy… 290 words in Italian.
[Translation by Vivian Coelho]. Click
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| Pakistan gets new bishop | |||
 23 Sep: UCAN. Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana presided at the ordination of Bishop Rufin Anthony in St. Joseph's Cathedral … More than 1,500 people attended the event including 70 priests, nuns, lay leaders and diplomats… the appointment was made at the request of Bishop Anthony Lobo, 72 who has been suffering respiratory problems… About 80 percent of the Christians in Pakistan live in Punjab province, yet most bishops trace their descent back to Goa or Mangalore ... 590 words + photo. | |||
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| Wendell's hotties groove to Bossa Nova beats | |||
22 Sep: Rediff. Wendell Rodricks went the Brazilian route on the fifth and final day of Lakme Fashion Week with his Bossa Nova collection. In collaboration with retail giant Westside, he presented beachy, sensual resortwear for the coming summer season… 13 photos.
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| pdf: Looming Threat Over Goa. By Vivek Menezes 25 Sep: Herald. Goa must bring the coastal thug-ruled fiefdoms under control if it is to continue to be at peace … The truth is that Goa is a soft and extremely vulnerable terror target… Most of these beach tourism hubs have long since become semi-lawless and mostly beyond the control of state authorities... This disgraceful situation is converging fast with the very real threat of terrorist action on Goan soil, and it is a recipe for unprecedented disaster… 1281 words. more details.. | |||
| Update: Italian TV Reality Show Axed 25 Sep: La Stampa (Italy). The programme was to be based in a settlement of the Bhil tribe near Goa … the Government of India expressed strong doubts about the format. It looked bad that the image of Indian people was that of people still living in the Stone Age… Click here. For the Wikipedia entry on the Bhil tribe, with photos, click here. | |||
| pdf: Russians keen to erase ‘mafia’ tint on visitors to Goa 24 Sep: Gomantak Times. By Vibha Verma. Media reports on the Russian mafia operating in Goa have finally got to Moscow… The Russian consulate in Mumbai consulate has started vetting Russians living in Goa to separate the wheat from the chaff. The Goa government has indicated that 103 Russian nationals are living in Goa on long – term visas… Goa police they have no information on ‘Russian mafia’ operating in the state, so far … Full text at the link below. more details.. | |||
| Sabrina de Sousa denied diplomatic immunity 23 Sep: CQ Politics. An Air Force lawyer has told Italy to lay off Col. Romano, an officer caught up in a CIA counterterrorism kidnapping case… Mark S. Zaid, a Washington attorney representing one of the CIA officers charged in the case, Sabrina De Sousa, was outraged by the U.S. government's apparent inconsistency in the cases of Romano and his client, who was officially assigned to Italy as a State Department officer… more details.. | |||
| Brampton doctor found guilty of misconduct 24 Sep: South Asian Focus (Canada). Dr Donovan Sequeira, who practices at Springdale Medical Centre, 630 Peter Robertson Blvd, had his licence revoked for six months... Sequeira is believed to be of South Asian (Goan) origin. The area in which he practices also has a high percentage of South Asians resident in the neighbourhood… In what may be a curious coincidence, in 2004, Dr Vasilios Kavouris of the address faced similar disciplinary action over “intense emotional relationship” with a patient… 389 words. more details.. | |||
| Death: Julio Roncon 24 Sep: Campal, Panaji. JULIO CEAZER RONCON (Born 1962). Brother of Filomena/late Joao, Alberto/Maria, Francisco/Yolanda (PWD), Claudio/Lidia (UAE), Fatima/Prisonio, Charles (AIR)/ Emira (ex-GMC), Carma, Raul/Jenny, Ermelinda/Late Venerito, Lourdes/Xavier, late Rodolfo and Bernadeth/John (London). Funeral Cortege will leave his residence at New Greenland Colony, Campal 25th Sep. at 4.00 p.m. for St. Inez Church. | |||
| Video: Goan traditional shack owners opposes beach shack policy 24 Sep: Goa 365 via Navhind Times. The members of the Goan Traditional Shack owners association have threatened to go on hunger strike if the government fails to review the beach shack policy 2009-2010. Terming the beach shack policy as a ‘money making policy’ the association has accused the tourism department of corruption. 3m. 25s. more details.. | |||
| Tiatr celeb H Britton no more 24 Sep: Herald. A shining light of the Konkani stage – Hermegildo Camilo – popularly known as H Britton passed away Thursday evening at Britona, Bardez, after a brief illness. Recipient of the Goa government’s State cultural award for tiatr, H Britton was a famous tiatr personality for several decades… 229 words. more details.. | |||
| Arusha: El Nino rains threaten mines 24 Sep: The Citizen (Tanzania). Mererani gemstone mines could be flooded again should the area experience abnormally heavy El Nino rains later this year… An open tunnel, commonly known as D'Souza, has remained blocked for many years … at least Sh1 billion would be needed to construct drainage from the D'Souza open pit… The controversial pit belonged to one D'Souza. He was among the first entrepreneurs to start commercial mining of tanzanite in the late 1960s… 482 words. Click here. For the Goan Voice Manuel D'Souza supplement, click here. | |||
| Laila Rouass Is On The Lookout For Love 6 Sep: Daily Star (UK). Strictly Come Dancing babe Laila Rouass is hoping to waltz into romance when she stars in the sequins-and-scandals show. The 34-year-old sizzler is rebuilding her life after a messy marriage break-up from millionaire businessman Nasa Khan… Most men she meets are very intimidated by her … 453 words + photo. Click here. 20 Sep: Daily Star (UK). According to the copy of the birth certificate obtained by the Daily Star, Laila Rouass is now 38 years old and not 34. Her Goan mother was born in Sumatra and is named Fatima … For text and photo, click here. | |||
| US Solar Energy project launched in Goa 23 Sep: Notre-Planète.Info (France). Mark Ginberg of the US Department of Energy launched a training programme on 'Energy efficient and green cities' in Goa, which will train Indian experts, universities, local self governments and civic bodies on getting cities to move to solar powered energy. more details.. | |||
