GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER MON 05 APRIL, 2010
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| Padma winners in Goa unite against 'excessive' mining | |||
30 Mar: Times of India. Goa's Padma award winners have got together to urge the
Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) not to lift the moratorium on
mining till the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI)
completes an assessment on the impact of past mining activities on the state …
Mario Miranda, Ravindra Kelekar, Remo Fernandes, Suresh Amonkar, Norma Alvares
and Maria Aurora Couto have signed the petition. Wendell Rodricks has also added
his signature … 160 words. Click
here. You too can sign the petition before 15 Apr. 2010 and urge your contacts to do likewise. Click here. | |||
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| Goa’s Russian Revolution | |||
 Apr 2010: GQ. Written by Vivek Menezes; photographed by Bharat Sikka … Nearly a century after Red October, the Russians are at it again… There’s a revolution taking place under the Goan sun, and you can see it right in front of your eyes… Alexander Mamedov is the travel agent who is credited will plugging Goa … Alexander Sukhochev aka DJ Sasha has written a bestselling
book, started a restaurant and make a permanent home for himself… Olga Shlyakhtina is the chief editor of Goa Express, a Russian language newspaper … Diana Taratuta runs Siolima-mama, a Russian kindergarten… 6 photos + 2720 words.
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| UK Forthcoming Event | |||
Sun 2 May: Cortalim Feast (STs Philip & James). Mass will commence at 2 pm
followed by social to 10pm at St. John's Church Hall, Bourne Hill, Palmers Green,
London N13. Music by Nite Life. For tickets and more info contact: Laurence 0208-641-5995,
Joe -0208-443-1014,Tony-0208-888-0393,Vanessa-0208-800-5413 or mariadourado@hotmail.com | |||
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| Colin D'Silva: The Future Of Beauty | |||
 4 April: Sunday Herald Sun (Melbourne). Dr Colin D'Silva, associate director of
P&G Grooming says we can expect products that balance out red, green and blue
skin tones to make you glow… Home care devices, such as light therapy gadgets,
are gaining popularity and Dr D'Silva predicts that demand for them will soar…
Click
here. For a brief bio with his Goan links click here. | |||
News Summary | |||
| Deaths 4 Apr: Mapusa, Goa. PULQUERIO NUNES (Born 1023). Husband of late Luiza. Father of Regina/late Pascoal Rodrigues; late Vincent; late Cyril; Elizabeth/Savio Fernandes (UK). Funeral at Mapusa on 6 Apr. For full details, click here. 4 Apr: Utorda, Goa. POLICARPO (POLLY) RODRIGUES (Born 1962; Prop. Polly Bar & Rest, Utorda). Husband of Babina. Father of Cyran. Brother of Rosario/Annie (UK), late Francis/Feleistia (Africa), Helen/Francis (Kuwait). Funeral on 5 Apr. at 4 pm to Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Utorda, for Eucharistic Celebration followed by burial. 3 Apr: Bandra, Mumbai. LEONIE (DOLLY) CORREA (Ex Headmistress, St. Stanislaus School, Mumbai). Sister of Daphne/late Cyril; Malcolm/Gwen. Funeral on 6th Apr. at Bandra. 19 Feb: Edinburgh, Scotland. CRISTOVAM GRACIANO FLORIANO FERNANDES (Born 1940). Husband of Francisca. Father of Joseph and Ashley. Memorial Mass on 8 Apr. at Chandor, Goa. For full details, click here. | |||
| Palolem locals not to let premises to non-Goans 5 Apr: Herald. Come next tourism season, non-Goans, especially Kashmiris running shops at Palolem may find going tough, as residents have decided to practice maximum restraint in letting-out their premises to unknown people, who in turn causes rift within local populace… 527 words. Full Text. | |||
| Video: First witness deposes in Scarlett case 5 Apr: Goa 365 via Navhind Times. The first witness in the sensational Scarlet Eden Keeling case deposed on Monday even as the defence lawyer pointed out the contradictions in his earlier statements. 2m. 13s. Full Text. | |||
| 12 custodial deaths in Goa 6 Apr: Navhind Times. Goa recently witnessed the custodial deaths of Ajay Kaushal and Anand Kambli… Since 1990 till date, Goa has seen 12 custodial deaths in all … 753 words. Full Text. | |||
| Goa policeman: My shock at finding naked body of Scarlett Keeling 5 Apr: The Mail (UK). Police Constable Gurunath Naik An Indian policeman told today how he found the body of Scarlett Keeling after an unknown caller informed the police about a body… 6 photos + 607 words + comments. Full Text. | |||
| Over 200 kg charas missing from Goa police warehouse 5 Apr: IANS. More than 200 kg of charas (hashish), worth Rs.2 crore, is missing from a highly-protected warehouse at the Goa police headquarters, sources said…. The audit was necessitated following the arrest of five policemen, including inspector, Ashish Shirodkar, after a spycam video surfaced on the internet, showing an Israeli drug dealer, Yaniv Benain alias Atala, speaking of how Shirodkar would steal drugs from judicial custody and sell it to him… 402 words. Full Text. | |||
| Unnatural death cases of tourists on the rise 5 Apr: Times of India. The number of unnatural deaths of foreigners in Goa has risen to 63 in 2009 from 36 in 2008 and 58 in 2007 … Most of the victims were Britons. Though the number of British tourists arriving in Goa had come down in 2009, the number of those who died was the highest—24 … Incidentally, the viscera or chemical analysis reports of 15 foreigners who died in 2007 are still pending. Similarly, the viscera or chemical analysis reports of 21 cases of 2009 and nine cases of 2008 are yet to be received… 479 words + comments. Full Text. | |||
| Alleged killers Scarlett Keeling on trial in Goa 5 Apr: The Times (UK). … a lawyer acting for Scarlett’s mother said that he still believed that police officers were protecting other suspects with links to the drugs trade… Mrs MacKeown, 44, is expected to give evidence, probably next week .. If found guilty, the accused could each be sentenced to between eight and fourteen years in prison. 600 words + comments Full Text. | |||
| Goa: Wireless broadband now in your pocket's bandwidth 5 Apr: Business Standard. Growing use of netbooks and laptops has led to a sharp drop in broadband prices… Tata Teleservices, has dropped the price of Tata Photon Plus by Rs 1,200 to Rs 2,299 per unit in Maharashtra and Goa… Other telecom players, such as Vodafone, Reliance Communications, Virgin Mobile and MTS, have slashed entry-level prices for wireless internet connections… 650 words. Full Text. | |||
| Reliance Launches GSM Mobile Services In Goa 3 Apr: Telecom Talk. Reliance Communications has rolled out its GSM Mobile Services in the state of Goa ... 310 words. Full Text. | |||
| RAPE: Rapid Assessment Pauperised Environment Apr. 2010. Hard News. By Hartman de Souza. While a ridiculous debate - whether mining in Goa is legal or not - continues, and mining magnates and their close friends in the government and administration bulldoze Goans into believing that destroying forests, water and selling the mud beneath to China is in their best interest, spare a thought for 14 villages just across the border in neighbouring Maharashtra… 3681 words. Click here. To sign the mining petition, click here. | |||
