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| Death: Reggie Coelho |
5 Apr: New Malden, Surrey, UK.. (REGGIE) CAETANINHO REIS MAGOS COELHO ( born Tanzania,
1923). Beloved Husband of Latina, Father to Sally/Tony, Yvonne/Edwin, Evelyn/Lydia
and Carl/Christine. Much loved brother of Jane Braganza. Adored Grandfather to
Wendy, Jo-ann, Colin, Aaron, Brendan, Tamara, Nathan and Samuel. Great Grandfather
to Sienna and Jayden-Cruz.
Wed. 21 Apr. at 10am: Funeral service at St.
Joseph Catholic Church, 1 Montem Road, New Malden, Surrey KT3 3QW and 11.40
am at the Crematorium, Kingston Cemetery at Bonner Hill Road, KT1 3EZ. Wake at
the Kingstonian Football Club, Jack Goodchild Way, 422a Kingston Road, KT1 3PB.
No Flowers please. Donations by cheques payable to British Heart Foundation. Limited
car parking at the Church. Condolences to Sally D'Costa: ts_dcosta@yahoo.co.uk
or Evelyn: evelyn_coelho@hotmail.com
or Carl: carlcoelho@btinternet.com
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| Francis Newton Souza: How the artist's libido guided him |
10 Apr: Hindustan Times. Francis was as fast with his friendships as he was fickle with his females. He was frank, impulsive, egoistic and iconoclastic. The son of a teetotalling Goan Catholic schoolteacher, Francis loved alcohol and hated the church's dogmatic impositions… Outside art, too, Souza caused fights. He is said to have had six children, two marriages and several flings… 557 words. |
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| Video: Tobias Moss interview |
18 Mar: Goa Hippy Tribe. Tobias Moss leads us through an amazing life journey, from good London Jewish boy to overland traveller and Goa resident and back again to British political party founder. 5m. 22s.
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News Summary |
UK: George Alvares: Funeral Arrangements Fri. 16 Apr: 11:00am. St
Sebastian And St Pancras Catholic Church. Hay Lane, Kingsbury, London NW9
0NG. Transport: From Kingsbury station (Jubilee line) take bus 204 to Stag Lane.
Parking: Please collect a parking pass from one of the Ushers outside the Church
and display in your car. Coach will be provided onto Crematorium from the Church.
Donations in lieu of flowers to the Stroke Association or the Millennium Day Centre
in the box at the Reception or http://www.justgiving.com/GeorgeAlvares
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Football: Alemao blasts Colaco 12 Apr. The Telegraph. The battle of words between Churchill Brothers and the All India Football Federation (AIFF) heated up on Saturday when club patron Churchill Alemao accused AIFF secretary Alberto Colaco of overstepping his limit… 189 words. Full Text.
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How to spice up your Goa trip 10 Apr: Hindustan Times. A visit to Sahakari Spice Farm in Curti, some 2 km from Ponda… 473 words. Full Text.
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Holiday in hell 12 Apr: Deccan Herald. ‘Jailed Abroad’ tells true stories that would be any traveller’s worst nightmare … The season begins with the story of a heartbroken Londoner, Claire Mathews, who decides to travel to Goa. She soon finds herself hard up for cash and mails hashish to London to make a quick buck...
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Goa chief minister in the firing line 11 Apr: Gulf News (Dubai). Less than two days after calling Narendra Modi his "best friend", beleaguered Goa chief minister Digambar Kamat has clarified his statement... 225 words.
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Emma Parker Bowles: Miserable Week in Goa 11 Apr: Mail on Sunday (UK). For a decade Camilla's niece Emma Parker Bowles has been paralysed with bi-polar disorder, now she reveals all … I have quite a few miserable ‘holidays’ under my belt to prove it. The worst was a week in Goa. I went all that way to this jewel of the Indian coast to spend a whole week lying in a darkened hut staring at the ceiling fan. I went swimming just once, and I remember hoping a big shark would come along and bite my head off…
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Goan serial killer is superhit playwright’s muse 12 Apr: The Pioneer. Goa’s ‘very own’ serial killer Mahanand Naik who allegedly put to death 16 women from 1994 to 2009, has been the inspiration for a Konkani musical play that is drawing crowds here and generating interest among the Goan community settled abroad. The play has just completed 87 shows, in places like Kuwait, Qatar and Dubai, as well as at Wembley and Swindon in the United Kingdom,.. 607 words. Full Text.
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Suspected thief beaten to death at Mapusa 11 Apr: Herald. A 35-year-old man from Kharaswada-Mapusa was beaten to death by an irate mob, after he was caught while allegedly attempting to burgle a house in the wee hours of Saturday... 180 words. Full Text.
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God, Sex & Souza 10 Apr: Times of India (Crest). Bitter, erotic and difficult, modern Indian master FN Souza is being celebrated in the first retrospective after his death... Be it the sluts or the suits, the seamy side of life or the steamy, the gnomish, pox-scarred boy from Goa who went on to become one of the first Indian artists to be feted in the salons of Europe, laid it bare… "Goa was an artistic and cultural lodestone for Souza," says Vivek Menezes, a writer and fellow Goan, who befriended the artist in New York… 1378 words. Full Text.
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Shilpa Shetty to give Keith Vaz some Bollywood glitz 10 Apr: The Telegraph (UK). Keen for his expenses claims to be forgotten, Keith Vaz is planning to dazzle voters with some Bollywood glamour… Shilpa Shetty is one of a number of Indian actors expected to join the Labour MP on the campaign trail in Leicester East… 135 words. + photo. Full Text.
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Sotohaus: A calm retreat from Goa’s cacophony 10 Apr: The National (UAE). Thomas and Sonja [photo], both Swiss, met in Mexico while on holiday. They set up home in Goa in the 1990s and ran a restaurant called 21 Coconuts, before the demand for their furniture and lighting led to the birth of Sotodecor… 604 words + photo. Full Text.
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Goa Residents to get unique ID number by Nov 10 Apr: Times of India. Every resident of Goa will receive a 16-digit unique identification number (UID) by November this year, based on the data gathered during the ongoing census operations, which will be completed in Goa by May 15, 2010… 399 words. Full Text.
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Ban on sale of coastal houses recommended
10 Apr: Herald. A panel constituted by the Environment Ministry for public consultations on the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification, 1991 has recommended a ban on sale or transfer of houses of fishermen and other coastal communities to outsiders that fall within 200 metres from the high tide line (HTL). It also wants their dwelling units within 500 metres of HTL to be protected and allowed reconstruction and repairs… 468 words. Full Text.
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