GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER SUN 27 SEPTEMBER, 2009
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27 Sep: Daily News & Analysis. Now is your last chance to catch a rainy Goa in the off-season. And in case you're wondering what a beach destination can offer in the monsoon - well, peace, quiet, and attractive room rates, says G Sampath, who came away charmed by a Goa that wasn't at all about sun 'n sand… 921 words.
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27 Sep: The Observer (UK). Alistair Sawday, whose new book on India’s best hotels is published this week, selects 20 favourite hideaways … All over India people have opened their homes or created small hotels where you feel safely part of the country…4. Panchavatti, Corjuem Island. Full-board from £130 … 5. Casa Susegad, Loutolim from £65 … 6, Casa Colvale, Taliwado from £90… 2736 words.
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| Death: H. Britton | |||
24 Sep. Penha De Franca, Goa. HERMENZILDO CAMILO (H. BRITTON). Born 16 Oct. 1935.
Husband of Late Rosamaria Camilo, Father of Diago/Maria, Agusta/Tony. Grandfather
of Klinsman, Elston, Mark, Dylan & Jotham. Funeral on 27 Sep. at Penha de
Franca. 25 Sep. Herald. Tiatr celeb H Britton no more. Click here. 26 Sep: Navhind Times. CM condoles death of H Britton. Click here. 26 Sep: Times of India. Tomazinho Cardozo pays tribute to versatile tiatrist H Britton. Click here. | |||
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| Paltadacho Munis: Film Review by Eugene Correia 27 Sep: GoaNet. Paltadacho Munis (The Man Beyond the Bridge. Director and screenplay writer Laxmikant Shetgoankar tackles two broad issues that of environment and of mentally-ill people while providing underlying themes of political power, religious faith and believes in age-old customs and traditions. The film is a bundle of ironies… 699 words. more details.. | |||
| Jade Jagger’s Bohemian Pad 27 Sep: The Sunday Times (UK). Jade Jagger, ultimate rock progeny and queen of Ibiza has a house in the hills there … The family divides its time between London, Ibiza and now Goa, where Jagger recently bought a "very remote, simple" cottage on the beach… more details.. | |||
| Go for Goan flavourites 27 Sep: Asian Age. What’s striking about Goa is the delicious cuisine that comprises of spicy mutton vindaloo, chicken xacutti, Goan vegetable curry, Portuguese soup and an abundant variety of seafood…. Chicken xacutti is the most famous and easiest dish to prepare … recipe at the link below. 509 words. more details.. | |||
| Film producer deported from India after split 27 Sep: The Sunday Times (UK). Craig Maxwell Sterry has spoken of his anguish at being forced to leave his four-year-old daughter in India after being thrown out of the country following a divorce battle with his supermodel wife… Last week the High Court in Goa upheld the earlier ruling and he was told to leave the country… he plans to try to return to India on a business or tourist visa … he is a director of Polypro Fibrils, a mining company based in Goa… 534 words. more details.. | |||
| Ingo Grill denied visa, faces tree-cutting case in Goa 27 Sep: IANS. Ingo Grill, the controversial promoter of the famous 'Saturday nite market' has been denied a visa to enter India but a local trial court has issued a non-bailable warrant for cutting down trees … His lawyer Vikram Varma said “As far as I am concerned, as in any civilised society, we should be in a position to land in Goa so that he can present himself in court and defend himself… He has spent nearly three decades in Goa, promoting tourism and fighting such allegations by the police …” 323 words. more details.. | |||
| NRIs wary of sponsoring relatives for US visa 27 Sep: Daily News & Analysis. … If the alien fall sick or meets with an accident and has to spend any amount towards his treatment but is unable to pay or for if the alien incurs debt in US, then the sponsor is held responsible by the US government for the said payment. Many Indians therefore do not provide affidavit of support even for their parents and siblings … 577 words. more details.. | |||
| Go wild in the discount aisles 26 Sep: The Daily Telegraph (UK). Treat yourself to an Asian feast with Waitrose's deal on Indian ready meals - all reduced to £3.69 from £5.50. It's cheaper than a takeaway and there's lots of choice. The range includes chicken jalfrezi, Goan fish curry and chicken korma… | |||
| Root of Xenophobia 26 Sep: The Navhind Times. The captains of Goa industry want the state government to design an alternative model for economic development. They feel that the Goa government has more often than not let projects be abandoned or put on hold just in order to calm down the public anger... 706 words. more details.. | |||
| Tourism shows signs of recovery in Goa 27 Sep: Navhind Times. The tourism industry in the state is set to celebrate the World Tourism Day on Sunday amidst signs of some recovery from the earlier projections of a huge fall of charter arrivals from foreign countries and domestic tourists with the stake holders now projecting that the state could receive at least 600 charter flights bringing in same number of tourists as last year… the number of tourists from Russia could overtake those from the UK this year… 642 words. more details.. | |||
| Vendanta’s European financers apprised of mining exploits in Goa 27 Sep. Herald. In what could be termed as a new tactic to corner major mining company and counter its claims of “social responsibility” the Goa Federation of Mines Affected People (GOAMAP) presented a paper on mining exploits of Vendanta before its nine bankers in London. Vedanta operates Sesa Goa and Dempo mines in Goa … 556 words. more details.. | |||
